Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. October 10, 2011. I only had a day in Kuala Lumpur before flying home. The city seemed incredibly cosmopolitan, with several fancy rail systems; broad, orderly, clean streets; and an ethnically diverse population. With just a day I stayed very much on its surface, though I did a lot of walking in [...]
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A day on the surface of Kuala Lumpur
Posted by melaniejoya on May 24, 2012
http://motionlessbirds.wordpress.com/2012/05/24/a-day-on-the-surface-of-kuala-lumpur/
The portal that is Indian food, the river, the armature that is old houses
Melaka, Malaysia, September 10-12, 2011 I. The portal Indian food opened the portal to my love of Melaka. Selvam is in the touristy central part of the city and in the Lonely Planet (which mysteriously describes such places as “banana leaf restaurants”), but it seemed full of local people, or at least people who knew [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on November 6, 2011
http://motionlessbirds.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/the-portal-that-is-indian-food-the-river-the-armature-that-is-old-houses/
Jalan jalan di Indonesia
It is spectacular and somewhat disorienting to consider that I’m flying to Kuala Lumpur in less than a week. I’ll be in Malaysia for 4 days, and will be spending the other 29 days in Indonesia. From October 5-9, I’ll be attending and participating in the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival in Bali. They released their full program schedule earlier [...]
Posted by melaniejoya on September 2, 2011
http://motionlessbirds.wordpress.com/2011/09/02/jalan-jalan-di-indonesia/
My novella, City in the River, City in the Forest, available from Hag's Head Press
Incident at Love Canal, with Christine Shea!
