Tourist Food & Fun

Friday evening I met Dr. Halimah (deputy dean of the Faculty of Communication & Media Studies) for the first time. She and Kiran were at KLCC (huge shopping mall at the Petronas Towers), buying tickets for Saturday to a 3-and-a-half-hour Bollywood movie (I decided against joining them). We had dinner at KLCC, and afterward Kiran drove us around so I could see the sights of KL at night.

We went shopping at a night market in the Chinatown area, and both Halimah and Kiran bought new purses. I, on the other hand, bought a very nice Honda racing jacket for RM 60 (about US$16). It's a Formula 1 design, not a motorcycle team jacket, but it's nice anyway! I even bargained successfully (asking price was RM 110). Then we were hot and thirsty, so we went to a food stall area near Merdeka Square and drank big mugs of iced starfruit juice.

I went back to the same stalls Saturday while I was going around on my own and ate a plate of Mee Hong Kong (delicious!), which consisted of lightly fried noodles, broth, some hacked beef and chicken, the tiniest baby octopuses I've ever seen (tender and tasty), and assorted veggies, including some finely chopped cauliflower and a little fresh spinach. I also had a glass of limeade (very sweet) and a giant bottle of water. Total bill: RM 7, or about $2.

Still working on the photos. I went to Masjid Jamek (a famous mosque) and also to the National Museum. Masjid Jamek was the first mosque I had ever seen back in 1995 when I visited Malaysia for the first time. It looks the same as I remember it, but the area all around it has changed dramatically -- especially because of the addition of the LRT elevated train, which has a station nearby.