We arrived in KL yesterday afternoon. The flight on Air Asia was was better than I expected. The plane, a brand new Airbus A300 was good. But for some strange reason Air Asia do not allocate you a seat number so the passengers were like a mob of wild animals fighting for the “best” seats. I didn’t really understand what the “best’ seats were, until we arrived in KL and had to join a l-o-n-g que to get through customs. (It took almost 1 hour!!!) So the “best” seats are at the ones right beside the door so you can get in the Customs line first. While sitting on the plane we heard a familiar voice. Loud, non-stop talking, and loud laughter…. who is that? I know! Sounds just like John Ngo! Same Malaysian Mandarin accent, same volume, same high speed talking… couldn’t be?!! And no it wasn’t, it was some middle aged Malaysian guy. Pity, ‘cos John could have shown us around KL and helped us do a bit of Real Estate Investment too!!! hahaah…
Checked out the food stalls last night…. wonderful!! (All the Malaysians back at CCC are wishing they were here too…. food, foood, food.)
First impressions of K.L. Malaysia; The thing that strikes me about this place is that it is REALLY, REALLY Multi-cultural! Far more multi-cultural than HK, Thailand, China, or Taiwan. There are heaps of whites, blacks, Arabs, Indians, Asians….. (what else is there???) Every kind of people you can imagine are right here in the center of KL. It is also very multi-lingual. Today is a public holiday; Deepavali, an Indian festival. (Wouldn’t it be great to be a Malaysian, you can have Chinese, Christian, Muslim, and Hindu holidays!!! …….. I wonder if Atheists have holidays? Maybe another good reason not to be an Atheist!!! Nothing to celebrate!)
We are going to rest a bit here in KL. Have a few old friends to catch up with, so will introduce them to you soon. Here in Starbucks Malaysia you can get all day broad-band with your coffee, not like HK… they only give you 20 minutes, and then you have to pay. Got a pre-paid SIM card this morning, can you believe it, only RM$8.50, including RM$5.00 air time. (RM$8.50 is only NZ$4.20, which is sooooo cheap! But the NZ$ is sinking fast….. so sad for us!!) It took about 4 and a half minutes to get the SIM card and get connected to the cell-phone network, cheap, efficient, and fast… wonderful!!
October 27, 2008 at 8:27 am
Eat lots of yummy Malaysian food for me please!!!! I think it was so funny how you thought it sounded like JOHN in the plane! hahahahahah!!!!!!!!!
October 27, 2008 at 9:33 am
JOHN NGO is omnipresent Orz
October 29, 2008 at 9:33 am
Haha…Atheists man, thats funny never thought about it that way. You know I think it can be a good title for you blog. “10 reasons not to be an Atheist” lol. Its true Kuala lumpur is a multi cultural city. Next time you are in kuala lumpur during celebrations look for open houses where the food and party if free and everybody is welcome. Its a wonderful post.
Non Atheist in Kuala Lumpur 🙂
October 31, 2008 at 12:09 am
That is my long lost brother …!!hahahaha…
June 11, 2009 at 11:42 am
🙂 I am an atheist. And I feel happy being able to celebrate whatever festivals regardless which religions they belong to. I can enter whichever temples or churches or mosques (if I am allowed to) without feeling being disgusted. That’s one of the reasons I like about being an atheist.