Asalaamu Alaikum
That's some party and those cakes looked...... ..ermmmm good enough to eat!!
What was the reaction post party from the Muslims and Non Muslims?
Wa-alaikum-as-salam Br. Khalid,
A classic Br. Khalid question
People loved it. We did these three items because you can hit the entire population:
Vegeterian samosas for the vegetarians and diabetics
Baklavas for the sweet tooth
Cake for those who are allergic to cumin or curry (in the samosa), or too scared to try something exotic
This is the second year we are doing it (I joined this place about 18 months ago...) Last year, we got a special thank you letter from the directors and gifts from the HR and Operations VP, the value of the gifts almost equalled the money each one of us put in.
This year, the program ran so well, that many people thought it was sponsored and organized by the company!! Some non-muslim directors even asked us to approach the senior executives for sponsorship! What made it special was that we had a lot more people helping and different people took shifts to help. The burden to do a job well done was spread across many people, and we had a good time. The rest of the year we are in our own departments doing our own thing, so really we meet other Muslims outside our departments only in the hallways or during this Eid...
The funny thing is that this triggered the first company wide Diwali party, organized by the 6% of the company that is hindu (yeah, nearly 10x more), yet, their event wasn't as good as ours
