I missed out on taking pictures of all the performance simply because I'd forgotten to charge my camera...sob, sob... But my husband managed to charge it during the performance...yeay! I'll just have to write about the dances for the cultural show. First we have a bollywood dance, with small kids (including Aliah). They looked so cute on stage...hehehe
Then, we have a Sudanese dance from Sudan North. It was like poco-poco but more rigorous, with a lot of body movements... hehehe, some men (which will remain anonymous) joined them on stage...hehehe. After that we have the graceful older girls with another malay dance. These girls looked so pretty but most of them were too scared to smile! You could see them counting the steps from afar...hehehe. The last items was a zapin which was colourful. This is the only dance including boys and they looked so adorable.
After the cultural show, we have a miming contest. It was okay but not many contestants, only 4 groups and all involved girls. I don't know what happened to the boys in the complex?!! Too scared probably or afraid of losing their 'macho'. By the time the games started, I already have my camera, yeay!
Hadi and Amir...
The girls waiting to be on stage...
The first session of the games was for kids. We had games for the under sixes, from 7 to 12 and for teenagers. Hadi and Amir went to play 'collecting sweets'. Hadi got 28 and Amir got 2...hehehe, so cute. Aliah got number 2 in 'collecting water with cups' but lost in 'transferring rubber bands with straw. Never mind, at least she got water colours which she always wanted. For the teenagers, boys had to 'eat watermellon' and girls were involved in 'project runaway'. Just enjoy the pictures.
Collecting water in a pail!
Transferring rubber bands with a straw...
Trying their best to finish the mellon while their family surrounded them...hehehe
They have to finish half a watermellon... but the mellon was really big!
The session was the adult games. The ladies 'peeled potato' while the men played 'dodgeball in jalabiya'. I suggested the potato peeling competition for ladies, using victorinox peeler, mind you... and the peeler was a takeaway gift for contestants. At first the HSE felt that it was not safe and it was scraped from the programme. It was replaced with a 'tying a necktie' competition. But a few days before the games, no one was interested, so the committee decided to have the potato peeling competition after all but we had to use gloves for safety... yeay!
We were so happy that all the tables were full...hehehe, I even managed to persuade the sudanese ladies to join the competition as well. We were so happy to get the peeler that we didn't really care who actually won the competition...hehehe
The men had to use jalabiya to play dodgeball. At first, it was supposed to be in 'kain pelikat' but where to find sarong in Sudan. So we opted for local material...hehehe. It was quite funny I tell you. After that came the family games where they had to use the boxes creatively. This was a family effort. The prizes were the rugs that we bought. I told Kak Halina that if she won, I'll buy the rug off her...hehehe. And you know what, she won and I have a new rug...yeay!
Posing before the competition...
During the competition!
Men's dodgeball...
Wearing jalabiya definitely restrict their movements...hehehe
Families discussing strategies...
Mazman and family, working together...
Kak Halina and the winning tower...
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