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Travel: Guess Where I Was – Three Photos

February 12, 2010

The following three photos were taken on a trip a took a few months ago. Can you guess where they are from? I’ll give you one clue: they are not from Singapore!

 

Did you guess Penang, Malaysia? If so, you’re correct! (I realize the last photo is a little too helpful).
Penang reminds me a lot of [...]

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Travel: Penang, Malaysia (Part I)

December 11, 2009

A few weeks ago a jumped on an Air Asia flight to the port city of Penang, Malaysia.
After just a few hours in the city, I almost forgot where I was. The historic city has sizable Indian and Chinese populations, dozens of different places of worships, and signs that are written in multiple languages.
Our first [...]

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Religion: Ramadan Karim! رمضان كريم!

August 22, 2009

Guest Post from Dragoman

Today marks the beginning of the month of Ramadan, throughout which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. The fasting period culminates in the celebration of the festival عيد الفطر :Īd al-Fiṭr‎ (Romanized as Idul Fitri in Indonesia and Aidilfitri in Malaysia), which is also known as Hari Raya (Malay for “The Grand Day”) in [...]

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Travel: Tioman, Malaysia

January 30, 2009

This is the closest I will come to spending time on a deserted island. Even though it was a holiday weekend, most of the shops were still closed for monsoon season (almost over). There was only one restaurant open near our guesthouse, and there were not a lot of tourists around (good thing).
I was originally [...]

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Travel: Off to Malaysia for the Weekend

January 24, 2009

I was suppose to leave last night, but we got delayed…oh well. Instead of hanging around the city-state this weekend, I will be in Tioman relaxing on the beach.
恭喜发财！

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Religion: After Malaysia, Indonesia Considers Yoga Ban

November 28, 2008

I had a feeling this would happen. After the fatwa on yoga in Malaysia, Indonesia is now considering a ban.
Here is an excerpt from the Straits Times:

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) will investigate the practice of yoga in the country, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, before issuing an [...]

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Religion: No Yoga for Malaysian Muslims

November 23, 2008

I have always been frustrated by the strong influence of religion in politics. Last week, I read dozens of articles about the Mormon Church’s involvement with proposition 8. This week, religion over-stepped its bounds in Malaysia. There, a top Islamic organization banned Yoga. This is what the Straights Times quoted:

‘We are of the view that [...]

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