Floria

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Merdeka. Public holiday. What to do? Go to work?! Screw that! Go to the mall? Spare me the jams! Head to Floria Putraja 2007. A hassle-free outing with your friends and family. Left for the flower exhibition at 9 in the morning that day while other Malaysians were either still snoozing or the rest "glued" to the TV set watching the marching bands, fly by's and other equally-lame (Floria is just a different type of lame. :P) activities going on at Dataran Merdeka. Putrajaya's a ghost town as usual. When we reached Precint 2, we only saw a couple of Floria 2007 buntings. We didn't know where to go. Had to stop by the roadside to ask for directions from the security staff. So pathetic. No decent signage. Anyway, let me just get this over with. Hot day. Half dead flowers. Floral arrangement exhibition. Floral landscape showcase. Floral interior decoration showcase. Floral fashion expo. Flower bazaar. There were some interesting pieces, but I found some half-hearted and the wilting flowers didn't help. At the end of it all, we walked up the Obelisk (our very own hard-on, like the Washington Monument) at the lake side. It's an obeservation deck of sorts, with glass panels detailing Tahun Ini Dalam Sejarah. Nothing noteworthy happened in 1980 it seems. Crud. Went home by 1:00pm after stopping for lunch at Serdang. The rest of the day was a blur of meeting friends and colleagues around town. A fantastic way to while away the time...