The Move Part IV

Bye Tesco. I will not see you in a while

My brother let me drove before he took his turn

And the timing belt snapped on us in Taiping. We took a taxi back home at 3 AM

The Move Part II

I left this picture for others to find it. Truly an amazing place.

I picked this up in the same forest where the peacock shed it’s feathers. Reminds me of my best days in India. I threw it out.

I am standing here outside your door…

Eating Out Malaysian Style

You can be the kind of person who looks for the nearest familiar fast food chain in the country you’re travelling and was relieved to find a bold MacDonald sign across the street.

I am here to teach you the basics of eating out at a ‘mamak’ stall, Malaysian style. Mamak (pronounced : mar-muck) is normally a 24 hour our version of fast food restaurant (the service is efficient but you must be warned of the cleanliness) and normally managed by Indians or Indian-Muslims. If you know your way around in a mamak stall then you are officially a Malaysian. A person could eat 5 meals a day at a mamak stall and the menu includes a listing of Malaysian dishes or fusion Indian food.

Vegetarians please do not opt for mamak stalls. You have been warned.

You may find a lot of mamak variety in Penang. They even wears uniform and different restaurant has different speciality.

On the menu you will find a lot of confusing words but manageable.

1) Your job is to sit and look at the menu on the wall. The waiter will be there shortly.

2) If you see the letter O it means without milk

3) When called ‘boss‘, the waiter means You. In turn, when calling them you may address the same thing.

4) Don’t worry about the gravy, it comes with 3 varieties: dhal curry, fish curry and a sweet-hot paste of anchovies with chillies.

5) They speak moderate English but probably best indicated with hands.

This is the bill. You’ll get this while eating and show this to the cashier before leaving.

This is the common ‘Teh O Ais’ meaning Iced Tea.

This is a sample of Roti Sardin which means pastry stuffed with canned sardines. There’s a lot of variety of stuffing (cocoa powder, condensed milk, egg, cheese, etc). It’s also available in plain (ask for Roti Kosong)

The Run

I had to really run to get this because the sun was not really going to wait and poses along the horizon. I could have gone faster.

Concrete Jungle

No Subtle Hints

Bandar Tasik Selatan

The South Integrated Terminal (TBS) was built to reduce traffic in the city centre so anyone planning for southward journey in Peninsular of Malaysia will probably come here. I came here every dusk to check the skyline and hope that one day I might get lucky.

My final sunset in Jalan Bukit Bintang

I would always remember those days when I tried so hard to fit in but everything seemed to fall apart anyway

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Air Quality in Kuala Lumpur

Due to bush fire in neighbouring country, the Twin Tower was reduced to this view in less than a kilometre.

KL

This is Friday evening