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On a serious note, other than food, there is so much more of Malaysia to appreciate, something\u00a0I began to realize\u00a0after a year abroad.<\/p>\n
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- Architecture<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
As much as I am still constantly in awe with European architectures, while taking the LRT (equivalent to DLR in London) to KLCC (The Twin Towers), I realise I have taken for granted the beauty of Islamic architecture which is seen throughout Kuala Lumpur. Magnificent Chinese and Indian temples can also be easily spotted. The mix of architectural styles is uniquely Malaysian.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>A Chinese temple<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n - \n
- Countryside scenery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Whenever I’m in Europe, I love taking the train because it is extremely peaceful to listen to some music whilst taking in the picturesque window view.\u00a0In\u00a0contrast, Malaysia’s countryside is a lot more rustic where there’s more motorcyclists, more tropical trees like coconut trees.. .I don’t know how to describe it but\u00a0the rusticness of a Malaysian kampung <\/em>(village\/small town)\u00a0<\/em>exudes a certain warmth that draws you in and leaves you all fuzzy inside.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>http:\/\/i1.trekearth.com\/photos\/82105\/75-k.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n - \n
- Tropical rain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Everyone knows that a typical British weather includes gloomy skies with intermittent drizzles. But I realise I eventually miss the occasional heavy downpour in Malaysia. I love listening to the sound the rain makes when it falls on the tiled rooftop while taking an afternoon nap, because that’s when the weather is most cooling.<\/p>\n
All in all, I am glad that this trip made me notice things that I have always took for granted and made my love for Malaysia grow. On the other hand, I also realised how short my 2 years of study in UK\u00a0was\u00a0and there’s a lot of more things I want to see and experience. One thing I know for sure is when I have to return to Malaysia for good next year, I will definitely miss UK, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After much debating with myself, I was ultimately convinced that a short 3 weeks trip back to Malaysia before the summer holiday ends is worth it. I wouldn\u2019t say I was homesick or anything, but the main reason was that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1277,"featured_media":889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extra-curricular-and-social-activities","category-malaysia-experience","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2016\/10\/14536496_10157730610495314_662185621_o.jpg?fit=1359%2C1812&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s7gHEG-881","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":906,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881\/revisions\/906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/malaysiacampus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
- Tropical rain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
- Countryside scenery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n