I just realised how Malaysian(ised) I’ve become — I now drink air suam (warm water) with my meals, despite the sweltering heat and high humidity that characterises typical Malaysian weather.
It’s a very Malaysian thing, you see. Warm water, that is. You can actually order it from any restaurant, hotel or roadside food stall. It’s such [...]
…is not even one that I took, but an image that I found in Google Images.
Allow me to point out to you some points of interest in this photo.
Moving clockwise, let’s start with the Petronas Twin Towers on the upper right-hand corner. I suppose they’re famous enough to not require any introductions anymore.
At their base [...]
Photo taken at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Drive into any petrol station in Malaysia and you’re bound to see a sign “Angin Dan Air”. This sign really confused me when I was new in Malaysia and knew very little Malay. You see, angin [ah-ngin] means ‘air’ while air [ayh] means ‘water’. The sign, of course, means ‘air and water’ but my [...]
DH and I were invited to a wedding in The Sultanate of Oman last January. I typed the draft about the henna night right after we came back to Malaysia but totally forgot about it until today.
The application of henna as a temporary decoration on the hands and feet of the bride is an important [...]
