My city Kuala Lumpur
has become TOO CROWDED. With buildings shooting into the sky and more being built
faster than mushrooms sprouting during the monsoon season, I wonder who
is going to be working or living in them? Surely, there must be a surplus of office
skyscrapers and condominiums? It appears NOT as real
estate in the city keeps speculators rich and richer.
Moo Eng drove me out one
Saturday, you know for a Girls Lunch and ‘Itch’ (correct verb is to bitch). We ended up in Old Klang Road, an older part of KL. I was truly surprised to see a piece
of NATURE still unspoiled and untouched in-between the skyscrappers! 
MY GOODNESS, don’t
the owners realise how many millions or maybe even billions this piece of land will bring when
converted. Concrete mushrooms choking all around us and then we have this GREEN LUNG of banana trees
and sugar cane plants.
A river cuts through and divides the property. On the other side are 3-story bungalows with a river view. Lucky folks. 
Only a car park on this side of the river but I wonder for how much longer? 
This is my life in the city, born a country girl but got moved to the city with my parents for BETTER prospects. But sometimes I wonder if it was for the BETTER?
Hooray for cities that retain their green lungs. I firmly believe we need them - much more than we need yet another money making skyscraper.
ReplyDeleteI only wish real estate people were more like you, we ll live in a healthier Earth.
DeleteThere no skyscrapers in my neck of the woods
ReplyDeleteYour are so lucky, woods to go walking and creeks to cool your feet.
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ReplyDeleteThat's wide enough to breathe between the compressed skyscrapers!
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