Day 10, how time flies! My hopeful weekend with either a car or a motorcycle did not pan out (hence the trip to Chinatown yesterday), so I am trying to figure out what to do next weekend. Options are: rent a car and drive out to Malacca or the Batu Caves and see the neighbourhood, or for the same money, fly up to Bangkok, see all the temples, go north of the city into the rural area and see some other temples. I have to admit, Thailand is starting to get the real nudge here. It seems that Malaysia doesn't have much of a recorded history here. No historic buildings to speak of, not much of anything. They were too poor to do any of that. Thailand apparently worked at it a lot harder. Had my baked potatoes last night. I had bought some potatoes with the notion of having baked potatoes with sour cream. Sour cream does not really exist in Malaysia, it appears. Cottage cheese is also not to be found. So I substituted in some Philadelphia Cream Cheese instead, melted it a little so it would be easier to spread (it explodes in the microwave, just so you know), and had that. Wasn't bad. Not as good as sour cream, but them's the breaks. So, what all happened this week. Quiet week, really. Worked. On Thursday night I went down to BB plaza and bought some movies. Friday night I kicked back and watched a few movies, since I now own a bunch. On Saturday I went in to Chinatown and hunted down clothing and miscellaneous items to go home with. I am now a proud owner of a $10.00 Rolex Oyster Perpetual. Looks good. Still runs after 24 hours, so I am happy. Found a Real Madrid Adidas knock-off shirt for $10, always a good price. Miscellaneous jewellery for the occasional bribe or to give to people I love, depending on the need and desire. Policemen generally get first dibs. Saturday night I went out with the boss' son and his girlfriend and played pool. It was fun. Went to the Asian Cafe in KL. Afterwards we went downstairs to the street-level cafe and I actually had some pork. You don't find a lot of pork in Malaysia, so this was a good find. Today is Sunday, a relaxing day. Overcast, slight breeze, sitting under a palm tree reading books and now writing this. Doesn't work very well, actually, the glare from the sky makes it hard to see the screen. Tonight the man in charge of the Malaysia and Australia offices is bringing over steaks and we are going to have a big barbecue. Apparently these guys can do it all with beer and steaks. I am heading in to town here in about a half hour to pick up some grocery supplies, but also to find some vegetables and other things to round out the meal tonight. Didn't have steaks after all. Seems that he doesn't wait in line, and there was a lineup at the grocery store, so he brought over a bucket of KFC. Which was also pretty darn good. Spicy flavour. Very yummy. But they introduced me to poker. Apparently they play it on an irregular schedule and so I kind of got hooked in to playing. Okay, I can do that as a goodwill gesture. It cost me $16 to get in the game. I figured I could afford to lose $16 to the head of Malaysia and Australia if it helps me get down to Australia at some point in the future. Didn't work out so well. I walked in paying 50Ringgit, and left with 130 Ringitt, a good chunk of that being HIS money. Hmmm. So now I know Texas Hold'em, Mac, Swap and Hi-Low as options. Interesting. Get the feeling I am slowly being demoralized here? Tomorrow is Monday, so I am back at work, most of you are just waking up to a Sunday morning as I write this, I hope you all have a good day! Talk to you later once I decide on what I am doing next weekend.
So, I made several treks into the downtown core, to the plazas, the outskirts, and to Chinatown, this is kind of a compilation of all the visits into one.
Must take at least one picture of the Petronas each time out!
This is rather typical looking street scene
Does it breed confidence in you?
A typical escalator in Malaysia
Chinatown mainstreet!
Shoes for tiny feet!
