well not quite… it’s more like 370… and kilometers.
So here I am, posting from the fourth hotel romm i’ve spent the night in this past month, courtasy of my company and this photography assignment I’m on.
For those curious, i’m on a speed trip to visit all 20 public universities in Malaysia and photograph all their facilities. It’s a speed trip because I have less than 1 month to do it.
So far, aside from the Klang Valley area universities, i’ve visited Unis in the northern states of Perak, Penang, Kedah and Perlis, and currently i’m on the southern leg, which has brought me to Malacca and Johore. (which makes me wonder why doesn’t Negeri Sembilan have a Uni?) I’mm be back on thursday night, and after a rest on friday, i’ll be off on a gruelling 7 hour drive to the east coast where i’ll visit Pahang, Trengganu, and Kelantan. Following that I’ll be on a plane to Sabah and Sarawak.
So yes, after this trip is over there will be no state in Malaysia left that I haven’t visited.
Things that have struck me so far these trips:
1. Malaysians are really nice people. Seriously. Being out in the country and interacting with people from all sorts of different backgrounds just makes you wonder WTF the goverment is up about “racial tensions”.
2. OMG KL IS SO EXPENDSIVE! For example I saw Satay go for 35 sen the other day. It hasn’t been 35sen in KL since… 1996?
3. Piracy is well and alive. It’s just that because they cleaned up KL so well that you think piracy is dead, but let me assure you the latest movies, TV shows and software are still up for sale just like the good old days. Just not in KL.
4. It seems the more famous the hotel, the more expendsive the internet. For example, in the Bayview penang, internet is rm20/day. Here in the Crystle Crown JB, it’s rm10/hr or rm30/day. Where as in this cute and cozy B&B in Malacca, it’s free.
5. Living alone in a hotel room is sad. Hotel rooms are either double beds, or single queens… like how a heart is always made for two.
Anyway, runnign out of time so i’ll stop here. Will write more when I get back to KL.