An Evening in KL

I hadn’t been to KL for quite some time so when I was stuck yesterday in Jalan TAR evening rush hour traffic I actually found myself savoring the experience. I began noticing things that had never registered with me before: rows of colonial-era shoplots. People covering their mouths and noses when crossing the street due to the dust. Policemen in standard-issue sunglasses directing traffic. Women in baju kurungs rather than jeans and T-shirt. Sundry traders on old motorbikes transporting their wares with one hand. Clerks, secretaries and bankers trudging through the heat and the exhaust fumes to the nearest LRT station. Buses cutting across lanes, might making right.

It also made me realize how different Cyberjaya is from other cities in Malaysia. A “designed” city, its population is mostly composed of “IT people” and students. There’s a different kind of buzz here, and new buildings are great and all, but the homogeneity reminds me of nasi lemak without sambal.

23 January 2008 | Uncategorized | Comments