The Official Newsletter of MSBCA Calgary A Non Profit Organization Since 1989 Malaysian Singaporean Bruneian Community Association WWW.MSBCA.CA AUGUST 2019 Family Bike Ride Highlights WHAT'S INSIDE? P2 | President's Message P3 | Committee Information Online Membership Update P4 | What's on at the Clubhouse Calendar of Events Mari Memasak Details P6 | Weekly/Monthly Events P7 | Sports Events 2019 P8 | Seniors' Home Visits MSBCA YYC SUMMER AFTERNOON OF P9 | Omatsuri Festival 2019 Kopitiam 2019 Event Details P10 | The Tea Parlour Event P11 | Kopitiam Coffee Shop - POP-UP POP-UP P12 | Kendy Lo Singing Contest Senior Home Visits KOPITIAM P11 | Family Bike Ride Highlights COFFEE SHOP MENU P13 | Inn from the Cold Highlights NASI LEMAK & SNACK FOOD HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE KOLO MEE MEE SIAM SUBMISSIONS TO THE NEWSLETTERCHAR KWAY TEOW POPIAH We are always looking for stories/photos to share in the Like MSBCA Calgary SATURDAY,monthly newsletter! We would LOVE to hear from you!ROJAK on Facebook! LOH BAK SendAUGUST your questions, 31, 2019comments or articles to: [email protected] before the 25th of the @msbcacalgary month for review and it could be shared with the community!VA D A 3PMNote: TO The5PM newsletter is a monthly publication to 400+NYONYA readers KUIH-MUIH MSBCA CLUBHOUSE CHENDOL #301 114-3RD AVE SW TIMMY’S KOPI ($1) All samples are $3 each. Limited quantities. 1st come 1st serve. No reservations. KUIH-MUIH: CURRY PUFF, Standing room only inside clubhouse. SERI MUKA, PINEAPPLE TART, Come, bring a friend to experience PULUT PANGGANG, PULUT INTI, MSB culinary art. Get to know your neighbourhood community and who we are/ KUIH LAPIS, ANG KOO KUIH what we do as a non-profIt association. The President's Message Dear members The following Saturday, August 17, will see On August 23, our community will host and friends of the Chinatown Street Festival – “Experience “Welcome to the Kampung” in collaboration MSBCA, the Silk Road”. The MSBCA Clubhouse is with The Tea Parlour. This special event will located within Chinatown and similarly our to bring to you an enjoyable evening of August will countries of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei tea, snacks, good company, and mahjong. be an exciting are part of the maritime Silk Road. They are, The creators of The Tea Parlour concept are month for both, two sources of great pride, learning passionate about Calgary’s Chinatown and MSBCA and for and diversity. Many of our members and aim to introduce tea-lovers and mahjong- JONATHAN LOOI our fellow Asian friends will be volunteering in this street enthusiasts and all other Calgarians to new communities in festival, so come on down, do a bit of and amazing places in Chinatown! I’m very Calgary! Our activities, events and a spirit shopping, do a bit of eating, and enjoy the happy to that our community can be such a of cultural rejuvenation are things I’d like to street performances and music! place in Chinatown. celebrate and share with each other. On the topic of eating, later this month, As our fiscal year closes to an end, myself, This month, our performers will be there will be two exciting MSBCA events Blair and the rest of the Board and with our showcased at the annual Calgary Japanese to try! member auditors Lita and Clara will soon Festival on Saturday, August 10, at the Max focus on preparing our association’s books Bell Centre. Each year the festival showcases On August 31, which is also Malaysia’s for auditing and annual report disclosure. one non-Japanese ethnic community. Our National Day, our community will host I wish to thank the many organizers, rd community is very honoured and delighted its 3 annual Kopitiam! This street-food volunteers, supporters and donors who to be the special feature this year with our style food tasting experience, created and have made their contributions. To put traditional dancers. organized by Jesse, will offer Calgarians a it simply, as a non-profit organization, variety of small and very affordable dishes making revenue takes volunteer effort and The Calgary Korean Day Festival will also be from Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei! I’m taking place that same day too, bringing spending revenue by delivering cultural personally looking forward to this event. It is activities and programs also takes volunteer Calgarians a lot to experience and enjoy truly a culinary showcase of our community, from East Asia. effort. So if you’re here, I truly hope it is our members, and their cooking heritage because you have fun too! from Southeast Asia. MSBCA would like to thank Edward Lee and Sunridge Badminton Center for their continued sponsorship. Sunridge Badminton Centre 401 33 St NE #4, Calgary, AB T2A 7R3 www.sunridgebadminton.com Canada's largest privately owned badminton facility with 16 professional courts. Located in Calgary, AB Call Edward Lee for details and bookings (403) 263-9222 2 - MSBCA NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2019 YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS MSBCA COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2018/2019 PRESIDENT Jonathan Looi [email protected] VP MALAYSIA Helen Ong [email protected] VP SINGAPORE Charanjeet Kaur [email protected] VP BRUNEI Vacant Left to Right: Blair, Helen, Jonathan, Charanjeet, Adrine, Agnes, Yenson SECRETARY Agnes Hobmaier (Goh) [email protected] ONLINE MEMBERSHIP TREASURER There are a couple of new tabs within your online account! When Blair Phillips you log in, you will now see a 'Deals' tab and a 'Card' tab [email protected] DEALS – Any special offers/discounts, available to members, will be listed MEMBERSHIP in this section. Currently, there are discounts available from Asianspices.ca Emily Teoh and Eye Class Optometry. [email protected] CARD – This is where you can print out your MSBCA Membership Card. For GENERAL COMMITTEE: example, you can show this card to Eye Class Optometry to receive discounts. Adrine Chong [email protected] Yenson Ong [email protected] EVENTS Helen Ong [email protected] EDITOR & WEBMASTER Tracey White [email protected] MSBCA Mailing Address: Kids’ Coding Fun Class #301, 114-3rd Ave SW • $99 (10 Saturdays) Calgary, AB T2P 0E7 • Text-based Coding, Python, Javascript Tel/Fax: 587-323-6828 • Grade 4+, Small Class Size visit: www.mathpro.ca/coding AUGUST 2019 - MSBCA NEWSLETTER - 3 WHAT'S ON AT THE CLUBHOUSE The clubhouse will be opened where activities are listed. However, registration is required for all activities and to ensure that we have a spot for you, we ask that you register or send your enquiries to the events coordinator. We have traditional carrom and table tennis available for public use and if you would like to share a special cultural activity, hobby, art, or cooking, we welcome you to get in touch with our events coordinator at [email protected]. View full event calendar at www.msbca.ca/events-calendar MSBCA Event Calendar AUGUST 2019 Aug 2019 (Mountain Time - Edmonton) Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 10am - Tai Chi - 1pm - Karaoke - 10am - Joy of Angela Connie Dancing - 1pm - Home visiting 4pm - Singing Adrine1pm - Dance practices- Program - Practice - Rosalind/ Irene7pm - Summer Irene/Teacher3pm - Dance Muriel Friday Night ZhuPractice- Activities- Helen Joyce (cancel) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9am - Shared Space- 11am - Advance 9:30pm - Dance 11:30am - Basic 10am - Tai Chi - 1pm - Karaoke - 10am - Joy of Luna Qigong Practice - Qigong- Angela Connie Dancing - 1pm - Dance Theories1:30pm - QiGong - Helen Kitty1:30pm - Qigong - 1pm - Home visiting 4pm - Singing Adrine1pm - Dance Practice- ClassKitty Feng- Kitty Kitty Feng practices- Program - Practice - Helen Rosalind/ Irene Irene/Teacher4pm - MM- Adeline Muriel Zhu 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9am - Shared Space- 11am - Advance 7pm - Dance 11:30am - Basic 10am - Tai Chi - 1pm - Karaoke - 10am - Joy of Luna Qigong Practice - Qigong- Angela Connie Dancing - Theories1:30pm - QiGong - Adrine Kitty1:30pm - Qigong - 1pm - Home visiting 4pm - Singing Adrine1pm - Dance ClassKitty Feng- Kitty Kitty Feng practices- Program - Practice - 6:30pm - Board Rosalind/ Irene7pm - Summer Irene/Teacher Meeting Muriel Friday Night Zhu 7pm - Private Activities booking- Jade 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 9am - Shared Space- 11am - Advance 7pm - Dance 11:30am - Basic 10am - Tai Chi - 1pm - Karaoke - 10am - Joy of Luna Qigong Practice - Qigong- Angela Connie Dancing - Theories1:30pm - QiGong - Adrine Kitty1:30pm - Qigong - 1pm - Home visiting 4pm - Singing Adrine1pm - Dance ClassKitty Feng- Kitty Kitty Feng practices- Program - Practice - 7pm - Private Rosalind/ Irene8pm - Tea Parlour- Irene/Teacher Booking- Jade Muriel Carrie/ Jess Zhu 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 9am - Shared Space- 11am - Advance 7pm - Dance 11:30am - Basic 10am - Tai Chi - 1pm - Karaoke - 10am - Joy of Luna Qigong Practice - Qigong- Angela Connie Dancing - Theories1:30pm - QiGong - Adrine Kitty1:30pm - Qigong - 1pm - Home visiting 4pm - Singing Adrine10am - Kopitiam- ClassKitty Feng- Kitty Kitty Feng practices- Program - (cancel)Jesse Rosalind/ Irene6pm - Kopitiam 1pm - Dance Muriel Preparation- Practice Jesse @ (cancel) Kitchen Family Individual / Memberships Single parent $25/year family $15/year www.msbca.ca/membership/ 4 - MSBCA NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 2019 MSB Community Feel like hanging out? Come check out Community Events @ the MSBCA Clubhouse. Upcoming Events Mari Memasak August 2019 Mari Memasak is Malay for 10th Mari Memasak 23rd The Tea Parlour "Let's cook!" 31st Kopitiam 2019 Cuisine is an underrated way of sharing our hearts and culture. September 2019 August 10, 2019 7th Food Moments 4pm to 9pm 14th Mari Memasak th 28 Mari Memasak LIMITED SPACE. Please register to participate. October 2019 Call Adeline (403) 383-1689 th We welcome volunteers 5 Food Moments who are interested to help. 12th Mari Memasak 26th Mari Memasak Seniors interested in Badminton? INTERESTED IN Tues, Thurs & Fri - 9 am to 3:30 pm KARAOKE? $3.50 only for Age 60 and above! MSBCA members & non-members are welcome.