New Year Event
By Ayunni
BPI Gazette
Last December 31, 2023, Badan Perhubungan Ireland (BPI) collaborated with the University College Dublin Malaysian Society (UCDMSOC), the Malaysian Student Association Cork (PPMC), and the Malaysian Student Association of Ireland (MYSAI) in organizing a program to celebrate the new year 2024 which takes place at the Malaysian Hall Dublin. This program was attended by students and Malaysians who came to visit Ireland. A total of 40 people attended the program that day which lasted for 4 and a half hours, at 8pm until 12:30am.
Thank you to all that attended!
On the same day, as early as 12 noon, a total of 13 committee members consisting of the Irish Liaison Agency (BPI), University College Dublin Malaysian Society (UCDMSOC) and the Malaysian Student Association Cork (PPMC) worked tirelessly to prepare the venue and equipment and cook for the participants of the program.
The committee was divided into two sections where the cooking section led by one of the BPI members cooked char kue tiau and fried noodles that were packed and made hot chocolate water to serve to the participants. Another part is the preparation of the place and equipment led by the director general of the program where all the equipment must be prepared and working properly before the program is implemented and ensure the cleanliness of the program place.
Some of the committee in charged
The ceremony continued with a prize giving session to the winners presented by representatives from BPI, UCDMSOC and PPMC who were also present that night.
The participants started gathering at 8pm and they were registered at the registration desk headed by one of the BPI members. At 8.45pm, the program was started and hosted by the program host who was appointed among the committee members. After the opening ceremony which was filled with the speech of the program director and prayer recitation, the program continued with a demonstration of how to play the game by the participants who were also divided into 4 different groups.
For 1 hour and a half, the group games namely Mafia & Four On a Couch and Charades took place and each group managed to finish the game within the set time. After that, the program continued with an individual game called Musical Chair/Kerusi Berirama which lasted for 30 minutes and ended at 11pm.
While food and places to dine are being prepared, the participants and committee members hold a photography session to be posted on social media. At 11.15pm, the participants enjoyed a feast that was served until 11.50pm.Before 12pm, all the participants had gathered in the hall to participate in the 'countdown' session in conjunction with entering the new year 2024. The interview and reflection session with the participants led by the lawyer as well as the prayer reading led by one of the committee members from PPMC was also held Around 12.30pm, the 2024 New Year celebration program has ended.