Friday, November 19, 2010

Deeparaya 2010 itinerary

It's a day of eating good food and socialising, and also bring home some prizes! But we have guests from outside of Portsmouth, and here is an itinerary for you and me to ensure the day goes smoothly.

Program Tentative 

2.00 - 2.15  :  Welcoming speech from President of Malaysian Society
2.15 - 2.30  :  Welcoming speech from former MSD representative of South East region
2.30 - 4.30  :  Makan2
                    :  Karaoke
4.30 - 5.00  :  Lucky Draw
5.00            :  End of the event.

Are you excited now?

On another note, we've been getting some harsh criticism by some, who feel it is unfair because we have switched the mutton with beef. As all of us know, Indians are forbidden to eat cow's meat. But please do not despair and run a boycott campaign against us! We are aware of the Hindu's eating conditions, so we not only have beef, but we also have CHICKEN! Yummm! And guaranteed satisfaction for all! So, prepare your sarees and punjabis and join us this Sunday! Let's have some fun, eh? See you there!

Edited: Little did we know that this would cause an uproar. We simply wanted to cater to everyone's needs, and the publicity officer has got everything mixed up. It seems that the beef is to be replaced with mutton, and this has failed to arrive to others' attention. I, personally am sorry for this mix up. The society would like to offer our apologies for this mix-up and for our publicity officer's mistake. We really hope members could forgive us and look at the bigger picture, the main objective of the event. Again, we are very sorry.

12 comments:

Bob said...

I think the issue over here is more towards the bias that has always been happening among multicultural Malaysians. Many people who for various reasons, couldn't consume beef eg: Hindus and some Buddhists are so used to beef on the table (in schools, work places, etc) that they had actually became numb and insensitive to it; yet like it or not, the same level of acceptance could hardly apply on many Malaysian Muslims who might probably throw tantrums when it comes to non-halal food. So right now, it had become a question of "if you can do it, why can't I?"
For that matter, I would strongly suggest UPMY to reconsider its equality policies and avoid showing favouritism to any particular race/religion group. Peace. ^_^

Anonymous said...

I am a Malay and I think it unfair to the Hindus. Let us all respect all religion and faith in equal terms. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

"So prepare your sarees and punjabis" Is "punjabi" a form of clothing? I am not even an Indian and I know the difference between a class of people and clothing. Lack of Malaysian-awareness my dear Malaysian Society of Portsmouth University?

Anonymous said...

aiyo... no need to complain so much. Tomorrow somebody please also bring some beer, pork whatever-lah. We're living in a harmonious multicultural society what huhu ~

University of Portsmouth's Malaysian Society said...

Little did we know that this would cause an uproar. We simply wanted to cater to everyone's needs, and the publicity officer has got everything mixed up. It seems that the beef is to be replaced with mutton, and this has failed to arrive to others' attention. I, personally am sorry for this mix up. The society would like to offer our apologies for this mix-up and for our publicity officer's mistake. We really hope members could forgive us and look at the bigger picture, the main objective of the event. Again, we are very sorry.

Anonymous said...

The menu has been finalised and there's nothing to argue about anymore...please don't make such a big issue out of nothing...

Anonymous said...

i know some of US are really mad because of the whole makanan issue..u have even gone to the extent to scrutinize the committees in the process..what slips my mind is why the animosity??put ur name in there..if u still feel we the committees arent doing a good job,mari ke depan and take over from us..we practice democracy anyway..its easier to criticize than actually doing ur job u know..btw..this is not anonymous..im uthamah..

rilek rilek rilek...... said...

alaa...... guys, chill-lah... if they want beef, let them have their beef-lah. if u wan, dat day u can also bring ur own non-halal goodies to share among yourselves-lah, okay? We are Msians wat. I accept u, u accept me. Salam 1Malaysia. Make peace, not war, okay? =) Rilek...

Anonymous said...

adik2 no need to gaduh2. we have fun ok today. i like anon 15.50 comment lah. if u guys 2 young to buy beer, i can buy for u, hell, i even can join u for a round or 2 :)

what uthamah said is so true, common business practice is we nominate and elect those who have ideas and have more knowledge (in this case: Malaysian awareness knowledge) during the next AGM. so anon ink your names so we can nominate u for the next AGM!

anyway, congratulation n thank u to the comms for organizing this event. i know it is hard to please everyone but i am sure that me n my family of malaysians will have a great time today.

1 malaysia: najmi

Anonymous said...

msoc liars as usual. Nuff said.

ungku said...

in what and which aspect are we a liar? point out our lies...

Elliza said...

If you think we are unfair to some of you, raise out your opinions and let us know your name. We dont mind how you criticize us and we want to know more from you all COS we want to improve ourself.