Friday, 13 May 2011

THE STREETS


Every day as I walk down the streets of Malaysia I see different people and places. I still wonder why houses are so close to each other and crowded .Since I got here I have never seen a house with a beautiful garden and a great view of the city or surroundings. This is still new to me. 
Although some of the buildings are beautiful and well built, I still get disgusted with the littering I see around Malaysia. Everywhere I go I see rubbish and plastic bags thrown around the streets. There is too much garbage in the streets of Malaysia.
However the roads a structured well, the highways are spectacular especially during the night with all the lights on, along the roadside. During the night as I look out of my balcony there is dead silence, nobody is walking and there are a few cars passing after every hour. The city is peaceful and looks beautiful with all the lights shining from every building and the billboards lighting up the entire place. The buildings are so high you can’t finish looking up at them without stretching and tilting your head.
In Suriamas you could see a chain of cars parked outside and the neighboring buildings are way high. During the night everything is still and uniform as if the time stopped and the earth wasn’t rotating. You cannot here any sound or movements when it’s passed mid night. Although sometimes there fire waxes being lighted up and they boom on the sky, you could see different rainbow colors on the sky and hear loud booming sounds. It’s so beautiful you might feel like you’re in paradise.
When it reaches early morning, you hear loud sounds coming out from hooting cars and people talking and moving around. The streets get so busy with people running errands and students going to school. As you drive past the streets you see women and men selling food .
The sun is too bright and the heat is unbearable. You cannot walk without an umbrella. It’s very annoying that the heat determines your dress code .You can’t put on anything without thinking of the heat.
Furthermore the roads have cracks and you could see pebbles. For those people driving it’s so inconvenient when you think about the traffic. In Malaysia the traffic jam is way annoying. You cannot reach where you want to go to in time because there too many cars and the traffic jam is stationary, cars move very slowly and the traffic lights make it worse because you could be stuck at a point for many minutes waiting for the green light in order for you to speed up .Therefore for those people who are in a hurry they have to wake up early and start their journey or else they’ll never make it on time. Also parking is a big problem in Malaysia, it’s hectic because there isn’t enough space for parking due to many cars and therefore people have to race and fight for a parking spots in some places. This is very disappointing to most drivers.
Malaysian streets are always busy and time is never wasted. Population is increasing at a high speed and rate.


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