Good bye Delhi

Alhamdulillah, we have safely arrived at LCCT just now. Very glad to be home. One word for India, K.O.T.O.R.

Anyhow, it was a good experience. An eye-opener indeed.

Rafin and I decided no repeat visit to India, until the country has become a developed one.

Colours of Life

Varanasi adalah percantuman dua sungai purba yang mempunyai signifikan dalam kepercayaan Hindu.

Dipercayai oleh sebilangan penganutnya, mandi dalam sungai Ganga ini bisa menghilangkan dosa- dosa seseorang itu.

Sungai ini bukan sahaja menjadi wadah melunaskan tanggungjawab agama Hindu seperti mandi, pembakaran si mati, tempat persemadian golongan yang tidak boleh dibakar dan lain-lain, ia juga pusat aktiviti kehidupan seperti mandi manda, basuh pakaian dan aktiviti ekonomi.

Satu tempat yang sangat berbeza. Terutama maksud kebersihan, berbeza daripada apa yang aku pelajari selama ini.

Salam Taj Mahal

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya sampai juga aku ke Agra untuk menyaksikan dengan mataku sendiri keindahan lambang cinta Shah Jahan kepada isterinya, Mumtaz.

Hampir tiga jam aku di situ, merenung keindahan salah satu monumen yang paling indah pernah dibina oleh manusia.

Taj Mahal, sekarang aku fahami mengapa setiap penakluk yang datang ke Agra tidak sampai sampai hati untuk merobohkanmu!

Photolog: Tokyo Disneyland 2010

Where: Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo
When: 1 October 2010
Time: 15:00 - 20:30
With whom: Liza and the two Razaks.

Alhamdulillah, managed to be like a kid for the whole afternoon. I did not try all rides because all of them had long queues. The two Razaks and I had to be selective. Liza was too lazy to queue so she decided to spend her time at the sourvenir shop. And guess what, she went home earlier.

If I'm not mistaken, I was the last person in the group to leave the theme park. It was all because I wanted to wait for the fireworks. And guys.. the fireworks at the end of the day was awesome. Totally awesome.

Photolog: Tokyo Story 2010

Praise to Allah, I was blessed with another chance of going to Tokyo, Japan. My first visit to the capital city of Japan was in February 2005 on an invitation by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This time around, I was part of a benchmarking project to study the Japanese landscape of development finance.

We arrived at the Narita International Airport on 26 September 2010, early in the morning. Luckily, a delegation from SME Corp. was in the same flight as us. Dato' Hafsah was so kind and generous to assist us to get to city centre safely. In fact, she, her team and her daughter were very sweet and kind to bring us around to a few places as far as Ueno. Thank you, Dato'. Really, really appreciate it.



Ginza


Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building Observatory


Meiji Jingu (Meiji Shrine)


Harajuku

Roppongi & Tokyo Tower


Imperial Palace & Diet Building


The Financial District


Euno



Tsukiji Fish Market


Omote Sando





Leaving Tokyo