Saturday saw months of hard work culminating in this year's Annual Dinner & Dance for the firm. The Orient Express was going to take a special route to transport us from KL Hilton to Shanghai in the 1920s.
The opening item was going to depart from the usual Organising Committee item. Instead, we had hired a Chinese drum troupe to get us into the spirit of things. The Chinese drums made for an impressive setting but looking back at it, it may have been more personal and easier to relate to to have your own home-grown performers up on stage and letting the audience know who the Organising Committee members are.
On the dressing aspect of the night, so many people had made the effort to try to dress to theme or to at least dress in a Chinese-like outfit. The full display of gold, red and bright cheongsams and samfus were out that night.
The entertainment for the evening was a talentime competition between the pupils and the staff, with both groups putting up a Chinese-themed show. We were treated to fan dances, kungfu displays (or at least an attempt at one) and singing.
The deadly Tiger Strike Through Paper move
Chambees' fan dance segment of the performance
The Partners and the LAs also put up a guest performance where it was a parody on a Beijing opera skit, complete with fake Beijing opera accent and high-pitched voice. It had all of us in stitches.
Skrinese Opera
The rivalry did not end there though, as the inter-house competition was also brought in for our own Skrine Survivor: Shanghai competition. The contestants had to literally Outeat, Outwit and Outkick each other, over competitions like eating dim sums, drawing a watercolour painting, and acting out a phrase such as 'Legend of the White Snake.'
Green House's version of 'chee bao kai' (paper wrapped chicken) complete with still-flapping wings
The rest of the night was spent chatting and laughing over drinks. The dance floor remained quite empty, with the music not being that great, and us just staying by the bar area.
Another year is over, and I wonder what next year's theme will be.
The opening item was going to depart from the usual Organising Committee item. Instead, we had hired a Chinese drum troupe to get us into the spirit of things. The Chinese drums made for an impressive setting but looking back at it, it may have been more personal and easier to relate to to have your own home-grown performers up on stage and letting the audience know who the Organising Committee members are.
On the dressing aspect of the night, so many people had made the effort to try to dress to theme or to at least dress in a Chinese-like outfit. The full display of gold, red and bright cheongsams and samfus were out that night.
The entertainment for the evening was a talentime competition between the pupils and the staff, with both groups putting up a Chinese-themed show. We were treated to fan dances, kungfu displays (or at least an attempt at one) and singing.
The deadly Tiger Strike Through Paper move
Chambees' fan dance segment of the performance
The Partners and the LAs also put up a guest performance where it was a parody on a Beijing opera skit, complete with fake Beijing opera accent and high-pitched voice. It had all of us in stitches.
Skrinese Opera
The rivalry did not end there though, as the inter-house competition was also brought in for our own Skrine Survivor: Shanghai competition. The contestants had to literally Outeat, Outwit and Outkick each other, over competitions like eating dim sums, drawing a watercolour painting, and acting out a phrase such as 'Legend of the White Snake.'
Green House's version of 'chee bao kai' (paper wrapped chicken) complete with still-flapping wings
The rest of the night was spent chatting and laughing over drinks. The dance floor remained quite empty, with the music not being that great, and us just staying by the bar area.
Another year is over, and I wonder what next year's theme will be.
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