Meet Aunty Deeb

I was helping Mama spring cleaning (it is spring in Australia!) our lappy hard disk, transferring files and folders onto the external disk, etc etc...when I came across a set of photos we took at an event last month. What's so special about the photos or the event, you might ask?

It is special because it involved my future mother-in-law, Aunty Deeb. You see, her meowson, Rajoo is my fiance #1. In fact, Aunty Deeb organised the event to raise funds for a shelter for single mothers, orphans and poor children. Am I lucky to have two mommies who just love charity work? Aunty Deeb had some of her celebrity friends to sing (for free) at the event as entertainment for the evening, besides herself. The children from the shelter also entertained us with songs and dances. The food was fabulous too. Oooh, Aunty Deeb blogs too (When the Fat Lady Sings - on my blogroll). Or, used to, as she hasn't updated for quite sometime. Must be very busy with work.

Aunty Deeb (middle) handing over the check to Mak Pah (right) from the shelter. The handsome bloke on the left is Aunty Deeb's personal assistant.

Aunty Deeb singing on stage, surrounded by kids from the shelter.

Is that boy sleeping or having a nap between bites?

Kids from shelter entertained us with their rendition of dikir barat.

Aunty Deeb is indeed popular among her little fans.

Hmm...some of the little fans went berserk...too much sweet drinks? I didn't see any nip grog.

Sensible me had just plain water.

My favourite - chicken satay....yummm....

Kiss kiss hug hug session of you know who... with Aunty Deeb before going home.

Angelina's note: Don't forget us next year, Aunty Deeb. purrr...meow!

Jongbyuk, Payletuk, Hale!

Mama had iftar away from home again. No, not at an over-priced Ramadan Buffet eatery! She and a few of her fellow Board of Trustees had iftar with the Myanmar refugee community in a suburb called Selayang, about 15-minute drive from home. It was part of the Fast2Feed programme we talked about in the previous entry (the RM30 question). The iftar spread was simple but delicious...and we learned a few Myanmarese words as well. Yeah...food names but that's what felines think of most times anyway.

This is jongbyuk, basically wheat cooked with sugar and garnished with grated coconut. Served as dessert.

This is payletuk, mainly chickpeas and cabbage stirfried with spices and curry leaves.

Hale - a type of rice and vegetable porridge in the bowls on either side of this child.

Nicole's 2-cent: Thanks to donors who helped us provide food the poor and needy. For more information and on how to support the programme, click here. Or just email us. purrrr *giggles*

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What can we buy with just RM30? Mama posed that question in her work blog. Click here.