Sunday, September 14, 2008

Hari Merdeka 2008

So I went to Fiesta Malaysia, an event in Federation Square, Melbourne held in conjunction with the National Day of Malaysia.

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Boon Phiaw brought along a Malaysian flag,

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so I took a picture with him and the flag.

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Then, a few of us took a picture with the flag.

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Then, MORE people took picture with the flag.

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An Angmoh finds it amusing.

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There were a few features on Federation Square. Among others is the national costume,

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traditional games like apit buluh (literally: clipping bamboo sticks),

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folk songs by the local Peranakan society, 

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and me dancing.

Okay not really.

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Suddenly it rained cats and dogs, but luckily it only lasted for some good ten minutes.

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So people continued dancing

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and chatting.

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On the stage the Sarawakian dance continued.

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And then a Chinese singer bagged everyone's attention as she rendered Fish Leong's "Fly Away" and Datuk Siti Nurhaliza's "Cinta Biasa". The square cheered for her rapturously when she finished.

And I went home.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

The way you danced very funny..how come got that kinda expression on the face like as if you are saying "fuiyoh!" Haha. :P

day-dreamer said...

Wah semua mau bergambar dengan Jalur Gemilang ya? @.@

Haha :P

Jasmine said...

"chun" lah your dancing! ai ling, i think his expression is like a clown telling the crowd, "look at how brilliant i am!" =)

crushedguava said...

eh your dancing very 'unreal', if you know what i mean. lol

changyang1230 said...

Ai Ling: Where got! I almost got clipped you know. :P

Day-dreamer: Haha ya we kind of became the limelight among the crowd.

Jasmine: *palmface*

Crushedguava: I don't know what you mean. lol