Orientation Dinner

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• I want to thank God for giving me the gift to blog like nobody's business, hence, making it easier for me to finish my report/assignment on a dinner i attended.
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Orientation Dinner on 3rd September 2009.

On the 3^rd of September, there was a dinner organized by our seniors from DH31. The dinner was in conjunction of welcoming DH34 to Taylors College. The dinner was scheduled at 7am in the 2 main restaurants in our college namely Santa Ines and Lescoffier. There was a theme for the night and it was “Glamorous Night”.

It was 7.30pm and half of DH34 was already present outside of the restaurant taking pictures with friends and others. All the ladies wore pretty and eye catching dress, and about half the gentlemen present wore casual outfit and the others were really well dressed. Both guys and girls look glamorous for the night.

It was 8pm when almost everyone had already arrived and we finally got in the restaurant with warm welcomes and pleasant smiles from the host and hostess at the doors. We were guided to our sitting place. Just as soon as we were comfortable, the server laid the napkin down to our laps. The fruit punch was already served on the table.

The first thing that I noticed on the table was the amazing, creative centre piece.

Though it looks too big and it’s taking up quite a volume of space of the table, it matched the table cloth and the theme of the night. It gave a soothing and calm impression and it was a job well done to the creators for their creativity. The next thing I was attracted to was the glittering menu piece on the table.

It was simple, creative and glamorous.

There was 2 tables stretching out long and everyone was comfortably seated and had ample place to move. Not everyone seated with us was from our group, there was a mixture of groups for each seat and there were one or two lecturer joining us as well. This gave us the opportunity to get to know our other DH34 members better. We also had Mr Anshul, one of the few hyper lecturers sitting with us and sharing his stories. It was good to have him seating with us on the same table as he treated us more like a friend then the usual Geography lecturer that he is.

A few minutes later, the party even began and there were 2 hosts for the evening, both DH31 students. They entered the floor from the centre and later danced to a catchy music to start of the evening.

After that, Mr Patrick Daya gave a speech. His speech was to give special recognition of all the F&B Lecturers that was involve and everyone gave a round of applause to them.

After the speech, our first meals were served.

Mushroom Soup with a Breadstick.

The soup was good with the bread, but for the fact that it has been kept in the kitchen too long, when it arrived to our tables it was cold. Maybe the servers should have immediately served the soup once it was ready to us without letting it cool off.

While having the soup and breadstick, there was a fashion show going on. The fashion show wasn’t really that appealing because there was no difference in attire except probably towards the end where there was one guy dressed up in a Taek-wan-do suit and a Anime ghostly creature.

Right after I was done with my soup, the server immediately removed my plate from the table. It shows good efficiency and focus by the servers of DH31. The next meal was our main course.

The main course was served platted styled.

Chicken Cordon Bleu with Russian Salad & Mash Potatoes.

The main course was well presented with gravy sauce on the chicken. The mash potatoes were tasty and the chicken was really delicious. It was a really good main course and a stomach-filling one too.

Back to the stage was a singer and a guitarist. Though they had a microphone problem at first, they managed to pull it off and the singer surprised me with a good voice and went on to do a high pitch and they played the right type of music for the evening.

When they were done, next came the brick-dancers.

The brick-dancers danced this hip-hop style of dance that got the whole restaurants eyes on them. They pulled of cool moves and it was a good combination of choreography. It must have taken them hours to practice just to get the moves right and well; it was a splendid job indeed.

Next to be served was our dessert.

I’m sorry to say that I didn’t quite remember the name of the dessert. I like the idea of how it was presented, it looked good but I did not like the taste of the peach fruit that came with the cake. The ice cream and the chocolate syrup saved the dessert and the crust was just perfect.

The servers continued their routine refilling leaving the glass bottomless.

After the desserts, we had games. The first game was Bingo. It was a classic table game and we were given 5 minutes to fill in the slots with any numbers from 1 to 30. After the 5 minutes, Mr Alex Stephen announced the numbers. There were 2 winners, the first was Kennedy and the second was Remon, me.

The next game was a little tricky because it involved 6 guys, 6 girls and 6 lecturers. The following participants had to tie a balloon to their feet. The objective of this game was to pop the other participant’s balloon and at the same time keep your balloon remained un-popped. The winner of this competition was Navin Kumar.

The same crowd remained on stage, this time for another game. The objective was to see who could blow the biggest balloon.

Everyone was blowing up their balloon and eventually came down to the last 2, Nancy and Mr Anshul.

Since this dinner was for the students, Nancy was given the prize.

The games were simple but it was exciting. Everyone was cheering, supporting, laughing and having alot of fun.

The next event was the Best Dressed.

For the ladies, it was a girl who wore a black outfit, with a red hair band. I can’t quite remember her name but she was the winner for the ladies.

As for the mens,

It was our good friend Wayne who won the best dressed male category by wearing a traditional Indian costume.

The last event for the night was the singing of the song “Heal the World” by the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Everyone stood up holding hands and we went around the restaurant singing the song. It was something new and unique.

Before ending the evening, there was one final recognition to everyone involved, from the cooks and chefs that prepared our meals, to the servers who presented the food to us. Everyone worked as a team and deserved the round of applause.

It was exactly 10.30pm when the dinner came to its end.

In conclusion to this report,

The dinner by DH31 was an absolute success. Everyone present was satisfied with the events and food for the evening. This event also tightens the bonds between friends and lecturers too. It was successful event and a job well done to the organizers who prepared, organized and coordinated the event.

Remon Melchizedek Dass

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