SHTMAA Annual Dinner 2015

Priscilla Poon
2015 SHTMAA的週年晚會於3月7日在中環的隆堡蘭桂坊酒店舉行，一眾師長和校友共百多人濟濟一堂，好不熱鬧。

隆堡蘭桂坊酒店鄰近以夜生活而聞名的蘭桂坊，是城中盛會的據點， 出席的型男美女，往往成為社交圈的話題焦點。當我走進酒店大堂時，酒店的服務人員恭敬迎接，並引領我沿着聚光燈走到設計時尚的背景板前，請專業攝影師替我拍照留念，此時此景，我彷彿置身在華麗盛宴和時尚大典之中， 一股神氣不禁油然而生。

到了29樓的Azure餐廳酒吧，迎面而來的是籌委會成員熱情的招呼，師長親切的問候和校友們歡笑的臉孔，我的心頭有一股暖流在流湧！現場衣香鬢影，人人手中握著酒杯，談笑風生，談笑聲交織著音樂聲，空氣裡洋溢著一片輕鬆愉快的氣氛。

晚會開始時，人人魚貫的步上旋轉樓梯到30樓的正廳，井然有序地入座。餐廳裝潢充滿格調，樓底特高，空間感大；餐廳旁邊還有個小露台，可俯視金鐘一帶的璀璨夜景。

就讀本科三年級的小師妹是當晚的司儀，她身披長裙，以青春的笑容，清脆的聲音，自信的言詞和溫文的舉止，把整場晚會的節目流程，緊密流暢地貫穿一氣，確是不可多得。席间，院長致詞報捷，母校屢獲學術科研獎項，我的臉上頓然有光，满心自豪。會長致詞也帶來好消息，原來畢業同學會的人數節節上升，網絡覆蓋也漸漸廣大。

當晚四道菜的西式晚餐，時令食材配搭新穎烹調，不但美味可口，而且賣相賞心奪目。頭盤以形如桃李的冰雕，盛著涼食上桌，既有創意又美觀。而按流行的餐桌慣例，人人當然是讓手機先吃了。

現場的四人組合樂隊表演精彩絕倫，女主音歌手甜美的歌聲，帶動了現場氣氛；精選的老歌新曲，快板慢調，流行的，常青的，感染了跨年代的賓客，有的在自己的座位前手舞足蹈，有的欣然走到舞台，隨著音樂搖擺身驅，師長和學生打成一片，校裡校外的界線變得模糊。

每年周年晚會的抽獎環節總是令人振奮， 今年卻令人喜出望外。出席者人人有獎， 絕不落空, 這可沒有誇張! 分量大小有別的獎品，在此起彼落的歡呼聲和掌聲中一一送出。晚會接進尾聲的時候， 差不多人人都有一份獎品，唯獨有五個人還沒有抽到任何獎品；原來他們五位是[終極大抽獎] 的幸運兒。終極大獎包括雙人來回日本的機票，國內和香港的五星級酒店住宿和香港主題公園酒店住宿。五位幸運兒當中，其中一位竟然是向來沒有抽獎命的我！

香港人常說“好事打孖上”。當晚特備的The Most Supportive Alumni 2015獎項竟然落到我的手中。此獎項是頒發給在同一年裡參加了四個或以上的舊生會活動的舊生。當晚，我出乎意料地領了這獎項回家，但如今回想，倒也不失情理呢！

2015 SHTMAA 的周年晚會已經圆满落幕， 當晚的意外驚喜，我至今未忘，師生同聚一堂的歡樂時光，我還回味無窮。
我在此衷心祝愿母校明天會更好！

Cici Tam
It was my greatest pleasure and honour to be the MC of the SHTMAA Annual Dinner 2015. I was so excited to have the opportunity to join this glamorous party! Enjoying the unique design of AZURE and all the great foods and drinks, I was overwhelmed with joy, just like all of our guests! As a student of SHTM, I also felt very happy to have met many alumni coming from the same big family. Special thanks must be given to all executive committees of SHTMAA for their excellent preparation and commitment. Not going to lie but I am already looking forward to the Annual Dinner next year!

Crishner Lam
What a superb evening of SHTMAA reunion!  I feel like the entire LKF Hotel is welcoming us. As right at the hotel lobby there's already a snapshot spot (and I confess I'm a truly snapshot-holic of memorable moments and occasions)...myself and my SHTM buddies took snapshots both at entering and leaving the hotel..can't help it!  How surprising and fabulous is the ice balloon presenting our appetizer (of course I saw everyone couldn't stop taking snapshots again)!  I feel like a president getting served a top-notch cliché dish...it's simply beautiful to look at and icy-fresh to enjoy!  It was truly a big fun gathering - people dancing (including our honourable Dean Chon), drinking really pleasant wines bubbling up our all-time-high spirit, chatting here and there!  Amazing how numerous lucky-draw gifts there were for perhaps almost everyone (hehe...for me a lucky free-night stay at one of CHI Residences...time to enjoy a little skippy break in town)!  We carried on the fun and have a beer at LKF after the dinner!  My salutes to Maurice and our wonderful folks working magic out for SHTMAA!  Merci beaucoup à tous!

Million heartful thanks for the occasion and all the fun!!!

Grace Mak
It was the first time I joined the SHTMAA annual dinner. The night was just incredible! Great foods, great music and great people, all came together to hit your five senses, and there was no way you would be bored. It was absolutely a fun night to remember.

Sherman Leung
The annual dinner was really good which I have got great opportunities to meet many people from the industry and learnt a lot from the conversations. Together with the wonderful atmosphere, amazing music and foods, I have had a fantastic, relaxing and unforgettable night. I would definitely join again! See you all next year!

Olive Chen
Ever since graduated, attending the SHTMMA Annual Dinner and gathering with old friends have been the most precious and joyful moments. It reminded me of the cherishing studying time during MSc programme, and made me reminiscing the moments spend with lovely schoolmates. I wrote this on my Facebook after the gathering: "To retrieve memories in Hong Kong, I opened everyone's pages and photos, very deeply." Youth is meant to be remembered, yet what each one of SHTM has brought me is more memorable than youth itself. Finally, I would like to quote Samuel Ullman's "Youth" to respect this gathering, "Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind. It is not a matter of rosy, red lips and supple knees, but a matter of the will, marvelous imagination, the hot feeling; Youth is the freshness of the deep springs of life.”