through my lenses
July 18, 2010I was at work and completely forgot I had a book launch to attend. Not just any book launch, but the book launch by our very own former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir.
Through My Lenses is a coffee-table book of a compilation of some of photographs that Tun Mahathir snapped throughout his life. He shows his photography skills (some not such great angle! haha) and us readers get to see a bit of his journey and what he thought was interesting enough to snap.
Being the genius that I am, I had barbeque for lunch. The colleagues and I had a very yummy Korean BBQ lunch and by the end of it, we reeked of BBQ scent. We smelled of smoke!! My hair, my clothes, even my shoes smelled so strongly of BBQ. Yummy BBQ, nonetheless.
“Oh my god, I can’t meet our former Prime Minister smelling like this?!!” I wailed.
But this is one opportunity not to be missed!
So I decided if I was going to go, I wasn’t going alone! I dragged one of my colleagues with me (who smelled equally bad! Haha) and the both of us sat still in the hall, looking down hoping no one would notice the smell. Surprisingly, NO ONE DID! Maybe they were being polite, but oh well, thank you for that then.
I love the backdrop!!
Tun Dr. Mahathir appearing out from a special lift.
Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah launched the book and gave a speech. She said that the book was the idea of their daughter, Maizurah. She and her husband have travelled the world several times, she said, and the book was a little window to their journey. She added that some pictures have caption while others not as Tun could not remember where and when he took them. Haha.
She joked that there was a lot of nepotism in this collaboration. “Maizurah used her father as the objective and wrestled her mother to launch it.”
Me with our very lovely former First Lady
Maizurah, the author and daughter
Pleasant surprise! Met a PD blog reader there! 🙂
My colleague and I sprayed half a bottle of perfume on each other.
We both got signed copies and went back satisfied!
Through My Lenses is available at all MPH stores
Whao.. Maizurah is cool! haha..
PD, your outfit of the day makes u look fantastic.
esp your brazer.
Y no photo with Dr.M??*jealous mode*^_6
Owh he is my ultimate Idol! You are so lucky! I wish I have the chance to meet him one day .. absolutely inspirational!
may i know how much is the book retailing for? thanks.
Hi Vivy! It was nice meeting you. You’re really SWEET!
Nice! It looks like a very promising book. Dr M is one of our most prolific PMs.
sorry vivy..just to inform u the First Lady title is used only for DYMM Permaisuri Agong…. 🙂