The Malaysian 'Astronaut'

How hot is he?? Haha. And he's an orthopaedic surgeon, restaurateur, part-time model...who knows what else?

But the reason for this post is not to gush about him specifically. Rather, it is to talk about an event that occurred last night just prior to the launch of the first Malaysian into space. Many Malaysians gathered at the National/Independence Square to witness the lift-off. There was apparently a huge screen, kind of like the one at Federation Square in Melbourne, and footage of the launch was being showed on the screen. Then, what I deemed a typically Malaysian thing happened. The screen stopped working. *shock! horror!* What do we do now??!

The only other screen available was a small television belonging to the crew of a local network, TV3. Obviously, everyone couldn't crowd around that screen. In the end, for the launch itself, a crew member hoisted the television on his shoulder, and turned on the spot, so everyone could get a glimpse of the launch! I wish I had been there to see it.