the entry just north

lo and behold! are you a purveyor of kitschy designer brands but yet unable to afford the real mccoy? welcome to the streets of jalan petaling @ kuala lumpur! here, you will find the grimy streets festooned with imitations of brands fashioned in the likes of louis vuitton, bottega venetta, and what-have-yous. as i was clawing my way through the disarray of thoroughfare to my hovel, i was ushered by street merchants touting their latest counterfeit products, grubby monks begging for alms, and pragmatic cab drivers with their incessant, humdrum shouts of  "taxi taxi??". trippy-psychedelic.

toni & guys cuts their cult sub-brand here in malaysia

my cruddy makeshift of a hovel, the sequel to hotel china town 

a couple of local delights, especially this gem "air mata kucing" (see pic below) that was found at the crossroads of jalan petaling. a concoction of some chinese ingredients together and voila! a suprisingly thirst-quenching, saccharine cocktail that's bound to please most palates, if not all.

more local foodfare...

one of the more popular local night markets of kuala lumpur

vendors in central market love their victory signs

a charming display of how klites (locals of kuala lumpur) dispose their trash

it's been quite a while since i've last visited the peninsula of malaysia that's truly asia. so it was quite surprising to note that after a seven-year hiatus, some things just never change. of course there are the pockets of buildings like the amazonian mall pavilion. it literally takes a day to scour the entire building, and then when you think you're done, there's more to explore. no pictures to proof its cavernous entrails though.

 linguistic transformations of the english counterparts to malay. interesting! (well, to me, at least)

a charming denizen leaving behind morsels of himself in the airport ekspress train.

an exemplification of my inner rebelliousness

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