CCCF Dinner, and Hong King's Birthday

The events that occupied my evening the past two days.

CCCF Dinner
Monday Evening, 241005, Henry Martin Hall, Cambridge.
This week was our cell's duty week, which meant we were in charged of the dinner at CCCF (for 35 people!). Great experience watching a dinner progress from it's conceptualisation stage to clearing up. And the cost of the meal was around a pound per person! The people here are very experienced at organising such events. Followed Charles to get the groceries around 4:30 that afternoon, and by 7:00pm we had the food cooked, by 8:00pm we were washing up, and by the end of the service, around 9:30pm, we were leaving the kitchen in the state it was before we started! Had curry chicken, vegetables, and egg with ham. We had quite a lot of fun preparing the meal too! Maybe it's because that was my first time doing it.

Hong King's Birthday Party
There was an overwhelming response! I think the response surpassed that of any previous freshers events organised. More than 20 freshers came for the event. Initially wondered how they were going to accomodate so many people in a room, but they did! Miraculously. Or simply cos Jia Hui's room is enourmous! There was a wide variety of food, almost like a pot luck. That's the fun thing about this place. Everyone lives around the area, so arrangements can be made to cook the food at various locations, before congregating at central location for the event. The event was meant to be a surprise for Hong King, but I think he kinda susected it. People were already wishing him 'Happy Birthday' throughout the event, and towards the end, the kan choingness of the girls in the kitchen preparing the sainsburry birthday cake, who tried to find excuses for Hong King not to enter the kitchen, was a dead give-away. But it was a fun evening.

Other things...
Money Making Opportunities
Somehow, a grad association email found it's way into my mailbox, and on it was an advertisement for musical experiments. I responded to the email, and I might have a chance to earn £8 for taking an hour's worth of test. It is intended for non-musicians, a profile I perfectly fit. Haven't done it yet, hopefully more such opportunities come my way!

Townsend Lectures. Monday 241005.
Abstract:

Townsend, (refering to a transformation): It's a rhombus
Response: It's a pararellogram.
Townsend: No it's a rhombus, it has equal sides!
Response: No! it's different!
Townsend: Oh yeah, you are right.
Townsend: Which brings me to my next point - Isometries.

Brilliant lecturer.