the First Day

Locals point of view

- shots of daily morning market (pasar pagi) near my house

- guy making a popular south indian dish that Malaysians would have for breakfast or snacks

- malaysian usually eat out, even for breakfast; we do so at kopitiams (coffee shops) which have different stalls selling all sort of dishes that someone in North America would only have for lunch or dinner

- for example, my breakfast was Char Kuey Teow, a very oily fried noodle. There are alot of Char Kuey Teow wannabes in Toronto

Guy selling putu mayam, a southern india dish which is coconut rice flour served with brown sugar...

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putu_mayam

Apam Balik - Malaysian Waffle with peanuts and sweet corn

 http://www.followmefoodie.com/2010/06/malaysia-street-food-apam-balik/

Uncle (we call every guy older than us uncle) making my breakfast

Western food in kopitiam (coffee shop)

My breakfast - Char Kuey Teow

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_kway_teow

Dinner - stove grilled squids and clams with green bean. It's very very spicy...

Foreigner point of view:

-been told that jaywalking is actually safer than crossing at lights

-found of that it is actually true as during rush hour, traffic lights mean nothing, red does not mean stop for cars as long as there is a herd of drivers that want to run the red light

-jaywalking in KL freaks me out...

Tomorrow: more on Malay New Year and Malaysian Independence Day celebration..

the First Step

So I've been bugged enough times to finally create this blog, it's my fault really since I said so freely that I will create a travel blog for my three weeks vacation in Malaysia and Thailand. Nonetheless, I'm more than happy to do so knowing that I have friends who are very interested in Malaysian food and culture (you know who you are..).

I think what makes blogging about Malaysia so different and interesting is that I will be writing from a local but foreign perspective, yes an oxymoron. Local as I grew up in this tropical country that is rich with culture and amazing food (if you know me enough, you will realize that everything comes back to food). Foreign as I have been away long enough, to feel like a foreigner when I'm back in Malaysia and somehow no longer refer to her as home..

As I see myself travelling more often in the future, this will be a good place to start piling up pictures and my random thoughts as I discover other places let it be another continent or just another region in Ontario.

Your thoughts, comments and discussions are much appreciated..

Here I go!