KL City Gallery

This was something new that I discovered. Not exactly a museum, but a showroom for the local handicraft company ARCH - famous for wooden gifts - to promote their products. But it was done tastefully in the form of man exhibition centre.

Located right opposite Dataran Merdeka famous flagpole, this converted colonial building host a gallery about KL in the past as well as a unique model of the town the size of a room.

They served plenty of information - could be more - as well as promote local events such as walks and bus rides. The great location could certainly be a hub for tourist activities but the promotions was pretty basic. I stumbled into it after seeing the bright red 'I live KL' sign sitting at its door. Cool stuff indeed.

A room-sized model of Kuala LumpurModel of Bangunan Sultan Abdul SamadA great idea but something which should have been done by the local tourism board rather than a private company due to a clear conflict of interest. The collection of old artifact was pretty basic. I felt that more effort should have been made for it to carry the title of a city gallery. This was more of a showroom. Can't blame ARCH though. It was a genuine effort on their part to start all this.

Central Market Today

It had been a while since in last visited the Market. And it was even longer for Anita. She wanted to buy some gifts and after looking at some items at Jonker Street, she wondered how much was the difference in price between Melaka and KL. Suffice to say that it was a lot.

The place was pretty quite which was expected this being a Tuesday. A few tourists about but January was hardly a peak time for visitors in KL. Still, things remained very expensive.

The huge way motif overlying Kasturi Walk Do come inAlways had this thing about the tiles at Central MarketThe Kasturi Walk was now fully ready. It was still being erected when I last ventured here. But one thing certain about the place was the impression that the visitors would get. They would think that Malaysia and Indonesia shared the same dialect. Most of the vendors here employed Indonesian to man their shops. Something that the authority should into very seriously.

The restaurant at the second floor still served a mean tom yam. But again, only a couple of the staffs there were local.

Some of my previous entries on Central Market can be read here and here.

Walk in Town

I ended up in town accompanying Puan Anita earlier this afternoon. Luckily I got my camera along, giving me time to snap away while waiting. And the weather was gorgeous.

I ended up doing a long circuit, ending up going to Dataran Merdeka and back.

Will be posting the photos later as some of them were still being cooked and some were already on Flickr. Plenty to go through.

Last Night's Fireworks

Happy 2014

We enjoyed the firework display right from our balcony at the stroke of midnight tonight. Great view of Kuala Lumpur skyline, able to see from KLCC to Cheras. Not as spectacular as yesteryears, reflecting the current economic constraint as well as the decision to cordone off the traditional gathering place of Dataran Merdeka.

Partypoopers.

So, the four of us was at the balcony staring away. One of our neighbour must have hosted a New Year party judging from the cheers and whistles coming out from the unit. All looking towards the City Center. At least didn't rain.

So, to all my friends and colleagues, wishing all of you a great year ahead. Cheers to 2014. Cheerios to 2013.