My house was really crowded with people for the past few days. There was like more than 40 people came here. It is a holiday for students studying in Europe. Some came here to visit friends, to visit the 2 major stadiums in Manchester and shopping as well.
But, the main reason for this crowdedness of Malaysian Students in Manchester is due to the presence of PMS participants who decided to take a pit-stop before they proceed their journey back home from PMS. For those of you who don't know what PMS is, PMS stands for Perhimpunan Musim Sejuk a.k.a Perhimpunan Main Ski (according to Apip).
These people could not stand the attractions in Manchester - Jazeera's half chicken with rice, Moonlight's falooda and sundaes, Krunchy's lamb ribs and lots more. And also it's not often for them to go up north of England just to taste the tantalizing delicacies that the Curry Mile in Rusholme has to offer.
These guys came from different parts of UK - London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Keele, Lancaster, Surrey and Plymouth. There's even a group of people who flew from Ireland, Germany and France just to feel the 'food atmosphere' in Rusholme. Frankly speaking, they were really amazed by the fact that in Manchester, there is a whole mile of fast-food stores which serves halal foods. There's this one guy, who I managed to be acquainted with, said to me:
"You are so lucky to have a whole bunch of halal food stores just in front of your door steps. At my place, you can barely find one."
I had a mixed feelings at first when he said that to me. I don't know whether I should be proud or felt sympathy for his unfortunate situation. But, I guess I do feel a little bit proud because I'm studying here and Curry Mile has attracted a lot of Malaysian students for generations. I know for a fact that the existence of the Curry Mile has nothing to do with me, but somehow deep down inside I felt a sense of belonging to this place. I have been for for almost a year and a half now, and this place and the halal foods has never failed to amazed me. =)
But, the main reason for this crowdedness of Malaysian Students in Manchester is due to the presence of PMS participants who decided to take a pit-stop before they proceed their journey back home from PMS. For those of you who don't know what PMS is, PMS stands for Perhimpunan Musim Sejuk a.k.a Perhimpunan Main Ski (according to Apip).
These people could not stand the attractions in Manchester - Jazeera's half chicken with rice, Moonlight's falooda and sundaes, Krunchy's lamb ribs and lots more. And also it's not often for them to go up north of England just to taste the tantalizing delicacies that the Curry Mile in Rusholme has to offer.
These guys came from different parts of UK - London, Southampton, Portsmouth, Keele, Lancaster, Surrey and Plymouth. There's even a group of people who flew from Ireland, Germany and France just to feel the 'food atmosphere' in Rusholme. Frankly speaking, they were really amazed by the fact that in Manchester, there is a whole mile of fast-food stores which serves halal foods. There's this one guy, who I managed to be acquainted with, said to me:
"You are so lucky to have a whole bunch of halal food stores just in front of your door steps. At my place, you can barely find one."
I had a mixed feelings at first when he said that to me. I don't know whether I should be proud or felt sympathy for his unfortunate situation. But, I guess I do feel a little bit proud because I'm studying here and Curry Mile has attracted a lot of Malaysian students for generations. I know for a fact that the existence of the Curry Mile has nothing to do with me, but somehow deep down inside I felt a sense of belonging to this place. I have been for for almost a year and a half now, and this place and the halal foods has never failed to amazed me. =)
1 comment:
haha..akhirnya kau menulis juga...
thanx bagi aku tumpang bilik ye encik faiz...senang2 meh la datang dublin makan 'makanan2 mahal' kat sini...haha..
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