Driving through Alor Gajah the other day Noi asked how I thought it compared to Denton & Hyde in terms of the essential health of the township. We both thought it came out of the comparison well. There's no sense of the death of the High Street as in so many small towns in the UK. No boarding up of shops and vacant spaces appearing. Quite the opposite. And I'd say the same is true of Tampin from what we saw of the town last night. If folks are struggling here, and I'm sure that's true of at least a few, probably more, it isn't visibly manifesting as a general sense of economic woe. And similarly this morning as we were eating a late breakfast at Warung Nek Muna's next door, the crowd there, with lots of small children in tow, appeared full of vim, ready to get on with the business of living in cheerful fashion.
Mind you, I'm inclined to think that a bit more attention being paid to reducing the general amount of litter defacing the streets and drains would add even more good cheer.
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