In a warm Saturday evening (November 23, 2013), our Thanksgiving Dinner took place at Oolaa Petite in Admiralty. Admiralty is always a hectic area during weekdays. In the weekend, the atmosphere is entirely different. The streets normally packed with suits and high heels are deserted. The restaurant is located at a quiet street next to […]
To ensure we win the Big 12 Conference Championship, the coming game is one that has to be won. We have booked the feed from Texas Exes for a delayed narrowcast of the game from Texas. Here are the details of the party: Date: November 17 (Sunday) Time: 9am Venue: Old China Hand (104 Lockhart […]
On October 18, we had a relaxing happy hour gathering at a different location than Privé this time. Graffiti offered a laid back environment for us to meet up with some old friends and new UT alumni and UCLA alumni as well. It was a relatively small happy hour gathering, but those who were there […]
On October 12 we hosted the “Texas Football Watching Party – Red River Rivalry” for our members to see our team play our arch rival Oklahoma. The party was hosted at Old China Hand in Wanchai. We had a private corner where we found almost exclusive. We had about a dozen Texas fans joining the […]
On August 26 we held a seminar on Jyutping at the City University of Hong Kong. Jyutping is a Cantonese Romanization scheme proposed by our alumnus Caesar Lun (BA 1981, MA 1985) ‘s team in Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. It is a scheme that is functionally similar to pinyin used in Mainland and the […]
We had another great event with our visiting UT students at Prive on July 5th. We had over 40 students and a few new alumni joining as well. It was a nice representation of UT spirit in Hong Kong. We took advantage of the opportunity to snap some nice pictures of the fun as well, […]
On June 12 we delighted some of our members and many of our visiting UT students with a new experience. It was the first time for most of the visiting UT students and some of our members to see a dragon boat race. In great UT glory our large group managed to occupy a decent […]
In the afternoon of May 26th a bunch of us paid a trip to Park Island for bowling, exploration, and some great food. We gathered at the ferry pier in Central. A handful of us enjoyed our time chatting and catching up at the ferry pier, and was joined by those who were already on […]
On April 11, we had a happy hour gathering event. This time, we cohosted the event with the UCLA Alumni Association. Since 2007, we have been co-organizing social events with them, and every time we have a good turnout from the alumni of both schools. This time is no exception. We returned to our favorite […]
Our Annual General Meeting was held on March 9. Last year we had the AGM in Modern China Restaurant in Times Square. We found the place matched our requirement so much that we decided to have the AGM in this place again. The meeting started at 6:30pm. Victor Nip as the outgoing President gave a […]
Our beloved team (#23, 8-4 (5-4), 3rd Big 12 before the game) was scheduled to face Oregon State (#13, 9-3 (6-3), 3rd Pac-12 – North Division before the game) in the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio on December 29 evening EST (December 30 morning HKT). The game was not shown on any TV channel available […]
Our beloved team is going to play the highest ranked team it has to face this season, #6 Kansas State. Last week Kansas State lost to Baylor and lost its chance to contend for the National Championship title, but a win in this game will put it in one of the lucrative BCS Bowl Games. […]
Our Thanksgiving dinner took place at the Muse Cafe at Tsim Sha Tsui on November 24. We had about a dozen of attendees including some new faces and our co-founder Benjamin Chang who moved back to Hong Kong recently. The venue was a buffet restaurant. While the food was not best in its class, the […]
The hiking event is back after two years. It happened on October 28, and this time the route is from Siu Sai Wan to Shek O. The journey started at the McDonald’s in Island Resort where our ten participants gathered and mingled. The first part of the trail was all uphill. After about 30 minutes […]
Our casual dinner took place at Hong Kong University Alumni Association in Central on October 20. We had 10 adults and 1 baby participated. The venue was famous for its traditional Cantonese dishes such as stuffed duck with eight treasures, pork lung with Chinese almond soup, shrimp toast, lotus leaf steamed rice, whole chicken cooked […]
On October 13 we had our first football watching party of the season. It was for the game between our beloved team and Oklahoma, which is believed to suck at any given time by most of the fans from our school. Alumni from Oklahoma co-organized the event with us. The party started at 11:30pm. About […]
On August 17, we had another Happy Hour Gathering at Prive. We had more than a dozen of alumni and friends joining the party. To our surprises, a number of new faces had shown up. The participants all had a good time at the venue.
Each summer the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) sends about 200 graduate and undergraduate business students abroad to take classes, go on company visits, become exposed to international business practices, etc., in Hong Kong, Paris, Prague, and Edinburgh. CIBER sends about 60 Accounting and Supply Chain Management majors to Hong Kong. In […]
Each summer the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) sends about 200 graduate and undergraduate business students abroad to take classes, go on company visits, become exposed to international business practices, etc., in Hong Kong, Paris, Prague, and Edinburgh. CIBER sends about 60 Accounting and Supply Chain Management majors to Hong Kong. In […]
On April 20 we had our first happy hour gathering of the fiscal year at our new venue W52 on Wyndham Street. Although it was raining extremely hard that day, more than a dozen of members and friends gathered at the venue for drinks and relaxing conversations. We always see some new faces every time […]