WYKAAO Functions
Some of you may have heard about the WYKwinos Group which consists of a number of WYK alumni with a common interest on wines and food pairing. WYKwinos usually hold a monthly meeting with rotating hosts. The host will decide the venue, his selection of wines and dishes that go with them. A report will be published after each gathering (see past reports here).
From time to time, there may be openings in Winos meeting which allows the group to invite guests to join. These openings will be posted on our website. Any WYKAAO member who is interested in attending the up-coming Winos meeting (Feb 18, Friday) please click here to let us know and more details will be provided.
2010 AGM/Dinner was held on Saturday Nov 27 in a Chinese restaurant in Scarborough. Over 80 members and guests attended the fun filled evening with games, latest news and presentations, amid many delicious dishes. A number of first timers showed up for the function which is most encouraging for the association. The night was wrapped up with the showing of a new version of ‘Moments in Time - the History of WYK’ narrated in English. Click here to view the pictures.
TAKE Notice that the 28th Annual General Meeting of Wah Yan College Kowloon Alumni Association of Ontario will be held at Very Fair Seafood Cuisine, 17 Milliken Boulevard, Scarborough, ON M1V 1V3 on Saturday, 27th November 2010 at 6:00 p.m. for the following purposes:
1. To approve the minutes of the 27th Annual General Meeting held on 21st November 2009
2. To receive the 2009~2010 Financial Report of the Association
Wah Yan College Kowloon Alumni Association of Ontario Scholastic Achievement Award is worth Cdn$100 each. The Award is open to students whose aggregate total of their best six Grade 12 credits gained in 2009~2010 academic year is 480 or over and who have begun their post-secondary education in September, 2010. Applicants must (1) have attended Wah Yan College, Kowloon and are current paid-up members of WYKAAO or (2) be the wards/children/grandchildren of current paid-up members of WYKAAO.
On a warm Friday night in October, about 30 alumni, guests and former staff of WYK and WYHK attended a dinner with Fr. Coghlan who was visiting Toronto. Our beloved Father showed his usual charm and warmth by greeting everyone personally throughout the dinner. He joked that he recognized most attendants’ faces and names but not necessarily associating them. It was a long and enjoyable gathering that certainly brought back a lot of memories of days in Wah Yan. We wish Fr. Coghlan all the best and hope he will visit us again soon! (see the pictures here and a short video clip here)
Thank WYCHKOAA for sharing their pictures and video, click here and here to view.
We had a great BBQ picnic in Serena Gundy Park at Leslie and Eglinton on Sunday, August 15.
We invite you to click the picture to view our album and click here to view the video.
Thank you for entering the contest. Now that the 2010 World Cup Soccer is over, we have the final tally of our fun contest. Nobody picks correctly all 4 semi-finalists and the champion; the five prizes go to:
| Edmond Choy (69) | 3 teams and the winning team Spain |
| Dermot Chan (65) | 3 teams |
| Andrew Tang (65) | 3 teams |
| Bill Ip (77) | 3 teams |
| Wilson Chiu (77) | 2 teams and the winning team Spain |
Each of the above winners will get a free ticket to our upcoming AGM in November. Edmond Choy, being our top contestant, will also receive a special prize. Thank you again for your participation!
(July 10 at Mon Sheong Court) Our President, David Wong gave a high-level yet interesting talk on 陰陽五行, 天干地支, 面相, 風水等等. The idea is to introduce to the audience the basic concepts and inter-relationships of the topics mentioned above. Basic it may seem, it certainly takes time and brain power to understand the underlying theories. This is meant to be an introductory discussion; more in-depth seminars may be held in the future depending on interests of the members.
David wrapped up the talk after a brief refreshment break; all attendees held on tight to the handouts with their scribbled notes because they know they will have more than food to digest afterwards (see the pictures here). If you are interested in obtaining a soft copy of the notes handed out in the talk, please click here and let us know.
2010 Spring Banquet was successfully held on March 6th. Over 50 alumni, family and guests attended the event. John Kan ('67) gave an informative yet interesting talk on wine and its pairings with Chinese food. Delicious dinner was served after the talk and everyone tried to get a first-hand experience of wine tasting and food pairings after hearing the tips from John (thanks to his hand-picked red and white). All attendees were going home with a tall stemmed wine glass as a souvenir, a few lucky ones with a decanter and a bottle of wine as well.
See the pictures here, the slideshow here and the video here.
The first event of 2010 was a net-working dinner in Richmond Hill on Friday, January 08. Sung Yan-Wing (65) gave an overview of how US became a leading economic order and China’s rise to become the next powerful economic order. The importance of the interplay between these two powers surfaced at the recent Copenhagen Climate Change Conference 2009. It was a most informative and interesting talk. Sung Yan-Wing left shortly after 9:15 pm to catch his plane to Hong Kong at mid-night. Click here to view the pictures.
(The Board of Directors welcomes suggestions for future net-working dinner)