circuit dinner

date : 26th may 2005
time : 7pm - 3am
location : copthorne hotel, newcastle
actors : northumbria university bvc
dressing : lounge suits

prologue
winter feels overdressed as she boards the metro at 3pm towards the city centre. the weather was purrrfect. winter heads to drill hall where she rushes in to print her opinion and then to northumberland building where she has her pro.neg. class with a.h. at 3.30pm. and winter WAS the overdressed student in class! apparently, everyone else brought a change of clothing...

after class, winter follows leonne to her apartment to hang out and waste time as she has to meet azzy and jian only at 6++pm. winter gets to watch TV (!!!) and enjoy a homebaked fruitcake and gets to meet a new fren, alex, who arrived close to 6pm at leonne's place. not long after, jian gives winter several miss-calls and winter hurries towards drill hall where she meets azzy and jian, as well as auzaini, james and melissa. and then the group proceeded slowly towards the quayside as ALL do not know the way to copthorne hotel BUT winter knows that it is near the metro tracks by the river tyne. *grins*

scene 1 : by the river tyne


gorgeousness!!!

oh, and i really cannot refrain from posting these... *evil grin*


see? i really am taller than jian!!! [>.<]

okok... being fair, SEE?! *ehehehe*

gee, i'm mean...

anyways, digressing...

quite a lotta people were already at the hotel... and mostly were having small talk as well as taking pictures. waiters were going around serving lil' tit-bits (chicken bites in curry sauce *swt*) and drinks.

oooooh! a reporter from the times took our pics too!!! wonder if it came out in the papers... [>.<]

clockwise l-r : the guys - jian, azzy, james, auzaini; posers... ; us - ren, omi, me ; combo - jian, ren, omi, james, joo, me.

oooh! tutors and lecturers were there too... PICCYS!!! *grins*


clockwise l-r : lesley munshi - crim.lit. tutor; chris rogers and andrew hutchinson - err, cropped this pic from a random photo of the people; deveral capps - remedies, plr tutor; ross fletcher - err, looks a bit like wax statue eh? [>.<]; stewart fairhurst - my llb evidence tutor; michael stockdale - evidence lecturer; chris rose - crim.lit. lecturer & personal tutor, *eeeeee* [^.^]

oh gosh... *blush* chris rose is SOOO tall!!! me and jian no fight!!! [>.<] eeeeeeee!!!

and piccys of coursemates...

clockwise l-r : ren, omi, anne, me; tream (?) and omi; omi, peter's wife, peter, me, eme; leonne and me.


clockwise l-r : andrew and me; the happy guy - pracha, ren, may,marlon, me, eme; ren and alex; me and orla.

scene 2 : inside copthorne hotel
everyone finds their seating and winter discovers that she's seated on table 9 with the wall on her right and orla on her left. next to orla was azzy and directly opposite her was a.h. the seating arrangement was soooo packed, some felt as though they were sardines in a can of sardine!

anyways, dinner begins with an extremely short prayer and a starter of a dish of err... fruits and lemon sorbet?! it was sweet and sour. red and white wine was served too. the next dish was spring chicken stuffed with goat's cheese with potatoes and the like. not too bad... not too bad... and for dessert, we were given apple crumble (?) and ice cream. coffee was served thereafter and followed by port, which winter decides to try. azzy said it tastes sweet and better than red/white wine and that once one tastes it, one will not put it down. err, sorry... winter still don't think it tastes nice. BUT, after a few sips of port... really tiny sips!!!, winter feels her face turning red... *eeeps*.

after a toast to the queen, several speeches were made and during the first speech, orla's phone went off but she wasn't at the table. so winter instantly grabs the phone and cancels the call but not before getting a dirty look. innocent!!! during the second speech, another phone went off... and this time, it was the phone of the first speaker!!! *lol* and it went off TWICE!!! after the speeches, the lights were dimmed and colorful lights came on... DISCO TIME!!!


random photos of the disco AND me holding up my glass of port!!!

scene 3
a raffle was held and there was only one prize... several names were called but no one came to claim the prize... during which ren kept repeating her name... hoping to be called...

"ren ren ren ren"

... and ...

true enough, her name was called!!!

ren won...

... a HUGE bottle of CHAMPAGNE!!! *lol*


l-r : the grand prize; ren and her win!

the dancing continued... and the chattering carried on...

when suddenly...

all eyes were turned onto the dance floor...


eh? who's that dancing with orla???

revelation...

TUTOR!!! [=.="]

'nuff said.

scene 4
it was almost 1am and all were waiting for taxis to proceed to anne's house for her party...

but before that... more piccys!!!


clockwise l-r : "yeapz, me cut me hair"; may, ren, me and eme; eme, jian, may, omi, azzy, me and ren; ren, may, me and err... who's lips are those??!!! [^.-]

the taxis arrive and most of us went to anne's house for awhile... we left by about 2.30am....

what a night... it was fun... it was full of shocking revelations... but it was fun nonetheless! and the amount of kisses... *ehehee*

do u remember?