Famous to Infamous?
Food Haven to Name Reformasi?

So many things just come and walk us through. When we are asked to conform to something new, the old one suddenly gathers so much hype. Why is it that some people prefer to stand by the old one and not embrace the new one? Particularly one reason could be that they understand the history of that specific, symbolic icon. Like most new generations, 4th Generation above wouldn't really be able to comprehend the impact this place has imprinted on patrons.

As we are all made aware, Jalan Alor is now being changed to Jalan Kejora.

ALOR = KEJORA( VENUS????? What the hell?)
*both still contain the alphabets AOR.

Nostalgic memories flood minds.

CITY HALL HAD EXPLAINED THAT THE STREET NAME WAS CHANGED AT THE REQUEST OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC ACTION COUNCIL TO MEET REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE ROAD-NAMING GUIDELINES.

Oh I've heard that one before. They want to show that we are modernising ourselves and making a symbolic Name vanish without any symbolic arguments. Hmm...Now is it just our mentality or have we started to become more foolish day by day, trading history for fame?

After all, haven't all the Bapa-bapa Malaysia been promoting "In order to move on, we must relearn history" Oh wait. They've adopted a new approach, they're relearning history with
I Simply Arrest(ISA)

Anyways, let's continue:

Take a look at all this people eating. Look at the smile on their faces. Happy happy Gobblers!



Wow. They are even promoting Premier tissue! It's like our must-have partner. You rarely see other brands of tissue at restaurants and hawkers. I think the name has them all jinxed to the brand. And they're almost in every car!


"I'm like the most endorsed brand around hawkers and restaurants!
OMG. Wee!!!! Oh wait, I forgot to say cars also. Wuahaha."













Alright, that was relatively painless. But as we can see, people don't come to Malaysia to learn about history. Other countries have longer and more colourful history. Just because we were tainted with so many wonderful Caucasian and Asian counterparts, that doesn't make us exactly the best place for history. But "Guai Low's"@Gringo's@Mat Salleh's@Celup's come to Malaysia to taste the exquisiteness of our food. Look at it in a positive eccentric way, our food variety is a little bit eccentric. You don't find this kind of variety very often outside of Malaysia.


"Eat la, don't be shy shy wan. If not, why you come Malaysia ar? Don't wolli, when you go back you sure to lose weight. Now you here you eat lot-lot la! OK!! Nah, come take some more la...Come come ar!"


Biarlah aku ditiup angin,
Aromaku yang melayang ke hujung perasaan,
Yang menusuk masuk,
Dada yang ditusuk rasa satay!







Look at these two guys, eating to their hearts content though I'm a bit unsure about the dude with the cap. Hmm..













Everyone knows Jalan Alor as the food haven. You want to spoil adventurous food people? Well, rethink the cost of reprinting Jalan Kejora. Does it really matter that much to actually change a road sign? Why must we adhere to people high above who doesn't spend time to actually see the problem at grassroot level. Do we really need them to guide us? How can we progress with these dickheads making sloppy half-assed decisions?

Also, I read in The Star yesterday saying that there is a possibility to change Kuala Lumpur to Kuala Lestari? Because Lumpur = Mud, they want to shine KL. With what? The history behind Kuala Lumpur is something all KL'ites like me will hold dear! And does it really matter to actually change the name? What's in a name that makes it so status-conscious? Does Kuala Lumpur reflect that badly on us? Lumpur?

What's in a name? Are we really that status conscious that we choose all sorts of eccentric names to make ourselves stand out? Plus, I've met some people whom I know English'ize their names.


Bakar = Burn
Latiff = Tape
Kumar = Kum - Pronounced K-a-m
(imagine if I substituted the "K" for "C", which I did :D )


Best of all, I know this one dude in uni who goes by the name Sky.

"Hey, check out the sky. It's so blardy dark lah. How to go home ar?" Bernard tells Ee Lynn.
"Hah? You called me ar?? Oh, icicici..." Sky says.

I'm astounded, profounded and dumbfounded. Why can we just let some things remain as they are?

Once again, what's in a name? And at what cost?