Dinner Dance 2008 - Why it was one of the best nights I've ever had!

I've never been to a Dinner Dance before. I almost did last year because I bought a ticket, but many of my friends backed out, so I backed out as well. But this year was different. It was 4th year. Last chance to go to EngSci Dinner Dance. Last time to party with my fellow Biomeds!!! So off we went....and man, this night was so amazing. So here's my attempt on recapturing what just happened the past 12 hours.

So 3pm was when the last class of the day ended, and a bunch of us decided to go eat some Viet food to fill our stomachs in preparation for a super late and disgusting dinner (as expected for any kind of banquets you attend). That "snack" was fun as it kinda set the stage for the night because we talked alot about how the night will be and what we will do, among the many other random stuff we always talk about. So after the "snack", we went to change and get ready for the 6pm bus. So being who I am, I was lazy and decided to wear my nice clothes for the whole day so I wouldn't have to worry about any clothing changing, so all I pretty much had to do was wear contacts. So that was fast, but my friends took so long! Either way, we got ready and headed off to Suds to drink some pre-party beer. I literally took one sip and concluded that the beer was pretty average-bad. Not really good, but I guess you can't expect more from free beer. We headed off to "The Liberty Grand" via coach bus and when we arrived, we literally walked around the place to check out the drinks they had and for some reason, some of us guys went to the other side of the building to see what other parties were around. A couple of us went in and actually said hi to bewildered middle aged people and their party before being promptly escorted out. Anyway, it was a long wait until dinner. Note: it was now around 8pm, and no official drinking yet. Stupid we didn't have Open Bar...and stupid how each drink was $5 minimum. We sat down at 8:30pm and had our appetizers and dinner came at around 9pm, and we watched the somewhat average annual EngSci video. Anyway, time passed as we ate and took pictures and by 10:30pm, the real fun began! The dance floor was ready, the DJ was ready, and so we stormed the dance floor and started partying! At first I was a bit uneasy because...well, I don't dance, but when the music came on, the dancing feeling just happened! It was DEFINITELY time to dance!!! They played all these hip-hop and dance pop songs and the place was banging. The funniest were the people dancing (ok, it was more like clubbing) who were already smashed from the drinking beforehand. Note: I only had 3 glasses of wine at dinner, so I was totally fine! Anyway, so the clubbing began, and man, they were good times. Note: it was definitely a great decision to wear contacts! The songs I enjoyed the most were "Low" (Flo Rida ft. T-Pain) and "Yeah" (Usher ft. Ludacris and Lil Jon). Man, those songs are mad fun to dance to...especially getting low!!! =) So from 10:30pm, we literally danced until closing (1am), with a few breaks in between to rest and hydrate (it was during these moments when I realized that I actually can't handle THAT much....getting old, you know). Anyway, 1am came and basically everybody got kicked out. We almost missed the last bus, but we got on and got back to UofT at 2am, and then got a ride back home and now it's like 3am and I'm still up blogging!

OK, so basically, the conclusion I had for the night was that this was definitely a memorable night, especially because it was a great time to chill with my fellow Biomeds and other EngScis! Seriously, when you get to 4th year, you treasure the friendships you have and you want to spend as much time possible with them! It was loads of fun clubbing with them, even though it did feel weird when there were moments when the girls took a break and it was just us guys dancing. All in all, NO GRINDING! We're all friends, and so overall, we were all cool with each other. But dang, this was one night to remember.

Before you all think this post had nothing really "substantial", I have to say that I did have one reflection from God (surprisingly). When we were all on the dance floor clubbing and dancing to the music and waving our arms in the air and just having a blast, I did wonder how easy it was for all of us to be into the secular music and just going crazy. I wondered how cool it must be if people were all so hyped up and so into worshipping God! In the moment of this crazy secular party, I had this realization that it would be so awesome if we were all jumping and dancing and praising for God...and that this is exactly what heaven would be! Dang, it would be so much fun! SO MUCH FUN! I really hope one day everybody, especially my fellow Biomed friends will one day see Christianity and Jesus and really be in love with God in the same way we were all in love with the dancing and music at the moment. We'll see what happens, but this night was definitely one to remember.

So for all you curious people, in summary: 1 sip of pre-party beer, 3 glasses of wine (2 red, 1 white), 2.5 hours of clubbing/dancing (with breaks), 1 realization from God, and definitely 1 night to remember for the rest of my life.