Christmas Party
Written by Andy Teo/ Edited by College of Management
Ho ho ho. It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The end of the current Student Association’s term ended in conjunction with the final event of 2021, the Christmas party. Unlike the previous Christmas parties that were held, this year’s Christmas party had a very special theme, Prom Night!
The event was held at the Riverside Group restaurant on 24th December 2021 with a turnout of more than 70 students from both the IBMBA and GHRM MBA cohorts. The event was also graced by the important guests, the deputy director of the international programs, Professor Jeeyeon Kim, and Professor Ryan Brading. As the party progressed, the alumni of the program also joined the event. What an amazing night it was, having to be surrounded by so many familiar faces.
Starting off the event, Professor Kim and Professor Brading were invited to the stage and gave their welcome speech to the participants. After which, the SA committee presented their term end report on the activities that were held during their stint. The current SA committee would also like to take this opportunity to express our most sincere thanks to the College of Management office, Ms. Cindy Lin and Ms. Jenny Lee from the International Relations Office, the student volunteers, and most importantly, the students themselves, for all the support that they have given us throughout their stint. All these activities would not have been possible without all of you.
Due to the current pandemic situation, as a safety precaution, dinner was served directly to each table. During the dinner, beautiful songs were performed and sung by the participants, charming everyone with their angelic voice, making the dining experience an extremely pleasant and cheerful one.
After filling their stomach with a sumptuous dinner, the teams running for the next Student Association gave their most convincing pitch to persuade the participants to vote for them for the next term. Many participants were wowed by their proposals and many cheers and applause were heard throughout their pitch.
How can we call this a Christmas party without some games to spice things up? At each table, one of the chairs was tied with a red ribbon, marking the person who sat on it to be the table representative. Having no time to react to such a surprise, our elegant emcees immediately explained the rules of the game and requested for the table representative to follow their instructions. Ranging from lipsticks, shoes, glasses, purses, and even ties, participants actively scour through their belongings, racing to be the first table to gather all the items as requested by the emcees, passing them quickly to their table representative. As the slowest team of each round was slowly eliminated, one final winning team was awarded a gift package at the end of the game, which was shared amongst the table.
Moving on to the next highlight of the Christmas party, the announcement of our Prom King and Queen! Voted by the participants throughout the event, the ten most dashing and beautiful candidates were selected to participate in the race for the title of Prom King and Queen. The candidates were randomly paired through a mini-game, and they were then tasked to charm the participants to garner their cheers for the final voting segment, with their slick cat walking and posing skills. It was a tough competition as their supporters’ roars filled the entire hall. Eventually, the SA committee decided to award two pairs as our Prom King and Queens. On top of the FamilyMart vouchers that were awarded to all the candidates who came up on stage, the Prom King and Queens also received an additional gift bag for their active participation.
As we headed towards the end of the Christmas party, we invited many of the couples, together with our Prom King and Queens to start off the ball dance. As they swayed their way on the dance floor, one by one, our participants headed towards the dance floor together with their friends, dancing the night away. It was a breath-taking view to see everyone join the ball dance and drown themselves with laughter.
Concluding the Christmas party, light sticks were distributed to the dance floor as the music changed to more upbeat and groovy songs. The term of the 8th Student Association of the International programs has ended up with this wonderful event with joy, laughter and appreciation. Thank you to everyone for joining this event and we look forward to seeing you around during the activities organized by the next Student Association team!
