Annual Dinner 2007

On 3rd November 2007, the group of us the Cohort 1 TESL coming-soon-teachers celebrated our 'last' annual dinner in Concorde Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Just as the word 'last' is used, it conveyed the anxieties in each of us for that evening to come.

If you haven't known or heard, this year marks the last year of 6-years academic life in college and in universities for me and my Cohort friends.

Themed as a "Hollywood-Glam" evening in Concorde - in which the theme sounded so glamorous and sophisticated, I must say the preparation for that evening by each of us had been strenuous. Some had this planned like months ago, while some waited till the very last moment to go hunting for dress. And the most unbelievable part was that even the boys were putting in effort to make themselves look good and handsome.

And when the evening came, we were welcomed by red carpet (just like in Hollywood). ones who arrived earlier were seen walking around taking photographs, be it candid or posed. We all just couldn't stop being in the photograph as well as posing then.

All the girls especially were exceptionally beautiful that night. Dressed in dresses, gowns, costumes and even Kimonos, it showed how much we have changed in terms of fashion and styles over the years in overseas.

When it was time to start the ceremony, we had Madam Elizabeth who is our coordinator to give her speech. In her speech, she expressed her feeling on how fast time - this year particularly - has passed, and that it was a great thing to have coordinated us. Besides wishing us all the very best in our future undertaking, she praised us for how we have been throughout this year, and our costumes that evening. Thank you Mdm Liz for that!

Besides all the 'makan' and chitchatting, we also had some great performances from some of us. The first one was the best, it's a performance done by a bunch of girls, dancing on the song 'Big Spender'. Other performances included songs singing by Aida and Izza; Amy, Izan and Valerie; and us the boys on the song 'Save Tonight'.

What were also in the evening which i was not too clear of its particulars were Academic Awards, Sport-men Awards, Best-dress Awards and etc.

The evening was paid off with great success. Basically, everyone was having so much fun, and everyone was beautiful and charming. There's actually not necessary to choose the Best-dress persons, as each of us just looked great!

Reflecting on that evening, one of the things we all have come to acknowledge is that time is running up as all of us will soon be departed to different part of the country. And that's where roads will be diverged for every one of us. Certainly there is no return in what we have come to become. And this college life, has no doubt come to an end at last.

Another thing that some of us have thought or started to think about is our journey in years to come. As life goes on, the digit of our age increases too. The issue of having a family of our own is slowly igniting. Some have while some prefer to wait. As for me, I am still waiting, patiently for that time to come.

~ QUT forever~

the boys

me and Madam Elizabeth

*Chew Wei, Ah Po, me and Cheryl*