Raya Celebration

There's a Hari Raya celebration organised by the Malaysian Assiociation. At first I was quite lazy to go as I always like to spend my sweet time in the room. Since my housemate and some of her friends were going, so I just tagged along.

It's held at the North Melbourne Townhall.

I borrowed a baju kurung from my housemate, Alyaa. It's been a while since the last time I wore my baju kurung school uniform. It's so weird to wear baju kurung, not because I haven't been wearing it, but wearing a don't-know-what-kind-of-dress-is-that here in Australia and walking around the streets really attention-attracting. @@"

They didn't really have any nice raya decorations inside. It's just black curtains.

The food was quite up to Malaysian standard. They have got hotdog with satay sauce, nasi briyani, beef rendang, curry chicken, salad, kuih, pie etc. The taste of the food made me feel a lot like home. =D Then, there's a guy on the stage singing some Malay songs.

My housemate, Alyaa. She's a mixed blood (Jawanese, Thai, Arab and some I can't remember). She's actually Singaporean but she pretends to be Malaysian when she attends any of these events. Lol. Can tell that she's very intelligent by the way she speaks. Her english is so good!!

Me with 2 of Alyaa's friends, Aidah and Sarah. They are so small. @@" Note: Sarah is NOT a Chinese. Lol. Both from Singapore too.

After that, we walked to Aidah's house in Southbank. We walked along the Yarra River. At least need to explore the city a bit further. Until now, I still only know how to wander around the 4-8 main streets that dad taught me. Hehe.

On the way, we saw this. It's some information on the origins of the people who come here: KL, Johor, Ipoh, Penang, Sarawak, Sabah and Malacca. From 1880-1890, people came here as pearl divers or seamen. From 1960-1980, they came as students and from 1980 onwards, they were students + business & professional migrants. They've got this for all other countries as well and these glasses lined up along the path.