And so, I came back from my second holiday trip overseas - Malaysia. Having been to Thailand, the stuff in Malaysia seem abit more expensive, but still affordable. Some things I see in Malaysia recently:
1) Emo
Do you see people in Singapore walking around in black stockings, frilled black skirts, black and white striped shirts, messy hair etc etc? Yes, that is the world of emo, which I find severely warped and disturbing. You probably see a few in Singapore, but when you go to KL for example, multiply that by a few hundred and that's the emo population over there. There are even shops DEDICATED to the SOLE PURPOSE of serving the emo population. How did I know? I see a shop full of all that lacey bullshit, and I saw a large sign "MEMBERS ONLY". I was like: "WTF THEY HAVE MEMBERS?!" And then I saw the people in the shop looking at the things that they call clothes, and I realised that yea they indeed do have customers -.-
Anyway, the shop was bloody funny. There were two shops next to each other, and the shop design was CAGES for one and COBWEBS for the other, and the entrance was CHAINED, of course with the big "MEMBERS ONLY" sign there. I actually wanted to take a photo to show you all, but I'm scared they will come out to slash MY wrist. From what I hear, they slash their own wrists only, but I'm taking no chances.
The shopkeeper also looks like a crazy bastard. He bleached his hair totally and made it into some lion mane. Then I started imagining the job interview:
Interviewer: "Are you emo?"
Interviewee: *stares at the floor in cold stony silence*
*10 minutes pass*
Interviewer: "You're hired."
They rox.
2) Chinatown
In KL, Chinatown isn't really Chinatown anymore. Not if you look at the vast population of other races there. A few years ago, mostly Chinese people tended the stalls there and sold the variety of goods there like watches, shirts etc. When I went back this time, the Chinese seem to have been taken over by Indians. Now stop to think. Of all people to run the business in Chinatown, why the hell would they pick Indians to run the stalls? Doesn't it defeat the purpose of the name Chinatown? Weird people -.- Also, we see a bunch of ang mohs around Chinatown, and it's funny to see the storekeepers constantly tout the ang mohs and leaving us alone simply because we look like locals. And then, they have these fancy restaurants which all the ang mohs go to, with yellow or red table cloths and constant touting, and the only staple food that they ever order is FRIED RICE. All of them order FRIED RICE, while the rest of us are eating at the best roadside stalls. And they get very fascinated when they see the hotplate sizzling, like they have never seen it before (which may possibly be true). Seriously funny to observe the ang mohs.
3) Chiobus
Comparing Thailand and Malaysia, Thailand has more chiobus, and also more ugly people. So it's like Malaysia has a smaller range, while Thailand has a bigger range.
And so, I shall conclude this post by saying MERRY CHRISTMAS to all. Have fun.
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