Malaysian Street Graffiti

I love street graffiti, especially the stencil ones. There are some cool ones in Columbia that I need to take pictures of, but while I'm waiting for that, here's some cool ones from Malaysia, all from around Kuala Lumpur.

The Blue Mosque

Across the street from our hotel in Shah Alam, Malaysia, there was an exquisite mosque. Officially it's called the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, but affectionately dubbed The Blue Mosque (as you can see). It was gorgeous. I've never been in a mosque before and the experience was a little unnerving. It felt like Islam was very exclusive, as we (being outsiders) were not allowed in much of the mosque. And for women, we had to completely alter our appearance so as to show no curves of our bodies. However, I can see the beauty of the religion in their architecture. It was glorious.

Honeymoon Idea #2

I went to the dreamiest park on earth tonight. Here's the website. We drove about an hour away from where we are staying in Shah Alam to a Firefly park. They take you out on a little quiet boat and you close in on the trees next to the river and there are millions of fireflies all twinkling in the branches. Rufus Wainwright's song "O What A World" was going through my head, especially the line: "'life is beautiful' on the New York Times..."

It was perfect.

Malaysia, Day Two

this is the Blue Mosque across the street from our hotel in Shah Alam, Malaysia

Sharon and I in Venice Beach, CA, with DP!!


inside the Blue Mosque, pardon for the flipped photo, i can't figure out how to twist it