I come from a small town called Alor Star. It only has about 400,000 ppl.
I've been reflecting on the pros and cons of living in this town.
Let's start with the cons. Best to start with the bad news.
I've been reflecting on the pros and cons of living in this town.
Let's start with the cons. Best to start with the bad news.
- The lack of cultural activities and entertainment. The movies that reach Alor Star cinemas areusually kungfu or horror movies. Visiting artistes hardly ever come up here [the north of Malaysia]. No ballets, no orchestras, and hardly any exposure to art.
- Customer service is usually very poor. Sleepy cashiers, grumpy restaurant waiters etc.[today was an exception at KFC though. There was a nice malay man who served us]
- No reliable public transport system
- Lack of international food choices. No proper Greek, Italian, Korean food.
- Dairy porducts are expensive. Pork products like bacon are more difficult to obtain.
The pros
- Cheap cheap Malaysian food at anytime of the day or night. It's usually delicious and tasty. Seafood is served in abundance!
- KFC and Maccas taste better in Malaysia and in my hometown. Better tasting burgers and chicken and even mashed potato.
- You can drive anyway in this town within half an hour and there are rarely any traffic jams. Dad gets to work in 5minutes, we get to church in 12 minutes, we shop 10 minutes away from home, Dorcas goes for piano lessons within our housing complex, ballet lessons are 5 mins away...you catch my drift
- The groceries are delivered right to your doorstep by the grocery man. How convenient is that!
- Plenty of shopping malls around the place though the town is small.
- Lots of markets and night markets for cheap food and clothes
More to come next time:)
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