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Hi
A sure sign that Malaysia is getting ready for major festivals is that this morning I had to go to five ATM machines on my way to work before I found one that had any money to dispense!
On Saturday 21st Hindus will be celebrating Deepavali and on the 24th, Muslims the end of the fasting month. This means that we have a number of public holidays in sequence and that a lot of the population will be on the move to visit family throughout the country.
Malaysia is rightly proud of its diversity and when major festivals line up together in this way there is a strong sense of the whole country celebrating. We all enjoy the opportunity to try different food and the specialities of the season and of course the opportunity to have time with our families.
Incidentally it's a great time to be in KL as the city is deserted and the roads just blissfully free of traffic jams.
I'll be telling you more how I'm celebrating in later blogs.
Tricia
Lexis and patterns from the blog;
A sure sign that something is going to happen
To dispense money
To be on the move
To be (rightly) proud of something
Diversity
The city is deserted
To be (blissfully) free of something
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Hi! It's nice you'll have a number of public holidays in sequence. Here in Bulgaraia we had at the end of September. I have heard about Deepavali from my English student's book .Incidentally, I like my English student's books because of their contents.The diversity of topics gives information which I can't come accross if I read a novel for example. That is why travel notes are one of my favourites genre.So I am eager to understand how people in this part of the world celebrate. I often hear that we (Bulgarians) don't know how to enjoy. We of course have traditions like every nations,but our customs have changed recently.Have a nice weekend and celebrtion! Diema
Hi Tricia, That’s interesting to hear that Malaysia is proud of its diversity and actually is perceived as such. It seems that the lessons have been learnt from the past experience and if so it would be a rare example of great political an social responsibility. I wonder what makes political leaders to go beyond their narrow self-interests and unify people from different religious and cultural backgrounds. If you look around the world you see how it’s difficult to make people sit at the table just to talk and learn how to understand other (read: different) people and respect them. It’s so depressing to hear about the wasted efforts of those in favor of dialogue.
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