Turkish Mystic Music and Dance

Last night we attnded the Sufi Music Concert and whirling Dervishes Ceremony. It was conducted by the Sufi group of Istanbul. It was very interesting and strict rules of no flash photography and talking was heavily enforced.

Apparently that was their form of praying to God. I have attached the short film clip of the ceremony.

Dubai Dubai - Wet wet wet

"Rain falls on every corner of the earth" is really true. When we arrived in Dubai, it was raining. I was travelling with Emirates airlines and free hotel and meals (buffet breakfast and lunch) were included.

So basically we did nothing but ate and rest in the airport hotel.

Our visit also concided with the UAE National Day celebration, when tea and dates were served by a local Emirati at the airport. It is abit like Open House kind of ritual.

Annoyance in Kuala Lumpur

No, no, no I am not talking bad things about KL. KL this time is great (surprisingly). Lots of sales and things are cheaper than expected. However, I cant shop a lot as I dont plan to drag my shopping around Europe.

So what I was annoyed about then? The visa application to Turkey was not as straight forward as we expected. I dont want to give too many details here, as someone may be offended. So in the end, we just hope we will get the visa on time for our flight tomorrow evening. So we also make contigency plan if we dont receive it on time. So maybe fly to Romania instead. We'll see.

To compensate all this annoyance, I managed to buy few CDs: David Archuleta, David Cook, Il Divo and Josh Groban. Also my KL friend and I went to a fantastic Vietnamese restaurant La Lot at the KL Pavilion. Sorry not my own photos here as I forgot to bring the camera with me. I 'borrowed' the pics from http://www.hungrygowhere.com/. We had spring rolls, famous Vietnamese noodles and coffee...Total RM83.50 for 2 of us hahaha

Tomorrow, I am gonna treat myself a Taiwanese-japanese fusion lunch :) I dont want to have my mood spoilt, I want to enjoy myself... by eating!

So again, not a good start for my trip ...