Spring quarter 2007 in pictures
Here's a collection of photos (dance-related, conferences, social events) throughout Spring quarter. Enjoy!
20 April 2007 (Fri) - The Movement Showcase at Berkeley
We went up to UC Berkeley to guest perform at the end-of-semester showcase of their big dance group, The Movement.
21 April 2007 (Sat) - Stanford Admit Weekend Dance Expo
Swingtime and other Stanford dance groups performed at a dance expo during Admissions weekend.
3 May 2007 (Thu) - Spiderman 3 premiere
Swingtime goes to the movies to catch the first midnight showing of Spiderman 3.
Hehe, we dressed for the occasion too. The Spiderman soft toy is Karen's, who is an avid collector of all things Spiderman :)
4 May 2007 (Sat) - Nana's pre-birthday drinking party
Our newly expanded stash of alcohol and mixers.
Nana mixing up some drinks.
I try my hand at making drinks too....
Some of the guests.
The roomies take a shot together.
5 May 2007 (Sat) - Swingaporean potluck
The food cooked by me (chicken rice, fried beehoon, steamed tofu+mushrooms, chicken curry) and Miko (baked fish)... Jason also brought Filipino spring rolls (i.e. lumpia).
The Swingtime crew at my apartment.
Singing karaoke after eating.
6-9 May 2007 (Sun-Wed) - American Transplant Congress at San Francisco Moscone Center
Pasta for lunch on the first day of talks.
Karine and I have noodles on the 2nd day.
I hitch a ride back to Stanford from Olivia :)
Hehe, noodles again on day 3.
The lab females (minus Maria and Lori) on the last day of conference (Stacie, Olivia H, Karine, Olivia M, Sheri and me).
11 May 2007 (Fri) - Big Dance
Swingtime group photo after we performed Cat's Corner at Big Dance.
The dancers who managed to stay till the end of Big Dance (from 9pm to 6am).
12 May 2007 (Sat) - Stanford Powwow and Spring Faire
Colourful native-american costumes on the men...
... and women.
The girls, after checking out the Spring Faire organized by The Bridge Peer Counselling group (of which Hannie is part of).
18-22 May 2007 (Fri-Tue) - American Association of Immunologists meeting in Miami, Florida
In the hotel room I shared with Stacie (Loews Miami Beach hotel).
The view of the beach and sea from our room... so pretty.
A cute R2D2 mailbox on the way to the conference center.
Lunch on the first day of talks.
Photo-taking at the hotel on the way to check out the beach.
At Miami Beach!
Dinner at some Cuban-Asian fusion restaurant (Oriente) that is owned by Gloria Estefan.
My poster :)
Dinner at a crab/seafood restaurant along Ocean Ave (actually next door to Oriente).
Coffee and a danish before we hang out by the pool.
Hanging out with Stacie by the hotel pool (the talks weren't that interesting that morning... shh...)
Dinner at a vegetarian Indian restaurant near the hotel... Ever tried soy chicken? It's not as bad as it sounds.
Lychee and mango sorbet from a supposedly famous ice cream store just off the pedestrian street Lincoln Ave.
Lunch on the last day at a diner near the hotel. It is VERY american-sized. I actually managed to split it into 3 meals...
Me and Stacie on the plane leaving Miami for Stanford.
31 May 2007 (Thu) - Chunxiu and VJC visit Stanford
I met up with Chunxiu and her VJC kids when they came to visit Stanford as part of their "Silicon Valley" trip. It was nice to catch up :)
1 June 2007 (Fri) - Swingtime Spring Show
A very cute pic of Swingtime after our Spring Show (7 dances!).
2 June 2007 (Sat) - Los Salseros' Spring Show
The day after our own spring show, we performed 2 dances at Los Salseros' spring show at the same venue.
9 June 2007 (Sat) - Jingyan's birthday potluck
We had a potluck at JY's place for her bday... all Singaporean food!
The food
The people :)
13-14 June 2007 (Wed-Thu) - Swingtime retreat at Karen's home in Oakdale, CA
Lunch at Krung Siam along Uni Ave before we head to Karen's home.
Ed enjoying himself at the back of Karen's 8-seater car.
Baby goats!
Chengos and Peter with Karen's cow.
Karen shows us her cherry trees.
And we pluck them straight off the trees and eat them right there!
There are ripe plums too!
We had quite a fruit feast before proper dinner... :)
Everyone at dinner... prepared by Karen's mom.
The next morning, Karen makes us pancakes. The eggs she used were from the hens they rear. I bet Ma likes the kitchen they have :)
Me and Peter at breakfast.
The gang inside the house...
...and outside the house :)
15 June 2007 (Fri) - Potluck group sushi dinner
The potluck group tries out JY's new deluxe sushi making set she got for her bday.
Chawanmushi made my Nana
I try my hand at rolling sushi.
Finished product!
Size comparison of Nana's (left) and my (right) sushi rolls.
Ai Leen and me play karaoke revolution on PS2...
... while Viv and Veron try out the DDR game left with me for the summer by one of the Swingtime undergrads.
17 June 2007 (Sun) - Stanford Commencement 2007
Outside Memorial Auditorium after Qingwen's Civil and Environmental Engineering departmental ceremony.
With Terence after the EE departmental ceremony! Congrats!
Hanging out with Hannie after the EE ceremony to have some cake and apple cider :)
19 June 2007 (Tue) - Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape Tour @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Me and Nana get comfy on our lawn seating (~$20 per person).
Lewis, Nana and Nana's labmate K-man
The first opening act - Lady Sovereign, a 5'1 white 21-yr-old rapper from London.
Second opening act - Akon
Gwen Stefani on the big screen... since we couldn't really see her on the stage from where we were.
Gwen signs a fan's handbag and proceeds to sign the tour T-shirt in the bag... so cool :)
We finally manage to make it to the front of the lawn section during the encore, since some people had left early.... the view from there is great!
This is during the final pumped-up song "What you waiting for".
Gwen and crew say bye-bye.
Outside Shoreline Amphitheatre after the show... it was great, even though we couldn't see her on stage most of the time.
20 April 2007 (Fri) - The Movement Showcase at Berkeley
We went up to UC Berkeley to guest perform at the end-of-semester showcase of their big dance group, The Movement.
21 April 2007 (Sat) - Stanford Admit Weekend Dance Expo
Swingtime and other Stanford dance groups performed at a dance expo during Admissions weekend.
3 May 2007 (Thu) - Spiderman 3 premiere
Swingtime goes to the movies to catch the first midnight showing of Spiderman 3.
Hehe, we dressed for the occasion too. The Spiderman soft toy is Karen's, who is an avid collector of all things Spiderman :)
4 May 2007 (Sat) - Nana's pre-birthday drinking party
Our newly expanded stash of alcohol and mixers.
Nana mixing up some drinks.
I try my hand at making drinks too....
Some of the guests.
The roomies take a shot together.
5 May 2007 (Sat) - Swingaporean potluck
The food cooked by me (chicken rice, fried beehoon, steamed tofu+mushrooms, chicken curry) and Miko (baked fish)... Jason also brought Filipino spring rolls (i.e. lumpia).
The Swingtime crew at my apartment.
Singing karaoke after eating.
6-9 May 2007 (Sun-Wed) - American Transplant Congress at San Francisco Moscone Center
Pasta for lunch on the first day of talks.
Karine and I have noodles on the 2nd day.
I hitch a ride back to Stanford from Olivia :)
Hehe, noodles again on day 3.
The lab females (minus Maria and Lori) on the last day of conference (Stacie, Olivia H, Karine, Olivia M, Sheri and me).
11 May 2007 (Fri) - Big Dance
Swingtime group photo after we performed Cat's Corner at Big Dance.
The dancers who managed to stay till the end of Big Dance (from 9pm to 6am).
12 May 2007 (Sat) - Stanford Powwow and Spring Faire
Colourful native-american costumes on the men...
... and women.
The girls, after checking out the Spring Faire organized by The Bridge Peer Counselling group (of which Hannie is part of).
18-22 May 2007 (Fri-Tue) - American Association of Immunologists meeting in Miami, Florida
In the hotel room I shared with Stacie (Loews Miami Beach hotel).
The view of the beach and sea from our room... so pretty.
A cute R2D2 mailbox on the way to the conference center.
Lunch on the first day of talks.
Photo-taking at the hotel on the way to check out the beach.
At Miami Beach!
Dinner at some Cuban-Asian fusion restaurant (Oriente) that is owned by Gloria Estefan.
My poster :)
Dinner at a crab/seafood restaurant along Ocean Ave (actually next door to Oriente).
Coffee and a danish before we hang out by the pool.
Hanging out with Stacie by the hotel pool (the talks weren't that interesting that morning... shh...)
Dinner at a vegetarian Indian restaurant near the hotel... Ever tried soy chicken? It's not as bad as it sounds.
Lychee and mango sorbet from a supposedly famous ice cream store just off the pedestrian street Lincoln Ave.
Lunch on the last day at a diner near the hotel. It is VERY american-sized. I actually managed to split it into 3 meals...
Me and Stacie on the plane leaving Miami for Stanford.
31 May 2007 (Thu) - Chunxiu and VJC visit Stanford
I met up with Chunxiu and her VJC kids when they came to visit Stanford as part of their "Silicon Valley" trip. It was nice to catch up :)
1 June 2007 (Fri) - Swingtime Spring Show
A very cute pic of Swingtime after our Spring Show (7 dances!).
2 June 2007 (Sat) - Los Salseros' Spring Show
The day after our own spring show, we performed 2 dances at Los Salseros' spring show at the same venue.
9 June 2007 (Sat) - Jingyan's birthday potluck
We had a potluck at JY's place for her bday... all Singaporean food!
The food
The people :)
13-14 June 2007 (Wed-Thu) - Swingtime retreat at Karen's home in Oakdale, CA
Lunch at Krung Siam along Uni Ave before we head to Karen's home.
Ed enjoying himself at the back of Karen's 8-seater car.
Baby goats!
Chengos and Peter with Karen's cow.
Karen shows us her cherry trees.
And we pluck them straight off the trees and eat them right there!
There are ripe plums too!
We had quite a fruit feast before proper dinner... :)
Everyone at dinner... prepared by Karen's mom.
The next morning, Karen makes us pancakes. The eggs she used were from the hens they rear. I bet Ma likes the kitchen they have :)
Me and Peter at breakfast.
The gang inside the house...
...and outside the house :)
15 June 2007 (Fri) - Potluck group sushi dinner
The potluck group tries out JY's new deluxe sushi making set she got for her bday.
Chawanmushi made my Nana
I try my hand at rolling sushi.
Finished product!
Size comparison of Nana's (left) and my (right) sushi rolls.
Ai Leen and me play karaoke revolution on PS2...
... while Viv and Veron try out the DDR game left with me for the summer by one of the Swingtime undergrads.
17 June 2007 (Sun) - Stanford Commencement 2007
Outside Memorial Auditorium after Qingwen's Civil and Environmental Engineering departmental ceremony.
With Terence after the EE departmental ceremony! Congrats!
Hanging out with Hannie after the EE ceremony to have some cake and apple cider :)
19 June 2007 (Tue) - Gwen Stefani's The Sweet Escape Tour @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
Me and Nana get comfy on our lawn seating (~$20 per person).
Lewis, Nana and Nana's labmate K-man
The first opening act - Lady Sovereign, a 5'1 white 21-yr-old rapper from London.
Second opening act - Akon
Gwen Stefani on the big screen... since we couldn't really see her on the stage from where we were.
Gwen signs a fan's handbag and proceeds to sign the tour T-shirt in the bag... so cool :)
We finally manage to make it to the front of the lawn section during the encore, since some people had left early.... the view from there is great!
This is during the final pumped-up song "What you waiting for".
Gwen and crew say bye-bye.
Outside Shoreline Amphitheatre after the show... it was great, even though we couldn't see her on stage most of the time.
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