Conversing With a Frog

Biking Around Pangkor Island

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October 14th 2009
Malaysians are like good scouts: trustworthy, honest, straightforward. Pre-post-modern (that's a compliment). Earnest. We like that in a culture, or a person. Keep irony in its place. ------------------------------------- Visiting a "touristy" place like Pangkor is not so bad when a) it's off-season, and b) most of the tourists are not American, or even Caucasian. KLers (residents of Kua ... read more

Asia » Malaysia

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more