Late dinner at KL Tower

I never thought it would be so late. 9 pm!

There I was with 3 South Korean scholars and my 2 Msian friends. I belanja them teh tarik but Prof I. picked the rest of the bill. I didn't - could not- eat much. Dah malam sangat dah for me.And it must be age too.Nothing appealed except longan and chilled sea coconut. And the delicious teh tarik which was not at all sweet. I loved it as it was. So did my friend diners.

It was an evening of loud birthday celebrations. Practically every table was celebrating that it looked and sounded mocking. I told Dr Baiduri moh kita nyanyi in Korean language and got Dr. Kim to write the Korean lyrics which we sang for attention. Haha. But takda sapa kisah pun cos' we sang quietly. :D

Then I requested the pianist to play Winter Sonata. Dia tak tau! But played another sweet Korean piece. We were like ha..play that one more time. It was so beautiful. Tanpa disuruh pun the pianist played 3 times. I think dia pun terkejut dgn kesyahduan lagu itu. Baiduri gave him a tip.

It definitely is another busy month.

Wedding on a working day

Dr Mek Wok's son's reception was held today. KL cuti, Selangor tak. I pulak was asked to rep uni at Prof Ida's IP conference cos' Menteri was in attendance. Dato Saifuddin Nasution was very observant of time. I arrived 10 mins early, dia sudah ada making me look like I was late. But he and his entourage were kind about it. Boleh undi dia lagi. Haha.

Orang WTO from Geneva, Canda, UK (Cambridge), South Africa segala semua ada. Very da feel da international one. Well done AIKOL! I learned mucho too pasal fake goods, counter fake good laws etc. Tengok professionalism academics from negara maju ni pun very inspiring. Bayar tambang sendiri, bayar hotel sendiri utk ilmu. Kita kat sini no budget no go and bising (I tak le...since pgrads mmg pumped in duit sendiri to do the extra mile sbb investment masa depan kan? To be a good teacher, to be a good researcher, kena la do more.Money should not be the issue.Kau reti?)

Prof from Cambridge tu thanked me personally sebab pinjamkan my driver to pick her from Everly Putrajaya back and forth. Kesian OK? I hope they will have a good time in Msia. Maklum at home mungkin dah minus 30C. :)

Oh tadi I met ramai old colleagues at the wedding.. Dato Prof Zuhdi and Dato Daud Bakar (same table with me). So wonderful to see them again. Dr Maszlee was supposed to grace the event but had to go back tengok kawasan.

Am happy for Dr. Mek Wok and Dr. Saupi Man.A beautiful lunch.

Mek Wok's kenduri

AIKOL's IP Conference

sapa photobombed us in the bground tu?