The thorny issue

Quintessentially Asian, if not Malaysian...although I wonder if other Asian or even South East Asian countries consume durian with the sort of gutso that Malaysians do.

here's looking at you, kid

Not so long ago there was a small student protest at the Ministry of Higher Education. The police were slightly compromising but obviously unimpressed.

The student in green was later detained for a while and released. I'm guessing it was just to rattle him a bit, but he appeared to be nonplussed.

cultural guidance

When I told my father that I was going to watch Ramli Ibrahim perform he said, "I like him. I used to watch him quite often."

I wondered then why he never took me to a show and that I had to head to India to discover the intricacies of Indian dance.

fashion sense

Definitions of 'stylo' can be wide-ranging.

9/11 visions

Driving into KL i spot this airplane flying terribly low with no airport in sight.

At a traffic light previously, it was so low that I could discern the logo (Malaysia Airlines), see all the engines, and really, if it dropped any lower I'd be able to make up who was on the plane. Even helicopters don't fly this low, surely?

At least here it appear to be on an upward trajectory. Minutes before it looked like it was swooping lower and lower.

Obviously, I started having visions of 9/11 in my head, as did, I suppose the group of guys who pulled over and started taking a video of the plane circling KL.

I later find out that MAS was giving some orphans a "joy-ride". Can or not? People panic already ok.

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ps: The long absence can be explained in parts. Part 1 - my scotch-taped camera has gone to a new level of low. The screen cracked so I can't see what photo I'm taking. Part 2 - I have been out of town. (Lots of interesting photos, but not of KL unfortunately...)