The Party's Crashing Us..

We going light it up, like's it dynamite 

Organizing events is something that I always had an interest in. As a student chairperson back in high school, that's the first time when I got the feel for it. This semester, I took Sir Sev's PR class (his prerequisite for Events Management), where he talked about crisis management and proper event planning. That sparked a long forgotten interest plus double-staffing in the Externals as well.

Conceptualizing, determining what is actually feasible, budgeting, promoting - the whole agenda excites me. As you witness the event unfold at your very eyes, that's when the hard work pays off.

GAME OVER: ARSA'S IAC Ender Party was the first event I volunteered as a co-project head for a dorm event. Every year, ARSA has their own IAC (Inter-Athletics Competition) with its own divisions - aside from sports, there is  Mr. & Mrs. IAC, Athlete's Brain and Cheerdance. The IAC Ender party serves as the culminating event, where people can celebrate the successful season.

It was definitely an exhilarating experience. Stressing? Absolutely. Time-consuming? Very. There were  those times where random self-reminders pop up in the most inappropriate times aka the futile attempts for a productive study session. The worries that never ceases to disappear the moment you wake up and the lasting moments before you drift off to a 2-hour sleep. In the midst of it all, personal issues also came up, which was an eye-opener that exposed me to a whole lot of realizations (something that I won't expound on here).

The real question is - was it worth it? Definitely. Despite my black heels got ruined and an encounter with a freakishly old man, everything else ran rather smoothly. The trade-off of nights of possible studying, beauty sleep and chilling with friends was worth it. It was great to see people celebrating their hard work and effort put into this year's IAC season and forget about hell month (thanks to good company and alcohol) for just one night.

I remember jumping in bed right after we cleaned up the place (which was at around 5am). The feeling of accomplishment never felt so good =)

Now there's one thing I can scratch off my college bucket list. It was a success (despite the ventilation problem, which made the place feel like an ongoing sauna) and we made a huge profit!

Here are some of the photos that were taken during the night. I grabbed it from other people's Facebook albums (will credit it if there is no watermark, don't worry!)

Posing with the Bar poster Photo courtesy of Aimee Bisnon 

Photo courtesy of Jay Ang 

Manning the bar with Mary Moon when Mountain Dew and the Bar was the only drink available
Photo courtesy of Jay Ang

With Camille during the IAC Awarding
Photo courtesy of Katrina Gadong


Again, special thanks to our radio media sponsors who helped us get the exposure we needed, the drinks sponsors who provided us drinks to keep the party going and everyone else who made it possible (fellow ARSAns and those party goers who attended!) <3