Extreme Body Modification is Nuthin New Nor "Baru"

A coconut grinder. I only bring fascinating stuff to this blog. But on the subject of coconuts, three cheers for the Thai desert with ice shavings mixed with coconut milk and water chesnuts.





As a public service, I wanted to convey the message of the Muzium Negara of Kuala Lumpur that you are not to imitate the gentleman pictured above. They had a section on Hindu celebrations.

The national museum was worth seeing, though half of it was closed for renovation. I wish my camera didn't run out of batteries before I got to record the collection of shadow puppets from all over Asia that they host. My favorite part of the exhibits was the tribal wood carvings of imaginary creatures (I think from Borneo). There was one that was particularly impish, and belongs in one of those retarded Indiana Jones imitating movies about unlocking a vast evil from some ancient decoration. Those fiendish interior decorators of yore.