Another photo from a dinner:
Yeah. I know. Weird photo.
Category: Photography
My current office, well, one of my two current offices, is located at the top floor of a building in Kuala Lumpur. The view is lovely. I could see the Parliament, the Tugu Negara, Bangsar, Genting Highlands and the city itself, among other things, from the office.
The sun was setting when I took the shot.
It’s 2 AM on a Sunday. I just got back from a dinner event at Istana Seri Menanti.
To those that organized the sketch, I salute thee. It takes courage to stage it in front of the King and the Chief Minister of Negeri Sembilan. Thanks goodness that we still have some freedom of expression in this country, despite daily erosion.
If this is the kind of quality play held at every annual MCOBA dinner, I wouldn’t mind attending the next edition. And the next too. Great job guys.
And, haha, thanks to Project Sayong for sponsoring my ticket. But I wonder, would this play hurt the project? LOL!
p/s – Nik Nazmi describes the play.
On one fine fall evening, a hopelessly bored Michigan freshman started blogging.
Five years later, he is still blogging.
Thank you all.
Now, take my hand.
Take my hand and together, hand in hand, we shall turn libertarianism into an awesome force in Malaysia. Or, you could buy me dinner instead.
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[967] Of at last, blue sky
I’m so glad that the haze has stopped for now. Nevertheless, blue sky is still a rare commodity this time of the year. Whereas the choking smog has gone, the gloomy cloud fills the void. The cloud relentlessly blocks the sun, like how it is in Ann Arbor. Day in, day out. All that makes me appreciate blue sky even more.
One of the few other things that make me love blue sky so much is the chance it gives me to learn and practice photography:
It may not look that much but hey, saya masih belajar!
I wanted to play around with the colors but I find out long ago, and again today that trying to improve photo digitally on a laptop with an LCD is extremely hard.
Techical stuff aside, the photo was taken from the base of the Petronas Twin Towers, looking towards Jalan Sultan Ismail. Jalan Sultan Ismail is probably Kuala Lumpur’s unofficial central business district. The word jalan means ‘road’ or ‘street’ in the Malay language.
I have two other photos that point towards the same direction. One has the Mandarin Oriental Hotel as its subject. Another was taken from Khazanah Nasional Berhad’s office.