Day 6
23:00 Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown
You've probably seen that joke about simplified English right ?
I hope that US readers won't get offended, it originally appeared on Steam installation screen.
But what if I show you selection from couple of signs we've photographed today in KL :)
Ha ! That's not simplified ! That's What You Hear Is What You Write (WYHIWYW), I simply love it !
This is just small selection of English words adopted in Malay language. So if you speak a little bit of English you speak quite a lot of Malay straight away :)
Didn't take good picture of polis, teksi, kaunter tiket, stesen (station), epal (apple), farmasi and other great WYHIWYW words, but believe me it's really inspiring to see how English which is considered to be one of the simplest languages to be learned and used for communication can be simplified for all people with or without formal education.
Our visit of KL is coming to the end. We can't say we saw Malaysia, we saw KL and we have to come back to Malaysia to see rural places with indigenous people (orang asli), deep jungles, crystal clear ocean water washing white sand beaches, turtles, orangutans, hornbill birds and much more what this beautiful country has to offer.
Our return flights are from KL, so we need to make sure we have couple of weeks spare !
Local people in KL are mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Filipinos and in small amount other nations from SEA region. Wide smile is being worn proudly and frequently.
Street food is freshly made in front of you, delicious and very cheap. Tap water is treated and drinkable.
Local bas is for free, tren is cheap, monorel is more expensive than tren but still very cheap !
We were really surprised to see what was achieved in KL over just 43 years of "city" history.
From Wikipedia article : "On 1 February 1972, Kuala Lumpur was given city status".
Non-stop development would be the 2 words to describe KL.
New high rise buildings are growing like mushrooms following afternoon monsoon shower. Western style shopping malls and 5 star hotels occupying big part of city centre (do they really need more of them ?) and still more are being built !
I hope that places like Kampung Baru will survive developer's greed and will keep traditional Malay face !
Tomorrow we have couple of hours in the morning to get ready for our next mission and then comes the journey to the wonderland - Myanmar !
23:00 Kuala Lumpur - Chinatown
You've probably seen that joke about simplified English right ?
I hope that US readers won't get offended, it originally appeared on Steam installation screen.
But what if I show you selection from couple of signs we've photographed today in KL :)
 |
| inglis izy pizy |
Ha ! That's not simplified ! That's What You Hear Is What You Write (WYHIWYW), I simply love it !
This is just small selection of English words adopted in Malay language. So if you speak a little bit of English you speak quite a lot of Malay straight away :)
Didn't take good picture of polis, teksi, kaunter tiket, stesen (station), epal (apple), farmasi and other great WYHIWYW words, but believe me it's really inspiring to see how English which is considered to be one of the simplest languages to be learned and used for communication can be simplified for all people with or without formal education.
Our visit of KL is coming to the end. We can't say we saw Malaysia, we saw KL and we have to come back to Malaysia to see rural places with indigenous people (orang asli), deep jungles, crystal clear ocean water washing white sand beaches, turtles, orangutans, hornbill birds and much more what this beautiful country has to offer.
Our return flights are from KL, so we need to make sure we have couple of weeks spare !
Local people in KL are mix of Malay, Chinese, Indian, Indonesian, Filipinos and in small amount other nations from SEA region. Wide smile is being worn proudly and frequently.
Street food is freshly made in front of you, delicious and very cheap. Tap water is treated and drinkable.
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| Full power buffet for breakfast |
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| Street Satay for dinner |
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| Monorel (Monorail) |
New high rise buildings are growing like mushrooms following afternoon monsoon shower. Western style shopping malls and 5 star hotels occupying big part of city centre (do they really need more of them ?) and still more are being built !
Tomorrow we have couple of hours in the morning to get ready for our next mission and then comes the journey to the wonderland - Myanmar !
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