Swinburne Night (Delayed post)

Let’s see… Swinburne Night. I should have posted this 4 days ago… but there were many problems so time was taken to fix it.

It was another day for the MIB&W. 4 men in black and 4 men in white arrived in their limousine few minutes before the designated time.

Venue: The infamous… Swinburne auditorium?
Date: 28th April 2007.
Dress Code: Semi Formal
Duration of event: 5 hours. (6.30pm – 11.30pm)

It was supposed to begin in 6.30 pm. But then,

Malaysian tradition: 6.30pm = 7.00pm ++. (A minimum of 30 minutes delay)

Before I begin, SP please don’t kill me if I didn’t upload all the photos. It’s just not possible for me to upload 89 photos in 1 shot so I’ll choose some among all and tell the story…

A moment after the auditorium was opened for the guests, we presented our ticket at the counter, had the upper left part of the ticket snipped away for the lucky draw event before we were allowed to step inside the auditorium. The eight of us doesn’t know where to lay our butts on, so we chose a table in the middle but were later told to move away to other tables because it was already reserved for someone else. Damn… luckily no one saw that, it was such an embarrassing moment.

In the end we were seated at the lower left side of the auditorium and none of us were too pleased with it but what choice do we have?


Black and White.

Before everything began, we went ‘backstage’ to have a look at the cosplays soon-to-be-presented by the Japanese and Anime Club.


We spotted our ‘Pro Geng’ and his soon-to-be wife… :D

There were a lot more but we do not have the time to take each of their photos. Heading back to the auditorium, we were required to present our tickets again to prevent illegal comers from entering. Heading back to our seats, the MC began his speech. He said something like “Good Afternoon everyone. @%#$&@#!@” (forgot this part so just ignore it, its not swearing). I checked my watch for the time but no matter how I rub my eyes, it is still 7.11pm and concluded that the MC might have just waked up not too long ago and still blur about the time.

After a short speech, the MC passed the time to the game master aka Mr. Eko to begin the ice-breaking game. Everyone was required to swap their tickets or their seats to match the color of the balloon hovering in the middle of every table and the winner gets to eat sushi sponsored by Akira Sushi.

It was only then I realize that there were different colored stars printed on the tickets. 7 of us had the black colored ticket so we searched around for a black balloon table. ZW was the only one with a blue colored so he couldn’t join us. There was a black balloon table in the middle of the auditorium and all 7 of us rushed to it. I feel like cursing the game master because he was the one that told us to move our asses when we were sitting on the SAME table moments ago.

When questioned which table had all the members having the same color-as-the-balloon-of-the-table, we raised our hands and a small tray of sushi was delivered to our table. Since there’s only a girl in a table of ten, all the guys became gentlemen like for only a SHORT period of time by going the usual way – ladies first. After she picked one among the rest, there was no more order but chaos; everyone started picking sushi like we had not eaten for days.


Picky Picky…

Since we finished our sushi first, we hide the tray and asked for another, yeah I know this is not right in the eyes of God, but then we were doing it for fun only ok? After every table had their share of sushi, we were allowed to go and take our food, buffet style. The MC said something like “please line up while taking your food.”

But then, no one obeyed so why should I? Everyone crowded around the trays of food like ants around sugar. While we ate to our hearts content, the game master again called for attention as the next game is about to begin, he asked us to search the bottom of our seats for a piece of white paper. Those with the ‘white’ paper are required to go to the stage. They are identified as lucky winners. Well, they are lucky indeed… :P

SW was the lucky guy among us all as he had been given the privilege to appear on the stage. A total of 8 people went up to the stage and were told to find a partner for themselves after reading the contents inside the paper.

So here's the arrangement:

Shao Wee --> Esther
Jason --> Tiong Yieng
Eric --> Jacqueline

There are 5 more but I’m just too lazy to remember names.


Shao Wee blushing, Esther smiling… XD!


Jason waving his hand like a cat-welcoming-fortune, Ah Yieng smiling or laughing? o_O

Eric and Jacq, they look very natural… SW and Jason, learn from Eric! xD

Ok, this game is kinda lame to me, maybe just to me. After that, there are 4 presentations starting from Hazard Minor, they were doing some shuffle-or-whatever-it-is. I never favor shuffling so all I did was staring blankly at the 3 dancers, wondering what the heck they were doing. There are some people saying that they were repeating the same moves over and over again, and it’s the basic moves some more.

The next presentation is cosplay from both Japanese and Anime clubs. Now I really pay attention to this presentation. It starts with displaying the Japanese culture.

Featuring PG aka ‘Pro Geng’ and Jess:


To court a girl, remember to bring flowers and show your coolness xD! (OK, I know this is lame).


She accepted!

That’s all from the Japanese club; I thought I could see more of it. Coming up from the Anime Club is:


Kakashi vs Itachi


Kurosaki Ichigo with his Zangetsu (looks more like Cloud’s Buster Sword)

No idea what this is (someone fill me please)


No idea what this is (someone fill me please)


Cloud from FFVII


A closer view of Ichigo, if only he had orange-colored hair…

Once everyone clapped their hands, the stage belongs to Farah and Dale, she sang two songs: Behind These Hazel Eyes by Kelly Clarkson and Torn by Natalie Imbruglia. Next up is Alda soloing Its Your Love, he’s one good singer I’d say. Perfecto.


Alda soloing ‘Its Your Love’

Once these 4 presentations ended, it is time for the nomination of the Swin Prince n Princess. The eight couples were called up again.


Still shy ah, Shao Wee? Have some confidence in yourself mah…

Because there are too many couples, a slow romantic dance session is decided to eliminate some contestants.


Eric and Jacq dancing.

Sad to say, Shao Wee and Jason were eliminated because they didn't dance. Eric and Jacq prevailed! It seems like as long as you are dancing, you can stay.

The girls were told to make-up the guys. The guys will have their revenge later by raping wrapping the girls into a mummy.


Jacq: `,..,’ ; Eric: T_T (I’ll have my revenge later…)


Jacq enjoying herself ‘decorating’ Eric. XD!


A closer look at Eric… I couldn’t see the difference, maybe it was a light makeup?

Anyway times up! It is time for the guys to have their revenge.


Eric: "My turn now!" *Evil Grin*


Doesn’t look like a mummy. At least you did wrap her up.


The one on the right nearly resembles a mummy. The best one out of the rest IMO…

If I’m not mistaken, the MC passed the stage to ‘Blank’ to present their songs. The moment the singer sang out the first line, many people including me went out for a toilet break. Actually, the majority went out due to the unbearable noise pollution. The same goes for ‘House of Flies’

We met some anime characters outside the auditorium and took photos with them.


Cloud n’ Chen.


Cloud n’ SP.


The two swords clashed!

Someone: "Strike him down!" Chen: “Yes yes...” (Notice that the lifts are still out of order...)


Jeff: "Too easy for me." *Grins*

After that, we saw PG and Jess sitting at the seats located outside the auditorium.


It all starts with a kiss. Soft, sweet and passionate. SP: "Photo taken accidently!"

When we were told that Irene is going to sing, we went back.


Irene singing 'How Do I Live'

Check out this video:

Almost everyone sang along with her as she requested. Eric presented a bouquet of flowers to Irene, so sweet… the presentation was splendid.

After she finished her song, the eight of us left silently. Ah Seng, Sze Yun and Robert tagged along.