A weekday out! (FINALLY)
Took a full day leave on May 14 because I just needed a break. Plus, I had tickets to West Side Story at 8.30pm. Wanted to reach KL earlier in order to avoid the jam and to get a good parking slot at Istana Budaya. Just so you know, Istana Budaya is super packed most of the time. I never knew Malaysians were such theater enthusiasts! (Ok lah, who am I kidding, there were quite alot of ang mohs and tourists there as well. Not just Malaysians. lol.)
When we reached KL..it started to drizzle a little...and we reached too early. The show was set to start at 8.30pm, but we were at KL by 3pm+. Was driving slowly while thinking where to go when I spotted...MUSEUM NEGARA. It's been dino years since I last stepped into that museum and my memories of that place was...dirty, smelly, shitty items put together for a pathetic display of the Malaysian so-called "history". I used to be appalled of that place. And it was always the butt of all the "museum jokes".
(I'm very lame, I make lame jokes all the time and expect people to laugh ok? Thank God my bf can stand my.....dry humour)
Anyhoo, decided to turn in to the National Museum since it was already there and we had no where else to go. Plus, it's quite near to the Istana Budaya. Might as well..
From the drizzle, it turned to a heavy downpour..and that's when..
I asked him to take pictures with me. To wait for the rain to be less heavy you know? hahaha.
I really love my volume perm. Thanks Richard Kim!
=)
Btw, he's really good, he even offered another free hair treatment a week after the perm. Will make and appointment with him soon.
Oh yea, I think I would like to try Hair Coating. Apparently, Korean girls does hair coating once every month...which explains their healthy, shiny hair. It's different from hair treatment, fyi.
whoops, sidetracked.
What got my interest to go to the museum was actually the coffin exhibition.
It's all about the burial rituals from various tribes and races..
Don't tell me you won't even feel a tinge of excitement?
I get very excited when I've got the opportunity to learn anything that has to do with history.
Ok, maybe this looks like the high-school open-day ghost house. But trust me, the exhibition itself is pretty good...or maybe it's just that my expectation for our museum was just too low. lol
I found this quite disturbing..they tie corpse into a fetal position..and bury the dead just like that.
Sample of bones below.
THIS on the other hand was just plain freaky!
I believe, it was just me and my bf in the exhibition, I would be scared.
Corpse in a carriage casket..
the GOLDEN casket..for the rich and famous who dies.
This is another freaky way of burial. Looks like some kinda ancient wedding ceremony where the bride sits in and waits to be transported to the groom's place..except..that's a corpse.
Us in the coffin exhibition. As you can see, it's quite dark in there.
Price for Coffin exhibition : RM2 per adult. Blardie cheap. Better go there and expand your knowledge than wasting RM9-12 on a movie where you can get the pirated dvd anyway. Haha!
After the coffin exhibition, we headed over to the permanent exhibition which was also priced at RM2 per adult. Got a shock of my life when I noticed that EVERYTHING has changed.
Repented my museum jokes.
In fact, I would say it's reaching an international level now!
The galleries are separated into 4.. and some of 'em even had holograms.
Nice :)
That's me, pointing at a skull.
That's my bf. He's the best-est. Was willing to carry my bag because it was heavy. Aw. :)
This is the Malacca section. They re-created the fort inside.
I just had to take a picture of this bicycle. This is how Malaysians got it from Japan. They cycled from Thailand. woot, that rhymes.
I can be rapper now. (another lame joke)
After the whole museum exhibition, we headed over to The Pavilion for dinner (because it was nearby and on the way to Istana Budaya as well)
When we reached Istana Budaya, it was still quite early..and we got a wonderful parking lot! yay!
Thanks mommy and daddy. The best parents ever :)
That's him, getting all excited for the musical. hahaha
And he wanted to sneak in before the show started :p
That's me, waiting patiently for the show to start.. lol
And, that's us at the seat. :)
Basically, the hall itself reminded me of the opera house in Phantom of the Opera. It was amazing. That's probably the closest Malaysians can get to having an opera house. So yeah.
It was my first time watching a broadway musical and it literally blew my mind away.
The performers were so enthusiastic and you could really feel the passion from the way they act and sing.
I especially loved the scenes where all of them are singing in a big group.
The dances were very synchronized too.... Beautiful. :)
All in all, it was a wonderful day!
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