Another dream account, for which I apologise to the reading hordes. I dreamt that I was in the Karachi house, upstairs in the little mini-flat portion that my family lived in (my grandparents lived downstairs in the main house). It was as it had been when I was growing up there, with an opening to […]
Back to the Mah Meri
For the third weekend in a row it was dominated by Mah Meri spirit carvings. We went to the Petronas Gallery where there were a few on display and the GF bought some to add to his collection. A couple of the carvers were present and they told us the stories of the spirits we […]
Train drain
Yesterday was Saturday and, aside from working and getting myself some seekh kebabs for lunch, I had decided to go to Midvalley, a mall, where (rumour had it) rashguards can be purchased. Midvalley is located in a sort of island with limited points of access and the traffic is always obscene on weekends. The only […]
Animal dreams
Two vivid animal dreams over the past few nights. In one, I was to ride around a meadow on a horse, but get back inside before the wolf attacked. The horse’s back was very vivid indeed. On one circuit as I was at the far end of the meadow I looked up to see a […]
Back to an old haunt
The Craft Complex has its big annual shindig today so we strolled down after a bowl of Hong Kong style prawn wonton noodles en route. The KKK fair, as it is unfortunately known, had craft stalls from all over the country set up in big tents. There was furniture, machetes, abayas, basketry (lots of basketry), […]
Spirit of the leech
We went to Pulau Carey today with some friends for the Mau Meri tribe’s major holiday, Ancestor Day. Pulau Carey, or Carey island, is not actually an island, and the event was held on the beach which is not actually a beach but a clearing in the middle of an orang asli village surrounded by […]
End to solitude
The GF returns overnight, so my week to myself is over. It will be good to have him back, though I did take the opportunity to do some things by myself that he wouldn’t have enjoyed. Not that I couldn’t do them anywy, but it’s somehow easier when he is not there. Today was the […]
Roti john
I went for perhaps the least nutritionally dense meal I have ever had. I took the LRT to Dato Keramat in the Ampang area, where there are lots of food shops and stalls clustered in small markets near the station. It’s a largely Malay area, unlike most of those I normally frequent. There is located […]
An instagrammable moment
The photo is of my post lunch snack: oolong tea and a sesame ball, neatly arrayed on a little tray my sister gave me as a birthday present. Lunch was curry chee cheong fun from the downstairs market from a stall with a gloriously self-mocking Chinglish sign. It was very tasty and I see now […]
Sad river
This is a photo of the Klang river as it passes under the Masjid Jamek LRT station. A truly pitiful sight. To be fair, there is now a regeneration effort to release the river from its bounds, or at least clean it up and make walking paths alongside it. For now, however, it’s a dank, […]