Malaysian Celebrations

On 14/2/08, Dr. Edwin’s class was quite different from any other classes. When we entered the class, suddenly he asked us to list down Malaysian Celebrations. It was quite interesting but I still have no idea what he was going to teach because in the previous lesson, he asked us to answer some questions about autobiography. So, I thought, he will start his lesson by looking at our answers but he said he would do that after we discussed about Malaysian Celebrations. At first, we were asked to list down these celebrations on a piece of paper. So, I have listed about 15 celebrations.
Then, Dr. Edwin asked a few of my friends to write their answers on board and classify the celebrations according to groups. It can either be race, religion or culture. To me, this activity is very interesting and informational because it exposes us to many kinds of celebrations. Thus, I am grateful and admit how unique living in Malaysia because we are able to see different festivals, celebrations and cultures around us. Only after that Dr. Edwin claimed his purpose of this activity. He said he wanted to publish a book on it about Malaysian Celebrations. I also feel proud because we contributed on his project even though our contribution is only a little. By the end of the lesson, he gave us a task which is to identify any information/ pictures regarding the celebration that we are assigned to do. In my case, I was given the event ‘Awal Muharam’ and my group members are Adibah and Rhodhila.