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Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer

Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [543]

It was the summer solstice and, coincidentally, the first actual day of summer here in these heat blessed lands. I had been having all sorts of weird dreams and awoke with a start. I gave up, I did, didn’t I? I’m sure I did. Then why does ... Read more >

Tags: asia, haze, kuala lumpur, malaysia, summer


Penang Christmas

Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [1018]

“Ihachew” “Ihachew” “Ihachew”, those four-year-old’s words still ring in my aging ears. Until this very day I have no idea what I had done for that small child to stand, at three feet nothing tall, purse her ... Read more >

Tags: asia, christmas, food, malaysia, penang


Cameron Highlands

Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [1476]

Cameron Highlands was founded as part of the British love for escaping heat. The British, in their infinite wisdom, tended to invade hot countries and then proceed to complain about the heat - and thereby establishing Hill Stations to escape from that ... Read more >

Tags: asia, cameron, food, highlands, malaysia


Dream Weaving

Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [1157]

I imagine that cat’s name must have been Tiger, or its equivalent in Malay (Harimau), but I think of him as Blake’s ‘Tyger’. He was certainly one of the most striking cats that I have ever seen. He lay there, in that long greenhouse, ... Read more >

Tags: asia, food, malaysia


Bereft of Bacon

Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [555]

To have been bereft of ‘real’ bacon for neigh-on seven years was a great hardship. I was born and brought up as an Englishman; the consumption of bacon, and all things porcine, was second nature to me. The absence of pork products, and in ... Read more >

Tags: asia, food, malaysia


Mother In Law's Dumplings

Thursday, 4 Jul 2013 | Views [565]

Mother-in-Law’s kitchen was infused with the sort of light which could only be accurately captured by that miracle of Chinese film making - Zhang Yimou. Inside - the ambience was Chinese rustic meets culinary museum as a poignant and pregnant ... Read more >

Tags: asia, food, malaysia

 

 

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