Where i Live

Right, i'm surprised how little my friends know about the place i live, so yeah, high time i enlightened everyone.

And besides, i'm bored.

I live in Sentul.

Ok, not entirely accurate. I actually live about a mile from Sentul at a housing estate called Taman Rainbow and its set between two other tamans called Taman Kaya and Taman Kok Lian and its actuall about 3.25 miles down a major road in KL called Jalan Ipoh.

In short, its easier to say i live in Sentul.

It is a bit like the PJ area, albeit a lot older......i have loads of lizards in my house...no rats though :P, my dog took care of that.



Living in a place that's largely populated by elderly people and Indians and Chinese has its advantages. Besides, the area being older than my grandfather too has its advantages.

The dobi comes to my house. Yeah, my beloved Matrix tee-shirt gets picked up for dry cleaning every 2 weeks. He comes every Monday every week to dry clean mom's sarees, and wash dad's good shirts (the ones he wears to work) and pants...at low rates. He comes around 4pm , drops off the previous week's load, takes th new one, and has tea with us at the same time. He comes in this old van and wraps up the stuff that needs washing in a large cloth, ties it up like a nice parcel, and chucks it into the van. So, unlike most people, if i need my jacket to be dry-cleaned, i don't have to leave my house.

The milkman delivers. Not the chap who come in a van and uses bottles. This guy come on a motorcycle, with a large stainless steel container at the back from which he ladles fresh milk from the cows he keeps somewhere in Sentul into clear plastic bags, which he seals and hangs form our gate every afternoon. 3 bucks a packet, we take one everyday for making coffee.

Mom uses fresh ingredients in her cooking everyday. Here's why:

1) fresh Coffee, not bottled stuff. She buys the coffee beans which come from India or Brazil near Leboh Ampang (you would nvr know the place unless i showed you...its the old KL town area..quite a maze) when she goes to the bank or to pick up sis from school. The beans are roasted with a bit of butter by our "aunty" (she's our maid actually, but she's close and is about mom's age so calling her a maid i feel is quite degrading..so she our "aunty").

The beans are then dropped off at a mill which is on the way to school along Jalan Ipoh, which is convenient. The beans are ground and are delivered to the house by a chap on a motorbike the next day. The coffee powder is put into a strainer, hot water is poured and is left for about 20 minutes for the dark coffee to pour out. Its poured into a mug, fresh milk from the milkman is added and you have perfect coffee. Its convenient.

2) Likewise, dried chilli, pepper corn and turmeric are purchased form the same shop and sent to the same mill and is delivered.

3) The yong tau foo guy passes by the house everyday around 9am. Its good stuff.

4) The ice cream vendor passes by with his loud tunes every evening around 4pm. He has Magnum and Cornettos.

Moving on.....

You can run around my taman without worrying about being knocked down.

In one day, a maximum of 10 to 20 cars pass quietly by my house. There are loads of old trees giving shade and old people around. So, yeah, its a very quiet area.

There are loads of good chinese restaurants at my doorstep, so yeah, i eat well.

The taman being along jalan ipoh, means there is a bus passing by every 5 minutes, sometimes more. i can take ANY bus to town or to the KTM or LRT stations. Almost every cab driver knows how to get to Jalan Ipoh, so its easy to give directions.

The only places which are difficult to get to are Bangsar, PJ and the 1 Utama area.

I have never needed a car to get anywhere, cept to those places..bloody areas with zero public transport (sorry people, who live there).

Bukit Bintang and Times Square is a short monorail ride away. Mid Valley is a short KTM ride away, and KLCC is a bus ride away, but i get dad to drop me off on the way to his work place :P