Trivia for Education 2010

And a fun time was had by all! I think that that would be the verdict on the 'Trivia for Education' charity night that Karawaci Ladies held last Saturday night. It was held in our local Aryaduta Hotel in the Mahogany Ballroom, and about 100 people attended. We had 5 "trivia masters" who asked questions on sports, entertainment, music, Indonesia and random trivia. We could have had even more categories if we'd had the time, but we managed to pack a lot into 3 hours.

When the holidays ended and everybody returned from their travels to home countries and the world in general, a few karawaci ladies put their heads together and planned. We'd booked the hotel before the holidays, but all the rest had to be done after that. We sent out letters requesting sponsorship and we were pleasantly surprised to find that the majority of businesses and individuals responded. We ended up with about 75 raffle prizes, which means that there was one for 75% of the crowd.

Tris was MC and he did a game called "Gotta Have It" where he asks for an item and whoever brings it up first wins a prize (this time it was a coupon or a starbucks bear). The best one was where he asked people to carry their best friend to him. A few people got tossed but it was fun:) We also had a few tables plan a theme and dress accordingly. Ours was the 'hairbrainers.' Tris had difficulty figuring out what to do with his hair...One of our tables came as nerds, and this is my favourite photo that came out of it:

our friend Joel grew his facial hair for a few days and shaved it to match his wonderful glasses (still not sure where he found those here in Lippo).

Ultimate nerd.

In the end, we raised about US$1850 to put towards our education fund (a new concept for Karawaci Ladies. Normally we raise for medical purposes, but those are much bigger amounts needed). Ultimately, regardless of the money raised and the raffle prizes won, I think it was a great opportunity for people in the Lippo area to meet and play together. We had a great mix of guests from our local school, university, businesspeople, Royal Doulton, a 'competitor' school outside of Lippo, an SPH branch school in Jakarta and some who I have no idea where they came from but who we were quite happy to have join us.

All in all, it was a good evening.

Thanks for reading.