Beautiful.Mind.Life

…but it’s ok.

PS: Is it?

I’ve got to say that this guy is probably one of the funniest men in the entire world.

Have a look. Click here.

This is what you will at least expect to get when you come to any Middle Eastern country in July.

This was taken at 3 o’clock in the evening. It was actually starting to cool down. Between 12-2 in the afternoon, the figure could go all the way up to 55. Cooked!

PS: Takpe, neraka lagi panas…

I had a great time visiting this Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan mosque. Acclaimed as the third largest mosque in the world, this building is exquisite, inside out.

A picture says a thousand words. I have 15 pictures here, so that wraps up a 15000 words, the longest post ever in this blog. =)

Feast your eyes!

The white/gold walkway.

Ablution center. There are 6 centers. Fully air conditioned.

Preliminary praying hall. Just next to the main hall. Note the ceiling. Hand made.

The main hall, snapped from the first entrance door on the right corner of the mosque.

Stepping on the RM 4 million Persian/Egyptian carpet, handcrafted by 2000 people, and covers the area of 6 fo0tball fields combined.

The Mimbar, with Asma Ul-Husna wall behind it. Another exquisite handcraft.

Beautiful columns (I lost count of how many of these), with a flower-patterned spotlight.

Another preliminary praying hall. This chandelier is probably second biggest in the world, as the biggest ones are inside the main hall. Four of them, that costs about RM 14 million.

The main entrance (South end), taken from the main hall. See how bright the sunshine is? it was 46 DegC.

Gold-plated bronze date trees. There are hundreds of these columns.

With Saleem, in front of the real date tree. I was never a date fan, but the ones we picked freshly from the tree tasted way, way better than what we usually have during Ramadhan in Malaysia. Sweet and juicy.

Lunch fiesta! Thank you, Saleem, for the Lebanese treat. Bila mau kurus ini macam……

It’s 48 degree during the day, and 43 degree after the sunset, but that doesn’t stop me from going places, here in Abu Dhabi. As this post is written, I have spent over a grand on a pair of new Clarks, a sling bag and five abayas (the black gown worn by Middle Eastern females daily). But of course, I won’t be buying that much if it wasn’t being ordered by friends or family. I still have nine abayas to buy.

It’s funny to find out that the prices over here during the summer falls down almost crazily, but the locals were nowhere to be found. They’d rather spend the summer outside their own country (hence, thousands of them can be seen in Kuala Lumpur), though the sales in Malaysia can’t really be considered as ‘sales’ as the price drops are nowhere near significant.

Anyway, that’s not actually entirely bad. It somehow helps Malaysia in term of tourism and tradings. It also helps me a lot as there are just many things can be bought at a very low price.

Look at this. For a DHS185, this is hot!