Malaysians@Marquette@Milwaukee

Who's next?

2009-05-13T16:36:00.000-07:00

First and foremost, MSAMU wishes I-Chen, Sara, Jannah and Kok Yee congratulations for graduating!!! Sudah tua la~~

Sadly, we won't be able to hang out anymore at the freezing cold Milwaukee eating nasi briyani. "Pertemuan dan perpisahan adat manusia".
MSAMU will miss you all so much :'(

Old one goes, new one comes
Introducing to you,
The New 09/10 MSAMU Committee

First of all, our Cik President Farhana
*tepuk tepuk*

The original Farhana

However, she is a $1,000,000 wanted criminal by the FBI
After escaping from the prison, she went for plastic surgery.
She took the monkeys' eye, ear and mouth

After all the surgeries, keluarlah cik farhana yang lovely ini

Next, our VP,
Mr.Azam
Resume-nya amatlah baik sekali

Seorang politician yang famous

Seorang yang berpandangan jauh

Berpandangan tinggi

Dan juga Presiden Persatuan Gerakan Hantu Pocong

Next, introducing our secretary, Cik Fazlina

ehh.. mana orang ni? tak nampak la
ohhhh... our Secretary tutup lampu because Earth hour..

Buka lampu la...
*tek*Ohh.. tengah makan rupa-rupanya

She-loves-food
tak caya?

gembira~
Makan je tau... ish ish ish..
tapi tak gemuk2. Waste food only

marah nampak XD

Lastly, the treasurer,
Mr.David Lin
However, not much information collected bout him since

he is a shy person *malu*

-The End-
=D

p.s. Those that still in milwaukee, lucky u. Msia damn hot. BUT we have awesomely nice food over here :D

p.s.s. Anyone wants to update on the Graduation party at Sara's house and the BBQ party? (contact me!)

The-good-old-MSAMU-Committee

2009-04-27T13:55:00.000-07:00

After much effort and sacrifice from I-Chen as the president of MSAMU, her term came to an end as she is going to graduate! I was not here during the previous semesters but I heard from many people, I-Chen was the superwoman that make MSAMU a more active society.

So, on behalf of MSAMU, Thank you very very much!
also to all the previous committee members.

Presenting to you our president I-Chen yang bijaksana dan adilcukup bergaya

and also her evil twin

Next,

Ms. Shu Wei, the vice president!
*psst*- sudah lama tak korek hidung la shuwei

Did she ever tell you that she used to be "Lilin cap Bercahaya" model?

Last but not least,

The treasurer & secretary,
Jannah the tree climber

Besides tree climbing, she also has a special hobby, mandi tepung

As always, hottest news from MSAMU

coming up next,
New committee,
Hunger Cleanup
(probably after finals?)

p.s. - weather in Milwaukee is getting much warmer; trees & flowers are starting to bloom

p.s.s - If I offended anyone with this post, tell me pls, I'll remove it immediately

Sorry for being lame =X

International Day Spring 09

2009-04-08T09:47:00.000-07:00

Hi people!! If you're reading this, say "MSAMU damn cool la"

I, david lin, just got a new job of reviving this blog after being dead for so long.
Hope you guys don't mind me using Manglish :D "Malaysians damn cool laa.."

Alright, back to the main story,
Marquette University International Day

Although I wasn't here last year, I guess everything went well this year.

The day started with something like an international exhibiton. Pakai cantik-cantik, jualan kuih-muih, makan-makan dan ada juga barang-barang yang melambangkan negara masing masing (Translation: Wear nice nice, sell food, eat eat and items that represent each respective countries)

So, what did MSAMU did? First of all, we set up a booth with Malaysian flag, some craft, etc... and of course FOOD. We had Satay (1.50$/stick), ABC ($1), free sample of tapioca cake and air bandung (forgive me if i get these names wrong) and the-banana-desert-thingy.

(note: credits to the photographers, NurulHuda, Ia Cha, Amir) If anyone has more pics, do send it in or just upload to facebook and notify me.

Malaysian booth

orang-orang gembira

busy-nye

part of the decorations

my favorite pic of the day: Satay!
err...
poser/s

I think the most outstanding group was them (after us of course)

Next event of the day was "Culture Shock". There were culture dances, instrumental performances, etc...

Malaysia team, ehhmmm.. ehmmm.. proudly presented the "Dikir Barat Dance". Personally, I think it was awesome performance despite the number of people we had and only few practices.

Barisan pemuda-pemudi yang hensem dan cantik
*penuh dengan semangat yang berkobar-kobar*

our Superstar

jiwang betul..
Superstar the second
ehh.. suruh concentrate, ada masa untuk pose for the camera lagi.

ewa~~~
pii pooo puuu

"jazz saxophonist"

Hawaiian dance. hula dance? in BM, we call it tarian dangut
kalau tak caye, check the 1st 30secs of this video

awesome performance on her gu-cheng

Phillipinos Bangku Dance

i put in this pic coz the top right girl is cute XD

This is the video of our Dikir Barat performance.

Some other photos from International Day

MSAMU and some other Malaysians from all around Milwaukee

Last but not least, thanks to all that participated and gave so much commitment :)
Thanks to those that bought the satay too :D

I have a feeling that they gonna fired me as MSAMU blogger. haha

Fall 2008

2008-12-14T20:33:00.000-08:00

Hello!

I know there's been an absolute lack of updates, people... My excuses: (1) really busy this semester, and (2) am a terrible person. Sorry! =(

Here are pics and some short short details on some of our gatherings this semester...

Some of us participated in this semester's Al's Run... I believe someone has pics of this somewhere... so if you do, send them to me(shuwei.loo@gmail.com)!

We also joined the Indonesian students in sponsoring one of the Muslim Students' Association's Ramadan dinners this semester, at the OIE... Again, if anyone has pictures, send them over =). A couple of the things we prepared were nasi lemak and kuah lodeh... cooked by Farhana!

We had a little cosy gathering at Sara, Fazlina and Farhana's apartment for Hari Raya... some pics (courtesy of Farhana's Facebook album):

Group picture. Siew Ann came down for a little holiday!

This looks so... formal family photo-ish

Edmund likes food.

Edmund likes food a lot. I like to tease Edmund. =D

Former roommates!

Our hostesses!

I-Chen, Jannah and Siew Ann cooked kuah kacang

***

We did a Malaysian Dessert Night later in the semester... And had a pretty good turnout, so, yay =).

(The pics below don't show up fully on the blog - only half of each pic shows... can't figure out why =(. If you want to see the whole pic, just click on it).

People

Food

People + Food = Happy People.

"Backstage"

***

For Deepavali, we had a gathering at the DoReMi apartment (why is it called that?)... we had:

1) Roti
2) Kari
3) Teh tarik
More pics:

Sayonara

2008-10-10T22:23:00.001-07:00

Hey guys, sayonara!!! This might sounds weird.

Anyway, I am not leaving Milwaukee, don't worry. I think I still want to "enjoy" the super cold winter for one more time before I graduate. I just don't have time to update this blog anymore. I need more than 24 hours a day. Sigh.

Yet, I found a good candidate to continue what I did. ShuWei will be in charged in updating this blog from now on. You guys will still get all good information and updates about what we do. I am sure she won't disappoint all of you. *I am posistive that her writings are way better than my 'cacated' writing skills.*

I hope you guys enjoy reading what I have written.

-ky

Merdeka Gathering?

2008-08-30T20:04:00.000-07:00

Alright, it is the new semester, new academic year. So, MSAMU had its first annual meeting for fall 2008. 4 Malaysian boys: Amir, Azam, Faiz, and Justin have just joined the MSAMU. Welcome to the family. * Alright, this sounds a bit gay; but we really welcome all of you. *

It is unfortunate that Justin can't make it to the meeting.

Anyway, whenever we have gatherings, it is always about food, right? Maybe not. We have planned out a lot more stuff for this semester; if everything goes well, we will participate in the Al's walk, have a Malaysian dessert night, co-organize a Ramadan's dinner with the Muslim Student Assosiation, and other Malaysians' celebrations. Don't ask too many questions now, you all will know when the reports for those events are posted on the blog. Patience is a virtue. Huhu.

Food, we had Steamboat since it is the easiest.

Anyway, we also celebrated Merdeka earlier, 29th of August. Holding Malaysia flag that u stick on the top of your car, everyone smiled for a good picture. *just in case msd wants it; yet it is a very nice group picture*

I was holding the camera. Hehe. And there was one korean american who covered his face with a malaysia flag.

Also, some of us just got together to watch the Harley parade early next morning. Trying to be healthy and in a good shape, some of us played soccer together in the evening.

Paintball @ 8/11

2008-08-12T19:54:00.000-07:00

Joining the Malaysians at Madison, we went for paintball. A couple words to describe the event: fun, bruises, fatigue, and muscle pain.

I am very lazy to blog actually... In short, we had fun playing; but someone might not. Owh yea.. SA joined us in this too.

Pictures and some facts:

Venue: Apocalypse Paintball ( about 1.5 hours drive away). Of course we rented a car to get there. Basically, it is in the middle of no where, it is just like a camping ground with a lot of bunkers.

Cost: About 30 to 35 bucks overall. We have a couple coupons for free equipment rental.

Group Picture.

Kingston, Jien, ky.
Pictures with new friends. (more pictures will be added later)

Eunice.

SA.
Evidences of playing paintball.

"Think before you want to play paintball." It was really fun, and I recommend this to those who has never done it before. I am definitely up for paintball again.

Tuesday Bowling at Annex

2008-07-29T22:04:00.000-07:00

Don't know what gossip SA wants to know. Yet, this was the latest thing that we did: Bowling. $1 per game on Tuesday = cheap.

Unfortunately, Sara, I-chen, and ShuWei couldn't join Jannah, Eunice, and I for bowling. No pics taken. So, we all played 2 games. Obviously, the pro beat the newbies/amateur/cacat player. Eunice was first, followed by Jannah, and I took the last place. Yay.

Hopefully, more people can join for Tuesday Bowling. Go Brewers! And we just lost btw. :(

Picnic @ 7/13

2008-07-15T08:56:00.001-07:00

Picnic and BBQ outdoor are the must-dos in the summer, especially in Milwaukee.

Preparation:
Food: Beef Brats, Beef Patties, New York Steaks, Drumstick, Chicken Breasts, Watermelon, Grapes, Sparkling Juice, and White Peach Juice (Sara, Janna, & SA's favorites).

Those are foods that we have, of course, we didn't finish them.

I was too excited thinking of the food and I forgot to bring matches for picnic. Guess what I found out. Free MATCHES from CVS.

For smokers out there, this maybe a good incentives not to quit smoking and buy more cigarettes perhaps. May be Malaysia kopitiam's tauke can use this tactic to attract customers.

Since Sara and Dom were driving, we tried to find a nicer area along Lake Michigan to BBQ. A place we had not been to.

This is located at the north east of the city, where there is a beach area behind the small playground in this picture. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to grill there.

So, we ended up at the place we always go. Remember the free matches at CVS? Dom and I went to CVS; Sara and the girls went to the picnic area. Then, Dominic parked his car somewhere at the kite rental area, while Sara parked hers besides MAM.

Ladies always get the priority of being pampered, right guys? Dom and I carried almost all the food stuffs to the picnic area where the ladies sat down. I said ALMOST all the food stuff, right? I left the watermelon I cut that morning in Dom's car. Yeap, I have to do a little more exercises to get the watermelon (OK this time Eunice helped-- so not all girls were pampered after all). Dom then set up the fire for the grill.

Sara invited her friends, Ali and Sarah. It was nice to sit down, chit-chat, enjoy the food we grill, and keeping an eye of the flying paper cups and plates because the wind was too strong.

Of course,we had some time for pictures. Cam-whoring, group pictures, "i believe i can fly" type of pictures, etc. are something you can always expect.

These are those pictures. Was it hard to get them? Nah... I got all three in one attempt, before, in the air, and after.

And I got a wave too.

Another one.

Group picture, and I was holding the camera.

Cam-whoring?

ShuWei and Dom.

Frisbee?

Yea, that's basically what happened on the weekend.

Chicago DayTrip @ 7/5/08

2008-07-07T14:59:00.001-07:00

First of all, thanks buggie ( msamu blog supporters) for continuously checking the blog for updates.

Nothing special on July 4th besides the fireworks at the Lake Front the day before. Traffic was terrible downtown, but the weather was good and the fireworks were great. Owh yea, Janna prepared her famous curry chicken dinner on the independence day! *yum*

During the July Fourth weekend, Janna, Shuwei, Eunice, and Ky went to Chicago for a day trip. Thanks to the noise from the hyperactive kids and their "considerate" parents, almost everyone on the bus was awake and "enjoying" the views along the way from Milwaukee to the Windy City. Only Shuwei and Eunice were able to enjoy their dreams despite of the noise. *bravo bravo*

The trip started with having Dim Sum with one unknown chinese couple who did more whining than eating. Ah, what to do, kononnye very famous dimsum restaurant, so packed! But the brunch went well overall.

Urban Roots Hair Saloon was our next destination. No pictures of before and after, for me at least. Eunice has a short hair style now, but she refused to provide the pictures (she wants to surprise those who are fated to see her again :p) I definitely recommend Urban Roots Hair Salon than Regis at Mayfair for several reasons:
1. Asian hairdressers are better.
2. For girls, all the men hair dressers are pretty good looking. At least, they have nice hair.

3. For Eunice, there is a cute guyish looking girl who washed her hair and she thinks that the girl is pretty cool! wooott!! ( this is added by Eunice, not the reason that I will go to Urban Roots. I like feminine girls - the one who washed my hair is pretty decent looking)
3. I was teased non-stop after I got my hair cut at Regis.
4. The price is about the same.
5. It is a good way to get out from Milwaukee.

Next was bubble tea at Alp Phine right before we headed to Navy Pier. The crowd was crazy there, maybe the taste of Chicago was there that weekend. Lots of local people, tourists.... We did something that we hadn't done before - taking the Ferris Wheel. The ride was pretty short (7mins or maybe less) but the view was awesome. Unfortunately, we couldn't get perfect pictures of Chicago skyline due to the sun exposure, our so so quality camera, and our less than amateur skills in photography.

But, we do have picture of Janna as she was cam-whoring with her low battery camera. That's why no more battery left for other pics.

I am kidding. We do have other pictures than Janna's self portrait.
Shu Wei and Janna with Michigan Lake as the background.

KY's smile and the nice view.

The swing was awesome, and everyone tends to walk to his/her left after the ride. It was a bit difficult for people who wore heels. But I must say, they were pretty amazing that they could still walk on those 2 things. SW brought sour sweets that will help all of us stay focus on our next activity: MiniGolf. Way harder than the course in Greenfield, SW (the beginner) and Janna (the good coach but not so good player :p) kicked eunice's and ky's asses in the tournament. It was fun!

Shiroi Hana was our last stop before Union Station. Japanese food was good (taste good and slightly cheaper than Izumis), and the services were perfect; as a result, Janna overate!

Other Updates:
Sales tax is about 11.25% in Chicago, gas price is about $4.50 per gallon, George Webb (on 16th and Wells) is closed, and Qdoba is coming to Marquette.

Summer '08

2008-06-25T20:34:00.000-07:00

Spring went by fast.... No one is here during Summer besides a couple pathetic guys left-- but they enjoy the summer here...
Sadly, SA, the best paparazzi, had left Milwaukee.... She prefers the big apple

than the cold dairyland... of course, haven't heard from her for quite a while.
So, I guess I will take over the job since some alumni back in Malaysia are very concern about what is going on in Milwaukee....:)

Who else are here in Milwaukee in the summer..... I-chen, Janna, Sara, Oscar, Dominic, ShuWei, Eunice, Farhana, Fazlina, and myself....

I-chen, Dom, Janna, Eunice, Aurel, Ly, Pasifico, visited Aunty Cindy's on one of the weekends... food are really good... Penang Laksa and Mee Udang... Unfortunately, no pictures taken :(

Last weekend: Wii on Friday and MiniGolf on Saturday....

Look at the nice swing :p That's why we have to play single shortly after that... We're really sorry Sara.... We will try not to do that anymore *shy*

MiniGolf was really fun, too!
Green Field Golf Center has some very nice views for people who like to take pictures....
Eunice: "It is worth $7 even if I miss! one more shot! one moreeeee puhllezzeee!!! "

Janna: "Stop cam-whoring.... Focus on the game!!!!"

Ky: " Come on!!! Get into the freaking hole!!!!"

Sara: "Peace..."

Summerfest'08 starts tomorrow, 6/26/2008.....

Yeah... The World's Largest Music Festival!!!! Check out the website... Over 700 bands in 11 days....

http://www.summerfest.com/flash/#

Hmm... Out of these 700 bands, I think I know 3 of them....Plain White T's, Gavin DeGraw, and Sean Kingston... I guess I will go there anyway....

International Day and Benihana pictures

2008-04-07T09:40:00.000-07:00

Thank you to all who came, stopped by and most of all, to those who helped out at the booth that day and also the preparations beforehand. MSAMU would like to thank all of you for your co-operation. And most importantly, I-Chen , for coordinating this event.

I know..i know..Everyone is waiting on International Day and Benihana pictures. Could you guys let me know if you guys just want to see a couple of nice pictures on here or you guys want an outside hosted page to ALL pictures from EVERYONE's camera? well, everyone, so far meaning I-Chen, Sara, Shu Wei and Siew Ann only. If anyone else has any International Day pictures, feel free to drop it in Siew Ann's sharing folder and she can upload it to an external page to host all the International Day pictures so everyone can pick up what they like. Otherwise, we'll just pick a few nice photos and post it here. Vote now!

After spring break..

2008-03-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

So what was everyone doing during spring break? Here's a lil peak into what some Malaysians were doing over break.

Eunice, Alicia and Shu Wei went to the city that has the best Chinese food.

Edmund went on a business trip to Frankfurt, Milan and Switzerland *everyone turns green*

Kok Yee, Jannah, I-Chen, Sara, and Siew Ann pretty much just stayed in Milwaukee. mahjong kept us busy of course.

On that fateful day where snowstorms blasted Wisconsin and Chicago, Sara, Jannah, I-Chen and Siew Ann chose to go to Chicago to spend the night. They went clubbing!! - at this place called SoundBar. Boy, it was filled with all the immigration boys. Indians, Chinese - Asians in general.

Update us on what you did on Spring break by sending your pics via MSN to any one of us: Jannah, Sara, Siew Ann!

Happy schooling everyone :p

Ais Kacang & Mahjong nite...

2008-03-26T17:18:00.000-07:00

To those who came to our trial run of ABC for International Day, thank you! To all who stayed for mahjong after that, GREAT! Some of you are already addicted..I can tell! To those who didn't come, u missed out! And, we had a visitor all the way from Madison...Thank you for joining us, Azizan!

Looks close enuff to the one the uncle by the tepi jalan makes rite?

Ais Kacang auntie at work..
The little machine that brought wonders.
Start of the mahjong game.

Midpoint: Everyone kan cheong. Arms folded. Tengah stress nih.

Kok Yee being greedy as usual. take take take, but dowan to throw.

All in all, I think everyone had a great time and we should have more get-togethers like this with mahjong and batu seremban! *woot* Mahjong for the win!

This weekend's gathering hasn't officially been decided yet, but it's somewhere along the lines of celebrating Sara & Jannah's birthday together at somewhere nice.

admins

2008-02-10T06:22:00.000-08:00

hmmm......mane semua admin admin nih?? CNY steamboat update & pix pun takde...ish ish....

Happy Chinese New Year peeps! :p

Phan's Garden overdue

2008-02-10T06:12:00.002-08:00

Caught in the act.

Photo 1: Grocery shopping together?

We report only facts.

MSAMU Punk’d.
Everyone got ditched by Kok Yee after Phan’s Garden dinner. He gave us the wrong time for the bus. Plus, he wasn’t with us. He gave us a random time so he could go grocery shopping in peace :p

A sudden turnaround found us stranded at the bus stop in the shivering cold. And short of 2 persons in the gang.

Feast on the hard work of our very talented photographer.

New Resolution for MSAMU

2008-01-27T22:50:00.000-08:00

After last weekend's meeting, the MSAMU authorities have decided to mengeratkan silaturrahim(spellcheck anyone?) among its people. We are gonna try to have at least one activity together every weekend, be it movies,
dinner, board games, drinking, etc. They are usually:
a)informal
b)last-minute notice
c)informed via msn, email, WOM
d)but hopefully not attended by the same people

Last Saturday's activity was bowling at the Annex. Kudos to those who came!
I-Chen, Kok Yee, Eunice, Jannah, Siew Ann, Edmund, Shu Wei..

was she there to bowl or to pose?? hmmm...

ooo..there's Eddie our Mr. O'D and the Bowling Queen..

there's Eddie again looking for his yellow balls....

For those who wanna be a lil more productive, do drop some suggestions or take some initiatives for these weekend activities yaa..MSAMU will b indebted to u greatly :p

As for this weekend, anyone? I have "The Illusionist" and "Pursuit of Happyness" with me, if anyone is interested..and everyone please bombard our Vice President with calls to his cell phone :p

Coming up next: What happened when we went to Phan's Garden for dinner on Saturday night??!?who's on the latest hot news of MSAMU's blog?

2008-01-27T13:11:00.000-08:00

So we started a new Malaysian blog at Marquette. the only problem seems to be the template. for whatever stupid senile reason, blogger doesnt seem to work the same way anymore. When I go to blogskins to search for whatever template, I download the template according to Blogger Type. Then I copy and paste the html code onto the template of Blogger, replacing the standard ugly template that they give every other stupid blogger who isnt smart enuff to change their own template.

But the freaking thing doesnt work! It gives me a stupid message saying that they can't save my template because there is an error with the code. like the body has to end with tag "" or something joker-ish like that. I tried it with 5 different blogskins template.

Clearly, blogskins is fine. and so is my copy-pasting skills. Blogger obviously has a huge-ass problem.

Anyone who is smart and knowledgable about html codes, kindly render your services to the association please..

Supposedly, this blog is gonna be the "newsletter" for Malaysians at Marquette --- updating all the latest gossips on what's with ABC and who's dating XYZ...and how much discount Walgreens is giving on their toilet papers this weekend..

But the smart VP had mentioned that whatever hot gossip placed on the blog must have gotten consent from its story owner. --- which we completely agree, because we wouldnt want it to turn into some ugly thing, and its only right that we respect each other's privacy while stlil maintaining the element of humor in the writing and the story.

We have 3 great admins on this blog.
Sara: html, photoshop, nice pictures, etc
Jannah: the scoop --- she's gonna supply all the juicy stuff
Siew Ann: content, writing, photoshop

Cheers to the Walgreens, Asian drama, and Super Mario chix! woot!

Got a story to tell or news to share? It could be about anything involving the ppl. Let us know and get credited for your work. Be it pictures or real news.

checking in..

2008-01-26T23:44:00.000-08:00

testing 1.
testing 2.

custom template.
edit template.