Saddam Hussein for Halloween

Who could have imagined Saddam Hussein to show up in a Halloween party other than in one of the farthest corners of the world from America... in a gay club of Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia? As much as it was an almost brilliant costume, it shows how Saddam Hussein is still in the world's memory. Has his death made him a deity in the underworld of goblins, witches and evil spirit?

Maybe I was not unsuperstitious enough... but seeing Saddam Hussein reminds of the beautiful mosque that I visited eariler in the day:



As I was taking a short vacation from the mundanity of my first world, I came to Kota Kinabalu to escape and found a culture shock revealing how I was so American, so first world, and a total whimp on the streets of Malaysia. It's my first time here, and I am desperately trying to get used to the cityscape of Kota Kinabalu.



After a whole day of adjusting to the city, my friend and I needed to de-stress in a small gay bar with little expectations. It was precisely at Q bar where I found humanity in the obscurest corner of humanity. As the young drag queens performed the best show in the world, I realized that we are were all the same because all we wanted was to have a good time.



When I picked out an teeny bug from my favorite dessert iced Cendol at diinner, I realized that my adventure has just begun...