Archive for November, 2009

Learnig Malay language

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Bahasa Melayu is a difficult language. First I couldn’t find any worlds that resembled any other language, except the word “Restoran”. However, after a few weeks I learned to look closer. Just look at the following photo, which has nothing to do with screaming:

aiskrim

And the following sign is obviously influenced by the Wild West:

kauboi

Sometimes common sense is enough, clearly Berhenti is the word for Stop.

stop

The photo below appears to be of a 5 star hotel, but the sign says Akademi Koreksional, which of course is Correctional Academy in English. I wonder if that is a kinder expression for jail? However, looking at the buildings, it’s more likely a university for jail guards than a cage for jail birds!
correctional

Particularly interesting is the Malaysians protection of their wild life. They even make the warning signs reciprocal. Here is one, giving the monkeys a heads up for cars crossing their path:

crossing

Flight connections

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

My sister Annika is on her way from Finland for a vacation aboard Scorpio here in Langkawi.

Her take off in Helsinki was delayed by only 90 minutes, but as she had only 70 minutes transfer time in Frankfurt she missed her connection to Singapore.

Unfortunately, at the time she finally got to Singapore there was no flight to Langkawi until the evening of the next day.
At least the traveling was lighter now, as the luggage was lost.

Annika was supposed to arrive 11am on Saturday, now we are looking at 8pm on Sunday – 33 hours later!
The loss of 1.5 days is a lot for a holiday trip.

Boeing Boeing
Flying is fun. Picture from “Boing, Boing”