Gathering in Lyon

I just came back from the CNY gathering organised by MASAF. And I might as well upload the photos right away, since I'm in the midst of going through them anyway. Never mind that there are other photos on the waiting list :P

We went to Resto Tang, a Chinese buffet restaurant. I found this restaurant through Pili-Pili (hey, it's quite useful sometimes! lol), a magazine that basically serves as advertising. (which is why it's distributed for free) The restaurant serves halal meat, which is one of its attractions for the event...

the food

On this side is mostly the fried stuff, entrées if we follow the French style. In the middle are the dishes, with the fried rice and noodles right before them (you can see them if you look carefully). And at the end there are some salads and lychees (though I don't quite know why the lychees are there instead of being with the other desserts)

A couple of pics from where I was sitting:



And then I walked around taking pics of each table:

Fadhil was taking pics too (or was his a video?)
(my hand shook...wasted my beautiful photo :/ )

Then we start the event, with a speech from Ashraf, the vice-president of MASAF (the president wasn't there yet)

En. Faris giving his speech

everyone listening

The speeches were short and sweet, with a few laughs as Ashraf started by welcoming us to "er, what restaurant is this?", and then referring to our meal as dinner instead of lunch :P

Then we ate ;)

After eating I went for another round of photos:



And I must share this...look at Fzah eating her small portion of food...


...and Joe finishing his big plate without offering some to his gf! Wakaka... >:D


Okay, in truth that was the end of the meal, and there wasn't much food (or clean plates) left. That's why Fzah took the small dish, and Joe was finishing lychees which were on a big plate because there were no bowls left! But my blogger reflexes are kicking in more quickly now...I saw the story and snapped the photos :P

Then there were the photos with some people in particular...these were taken some before, some after eating:

with my fellow ex-Angoumoisines, Mimi and Mai

Florian, the only French guy at the party...he plays badminton and that's how I met him...he came from INSA Rouen and is in the batch after mine, which means he knows the other M'sians who went to INSA Rouen! Pity those Rouen people didn't come though...

Lesley, who's in Rennes, and Jaime, (permanent?) Lyon resident

and with me butting in

Fzah with her red Chinese attire bought in Besançon (so semangat :P )

with Dinie

and with Fifi (Dinie's ex-coloc, when they were in IUT together..."Dinie and Fifi" is still a familiar expression to me...lol )

So that's it. I'm still full from the buffet...even though I didn't eat as much as I had the other times I went there.