« Christmas Masquerade | SA 111-1 | 17 Dec 2022 »

Every fall semester, an event connected with Christmas is the highlight and the most important event of the whole period. Each year, different groups of students organize it and the variety of options and ideas is very wide. Team AGH decided to add a classy element to the traditional party and introduced “masquerade” as a new approach to the NSYSU event.

Since the time schedule was very tight this semester, the event took place on Saturday before the final week before the winter break. Since we wanted to choose an appropriate venue for such an important event, we decided to go for Hansin Arena Shopping Plaza (Kaohsiung Arena). Around 80 students from the College of Management could register for the last event of SA 111-1. Since we organized a masquerade, participants were asked to bring an eye mask covering some part of their face, adding a fancier feeling to the atmosphere.

The event lasted the whole evening, starting at 6 pm. After the introduction speech, we played 2 games, where all seven tables competed against each other for a nice reward. During the first part, we showed five Christmas songs on the screen using only emojis. Participants then had to guess which song we were showing, the point got to whoever was the fastest. The second part also regarded songs (not only Christmas-themed this time), which we played backward. This is quite hard and sometimes it took a moment for people to realize which song we were playing. For every correct guess, the table as a group could get a point, if they sang a part of that song, they could get two points.

Since the SA term is coming to the end by the end of the year, the current SA team (111-1) prepared a short report with all the events we organized throughout the semester and their contribution to students. Naturally, there was also room for 111-2 (2023 Spring) SA candidates and their presentations. This time, we have 2 teams who introduced themselves and their program so the students and potential voters can get a better picture of who is running and who they want to vote for.

Within the event, we also included the final part of another, environment-oriented event, the “Upcycle Competition”. Six teams presented their projects made of recycled materials on Facebook over a few days before the masquerade. The final presentations and voting happened on the spot. The winner of this competition was Edward with his “ChristMask Tree” made of wasted disposable masks still heavily used as a main COVID prevention tool in Taiwan. Edward used them as a symbol of the short-term usage problem they carry and the fact that after a single use, they end up in the general trash can. Three winning teams won a cash prize, congratulations!

After the dinner, some minor games, and free time for participants to dance, take pictures, and have fun, we concluded the event with a ball king and queen announcement. We let all participants nominate five boys and five girls who could become king and queen. Then we paired them up, they introduced themselves, did a catwalk around the venue, and were hoping for being elected. The winners became Jia-Jun as king and Kimberly as queen.

For the evening’s finale, we prepared a surprise in form of a lucky draw, where we (with the help of the computer) randomly selected three participants who got a reward.

We would like to thank everyone who came to our event, it was a very nice way to spend a night, not only for those who came from abroad and could not spend the Christmas holidays with their families. We also thank our hosts who led us through the night, Ishali Dawoodani and Kylie Nguyen, both 111-2 SA team candidates who volunteered during the event (Howie, Kylie, Minh, Edward, Geoffrey, and Kimberly), current SA (Alejandra, Honza, and Geoffrey), our photographer, and other volunteers who helped us with whatever was needed (Angela, Daisy, and Mirage). Also big thank you to NSYSU and the College of Management who made this event possible.