Sunday, July 18, 2010

Roaming! : Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra, Kuala Lumpur

Ola~ Rini sy nak sambung dengan roaming kami seterusnya after visiting Tugu Negara. To where? Aha..Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman. Honestly, kami pon tak taw akan kewujudan memorial neyh. Macam secara tak sengaja terjumpa sebab Tommy main redah masuk simpang, then ada awek seksi dan cun (errr...dari jauh jelah..) lak kat tepi jalan then ada bangunan yang kinda cool, state of the art building, all glasses that got us went "whoaaaa~ cool~" and suddenly bila tengok depan, eyh..Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman. Hahaha~ Mula-mula macam tak nak masuk sebab takut kena bayar tapi since si supir adalah Tommy dan beliau sorang yang degil maka diredah juga masuk. Tak pelah, who knows we would stumble upon something there kan? Lagipun, macam menarik jer tempat tu and if kena bayar tak payah lah masuk. Postive-thinking sangat kan? Sebenarnya, kedekot. Hahaha. So we headed to the main entrance of the building after parking Raven under a tree. At the main entrance, there's this really antique Cadillac, with plat number written 'Perdana Menteri Malaysia'. Cool~ Memang antique betol. Stereng besar gaban. *kagum*

Sila abaikan anasir berbaju hitam yg tengah posing depan kereta. Terima kasih. (^^)Y

Rupa nya, nak masuk memorial ne FOC. Tak payah bayar pon, isi nama dalam guestbook jer. Actually, its optional tapi since kitorang gedik so nak jugak tulis. Hey, bukan selalu kan pergi memorial neyh. It could be a trip of a lifetime. Hee~

Front Desk / Reception Area 

Entrance!

Abang berbaju oren (sy x pasti lah dia peminat Holland or tak) memang informatif dan beliau bagi kitorg newsletter berkenaan Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman. Masuk-masuk ke dalam bangunan, kami agak kagum lah sebab ada macam-macam maklumat tentang Tunku dan kermerdekaan. Bagaimana beliau telah membawa Malaysia ke arah kemerdekaan..dan kisah hidup Tunku sendiri dari kecik hingga menghembuskan nafas terakhir. Turut ada di antara barang-barang pameran adalah kasut Tunku, meja pejabat, lakaran kertas cadangan bendera Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, medal serta pingat yang dianugerahkan kepada Tunku, gambar-gambar perjuangan beliau dan aktiviti-aktiviti yang melibatkan beliau. Terdapat juga maklumat yang disampaikan melalui video. Agak menarik jugak lah and a good way to hold visitors' attention since the place are full with info that after a while you get distracted and bored with reading.

   

Overall this building ada 3 tingkat. Kami tak explore sampai habis sebab..hmm..macam dah distracted sikit plus penat bergelak-ketawa kat Tugu Negara tadi. Sy merayap keluar ke balkoni and discovered that the Memorial is connected to Tunku Abdul Rahman's Residence. This is wayyyyy too cool. So since tak larat nak locate mana Tommy, Alee and Aye, calling-calling jelah and ask them to come upstairs. At the entrance, ada Volvo milik peribadi Tunku yang digunakan beliau semasa hayatnya. Residensi Tunku telah diwartakan sebagai salah satu bangunan yang dipelihara sebagai Warisan Kebangsaan. Segala perabot yang ada di dalam Residensi telah dikekalkan sebagaimana yang telah ditinggalkan oleh Tunku. Tunku menetap di bangunan Residensi sehingga beliau menghembuskan nafas terakhir pada tahun 1990. Pakcik guard yang menjaga bangunan ne memang friendly and informative. Thanx lah pakcik sebab melayan kerenah tah pape kitorang yang dok 'ooohhhh' and 'wahhhhhhh' all the time because of the awesomeness for being able to see for ourselves the place of living of the man who were responsible for our country's independence. Bangunan Residensi then is connected with bangunan pejabat asal Tunku. Hee..Macam dalam cerita P.Ramlee lah pejabat Tunku. Feels like we're going back to the past.. Dah penat merayap we decided to head home since sy ada appoinment lain. So that's all for now. So after this, korang bleyh lah ke Memorial Tunku Abdul Rahman if dah boring hanging out kat shopping mall tuh.. Hee~ Till then..Cheers! 

One of the rare posters of the old days~ Cool huh? =)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Choice of Rhythm : Impossible - Shontelle

4.30pm


i remember years ago
someone told me i should take
caution when it comes to love
i did

and you were strong and i was not
my illusion, my mistake
i was careless, i forgot
i did

and now when all is done
there is nothing to say
you have gone and so effortlessly
you have won
you can go ahead tell them

tell them all i know now
shout it from the roof top
write it on the sky line
all we had is gone now

tell them i was happy
and my heart is broken
all my scars are open
tell them what i hoped would be

impossible, impossible
falling out of love is hard
falling for betrayal is worst
broken trust and broken hearts
i know

thinking all you need is there
building faith on love and words
empty promises will wear
i know

and know when all is gone
there is nothing to say
and if you're done with embarrassing me
on your own you can go ahead tell them

tell them all i know now
shout it from the roof top
write it on the sky line
all we had is gone now

tell them i was happy
and my heart is broken
all my scars are open
tell them what i hoped would be

impossible, impossible
ooh impossible (yeah yeah)

i remember years ago
someone told me i should take
caution when it comes to love
i did

tell them all i know now
shout it from the roof top
write it on the sky line

all we had is gone now
tell them i was happy (i was happy)
and my heart is broken
all my scars are open
tell them what i hoped would be

impossible, impossible

i remember years ago
someone told me i should take
caution when it comes to love
i did

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Roaming! : Tugu Negara

Hello homosapiens..wassup! How many of you guys has ever set foot at the National Monument and how many of you guys had ever known that Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial exist? Aha..mesti tak ramai kan? For a KLite like me, after 26 years barulah sampai ke Tugu Negara yang letaknya berhadapan dengan Tasik Perdana..and hell yeah, it is kinda embarrassing. Hehe. Tak jauh pon Tugu Negara dengan rumah saya, 20minit pun tak sampai. Cuma mungkin family saya bukanlah jenis sight-seeing family, at least not my Dad.. =) Last week, after karoke session at Green Box, Sungei Wang at the ungodly hour of 10am where Tommy dengan kentalnya woke me up at 8am so we won’t be late (kredit to Cik Aliphant for the invitation to ‘use’ the 2 person+free 1 kepala kupon..which tak guna pon because it is for evening session only), we decided to play tourist and ronda-ronda KL and searching for fun places which..doesn’t requires any entry fees. Nak buat macam mana kan, semua pon kedekot. Haha. We rule out National Museum and KL Tower (some other day ha..) because of the entry fees yang mahal and decided to go to Tugu Negara. Aha! Tak pernah pergi kan, so sure lah excited. FREE lak tuh. Hee~


The Entrance

Tugu Negara, as we learn in national history was build to remember the fighter who fought in the World War 1, World War 2 and the Emergency. It was made of solid bronze (incredible isn’t it? the whole statue is made of BRONZE) and it took almost 3 years to be completed (1963 – 1966). The huge tall bronze figures of soldiers standing and supporting their fallen comrades, which is opposite Lake Gardens, are the work of sculptor Felix de Weldon, who also did Washington’s Iwo Jima Monument and it is regarded as the largest bronze monument grouping in the world. Actually this is not the original Tugu Negara. The original one, was built by the British for the same reason, and was a cenotaph shaped and was originally placed at Jalan Tugu.

The Original Monument - The Cenotaph

The Second Monument

The Tugu Negara was completed and officially opened on February 8, 1966, by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. It was proclaimed a memorial park dedicated to the 11,000 people who died during the 12-year Malayan Emergency (1948-1960). Thereafter, a wreath-laying ceremony takes place at the monument every July 31 on Warriors Day - Source : http://www.wikipedia.com/. Haa..korang tahu tak that every 31st July, negara kita celebrate Hari Pahlawan? Ahaks. Confirm tataw kan? =) . Di antara tugu pertama dan tugu kedua, ada sebuah bangunan berkubah where di atas syiling nya, terdapat logo-logo setiap pasukan pertahanan di Malaysia. You would not notice it of you didn't look up. The area is enhanced with several ponds and fountains..it lend some tranquility feel to the monument area. When I was there, baru lah terasa semangat patriotik which had long gone due to the life luxury and peace in our country. I pity myself and those who forgot the fight these fallen fighter had been fighting for the sake of us today. Hmmm...~

The view of KL Tower and KLCC from Tugu Negara

Sy rasa cikgu sejarah should organize field trip for students while studying on this chapter so the students will know first hand and see it with their own eyes of our national monument. Setakat belajar teori dalam kelas, mana lah student tak tertido kan? Lalala~ I bet, tak ramai yang tahu that The Cenotaph is the first monument made for the memorial reason jugak. Hehehe. So, sy stop sini dulu for a while untuk korang ponder about the monument and will continue with our next visit to Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial later. Ah..seperti biasa, gambar sengal kami : saya, Cik Aliphant and Mr. Tommy Rudez. Cheers!

Live life to the Fullest!
(^^)Y

p/s : for more info on Tugu Negara you guys can check http://www.wikipedia.com/! =)