At this moment my bum is firmy seated in a chair, which is in a hostel, which is in the city of Kuala Lampur, which is in the country of Malaysia. I arrived here two days ago with a laptop and a few changes of clothes (and of course a child like sense of wonder), all of which were straped around my shoulder (by child like sense of wonder I meant my super cool batman laptop case). Time was passed on my short, two hour flight by reading a cumulative total of 8 words of a text book, with mostly intermitent nap time. I arrived at the KL airport to greet the super-lovely and super-french and super-my-friend-kevin's-cousin Nathalie. She is living in Hong kong while I'm in Bangkok and we realized what a fool-hearty thing it would be to not meet up.
KL, as it's known by those in the know, has the usual trappings of equitorial asian countries: lush green vegetation, circitous preasure-cooker streets, and geckos and cockroaches. KL, as oppsoed to Bangkok, is rich as hell. It's not quite like you'd imagibne Dubai or anything like that, but it is well developed and has all the crass comercialism that quenches home-sickness like an ice cold Coca-Cola.
Oil money is the lubricant that keeps the Malaysian economy turning. There's something uncomfortable about that. Petronas inc, the company for which the Petronas Towers are named, is housed here and it looms over the city like Biff's hotel in Back to the Future 2.
Friday to monday I spent with Nathalie. We walked up and down these streets hoping to happen upon some intersting sights (but mostly food). We found both (but mostly food). The food explanation is to come; the sight will start soon.
Now.
So our first intended sight was the iconic petronas towers. You know the petronas towers. Remember that movie where impossibly hot what's her face got with impossibly Scottish Sean Connery. "Entrapment", I believe is the name. Anyway, the ending takes place there. So Petronas was first on the list, but food got in the way(see food below). So we attempted to look for china town, which was in the opposite direction, and turned out to be pretty lame. We looked for a decent shop for over an hour and finally my exhuast and frustration lead us to a less than reputable chinese street vender. It's interesting to see food that will soon make the trasition diarhea, actually look like diahrea...its just sort of reassuring to know the outcome of a meal.
Other things happened, but I'm being draged away from the computer. Hopefully I'll pick up where I left off soonish.
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