SHAH’S RAMBLINGS

Nothing much left to do on our last night in Cambodia except go out and spend whatever remaining US dollars and Cambodian Riel we still had on our hands. The best place to do so is at the nightly Siem Reap night market in the middle of town. Unlike the haphazard stalls at the regular [...]

On our second day in Phnom Penh I got to explore the French Quarter part of town during our early morning search for an internet cafe near our hotel. That SMS I got earlier that morning left us desperate for more information on the election results. After devouring the uplifting info on the latest election [...]

Several Cambodian words are strikingly similar to Malay words for example Kampong which means Kampung and also Psar means Pasar. The Psar Chas in Siem Reap is located next to the Siem Reap river at the Southern end of the town, fortunately located within a 2 minute walk from the guesthouse where we stayed at. [...]

Artisans d’Angkor produces high quality Khmer works of art while also functioning as a crafts school for the youth of Cambodia. It was established with financial support from the European Union with the aim of equipping young Cambodians from villages and outskirts with the skills and tools necessary to create amazing art pieces that are [...]

Swipe number 6, yesterday at Parkson KLCC, after getting that DVD at Kino. Item = Birthday gift for birthday boy‘s birthday next week. Swipe number 7, at World of Cartoons Mid Valley, after torturing myself at the gym again today. Item = Another gift for the birthday boy. Now it time to keep fingers crossed, [...]

The main shopping area in Jogja is along Jalan Malioboro. Almost the entire length of this street is made up of shops while the sidewalks are crowded with street stalls selling all sorts of goods.   For those who want a more comfortable shopping experience and well known brands there’s the upmarket Malioboro Mall also [...]

Tomorrow Muslims will be celebrating Aidilfitri. In preparation for tomorrow’s festivities I had several last minute errands to run today. I started the day early by visiting the nearby mosque to pay the zakat on behalf of my mum. I already paid mine earlier at one of the shopping malls in town. It’s really convenient [...]

Thursday marked my last visit to the Pasar Ramadhan for the year. After that day there’ll be very few stalls left open since most of the traders would have already balik kampung or would be busy with their own Hari Raya preparations. So for the final few days before Raya I’d have to resort to [...]

Since I was working the whole of last weekend, yesterday was my day out. Najib was on leave today as well so we decided to go to KLCC in the evening for some makan-makan and a movie. Had an unhealthy evening tea at my favourite fast food outlet. The place had been totally done up [...]