Mari Ber-Sama-Sama

I learned recently that this year's edition of Urbanscapes would be held in town and one of the main venue would be Medan Pasar. Interesting as it would be central, just behind Central Market and within walking distance from Petaling Street. Public transport would also be straight forward. And from there on, there would be plenty to do - CM, Petaling Street, Dataran Merdeka, Masjid Jamek and Masjid India would be within 10 minutes.

But the drawback was the area had been transformed lately into Mini Kathmandu, with plenty of our foreign guests congregating at the area during weekends meeting their friends when they were off work. Not really a pleasant place to venture at.

As a trial run, I went there last weekend after learning that a bazaar - called Sama-Sama Food Fair - was held there. The sun was blazing and yea, there was a mixture of local and the foreign visitors as well as foreign workers. The bazaar featured local alternative musics as well as local and ASEAN food fair.

I was there quite rather late as I had a long clinic on the Saturday morning. Most of the food was gone, although the music was still playing and it would go on until around 8. The crowd would then go over to KLCC and other venues to celebrate Earth Hour that night. Great timing.

Nice tables actually. Setting the mood, but rather hot and exposed ...Nice hat!Time to enjoy the ABC!The event was organised by Lab DNA and from the information I received they had been doing great work with plenty of viral event, something the Millennials would be in tune with. I was there in time to catch the Venopian Solitude who had been making headlines in the local underground scene. Great music and great vibe.

I didn't have much time to spare, and I was off after 30 minutes in time to have some ABC!