living 2 decades of my life, today was one of the days when i truly appreciate the buildings i see so often when i passed through them every now and then. i went with my long time no see cousin brother, derek, whose hailed from canada (and is now a native of canada) to these 'abandoned-by-locals' tourists' attractions.
we departed from taman bahagia lrt station to klcc and headed into petronas twin tower 1 to get FREE tickets to access the skybridge. though living in kl for so many years, i never really took the initiative to get upclose with the skyscrapers of the city. so, we queued up and was attended by an officer who is responsible to jot down where the visitors are from.
too bad, the morning session was full that day, so will have to try next day.
queing up for tickets
my my, the twin towers do look magnificent. it made me proud as a malaysian. i really do.
petronas twin tower
so we took the lrt again and proceeded to masjid jamek.
yes, heard of it so many times, all i knew about masjid jamek was that it's an interchange station for lrt. (vain -__-")
sesiously i don't even know that the mosque is located just beside the station. we walked so far away to dataran merdeka and had to asked directions. poor me.. shameful! it felt as though i am a foreign tourist myself. 
masjid jamek
so, we turned back and found this mosque which turns 100 this year. and i was required to wear this selendang as a tudung before entering. it was very very hot that day, and with the selendang covering my head, i was sweating profusely.
flags in dataran merdeka
dataran merdeka
to our surprise, we found out that our national flag, jalur gemilang is no longer at the square. we wonder if it had been taken to the laundry, since it has not been washed for 50 years. HAHA..
sultan abdul samad building
little do i know about the function of this particular building. i only remember that it has a clock tower by the side. today i knew. it once houses the administration offices for the state and also Royal Malaysia Court, Malaya's High Court, and KL High Court.
dayabumi
national post office
KTM (Keretapi Tanah Melayu) railway in the city
KTM building 1
KTM building 2
the KTM admin building pathway- once so busy, now, only foot trails were left behind
old KTM railway
the old KTM building is now kind of relinquished, and was turned into an art gallery and also functions as a mini KTM museum.
back then, people used to flock to and fro the station, passengers waiting by the seats in the railway, typical malay songs played by blind beggars, the sound of train whistle, so many can be seen and heard.
now, it is all so quiet, so so quiet............
KTM train
heaven for abstract art enthusiasts
some head-tilting humans in the kampung
okay, i admit, i do not know how to appreciate this. (gives me headache)
but yet, we can still see some very brilliant and (pleasant to eyes) drawings.
some artifacts found in the mini museum
1930s fan
some tools used for signalling and communication during the 1930s
1930s typewriters
1930s fax machine
then we headed to the opposite and enter the national museum
national museum
the last time i had been to tugu negara (national monument) was 18 years ago. the memories are so vague, all i could remember is that i did so many candid, foolish shots around this tower. hahaha..
remembrance tower (that's what i called it.. paiseh) at tugu negara (national monument)
and of course, the not to be missed, deer farm at lake garden.
these are our cultural heritage. the evidence of our country's development. without history, there will be no present.
take some time and walk down these memory lanes and you'll discover the true meaning and treasure of history.
4 comment:
u got some very nice shot there
hahaha i lol-ed at the fax machine :) all the histories and memories. i went to the tugu negara only because my relatives from china came and i was sort of like the tour guide hahahaha
smay: which one? which one? i had no time to edit the photos, so some mighyt turned out a little cacat-ed. and that day was so damn sunny, i can't even preview the photos i took under the sun.
yrong: ya loh, the last time i went to tugu negara was to fool aound over there. HAHA.. the fax machine amazed me, i thought it was an old-fashioned clock. and it was made in great britain leh, geng or not.
2 3 4 and 12~ should have numbered the pic. easier for me to comment ma
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