Photos in Riyadh - new

This is Kindom Tower.... or to make it simpler "Al Mamlaka"... depa semua tau amende Al Mamlaka nih... jangan lak tertipu... "Al Mamlaka" means "The Kingdom" in Arabic... hehehe... so, same, same....

This is the view of the main entrance to the building... view from 22nd floor jer... tak tinggi...:)

kalau naik kereta dan nak parking kat dlm bangunan (mcm nak masuk parking KLCC la like that...), you have to go through a thorough inspection of your vehicule : area under your car will be scanned with a mirror, they will open your front boot to check if the engine is clean... err.... I mean to make sure that you don't have any bomb attached to the engine, and also the back boot for the same reason... they will also, of course, have a look inside the car..... if the car and or the passengers don't look nice and clean, entry to the parking will be rejected... hehehe... acah jer... frankly, I seriously doubt that these guys really check anything... they are doing the same thing again and again for all the vehicules, so mechanical - buka boot, close, bukak boot, close, bukak boot, then close again.... and again, and again..... I wonder if they will really notice anything amiss if you go into the parking with a bomb attached to your engine....

and don't "prey" the fool.... kalau cuba nak dash into the parking w/out stopping, there is a military jeep with a big powerful machine gun waiting for you just nearby... (cannot take direct photo one you know... above photo is taken from 22nd floor... nampak bontot jeep and the stand where they put the machine gun jer...)

view from 22nd floor....
this is Al Faisaliyah... 2nd tallest building in Riyadh.... (err.... if I am not mistaken... hehehe...)

view from the left side of the office : the old airport, now it is a military & pilot training airport... macam airport Sg Besi dulu2 ler....

some commercial buildings... not many tall buildings in Riyadh, quite flat...

again, view of Al Faisaliyah from Kingdom

dunno what building this is.... one of the new ones (just got to know about this building - it's Novotel Hotel, belum bukak lagi)...

view on the right side of the office.... very flat...

reception area/lobby of the hq... only have 5 guys in the office (including Pak Sheikh)



Unni... office secretary... mana ada female secretary kat sini... female duduk kat rumah jer...
COO/acting CEO waiting to see Pak Sheikh
inilah dia acting CEO... Lebanese hot air...? hehehe...
again the acting CEO...

view of Kingdom Tower from far... still wondering why it looks like a bottle opener... may be they were alrdy advanced in building design and wanna avoid any aircraft hitting the building macam "Sep 11" incident...? hehehe... tak tahuler...