June 26: Kuala Lumpur
What an incredible day. After church we grabbed some food and headed back to the hotel for some rest. I wasn't feeling too well. Woke up around 4pm for Sivin and Kea Meng to pick us up to take us to the Batu Caves... a sacred Hindu place built within these beautiful caves in the middle of KL. A hundred or so stairs to climb...
Strange though... it didn't feel so sacred per sé... rather more touristy to say the truth. But an interesting place all the same. With plenty of monkeys...
We then headed to a Malaysian state monument commemorating their triumph in a few wars. It was at a beautiful park. Group hug...
And afterwards, a Shandy... lemonade-beer... mmm...
Then... the MEGAMALL. This will be our 5th visit to a huge mall since arriving in Malaysia, which we will affectionately refer to from here on out as MALL-asia. Grabbed some food... many choices... this place has such incredible diversity. Still I stuck with my Penang Malaysian food and Holly stuck to her beloved Japanese cuisine. Then Malaysian Desert...
Kea Meng joked out loud that we had visited several places of worship today... first, church this morning... second, the Hindu Batu Caves... third, the State Monument... and now fourth, the Consumer Temple that is the mall... Hmm.
In the evening, we picked up Robert (an Irish friend) and Justin (I think, right?) and headed to Chinatown...
...and then out for tea. What an incredible time of dialogue, inspiration, amazing tea... Malaysian tea... Mmm...
Ask me sometime to tell you some of the things Robert mentioned about indigenous religions... particularly the Karen (northern Thai/eastern Burmese hill tribes) folk religion. Wow. Interesting stuff.
This weekend has been a conversation on contextualization. Such interesting things to share, but I must debrief with myself and others and then blog on the other site.
These people have become friends... and this will not be our last trip to Malaysia... for certain.
Strange though... it didn't feel so sacred per sé... rather more touristy to say the truth. But an interesting place all the same. With plenty of monkeys...
We then headed to a Malaysian state monument commemorating their triumph in a few wars. It was at a beautiful park. Group hug...
And afterwards, a Shandy... lemonade-beer... mmm...
Then... the MEGAMALL. This will be our 5th visit to a huge mall since arriving in Malaysia, which we will affectionately refer to from here on out as MALL-asia. Grabbed some food... many choices... this place has such incredible diversity. Still I stuck with my Penang Malaysian food and Holly stuck to her beloved Japanese cuisine. Then Malaysian Desert...
Kea Meng joked out loud that we had visited several places of worship today... first, church this morning... second, the Hindu Batu Caves... third, the State Monument... and now fourth, the Consumer Temple that is the mall... Hmm.
In the evening, we picked up Robert (an Irish friend) and Justin (I think, right?) and headed to Chinatown...
...and then out for tea. What an incredible time of dialogue, inspiration, amazing tea... Malaysian tea... Mmm...
Ask me sometime to tell you some of the things Robert mentioned about indigenous religions... particularly the Karen (northern Thai/eastern Burmese hill tribes) folk religion. Wow. Interesting stuff.
This weekend has been a conversation on contextualization. Such interesting things to share, but I must debrief with myself and others and then blog on the other site.
These people have become friends... and this will not be our last trip to Malaysia... for certain.
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