Fiesta Malaysia returns

Fiesta Malaysia is an annual event which happens in late May. Here it is free at Federation Sqaure and it attracted spectators from the Geelong and Collingwood match.

At the Periwaikian Melbourne stall

Weaving

I love the smell of the fish

Many of them was interested in the food. Here they loved the rending and so did I at the Sambal Kampung stall. At that stall they sold their traditional fish.

The motto of the festival is: sharing the culture and that is what they did through the food, games, music and other things.

It was a pity that there were no samples of the food but after the durian eating competition I was inspired to try a durian pancake and that I did. It was really nice and it did not have the smelliness of the durian. Also it was more like a crepe.

Here I had fun in doing the weaving which was really hard to begin with. There were other competitions too such as the durian eating and the instant noodle one.

See you next year Fiesta Malaysia!

Malaysian Aspiration summit

This year students went to the Malaysian Summit and we were invited along.

The Malaysian Aspiration summit was on a Sunday on daylight saving time so most people were late. It started late at 10:30am.

Here it was themed to the aspect of leadership and making changes in Malaysia. A lot of the Malaysians have talent but by how much? We need to learn to trust people and learn to voice our ideas.

We need not be scared of change.


Malaysia is looking for better ways to do things. There is a hierarchy in Malaysia and bureaucracy. The government is really strict about education and scholarships in Malaysia. The government only wants to give the scholarships to the people that are studying the things that they need. They do not like the idea of voice opinions hence students are scared of this.

New year resolutions for Malaysia
Lets make Malaysia a better country for all Malaysians. In January of 2016 MASCA will be going there to make all the new Malaysian students feel welcome in Australia by hosting an orientation camp.

There are a few new scholarships for students but lets have more chances to study down under.

Let us be heard.

wonderful Indonesia

Wonderful Indonesia was a festival in Melbourne. This is the first year that City of Melbourne has it. There is a dearth of Indonesian eateries in Melbourne with the exception of Salero and Blok m.

Soya bean crisps. I have never had them before

Ginger tea

 A great many non Indonesians and Indonesians alike came. The festival was small but fun.


Indonesian bred Raymond from master chef was popular with everyone. Although we didn't try their dessert we got a good photo.

There were a good many drink and food stalls to remind people of home. One drink I tried was the pink coconut drink $3. This was refreshingly sweet.

Many thanks to the City of Melbourne for putting this event on for everyone

ASEAN games: Day 2 at MSAC

MSAC is Melbourne Sports and Aquarium centre in Albert Park for those that do not know. And every year MASCA (the Malaysian Student Council of Australia) runs this sort of event to encourage students to be tolerant of other cultures.

In the past few years there has been a bit of rascism in our streets. You might remember Meld's story on this where there were 11 comments. Events like these help to stem the racism that is going on in Melbourne. In fact there were a few Aussies in the basketball team and at the table tennis/badminton area all playing with the Asian students.

In basketball the competition was really fierce. I enjoyed watching every moment of this. There were a few really good teams that were all in white. There was a bit of cheering and lots of spectators as people cheered their favourite teams on.

Then for lunch we went to the one café which is called Lakeside. Here at 12pm it wasn't that busy and they had 50% off the total price for sushi which normally is $7 per pack of two. So I bought that and had salad.

Today they had roaring trade due to the ASEAN games. All the players and spectators all wanted food.

The sushi was Koshi Sushi and was vegetarian but it was a day old. I didn't find this out until I bought it. Luckily it was still alright.

Do go to next year's games as it is set to be bigger and better than ever.

ASEAN games: DOTA and FIFA15

The ASEAN games is on again this year and it is bigger and better than ever. This time the committee has decided to have some online gaming activities as well as the usual sports.

The online games were held in the city. The FIFA was held at RMIT and the DOTA was held at MC Internet café which is a small, old, run down café.

The FIFA game has about 36 teams each of them playing for about 4-5 mins and then changing over. Here they had about 6-7 volunteers all manning a table each and recording the score. Players pick their teams and their countries and played well.

At the DOTA game it is playing until one player is dead and then after that the game ends. Here it is all about dragons and creatures killing each other. All the volunteers converged in that area. The café was quite small hence it was really noisy and crowded. Maybe they could have limited the amount of people or ask them to pay an entrance fee which can include food.

We got to try the broad beans. They were not spicy at all. However we didn't end up trying the lychee drink. A lot of drinks were sold that day at the Internet café especially Red Bull as players need that for their energy and spirits.

Stay tuned for part 2.