Yeah, I don’t drink
February 22nd, 2007 by denieI like it here. But being the only muslim in this batch of new students do make me feel a little bit left out. Still it only makes me become more strong and keep looking things at the bright side. Yeah, sometimes my friends invite me over for a dinner at their house, sometimes I didn’t go and when I did go, I didn’t eat and it’s a good thing that they know I need to be damn strict when it comes to food. Huhuhu, bless u guys.
Anyway, last night there was a dinner organised by Latrobe Council for all the new students, especially International students. And looks like the President of International Students Association who is a Penangite has done a good job in making sure that the main dish is halal, and guess what? It was tandoori chicken! Hahahhaa, I whacked all the tandoori chickens!! Man its been quite a long time since I had more than 1 piece of tandoori chicken.
Forgot to mention, before the dinner started, some of the new students were given the honours to hold the flags of their countries. And guess what, I was one of them, of course I got to carry Jalur Gemilang. Hahaha, but some of Malaysian students especially chinese got to carry Japans flag, Taiwan, and even Saudi Arabia!! Poor Zoon.. at least he was in the limelight for representing Saudi Arabia despite not wearing any turban.=P
And yeah, its a usual thing I guess that before dinner, there is a drink. I only got myself some cold water. That’s it. I joined my friends for a while until most of them had been very high, some with all face turned red, some only ears. Once they started acting weird, I moved to a corner quite far from them. Ive never been to anything like this before and have to admit that it is a new experience to me. While I was drinking the water( air sejuk je…=P), came a chinese guy, new student also from Malaysia. Looks quite decent, mom’s good boy type. He didnt look like he took a beer or anything like that. So I asked him," You dont join them drinking." " Naah, I dont drink. Quite a lot of bad things." I just couldnt believe what I heard. I think that is the first time I met a non muslim guy who doesnt drink. Curious, I kept asking him, and the conversation dragd from religioun point of view, the story about a very pious ulama centuries ago who ended up doing dosa besar ( surprisingly he knows that story!), to even how funny people can be once they were high and drunk. And before I didnt know that theres a level before getting totally drunk, and that is high. Ooo, gitu rupanya…
I was very happy last night as I wasnt left out because I have someone to talk to. Huehuehue! And yep, he and me dont drink! =)