dear emilyn...
so now here's my take on the trip...basically...visiting the historical town of malacca was really something...everytime we visited a historical site...i kept thinking to myself...'this was already there 5 centuries ago'...'this was already real half a millenium ago'...n i kept imagining how it really was back then...the place...the people...the atmosphere...
imagine a famosa...500 years ago...after the fall of the malaccan malay sultanate to the portugese...war cries echo off the fort walls...long spears n keris' flash in the blazing sun...under the leadership of sultan mahmud...the malay warriors charge upon the walls of a famosa like the waves of the straights of malacca...up on the battlements...the thunder of guns can b heard...s the portugese soldiers defend the fort confidently...felling s many malay warriors s their ammunition allows...although the walls of the fort have lasted for half a millenium...it still remembers the bitterness of spilt blood n the saltiness of seaspray...
another thing...i'd like to put in my 2 cents worth on the bus system in malacca...if u'd noticed...we travelled around by bus most of time...but unlike in kl...the bus system in malacca is efficient...largely due to the construction of malacca sentral...a fully air-conditioned hub for bus transportation within the state...all 'domestic' n 'international' bus routes converge there...making it really efficient to get around n not to mention comfortable...
kl sentral should emulate this...i mean...busses r relatively much more cheaper n can serve a wider coverage area...so besides being the convergence point for the lrt, monorail, ktm n erl...y not make it into a hub for bus transportation too?...then only would kl sentral truly serve s the centre for public transportation that is worthy of the capital of malaysia...the people would also b much happier too...
oh n one more thing...whatever the goverment's trying to do...to fairly distribute the races throughout malaysia...isn't working at all...i mean...after travelling around malaysia for the past few months...i can definitely say that states outside of kl...have fewer non-bumis than in kl...i mean...come to think of it...it was quite hard for me to find a non-bumi in kt, kb, alor n mal...in my opinion...this isn't fair...coz i think the bumis should have a shot at living in kl too...n i think the goverment should do something about it...since it has promised to do so...
n last but not the least of all...it's a known fact...i love to travel...coz it opens my eyes to things i would never c at home...n after all this travelling...one thing has made a deep imprint on my mind...n that's how thankful i should b with the blessings that God has bestowed upon me...
i mean...visiting the states outside of kl really gives me n insight into the lives of those who live in poorer states...what they lack...what they need...n what they want...n it makes me grateful that i'm living in affluent kl...where there is abundance in resources...if not adequate...food...knowledge...n stuff...so i'm thankful to God for that...
so that's all for now...quite a bit actually...i think i'll postpone my blog on my travels to beijing till later...give u time to digest all of this first...kekeke...
cheers
k
so now here's my take on the trip...basically...visiting the historical town of malacca was really something...everytime we visited a historical site...i kept thinking to myself...'this was already there 5 centuries ago'...'this was already real half a millenium ago'...n i kept imagining how it really was back then...the place...the people...the atmosphere...
imagine a famosa...500 years ago...after the fall of the malaccan malay sultanate to the portugese...war cries echo off the fort walls...long spears n keris' flash in the blazing sun...under the leadership of sultan mahmud...the malay warriors charge upon the walls of a famosa like the waves of the straights of malacca...up on the battlements...the thunder of guns can b heard...s the portugese soldiers defend the fort confidently...felling s many malay warriors s their ammunition allows...although the walls of the fort have lasted for half a millenium...it still remembers the bitterness of spilt blood n the saltiness of seaspray...
another thing...i'd like to put in my 2 cents worth on the bus system in malacca...if u'd noticed...we travelled around by bus most of time...but unlike in kl...the bus system in malacca is efficient...largely due to the construction of malacca sentral...a fully air-conditioned hub for bus transportation within the state...all 'domestic' n 'international' bus routes converge there...making it really efficient to get around n not to mention comfortable...
kl sentral should emulate this...i mean...busses r relatively much more cheaper n can serve a wider coverage area...so besides being the convergence point for the lrt, monorail, ktm n erl...y not make it into a hub for bus transportation too?...then only would kl sentral truly serve s the centre for public transportation that is worthy of the capital of malaysia...the people would also b much happier too...
oh n one more thing...whatever the goverment's trying to do...to fairly distribute the races throughout malaysia...isn't working at all...i mean...after travelling around malaysia for the past few months...i can definitely say that states outside of kl...have fewer non-bumis than in kl...i mean...come to think of it...it was quite hard for me to find a non-bumi in kt, kb, alor n mal...in my opinion...this isn't fair...coz i think the bumis should have a shot at living in kl too...n i think the goverment should do something about it...since it has promised to do so...
n last but not the least of all...it's a known fact...i love to travel...coz it opens my eyes to things i would never c at home...n after all this travelling...one thing has made a deep imprint on my mind...n that's how thankful i should b with the blessings that God has bestowed upon me...
i mean...visiting the states outside of kl really gives me n insight into the lives of those who live in poorer states...what they lack...what they need...n what they want...n it makes me grateful that i'm living in affluent kl...where there is abundance in resources...if not adequate...food...knowledge...n stuff...so i'm thankful to God for that...
so that's all for now...quite a bit actually...i think i'll postpone my blog on my travels to beijing till later...give u time to digest all of this first...kekeke...
cheers
k
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