Mother Tongue Brew

  First sight on the title, one might question what is the meaning of 'brew', I was no exception when I was informed there was a Mother Tongue Brew on 15th September. My curiosity carried me further as I googled on the word 'Brew', but to no avail, I still could not figure out the meaning of 'brew'. Disappointed, I had to give up. As the event was getting nearer, my curiosity was also getting greater.
  When the event itself came, the Secondary 1 and 2 were all gathered outside Indoor Sports Hall, waiting to enter. Upon entering, we were then asked to sit according to our classes. We had a short briefing before we were dismissed back to our classrooms for our events. At that point of time, I was still doubtful of the purpose of this event.
  My class and I returned to our classroom and were surprised to see that the instructor was already waiting for us. With a sense of urgency, everyone scrambled back to their seats hastily so as to not keep the instructor waiting. The instructor then briefed us on how to play Congkak, a traditional game. It was a 2-player game and my partner was Wai Weng. As we two had played that game on Club Penguin, just that the game was called Mancala, we proceeded without watching the demonstration. After a friendly match, I emerged victorious.
  It was then time for bean art. It was a chinese culture. I did not know of such culture, I guess I should be more aware of my culture I believe. As time was limited, the instructor did a very brief introduction and told us how to produce the beautiful artwork. The instructor then said we had to think of a design to decorate on our paper plate. She said if one has no idea, one could use one of her templates, cut and paste. Given my independence, I told myself not to rely on her templates and think up of a design myself. The Mickey Mouse design on my pencil case was smiling at me as I stared at it thinking of a design, it then struck me that I could use it as my design. I took my pencil, drew the face of Mickey Mouse. I used my own glue and glued the beans and rice onto the paper plate. Within minutes, my artwork was done but it looked terrible. I did not blame myself for such awful artwork as I knew my art skills were not that magnificent. We were then dismissed from school and that marked the end of the event.
  Till now, I still do not know the meaning of 'Mother Tongue Brew' although I can identify the purpose of the event; to raise awareness of cultures of other races among Riversidians. I feel that this event is meaningful as it brings people from different races together to experience cultures together.