1st December 2009 - World AIDS Day.
Our programme for this year's World AIDS Day is scheduled to be on Sunday 6th December. But we usually have our own internal activities on Tuesday nights, be it meetings or fellowship gatherings, and last night we had our fellowship night to coincide with World AIDS Day. We call it the Buddies 1 Malaysia Night - to celebrate all the major festivities in Malaysia - Raya (both), Deepavali, Christmas, New Year etc. Our decor, although simple, covers all the festivities... there's even a small Christmas tree at the corner!
The guitar was not only for decor, but used later for live entertainment.
It was just a simple affair held at our centre, and just to make it slightly more interesting, we fixed a theme. The last fellowship night we had 2 years ago, it was Sarong Night. This time we opted for Fancy Headgear. So how did I end up? Well, let's just say I used the same thing I used the last time ie the sarong, and used it as a headgear instead! Oh, I took the liberty to find a sarong which matches my baju and tudung!
Me in striking colour so as not to be mistaken as a Taliban!
I brought along the small scarf we got as souvenir during the opening of ICAAP in Bali in August, in case somebody decided to come without wearing any headgear. We wanted to make it a point that we meant what we said that everyone MUST come in a headgear. Well, not one, but three of the volunteers came without any headgears! My spare Bali scarf went to the first guy who came without any headgear, so he tied the scarf around his head. As for the other two ladies who came without headgears, well, we used the leftovers of our decors and decorated their heads instead!!
14 volunteers turned up out of the 20 over volunteers that we have. And oh, our patron turned up too, bringing along some food as well (including some nice big prawns) to add to whatever we already had on our menu - putumayam, mutton curry, satay, mee goreng, and some desserts including the yummy mango cake.
Our OC cum Santa Klost (he's always "lost", thus the change of spelling) cum guitarist cum singer for the night.
The yummylicious mango cake.
Buddies in their headgears!
OK, you've seen the pics... guess who won the prize for best headgear? No prizes for the correct answer though...
12 comments:
Some of my Norwegian colleagues should see this because they find it hard to understand how so many different races with different religions and different cultures could coexist. I told them *Only in Msia*!
eh how did you pintal that head gear of yours?
Pi??? Tell me you won the Headgear contest! You look so beeeuuutiiful..very unique and creative!
Anyway kan Farina and I suruh you buat yang Red Indian punya?? Not enough chicken feathers kat pasar ker?? Hissshhh!
Naz,
Senang je... I wore my usual tudung, then gulung-gulung the batik sarong and pintal it over my tudung. Tapi sebab colour matching, nampak macam susah je I nak pintal one sarong to become like that.
Malaysia Boleh!
Mamasita,
No, I didn't win the prize for best headgear. Wei, manalah ada masa nak go thru all the trouble to carik-carik bulu ayam kak oi? So, nak kena innovative lah sikit to come up with something which doesn't require much effort but still unique anyway!
Aunty Pi,
If you had come with the fruit basket on your head sure you win hands down! I'm guessing it's the lady with the pink flowers on the wide brimmed hat who won? Alah...kasilah hadiah....janganlah kedekoot...sebakul durian ke, cukuplah...purrr...meow!
CiS,
If I had come with the fruit basket on my head, I'd be surrounded for dessert!
And yes, your answer was correct. Nak hadiah sebakul durian? Boleh, come to Ipoh NOW!!!
that was very original, and i totally dig the theme. being a headgear-guy myself, i think i'd beat any of you handsdown, even the winner!
seriously kak Pi, when i was supposed to save up, instead i splashed a good 100 bucks on a cap i saw on ebay. i lied to pinky and mom that it only cost me abt rm20. kalau tidak mesti kena bebel.
Kerp,
The syarat to our headgears was that we could wear any headgear EXCEPT sports caps. But 100 bucks for a cap? Hmmmm... remember my recent story about the family who needed 100 bucks to get on with life? (saja nak buat you rasa guilty... hehehe...)
trust me on the headgear kak Pi. i dont simply keep the ordinary sports cap but a more bizarrely collection. Leprechaun's hat is one good example.
and yes, you shouldnt have mentioned it. only a day after reading about Yati the cap arrived...serba salah je rasa...
Kerp,
Ooooh... sampai one day after reading Yati's story. Patutlah pun rasa bagai ditampar hari tu... :)
Salam Pi Bani,
Mike ni Yong Pi bila nyeroghin (plus baju color orang muda) looks much younger than your age...macam lah teman tau umur mike tu..hehe
Elara,
Teman memang muda apa... baru sweet sour seventeen (sejak 30 tahun dulu le...). Hehehe.
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