CS Grad Party ‘05
July 23, 2005The CS Grad party ’05 was held last April 20, 2005 at Balay Kalinaw from 6:30 to 10:00 PM. One hour before the event, everything was going smoothly. The Grad Party Volcorps were almost finished in setting up the place and they were giving the necessary forms to the early birds.
After setting up and waiting for the crowd to get bigger, Dino Lacdan and Geomar Lubaton, the event’s hosts, settled down the people and got the party going. The event was started by an opening speech by the past department chair Dr. Ronald Tuñgol then was followed by the “Modified Human Photograph” game. In this game, the grad students were asked to group into threes and test their creativity and acting skills by depicting scenes like “Nasuntok ng lasing sa may Mcdo…” and “Nagkakram sa thesis….”
Next was the much awaited dinner! Thanks to the gourmet skills of Michael Lee, an HRIM student in CSB, a delectable buffet of peppery stuffed pork roulade and fried chicken with béchamel sauce appeased approximately 80 hungry tummies of the people who attended that night. The food was good for 100 persons but there were few leftovers.
Fit to the occasion, Mr. Ryzaldi Acmad Moti a Chief Operating Officer of 25by8 shared a talk on the quality of UP CS graduates. This gave our graduates an idea on how to survive life after graduation. Ms. Joyce Avestro, president of the CS Alumni Association, introduced the association to the graduates and asked them to swear an oath to it. She also announced Georgino Adriano and Ma. Christina Olpoc as the voted Batch Representatives. They will be in charge of contacting their batchmates in upcoming events like alumni homecomings.
Awards and Recognitions were given to the cumlaudes and magna cumlaudes of the batch. Finalists in the Undergraduate Research Competition were also recognized.
The highlight of the evening was the tribute for the graduates. Sighs and laughters filled the room as the screen flashed photos of their freshmen year, their barkada pics, thesis presentation, etc. It reminded them their stay in UP, their ups and downs, and the challenges they will meet as they welcome the real world. Ms. Joyce Avestro surprised everyone as she bid them goodbye with a song number.
The party was officially ended by Mrs. Susan Pancho-Festin around 10 pm and the to-be-graduates were off to their own gimmicks and get togethers.
