Comments on: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Taman Negara http://www.popcornfarmer.com/2008/04/southeast-asia/ an unlikely place for a CS grad student. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Thailand: Bangkok - Popcornfarmer.com http://www.popcornfarmer.com/2008/04/southeast-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Thailand: Bangkok - Popcornfarmer.com Wed, 14 May 2008 14:01:13 +0000 http://www.popcornfarmer.com/?p=74#comment-62 [...] I kept during my trip to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand in 1999. The previous posts covered Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Present day thoughts are in italics — after Penang I didn’t keep up with my [...] [...] I kept during my trip to Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand in 1999. The previous posts covered Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Present day thoughts are in italics — after Penang I didn’t keep up with my [...]

]]> By: Penang: Pearl of the Orient - Popcornfarmer.com http://www.popcornfarmer.com/2008/04/southeast-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Penang: Pearl of the Orient - Popcornfarmer.com Tue, 13 May 2008 19:50:45 +0000 http://www.popcornfarmer.com/?p=74#comment-60 [...] trip was before my sophomore year of high school, and was my first experience outside of the US. In the first week of the trip we explored Singapore for a few days before going on to Kuala Lumpur and the Taman Negara rain [...] [...] trip was before my sophomore year of high school, and was my first experience outside of the US. In the first week of the trip we explored Singapore for a few days before going on to Kuala Lumpur and the Taman Negara rain [...]

]]> By: JDsg http://www.popcornfarmer.com/2008/04/southeast-asia/comment-page-1/#comment-47 JDsg Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:45:33 +0000 http://www.popcornfarmer.com/?p=74#comment-47 <i>Next door was a Chinese temple which was also bustling – perhaps because it was Friday the 13th?</i> Sounds like Waterloo St., in the Bugis neighborhood. Naw, that temple <i>always</i> bustles. ;) The Chinese mythology park is almost certainly Haw Par Villa; ironically, in almost six years of living here in S'pore, I've never been there. The Malay Village area (assuming you're talking about the site in Geylang) is not really known for its restaurants. The Arab Street area, where your first and third photos were taken, <i>does</i> have some good restaurants. <i>On the train they showed us an interesting collection of bad American films and a British sitcom, none of which interested any of the passengers.</i> Of course! KTM's known for their bad films. ;) Except that they've gotten mildly better over time. <a href="http://dunner99.blogspot.com/2007/03/i-solemnly-swear-that-i-am-up-to-no.html" rel="nofollow">Last time I took that train</a> (a year ago), they played one of the Harry Potter movies. Haven't been to Taman Negara just yet. Good post! Next door was a Chinese temple which was also bustling – perhaps because it was Friday the 13th?

Sounds like Waterloo St., in the Bugis neighborhood. Naw, that temple always bustles. ;)

The Chinese mythology park is almost certainly Haw Par Villa; ironically, in almost six years of living here in S’pore, I’ve never been there. The Malay Village area (assuming you’re talking about the site in Geylang) is not really known for its restaurants. The Arab Street area, where your first and third photos were taken, does have some good restaurants.

On the train they showed us an interesting collection of bad American films and a British sitcom, none of which interested any of the passengers.

Of course! KTM’s known for their bad films. ;) Except that they’ve gotten mildly better over time. Last time I took that train (a year ago), they played one of the Harry Potter movies. Haven’t been to Taman Negara just yet.

Good post!

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