Sultan Abdul Samad Building

Drenched, Shat On, and Good Times in Kuala Lumpur

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September 7th 2010
The flight went by fast as I slept through most of it. I began Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Shore. It caught me on the first page. I love the fact that the main character, a young 15-yr-old boy, is running away from home by travelling to a random spot on a map for the sole reason that it draws him and it’s warm, so less clothes to pack. Perhaps the parallel of travel makes it more intrigu ... read more

Asia » Malaysia » Kuala Lumpur

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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