Third Culture post by our 2017/18 Cultural Officer Nurbasyirah Mazlan!
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Introduction to Malaysian culture is a project made by our 2017-2018 Cultural Affairs Officer, Nurbasyirah Mazlan in an effort to educate our fellow Malaysians here in Canada as well as our non-Malaysian friends about the beauty of Malaysian culture. The posts will be updated once every month, so stay tuned!
(Poster/Animation was designed by Nurin Suhaimi)
The night of September 26th 2015 was surely a memorable one for all MASAT members that attended the Raya Haji, Mooncake and First Years Welcoming event. It was an event that left us all full with food, laughters, new friendships and sweet memories.
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| Welcoming the members to the event |
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| Vyn Gie and Viatrix attending Sabrina at the registration table |
The event was held at the Multi Faith Centre of UofT St. George. Although it was scheduled to expect arrivals from members at 6.00 pm, being Malaysians as we are, a handful of members showed up at around 6.30 pm. Registration fee of 10CAD were collected from all members at the registration table by our lovely MASAT's Treasurer and Secretary, Vyn Gie and Viatrix.
Albeit we were running behind schedule, our admirable President, Faris are able to give a short and simple speech which was then continued with the introduction of the new first years students as per MASAT's yearly tradition. We welcome a total of 9 first years both from UofT St. George and UofT Missisauga.
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| First years introduction |
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| Mr. President with his speech. |
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| Thiiban and his inspiring speech |
In order to complete our MASAT Executive Committee, first year representative were elected that evening. Thiiban managed to win the audience by his powerful and inspiring speech and thus are elected to be the first year representative for 2015/2016 term. Congratulations Thiiban!
At 7.00 pm, the event continued on with a speech from Amin, our Vice-President about the announcement of the new Mcard and MPlanner followed by MBazaar announcement by our Cultural Officer, Amier .
The aroma of all the foods filled the air and made everyone eager to dig in. When all of the announcements are made, attendees are welcomed to enjoy the food brought by everyone (since it is a potluck-style event) . We were served with all kinds of food; pulut kuning, rendang ayam, kuzi ayam, rendang daging (from Malay Kitchen), nasi impit, kuah kacang, bihun goreng, mee goreng, roti jala, kari ayam and many more. As a dessert, we had mooncakes, chocolate oreo cake, cekodok pisang, kuih sagu and of course the highlight of the food mania was the air jagung! The attendees dined delightfully until 8.30 pm.
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| Makan time! |
After everyone was energized with the food, it was time to start the game sessions. We played two games in which both games emphasized on getting to know the people around and having fun. The main activity hall was surely filled with a cacophony of laughters and tears (of joy of course) which definitely made all of our MASAT members feels closer together.
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| Syamil as the MC |
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| Game on! |
We wrap up the game at 9.45 pm and ended the event with a group photo of all of the MASAT members.
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| MASAT Family 2015/2016 featuring Zubaid's peace pose ! |
On behalf of MASAT, we would like to say thank you for those who participated in this event. We hope you had a great time with all of the Malaysians and keep up to date with our incoming events on our Facebook Group page. See you soon !
Last Friday, MASAT has successfully held one of the biggest event by them, the first ever Malaysian Bazaar. Thanks to Tsuey Xin Ho (Cultural Officer of MASAT), who first had the idea back in April last year, MASAT has been working on the event real hard. And after the event last week, everyone must have felt, "It really worth the effort".
The event comprises of mainly food stalls and cultures event, plus a traditional game stall and a tourism stall. All sorts of food are being served at very low price, such as Pasembor, Satay, Bak Kut Teh, and Teh Tarik among others. In the game stall, there are Sepak Raga and Congkak game where guests can try to play or watch demo done by one of our own.
Starting around 6pm, dozens and dozens of people rushing in into the Wyclife College, University of Toronto to join the event. Being that the event and even MASAT's objective is to promote Malaysia to the world, it is such a a great thing that about half of the guests came is non-Malaysians. Everyone enjoy the food, the games and also the cultural shows.
Sapro Ritmo, a wonderful traditional band (with the members being a Malay, Indian, Mexican, you name it) came all the way from Hamilton and played all the guests a few great songs such as Getaran Jiwa and La Bamba. Thanks to them, they totally make the crowd excited. Imagine having a delicious dish on your table, with a traditional song in the background. Such a perfect moment.
Then, there's the fashion show. The person in charge, Natasha Shukor has been very creative in having the show using the Malay Bridal concept. Models walking in to the stage wearing all sorts of traditional costume. From the traditional Malay 'Baju Melayu' to the classic Indians 'Sarees'. The popular Chinese 'Cheongsam' to the colorful Iban attire.
As the event ended, there's none of the foods left. That's how passionate the guests are. Such a great event. We hope that this event will be organized by MASAT in the years to come, annually. This year's edition was not perfect but was great enough as the first time being organized here in University of Toronto. We promised you, the next Malaysian Bazaar would be way better than this.
That's it. Thanks to the Malaysian Bazaar 2012 Organizing Committee, everyone who made the event a success (stall managers, cooks, fashion models, etc.) and the guests. See you on the next Malaysian Bazaar hopefully.
The event comprises of mainly food stalls and cultures event, plus a traditional game stall and a tourism stall. All sorts of food are being served at very low price, such as Pasembor, Satay, Bak Kut Teh, and Teh Tarik among others. In the game stall, there are Sepak Raga and Congkak game where guests can try to play or watch demo done by one of our own.
Starting around 6pm, dozens and dozens of people rushing in into the Wyclife College, University of Toronto to join the event. Being that the event and even MASAT's objective is to promote Malaysia to the world, it is such a a great thing that about half of the guests came is non-Malaysians. Everyone enjoy the food, the games and also the cultural shows.
Sapro Ritmo, a wonderful traditional band (with the members being a Malay, Indian, Mexican, you name it) came all the way from Hamilton and played all the guests a few great songs such as Getaran Jiwa and La Bamba. Thanks to them, they totally make the crowd excited. Imagine having a delicious dish on your table, with a traditional song in the background. Such a perfect moment.
Then, there's the fashion show. The person in charge, Natasha Shukor has been very creative in having the show using the Malay Bridal concept. Models walking in to the stage wearing all sorts of traditional costume. From the traditional Malay 'Baju Melayu' to the classic Indians 'Sarees'. The popular Chinese 'Cheongsam' to the colorful Iban attire.
As the event ended, there's none of the foods left. That's how passionate the guests are. Such a great event. We hope that this event will be organized by MASAT in the years to come, annually. This year's edition was not perfect but was great enough as the first time being organized here in University of Toronto. We promised you, the next Malaysian Bazaar would be way better than this.
That's it. Thanks to the Malaysian Bazaar 2012 Organizing Committee, everyone who made the event a success (stall managers, cooks, fashion models, etc.) and the guests. See you on the next Malaysian Bazaar hopefully.
For the first time, we collaborates with Canada Malay Association(CMA), Malaysian
Students at MacMaster(MyMac). and will also be attended by the High
Commissioner of Malaysia.
Details of the event:
- Venue: Multi-Faith Centre (2nd Floor)
- Date: 25th of September 2011 (Sunday)
- Time: 1pm to 6pm
- Dress-code: Traditional or smart casual (pants and polo shirts are acceptable, NO slippers!)
- Entrance Fee: CAD10 (for members); CAD12 (for non-members)
And so yesterday mark the 1st day of Syawal in the Hijri calendar, which means just one thing; Eid-ul Fitr which is the biggest celebration in Malaysia (though not in Canada) is happening. After a month of fasting, now the Muslim are celebrating their 'victory' starting from yesterday.
So, I on behalf of all MASAT committee would like to wish Eid Mubarak to all Muslim members of MASAT and Muslims around the world. Have a happy and joyous Eid.
Here, a photo of us (with some from Hamilton) having a 'Open House' at one of our member, Fazry's house.
So, I on behalf of all MASAT committee would like to wish Eid Mubarak to all Muslim members of MASAT and Muslims around the world. Have a happy and joyous Eid.
Here, a photo of us (with some from Hamilton) having a 'Open House' at one of our member, Fazry's house.
First of all, this website hasn't been updated for some time for some reason, which I totally apologized. I will be more productive from now on. So, lets hope that this website will be updated regularly, from time to time.
So, if you realized it's a great time for Muslim all over the world as it is now the month of Ramadhan, where every Muslim have to fast for one month. So, I on behalf of MASAT Executive wants to wish all Muslim all over the world especially Muslims of MASAT members or will-be MASAT members, "Ramadhan Mubarak" or in other words 'May you have a blessed Ramadhan'.
So, if you realized it's a great time for Muslim all over the world as it is now the month of Ramadhan, where every Muslim have to fast for one month. So, I on behalf of MASAT Executive wants to wish all Muslim all over the world especially Muslims of MASAT members or will-be MASAT members, "Ramadhan Mubarak" or in other words 'May you have a blessed Ramadhan'.
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