When I got to Kuala Lumpur, I didn't think much of the city - there were only massive buildings and traffic jams everywhere. But then I got to the site of the Petronas Twin Towers and something changed.
We were in a spot where everyone goes to take pictures of themselves with the towers in the background. Becoming a member of the I-have-a-picture-with-the-Petronas-Towers-in-the-background group made me feel quite good. Shortly afterwards, I have noticed that everyone, myself included, was constantly looking up and realised that, in one way or the other, we were all admiring the greatness of the human spirit for we can definitely achieve wonderful things when we set our minds to it. And then was when it hit me - Kuala Lumpur pays tribute to all the qualities that make us belong to a realm up there in the air and far away from the mundane.
This thought was with me the whole day today - when I went on a double decker city tour and got to see all the major sights from above; when I went to the top of the Kuala Lumpur Tower and had amazing views over the city just before and after it got dark.
This entire time, the Petronas Towers were my focus point - I could see them from almost everywhere and what a sight for sore eyes they were. I was particularly pleased when I spotted them from the National Palace. Seeing them with the lights on from the KL Tower was also breathtaking but not as breathtaking as when I was surprised by their reflection in another building on the way to Chinatown.
As I headed back to the guesthouse, it occured to me that as nice as it can be to live in a place with such a high esteem for all that is up there in the air, it is possible to quickly start missing something - all the earthly things, which can be found down here. For they are dam worth it as well.
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