Selamat Hari Raya

Selamat Hari Raya has something to do with Ramadan and means "Happy Eid".  This is the biggest holiday in Malaysia.  All of these pictures are taken in the mall.

Wednesday Lunch Bunch

Pamela Ivey was able to join us today for lunch.  She and her husband Mike are new to KL.

Martha, Pamela, Diane and Katie went to Antipodean Cafe today.

Ramadan

Ramadan started July 21 and will last a month until August 20.  For those of you who don't know Ramadan is a sacred holiday for Muslims and is marked by many unique traditions and behaviors.  Fasting is common and encouraged during Ramadan because it is said to purify the body and allow Muslims to focus on their faith and remove earthly distractions.  Ramadan is a time of intense devotion to the Muslin god, Allah.  Muslims are encouraged to pray frequently throughout the day so that they can emerge from Ramadan with positive change in their lives.  Self discipline is encouraged during Ramadan and Muslims typically refrain from sex and other vices during this sacred month. 

Tommy and Martha Hamrick who are living here now use to live in Saudi. They said Ramadan is completely different here then in Saudi.  In Saudi no eating or drinking was allowed from sun up to sun down. There were no restaurants open during the day and if you were caught eating or drinking you were arrested.  But once the sun went down the parties started.  Martha said they would basically eat all night.  Here in KL it is not that way. All the restaurants are open and life goes on the same as if there was no Ramadan.  David has three Muslims in his office and he did say they were observing Ramadan. They can eat or drink in their office but not in front of the person that is Muslin.  It is very hard to get into a restaurant in the evenings as you can imagine because all the Muslims are there. 

Revolving Restaurant

This post was suppose to be after the post that is below. This blog is getting the best of me.

Our ride for the evening.

Will, Mary and Dan's grandson. He was here for five weeks.

Revolving Restaurant

The Menara KL Tower is 1,318 feet.  It is known as KL's best icon.  It is the 6th tallest telecommunication tower in the world.  Located at the top is the revolving restaurant.  It takes one hour to go 360 degrees and of course the view is incredible. 

Lunch with Friends

The girls have decided to make Wednesday a "lunch date" day each week. This week it was Katie, Martha and myself.  Mary is in the US and Pamela (just arrived on Monday) had other plans.

We went to SouLed Out today.

Kemaman and Kuantan

I took a road trip with David for three days to Kemaman and Kuantan. Rowan has a warehouse in Kemaman and he had to see some vendors in Kuantan. These are pictures from both places. The pictures of the Awana Hotel is where we stayed. This is an older hotel but very unique and pretty.

National Gas Conference

When I got home in June the National Gas Conference was being put on by Petronas.  There had been three huge tents set up and people were everywhere. David and I went to the mall area on Thursday night to see the bands and the fountain show.