Wednesday, August 25, 2010

International Day 2010

Assalamualaikum Encik Diari,

Penat, penat, penat! Fuhhh, satu event lagi dah berjaya dijalankan. Hari ni MAS_UOW telah melibatkan diri dalam program International Day (ayat macam penulisan UPSR kan?). As usual, when it comes to Southeast Asean countries, people love us for our famous foods. With this, Malaysia was listed among those five countries who received $200 funding for supplying international cuisine for the event.

Eventhough it was done in the middle of our Holy Ramadhan, it doesn't stop us from serving the best homemade delicacies for the students. We chose not to prepare all those heavy foods like nasik ayam or nasik lemak because other countries might had done that, but we prepared our traditional desserts instead. There were kuih bakar, kuih lapis, roti jala, kuih ketayap and a few more.

Tapi yang paling bestnya, kitorang goreng cucur udang dekat situ jugak. We brought our own portable stove and the prawn dumpling (we have no idea what is the correct word to describe cucur udang, so we came out with this term instead) was served right from the frying pan. Best gila makan cucur udang panas-panas kan. Lagi lagi kalau dapat udang yang gemok gemok.hehehe. Tapi yang tak bestnya, kitorang yang puasa ni tengok je la orang orang ni makan. Anyhow, I sempat tapau satu tupperware bekalan kunyah kunyah lepas berbuka nanti..:p

I didn't make any of the desserts because my job was to prepare our famous teh tarik. Tak sia-sia tiap-tiap pagi masa duduk dekat rumah dulu praktis bancuh teh tarik dekat bapak. Rupa-rupanya sampai Wollongong pun kena buat teh tarik jugak.hehe. 5 thermos besar gedabak pun tak cukup. Malaysian booth were among the first to end our operation since the foods were all gone, extremely fast!! Letak habis, letak habis. I siap identify sorang mamat Aussie ni datang 3 kali sambil buat buat tanya pasal Malaysia. Padahal bukan I taktau niat asalnya nak tunggu cucur udang panas dengan mintak one-full-cup of milk tea. Ingat orang tak perasan agaknya. Takpe, layankan aje la. Dah dia suka agaknya.hehehe.

Me and my teh tarik..=))

Sesi bertenang lepas tutup gerai

Okay, lakonan semata-mata. Tugas saya bukan menggoreng..:p

I was very glad because all my officemates also came showing their support. Diane really really loves our kuih bakar. She even asked me to translate a kuih bakar's recipe from the net. Pearl loves my teh tarik so much and she even asked for it for 3 times.hehe. And I packed some kuih for Bothaina because she's fasting too and I knew she is really interested in tasting all those kuih. Owh, seems like all the tiredness simply gone the moment you hear people talking about how delicious our foods are..=))

My supportive office mates. From left: Diane, Pearl, Bothaina, and me..=))

p/s: Jumaat ni semua committees nak kena organize majlis berbuka puasa untuk wakil MSD dan MyPsa. Sabtu pulak Majlis Berbuka Puasa dan Welcoming Gathering untuk semua Malaysian kat Wollongong. Aduhh, ingat kat Malaysia ja ada budaya majlis berbuka puasa ni. Sampai ke sini pun berjangkit jugak rupanya.huhu..

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