"Madiba, mad for sure we are,
Crazy, I'm certain we are"
Anwar Ibrahim,
when he visited Madiba
Proboscis monkey, the mascot of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 welcoming guests.
Anwar Ibrahim; a name which is just too synonymous not only to Malaysians, but also the global community.
After
a failed attempt to get himself into Japan a month ago due to some
complications, Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim finally managed to pass the
Japan Immigration for a short business trip to Tokyo. Despite his tight
schedule, we managed to get him to join us in a dinner-cum-dialogue
session a day before he flies home.
The entrance to the restaurant.
A very well furnished
interior, which provides a warm and cozy ambiance to the
diners.
A name tag prepared for the
guest, just in case people doesn't recognise him haha!
The venue was the same - Malay Asian Cuisine,
a Malaysian restaurant which was opened in early January this year, and
located just a short 10-minute walk from Shibuya station in Tokyo. The
chief chef in this restaurant is Chef Muski, from Terengganu and you can
expect authentic Malaysian dishes carefully prepared with local
Malaysian touch at this restaurant.
Back
to the event, the delegation this time also consists of Prof. Dr.
Ramasamy, the Member of Parliament for Batu Kawan, who also the Deputy
Chief Minister of Penang, Dato' Kamarudin Jaffar, the Member of
Parliament for Tumpat, Shamsul Iskandar, the Member of
Parliament for Bukit Katil and also Khalid Jaafar. Besides the guests,
there were approximately 70 Malaysians and a few Japanese who joined
this dinner.
Mr Yeoh introducing the guests.
As our main guest was busy with his Facebook and Twitter.
Food was served in buffet style.
The food was simply fantastic.
A very mixture of everything on a plate lol!
Not often you get the chance to have DSAI to serve you haha!
The
event started with a welcoming speech by Mr Yeoh, followed by a brief
self-introduction (each of us were given 15 seconds due to time factor),
and some words by each of the guests. Group photo session followed up
afterwards, and then the makan session. Food wise, the free-flow food and drinks were great, and there was no complain at all.
The
evening was continue with the main event, which is the Q&A and
dialogue session with the guests. To be honest, the questions raised
were mostly issues which I shall call "basi" stuff, and the
answers provided were quite disappointing; we was not given a concrete
but instead vague replies, especially when asked what is their strategy
to penetrate the people from East Malaysia. Well, I don't know, probably that is something which they would prefer to keep it behind close doors.
The man running his show.
Q&A session, with Siew
Fong posing a question regarding the term "justice".
Prof. Dr. Ramasamy, answering another question from the floor.
The giant killer in Bukit
Katil, who showed a former Chief Minister the exit door - Shamsul Iskandar.
Another giant killer who
also beat another former Chief Minister in Penang - Prof. Dr. Ramasamy,
now the Deputy Chief Minister of Penang.
This is not a giant killer,
but a very close friend of DSAI - Dato' Kamarudin Jaffar.
With the most mad and crazy person in Malaysia.
Nevertheless,
I personally enjoyed the sense of humour that is always associated with
Anwar in his speech, especially when he talked about his visit to see
the late Nelson Mandela. Both fought for a slightly different cause, but
they shared one thing in common - the two has tasted the life of living
in a prison but never allowed that dark experience to stop them to
continue to fight for what they strongly believe on.
The
session was closed with a presentation of a souvenir for DSAI, whom Mr
Yeah described it as something which will be useful during his upcoming
campaign and by-election he is facing in Kajang. The special gift turned
out to be a 24 million yen cincin (pun intended).
"I guess Azizah will like this a lot."
Aha!
Just kidding lol! It was a hand-painted Japanese traditional fan. I bet
it will be useful when he is preparing satay in Kajang lol!
6 comments:
I bet you were enjoying yourself in this dialogue session.
I want to travel in Japan!! I like Japanese culture and anime.
@ TZ:
Yes I did! The highlight of the evening was definitely the fantastic Malaysian food *hehe*
@ Thanayut KINGRPG:
I bet you will love the country a lot! Pay a visit to Japan and you will know what I mean :D
Hey Calvin!! Can I ask you something?? Because I am going tokyo next month as well and my flight is very similar to yours! It's about 230pm from KL to haneda airport via air asia! But one thing I will like to confirm is, the arrival timing 2230 at hnd is it a time in japan or time in KL?? I need to know if I arrive haneda at 1030 pm or 1130pm. Thanks for your help!!
@ kenzo wong:
Hello Kenzo!
To answer to your question, the 22:30 arrival time is Japan time (GMT +9). But it will usually takes about an hour from the time the aircraft taxi at the terminal until the time you step out from the arrival hall.
Hope the info helps and have a pleasant trip in Japan! :D
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