Putrajaya

I bought myself a new camera. I've played a bit with it and this is my first selfportrait (well almost - I had to figure out the right settings).

In the background is the auspices of the Kuala Lumpur prime minister in Putrajaya. Putrajaya is the administrative center of Malyasia. The city was founded in the best planned economy style i 1990 when the government bought 6000 hectars of forrest and began to develop the city. The area is rich in architecture and massive government buildings. There is a huge man made lake with 18 bridges across not one like another. Very impressive. The Malaysians like me are apparently crazy about bridges.

Malaysia has like Singapore the ambition to become an educational hub in Asia. It was my impression that the country has a greater challenge than their neighbor. The New Economic Policy and the English language proficiencies makes the country less adept to the necessary changes.