Friday, June 05, 2009

The Mines

at sunset....

you won't believe this is in seri kembangan
(we had barbecue at the 'beach', the deepest mine in the world)

water taxi at the mall


Was away on a conference at the Mines (Palace Resort Hotel and Spa). We meet every year and this year, the conference is hosted by UPM.Excellent organisation (except for the checking in and out, a bit kalut).They took us on a tour round the campus and we had a garden high tea makan ubi kayu with ikan masin and kelapa and sambal; rebus jagung, lepat labu, air kopi.Wah..macam kampong betul.Very nice.Cuma hari tak hujan.It would have been perfect if it rained. :))

Nice brainstorming and sharing sessions.Many new friends.I decided to sleep over the second nite cos' tak larat nak balik ke rumah late in the evening. I am so proud of UPM alumni (many are scientists! The institution is 78 years old so you can imagine the pioneers of UPM..they built this city)

IIUM alumni pun tak kurang.Maz came to speak for IIUM Alumni Assoc and spoke on how they helped with organising the inter-school debating competition (every year) and it gets better yearly.The no. of schools partcipating has gone up to 200.Simply amazing, what a contribution to IIUM!

I also hear good news from the campus: we have an overwhelming response for our World Environment Week programme. Kita akan tanam pokok secara beramai2, cuci sungai, recycle and reuse barang2.Yay!
nota kaki: gambar di atas diambil oleh saya sendiri melalui telefon murah saya.Cantik macam postcards. :))

4 comments:

Iskandar Syah Ismail aka DR Bubbles said...

Tiap-tiap hari tengok tasik Mines.Office depan tasik aje.

Faridah said...

katanya banyak ikan lumba-lumba atau seiras dengannya, melompat2 riang.Wah, what a nice working environment.Bila nak collect toys?

Iskandar Syah Ismail aka DR Bubbles said...

Ikan Toman adalah kot.Yang melompat-lompat riang tu orang main jetski.Lepas lompat-lompat riang, 2secs after that jatuh berdebur dalam tasik yang dalam tu!

Ada pakcik India despatch McDonald bercerita - masa dia kecik-2 dulu,kalau tengok ke dalam lombong The Mines tu,lori bawa bijih macam semut aje.

This weeklah I singgah.13th ni ada jumble sale di IKIM Jalan Duta.

Kalau ada barang lain like - pinggan mangkuk, handbag mak mak datin (should I consider you mak datin ke?hehehe) memang paling cepat habis kalau jual.Baju kurung please don't.Jarang laku - orang tak nak beli sebab biasanya depa tak suka design lama-lama ni.

Faridah said...

design lama-lama? puhlease!hahaha.
I kena bawak la toys tu ke ofis.You call first ..takut I tak bawak.This coming week very busy..what with my eldest sister nak buat bypass lagi..the Environment Week lagi.