Posted in Activities, Community, Festival on Feb 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
Chinese New Year in my hometown Melaka is always joyous and lively. In the recent years, Jonker Street has been the center of Chinese festive events.
For the celebration of Chinese New Year, the area adjacent to Jonker Street has been decorated with arcs, lanterns, lights, and so on. Every year this was a joint effort [...]
Posted in Culture, Festival on Dec 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Merry Xmas! In our modern age, Christmas has become more and more like a day for Santa Claus; rather than a mass for Christ. Children got excited with sock-full of gifts and funny white-bearded man in red-robe ho-ho-ho around shopping malls. Thanks to commercialism, Santa’s has overshadowed Christ in Xmas (we now even spell it [...]
Posted in Culture, Festival on Dec 5th, 2006 No Comments »
Tonight kids in Europe will have their socks placed beside the bed. St Nicholas will be bring them nice gifts. For centuries, St Nicholas who is originally from Asia Minor (Turkey) has been hailed as the patron of children and underprivileged, and the saint welfare, health and wealth. In old Christian tradition, he was a [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Party on Nov 5th, 2006 1 Comment »
From Party Activities
KeADILan’s Bahagian Alor Gajah held its Deepavali-Hari Raya open house on 4 November.
The parliament seat of Alor Gajah was initially known as Parliament Selandar (we local Malaccans pronounce “Selandaoâ€). It covers the largest area stretching from Tampin (bordering Negeri Sembilan) to Asahan (border of Johor). It includes 5 state assembly seat (DUN). It [...]
Posted in Festival on Oct 31st, 2006 No Comments »
Happy Halloween !
Halloween is not much of a festival in Malaysia. Since we are in the mood of holiday series, no harm add another reason to be festive.
Halloween comes from “All-hallow-even”, meaning the evening before “All-hallow-day” (All Saints Day). It was a Catholic feast with a pagan origins. It was probably part of the [...]
Posted in Activities, Festival, Party on Oct 31st, 2006 No Comments »
Tan Sri Khaldi, Anwar
Azmin, YB Lim Swee Ling, YB Teng Chang Kim
James Wong, Kadir Jasin
Member of KeADILan Melaka
Sivarasa, Zul Nordin
Faekah
With Rahim Ghouse
Posted in Festival on Oct 25th, 2006 No Comments »
Received this very nice picture from Nadiah Bamadhaj in Jogja with a greeting “Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to you all. Maaf Zahir dan Batin”. The photo shows a parade of children on the eve of Aidilfitri (I assume the event took place on the evening of Oct 22 Oct).
From Jogja
Posted in Festival on Oct 24th, 2006 1 Comment »
Masjid Al Quds, Palestine: We shall not forget the suffering of a nation waiting for liberation
Selamat Hari Raya
Selamat Lebaran
Minal Aidin Wal Fa Idzin
Malaysians are celebrating Eid ul-Fitr today (Oct 24). However, many other muslim countries declared Eid a day earlier i.e. Oct 23. In Indonesia, the spirit of pluralism in Islam is trully reflected. There [...]
Posted in Festival on Oct 18th, 2006 No Comments »
Posted in Festival on Oct 6th, 2006 No Comments »
Wish all of you a happy Mid Autumn Festival. Astrologists tell that the moon tonight is the brightest in 9 years. Yet we in Malaysia are denied the opportunity to appreciate the moon this year.
A Mid Autumn Festival without the moon, this might be something permanent. Please take it as a warning signal from Mother [...]