SEVEN THINGS ABOUT KUALA LUMPUR
May. 18th, 2012 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
defrogI’m back from Kuala Lumpur.
Not much to report, except for the following:
1. PowerPoint
I spent a lot of time looking at PowerPoint slides.
2. Landmarks
When I wasn’t looking at PowerPoint slides, I was looking at the Petronas Twin Towers. Which look like this.
Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones not included.
3. Bookstores
When I wasn’t looking at PowerPoint slides or the Petronas Twin Towers, I was inside a very large Kinokuniya bookstore trying desperately not to buy too many books. I kept it to two selections. You’ll find out what they are one day if you keep following this blog long enough.
4. Television wasteland
One of the speakers at the conference I went to was from NBC Universal. That meant we got to see a short video showcasing all of their hit TV shows, cable news channels and Hollywood blockbusters. I was impressed because it pretty much summed up everything about American television that keeps me from watching it whenever I’m in the country.
I know it’s a mistake to assume that media is an accurate and comprehensive reflection of a given country, but I always imagine aliens seeing something like that as a capsule of American culture and thinking, “What a bunch of rubes.”
5. Penang chicken curry
I had some Penang chicken curry, because I likes me some Penang chicken curry. I did not like this particular Penang chicken curry. It didn’t like me back.
6. Huge doughnuts
I also had a raspberry doughnut from the café in the lobby. It was the size of a Whopper. I ate the hell out of it.
7. Petty crime
Kuala Lumpur International Airport owes me 6 ringgit. That’s how much I paid for a bottle of water that I thought I could take on the plane back to HK with me but, as it turns out, couldn’t. I’ll bet another 6 ringgit the security guard who confiscated it was secretly thinking, “Cool, I just saved me 6 ringgit.”
Lesson: airport security is a racket.
That’s all from me. Next week: Seven things about Santa Clara, California.
No deposit no return,
This is dF
Not much to report, except for the following:
1. PowerPoint
I spent a lot of time looking at PowerPoint slides.
2. Landmarks
When I wasn’t looking at PowerPoint slides, I was looking at the Petronas Twin Towers. Which look like this.
Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones not included.
3. Bookstores
When I wasn’t looking at PowerPoint slides or the Petronas Twin Towers, I was inside a very large Kinokuniya bookstore trying desperately not to buy too many books. I kept it to two selections. You’ll find out what they are one day if you keep following this blog long enough.
4. Television wasteland
One of the speakers at the conference I went to was from NBC Universal. That meant we got to see a short video showcasing all of their hit TV shows, cable news channels and Hollywood blockbusters. I was impressed because it pretty much summed up everything about American television that keeps me from watching it whenever I’m in the country.
I know it’s a mistake to assume that media is an accurate and comprehensive reflection of a given country, but I always imagine aliens seeing something like that as a capsule of American culture and thinking, “What a bunch of rubes.”
5. Penang chicken curry
I had some Penang chicken curry, because I likes me some Penang chicken curry. I did not like this particular Penang chicken curry. It didn’t like me back.
6. Huge doughnuts
I also had a raspberry doughnut from the café in the lobby. It was the size of a Whopper. I ate the hell out of it.
7. Petty crime
Kuala Lumpur International Airport owes me 6 ringgit. That’s how much I paid for a bottle of water that I thought I could take on the plane back to HK with me but, as it turns out, couldn’t. I’ll bet another 6 ringgit the security guard who confiscated it was secretly thinking, “Cool, I just saved me 6 ringgit.”
Lesson: airport security is a racket.
That’s all from me. Next week: Seven things about Santa Clara, California.
No deposit no return,
This is dF
