SHTMAA年度晚宴

Priscilla Poon
2015 SHTMAA的周年晚会于3月7日在中环的隆堡兰桂坊酒店举行，一众师长和校友共百多人济济一堂，好不热闹。

隆堡兰桂坊酒店邻近以夜生活而闻名的兰桂坊，是城中盛会的据点， 出席的型男美女，往往成为社交圈的话题焦点。当我走进酒店大堂时，酒店的服务人员恭敬迎接，并引领我沿着聚光灯走到设计时尚的背景板前，请专业摄影师替我拍照留念，此时此景，我彷佛置身在华丽盛宴和时尚大典之中， 一股神气不禁油然而生。

到了29楼的Azure餐厅酒吧，迎面而来的是筹委会成员热情的招呼，师长亲切的问候和校友们欢笑的脸孔，我的心头有一股暖流在流涌!现场衣香鬓影，人人手中握着酒杯，谈笑风生，谈笑声交织着音乐声，空气里洋溢着一片轻松愉快的气氛。

晚会开始时，人人鱼贯的步上旋转楼梯到30楼的正厅，井然有序地入座。餐厅装潢充满格调，楼底特高，空间感大;餐厅旁边还有个小露台，可俯视金钟一带的璀璨夜景。

就读本科三年级的小师妹是当晚的司仪，她身披长裙，以青春的笑容，清脆的声音，自信的言词和温文的举止，把整场晚会的节目流程，紧密流畅地贯穿一气，确是不可多得。席间，院长致词报捷，母校屡获学术科研奖项，我的脸上顿然有光，满心自豪。会长致词也带来好消息，原来毕业同学会的人数节节上升，网络覆盖也渐渐广大。

当晚四道菜的西式晚餐，时令食材配搭新颖烹调，不但美味可口，而且卖相赏心夺目。头盘以形如桃李的冰雕，盛着凉食上桌，既有创意又美观。而按流行的餐桌惯例，人人当然是让手机先吃了。

现场的四人组合乐队表演精彩绝伦，女主音歌手甜美的歌声，带动了现场气氛;精选的老歌新曲，快板慢调，流行的，常青的，感染了跨年代的宾客，有的在自己的座位前手舞足蹈，有的欣然走到舞台，随着音乐摇摆身驱，师长和学生打成一片，校里校外的界线变得模糊。

每年周年晚会的抽奖环节总是令人振奋， 今年却令人喜出望外。出席者人人有奖， 绝不落空， 这可没有夸张! 分量大小有别的奖品，在此起彼落的欢呼声和掌声中一一送出。晚会接进尾声的时候， 差不多人人都有一份奖品，唯独有五个人还没有抽到任何奖品;原来他们五位是[终极大抽奖] 的幸运儿。终极大奖包括双人来回日本的机票，国内和香港的五星级酒店住宿和香港主题公园酒店住宿。五位幸运儿当中，其中一位竟然是向来没有抽奖命的我!

香港人常说“好事打孖上”。当晚特备的The Most Supportive Alumni 2015奖项竟然落到我的手中。此奖项是颁发给在同一年里参加了四个或以上的旧生会活动的旧生。当晚，我出乎意料地领了这奖项回家，但如今回想，倒也不失情理呢!

2015 SHTMAA 的周年晚会已经圆满落幕， 当晚的意外惊喜，我至今未忘，师生同聚一堂的欢乐时光，我还回味无穷。

我在此衷心祝愿母校明天会更好！

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.”