Shark Fin Soup

Sadly, I saw a restaurant selling 'shark fin soup' while wandering through Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown. This meal is just what it sounds like, a soup with a shark fin in it. It's one meal I won't be trying and I am even going to avoid eating in places selling it whenever I can.

To get the fins thousands and thousands of wild sharks are captured each year and many have their fins cut off while they are still alive before being thrown back in to the sea. No other part of the shark is wanted or used. With no fins the sharks are unable to swim and then drown or starve to death in a lot of pain. Just for a soup! Would you cut the legs off of a live chicken and throw it back in the field to die just for your snack?

Not only is it an incredibly cruel way to make a meal but it's also one of the main reasons why so many shark species are becoming or have already become endangered. If you ever see it for sale please think twice about how it's made before deciding to try it.

One Direction Watch {Singapore & Malaysia)

It's official, there is evidence of One Direction on every continent I've visited!

To seal the deal in Asia I heard some of their songs on the hostel's common-room radio as well as spotting some books in a shop and then in Malaysia I spotted some 'I Love 1D' T-shirts in a market.

We know they are known in Europe (Because they're from there obviously) and we know they are known in North America. That just leaves Africa and Antarctica...if they are famous in those two places that means they are known on every continent on Earth!!! World domination would be complete.

Isn't it a bit of a scary thought that you might have someone that thinks they know you on every part of the planet but you have never met 99.9% of those people?!

My Malaysia Review

Just like Singapore I wasn't in Malaysia very long so there's not too much for me to put here really.

Unlike Singapore though, which is full of new and flash buildings, Malaysia seemed to be full of building sites that promised new and flash buildings. On one trip on the train I could spot a different building site bustling with machinery and workers in every block we travelled over.

I'm also starting to get used to the more humid weather when out and about but I have become a huge fan of air-conditioning. If the inventor is still alive I would like to find him and hug him!

In The Photo: This was taken on the train on the way back from The Petronas Towers, slap bang in the middle of Kuala Lumpur rush hour, talk about crammed in!

Would You Drink This?

Just spotted this in a shop. Amazing name!

Twins

Today I took a trip to central Kuala Lumpur to check out one of the most famous modern landmarks in Asia; The Petronas Towers. Both towers are linked together by a bridge and up until 2004 it was the tallest building in the world. It's 451.9 metres tall and has 88 floor plus FIVE basements!