A New Beginning

Only the northern half of peninsular Malaysia sees any of the eclipse at all. As luck would have it, Kuala Lumpur is right on the southern limit of the eclipse. Technically, you will be under the edge of the partial eclipse, and at 7:23 p.m. Malaysia Time the moon will brush against the solar disc. The only problem is that only 2/10 of 1% of the sun will be covered, not nearly enough for you to notice it except with professional-grade astronomical instruments. You could see a little of the partial eclipse if you wanted to go for a drive, though. At George Town, for instance, the eclipse starts at 7:16 p.m. Malaysia time. The moon eats away at the solar disc for another 20 minutes until the sun sets at 7:36. As much as 13% of the sun is bitten off, not very much but at least noticeable at sunset.
(taken from Yahoo Answer)

Wow. The last time we had this much hoo haa about the flaming ball of fire up in the sky was during that Michelle Yeoh's movie (also the fact that another eclipse happened here in Malaysia way way back during the 90's. I knew it cos I saw it!!)



No wonder there are so many stages set up by the Chinese community in and around my area here in Puchong. Or is it because of the Hungry Ghost month festival thingy. Not sure, but the roads are goona be pretty busy this weekend.