Malaysia Archives

April 21, 2004 - Wednesday

The Muddy Confluence

From a decrepit Rangoon bathroom to a mall below the tallest two buildings in the world, in 24 hours. And it was there I saw it. My heart pounded in my chest. My jaw dropped. Was I hallucinating? No, it...
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April 22, 2004 - Thursday

Trein Stesen

Written Malaysian looks like a drunk dutchman tried to re-create written English from scratch, maybe after getting punched in the mouth. Take a teksi from Sentral Stesen to the Gimnasium! Malaysian seems on the verge of being run out of...
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Portrait of Burma as a Dumb Land

When the plane from Yangon landed in Bangkok, the entire Myanmar National Tukraw Team broke into applause from the back. Really. And I felt like joining them. Who knows why they were happy. Maybe they weren't going back either. And...
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