Anonymity

We've had a string of anonymous contributions lately.

It's sort of ironic because at the very beginning, I wanted all of our donations to come from silent, mysterious, rich, dying, old men in far-off lands who were sympathetic to our cause.

Now it's driving me crazy.

Mostly because we KNOW you're not dying, old men in far-off lands.

Of course, that's no reason not to be thankful. And thankful we are.



Thank you for your support but please note that that souvenir deal we have is only applicable if we know who you are! So if you want that super-duper-cool key chain from Morocco, you gotta let us know!

Stay charitable. (But let us know if you do.)

Doing it for charity

Yep, that's what we're doing. Doing it for charity.

The Star in Malaysia published a write-up of our fundraising efforts in their Education section today. Please view the heavily edited article here.

Do it.

The Pelita Affair

Hello people! Warwick Malaysia Night is back and we are proud to present to you:

The Pelita Affair.

It is a night of colour, drama, music and delicious food! It is a night where we showcase our diverse culture with acting, singing, dancing and our infamous Dikir Barat. Our Dikir Barat has been touted the best in the UK amongst all the Malaysian Societies in the UK and is well worth watching! If you don't believe us, come along to watch us perform at our taster session at the Piazza on Wednesday, 31st of January, Week 4 and experience it for yourself!

Malaysia Night will take place on Saturday 3^rd of February 2007 at the Butterworth Hall, with the show commencing at 7:30pm. There are also dinner tickets available for those who want to sample authentic Malaysian cuisine. The dinner consists of 3 mains and a dessert and promises to be very scrumptious and spicy Malaysian food! So get them while you can! Tickets are priced as follows

Dinner & Show: £15 [only 300 available]
Show Only: £9

To book tickets for you and your friends, simply e-mail warwickmsa@gmail.com. Easy as 1,2,3! Hope to see you on the night!

And what's MORE interesting is that; wani, faeez and lutfi will be your emcees for the night! Knowing us, we'll be entertaining you and possibly make you laugh till you cry! heeheehee. SO get your tickets NOW and make sure you get as many friends as you can to come and see us warwick-ians in action! Looking forward to see you guys there! OH! Before i forget, please please bring a lot of extra cash along :) we'll be collecting more donations for the children in Africa. Alhamdulillah we've reached our initial target of 2000pounds but it'll be AMAZING if we can get another 1000.

Final words, STAY CHARITABLE!

Color Me Astounded

Wow.

Will the benevolent Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr/Tun/Dato'/Datin/His Royal Highness 'lalalala lalalala' please step forward?

We promise we won't tell anyone. But we need to know!

It's driving us insane. And we're losing sleep. And I'm not eating right. And we need to know!

Tidur tak lena. Makan tak kenyang. Mandi tak basah. So we need to know!

Please let us know.

And let us know whose 'cute little faces' you want us to take pictures of.

p/s: Thank you very much.

Picture Session

We had a picture session yesterday for publicity purposes. And I present to you the best shots! At least in my opinion. The others may beg to differ.

Thanks to Melvin for being our on-hand photographer. Be amazed at our 'act-natural' poses!

Have fun making up your own captions!

Milestones

milestone (mīl'stōn') noun [C] (UK ALSO milepost)
1 a stone or post at the side of the road on which is marked the distance to various places, especially to the nearest large town

2 an important event in the development or history of something or in someone's life

I like milestones. Especially during those long, boring balik kampung journeys, where the road was seemingly endless and the only reprieve you got was the numbers by the side of the road going down one by one.

And today, we've reached a milestone in our fundraising.

1500

75%

It's funny how there was a time I was worried we wouldn't even reach the minimum. And now look at that.

This post was supposed to be more meaningful and heart-wrenching. But let's just keep it happy.

Look! You've made us happy!


You know I'm happy when I'm willing to put up a picture of myself looking stupid.

Thank you for making us happy.

And here's to more milestones along the road.

Stay Charitable!

Time

Surah 103
Al-'Asr (Time)

Bismillaah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem
Wal 'Asr
Innal insaana lafee khusr
Illal ladhenna aamannu
Wa 'amilus saalihaati wa tawaasau bilhaqq
Wa tawaasau bis sabr

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
Time is witness that, surely, mankind suffers loss,
except for those of faith,
Who do good, and become a model of truthful living,
and together practice patience and constancy.

Translated by Kabir Helminski