Back from Myanmar Embassy

Just now I went to the Myanmar Embassy, Jalan Ru with my officemate to apply for visa to send aid for the Nagris Cyclone victims. We applied at 12.30pm, and had to wait till 3 o'clock in order for the person incharge to come back to process our passport. The person incharge of the visa said that just call, and he will turn up, but it took us about 3 hours to wait. I even terlepas my Friday prayer, astarghfirullah.

I was so fed up with the attitude of the people at the Myanmar Embassy. Even the call operator seems like they dont even care about whats happening in their country. I had explained that we from Muslim Aid will be sending water purification unit and water purification tablets for the Nagris Cyclone victims in Myanmar. The Junta would only prefer to have aid, but not allowing work aid to come in their country.

Next week, we'll try again to apply for the visa. Hopefully everything would go smooth.

-Muhammad-
Fundraising and Marketing Manager
Muslim Aid Asia

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MIHAS 2008

Today I went to the Malaysia International Halal Showcase at Matrade Exhibition & Convention Centre (MECC). MIHAS is a platform to draw the world’s halal players in facilitating the sourcing and selling of global quality halal products.

Amir at Pertima - Muslim Aid Asia booth

We from Muslim Aid Asia shared a booth with PERTIMA at D30. There were about more than 1000 booth mostly from Malaysia, China and Middle East.

even the Serbs are keen on halal showcase

Its nice to make many contacts thru this showcase and plenty of goodie bags to grab. I even had my lunch by eating all those food sample! You can get from nugget, hotdogs, kropok lekor, maggie, spicy kari, rice and even lasagne! Kopi, teh, tongkat ali, all those energy drinks are also available at MIHAS.

just love to try all those foods

Tomorrow will be another day at MIHAS. The opening ceremony will be held tomorrow as well.
See ya at MIHAS!

-Muhammad-

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A Visit to Pulau Kampung Suri in Kelantan

Yesterday I was in Kelantan for a program for parents with cerebral palsy kids with USM medic students. After the program finished at 3pm, I was told to sent a family to their kampung in Pulau Seri. I was excited because in order to reach the place, we need to cross Sungai Kelantan with a boat!

the family with the aid gifts

From Yokuk (Yayasan Orang Kurang Upaya Kelantan) to the habour took about 20 minutes. We had to carry those aid gifts given by the USM medic students for this family. The boat took about 15 minutes to reach the Kampung. It was really a new experience to ride a boat without the safety jacket..huhuu.

no safety jacket wooo..

Once we arrived, they served us with coconut drink ( air kelapa!). It took a monkey to get the coconut from the coconut tree. We shared our moments with the family mostly about their daughter which is a CP patient.

with the family

Before going back, we donate some used used cloth for the family, and took pictures with them...:)

-Muhammad-

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