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..