the world for more than it simply is

 
Went to Johor Bahru today; it is a border city about thirty minutes from here which also happens to be one of Malaysia’s major cities. The bus from Singapore to Jahore was cheap at $2.40SGD. The culture of Johor is mostly commercial, so shopping and eating. The currency in Malaysia is called the ringgit, and every one USD exchanged into 3.55 of theirs. Suffice to say, things were pretty much inexpensive in Johor with my most expensive purchase being around well under ten USD.

 
Concerning the locals of the area, there were surprisingly not many in sight as it was midday and either everyone was at work or at the mosques and government buildings. With the sparsely populated scene, Hac and I wandered throughout the city with the sun high in the sky. Our stops included the city’s main government offices, a few shopping malls, a mosque or two, a Hindu temple, and some water fountains shaped like tall shot glasses. Breakfast, or was it lunch, was a restaurant nearby the bus station that had a large duck. I had keow tuey, a rice kind of noodle dish with pork and duck. Lunch was hokkien noodles with seafood. Dinner was a tom yum in a claypot at the mall food court.

 
I’d write more, but Lannie is waiting to use the computer.