Japanese Cultural Night 2008
Last Thursday (7th of August), the Japanese Cultural Club held its first grand event of the semester, the Japanese Cultural Night 2008. Held at the Great Hall, this year's JCN was quite a grand event with VIPs like Dato' Zakee as well as Mr Small attending as well. Anyways, it started at 8.15pm with the interhouse Ikebana (flower decorating) Competition. Then, after a short speech by Mr Small and Attiyaa, the attendees were treated with a traditional Japanese dance called the Masturi Bon Bon by the club members. A cute dance it was. Feeling tempted, some members of the floor decided to join in as well.
The hosts that night, Faridq and Kun-kun, later proceeded to the next agenda which was the Interhouse J-Rock Band Competition. Topaz was the first to perform, followed by Garnet, Sapphire and Diamond ater a short interval. The Garnetors, which consists of Tiger, Nitty and Isa performed their own original song. Isa wrote the lyrics while the other two worked with the music arrangement. For a fifteen minute work, I would say it was a good attempt. Haha. However, it was Sapphire who won the hearts of the judges with their song, also an original work, called "Sushi". It was the most entertaining performance of the night, I would say. Siap dengan back up dancers lagi.
The Iron Chef competition was entertaining as well. The contestants of all four houses all came up with different courses, even though they were provided with the same materials. However, nothing beats experience and reputation when it comes to preparing the best meal that wins the heart of the juries, as proven by Garnet representative, Naqiuddin. As the President of Culinary Arts Club, he provided Puan Halijah, Ms Rena, Miss Aida, and Mr Azman with a taste of fine dining experience with his food presentation. Congratulations Garnet:)
Besides the interhouse competitions, there were also other ongoing activities throughout the event as well. At one corner of the hall, there were people sweating it out, boxing each other on Nintendo Wii. Some of them were showcasing their killer moves on the dance mat with Dance Dance Revolution. Among other booths set up that night include manga drawing, goldfishing and buzzwire. Owh, there was Istana Takeshi as well! It was basically a maze house in which every visitor has to find their way out in the darkness, occasionally avoiding traps set somewhere in there. It did attract many visitors, but it could have been better with proper planning though. Outside. there were food stalls selling dorayaki, sushi, sparkling water and sausages.
On the whole, it was a successful event. A post party (of major cleaning up on stage and water gun shooouts) took place soon after the event ended. Memang penat gile, but it was worth it, I guess. Thank you so much to the organising committee members for doing your part, the crowd for attending the event, everyone. Thank you all, thank you.
