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tun dr. mahathir's open house

i went to the hari raya open house of our ex prime minister tun dr mahathir mohamad at his mansion 58, jalan kuda emas, seri kembangan. he lives in an exclusive neighbourhood which consists of huge bungalowes, strictly guarded and furnished with a golf area. i guess only the rich live here.

the narrow otherwise shaddy road leading to tun's resident.

the security gate at the entrance of the neighbourhood

some garden along the way

here, you will not find caution, cow crossing

some mansions in the area. see how huge they are. i wonder which tycoon or millionaire lives here. it must cost a bomb to be able to live there for the area is 15 minutes away from kl and the same to putrajaya. it is also located next to the man made lake, mine's resort, quite a breathtaking view.

and this is the resident of tun. quite modest if compared to the rest. however it is charming, looks like an english cottage to me.

the residential management provide some tram to ferry people to the open house

full house!

long queue under the blazing hot sun! and one kind guard informed us that the queue was for people who wanted to greet tun and his wife. others who want to fill their stomach did not have to queue. since i have shook hands with tun and his wife when they visited my university some years back, i decide to skip the line. if i stayed, i would have gotten sunburn!

the people. so many of them!

the dishes. it was quite a mess to take the food. there was no queue unlike the one in pak lah's. and it was so hot!! i was soaking wet with sweat!!

saw tun and his wife greeted the people seating on sofas. guess old age does take its toll sometimes, huh. leo moggie and his wife greeted tun dr mahathir and tun dr siti hasmah as i took this photo.

and unexpectedly, leo moggie and his wife appeared taking some dishes. i thought he would be served instead of having to do it himself! he saw us taking pictures of him and he cheekily remarked, 'ooooooo, candid camera ehhhh' which sent us giggling. i thought of saying to him we are sarawakians but he already turned his back.

leo moggie's wife. i think many prominent sarawakians took caucasian women as their spouses if compared to their counterparts. look at taib mahmud, george chan...

the door to tun's bungalowe.

tun sh's rocking chair?

the same for tun m. are they specially made or what? i guess they were presents.

the beautiful wooden scuplture. i think it was some famous building in turkey or russia or italy...

beautiful orchids

again pretty colourful flowers.

the verandah of one of the rooms

the beautiful wood carving on the ceiling

some lady interviewed by rtm2

tun's son, a member of parliament, mukhriz arrived.

a closer shot of mukhriz. i was right beside him!

mukhriz and his wife's turn to greet the people. tun m and tun sh decided to take a break.

portable toilets. yeah, who wants constant knocking on the door asking to use the washroom?

the back portion of the house.

windows to whose room?

we decided to round the house and found a window with no curtain and managed to get a peep at dr sh having her lunch.

as my visit to pak lah's open house, this would also be my first and last visit. can't stand the hot sun and crowd. i just wanted to see tun dr m's mansion. at least i can say been there, done that.

pet pupz

i'm officially addicted to pet pupz on facebook. first thing i would do when logged onto the internet everyday is to go into facebook and trying to get more points and climb the ranking ladder for my lovely pup.

if you are new to pet pupz, first thing you would need to do is to buy a puppy. there are many breeds to choose from. mine is a coton de tulear because it looks like my dog in real life.

then you will need to feed your pet. log on everyday and you will get 170 points each time. you can use the points to feed, train, adopt another pup or even do the same to your friend's pup! your pup's hunger and happiness will decrease 4 points each day and you need to train your pup to increase their winning chance in the competitions.

when you have completed all trainings, a new stage called champz will be accessible and you would compete with other pups from other facebook users. right now i am number 559 with a total of 81857 points as compared to the pup with 182986 points at number 1. still a long way to go to catch up.

arrghhhh...

i hate it when people asked you to do something you didn't like.

today being the third day of raya, most are still on leave. this colleague of mine, a non-muslim asked me to punch in for him. said he was going for some blood checkup. why don't he just apply leave to do that. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.......

and this ex-uni mate came here today. i think on purpose because he should know most of the people here are on leave. he had no reasons to see me, only my boss because he is trying to promote his company's products. and my boss is on leave, being a muslim. he did that on purpose, i know he did. i didn't want to have anything to do with him or that buaya friend of his. it's because of people like them, i set my friendster and facebook as private. he asked me out for lunch, luckily i have valid reason to stay in the office. i have to take care of the office, i said. phewwww... otherwise he would have to chance to ask me why this, why that, why i didn't accept his friend request on friendster, facebook and tag, where i am staying, why, where, why, where, why, where..... etc, etc and i don't wanna answer them!!

feeding the fish

fish spa is the craze now. in bukit bintang area, the first to start the craze is pavilion but it's quite expensive i think. i saw a promotion at berjaya times square. at rm28 for 1/2 hour, now that's a bargain.

from the pamphlet given (edited):
fish spa therapy originates from turky and japan. this is a very unique beauty therapy. at such spa, many garra rufa, a type of small tropical fish, also nicknamed chinchin yu, a nibble fish or simply doctor fish, are put in hot springs. as they can live and swim freely in at least 40-degree-hot water, they are naturally used to treat skin diseases. they only consume the affected and dead areas of the skin, leaving the healthy skin to grow. it is also believed to be able to ease skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema. the process is painless, however one might feel a pleasant tingling. your feet will become smooth and better blood circulation.

there were two sections, one consists smaller fishes and the other one bigger. being a first timer in this, i decided to 'feed' the smaller fishes first. the bigger ones looked like piranhas to me.

first, you would need to clean your feet. they just sprayed water on my feet without scubbing them.

now, feeding time! it was very ticklish and i was giggling here and there. the fishes were nibbling my feet!

aha!!! lovely foot. let's eat it!!

however i soon stopped giggling. i learnt that it had psychological impact on your brain if you kept looking at the fishes feeding on your feet. vision + physical = giggle. i looked elsewhere and the nibbling wasn't that bad.

karada reflexology & fish spa
04-47, 4th floor,
berjaya times square

i spent raya with pak lah

prime minister of malaysia, the honourable datuk seri abdullah badawi and other muslim ministers held an open house in pwtc on the first day. i missed it the previous year and vowed would not miss this year's. maybe it would be the last raya for pak lah as prime minister... parking was free for the day as announced in the news. being the kiasu that i was, i arrived at 10.30am and quickly parked at a spot closed to the lift. however around 12.30pm when the function started, there were still lots of empty parking spaces.

the crowd was huge.

one of the placards hanging from the ceiling. sorry the picture was blur coz it wouldn't keep still due to the wind.
guards and policemen were controlling the people

we had to go up two escalators to reach the hall. to make it worse, they were not working. i think they were switched off on purpose to make us exercise before the big feast! i need that...

i finally reached the entrance where pak lah and other vips were waiting for me.. ekeke... at first, pak lah wasn't there. maybe he was taking a leak or whatsoever then finally he reappeared and all the photographers lining up on a special dais and took out their equipments for some shots.

i took this photo before the 'moment' but some moron blocked pak lah..
and i shook pak lah's hand!!!! i wished him happy raya and he mumbled something which i didn't get. jeanne wasn't there, too bad. then i shook najib's hand but he looked serious.

i didn't shake hands with hishamuddin and his wife coz they were at the end of the line and i was tired of queing up.
there were lots of dishes served there. some that i remembered; kuih, cookies, serunding, rendang, ketupat, fried chicken, rice, noodles and bee hoon, popiah, some other food which i didn't know the name. yeah, i am good at eating only, i don't bother with the names.

they seated us on round tables where you sat with strangers. the tables were placed downstair from the dishes place and there was no escalator going up and the stair was blocked with partitions. again this was part of their diet plan for us, to prevent us from going back for second round.

the performance for the crowd's amusement.

the actress in the local sitcom, pi mai pi mai tang tu
selamat hari raya!!!

it was an experience! it would be the first and last one for me for i couldn't stand the crowd and waiting..