On the tenth day of the Lunar Festival, the town of Raub was set ablazed with activities as His Majesty the Sultan of Pahang came gracing the event gala in the town field. I was getting my haircut earlier that day and was bewildered by the setting up of the field in town. A check with my barber (they're the local news agents) revealed that there will be buses ferrying village folks from all over the district (gratos!) and FOOD will be served (also gratos!) to all -apparently 50 000 sticks of satay in stalls set around the periphery of the field with a stage for the mini concert with local stars like Siti Norhaliza, David Arumugam of the Alleycats and M.Nasir...the party ended at 11.30 pm with a firework display...(only heard the fireworks as we left early to avoid being caught in the traffic crawl with the exiting crowd)
His Majesty the Sultan of Pahang through the large screen - I couldn't get near because of the crowd and I wasn't anybody important on the VIP list...ooops 
People everywhere because of food (so typically Malaysian...) 
The tents at night... 
Don't mind carrying so long as it was free...mandarins were given out free in crates... 
Young talents of the town...sad no one clapped, even for the popular Siti in concert. 
Siti on stage, belting out a Chinese number and then her evergreen Cindai... 
Next came David Arumugam of the Alleycats with his iconic Afro-do from the 70s and his iconic song Andainya Ku Pergi... 
Lastly was M.Nasir... 
Next day at 9 in the morning at the Rest House...signs of festive hangover... 
Namnam fruit (6-6 in Malay) next to Doraemon comics
Drumstick beans
Colorful Parrot fish...
what was that all about? Trying to muhibah things? Anyway, it reminded me I used to like M. nasir. Didnt Siti N marry a sultan of selangor or something? Still singing?
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