August 16, 2004
Some feng shui for my parents
It was wonderful seeing my parents. We've had a great week's holiday together, and I've probably grown accustomed to nice hotel rooms as a result... They liked visiting KL and the Cameron Highlands, but it wasn't until we got to...Read this update
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August 12, 2004
Photos, fame, but not yet wealth
Hi everyone, I've now put up the photos from my trip into the Borneo rainforest. There are now photos on the pages Into the rainforest part one, two and three, and also on the page Certificate of Survival....Read this update
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August 07, 2004
Welcome, porn surfers
Hi... This isn't the most serious of entries. I wrote it two evenings ago, and have been deliberating over whether to post it. And it's kind of overly self-important. But, seeing as the previous post was so angsty, I felt...Read this update
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August 05, 2004
Hiding from the world
Hiding from the world can't be done halfway. I feel... so drained, so low, post-Borneo, plus I am in a city I don't particularly like - KL. I hope Malaysian readers can forgive this, but KL's centre just doesn't do...Read this update
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August 04, 2004
Certificate of survival
Hi everyone, I'm now back in KL, feeling terribly sad and alone. It has been a wonderful time staying with Cayce. We have become very close friends, we've talked about so many things, it felt so miserable sitting in the...Read this update
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July 05, 2004
From the wiggle of a bum
After five days as a beach bum, it was a welcome change to return to the very Malay east coast town of Kota Bharu, with its night food market, handicraft shops and trappings of modern civilisation....Read this update
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June 29, 2004
Living an advert
Has my diary been getting a bit boring lately? No need to spare my blushes, though maybe boring's too harsh, but, maybe, maybe just things have been on an even keel for while - no great nightmares or triumphs. The...Read this update
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June 26, 2004
You don't need beer to have fun
Bus stations, the grimier the better. There is a comfort attached to a wait in a bus station for a long-distance bus. You know you're in the right place, the sweet Muslim girl behind the glass assures you....Read this update
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June 22, 2004
Travelling on a wooden bench
Visiting the Cameron Highlands, I seemed to do more inside my head than outside it. I felt immensely peaceful, thinking lots - I was pretty much the lazy guy hanging around the guesthouse and not really exploring, the person I've...Read this update
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June 17, 2004
Hi mum, I've become a Hindu
Sitting in a cafeteria, slovenly sleepy. Felt as if I've stayed out all night for some reason, stumbling now among waking up streets. Wearing the same underwear I slept in, a t-shirt greasy with today's and several other days' sweat....Read this update
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June 12, 2004
One hundred lashes in toy town
Melaka, port of Sultans, Chinese and Indian traders, Portugeese, Dutch, British, Japanese, British again - now, after centuries, once more independent. Each group seems to have spelt the city differently: Maqacca, Malacca, Melaka -...Read this update
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June 11, 2004
Annie and Mr Bond
KL is far more modern in terms of infrastructure than Bangkok - a richer, more developed city, I felt. The western-seeming the sky trains and huge shopping centres of ipods and cameras combine confusingly with the mosques and many women...Read this update
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June 09, 2004
A road into memory
I took the bus out of Penang heading south across Malaysia. As we approached Kuala Lumpur, three year old memories started jostling to be reviewed. Three years ago I had come here on a two week holiday from work, stayed...Read this update
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June 08, 2004
Of many things and many people
Hello everyone, here is my post from my entry into Malaysia and my first stop, on the island of Penang. I hope Malaysian readers will be amused rather than offended by any of my bizarre observations and inaccuracies....Read this update
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