Driving up to the main entrance we see a red carpet, a whole lot of people and instruments. All over the bus, people were laughing in disbelief. We left the bus one by one, parading down the red carpet through a crowd of people applauding with live music in the background. It was really quite an experience. We then had to take a group photo (with a lady who were not satisfied with the loudness of our laughs and kept telling us to laugh louder). After some really fake, loud laughs, we were shown around the campus, followed by photographers and cameramen.
We got to see many departments, like the branding dept., their sound & music dept. (where they record music), their design exhibition, the library and classrooms. We were taken into two classes; the first one was a design class and the second one a video editing class. They took us to a conference room with a large table, with comfy chairs, microphones at each seat, glasses and bottles of water, and they showed us some films about the university. They later fed us with some sandwiches which were really good.
We left for Putrajaya, "the administrative capital of the country, where they have all their administrative buildings, in Putrajaya, the administrative buildings, in Putrajaya". We were shown the ministry of denfense, "and administrative building in (guess where!....) Putrajaya!" Our guide Raja really loved the two words "administrative building" and "Putrajaya", especially when he could combine them.
Cyberjaya is the commercial and business part of Putrajaya, hence cyber. We parked outside a mosque and a palace, and went downstairs to eat chicken. We got to try coconutmilk in a coconut, which was nice as I always thought coconut milk was white, not clear. I'm already geting educated. We also got to try some weird icecream, consisting of something that looked like pink slush and something that looked like messed-up play-dough. The play-dough tasted like bubble-gum though. 
Half of the toilets in Malaysia were freaky, as you had to stand over a porcelain hole in the ground to do your business. Very icky. Not recommended. We were taken under a bridge to wait for a boat, because we were going on cruise on a lake that Hanne called "a manmade fakelake". Which is exactly what it was. Malaysians are really just trying to show off with Putrajaya, saying about it "it's almost like Dubai!". The keyword is almost. The boat was comfy, a little too comfy some would say, as most of us ended up falling asleep. We saw Putrajaya, and they kept pointing out buildings who looked like they belonged somewhere else ("This house is very much like the ones they have in Paris, only it's here, in Putrajaya!!!", "This is very Arabic", "This is very British"). That's nice enough, but it would be nicer to see Malaysian stuff, instead of copies of other places. Hanne got really confused by being in Malaysia it seemed, she's said and done so many silly things, only I cannot remember them all :( She referred to China as "Kinesia", dried herself with the floormat in the bathroom after showering and she's been a great source of amusement to me. Thanks Hanne :)When we got back to the hotel, Hanne and me headed to BB Plaza, a shopping mall close to the hotel. It was really interesting, as it was quite different to normal shopping malls. It felt like a mixture of bazaars and western shopping malls. We went back to the hotel, changed, and were picked up by the bus to go to the Saloma restaurant for dinner and show. It looked really fancy, and there was a traditional malay food buffet.
We had some food, then the show started. It was a cultural show, with people dressed in fancy traditional costumes, dancing to traditional music. 
They took people up on the stage to dance with them at the end, and two girls from our class went up. They had to jump over some sticks with some guys while a woman was chanting ".... jump, jump, one more time". Very fascinating. There was also one guy really fascinated by some of our blonde girls that he came and asked if he could take a picture with them. We were very fascinated. 
You go girl.
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