Viennese New Year + Luna + Wantan Mee

A new year is not a new year without being to the Viennese New Year Concert. It is a must-go MPO concert for me and Allan every year, because both of us worship Strauss' music very much. Unlike other Philharmonic concert, the Viennese New Year concert is more lively, fun and most importantly, it is centered around the music of the Strauss Family. Moreover, it resembled a new start of a new year for us, we don't want to miss this concert.

This concert falls on 6th Jan this year, and was conducted by John Georgiadis - one of the Britain's top violinist and the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra. Actually I don't have depth knowledge in orchestra, thus I don't know much about this conductor but I enjoyed the performance very much. This conductor is one of the FUNNY conductor I have ever met, he give speech before each piece, and also make the concert so interactive by asking the audience to clap hands or sing along. He even made the cuckoo sound during the performance. Haha, what a different experience I had last night.

The songs played was amongst the most famous song from Johann Strauss. There are Roses from the South, Emperor Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, Blue Danube and etc. Those pieces are so familiar and I didn't feel boring throughout the performance.

After the concert, me and Allan bound to Pan Global building for the Luna bar which we always wanted to go since long time ago. This time, we wanna complete our first action item in the list!

There is not much crowd yesterday, but still the windows seat were all occupied. We have no choice but sit by the poolside. I love this place, the music not too loud, the crowd is more matured, the bartender is friendly, the interior design is cozy, the place is spacious and the night scene from the bar is breathtaking. It is definitely a good spot for group of friends to hang out and chit chat.

Me and Allan sat by the poolside, and we can see the Eye on Malaysia outside the window!! wow, it was damn high, before that I plan to go for a ride but after seeing that and I feel like chickening out. Hehe..

Then me and Allan switch to the window seat. The window seat is just a platform with cushion on top of it, then we just lean against the glass, then you can see the KL night scene just beside you!!! we can see a lot of lights in KL town and the KL tower just beside the building and what's more, we saw Genting!!! This pub is centered with the swimming pool and it is open air, considering the height of 34 level, we can enjoy the natural breeze. I loooveee this place and I might organize a friend gathering session in this pub one day.


Then we left the Luna and had our favourite wantan mee from the famous wantan mee stall along the Sungai Besi Highway on our way back home, me and Allan are the regulars of this stall. Needless to say, the wantan mee was very delicious as usual. It reminds me of those days in MMU, we had our supper here after our study before exams.

It was a superb weekend!!! The Viennese New Year Concert seems like a kickstart to a new year for me. Now, I have the fresh start feeling and I have to start work hard for my new year resolution.