Apa khabar kawan-kawan? (How's it going my friends?)

I know I know.. It has been awhile since I have posted as Pakcik Win but things has been rather hectic these past weeks.

Anyway, it will be August 31 tomorrow - Happy Merdeka!! Pst pst.. There is a Merdeka celebration on this 31st August at Velvet Informer, 189 Lonsdale Street. Entrance is only $4 / $6!!

So, what should we learn today?

Today I feel that we should learn something different from the usual.

So, what can I lecture you guys about? Any ideas adik-adik? Now, let's see.. We have learnt the ever famous 'lah', the wonderful 'ar' and the always used 'eh'.

YES! I thought of it.. It shall be all about the mamak culture!

What is mamak?

Mamak is basically eating and mamak-ing is when you are having a light meal with your friends as you talk about the ongoings in your life.

Usually, people goes mamak-ing in the night at the nearest store in the neighbourhood. Some popular places in KL is Nirwana @ Bangsar, Devi's Corner @ every freaking suburb, Kayu @ Chow Yang and Steven's Corner @ also every freaking suburb!

Mind you, the AUD:MYR currency is 3:1. So, Malaysian food is extremely extremely cheap!!

Drinks typically ordered are teh tarik(which was sold cheaply in our FoN stall!), iced milo or ice lemon tea.

These drinks are usually served with Malaysian Mamak food!! Usually it would be nasi lemak, roti canai, roti bom and many MANY more varieties!

I shall not tempt you with pictures because I know that you would kill me if I did.. And also there is a video for you all to watch! A very very good YouTube video all about Mamak! Enjoy the video!!

Mamak: A Malaysian Culture

Gosh, I miss going to the Mamak!! Can't wait till the holidays end of this year! Mamak oh mamak~~

Yours truly,
Pakcik Win

OMG BAD NEWS EVERYBODY...
Our KUIH and ANGKU SOLD OUT!!!
Sago delight and teh tarik sales also exceeded expectations hehe!

But do not despair... time for our backup plan hehe
Come by tomorrow also yah!
There's still sago and teh tarik left for everyone =P
Also tomorrow FunFAIR of Nations is on so come by and play chapteh/bulu ayam and batu seremban!

See you guys tmr!

P/S : FREE face painting for national flags! Damn nice wei! Lets get into the MERDEKA spirit now my fellow Momu-ans!

Festival of Nations is upon us!

Location : North Court - Union House
Dates : Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th of August
Times : Around 12 - 2 plus

For a lot lot lot more info check out the link below:
http://momu-events.blogspot.com/2006/08/jalan-jalan-cari-makan.html

Hi people,

Our constitution has finally been approved by the student union, which means that we will be going ahead with our IGM (Inaugural General Meeting) and official elections - and be well on our way to affiliation with the student union (UMSU)

Go read more about it here!!

Why?

Because me, Chong Chyn, Winnypoo, Suvs, and Cliffe spent our *whole* Sunday printing tickets, posters and God knows what else because it took us at something like 5 hours just to get them darn things printed.

I damn tak puas. Ticket, during event will be torn (the stubs mah). Posters, after event will throw. *grumbles* Spend my whole Sunday printing like siao then later kena buang. :(

Designing, designing. Design like mad to meet deadline, then come print shop must still align pulak.

Our little babies popping out of the oven! Ok ok I know it's a printer. Shaddup. I'm emo.

This is the size of our posters this year. Cute anot? I decided to go with a kawaii mini theme. Cos it's my club and I'll do what I want!

Kidding :P Our posters are normal size, but definitely not normal design. Kudos to Siew Joo for the brilliant poster + her time and effort.

Tadahhhh! Beautiful, classy, cannot-get-anywhere-else-but-from-MoMU-table Ball tickets! On expensive glossy cardboard some more ohkay, it doesn't get anymore atas than this.

Being a Med student, Chong Chyn did not feel complete without a sharp cutting instrument of some sort.

Before I hit the sack, one last pic:

The final version of our ball ticket, cut ever-so-perfectly by Kheng of Scott's copy shop. Special thanks must go to the guy, who fielded every complaint from our mafan committee with nothing but smiles and "No problem no problem". And, who stayed a whole *hour* past closing time to help us with the printing of the ball tickets, which took yonkers. And to Scott's, for the great printing rates!

So near to uni, on Bouverie only, go lah, print and copy all your stuff there la, exercise a bit and stop getting ripped off by the library copiers and the annoying ugly UniCard!

Anyhoots, gotta go. In conclusion, we put a lot of work into Merdeka Night and Ball (which we could've put into going to class). So....come lahhhhh.

You'd better be..

Merdeka Night @ Velvet Informer
Members : $4

Non-members : $6

Drink specials $5 shots all night and $15 jugs till 12!!
Not to forget, a special Merdeka drink to celebrate the night!!

Murder on the Dance Floor

Members : $65

Non-members : $70

Table bookings : $60 each

Prices will increase after 1st September!!

So, come get your tickets NOW!!

On Sale..

Tuesday..

15th August..

Union House @ Melbourne University

This spring..

Coming soon..

Murder on the Dance Floor

A Red Carpet Affair

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060809/ap_en_mu/pussycat_dolls

They might as well scour the shopping malls and fine all the "scantily-dressed" girls who are "flouting decency regulations".

Asialink is pleased to invite all MoMU members and Malaysian students of the University of Melbourne to a cocktail reception with DYTM Raja Nazrin Shah, Raja Muda of Perak and Dato' Seri DiRaja Tajol Rosli Ghazali, Chief Minister of Perak.

Check out the Events page for more info!!

Come lah!!
FREE food and the opportunity to make connections in ULTRA high places!!

What other clubs gives you the opportunity to do so?!?!?
Come lah!!

PS : PLEASE PLEASE RSVP!! RSVP = EMAIL TO NOTIFY IF YOU ARE GOING!!
PPS : This is an alcohol-free event while it is a cocktail-style reception.. This is with respect to the sensitivities of the delegation..

*UPDATED 12/8/2006





If there's trouble loading the videos, here's the direct links:
1 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQOHO7Og51A
2 :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntWAtI7vITI

Wow! We pulled it off didn't we? I hope everyone really did have a great time because we sure did =)

Thank you for coming and showing your support for our newly founded club. If our future events turn out anything like this one, I can only see the club growing from strength to strength in the coming years. I hope this event is an indication of great things to come!

As the coordinator, I gotta admit I was hopeless at times =P I have never organised any event of this magnitude before hehe but somehow everything fell into place. Ask the committee members how crap I was at planning this event! -distributing jobs, calculating the budget etc. LOL (Quick apology to anyone who was appalled at my budget estimating skills during the meeting hehe thats what happens when there are no commerce students to do it! Paiseh paiseh)

I would like to thank my superb bbq subcommittee: Su Ann (the evil genius who planned the swing swing), Chong Chyn, James and Jerome. And all the other committee members who worked tirelessly to ensure the event went as smoothly as possible. Also, I would like to thank volunteers Cheng Min and Jing Harn who woke up early to help us prepare the kaya sandwiches, Adelyn and Xue Fang who helped us prepare the salad and also to two baik hati girls, Amanda and Mun Leng who helped out at the bbq pit! Thanks!

Congratulations to Iris who won the human bingo challenge, Group 5 who won the swing swing challenge and to lucky Kelvin who won the raffle for the double movie pass to Hoyts!

At the end, a skirmish broke out involving barbeque sauce and tomato sauce, and as they say a picture is worth a thousand words:

sauce wars

Photos! <--- at photobucket

If anyone has any photos they want to share please send it to us at club_momu@yahoo.com.au !

August

Oh... can I have some general feedback from you guys? Post a comment or 2 yah! Just so next time we will make everything even more enjoyable!

Hey kawan-kawan,

MoMU has organized a FREE Welcome BBQ for all our new members!

For more info, check out Faerie Su Ann (August Lil Helper)'s post at the Events page (which we've just got up)!!

Disclaimer : Club MoMU will not be held responsible for any damage to personal belongings or health which occured before,during or after the event.

* Previous poster had Exhibition St instead of William St. Oops my bad! Btw the poster was done by our resident artist Siew Joo! Pretty~~ - August