Hello everyone! Hope everyone has had a good week of exams, if you had any! To those who are still not done with exams yet - all the best and study hard! This week's Kaya and Toast is still focused on our two big upcoming events - **CNY Reunion Dinner** and **Major Event**! Our annual **CNY Reunion Dinner** is going to be held on **Friday, 24 January**, one week before the actual date itself.  ***Sign-ups are closing tonight, 18 January, at 2359 hrs.*** So if you're interested, do sign up quickly! And more about **Major Event 2014: A Kopi Affair** - **emcee applications ** are still open, and also **tickets are on sale** already! Super early bird tickets are at **£8** and early bird tickets are at **£9** each, so do grab them quick! Also we will be setting up a booth at the annual **CNY carnival** at UCL. Do come and support your friends of the ICSS family (: Last but not least, look out for some **careers** advertisements from Contact Singapore (: All the best for the week ahead! Your faithful secretary, Siming ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contents ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CNY Reunion Dinner 2. Major Event 2014: A Kopi Affair 3. Careers from Contact Singapore ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. CNY Reunion Dinner ----------------------------------------------------------------- * View image: * <http://files.groupspaces.com/icss/files/958425/6iPE8zBNNiU0YgHwPZ53/Event+Banners-15.png?view&size=a600> Hi everyone! ** GONG XI FAT CAI!** As mentioned in the previous issues of Kaya and Toast, we will be having a reunion dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year together, and details are as follows: **Date: **24 January 2014 (Friday) **Time:** 1900-2200 **Venue:** New World Chinese Restaurant **(3 mins walk from Leicester Square tube) ****Price:** £17 (members), £23 (non-members) Highlights include: - A **10-course meal*** including starter and dessert - **Lucky draw** with attractive prizes to be won! - **Karaoke** with English and Chinese pop songs (and CNY songs) - **Y****u sheng** **(contains freshly cut salmon!) *M*enu includes mouth-watering dishes such as steamed sea bass, stir fried prawn, roasted chicken, sea spicy aubergine and many more! **All dishes do not contain beef. Do take note that non-pork (10 course, but NOT certified halal) and vegetarian (has less than 10 course) menus are also available, but they are charged at the same price. * ***Contains peanuts, sesame, jelly fish as well.* * View image: * <http://files.groupspaces.com/icss/files/958440/juD0EqhSN9QS8lVkXqVX/food.png?view&size=a600> * ****Sign-ups close on tonight, 18 January, at 2359 hrs*****. **So if you're interested, g***ather your friends to form a table in groups of 10 and sign up now! If you have less than 10 people, we can help to group you with other small groups too. After forming your group, appoint a table IC (for administrative purposes). You will need to enter his/her name into the **sign-up sheet** <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jH5YVzQ3670Q9eEWfP3TnennxBp7_hAqzD4sHMj-yBA/viewform>. * It would be really great to celebrate CNY together, far away as we are from home (: See you there!  Your friendly Events Officer, Yu Zheng ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Major Event 2014: A Kopi Affair ----------------------------------------------------------------- * View image: * <http://files.groupspaces.com/icss/files/983923/xo8fGVAuJq1_bWEGg3lm/FB_Banner_Final_31Dec13-1.jpg?view&size=a600> Hello! Hope all of you have had a fine week despite all the tests, and welcome back from the holidays!  Training will be resuming next week in all teams, and you'll get to see your teammates once more after a long break! Do contact your Team Admins for more details (if they have not already contacted you!). Just a few more key points below that I'd like to inform all about.  ***1) Ticket Sales and Facebook Pag**e*** Ticket sales have started, and you can buy tickets right now at a Super Early Bird price of just £8! There are only 100 Super Early Bird tickets on sale, and the Super Early Bird promotion ends on **24th January, Friday**. You can purchase your tickets here: https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imperialcollegeunion.org%2Fsh... <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imperialcollegeunion.org%2Fshop%2Fclub-society-project-products%2Fsingapore-products%2F4658%2Fa-kopi-affair---super-early-bird-ticket&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFIrMO0U-W9_eRCuhcKuUG_5F28Ng>club-society-project-products/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imperialcollegeunion.org%2Fshop%2Fclub-society-project-products%2Fsingapore-products%2F4658%2Fa-kopi-affair---super-early-bird-ticket&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFIrMO0U-W9_eRCuhcKuUG_5F28Ng>singapore-products/4658/a- <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imperialcollegeunion.org%2Fshop%2Fclub-society-project-products%2Fsingapore-products%2F4658%2Fa-kopi-affair---super-early-bird-ticket&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFIrMO0U-W9_eRCuhcKuUG_5F28Ng>kopi-affair---super-early- <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imperialcollegeunion.org%2Fshop%2Fclub-society-project-products%2Fsingapore-products%2F4658%2Fa-kopi-affair---super-early-bird-ticket&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFIrMO0U-W9_eRCuhcKuUG_5F28Ng>bird-ticket <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imperialcollegeunion.org%2Fshop%2Fclub-society-project-products%2Fsingapore-products%2F4658%2Fa-kopi-affair---super-early-bird-ticket&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFIrMO0U-W9_eRCuhcKuUG_5F28Ng> It is available for all to buy, including your friends who do not study at Imperial. All they have to do is to sign up for a Union account (free), and key in a valid email address in the process, so that we may contact them. Here is more information regarding tickets and their prices: ** Super Early Bird Promotion:** £8 (100 tickets only!) Ends on 24th Jan, 2359hrs. **Early Bird Promotion:** £9. Ends on 7th Feb, 2359hrs. **Normal Ticket:** £10 We will also being printing hard copy tickets, and then passing them out to our cast and crew for selling to their friends. However, this may not come soon enough for you to catch the Super Early Bird promotion. So if you'd like your ticket that much cheaper, do buy online now!  Also, our Facebook Page is also up, at: https://www.facebook.com/MajorEvent2014 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMajorEvent2014&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNH7VEE8Urbn-WXmjyem_Zye00umLw>. Do check it out and like the page! ***2) Emcee Applications** * Once again, application for being emcees of the show is now open! Emcees are integral in our production. Most often than not, they are the ones who the crowd sees at the start, and hears at the end. They are the ones who will first entertain the crowd, before any of the main cast.  The window will remain open until **29th January 2014**. To apply, simply drop an email to me at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/8933swl57fxk/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=majorevent@ic..., stating the following information: your name(s), number of people auditioning (may be as a pair or in a group of three, or fly solo), and your contact number(s) and email(s). Following which, you will receive more information about the remaining procedures from then on. Do take note that you will need to be present for the rehearsal on 15/2, if possible both rehearsals on 12/2 and 19/2, and of course the show itself, on 22/2.  I thank you in advance for your enthusiastic applications for this exciting role, and look forward to working with you! ***3) Chinese New Year Carnival** * Every Chinese New Year, there will be a Chinese New Year Carnival at UCL Main Quad, along Gower Street. Many stalls will be set up by your peers and your school alumnus associations. (do go and soak in the CNY atmosphere!) This year, we will also be setting up a stall at the carnival, as part of our publicity efforts for our Kopi Affair. We will be selling **Kaya and Toast** (what else!), and **Teh Tarik.**  We are looking for any volunteers who are interested to join us to be a kopi uncle/auntie for a day. Details are as follows: **Date:** 1st February 2014 **Time:** 10am to 4pm **Venue:** UCL Main Quad If you'd like to join us for a day of fun, and also to help out for a good cause (all proceeds go to charity), do drop me an email at https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/8933swl57fxk/?&v=b&cs=wh&to=majorevent@ic.... No prerequisite skill sets are required!  That's all for now! Have a great weekend ahead! Your friendly Major Event Officer, Chuan Khim ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Careers from Contact Singapore ----------------------------------------------------------------- ***1. SgIS Mid-Term Overseas Scholarship – Applications are now open!*** Being a Singapore Government and industry partnership, the Singapore-Industry Scholarship (SgIS) opens doors to more than 40 finest organisations in Singapore. With early internship and exciting career development opportunities, SgIS Mid-Term Overseas enables Singaporean students to have a head-start in their career with key players of more than 10 industries back home while pursuing their undergraduate studies overseas. Application is now open till ***6 April 2014***. Click here <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fstudent.brightsparks.com.sg%2FviewSimple.php%3Feid%3D281%26bid%3D0%26show%3D1%26schid%3D6178%26type%3Dscholarship%26&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHz1RjTQxbPoh-he1TjopQvDkB6mw> to apply. Find out more about the SgIS Mid-Term Overseas at http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.singaporeindustryscholarship.sg.... ***2. Graduate Programs with BNP Paribas – Apply NOW!*** Graduating in 2014 and interested in joining the Singapore Financial Services industry? 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