more malaysia photos

these ones from miz sy. and many that are of people, not just food! i've expired the previous link i sent, so lemme know if you want a looksee...
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biday (sp?)
this was the source of much hilarity...but then, so was everything that weekend.
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:: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 ::

airline food
love the accidental lighting -- seems staged... and surprise! it's jook. yay for no egg brekkie! (nothing against eggs, but they do seem to be extra pukey when flying...)
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taiwan airport goatse?
on the monorail in the airport (we had a five hour layover...). warning...do not google goatse unless you are strong and over 21.
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escape sling
fun and education at the taiwan airport...
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first kedai kopi
there were tons of these -- every block, sometimes more than one or two on a block. this one is near ky's place, and we sleepily walked here after arriving that day...
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kedai kopi
our first kedai kopi meal -- and this is for only two of us...and i think we got the non-muslim special -- tons of pork and alcohol in the dishes.
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kopi susu
i think kopi o meant black coffee, and susu meant with milk (usu condensed, so it was nice and sweet). tarik meant it was poured back and forth making it frothy. and similar variations existed with tea. however i had it, it was good and strong.
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kedai kopi
kedai kopi became one of my favorite things. food all around, what's not to like?
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delish rice thingie
this came in a little waxed paper cone. it cost RM 1 (about US $0.25)
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dinner at klcc -- chicken rice!
this mall food court chicken rice was gooood! possibly my favorite chicken rice this trip. (tho it was my first, so mebbe that has something to do with it)
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street vendor
one of the few things i didn't eat -- looked good, but raw intestines sitting out in the heat seemed like a bad idea...

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girly!
ah, the sweet squirrelly pointy-eared love dog...
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girly!
sweet, very shy doggie...
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ginger
the latest of the strays ky's dad picked up.
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bobby
the little old man of the house...
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bobby!
the sweet old man o' the house...
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alt-f4?...whaddabout mac folks?
random bit of funniness on our mini-road-trip...
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melaka
this was the touristy bit of our trip. we spent a couple days tooling around and enjoying the sites in melaka. the girls spent a fair amount of time wandering and looking at stuff, but i was happy as a clam to sit and draw for hours...
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pottery studio
this studio was tucked away behind their shop. i wish for a studio like this... the couple seemed to be both making the pottery, and they had a kid running back and forth from the temple across the way. (there was some kid activity going on there, with food.)
Labels: art, malaysia

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picture
i sat and drew this view for an hour or so. the local folks were quite funny and curious. the tourists were oddly all european men in short-shorts.
Labels: art, malaysia

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view of mosque
his is the view from our lovely room where we stayed in melaka (mahtoka hotel, i think). it's all on reclaimed land, but i tried not to worry about it. unforch the water wasn't really clean enough to swim in, but it made for nice views...
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veggie food!
yep, this is all veggie. and it tasted great. there were a number of veggie places in melaka (malacca?) and every time we passed one, the resident veggie folks would jump up and down and do a veggie dance...
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tree monkey
the helpful bee museum guy explained to me that there are tree monkeys and trash monkeys. these evidently come to these trees for the leaves that are rich in flavinoids. i have no idea what that means. but guess it's a good thing.

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trash monkey - at the bee museum
the helpful bee museum guy made me eat some of the wax around one of the bee containers (chewy, not much flavor, but evidently rich in flavinoids?). and then he explained that these were trash monkeys, and you could see them all over. i missed the shot of them having sex. oh well, serves me right.
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melaka zoo - flying foxes!
they were so amazing and cool despite being in a zoo. i was thrilled to get to see them...and one peed for us! (just as we were wondering how they did it -- they hang on by their "hands" and just let 'er rip! -- i was too excited to catch the moment...)
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postcard - KL
(my large-letter postcard attempt...)
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postcard - chinese food stalls in KL
i think i was starting to get a little sick, or at least run-down, so we sat in a little bar across the way (with a very sweet and friendly bartender) and ate chips, drank beer (me) and tea (sy), and wrote postcards. it was a very nice air-conditioned break from wandering KL...
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postcard - waiting for the train
the public transit system was pretty easy and very cheap -- we were able to get ourselves in and out of KL from subang jaya with relative ease.
Labels: art, malaysia

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ky's house
i sat and did this drawing over a coupla mornings. it was funny how much attention i got from the neighbors and stuff. but ky's mom liked it, which is all i was really worried about, as it's our thank you card...
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wedding cake!
(there's a tiger and a rooster/chicken for them...)

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thai water blessing
(according to nars, every thai person comes equipped to perform thai water blessings at any time if needed).
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wedding bed
the thai family setup the wedding suite so romantically... (isn't it cute?)
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view from mi casa, KL
we had very nice digs at mi casa in KL... where we stayed for wedding dinner and such. it was the place of much over-tired hilarity, and lots of good instant coffee...
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:: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 ::

food is where the heart is
this year's off to a grand start -- we got to see ky and nars get wed ~~(i'll have fotos up soon).~~ (photos up on flickr -- lemme know, and i'll add you so you can see more than just the food shots!). it was -- appropriately enough -- filled with gorgeously meaningful tradition, celebration, and (of course) good food and even better people. our main complaint was that it was much much too short (so much food uneaten! waters left unswum! places unvisited!). but in the end, we ate all we could, met some fun, kind and good people. and got to see bits of the malaysian and thai clans from which ky and nars have sprung.

truly, i'm happy to be home again, with my sweet pup wiggling her way into my heart (and under the covers) and with amenities/luxuries i took for granted (clean rain, toilets that flush every time, hot water readily available at every faucet!). but in the end, travelling expands my sense of home as i make connections with folks and find that bond that links us all together (what, you like food too?!). and it opens my eyes to all that i do have, and all that i take for granted everyday...
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