September 2010

Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia

September 27, 2010

I knew it was going to be good before I even saw the first exhibition. The security guard was smiling right from the deeps of his eyes, and he was courteous and friendly from all of 10-feet away. This is a good sign anywhere in the world. The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, in Kuala Lumpur […]

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Shop till you Drop

September 24, 2010

It struck me that Kuala Lumpur is not somewhere that East meets West; rather a place, where the West is accepted. When you’re helplessly lost within one of the dozen or more super-sized shopping centres in the Malaysian capital (which you will be), you could be excused for assuming that Kuala Lumpur is more Western […]

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Scratch ‘n’ Sniff

September 21, 2010

I leaned my head against the aeroplane window, and watched as my house sauntered by. My downward gaze instinctively retraced my former running route, and in my mind’s eye I took a walk through the neighbourhood; to the supermarket I never fully understood, and into the pub where they never quite learned my name. The […]

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What Goes Up.

September 8, 2010

I’m leaving New Zealand next week to return home to England, one year earlier than planned. I had a whole blog post sketched up in my head, it was riddled with romantic notions, and heartfelt reasons which would help me to appear enigmatic and brave. Then I realised it would take the best part of […]

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Colour Vision: #3C78A7

September 3, 2010

I’m having one of those weeks. Just when I think things can’t get any more complicated, I go to sleep and wake up to find they’ve become even more screwed up. I’m like the little girl in Labyrinth, and David Bowie just keeps taunting me with his glass ball. I’m interested to see how this […]

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