December 4, 2007
We were wandering around the KL convention center food court after oohing at the sharks, fishes and what-not in the aquarium, when we came across a Starbucks. Seeing one wasn't too surprising (they really are everywhere), but I noticed on their specials board they were touting holidays drinks and I turned to tell David that I thought it was hilarious they were so out of touch with their local establishments as to try to sell winter holiday drinks in July. But just as I was opening my mouth I realized it is not, in fact, the middle of summer.
It's so warm here (and humid), and traveling leaves me feeling so out of touch with any sort of everyday life, that I've lost all sense of time outside how long it takes us to get from one place to another. Even after the Starbucks incident, I was surprised to see an enormous white christmas tree standing in the center court of the very fancy, very large mall we stumbled across yesterday.
And for all the wrong reasons: I should be surprised by the tree because Malaysia is predominantly Muslim.
