At the beginning I had mixed feelings about this event because it felt like the seniors did not want to dance with us and it felt as though we were just on the dance floor mingling with one another. I am also not a dancer and usually am not one to take initiative to be the first on the dane floor but decided to step out of my comfort zone and be one to do so sand encouraged my peers to do so as well. As time went on a couple of the elders joined, some dancing with each other, which was very sweet and some showing off their dance moves, making us feel very inferior. Even the elders that did not dance appreciated us dancing and told us afterwards how happy it made them feel for us to dance and be happy.
Joey presenting the awards was amazing, I want him to MC every event I have from now until forever and the finger food, decorations and photo booth were all so nice and I think everyone enjoyed the theme and live band very much. The highlight of my night was during clean up when one of the elders came up to me and asked me if I spoke Arabic because he was Lebanese like my mom and we talked about his family and his profession and about how he wasn't the biggest fan of the diversity of the food at the place and how he missed speaking Arabic to people. He was so sweet and I brought over Leena as well and it was so touching yet heartbreaking to see him at the establishment because although he got to talk to us, he told us that the closest thing he got to someone he could relate to was a Greek man that had left a while back. I told him I would let the Arab student associated at UCSD know about him and hopefully they try to visit him since he lives so close to campus.
Joey presenting the awards was amazing, I want him to MC every event I have from now until forever and the finger food, decorations and photo booth were all so nice and I think everyone enjoyed the theme and live band very much. The highlight of my night was during clean up when one of the elders came up to me and asked me if I spoke Arabic because he was Lebanese like my mom and we talked about his family and his profession and about how he wasn't the biggest fan of the diversity of the food at the place and how he missed speaking Arabic to people. He was so sweet and I brought over Leena as well and it was so touching yet heartbreaking to see him at the establishment because although he got to talk to us, he told us that the closest thing he got to someone he could relate to was a Greek man that had left a while back. I told him I would let the Arab student associated at UCSD know about him and hopefully they try to visit him since he lives so close to campus.