Same Same Different

Day 41: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

You know you are in Kuala Lumpur when:

1. The guy meant who's meant to be watching the H1N1 thermal imaging monitor at the airport is texting on his mobile phone instead

2. The immigration officer is listening to his Ipod while he processes your entry into the country

3. There's a 10% service charge automatically added to every bill because if the bar and waiting staff had to rely on tips after their atrocious service they would starve to death

4. The electronic timetable at the underground station counts down to your train's scheduled time, when it hits the scheduled time and no train has arrived it resets itself forward another half hour later. The train arrives whenever it arrives, but when it does it is too full to board.

5. You must visit four Seven Elevens before you can find one with mobile phone credit recharge in stock

6. You must hail 3 cabs to find one that agrees to put the meter on (or to a reasonable fare)

7. It cost you the equivilent of 3 days accomodation in Thailand for 20 minutes internet use at your so called 'free wi-fi' hotel

Get me out of here.

Just kidding.
Selamat Hari Raya Alfiliri to all my Malaysian friends, hope you are having a great holiday and enjoying lots of makan makan with your families.

Just uploaded a whole heap of pics that I took on my phone after my camera broke in the Philippines, have posted them on the appropriate blog entries.