I fell asleep on my sofa at 9:30 p.m. on Friday, woke up, showered, watched a bit of tv, read a bit, then fell asleep and woke up on Saturday at 12:30p.m.
This morning I woke up to my friend calling me (we were supposed to meet up for breakkie) when I hear his sleepy slumber and thought "ok, good, he's not awake as well"
Perhaps that explains my weekend =)
Fine... I did something productive as well - I cleaned out my closet again
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Buttttttttttt
I planned out the next few weekends, in case u guys are interested in future events.
September 29th - October 3rd: Short and sweet theater at KL Pac. Theyre 10 min skits each, quite interesting - more information here
http://www.klpac.com/Welcome.asp?c=whatsontheatreview&theatreID=434&theatrecatID=5
Then the next weekend 9th September will be the Bellygood festival - Essentially a belly dancing festival at Mist club Bangsar from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
http://www.mistclub.com.my/default.html
Weekend after that 13th - 16th October is Short and Sweet - dance. 10 min dance shorts - Miss C choreographed a piece as well!
http://www.klpac.com/Welcome.asp?c=whatsontheatreview&theatreID=431&theatrecatID=4
If youre interested the Malaysian Philharmonic will also be doing a special show with Hands Percussion on October 14th!
http://www.mpo.com.my/Upcoming-Performances/Following-Concerts/Joining-Hands-with-the-MPO.aspx?docid=1565&perfname=Joining%20Hands%20with%20the%20MPO
23rd of October, my company will be heading out to the Raja Musa Forest Reserve to help plant some trees. Its also the same day as the Kings and Queen of Comedy - Asia featuring comedians from around the region. It'll be at Plenary Hall - KLCC from 8:30-10 p.m., one night only!!
http://www.timeoutkl.com/performance/events/Kings-and-Queen-of-Comedy-Asia
And for the last weekend of October, there'll be the Art Expo in MATRADE from 28th - 31st. Seems like quite a good collection of contemporary art, so should go and take a look
Busy busy October!!!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Art for Grabs
So, as promised, I managed to drag my arse out this weekend. It was one of those beautiful weekends, when you're walking around your city by yourself and you think "I am so lucky to be here... I love my city"
(Since 1914)
As I've mentioned before, I have always loved the old parts of KL, the beautiful architecture, the history behind it. I walk by buildings and imagine what it would have been like, back in the day, with horse carriages and markets going on right under your window. With greeneries everywhere. It makes me sad when I see these buildings being torn down with new buildings put up. I wish these buildings were preserved. If I had enough money, I would LOVE to buy a few of these, and maybe this one in particular.
(Imagine building a home here)
Imagine standing over that balcony, and just watching the world go by... though sadly if I did that from this particular building I would be covered with bus smog.
But this post was about the Art for Grabs which is happening in Central Market. It would be going on tomorrow as well for those interested. You can catch a cab or take the Putra train to Central Market. The Annexe is located at the back of Central Market on the second floor. So when you see the new building block behind CM, keep climbing up those ladders all the way to the top.
Lots of interesting art, I myself fancied the home made lip balm being sold there. There were a few different flavours, one being an extremly delicious choc smelling one. You can find more details here
http://mynrose-shop.blogspot.com/
(Artists selling their wares)
As for dinner, well if you like fine dining, would love Il Lido (btw I am LOVING how more and more fine dining restaurants are popping up in this fair city of ourse)
http://www.il-lido.com.my/
Good food, very good service, reasonably priced and best of all... this...
Beautiful view of the KL skyline from their rooftop bar
Happy Sunday everyone
(Since 1914)
As I've mentioned before, I have always loved the old parts of KL, the beautiful architecture, the history behind it. I walk by buildings and imagine what it would have been like, back in the day, with horse carriages and markets going on right under your window. With greeneries everywhere. It makes me sad when I see these buildings being torn down with new buildings put up. I wish these buildings were preserved. If I had enough money, I would LOVE to buy a few of these, and maybe this one in particular.
(Imagine building a home here)
Imagine standing over that balcony, and just watching the world go by... though sadly if I did that from this particular building I would be covered with bus smog.
But this post was about the Art for Grabs which is happening in Central Market. It would be going on tomorrow as well for those interested. You can catch a cab or take the Putra train to Central Market. The Annexe is located at the back of Central Market on the second floor. So when you see the new building block behind CM, keep climbing up those ladders all the way to the top.
Lots of interesting art, I myself fancied the home made lip balm being sold there. There were a few different flavours, one being an extremly delicious choc smelling one. You can find more details here
http://mynrose-shop.blogspot.com/
(Artists selling their wares)
As for dinner, well if you like fine dining, would love Il Lido (btw I am LOVING how more and more fine dining restaurants are popping up in this fair city of ourse)
http://www.il-lido.com.my/
Good food, very good service, reasonably priced and best of all... this...
Beautiful view of the KL skyline from their rooftop bar
Happy Sunday everyone
Weekends 33-36 : Post raya walk
After my actual birthday weekend, I spent the next weekend celebrating my birthday in Bangkok. My friend Miss Prancy had invited me up on a spur of the moment whim and said to me "why dont you celebrate your birthday in Bangkok"
So I went, and danced the night away, and the next day we went over to Chatuchak for a little market shopping followed by actual shopping in Central Chitlom. Was a great weekend of celebrating with good friends, what more could a girl ask for.
The weekend after that, I got sent to a Women's conference in Singapore, followed by preparation for the big day - Raya! I told my mom that I wouldnt be able to go back home that weekend. When asked why, I told her I needed to get ready for Raya - needed to do my hair and nails and all, to which my mother responded "La, I thought you were going to bake some cookies"
Raya was spent chomp chomp chomping and nom nom noming on great food all over. We visited my grand aunts and uncles, and just met up to catch up. My fathers side of the family is quite big you see. He has 11 other siblings, which translates into ~60 direct first cousins (including the married partners) and translates into ~15 nieces and nephews right now. Always a great big fun because we all try to meet up, and travel and visit together.
For those of you still looking for a good nom nom noming place, just remember that Raya is celebrated for a month. So just go hunting for "open house" or "rumah terbuka" which essentially translates to "come on over and eat!"
Now, as for this weekend (yes, apologies for cramming in 3 weekends in one post) I started the evening by going through my old time out magazines. Then being prompted that tonight was the Lantern festival. So, I grabbed my new Spanish friend A and we headed out to Jalan Tuanku first for the supremely amazing and famous Nasi briyani at Restaurant Insaf (I truly recommend the nasi briyani ayam madu, or known as nasi briyani with honey chicken). Ive brought quite a number of friends there and so far have not heard any complaints!
(The beautiful Sultan Abdul Samad building at Dataran Merdeka)
Then we ventured on to walk downtown in search of the Tanglung (Lantern) Festival which was supposed to be from 4-11 p.m. in Petaling Street area. After showing off the beautiful Dataran Merdeka area, and walking through my old KL, we finally stumbled on the crowd of people in front of Central Market!
(The festival started at Central Market)
Lanterns lanterns everywhere! to celebrate the mooncake festival. It was quite a lot of fun, though of course could be better managed, i.e. where are all the lanterns that we can buy, and most importantly, why didnt anyone bother to advertise it in the papers today, so that people would know?? after all, not everyone would be like me and actually lock it down in my calendar when I read about it a few weeks ago.
(Mini lions! blink blink blink)
There were a few mini lions (so cute!) leading the way, with everyone else following behind. Quite a fun procession, though of course would be great if they could turn off the street lights, and everyone walks with their lanterns. Ah well, always room for improvement, though agreed it was quite fun.
(Little boys lighting up their lanterns)
(Hanging up your wishes)
As for tomorrow, its Arts for Grabs at Central Park again! After missing a few rounds before I think Ill walk on over for a sneak peek for this weekend.
So I went, and danced the night away, and the next day we went over to Chatuchak for a little market shopping followed by actual shopping in Central Chitlom. Was a great weekend of celebrating with good friends, what more could a girl ask for.
The weekend after that, I got sent to a Women's conference in Singapore, followed by preparation for the big day - Raya! I told my mom that I wouldnt be able to go back home that weekend. When asked why, I told her I needed to get ready for Raya - needed to do my hair and nails and all, to which my mother responded "La, I thought you were going to bake some cookies"
Raya was spent chomp chomp chomping and nom nom noming on great food all over. We visited my grand aunts and uncles, and just met up to catch up. My fathers side of the family is quite big you see. He has 11 other siblings, which translates into ~60 direct first cousins (including the married partners) and translates into ~15 nieces and nephews right now. Always a great big fun because we all try to meet up, and travel and visit together.
For those of you still looking for a good nom nom noming place, just remember that Raya is celebrated for a month. So just go hunting for "open house" or "rumah terbuka" which essentially translates to "come on over and eat!"
Now, as for this weekend (yes, apologies for cramming in 3 weekends in one post) I started the evening by going through my old time out magazines. Then being prompted that tonight was the Lantern festival. So, I grabbed my new Spanish friend A and we headed out to Jalan Tuanku first for the supremely amazing and famous Nasi briyani at Restaurant Insaf (I truly recommend the nasi briyani ayam madu, or known as nasi briyani with honey chicken). Ive brought quite a number of friends there and so far have not heard any complaints!
(The beautiful Sultan Abdul Samad building at Dataran Merdeka)
Then we ventured on to walk downtown in search of the Tanglung (Lantern) Festival which was supposed to be from 4-11 p.m. in Petaling Street area. After showing off the beautiful Dataran Merdeka area, and walking through my old KL, we finally stumbled on the crowd of people in front of Central Market!
(The festival started at Central Market)
Lanterns lanterns everywhere! to celebrate the mooncake festival. It was quite a lot of fun, though of course could be better managed, i.e. where are all the lanterns that we can buy, and most importantly, why didnt anyone bother to advertise it in the papers today, so that people would know?? after all, not everyone would be like me and actually lock it down in my calendar when I read about it a few weeks ago.
(Mini lions! blink blink blink)
There were a few mini lions (so cute!) leading the way, with everyone else following behind. Quite a fun procession, though of course would be great if they could turn off the street lights, and everyone walks with their lanterns. Ah well, always room for improvement, though agreed it was quite fun.
(Little boys lighting up their lanterns)
(Hanging up your wishes)
As for tomorrow, its Arts for Grabs at Central Park again! After missing a few rounds before I think Ill walk on over for a sneak peek for this weekend.
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