i am now taking a sweet one week break from school, heading back to college for briefing and also some reflection time. been really great. I also went out with my fellow sisters and have some fun too.
The Friday evening we headed out to The Curve, hoping to catch some movie. But the movie selection sucks so we went out and stumbled upon a bar called Scarlett. We had a beer and enjoy the good music mixed by a female DJ. But then we decided to head downtown to Frangipani to have more drinks and more fun. Nevertheless by the time we got there it was about 2am and we thought it was not worth it to go in and pay rm30 cover charge and come out an hour later. So we went mamak instead and later head down to the Taman Tasik Permaisuri.
I have long known taman tasik permaisuri or I shall call it Queenslake Garden (QG) as a well known cruising spot for KL gay boys. The place looks dodgy and really quiet when we got there around 3am. Well I supposed the major crowd may have left with their friends or that the Friday night was a relatively quiet one. But I do see some muscular men standing around with some twinks wandering around the bushes looking for some fun. I was with a friend and we did not do anything. We just took a stroll down the lake. Well not just the gays are there but also some anglers trying their luck with some fish late at night. After the stroll we went back to the carpark and hang there until 5am. Pretty crazy I know.
It was funny that this place will be the closest thing I ever get to K’Rd in Auckland. There we have the gay boys, trannies and also the gay couple being out and about under the shades of dimmed light and in the guise of the moon. I saw two boys walking holding hands. I felt a bit happy inside. Well Malaysia is not entirely like some middle eastern countries. There are places we can still be ourselves and enjoy each other company. They were many transgenders or “Mak Nyah’ around the park. Probably early morning is the only time that they can ever come out without getting the stared eyes.
With the new found techno –clubby song ‘when love takes over’ by Kelly Rowland and David Guetta playing in my head, I feel that my gay life will really come to an abrupt end when I finished college end of this year, then the period of exodus began as I will be frequenting KL once a while for fun while remain mostly remote for work. In a way I do dread that time coming but I suppose I do not really have a choice. Also with the Adam question hanging I do hope for a guiding light that can tell me what I should really do with my life.
But myself aside, I am happy and pray for all LGBT people in Malaysia to find a light that recognise their presence once day. We are many and we are slowly getting the acceptance from the society which may be a very long and painful process but I am optimistic we will eventually get there.
