Em.'s In & Outs

Going to Malaysia this summer is probably amongts the most irrational things - considering time and budget - that I've ever done, and, for those who know me, that's quite a big statement :) But I don't regret. Mark and I had fun (most of the time :P), actually for me it felt like 5 days that were totally out of space and time. This is where we totally reached the paroxysm of contradictions and contrasts with eating for 100$ worth of tapas and staying a whole afternoon on a tapas patio in Bangsar (the expats neighbourhood) reading novels AND after that looking avidly for the cheapeast, most basic accommodation possible (featured above!). Aiyaya... Then I had the best shisha of my life in a real Middle-Eastern place where I was the only white person, and they were heating up the coal by quickly spinning the metal container it was lit in over their shouldrs, yes, yes, yes! And Malacca is a cute city, and Kuala Lumpur is so unlike Jakarta, it has very nice Moorish architecture, I was impressed. I was so happy to speak Chinese again! (Yishin I can't wait to see you again by the way!) There seems to be so much happening in this society that's so split along racial lines, and looking at the papers and going to the musem was very instructive, I wish I knew more about this place. My first and only days surprised me with learning how discriminatory power is here, with the everybody stuck in their category, minding their own business and disliking each other... But I don't understand any of it and I'm quite disappointed about my own lack of awareness... But anyhow. I loved the kites! Kites and tops! Kites have this whole ceremonial aspect and it maintains gender balance and things like that, it's neat! And I clearly don't know what else to say :) Mark rocks!