Hi to all those who read my blog. For this year's ProEd Winter Council Retreat, we went to Kuala Lumpur for a "holiday" with all my fellow councillors from two other consortiums, Ortus and ISpark. It was very enjoyable as we had gone there as a group and I have many experiences to share with you. It was definitely worth the while.
We took different coaches there with differing consortiums in different coaches. The bus took about 5 hours to reach Kuala Lumpur, and thus most of the councillors who brought there own deck of cards or PSPs were satisfying their desire to play while others were either sleeping or chatting to each other, taking advantage of the long hours to understand one another more in depth.
Our first stop in Kuala Lumpur was the High 5 Bread Town. In there, we gained more knowledge of the rich history of the development of bread and the making of bread. High 5 Bread was actually a small company with only a few workers, but now, with their far vision and deisre, they have evolved into the primary competitor to most outstanding bread companies such as Gardenia. Now, I understand the hard work that is needed to make such few loaves of bread. After the entire tour around the High 5 Bread Town, they gave us different products to try out such as their White Meal bread and their chocolate bread. It was really a place worthwhile to go.
After that, we were on the coach again, ready to head out to other places such as The Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Residence, Putrajaya Lake and the Putra Mosque. We caught sight of the stellar architecture that made up most of these prominent places. We had taken a few pictures as our souvenirs. Then as we got back on the bus again, our friendly Malaysian tour guide then explained to us that the Prime Minister only had the power of pardon and did not have the power to rule the nation, which most Prime Ministers had. He was only a religious leader of the nation!!
As for the next day, we went to the Petronas Twin Towers and the KLCC. When I was told that the mordern day SpiderMan had climed up this majestic-looking twin towers, I was aghast. How could he even climb this towering towers without safety ropes or any other safety precautions??After taking some pictures of these two splendid towers, we headed into KLCC for a cool blast of air-conditioning and some window-shopping with some of my other friends.
Later on, we moved on to the Forest Research Institute of Malysia and we were given a presentation on the flora and fauna that could be found in this 150 acres of land and our very hospitable guide led us through a long nature trail through the forest, so that we would be able to witness the different kinds of trees that they housed in the forest of FRIM. We then headed back to our hotel for the planning for upcoming activities and programmes for the year 2010.
On the last day of this Winter Council Retreat, we went to the largest shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, the Mid-Valley Mega Mall for some last minute shopping and to havew our own lunch. Then, we headed back to Singapore, joyous but fatigued. Looking back at all the photos taken at Kuala Lumpur and the fond memories there, I had learnt and experienced more about their culture and their political system. Not only that, but I had made more friends that both of us would be able help out each other in the future.
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... The truly wise person is color-blind.”--Albert Schweitzer
We took different coaches there with differing consortiums in different coaches. The bus took about 5 hours to reach Kuala Lumpur, and thus most of the councillors who brought there own deck of cards or PSPs were satisfying their desire to play while others were either sleeping or chatting to each other, taking advantage of the long hours to understand one another more in depth.
Our first stop in Kuala Lumpur was the High 5 Bread Town. In there, we gained more knowledge of the rich history of the development of bread and the making of bread. High 5 Bread was actually a small company with only a few workers, but now, with their far vision and deisre, they have evolved into the primary competitor to most outstanding bread companies such as Gardenia. Now, I understand the hard work that is needed to make such few loaves of bread. After the entire tour around the High 5 Bread Town, they gave us different products to try out such as their White Meal bread and their chocolate bread. It was really a place worthwhile to go.
After that, we were on the coach again, ready to head out to other places such as The Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Residence, Putrajaya Lake and the Putra Mosque. We caught sight of the stellar architecture that made up most of these prominent places. We had taken a few pictures as our souvenirs. Then as we got back on the bus again, our friendly Malaysian tour guide then explained to us that the Prime Minister only had the power of pardon and did not have the power to rule the nation, which most Prime Ministers had. He was only a religious leader of the nation!!
As for the next day, we went to the Petronas Twin Towers and the KLCC. When I was told that the mordern day SpiderMan had climed up this majestic-looking twin towers, I was aghast. How could he even climb this towering towers without safety ropes or any other safety precautions??After taking some pictures of these two splendid towers, we headed into KLCC for a cool blast of air-conditioning and some window-shopping with some of my other friends.
Later on, we moved on to the Forest Research Institute of Malysia and we were given a presentation on the flora and fauna that could be found in this 150 acres of land and our very hospitable guide led us through a long nature trail through the forest, so that we would be able to witness the different kinds of trees that they housed in the forest of FRIM. We then headed back to our hotel for the planning for upcoming activities and programmes for the year 2010.
On the last day of this Winter Council Retreat, we went to the largest shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, the Mid-Valley Mega Mall for some last minute shopping and to havew our own lunch. Then, we headed back to Singapore, joyous but fatigued. Looking back at all the photos taken at Kuala Lumpur and the fond memories there, I had learnt and experienced more about their culture and their political system. Not only that, but I had made more friends that both of us would be able help out each other in the future.
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... The truly wise person is color-blind.”--Albert Schweitzer
We took different coaches there with differing consortiums in different coaches. The bus took about 5 hours to reach Kuala Lumpur, and thus most of the councillors who brought there own deck of cards or PSPs were satisfying their desire to play while others were either sleeping or chatting to each other, taking advantage of the long hours to understand one another more in depth.
Our first stop in Kuala Lumpur was the High 5 Bread Town. In there, we gained more knowledge of the rich history of the development of bread and the making of bread. High 5 Bread was actually a small company with only a few workers, but now, with their far vision and deisre, they have evolved into the primary competitor to most outstanding bread companies such as Gardenia. Now, I understand the hard work that is needed to make such few loaves of bread. After the entire tour around the High 5 Bread Town, they gave us different products to try out such as their White Meal bread and their chocolate bread. It was really a place worthwhile to go.
After that, we were on the coach again, ready to head out to other places such as The Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Residence, Putrajaya Lake and the Putra Mosque. We caught sight of the stellar architecture that made up most of these prominent places. We had taken a few pictures as our souvenirs. Then as we got back on the bus again, our friendly Malaysian tour guide then explained to us that the Prime Minister only had the power of pardon and did not have the power to rule the nation, which most Prime Ministers had. He was only a religious leader of the nation!!
As for the next day, we went to the Petronas Twin Towers and the KLCC. When I was told that the mordern day SpiderMan had climed up this majestic-looking twin towers, I was aghast. How could he even climb this towering towers without safety ropes or any other safety precautions??After taking some pictures of these two splendid towers, we headed into KLCC for a cool blast of air-conditioning and some window-shopping with some of my other friends.
Later on, we moved on to the Forest Research Institute of Malysia and we were given a presentation on the flora and fauna that could be found in this 150 acres of land and our very hospitable guide led us through a long nature trail through the forest, so that we would be able to witness the different kinds of trees that they housed in the forest of FRIM. We then headed back to our hotel for the planning for upcoming activities and programmes for the year 2010.
On the last day of this Winter Council Retreat, we went to the largest shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, the Mid-Valley Mega Mall for some last minute shopping and to havew our own lunch. Then, we headed back to Singapore, joyous but fatigued. Looking back at all the photos taken at Kuala Lumpur and the fond memories there, I had learnt and experienced more about their culture and their political system. Not only that, but I had made more friends that both of us would be able help out each other in the future.
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... The truly wise person is color-blind.”--Albert Schweitzer
Hello
ReplyDeleteNice post, really vivid recall of the time I too experienced in Malaysia.
But I'd like to point out a little factual error you made: Apparently you heard wrongly and it is the SULTAN who is the religious leader of any state in Malaysia, NOT the prime minister!!
Thanks,
Elvis