Cats in cable car

Cats in cable car

“Men have always divided the world up into regions having either real or imagined distinction from each other.”
-Edward Said
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For the moment:
Epoca-Gotan Project
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In a cable car ride in Langkawi, I was in a gondola with my step mum, my two pre-teen sisters and a couple from KL in their early 20′s.
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I sat directly across him and his girlfriend next to him.
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In a way, I was glad that they were not shy as strangers, especially the guy. But they probably were shy as a couple as physical contact between the two was minimal. Between the two sides, we spoke casually on and off, but very little of it.
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As we climb higher, the scenic view naturally got us, as citizens of the developing world, taking pictures.
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For some odd reason, I felt a little awkward but still found bits and pieces of this situation amusing.
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Here’s the juice.
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He leans back against the ‘wall’ with the camera trying to create distance with his girlfriend to get a wider shot of her and the background. Immediately after, she takes the camera and he leans back and poses.
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While waiting for the snap, he smiles and tilts his head slightly. And then he says:

Meow.