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Chinese New Year Party

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On February 8, 2013, I emceed Sloan's Chinese New Year Party, which made history by becoming the most attended self-organized Sloan event with roughly 180 people (120 adults + 60 kids), in true Chinese fashion.

Confession of a Stanford Sloan Fellow Series EP49

On February 8, 2013, I emceed Sloan's Chinese New Year Party, which made history by becoming the most attended self-organized Sloan event with roughly 180 people (120 adults + 60 kids), in true Chinese fashion. We squeezed out every inch in Havana Room but still could not find enough chairs/tables for all the Sloans and the partners. The party followed a format that was familiar to every Mainland Chinese - a gala filled with delicious food, baijiu (Chinese white wine, very hard-core liquor) , stage performances, and variety shows. Not only it was a banquet of food and drink, but also it was a total cultural immersion of three hours in which I walked through five parts of some interesting elements of Chinese culture.

Part I - The Opening Teaser (you are supposed to be scared)

Part II - Story of Chinese Food

Part III - Story of Chinese New Year

Party IV - Story of Year of Snake

Part V - Story of Chinese Characters

Finally, you know you are on a Chinese New Year party when:

  1. You're drowned in an ocean of people

  2. Food keeps flowing

  3. People are getting high on baijiu

  4. The dumplings are delicious!

  5. It's very noisy

  6. Extremely chaotic all around - always something breaking somewhere

  7. Most people dressed in red

  8. Continuous on-stage shows and performances

  9. Some MC is speaking tirelessly on stage, while most people tune in half-heartedly and focus on eating dumplings

  10. The party ends with a heartwarming song (either Unforgettable Tonight, or The Moon Speaks For My Heart)

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