CASA Turnover Banquet Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Turnover is just another word for retirement. At this time, those who held positions of power merely get too old to continue. Some of us (when I say us I really mean them, the outgroup) grow copious amounts of white hair and begin to walk in strange manners, start talking about life after college ( Wah?), and how to celebrate their birthdays in style (yes, fashionably late, among other things… is a style). That is no different for our turnover.
I’ll just keep this short since the other one took me about an hour of my precious life and write about the important things. I mean do you really want to hear about the dishes that we had? Yea, meat and veggies like any other meal. However, included with this meal was an epic fire-breathing battle of the arch nemesis groups of TAS and CASA. They had the guts to try to show up at our changeover and challenge us to a pepper eating contest. It was game time. No time to back down. We obviously won. Certainly, even by a technicality that one of their competing members wasn’t even Taiwanese. Them wannabes.
Our video attempt was an epic fail. We couldn’t hear a single thing and of what we could hear, it sounded like Darth Vader inhaling. (cue Star Wars music) So onto the actual changeover. There were hugs to be shared, gifts to be given (something like ancestors’ pots and pans, family recipes, and a list of all your positions’ past members, their GPAs and salaries… intimidation always makes you work hard). Of the gifts I actually remember, Tony got a book called “how to make friends”, which to my disbelief, he did not have already. All this time, I thought his moves corresponded exactly with such a book (he probably has “friends for dummies”). Mike got some junky files and a list of pickup lines, which may be used within the next two weeks at speed dating. Frank inherited a bunch of credit card debt, receipts, and the dashingly awkward look characteristic of Mike (Figures. Forgetful treasurers who cannot divide stay together). Jasmine got some Asian fan to do that weird Asian girl thing where they giggle and hide behind the fan. I don’t get it, but that’s probably what she’s doing right now. And Juliana got Drulalalalalalank, probably not. I didn’t get anything because what else could I need with these dashing looks and infallible charm? J JK… only partially.
Oh yea. And it was cold that day. Very cold. Jasmine probably lost a toe or two, no wonder she walks funny now…

Turnover is just another word for retirement. At this time, those who held positions of power merely get too old to continue. Some of us (when I say us I really mean them, the outgroup) grow copious amounts of white hair and begin to walk in strange manners, start talking about life after college (Wah?), and how to celebrate their birthdays in style (yes, fashionably late, among other things… is a style). That is no different for our turnover.

I’ll just keep this short since the other one took me about an hour of my precious life and write about the important things. I mean do you really want to hear about the dishes that we had? Yea, meat and veggies like any other meal. However, included with this meal was an epic fire-breathing battle of the arch nemesis groups of TAS and CASA. They had the guts to try to show up at our changeover and challenge us to a pepper eating contest. It was game time. No time to back down. We obviously won. Certainly, even by a technicality that one of their competing members wasn’t even Taiwanese. Them wannabes.

Our video attempt was an epic fail. We couldn’t hear a single thing and of what we could hear, it sounded like Darth Vader inhaling. (cue Star Wars music) So onto the actual changeover. There were hugs to be shared, gifts to be given (something like ancestors’ pots and pans, family recipes, and a list of all your positions’ past members, their GPAs and salaries… intimidation always makes you work hard). Of the gifts I actually remember, Tony got a book called “how to make friends”, which to my disbelief, he did not have already. All this time, I thought his moves corresponded exactly with such a book (he probably has “friends for dummies”). Mike got some junky files and a list of pickup lines, which may be used within the next two weeks at speed dating. Frank inherited a bunch of credit card debt, receipts, and the dashingly awkward look characteristic of Mike (Figures. Forgetful treasurers who cannot divide stay together). Jasmine got some Asian fan to do that weird Asian girl thing where they giggle and hide behind the fan. I don’t get it, but that’s probably what she’s doing right now. And Juliana got Drulalalalalalank, probably not. I didn’t get anything because what else could I need with these dashing looks and infallible charm? JK… only partially.

Oh yea. And it was cold that day. Very cold. Jasmine probably lost a toe or two, no wonder she walks funny now…

-Tim Wang