Kuala Lumpur is the capital city of Malaysia. It is situated midway along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The population is one and a half million.I have been to Kuala Lumpur a few times before to visit my sister who works there. The Petronas Twin Towers, the tallest building in the world is very […]
Malaysia has a wide variety of food. These are located in small food restaurants or ‘‘kopitiam’’ as it is called in Chinese and hawker stands. There are Malay, Chinese, Indian people manning the restaurants. There are also Thai, Japanese, Korean and Western Restaurants. The Indian food is quite spicy. Not so the Chinese food. We […]
Malays have three traditional dances. They are Court Dance, Folk Dance of West and East Malaysia. Another category is other dance. It comprises the Chinese, Indian and Portuguese. It is performed at various festivities besides the State and National functions. For the Court Dance, the eyes and movements are graceful and slow. This dance begins […]
Malaysia consists of Peninsular Malaysia or Semenanjung Malaysia as it is called in Malay language. They are also the Sabah and Sarawak states in the east. They are separated by 531.1 kilometres of South China Sea. The states in Peninsular Malaysia are Kedah, Perak, Pulau Pinang, Perlis, Selangor, Pahang, Terengganu, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan and Johor. […]
There are many people of different origins in Malaysia. 52% of them are Malays, 30% Chinese and 8% of them are Indians. These form the myriad of cultures in Malaysia. They have religious festivals such as Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Chinese New Year, Christmas, Deepavali and Thaipusam. Another thing about Malaysians is the […]
Despite all of our efforts to be green, there is another country unraveling our progress.
China’s greenhouse emissions could negate progress made everywhere else. With their sweatshops, technology industry, and many other factories, China is smogging up…Now with all this going on, that pretty vase sitting in your house is not the only thing being “Made […]