This event is mainly focused as a Social (Shoshol) event for de-stressing before the hard weeks of studying kicks in.

Our event was held at ‘The Scene’ in the Union and it started off with a Lion dance performance done by our very own Graphic designer: Cuebong as well as ‘The Glasgow Hong Lok Lion and Dragon dancing troupe’. Their performance was absolute quality! Members who hadn’t seen a lion performance up-close before thought it was very interesting and it left good buzz for everyone for the rest of the night.

Here is a preview of their performance:

In addition to this performance, we set up the event room in the form of a private Asian casino! With a range of games such as: Mahjong, Chinese Poker (Big 2) and traditional poker.  Quite a number of members were unfamiliar with the rules of Mahjong (including myself), but I was glad to see a friendly environment as everyone was helping each other out. 

To accompany the games night we also provided a variety of 10 free pizzas, wedges and garlic bread from the pizza hut, which unsurprisingly was gone in an instant. 

Throughout the night we promoted hoodies and announced the potential to join our committee next year :D!  

Also on the night we had an unannounced pre-planned Birthday surprise for our Co-Prez Kelv which we caught him off guard by luring him downstairs, whilst we set up cake and awaited for his “Birthday ambush!”

Towards the end of the night both Kelv and MH made a concluding speech and emphasising the benefits of joining the society, such as – developing life skills, gaining a volunteering award and improved CV prospects :D  MH also shared own personal experience of the society.

In a surprising turn of events, after their speech, MH handed out photo albums to each of the committee members filled with photographs of the past memorabilia in the committee. On a personal level it was very moving and left a very heartfelt environment for the rest of the event for everyone.







Thanks to Narine for taking high quality pics of our night (They look brill!) Thanks to Yeemay for bringing in an extra set of Mahjong tiles, it really helped a lot! And Thanks again Lesley for baking some epic desserts for everyone (tasted epic) as well as bringing us all Krispy Kremes!!! Also special thanks to Cue with The Glasgow Hong Lok Lion and Dragon dancing troupe for the amazing performance!

Thanks for reading

Andrew 

HK CNY dinner

As a Hong Kong Society - celebrating Chinese New Year (CNY) is a MUST!  

Last year we celebrated CNY in China town restaurant, however we felt this year we wanted to have our event a little more private so we opted to book a room in China Blue restaurant.

It was great to see our event was at almost full capacity and everyone was greeted by a little performance by our very own co-presidents MH and Kelv (FANHONG). They both sang beautifully to the K-pop song “Nobody” by the Wonder Girls, but minus the dance routine :(  nevertheless their duet took everyone by surprise and made a good number of folk chuckle.

As the food came I could not hold back my ‘inner-hipster’ and decided to snap a good number of photos of our food!

For each table we had ordered a variety of 10 main dishes of epic Asian food! Containing typical dishes like Sweet n sour pork, Special fried noodles, Choi sum, King prawns, Roast pork etc… and also some delicacies like Lemon Thai chicken, egg-plant and Chinese tofu combo etc… 

Our feast was accompanied by the karaoke machine, which had a wee bit of a dodgy control interface but despite this technical glitch, most of us were still able to select their songs. Both president’s singing spirits did not falter and continued to take their solo performances to the stage; singing a good number of HK hits and a notable solo of Maroon 5’s “Mike Jagger” by co-prez Kelv. Their singing was obviously contagious when a good number of members decided to step into the singing spotlight. 

Overall in general feedback there was no complaints with the variety and also quantity of the food. This year’s dinner was a fitting way to celebrate the New year and on behalf of the HK society we wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year!

Andrew

This was a Food fair as part of the “Strathy refresh event” and was located in the union. It consisted of cultural societies from France, Malaysia, Italy and etc…. Each had to provide food relating to the heritage of their own societies. We knew we had to show everyone the awesomeness of HK food. Sadly hot food could not be served at the event, which ruled out many iconic dishes.

To compensate our committee members decided to provide Desserts (thanks to Cue), Prawn snacks, Rice cakes and Bubble Tea! (homemade by committee)

We thought to truly demonstrate HK’s broad range of food by introducing samples of the ‘cow intestines’ as a delicacy for people to try. As a method to test their knowledge (also trolling) we would question our tasters to see whether or not they were aware of eating intestines. And only after they tasted it we would reveal the meat. Surprisingly the majority of people seemed to enjoy the intestines.

Halfway through the event we were given the opportunity to take part in a percussion session; which involved a jam session and Mh showing his epic bongo skillz.

Towards the end of the food fair I was happy to get the chance to sample food from other societies, which definitely broadened my perspective on food and turned me into a bit of a foodie.

We were also happy to see some HK members visiting us! Thanks for your support folks!

Thanks for reading

Andrew

As one of our sponsors for our ceilidh “Thairiffic” we were grateful for their support. In good courtesy our committee proposed to have a social lunch at “Thairiffic”. The Thai restaurant is located in the middle of Sauchiehall Street. It’s a bit of a trek from Strathy but rest assured if you haven’t been here before, it will be worthwhile. 

There seemed to be a good variety in their menu and they offer cheap lunch time deals, which offered student discounts! This was defo my calling as I am skinto most of the time.

Initially, I was sceptical about the portion of the lunch time deal, but I was to be pleasantly surprised by my Thai rolls and massaman curry.

Staff seemed friendly and the restaurant environment was defo ‘banter-friendly!’

After coming here I realised my personal intrigue of Thai food is still to be broadened on, but I feel a few trips back here will defo change that.

So on behalf of the committee we’d defo recommend this place to everyone!

Cheers

Andrew

Thairrific Website: www.thairifficrestaurant.com

          This year we decided to add a special twist to the regular traditional ceilidh dancing.  We decided a ‘Masquerade’ theme would blend nicely to our Ceilidh to make things more classy and fun!  Our predecessors have held very successful ceilidhs; with last year’s attracting over a 100 students! With their pedigree of success, this year’s ceilidh should be no exception. We were also told a lot of hard work and dedication is required in order to overcome the stress of organising this.  Having this in our mind-set we knew we had a benchmark to raise.

Food by far was our main priority and biggest challenge! On the day of the event -all committee members spent all morning and afternoon cooking non-stop to make sure food will be fresh and ready on time. Here is the link for a video showing our overnight preparation highlights:

After the food was prepared – transporting the food was a mission and special thanks to both Lesley and James for the extra helping hand, otherwise the food would not be prepared in time.  Also mega thanks to Lesley for preparing desserts for the ceilidh. They were a perfect addition to compliment the food and everybody I spoke to gave compliments on her epic baking skills!

Her macaroons are godly!

After days of rigorous planning and preparation we were buzzing to kick start the ceilidh. Every committee member had their specific roles: PR, Decorations, Beverages, Tickets, MC etc… My role was catering along with Cue, Kelv and Lesley. Together we were preparing the food as rapidly as possible. Despite the fast pace, we felt contented that the food was provided in time. Once food was out, we were able to suit up (in my case kilt up) and join the ceilidh! When I entered the ceilidh hall I was surprised by the turnout! Everybody looked awesome especially with the masquerade masks. Having a masquerade theme definitely made it perfect for photo opportunities!

The ceilidh dancing itself was lively, so much so, that I tripped over my ceilidh brogues a few times. Even for ceilidh first-timers whom I spoke to, despite being unfamiliar with the dancing routines, found it amusing to make-up their own “dance” and confuse others along the way. This made the ceilidh rather funny watch at times.

The ceilidh band were great, their music was very upbeat and lively. But what made them particularly special was in the midst of a dance they would add well-known themes from such as Star wars, Ghostbusters, and Pirates of the Caribbean etc… Strangely, this accustomed the ceilidh dancing surprisingly well! And there were moments I couldn’t help smiling as I tried to hold back my inner Star wars geek. So special thanks to ‘Keeping It Reel’ for providing such a unique and awesome style of ceilidh music.

We held our raffle towards the end with prizes consisting of cakes, vouchers, headphones, t-shirts and a computer tablet etc… Most prizes were compiled by our super-awesome prezzi MH who inquired sponsorship from businesses both local and afar.

This by far was our biggest event and a crazy amount of hours was put into organising this. Despite all the hard work, watching everybody from both GU and SU societies meet one another and enjoying themselves, made it all the better to know all our hard work paid off!!!

Thanks for reading

Andrew

This is our first joint event between the Glasgow HK society and Strath HK society and I was really excited to see the Rival societies going head to head.

Once everybody arrived we introduced ourselves and split each other into teams.
Game no.1 - Doctor Doctor - involved team members linking hands in a scrambled fashion, and the objective is to unscramble themselves in the quickest time
Game no.2 - Bang - 2 teams go face to face and try to eliminate the opposing team using a paper system. This game was generally aimed at a smaller audience and due to the massive turn-out, resulted unfortunately in communication problems and some confusion. 
Game no.3 - People Charades - similar to Chinese whisper except rather than passing a word, a team is given an action which is passed along instead.
Game no.4 - Chubby Bunny - this is a classic competition of endurance. Competitors are given marshmallows every round and must clearly pronounce "Chubby Bunny", otherwise they are eliminated. I took part in this personally and  was put off with anything sweet in the following days.

The scores were displayed on the main projector screen, and the winning team was announced! prizes were given and "Gangnam style" was played as a victory dance :P 

Finale!!! - The competitive nature of this event was strongest in our final game - TUG OF WAR - we used a rope which was longer than the vertigo hall itself! which gave more than enough room for everybody in both teams to participate. On the Strath team Mack devised a plan to tug the rope on his count, as a result Strath won the first 2 tug-of-war sets. At this point Strath seemed to be the definite winners, however the glory was short-lived as Glasgow huddled to form a counter-attack; which lead to their victory of tug of war (3-2). 

Our overall goal on behalf of both gu and strath society was for members from both societies to mingle, socialize and most importantly - enjoy themselves ;) 

Special thanks again to Lesley who made us the most awesome donuts! :D 
We'd also like to thank Head for taking the time to capture most of the highlights of the night

Round 1 is over, but stay tuned for updates for a potential round 2 :D


thanks for reading

Andrew 
Website Maintenance/Co-graphic designer

With Halloween just round the corner; this was the perfect opportunity to give everybody a definite scare and set the spooky atmosphere :O

Before the viewing both Kelv and Cue completely emptied the shelves of popcorn from the local supermarket, and received surprised looks from passing customers (which i found rather hilarious lolz). Afterwards they prepared bagging the popcorn for our movie snacks.

As the doors of our venue open our whole team got started to set-up and welcome our newcomers.

For our display we initially opted for triple projector screen viewing; which made it harder to look away from the jumpy scenes *evil chuckle* but only the main center projector and one side screen were functioning; despite the minor tech hiccup we still had a great viewing.
 
We chose the Thai horror film 'SHUTTER' (the original version) which involved photography and a rather creepy looking 'Grudge' girl.  One of our members - Stefan - decided to dress up as this 'Grudge' character and offered to kindly "welcome" our visitors at the entrance which helped add to the overall atmosphere.

As with most horror films there were screams and jumps though-out; I could literally feel my whole row bounce at particular scenes. Our PR Antony has never been a particular big horror fan and watching him hide behind his jacket was just as enjoyable as watching the movie. Being the kind/comforting committee that we are - we managed to reassure Antony of when to look at the 'happy' scenes within the movie; which turned out to be the precursor of a horrifying scene (He was not amused).

After the movie there were many mixed reactions: some found it very enjoyable, others were absolutely terrified and few were hesitant of walking/driving home alone. For me I loved it! but the film got me a bit paranoid whenever i see white smudges on my photographs :O

Also one member - Lesley - kindly offered to make delicious macaroons for everybody. 
We'd like to thank both Her and Stefan on making our night even more awesome! ;)


Thanks for reading


Andrew
co-graph designer/website maintenance

Well its that time of the year, the Fresher Stalls !!

Many people don't take notice but events like these are very tiring, with most of us waking up at about 6.00am in the morning, its bloody difficult...
Despite our lack of sleep, the team finally assembled at 9.00am and  we marched on !

From free pens to pizzas to even free shower gel, a "typical" students eutopia, there it was, right next to the Lyca Mobile and Debate society stall, the great, and most brilliant Strathclyde Hong Kong Society !

At the end of the day,  our PR Antony was barely able to speak at all,  Allan and my arms were in pain from waving the posters in sync to the Gangnam Style song while our Co-President Kelvin was whipping out his Mandarin skills as if he was rapping. Cue & Mandy was giving out the cookie and cake endlessly . While our mascot Andrew - wearing the rice hat, which apparently orignates from Vietnam- was out giving flyers about.

We met lots of different people from Scottish, Hungarian, French, Malaysian to even Bulgarian ! And as cheesy as this may sound, you are the people that makes our 6 hour non-stop crazy campaign so worth it.

So thank you again people ! and we hope to see you on our first event, which will be happening soon !!

Mh
Co- President  :O

Time just flies by, the 1st semester has already ended and the time to elect new HK society is coming soon...

We are currently recruiting members for our next years HK society team. We are looking for someone who is enthuastic , commited and awesome to join, it dosen't matter if you're not chinese, you don't need to be ! It will look really good on your CV plus it will give you real hands on experiences of organising, managing an event. To apply please contact us on our recruitment page at the top of our tab :) 

thank you for your time

Mh