A sunny and beautiful city has welcomed me in Malasya, KL or Kuala Lumpur (Kuala, malay word for "muddy" and Lumpur, malay for "estuary")....a Singapore wannabe entangled in a messed social and religious position that actually seems to be handled perfectly fine and smoothly..
Leaving aside some secrets that we might not ever know about the country, the thought goes to the three flights issues of the last year, the growth of Malasya is undeniable and as far (yet little) as I have seen is positive and the quality of life here in the capital (most likely just here!!) is higher than you might expect.
A strong chinese backbone, with a timid and colourful indian community and a growing and excited western expats group are supporting the muslim malay that have relegated the Orang Asli (original people), the indigenous people of Malasya to a very marginal and tiny position in the society....but I guess if USA has covered up their native american Indians "just fine" and Australia is struggling seriously too with their aboriginals it will be fine for the southeast asian country too to do it...as long as money goes in the pocket of the few..
In Italy we say "tutto il mondo e' paese" literally "the entire world is a village (meaning that some habits are common all around the world)....
I am using KL as the perfect recover from the hectic last week of Indonesia, fixing what needs to be fixed in body and gear and maybe shopping for missing things in the company of a friend that lives here..
I actually find myself casually in a strategic month here in Malasya, cause in little bit more than two weeks is the chinese new year celebration (sheep/goat year) and tomorrow is the very unusual and spectacular Tamil holy festival Thaipusam.
Leaving aside some secrets that we might not ever know about the country, the thought goes to the three flights issues of the last year, the growth of Malasya is undeniable and as far (yet little) as I have seen is positive and the quality of life here in the capital (most likely just here!!) is higher than you might expect.
A strong chinese backbone, with a timid and colourful indian community and a growing and excited western expats group are supporting the muslim malay that have relegated the Orang Asli (original people), the indigenous people of Malasya to a very marginal and tiny position in the society....but I guess if USA has covered up their native american Indians "just fine" and Australia is struggling seriously too with their aboriginals it will be fine for the southeast asian country too to do it...as long as money goes in the pocket of the few..
In Italy we say "tutto il mondo e' paese" literally "the entire world is a village (meaning that some habits are common all around the world)....
I am using KL as the perfect recover from the hectic last week of Indonesia, fixing what needs to be fixed in body and gear and maybe shopping for missing things in the company of a friend that lives here..
I actually find myself casually in a strategic month here in Malasya, cause in little bit more than two weeks is the chinese new year celebration (sheep/goat year) and tomorrow is the very unusual and spectacular Tamil holy festival Thaipusam.
Kuala Lumpur skyline from the chinese Thean Hou Temple
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