UQMSA MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL

WHAT’S UP PEOPLE!!! 
Mid semester break is over and now it is time for the final stretch before our finals! 


THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU GET TO PROCRASTINATE AND READ ABOUT A NEW POST!! 
How awesome is that???

While all of us were dreading to hand in our assignments and/or studying for our mid semester exams, we actually missed out on a fantastic Chinese tradition – the Mid Autumn Festival or more commonly known as the Mooncake Festival back home in Malaysia. Fear not me mateys, UQMSA came to the rescue! We may have been late in organising it, but we had it!

And here was what was on the menu!

Food: Various Mooncakes (Assorted Nuts, Red Bean, and Lotus Seed with Black Sesame)

Drinks: Oolong Tea

Entertainment: Chiang & all the participants who took part in the CHAI DENG MI (lantern riddles)

PRE-EVENT PREPARATIONS

Before the ‘dissection’

During the ‘dissection’

THE CHAI DENG MI (LANTERN RIDDLES)

Chiang: I bet they can’t get this!

JC: Wah, this Chiang quite smart ahhh.

Isabel: Hmmm, what would Bruce Lee do?

Fiona: Why is it so difficult?

Nabila: Takpe. Just smile & laugh

Brian: Let’s just look macho guys

 Rachel: I WANT MOONCAKES!                                     

Michele: YEAAAA!! ME TOO!!

Meagan: MOONCAKE MOONCAKE!

Baby J: Tea, Glorious TEA!!      

Chiang: *just smile Chiang just smile.*

Chinese Calligraphy

Ramadhan Bazaar

Apologies for this late write up on our Ramadhan Bazaar but fret not, it is here finally.

Like our fellow members, we are always on the lookout for a taste of home. Since it was the month of Ramadhan, we had the great idea of organizing a Ramadhan Bazaar so that our fellow Malaysian can savor their taste buds with some authentic Malaysian food, which I can safely is very hard to find in Brisbane. Not only that, we took this opportunity to showcase to students from other countries how we do things back in Malaysia during the Ramadhan period. Namely, going to ‘pasar malam’ (night market) to buy some awesomely-made food.

The thing that surprised me the most was how fast the food ran out, even though we have already increased the quantity from our Makan Night, which we had during the first semester. We really apologize to those who weren’t able to get what they wanted.

Just look at the amount of people, ridiculous in a good way :D

For this year’s Ramadhan Bazaar, we had the pleasure of having UQ Indonesia Student Association and Macau Student Association join us, which increased the variety of food. Did anybody managed to try the soya bean from MACSA and the fried chicken from UQISA? I was going to buy some fried chicken from UQISA but they sold out L

Our pals from UQISA

Friends from MACSA

I sure wish UQMSA will organize another gathering which involves food. Wait, I think they are and it’s coming soon, so keep an eye out ;)

On behalf of the committee this is Jiansheng, saying, see you soon J