As most of you guys already know, my blog oozes with meetups with other Steemians on it. That is because #teammalaysia loves to organize meetups with one another and we're a pretty active bunch when it comes to expanding the good news about Steemit in our country. We also love to meet when there is a holiday festival around the corner or just a casual food meetup just to catch up with one another. It is because of this, a lot of the older members of #teammalaysia are still on this platform blogging because other than just blogging, we've all formed an awesome bond with one another. Making things worthwhile to be on Steemit.
Not only that, we even make sure every opportunity to meet up is used to the max not only when a fellow #teammalaysia member wants to, but when there are International Steemians who come to our shores for holiday. WE LOVE hosting other Steemians from other countries and we're looking forward to host more. So do drop me a DM on discord if you are coming to swing by this lovely country for a few days.
I've been meaning to compile a list of my favourite meetups for quite awhile now, but have hold it off till when I'm less busy. So here goes, These are SOME of my favourite Steemit Meetups thus far.
My Favourite Steemit Meetups
Team Malaysia's First Official Meetup
I can remember I was so excited to finally be able to meet everyone for the first time. The people whom you've chat with on discord, reply them and read their posts everyday. These people are finally going to be even more 'real' in the flesh. I can remember when the committees were gearing up for this major event, lead by
, she asked if I could be the emcee for the day. I was panicky for awhile because I'm an introvert and have NEVER EVER thought of me as an emcee. But I did it anyways.
When I arrived, I loved every bit of it. This event helped me get 'out of my shell' as an introvert and it was less of a energy drain talking to all the Steemians. It was also very exciting going to someone and say 'OHHHHH, so you're [
That's right! It was so good to put the names to the faces. People who've been passionately blogging bout their travel, photographs, music producers, vloggers and many more all in sync with one language, The Steemit Language.
Meeting with 
Then there are meetups where we organize to catch up with other Steemians from other parts of Malaysia. Mostly East side. This meet up was a really chill and delicious one I can remember. It was also my second time meeting with
who is a veteran blogger on Steemit and an avid fan of the crypto world.
This was when I found a new dessert place that was 'to die for' and later on, this dessert place was slot into many of our upcoming meetups as well. I remember we had 3 meals that day. Dinner, Dessert, supper. It was crazy.
BBQ at 
's house
's houseSometimes it didn't have to be any special occasion but just the need to meet these faces once again. I had a lot of fun BBQ-ing and preparing the food for BBQ when I was invited by
to his house. A lot of the other Steemians came along as well. The ones you would always see during meetups. The ones that run #teammalaysia. Eventhough this wasn't a Steemit event, it shows how close we are as friends to be able to just meet up even if it's not about Steemit. But you know, we still talk about Steemit a lot at the end of the day because we practically eat, sleep and breathe Steemit.
Food Tasting
Ever since
decided to adopt Steem/SBD as payment for his burger outlet, we have all been his fans of his burgers. We have always been supporting him in his F&B endeavors and this was one of it. I was invited for food tasting for a new burger recipe.
My favourite part of this whole meetup was I got to meet with 
I also got to meet some newer Steemians like 
Spreading the Steemit Gospel
I ALWAYS enjoyed myself when there was a Steemit event where our #teammalaysia lead,
would share and promote about Steemit to blockchain enthusiasts. During that time, a lot of people are still unaware that there is this awesome blogging platform called Steemit that rewards you for your content. So it was surely an eye opener for them. I liked being an advocate/ambassador for Steemit because this is such an awesome platform to be in when you are truly involved in the communities that makes Steemit.
Bittersweet memories
About a few months after the first official Team Malaysia gathering and that food tasting meetup, one of the Big Hug Burger outlets have decided to close down and though it was a sad thing, it did leave some bittersweet memories for me. Here's us posing for our finaly goodbyes.
Gathering
GatheringThis was an event I organized for the infamous
who has gone to Thailand to work and was finally coming back to Malaysia for a month. I knew I had to grab a hold of her and to my surprise... a few more turned up. I remembered she told me she thought that there were only 4 of us meeting up but instead, the whole village came along. Filling up 3 big tables in the restaurant for the first time. It was like a mini steemfest.
Of course, it was without a doubt we have to meet at our favourite Durian stall before dinner and even then, it was packed with #teammalaysia members.
Celebrating 
's birthday
's birthdayA few months later, I found out
would be coming back to Malaysia for a second time round and so happen it was 's birthday. So why not let's all just meetup and eat some cake.
's Birthday
's BirthdayMore birthdays and all the more reason to meet up. This time it was
's birthday and we made it a surprise for her. We celebrated it a week earlier over a good meal of Japanese Buffet. has been the driving force of the #teammalaysia community and without her, we won't be where we are today.
's Raya Open House
's Raya Open HouseNow Malaysia consists of various races and ethnicity so we basically celebrate A LOT of festivities all year long. One of them was this year's Hari Raya which was celebrated by Muslims all over the world. I was invited by
to his house to dine and catch up. The food was amazing when it's homemade. The Beef Rendang, Ketupat and Curry... Hmmmm!~
Meeting up with 
I was stoked when
from was coming down to Malaysia and because of that, 
from Singapore came all the way down just to have their mini meetup.
All of us waiting to be seated at a famous traditional claypot chicken rice restaurant.
Meetup with 
(Qurator)
(Qurator) was the first witness from abroad come to our Malaysian shores and this was one of my favourite meetups. Well they all are actually. I remember feeding him and 
so much they probably gained 5 KGs after this trip. After this, enjoyed the trip so much he actually was planning to come to Malaysia to stay! Let's hope that happens!
Farewell for 
was about to head back to London for good so we needed to grab a meal one last time. I can still remember what we all talked about on that rooftop bar that night... it goes something like... hibiscus flowers, flower dresses, gym, etc etc... I'm sure and all who've witnessed that night understands what I'm talking about. I hope we'll meet again!
and 
and Last but not least, my all-time favourite meetup with
and . We brought them to try out Malaysia's King of Fruit, Durian. Apparently one of them said 'it smells like feet'. I'm not going to say who :P
Looking forward~
Moving forward, I hope that Steemit continues to thrive in its STEEM rates and of course spreading to the whole world. Right now, it hasn't been that much active for a lot of people because everything in crypto is on the low.
Anyways, I hope that I can continue to compile these awesome meetups in time to come. I have a lot more photos to show for each meetups and I've also written a full writeup for each of them in my blog. If you would like to read them, you probably have to scroll down and look for the post starting with 'Team Malaysia'. These are mostly post about these meet ups. And before I head to bed, if you're coming over to Malaysia for a holiday and would love to meet with Steemians in Malaysia, do drop me a DM in discord!
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