The Kuala Lumpur Traveler

The Star Online today ran a short story about Tony Pua, a technopreneur millionaire, who had announced his decision to join opposition party Democratic Action Party (DAP). The ex-CEO of Cyber Village Sdn Bhd, the company he founded in 1997, had sold his stake in the company. His membership in DAP had been well received and he has been appointed as Economic Advisor to DAP’s Secretary General Lim Kit Siang.
Tony also now runs two personal blogs: Philosophy Politics Economics and Education in Malaysia.
When asked about why he joined an opposition party, here is what Tony has to say:
“I have no …read more

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Pheeww….. what a great idea. It’s the world first and the original idea was mooted by Malaysian…. this is truly Malaysia Boleh (Malaysia Can). I am talking about Zass!! The world’s first mobile hair salon… in a vintage looking in striking red color bus. Now… tell me.. that’s not cool…errr hot?
According to founder Fara La’jam, Zass!! is the first mobile hair salon in the world, and it will be zipping around town offering hair-styling services to Klang Valley residents.
“We are a mobile hair salon and we move from location to location on a daily basis,” said Fara during a …read more

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I had reached home a little earlier than usual today and was pleasantly surprised by my wife who had cooked Laksa Penang. It has been a while since we had Laksa Penang at home. Laksa Penang is undoubtedly one of the most popular local food here in Malaysia and it is enjoyed by both Malaysian and foregners alike.
If you are foreigners still learning about Malaysian food, you might be wondering what is Laksa Penang? Well, here is Wiki’s explanation about Laksa Penang:
Penang laksa, also known as assam laksa from the Malay for tamarind, comes from the Malaysian island of …read more

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Thanks to News Straits Time and four others who had sued Jeff Ooi and Rocky for defamation, Bloggers United was born. Today Bloggers United is one month old. A one month old movement that had grown so fast it is now adopted by bloggers around the world. Rocky had reported that Malaysia Today is also proudly displaying Bloggers United logo prominently on the widely popular and read online news portal.
It is unfortunate that Jeff and Rocky had to be the catalysts but Bloggers United had brought so many bloggers together. Susan Loone had put it nicely in her Bloggers United’s …read more

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There is a carnival going on and I am glad that I am part of it. Jon Symon, the owner of Home Turf Media which hosts a network of city-based blogs around the world, had started Carnival of Cities. I had submitted the story about two Malaysian bloggers, Jeff Ooi and Ahiruddin Attan a.a. Rocky who were sued for defamation by a Malaysian newspaper News Traits Time and four others.
There are also many other submissions by city bloggers around the world with lots of interesting stories about what were going on in their cities. Check out Carnival of Cities at …read more

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Personally, I don’t think Chinese New Year (CNY) in Malaysia is as exciting as it is celebrated elsewhere in the world. The reason? No firecrackers! Firecrackers used to be part and parcel of CNY celebration in Malaysia but many years back the government had banned firecrackers for security reasons. Too many casualties were caused by the firecrackers. The rest, as they say, is history. However, don’t be surprised if you come across someone selling firerackers and fireworks illegally in Malaysia.
CNY celebrations in Malaysia are now more of shopping mall affairs with lots of discounts offered, family re-unions, open house, Yee …read more

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August 2005, the then Minister of Home Affairs Datuk Seri Azmi Khalid had launched a campaign as an incentive to encourage Malaysians to change their old identity cards to the new MyKad. The campaign was in the form of lucky draws that promised among other prizes a MyVi car, worth RM50,000 manufactured by a local car maker Perodua. The public was made to understand that the prizes for the lucky draw would not cost the government any money because it was supposed to be sponsored by the consortium that supply MyKad.
The lucky draws would not cost the government as …read more

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In order to reduce road fatality involving express buses especially during the festive seasons, Malaysian authority had introduce a new measure by having uniformed policemen on the buses to keep an eye on the drivers.
ACP Nooryah said if the policeman on board found the driver of the bus he was on or any other bus driver on the road to have broken traffic laws, he would note down the bus registration numbers and fine the drivers later.
From one standpoint of view, this is indeed a good move. Although the newspaper had reported the initial feedback is encouraging, how effective …read more

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Although the flood that had recently hit many parts of the country is finally over, the Johor folks who were the hardest hit can hardly forget about the worst natural disaster that had happened to them. Some of them had noting left, including the house. It will be many years, if ever, for some of these victims to recover from the emotional stress and disturbance resulting from the unexpected flood that had hit them twice in just a few weeks apart.
Helps are still very much needed to help these victims to recover and get back to their normal lives even …read more

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I have always wanted to write about Taman Negara Malaysia (Malaysia National Park) however it’s going to take a lot of writing to describe this beautiful reserve forests with a total area of 4,343 km² encompassing the borders of three states Kelantan, Pahang and Terengganu.
But today is my lucky day and should be yours too if you are nature lovers. There is a saying “a picture says a thousand words”, and can you imagine how many million words a 21 minute-video says about Taman Negara?
A group of friends from Malaysia, Switzerland and India had visited Taman Negara way back in …read more

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