Monday, July 18, 2011

Living in a mall or a state fair?


When did we decide that our apartment was an adjunct of a state fair? Was it the weekend flea market that occupies three floors? The Ecuadorans playing pan flutes and selling CDs? Or the rotating displays of clothes, household items, and cosmetics in the central area? Entering the mall each day we wonder what we will see  - we don't know what spaces are occupied and who is occupying them. 

Most people in KL & PJ know Amcorp Mall because of the weekend flea market, where one can buy used books, record albums, stamp and coin collections (we had no idea that a market for them still existed), RM10 watches, other old stuff and clothes. Yesterday we saw what seemed to be Victrola complete with a listening horn. The mall also houses a Star Bucks, McDonald's (truly international food - the Friday crowd is a microcosm of the city), and Secret Recipe. 

We now have lived at Amcorp Suites for three months. We rented our apartment largely because it is close to a LRT station. Our unit has good views - we can check the weather, monitor pool activity, and spot traffic jams. The building is well-maintained, and the laundry service is inexpensive. (One-third the rate of the laundry run by the lovely lady who told us that she would charge us the "local rate" not the "hotel rate")

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