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| From Floria Putrajaya 2011 Day 1 |
Went to Putrajaya yesterday morning to visit the Floria flower festival. It was the 1st day of the festival. We reached the venue at 9am but the opening ceremony was not started yet. The weather was cloudy, and it rained early in the morning. Heard that PM Najib was to dropped by as he was there for some koperasi event. The launching was supposed to be by FT Minister, but I saw on TV PM launching it. We saw Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen turun padang as well.
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| From Floria Putrajaya 2011 Day 1 |
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| From Floria Putrajaya 2011 Day 1 |
First impression we got was that last year’s festival was better in terms of the flower attraction. Maybe since its the first day or because we have seen the same stuff last year. Noticed that the small amount of the roses were not fresh or starting to wilt. I think the weather in coming days will make it worse. There were platforms to walk this time, so can avoid the mud after rain.
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| From Floria Putrajaya 2011 Day 1 |
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| From Floria Putrajaya 2011 Day 1 |
We were interviewed by RTM but it didn’t appear on TV.
We spent about 3 hours visiting the flower booths and the stalls. The aircond pavillion was closed (supposed to open at 2pm only). Will visit again to cover the pavillion and also the night floral parade.
The food stalls were similar to those last year.
This time around, we saw more activities lined up for families and children.
Crowd was about 100 cars by 9am, but by the time we left at 12pm, I estimate about 400 cars were in the parking bays.
Took about 80+ photos only this time.