We walked back to the National Mosque after spending about an hour at the Islamic Arts Museum. Took some photos and explored the outdoor compound of the mosque.
I was wondering where the Makam Pahlawan was as I've been wanting to visit Arwah Uncle Ghafar's (the late Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba, Malaysia's 6th Deputy Prime Minister) grave which I have never gone to since he passed away in 2006. He was my late mother's boss when she was working at Pegi Malaysia Berhad back in the 1980s. I grew up knowing him as Uncle Ghafar and he called me Miss Kong's baby. I remember sending him back to his house in Jalan Duta after having dinner at the restaurant in Lanson Place together with Uncle Eng, Uncle Kamal and my parents. There were several occasions when we visited him at his Bukit Pantai house and the time we attended his 81st birthday party at Prince Hotel in KL. He surely was a very nice person who inspired me to take an interest in politics (at some point, I even wanted to be the first female Prime Minister of Malaysia). Don't ask me what happened to that political dream of mine.
We discovered a staircase leading up to the Makam Pahlawan. Unfortunately, the area under the dome where the graves of the late Prime Ministers (Tun Abdul Razak & Tun Hussein Onn) as well as Deputy Prime Ministers (Tun Dr. Ismail & Tun Ghafar Baba) are was locked. I could only say a silent prayer outside the locked gate. May their souls be blessed by the Almighty. Al-Fatihah
The area outside the covered dome where the graves of other national leaders such as Tun Syed Nasir Ismail, Tan Sri Khir Johari, Tun Ghazali Shafie (King Ghaz), Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin etc are.
Ok, Nad, where to next ?
Walking back to the bus stop
Only had to wait for about 5 minutes for the bus to arrive. Air cond, we needed you badly!
Next stop, Sultan Abdul Samad Building. My favourite building in Malaysia mainly because of it's Mughal architecture (I am no design/architecture expert, source : Wikipedia)
The building was declared as a National Heritage in 2007 by the Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Datuk Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim
Any building with red bricks like this, iLike!
The best shot of our national flag, the Jalur Gemilang at Dataran Merdeka. Selamat Hari Malaysia, tanah air tercinta! Semoga bendera kita terus berkibar megah di persada antarabangsa.
Next stop, KL City Gallery. I didn't know about the existence of this place. You should definitely check it out the next time you're in town as you can learn a lot about the history of KL especially.
A video of the installation of our very first Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad (not to be confused with our first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman)
Managed to find it on Youtube. What a gem!
Other historical events that were categorised by the year
I know it's senget but it's the only photo I have of this. We did it! If you don't have anything to do on a weekend, I suggest you go on a tour in KL just like you would when you go overseas. If you can do it in a foreign country, why not do in your own 'tanah tumpahnya darahku' ? You will appreciate the beautiful buildings, see things you never slowed down to see and learn something new about this amazing city that we live in.
Based on my observation on that particular day, the GO KL bus was mainly used by Malaysians of the lower income group with a few exceptions : a Korean couple who happened to sit in front of us and I overheard them talking to each other in Korean, a Middle Eastern couple who brought a shopping trolley filled with things and us, the youngest riders on the bus for the day. Our bus ride back to KL Sentral took us around half an hour and since we were sweaty and hot, we decided to go to Bangsar for ice cream! Took the LRT to the Bangsar station which was one stop away from KL Sentral and walked all the way to Inside Scoop in Jalan Telawi. At least we burned off the calories before having the sinful desserts! Hehe
Waiting for our waffles & ice cream and resting our tired legs
Nadia and I shared this. Green tea ice cream for her and salted caramel ice cream for me
Syafiq ordered the blackberry ice cream
Walked back to the Bangsar LRT and went our separate ways back home. The next day I KO-ed with cough and flu. Glad we went for this heritage walking trail though. Would love to walk around other parts of KL in the future. Anyone wanna come with me? :)
KLCC on a hazy Wednesday evening, a day before Syafiq left for JB
Got our 'semangat patriotik' all pumped up!
That's the Royal Selangor Club on the left
KL Tower in the background
Syafiq with his hat, all of us in sunglasses and with a camera hung on my neck, TOURIST mode : ON!
It was about 5pm when we decided to call it a day. Waited for the bus for nearly 20 minutes, turned out it was their break time.
Based on my observation on that particular day, the GO KL bus was mainly used by Malaysians of the lower income group with a few exceptions : a Korean couple who happened to sit in front of us and I overheard them talking to each other in Korean, a Middle Eastern couple who brought a shopping trolley filled with things and us, the youngest riders on the bus for the day. Our bus ride back to KL Sentral took us around half an hour and since we were sweaty and hot, we decided to go to Bangsar for ice cream! Took the LRT to the Bangsar station which was one stop away from KL Sentral and walked all the way to Inside Scoop in Jalan Telawi. At least we burned off the calories before having the sinful desserts! Hehe
Walked back to the Bangsar LRT and went our separate ways back home. The next day I KO-ed with cough and flu. Glad we went for this heritage walking trail though. Would love to walk around other parts of KL in the future. Anyone wanna come with me? :)
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