International The Day Exhibition

Today I had such a fun day at the Negeri Sembilan State Muzeum located near the Seremban Tol highway. In conduction with the International Museum day, they organized an 3 days exhibition consisting of various museums around Malaysia to have an booth here. 

I say it was rather informative and a fun day for myself seeing new things and have an oppotunity to practice on my new DSLR toy. I would like to share some of the photographs here.

Entrance is free but unfortunately the exhibition ends today.

The entrance. 

They have activities and hamper giveaways for school children.
Pictured are the booth by the Telekom Museum.

They have a live band with traditional instruments.
I was rather surprised when they belted a popular English number with these instruments.

The bassist and the guitarist

I think this instrument is called Gambus.

Barbeque the military way. The Army has a booth here as well.

Various edible roots on display. Jungle survival tips.

Artistic shot at dried buah pinang or betel palm fruit.

Artistic shot of a kite that resembles a ship.

A man working on a wau kite design. A wau is a traditional malay kite.

Another man making kites. I used to make these kites too l when I was young.

Artistic shot with my DSLR of the traditional malay pike.

Another artsy shot of the traditional malay boat head.

A traditional malay ship replica.

A MIG-29 jet Cockpit! Yes! I sat in it!
My childhood dream of sitting in a jet came true!
Oh well, it's a training unit but I don't care!

MIG 29 jet controller. The pilot told me that it works just like a PlayStation controller. Hehe. 

With countless of buttons and meters, I think sometimes accident happens
because the pilot flicked the wrong switch!

Part of the cockpit seat ejection system.

To eject during mid air emergency, all the pilot needs to do is to pull the red rubber handle between your legs and you will be ejected out from the cockpit instantly in 1 second. ONE SECOND. That's quick.

The pilot explaining the functions to a visitor. He is popular with the school girls.
All the girls swoon around him asking for his email and number.

They have machine guns on display! Real ones. And you can touch it and feel it's mechanism.

This machine gun is no longer in service after the Japanese Occupation. Seen these before in war movies. It's pretty heavy. 9.6kgs with fully loaded bullets. Tried to carry it around and it's not easy. Your shoulders would get the cramps if you try to pose like Rambo with it.

Homemade guns

Machine guns with grenade launcher. It's a wild trip to childhood fantasy at this booth.

I used to have this telephone at my home back in the days. With this exact same colour.
Apparently they are made by ERRICSON. Yes, the Erricson before Sony took over.

Another ancient phone.

Another ancient 'futuristic' looking phone.

Since about 2 years ago, I noticed that our local museum has been pretty active in organizing event such as these to promote the awareness to the local people of our rich history. I applaud these efforts and I think the museum management is doing a good job. So do watch out for any other event organized by our local museum. I'm sure it would be worth your time and it would be educational for your children as well.