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Monday, December 8
29 november - the aims farewell gala 7:35 PMAhhh. Time flies; the term had come to an end before we knew it! Roar. We had our last official AIMS event two weeks ago, the very-much anticipated farewell gala dinner. There wasn't any kind of formal dress code, but everyone dressed up more than usual to commemorate the final time we'll all hang out together as an entire group of exchange students. :(
AIMS Gala Awards
I guess the night was a mixture of euphoria and nostalgia - part of the excitement was attributed to the pre-dinner award "ceremony", where we gathered at Asper (School of Business) for the prize presentation and screening of a video that AIMS had specially made for us. The award categories were predetermined prior, and we had to submit our nominations/votes to the execs via email.
See what I won! Miss Got-Around, for the person who travelled the most! Actually there were several other good contenders, but I reckon most people knew I'd gone to the Rockies (coupled with all my pictures..) and I prolly outshone the rest. Hehe.. thought I might have won Miss Photographer though.. oh btw JS won "Most likely to have ID checked even when turned 25"..! HAHA.
The farewell video was really sweet too, bringing back lotsa fond memories. Essentially a montage of the many pictures we'd taken over the past 4 months, it was heartwarming to revisit what we did and witness the many friendships forged. Yep.. I teared too while watching it.. haha. It was just so touching, even though I kept laughing too cos they took alot of pictures off my facebook to create the vid! Tskk.
The female AIMS execs - Natalie, Chantale, Steph and Lindsay. To the right is the very old (school) bus that took us to our dinnerplace! I think it looks like the magic school-bus, albeit too ancient to be magic eh.
Lexy's Restaurant
Lexy's Restaurant - a buffet spread of salad, pasta and pizza. It wasn't all that good though, primarily cos we waited so long for dinner to start and they didn't replenish the food in time either. Bleah.. and they have a weird pizza with green (long) beans on it! Haha.. not exactly easily palatable.
Chantale and Julie, probably 2 of my closest friends here. We hang out for weekly coffee sessions, and Julie's also my unofficial French teacher (though she learns Mandarin/Jap/English from me too).. I'm drinking a red cosmo martini btw, Carrie Bradshaw's favourite! Haha.
Blush! Ultraclub
Dylan and I along the Christmas-lit Main Street downtown. Sure doesn't look as elaborate as Orchard's!
I'd mentioned in a previous post that Blush's amongst the most high-end atas clubs in Winnipeg, being considerably bigger with more professional lightings. And no country music! Haha.
And ooh I must mention this too, that I'd wanted to try a new and unique drink, so I requested for the bartender to make me something "semi-strong, easy to drink and preferably unique" - he made a fascinating concoction right in front of my eyes, then beamed proudly and declared, "This is a very special drink, one-of-a-kind, the Singapore Sling!" And my jaw immediately dropped open, literally haha. I mean it was just so amusing and ironic, and after Dylan revealed I'm Singaporean, the bartender kinda disclaimed that it doesn't taste like the original cos he'd added apple juice to it. HAHA. In the end I shared my Uniquely Singaporean drink with many people, repeating my interesting story time and again. :)
I actually drank quite abit that night (cosmo martini, half of Julie's pina colada, Malibu pineapple, Skyberry vodka cranberry, Singapore Sling, Skyberry vodka shots..), but I was still widely sober though tipsy! (P/S: Luyi, I know you are still waiting to get me drunk yea, so many years still never succeed! Haha.)
On the bus-journey home, and nua-ing at the AVM lobby. :)
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