Love, Life...or something like it: Malaysia Week London

Last Saturday, we decided to make a pit stop at Covent Garden in between our weekly window-shopping routine (or for some people, weekly-GBP500-splurge routine...ehem...Ms. Poultry) to check out Malaysia Week London. This four-day festival, which commenced last Thursday was hosted by the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism with a very apparent objective to promote the Malaysian culture to Londoners and tourists alike.

Jalur Gemilangs were waving proud, and stalls of food, arts and crafts were set-up everywhere. There were even stalls selling Brahims - I thought that was quite funny. It was no less like a typical pasar malam - except for the mat-sallehs to malaysians ratio, over-priced satays and the voice of Mahathir Lukman in the background, treating passers-by to a little trivia on Malaysia. Despite the awful weather, it felt nice to be a part of it. That familiar sounds of gamelan and that famous fragrance of satay sure made me reminisce the good old times in RPI. But I was on the other side of the fence this time.

The highlight of the day was probably the stage shows - from Malaysian top models donning our finest batik kaftans, to the traditional dances performed by our Istana Budaya dancers. How they do it so effortlessly and flawlessly baffles me. But what won my brownie points was the performance by our adik-adik from Tunas Budaya. The little men did a Zapin number, while cheekily stirring the audience with their 'ewahs' and flirtatious gimmicks with their lady dance partner. And the crowd went absolutely wild (yours truly included) when the little ladies started to gelek. Eeeee gerrraamm!!

I have no mood to write today. So here are some pics for you to enjoy. Cheerio!