French MEP Volunteers experience Deepavali celebrations on 27.10.08
Pierre-Antoine Joly , RPX French MEP volunteer, and his wife Anne Christine are experiencing the Deepavali celebrations for the first time since they arrived in Malaysia in early July 08. With RPX closed for the Deepavali holidays and the lads have all gone home to celebrate, invitations were forthcoming to Pierre and wife to visit the lads in their homes. Hence it was decided that together with the RPX Home Administrator Francis Lai , and his wife Cherie, together with another French MEP volunteer Claire and also Chanin, an RPX lad , we will visit 3 homes, ie. 2 homes of the RPX lads and another the home of a SSVP adoptee family.
The first home visited was Davin and Yohannes in Taman Medan, and their aunty Uma and family warmly welcomed us and it was an opportunity for us all to taste authentic Indian food, delicacies and cookies. Davin also showed his skill in playing the guitar with Pierre joining in. Later Yohannes also sang a French song which he had learn from Pierre. The lads younger sister Yashar, aged 4 years was very attracted to Anne Christine and the several informal shots together shows Yashar’s cuteness in her tender age.
Next stop was Kartik Maniam’s home, in Desa Mentari, where we all had another round of enjoying authentic Indian cuisine. Kartik’s grandma honored us by giving out ang-pows to us visitors.
The last house we visited was also in Desa Mentari i.e. to Shangkar’s house. This unique family of 12 children of which there are 4 sets of fraternal twins, is a joy to see, as cute tiny smiling faces added on to the festive joy of light triumphant over darkness.
From all the homes we visited we saw joy of the respective hosts and their families and by which they extended a warm welcome to the visitors. We also noticed the homes were all repainted over and had decorations depicting the essence of the Deepavali celebrations. For Pierre and Anne and also Claire, this outing brought the experience of what a Malaysian open house during festivities is all about.
The first home visited was Davin and Yohannes in Taman Medan, and their aunty Uma and family warmly welcomed us and it was an opportunity for us all to taste authentic Indian food, delicacies and cookies. Davin also showed his skill in playing the guitar with Pierre joining in. Later Yohannes also sang a French song which he had learn from Pierre. The lads younger sister Yashar, aged 4 years was very attracted to Anne Christine and the several informal shots together shows Yashar’s cuteness in her tender age.
Next stop was Kartik Maniam’s home, in Desa Mentari, where we all had another round of enjoying authentic Indian cuisine. Kartik’s grandma honored us by giving out ang-pows to us visitors.
The last house we visited was also in Desa Mentari i.e. to Shangkar’s house. This unique family of 12 children of which there are 4 sets of fraternal twins, is a joy to see, as cute tiny smiling faces added on to the festive joy of light triumphant over darkness.
From all the homes we visited we saw joy of the respective hosts and their families and by which they extended a warm welcome to the visitors. We also noticed the homes were all repainted over and had decorations depicting the essence of the Deepavali celebrations. For Pierre and Anne and also Claire, this outing brought the experience of what a Malaysian open house during festivities is all about.
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