Assalamualaikum guys!
Here I am again, trying to be consistent with posting. I was just relaxing after hurting my brain with all the calculations for the upcoming project I’ll be working on. It sure knows how to stress me out and make me feel like vomiting 😵💫. These days started off quietly, but later turned into a rain of celebration!
As the title says, we had a few Hari Raya celebrations. The first one was for our department — AIRC (Autoimmune Immunology Research Centre), involving five units in total. I can't remember all their names, but I know there's Allergy, Transplant Immunology, and of course, my unit — Autoimmune. It was so much fun and I really enjoyed it! I even got lucky and won a draw game — got myself a new ramen bowl, hehe 😋.
For this event, we actually had to pay for attendance and for food preparation from each unit, but thankfully, everything was fully sponsored by my supervisor. So grateful, Alhamdulillah 🙏. We also did a TikTok trend — Serumpun! You can’t imagine how panicked I was trying to figure it out just a few hours before the challenge, lol. But I managed to memorize the dance steps, hihi. The corn porridge our unit made won — and just thinking about it now is making me crave it again 🤤.
The second celebration was yesterday. It was a mini potluck for our unit — everyone had to bring food to share with the team. I brought some dessert: Hamlet — a bun stuffed with egg and kaya. I really put my heart into making it, but I guess it didn’t turn out as expected. By the time we ate, the Hamlet was already cold and the egg had gone stiff 😔. So, there were quite a few leftovers… so sad, huhu. Next time, I hope I can bring something better and more unique. Nevertheless, all the food was delicious, and my stomach was full. My heart was full too, hihi — I was just so happy to enjoy good food. My favourite was the cocktail — so yummy and refreshing!
And finally, today was the last celebration! This one was the biggest of all — a celebration for the whole institute (NIH). There were so many food booths! We had laksa, satay, ice cream, apam balik, kambing golek, rice and dishes, cendol, mee soup, kuey teow... and so many more I didn’t even manage to list 😍. There were also draw games, a best-dressed competition, and performances. It was so big, fun, and just filled with happiness. The highlight, of course, was the rotating video shoot — you know, the trending “hot stuff” kind of video 😂. I felt like a celebrity, posing here and there lol. My favourite was apam balik! So yummy — I could honestly eat a dozen of them, not exaggerating!
So that was it — my three-day Raya celebration. It was so meaningful and will definitely be a memorable memory for me. I wish I could’ve celebrated it with my loved ones — my family, friends, and of course, my partner. I’m sure we would’ve had even more fun together. Still, I’m really thankful for everything — for this experience, for having my stomach filled with food and joy, and for being able to laugh my heart out at jokes that weren’t even that funny (the more hambar, the funnier they get lol). Alhamdulillah for everything.
Love,
Yin
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