This month has been such a great month meeting so many fellow Steemians especially since it's at my restaurant! 😃

End of February

After last month getting to meet witness Hive account@firepower from India and his buddies Hive account@shenoy and Hive account@varupinto together with Hive account@sjennon from Netherlands which you can check out on my post more on that day, seems like it's beginning to be a come to place whenever you're visiting Kuala Lumpur. I'm so honored and privileged to be hosting them at the burger joint.

2nd Week of March

So this month was filled with surprise visits and impromptu meetups as well. Mid last week, teammalaysia Steemians Hive account@bitrocker2020 and Hive account@elizacheng met up to give a more business perspective on accepting STEEM as payment. The end news was that the events organizing company that Eliza is working at will be implement the acceptance of STEEM as payment for events now! Didn't think the 'Big Hug Initiative' would inspire others to want to adopt STEEM as payment. It's not as easy as it seems but to inspire others is a side thing that is pretty cool I guess 😊

(no pictures for that meetup. sorrrrieee!)

A few days after that I got a message from Hive account@aaronleang that there are some international Steemians that he'll be bringing together with Hive account@joannewong to Big Hug again!

So I rushed with Hive account@hooiyewlim from the central kitchen where we do our preps and supplying of our meat and sauces, down to the burger joint which is about 5-10 minutes away.

We got to meet Hive account@nomadicsoul, her husband from USA and Hive account@macchiata from Indonesia. Was another cool meetup talking all things crypto, our favorite alt coins, politics, and of course Steemit and our journey so far on it. Was a super fun meet up which I hope we'll see each other again in the near future to talk about life! We're always connected on the blockchain anyways so I guess we'll buzz each other whenever and wherever we are 😃

TONIGHT!

I was gonna post about the last 2 meetings but it seemed they all came in such quick succession that I decided to cramp everything into one post 😃

Earlier in the week my wife Hive account@happycrazycon told me that Hive account@viverridae would be coming with some other Sabah Steemians to Big Hug as well. I was like, "Wow!" When I first heard it.

(Hive account@viverridae with Hive account@happycrazycon & me)

I decided to invite some other central Malaysian Steemian buddies as well since the more the merrier 😃

So today I had the pleasure to host Hive account@viverridae and meet Hive account@veenang and Hive account@gelfire for the first time. They are here for the Matta fair as they have a travelling agency services. Hive account@veenang is also trying to implement STEEM payments for his services so that's really cool. It's challenging being early adopters and with no other template to follow but I guess there are first steps to everything. Great to have a fellow Malaysian as crazy as myself to do such a thing 😃

(Hive account@veenang & me. Blur pic. He has a better one on his phone.)

Of course the regular culprits Hive account@aaronleang Hive account@joannewong Hive account@zord189 Hive account@littlenewthings Hive account@karinzdailygrind and Hive account@orangila who seems to have become the official unofficial photographer of #teammalaysia hangouts. Thanks guys for coming from near and far to my humble establishment. Your support and presence are always an encouragement to me. Really appreciate your time and effort of coming always!

We also had one of our newest Steemians on the platform Hive account@bethrao and also one of the youngest Steemians ever Hive account@littledrummerboy was there for this meetup as well.

(The guys getting to know the youngest Steemian)

(Hive account@aaronleang w Hive account@littledrummerboy)

(Hive account@orangila w Hive account@littledrummerboy)

(Hive account@zord189 w Hive account@littledrummerboy)

(Getting drilled on how expensive the burgers are by Hive account@littlenewthings and Hive account@karinzdailygrind........ just joking 😃)

(Us guys with TED)

Oh let's not forget Hive account@imchriscjw, Hive account@kahveen and Hive account@bzbzbz who are my managers of Big Hug Burgers outlets. While we were busy hanging out and chillin', these guys were busting their butt, serving and cooking for us our burgers! Without these guys there will be no Big Hug and no burger joint that accepts STEEM as payment. Hopefully they'll soon be more able to blog and surf on Steemit as the business gets better and more sustainable.

They took the pictures as well so they are really a sacrificial bunch of people I get to work with on a daily basis with.

Here's the group pic we got together 😃

(probably the lucky picture that all of us were looking at the same camera. There were like 10 phones to use to take. Gathering problems)

(Hive account@zord189 reminding everyone with a smile not to forget to upvote!)

Here's to more great memories and adventures ahead with #teammalaysia and the Big Hug Initiative (Hive account@bighugin)! 🍔🍔🍔

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photo credits to Hive account@aaronleang and whoever else that took pictures