THE MOTHER OF ALL UPDATES

Oh gosh. I haven't updated this for so long. I have 2 months' work of material to update people who have 2 months' worth of questions.

What has the college been up to in the 2 months I have locked myself into my chalet?

1) EVENING WITH DIAMOND

An extravaganza, every minute spent on the glorious house spirit. (Note to frequent Readers, though I doubt there are any more since my self-imposed exile: I will begin to explain terms to our sub-Juniors now that they are frantically surfing the Net wondering what the heck KYUEM stands for) Evenings with (Insert Name of House) occur one Saturday night a semester, where one of the four Houses organize a Saturday night of food and fun. College tradition dictates that the organizing House takes care of the Fun while the other Houses take care of the Food. College tradition once again dictates the Food is bought by means of Coupons which are produced by the organizing House. So, we had food galore, with the trademark Garnet Mushroom Soup and Garlic Bread, Topaz and their Dunkin' Donuts, Diamond's ice creams and Sapphire's...uh...I'll get back to you.

With Food out of the way, we have Fun. First up - Limbo Walk. The bar was raised lower and lower (figuratively too) with Khel the Human Rubber Tubing winning the under-80 section. Next up - the Roti Canai Flipping competition, then the inter-house Tug of War, won (with controversy) by Sapphire. With the house spirit well cultivated, we moved on to the Beauty and the Beast segment. Each house sends 1 set of fancy drsssed couples in 4 categories - Beauty and the Beast, Lord of the Rings, Inspector Gadget and Pirates of the Carribean.

Last on the plate - the Fear Factor French Loaf (with Dip) Eating Competition. A horrifying concotion of cocoa, garlic, and many nasty looking condiments, courtesy of Dining Hall, constituted the dip. Ten agonizing minutes later, as Harith pulled out and Hizami (you sub-Juniors will be seeing this name very often, I gather) and Ken on their way to the vomit pool, Rgen won hands down, finishing with a flourish.

Legend has it everything he ate ended up in the college sewage system 1 hour after receiving his trophy.