JULY 9 — Have you ever visited a place that both met your expectations and disappointed you at the same time? That was the new Tsutaya outlet at Bukit Jalil for me.
Malaysia has strict rules when it comes to bringing in merchandise such as DVDs so it is likely Tsutaya decided it was not worth the hassle and focused on items that would receive less scrutiny.With no seating nearby and no stores open for breakfast, I reluctantly got in line. Still it was a pleasant though slightly expensive breakfast and I was cheered enough to start exploring the store itself.
I find the little recessed circles in the walls adorable and they remind me of the Hobbit holes in theWhat bothers me a little is that part of the section is raised to create a small platform and there is a slight drop that is a little high to go up, while also being a hazard.The child selection is fairly expansive but the curators seem to be a little confused as to what constitutes children’s reading as I saw a book dedicated to stills from Pixar movies displayed.
These little charms have a little tassel from where you can pull a slip containing a tiny fortune inside. It was a little jarring at first to see Malay, Chinese, English and Japanese books dispersed all over the store but perhaps it is not such a bad thing.I decided on what I thought was an easy mark: to find books by one of Japan’s most popular literary figures, Osamu Dazai.
As for Malay books, I was also perturbed there were no actual titles in the literature section I would call literature. Where were the works of Usman Awang, A. Samad Said and the other noted literati? Instead there were various nonfiction titles that were so far from literature I wonder if they fell off a truck.
Thanks for the Frank review