So on Friday the Ethnic Student Center at Western Washington University had its umpteenth annual award banquet. I was a little skeptical about going, for no apparent reason, but it turned out to be a pretty good event.
One of the best parts of the event was the fact that it was formal. I like formal. I got to wear my better-than-the-other-one suit again, and luckily for me and the lady-friend, I managed not to lock the keys inside my house. It is sort of funny, as I checked my pocket about ten times before I finally locked and shut the door. I guess you could say I am a little paranoid. Ironically though, I checked my keys pocket so many times that I forgot to check for my wallet. And yes, I did manage to forget my wallet at home. That was OK though, school is only about two minutes away, so a quick right and a left and another left, and I was back at home. A slight detour, but nothing really word worthy.
Once at the banquet, it was your typical scene. The one thing they did have, which I was not a big fan of, is they were interviewing people on the way into the banquet. Now, I would not mind it if they snatched people at random and interviewed them, but it was sort of mandatory. In addition, it was creating a line-up, as people waited until it was their turn to be interviewed. Fortunately for me, the line-up was getting a bit excessive when it was my turn to be interviewed, so it got cut extremely short (WoooHooo). I definitely did not mind that.
Mr. Vendiola giving some inspirational words?
Now on to the good part; the food. The food was good, real good. It was some type of salmon. Now I am not a big fan of salmon, in fact, I down-right dislike the stuff. I have had just about every type of salmon from smoked to broiled to flipped to flopped to sliced to diced to you name it I have had it, and, I never really leave with a “wow that was good” type of feeling. Well, the ESC Banquet dinner was not different. While the salmon was good (some of the best I have had), it still did not change my opinion of salmon. There is just something about that fish I do not particularly like. However, kudos to Sodexo for cooking up one of the best tasting pieces (rather large pieces at that) of salmon I ever had. And Kudos to the ESC for getting them to do it for such an affordable price ($10).
Ummm, yea.
So moving on to the event itself, it was your typical event. People grabbing the microphone taking funny shots at someone in the crowd, some goodbye's and tears, some hugs, some pictures, and everything else you would expect at a end of the year event. There were two additions to the typical procedures however. The first was that India Mystica … errr .. SASA did a nice little performance. I will refrain from saying anything else for fear of digging myself a rather large hole, so yea, it was nice. The second was that one of the local Hip-Hop groups (whose name I cannot remember) did a little show. The two were definitely a welcomed addition that kept the event from being too traditional.
BSU Representing!
Overall, it was a good event. If you did not make it, then you missed out. And if you are going to be at WWU next year, then I highly suggest you keep scribble the ESC Banquet on your things to-do before I graduate list. Anyway, that is it for blogs today. Enjoy, and adios.
Note: I was going to upload a picture or two, but I have not had time to yet. So, check this blog after Thursday and there should be a picture or two or three included. Peace.
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