BUNNINGS!!!

Went for a 1hr walk to a nearby shopping centre on the other side of a river.

A walk down orderly streets, along well groomed gardens. Breathing crisp fresh air. Down a rolling valley to a jogging trail alongside the bank of the Maribyrnong River. Across a sturdy cantilevered footbridge. Over fresh waters as clean as a ditch in Singapore, and just slightly murkier than Selangor tap water. Meeting an old man walking his Corgi, a man with a beagle and a snow-dog, joggers, bikers...

Houses here are low bungalows, never overly large, and diverse in design. 2 storey houses are rare. I speculate this is for heating economy. Cars are mostly kept in garages, instead of clogging up the common road like in PJ. No one fences up their property, except for privacy between neighbours. Whereas at home, even the middle class have to grill up every window, double bolt their doors, double lock the gate, and put spiky things all around the perimeter, or else jobless aliens will slash wrists, snatch purses, withdraw your assets or deposit their semen somewhere uncomfortable.

It's wonderful being able to walk down a street without keeping your guard up constantly, and to sleep with your guard down. It saddens me to think how long before we can reclaim this basic right in Malaysia...


And on that other side of the river, is a Bunning's. That's a hardware store bigger than a Tesco or a Carrefoure from KL.

I felt like Homer Simpson in Candyland...

Power tools... ***drooooool***~~~

Mitre saws, table saws, circular saws, jig saws, belt sanders, orbital sanders, routers, planers, drills, angle grinders, bench grinders, air compressors, NAIL GUNS!!!

The bigger problem is how to bring all that I desire back to KL.......