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因為實在是太忙了
月初的Year End Party我居然到了月底才放上來...

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明明感覺像才剛參加完HSBC 2006 Year End Party
轉眼馬上又到了2007年的Year End Party
繼去年在環亞王朝飯店CMB部門帶來的高級熱舞後
今年CIBM/CMB/PAT準備了超更厲害的超豪華表演...

今年的Year End Party在台大體育館舉辦
工作人員和表演的舞者都是早上十點就到場地準備和彩排了

經過一個月的密集訓練後
大家還是把握最後一天的早上加緊練習
這些平常上班正經八百的同事們要在晚上用熱情和舞蹈感動台下的每一位員工


我因為休年假回溫哥華而沒有被抓上台跳舞
不過當天還是在幕後當工作人員
倒是今年的MT Ko-Wei和Winnie看起來都很投入和享受的樣子


這場表演融合了印度舞, 阿哥哥, 森巴舞, 和勁舞的豪華表演奪得全場的喝彩




Ko-Wei, Jasmine and I

RAU的同事Patty, Tina, and I


和我同一屆的MT, Tony, me and Wilson


今年才剛加入匯豐銀行就被派到台中分行的MT Chord.


在源源不絕的紅酒供應下
晚宴是越夜越精彩越勁爆
就像去年一樣子
最後的高潮就是所有還醒的人都跳上舞台一起High~!!

"Work Super Hard & Play Super Hard"
這句話在今年的萬聖節派對上再次得到驗證
台灣人果然夠猛
每一位來賓的裝扮都讓我讚不絕口

The 2007 Bluney Halloween Party was such a great success to me
And I certianly hope you all enjoyed the night
Looking forward seeing you at the next party!


為了這次的活動, 好不容易才找到可以容納四十人的環亞錢櫃總統廳, 很高級的場地.


首先登場的是普通級的小精靈Christine, 小女傭Winnie, 和美少女聖戰士Jasmine.


接下來馬上跳到輔導級的中國信託辣妹軍團


匯豐幫的卡通世界人物, Wilson扮的米妮決定把米奇拋棄跟Tony扮的唐老鴨私奔...
(我一直很好奇最左邊的綠色香菇頭是什麼角色呀?)


再來... 噹噹噹噹!! 今晚的王牌 Hooter's Gril 出現!!
(橘色小熱褲剛好缺貨害我氣得差點就不想辦了! 我去買衣服的時候正牌的Hooter's Girl Amy還提醒我要記得穿白色泡泡襪和白色球鞋才像)


這個也勁爆 - 躲在角落偷抽煙的性感女僕, 由匯豐今年的新星KoWei扮演.


南瓜姑娘Sandy和我們英俊瀟灑的傑克船長Jack


匯豐南港軍團 - David the Mexican, Jasmine, Gayle, and Jimmy


喔! Uma出現了!! (可是今晚沒有Bill...)


喂~ 沒有比爾妳也不要跑來砍我呀!


中場休息後, 兔女郎和性感女警出現~


小惡魔Karen... (頭上的角好逼真喔!)


不小心走錯房間的日本觀光客Linda & Sean... (希望他們沒有被嚇到)


貓女Debbie和自稱是春麗的Yao... (春麗是穿藍色的高衩旗袍不是穿金大班的黑旗袍ok?)


Hooter's Gril and her little bar


Other than those fancy costumes, singing and dancing is also an important part of this party!


And thanks to those who helped out to decorate the room... to make it more "Halloween".


為了讓活動更有趣味性, 我們還在牆上幫每位來賓做了可以帶回家做紀念的留言板.


也安排了小天使小主人的遊戲.


活動的高潮當然就是今晚的Costume Competition. (KoWei那得意的笑容真是精典)

以上只是一小部份的精彩照片, 完整的活動剪輯請參觀我們專業攝影師阿健的相簿:
http://album.blog.yam.com/zohjpru04vup&folder=3464183

你也可以去看看別人寫的活動記錄
http://blog.pixnet.net/devilsangel/post/10290584



歡樂的時光總是短暫的...
瘋狂玩耍結束後還是得西裝筆挺地回到辦公室當個乖乖牌

只是...

你說
我們下個活動辦什麼好呢?

"So, why are you doing all these?" People usually ask.

And I would tilt my head and think a little bit, and smile, and say: "I don't know!"

I mean, seriously, sometimes I ask myself the same questions too: Why should I make troubles for myself by running this alumni thing and allocate so much of my time and my resources to do it? Plus I have to drag some of you good frineds into this mess.  How many sundays we spent to have meetings on Starbucks, how many e-mail we sent back and forth to discuss alumni affairs, and how many time you have been asked by your friends - why are you doing this?

Running the alumni affairs is never easy to me, and definately not as easy as running a student club back in school.  For the simplest fact, you do not have enough time because you are working now and you are working in the country with one of the longest average working hours in the world.  And then comes to the quality and alumni's expectation on the events.  You have limited time and helps to ensure every aspect of the event is perfect, so alumni come to the events and get disappointed and complain.  Who cares if you are a free labor doing all these things out of your limited free time?

And I am damn sure that all the team members would like spend their night to sleep, not to discuss about events with me over the phone and they want to spend their holidays with their friends rathering then having meetings in Starbucks.  I have no money to pay them and I have no fancy titles to give to them.  They are the ones who really work behind all these great things we have done so far, but are less recognzied and rewarded.

Think I am carrying a little bit far... And, to be honest, humen are rational, we won't do something that I feel absolutely painful doing it, so there must be some sort of compensations involved with it.  If I am to ask myself, what I get out of it, then the answers probably are: challenges, sense of accomplishment when events are successful, sense of joy when you see other alumni enjoying the event and they tell you they had fun, and last but not least, is definately the friends you make during the process.

Do they justify the efforts I put in?  I guess so: the utility I get must be greater than the cost I spent from an economic poinof view, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it. 

To me, the succession and the continuity of the alumni association, is far more important than the success of one single event.  I can only hold on this task for another year the most, perhaps, and I have limited time to build a solid foundation and structure of this organization.  The team is great and helpful, but still, it is a lonely journey that very limited people understand my mission in it.  And these few months I am seriously caught at work that I do not even have time to have a decent sleep.  I am tired and I need rest.

Yes, you know and I know... at very least, we gave it a shot, no matter what the result is.  We did devote our passion and energy into this mission and it is worth a while if we ever look back after many years.

2008 is coming soon. And I pray, that we can give this organization a final push on to the right track so we can let if off our hands for the successors to run...