Gathering vs Reunion

Good day Readers,

Through out this festive season, we all know that everyone is trying to gether all their relatives and friends. Well recently I have had an Open house and it was great. My friendz were there my family were gethered and my neighbors too..

Well up until yesterday there was invitation for open house. my friends called up to join her makan2 at her house. hehehe.. so this whole one and a half month we’ve been gathering all the time just for makan2. no wonder I’m getting fat. ahahahahha… need to get out for a jog..

It’s fun to have some kind of reunion because it lets you to meet your old buddies and besties.. school mate, class mate, room mates, uni mate, soul mate.. ops!! ehem ehem.. ok2..

So why is it gathering vs reunion? to me it sound just the same.. peeps who’ve been located at one place to meet up.. so what do you think?

Well here’s are some definition on reunion and gathering.

Reunion:

1. the act of uniting again.
2. the state of being united again.
3. a gathering of relatives, friends, or associates at regular intervals or after separation: a family reunion.

Gathering:
1. an assembly or meeting.
2. an assemblage of people; group or crowd.
3. a collection, assemblage, or compilation of anything.
4. the act of a person or thing that gathers.
5. something that is gathered together.
6. a gather or a series of gathers in cloth.
7. an inflamed and suppurating swelling.
8. (in a flue, duct, or the like) a tapered section forming a transition between two sections, one of which has a greater area than the other.
9. Bookbinding. a section in a book, usually a sheet cut into several leaves.

[taken from dictionary.com]

One response to this post.

  1. Posted by Nobita on October 31, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    Hmm. Tat’s how we live in M’sia. 😀

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