Tuesday, December 8 – We were up early on Tuesday to catch the light rail train into the KL city centre to meet up with our friend Meei. We visited the tourist trap spots in the Central Market and browsed the knockoff watch/purse/sunglass strip called Petaling Street. Didn’t buy much though. We just spent the day catching up with Meei and her husband, Heng.
We even drove out to their home in Klang where we met their two kids (so sweet) and they treated us to yummy Klang-style Bak Kut teh before dropping us at the LRT station. All-in-all, a really nice day with friends.
Here are a few photos. Check out the Christmas tree in the images below. It’s not the best photo, but check out the full-size version and you might notice that it’s basically made of empty plastic water bottles to help raise awareness about waste. It’s kinda pretty, no?
Oh, and speaking of Christmas, there’s a whole lot of Christmas in Malaysia. Given this country is primarily populated by Muslims and Buddhists, that’s pretty shocking. Our theory is that Christmas is being pushed by the retailers as another way to encourage shopping. The radio stations are all over the ‘buy buy buy” message and the malls are piping in carols that likely hold little meaning for the locals. Both of us thought we would be free of these shallow aspects of Christmas this year, but no such luck.
Anyway, here are those photos we promised.
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