Amusing Malaysia continued.

Dinner is served!

Interesting choice of Bar name in Kuala Lumpur!

Well protected species in Kuantan: The Communal Television!

Dust accumulated on these light bulbs gives this shop a particular "inter-galactic" ambience!

Amusing Malaysia!

As promised I continue to share anything amusing or different in Malaysia or Asia.
Have a look at the pictures below.

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Isotonic Drink with a very unappealing name!!

Seen in Singapore underground station.

Different things in KL, All in the name of beauty: Fake eye-lids etc

Stick on eye-lids.

Slimming aid!

The poster says it all!

Hungry Ghost Month!

Have you noticed quite a bit of incense or paper being burned around town? We are in the middle of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Month which started on the 31st of July and will run through to August 28th, 2011. Last night and tonight there will be some festivals to mark this years Ghost month. The Chinese believe that during this month spirits and ghosts of the deceased are released and are allowed to roam here amongst the living. It is advised to be very careful this month and to pay the utmost respect to the spirits. Incense is burned to appease and others ensure that they keep seats vacant and free for ghosts to join in with any meals or activities such as concerts that take place.
Some of you may read this and possibly judge this as superstitious, macabre, hocus pocus but it is truly fascinating for me to draw parallels between different cultures who celebrate similar festivals:

Mexicans have the" Day of the Dead"
In Austria and in the Catholic Church first days of November is respected
as "All Souls Day"
USA has Halloween

I am sure there are many more.
Either way be safe this month!

Same Same but slightly different!!

What do you say to this:?

And this:

And finally.......

Same same but Somehow different: Swim wear in Malaysia!

Swim wear style that you can find in Malaysia. See photo below.
Of course, this is available in addition to bikinis and swimming costumes. All tastes are catered for!

Thunder storms in KL.

I absolutely love the thunder storms in Kuala Lumpur! We had a particularly ferocious one yesterday with sheets of rain and very loud smacks of thunder. The lightning too is spectacular and we can sit on our balcony watching the storm pass by, completely mesmerised by it. Our balcony is only used as a spectator box when the rain isn't coming in sideways and drenching all of our balcony furniture. (It did this yesterday!)

The only other place I have experienced such energy and showmanship from a storm is in Johannesburg, South Africa. There the lightning strikes a pose long enough for you to take a photo of it! The electric tentacles weave across the sky, over and over again, as you watch holding your breath.

In Kuala Lumpur the rain literally looks like sheets of water falling from the sky and visibility is obscured as if you were looking through steamed up glass.
Have a look:



Petronas Towers obscured by the rain storm.


The fact that the temperature sinks slightly but is still warm enough to wear shorts and a t-shirt always brings a smile to my face. There have been times though that I have jumped out of my skin because the thunder was so close and so very loud. You can watch too, as the birds go crazy, flying around just as the storm is moving on. I call them "dare devils" because they fly around when they could still be struck by lightning. I am guessing that they are feeding on insects that are airborne because of the storm. They look like swallows but don't quote me I am not an ornithologist.
The other quite scary occurrence is how quickly the water accumulates on the roads and over flows from the drains. The water in the canal section that goes past Central Market Area, (LRT station Pasar Seni), doubles if not triples in volume. You can tell because the water level reaches right up to the graffiti artwork along the walls of the canal.



It's useful to have a passenger on your motorbike a.k.a an umbrella holder.



Ferrero Rocher, Spot the Difference.

Same Same but somehow different, have a look at these. Can you spot the difference?