Friday, November 04, 2005

Friday Faze: Deeparaya Edition

This year's Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa fell two days apart of each other so some of the office guys and girls decided to organise a "Deeparaya" edition of Friday Faze.

Entrance
The entrance of the multi-purpose hall was transformed

What's Deepavali and Hari Raya without food?

Indian food
Indian goodies

Malay food
Malay goodies

Bindis
At the entrance, guests were invited to put on a bindi.

Bindi for Eileen!
A bindi for ES

Babes in Malay costume
Some followed the dress code by donning their Malay costumes.

Radha and Marlinder
Others donned Indian costumes.

The friendly enticing note
Who can resist an invitation like that?

Nisha puts henna for SzeWei
The henna guru, MN, creating a design for SW

Business is good!
VP and AN get busy too

Goh snatches Nisha's market
Goh tries his hand at henna too...

DRAGON
... with great results!

New age moustache!
AA lets henna get to his head -- literally (check out his henna mustache!)

Contest 1: Design a rangoli!

rangoli raw materials
Rangoli raw materials

The guys... wait a minute!
Some get creative

Creativity pays!

Joint winners of rangoli
Joint winners 1 of the rangoli contest!

Contest 2: Make a ketupat!

The demo & clueless viewers
R tries her best to demonstrate the making of a ketupat

Ketupat contest winners
Winners of the Ketupat contest

Best dressed

Best costume - male
Best male costume winners: AA, A and N

Best costume - female
Best female costume winners: JT, V and H

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Some members of the hardworking organising committee

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