Malaysia
Malay Wedding Part 3: The Venue
This is the long-overdue third installment of my series on Malay weddings. You can find Part 1 (Meminang) here and read about Part 2 (Hantaran) here. Even though many hotels and halls offer wedding packages, the bride’s and groom’s respective houses still remain as the most popular venue for most Malay weddings. If you see … Continue reading
KL Skyline At Dusk
It always feels good to be home again, whether I just got back from a quick holiday or a short business trip (that felt like forever). It always feels great to be back in KL and be surrounded by familiar sights and sounds once more. It always feels wonderful to be with my family and … Continue reading
Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Malaysia enjoys yet another long weekend as it celebrates Chinese New Year (also known as Lunar New Year in other parts of the world). Officially, the holidays are on the 26th and 27th of January only but many businesses, particularly those that are Chinese-owned, are closed for an entire week. Many employees have filed leave … Continue reading
Club Lounge, Mandarin Oriental KL
I may have been swamped with meetings this week but the upside is that most of those meetings were in venues that made them quite pleasant. There was the dinner meeting at Sheraton Subang’s Japanese restaurant where I found out something curious about Koreans and lizards. Then the meeting at the 41st floor of Tower 2 of the … Continue reading
Welcome, 2009!
DH, the kids (except the twins, who were fast asleep) and I drove to KL-Ampang Elevated Highway just a few minutes before midnight last night to watch from a distance the fireworks at KLCC (Kuala Lumpur City Centre). As expected, the entire highway was packed with people, with hundreds of cars lined up bumper-to-bumper…literally. We … Continue reading
