Tag:Peninsular Malaysia
There are keep out signs and keep out signs. This is one of the most unambiguous I’ve ever seen. What I like about it is the multicultural aspect. The center graphic speaks for itself, emphasized by the command in four languages, one in each corner. I don’t actually remember where this was but I think it was somewhere in the vicinity of Fort Cornwallis protecting the north-east corner of Penang Island and Goergetown behind it.
It was, as you can see, a grey day. The large vessel and the large cranes lurking in the haze are in Butterworth. Apparently, Penang Island and its main settlement, Georgetown, were the first British settlement on the Malaysian peninsular and date back to 1786.
It was a dark and stormy night No, really, it was. Three years ago, on the 7th anniversary of 9/11, my family was among millions of others preparing for the arrival of Hurricane Ike. Our lives had been changed three years before that with the devastation wrought on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. Then, with our house in Katy filled with family members who had evacuated New Orleans, we all evacuated when hurricane Rita came rolling in a few weeks […]
