It been quite a while since i blog about my college... I think is time to continue with that topic...

SHMS is not all about study... study.... study....projects....projects....projects... There also give students a chance to try and organize small little banquet maybe around 60 pax (mixture of teachers, sponsors and students) ... In your Year 2 studies whereby you are studying for your Swiss Diploma in Hotel Operation Management , there is a subject called "Banqueting and Events" where your lecturer will ask you to host your own (the whole class and not yourself only) banquet... Of course there are guidelines to help you out, and you guys have to work in teams  ( like the organisation of a hotel... accounting department, entertainment department, decor department , F&B department etc) to make your class banquet a success... It is important as it is part of your grade for that subject... Therefore, you guys gotta really work it out among each other !!!!!!! Finding sponsors to buy the materials needed or asking them to loan you the materials etc... Every week you got to report back to your lecturer and inform him about the progress etc...

Best part of all, you guys (you and your classmates) get a chance to vote and select the theme of the banquet...

Following are example of banquet that was held before:
Arabian night
New Orleans
Golden Globes Award
Fashion show
Chinatown
Venice Ball

If you are taking a PGD or PGDM course in SHMS, no worries.. you have that subject as well.... ^^

Anyway, during my 3rd and final year in college, I am very lucky because I got invited to attend the "Venice Ball" organise by the PGD and PGDM students.... I am able to bring one lucky companion as well... ^^

Invitation card with nice looking napkin beside it

 Banquet start at 7pm, get ready by 5.30pm..... and wait for my lucky companion.... ^^ Hehehe ^^

My lucky Companion--->> Sunny from Vietnam

This is like some friendship test thing.... why?? I can only bring one lucky companion and the best part is you don't have only one friend in one place right?? You will always have plenty of friends right??? That the dilemma .... have to think who to bring... and not hurt the rest of your friend... I went through it and i feel really really seriously bad for the rest of my buddy..... Some of them never got a chance to go to a banquet even though they study there for 3 years... But life have to go on!!!!

Me at the aperitif counters... all hand made by students ^^ Love the effort...

Oh ya.. Realize I am wearing a mask... My best buddy in school Momo from China gave it to me... We got identical mask actually.... Hers is red and mine was blue... She got it in Venice during her trip to Venice last time... Thank you so much, Momo !!!!

Non alcoholic drink.... Rouge...meaning red....

Caprese Salad... 2 slice of Tomato and a piece of Buffalo Mozzarela.... Very Italian

Mixture of Brown Sugar, Orange Juice and Campari.... Yummy!!!!

Large crowd arriving... Alumni peoples, students and teachers...

Nomming down finger food...

Male Escort for Venice Ball with Sunny...

I got a female escort instead.... Lol....

After tons of camwhoring..... is time for all "Royalty" to enter the ball.... LOL... I just created it...

Do they remind you of the fella on the Gondola ???

Love the decor.... Suit the Grand Hall a lot

This is the Grand Hall.... where students use it for banquet events, International Day, Spring Ball and last but not lease, exam.... hehe ^^

Cute table setting... haha ^^

Me with invitation...

Menu of the night.... Cant wait to start nomming... I warm up my stomach already with breads... LOL

Handsome Banquet Manager giving his welcome speech...

Sunny and me...

Gotta place our food order.... for the starter and main course... Can't wait to start my night....

Soon the starter arrived...

Bigoli in salsa

"Bigoli" pasta still have its texture... not too overcooked... I dont like soft pasta... Tuna and onion are a mix mushy.... I prefer it to be a bit drier...  But the combination is real good... Look like a HUGE portion right?? But it is just nice... Cherry tomato added some "OHM" to it...

After my starter, sipping white wine while waiting for my main course...

Enjoy the performance by the PGD....

Where my main????

Dance performance.....

A group of us......

Waiting for the main.....

That what happen when u get hungrier....

Anitra alla Veneziana

Sunny being posh....

To be honest, everyone waited for a really long time for their main course... And at least, the main course wasnt that bad... The duck was moist and it really goes well with the Orange sauce... Not like the normal tough meat we are use to eating... Plenty of sauce to eat with it as well..... The boil potato and broccoli is ok... Just that the portion of the vege I think is a little too little.. don't you think???

Tiramisu...

My fav dessert ever... Tiramisu.... I heard that is quite hard to make a good Tiramisu... And the standard of theirs was just ok..... As you can see... Cream is more than the coffee part... But it is still ok... Anyway, it is a good try already.... Hehehe...

Dessert is girls best friend ^^

The whole PGD team presenting themself to us.... Hurray to them!!!!!

My pretty room mate with me...... Love ya!!!!

It was a memorable night..... Wont be able to forget it.... in case I ever do.. I still have this blog over here.. haha ^^...

That all for now... Bye Bye!!

Chilling in the room

Hm.... i know i promise to blog about food first..... but oh well..... maybe next post??? 
*Pinky swear......... Cross my heart x10 times *

Let me explain a bit first .........a little background story about me and this college....

Since like Primary 5 i fall in love with a Korean drama "Hotelier" ...... my fav actor at that time Bae Yong Jun ( Main actor in Winter Sonata) is one of the main actor in the drama.

 
I was so hooked onto the drama that I told myself that I wanna work in a hotel, so cool!!!!! Plus, at that time, i knew i don't want to spend most of my life as a OL (the normal 9am to 5pm thingy..... so dull)...... with only 150cm at that time i knew i wont grow much anyway.. what to do... my genes from both my parents are short..... and i accept my fate when i was that age ( See understanding what... i never blame them)

Fast forward to like when i am in Form 5, my mom know my interest in Hospitality and she didn't argue or disagree with my choice of career... what to do right... all you want is for your children to grow up and do what she enjoy doing right???? My dad kinda disagree with me.. saying that it is not a good place to work and bla bla bla.... the usual parent talk la.... One day when i was preparing for my pra-SPM, my mom came across this college advert in The Star newspaper... one of their representative is coming over and people who are interested can drop by and get to know more about SHMS....

Therefore, my mom insist that i go and listen to those people...... with them of course. That how my parents found my future college ( at that time).... my journey towards hospitality begin through there....

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Ok.... story ended... let get to the main topic than... my college Swiss Hotel Management School....

Basically SHMS ( Let call it that way yeah..... all of d student called it that way anyway) is one of the leading hotel management school (a.k.a college in another word) offering student like us a wide range of academic programmes that will help us in our future career in hospitality..... Basically SHMS has 2 campuses..... one in Montreux ( Caux Palace which is where we study and stay) and another one in Leysin.... Difference between both????? Let me show you some pictures of my college which is the Caux Palace.. You can google SHMS Leysin campus.... get the pic from there.... I AM NOT A LEYSIN FAN HERE!!!!!!!

 Yup... that my college... during winter time. We actually have 2 intake during a year... The Summer intake which starts at February till June and the Winter intake begin during September till January.

Oh ya, Caux Palace which you can see over here... is situated on top of the mountain therefore, for you to get to the town (Montreux) you have to sit their train/ tram..... journey from Caux Palace to Montreux take about 30 Minutes....
Come on.... we are situated like 1000meters above sea level.... plus...is not a straight railway track you know.... there is lot of curves here and there... no worries... you wont fall over.... ^^

Oh ya.... not only that when you have enroll yourself as a student right... you will be given a student card.. you can have free access to the train.... no need to pay.... unless you forgot to bring your pass or already expired.... (the fee is already included in your school fee anyway)

Caux Palace Train Station.... just a small one.... Taken during the first few days of my freshman year...
Blurry picture..... Taken from the Grand Hall of Caux Palace.... See the second picture of my college..... There is a round dome shape thing in the far right??? Taken from there.... that the view you can get from the huge ass window....

See the mountains far away??? That is France..... so near right??? Evian village.... the mineral water Evian come from there... is a boat ride away.... Montreux and Evian is separated by Lake Geneva but is still close though....


On the way down to Montreux... to your left and right side, there are quite a number of residence houses.......not all trees and grass and stone only ok.... not so "kampung".. haha

Oh ya, did i mention that... Caux Palace is actually a Palace..... duh!!! it is in the name... One of the lecturer mention before... one of a Princess (Forget the country) use it for her Summer vacation....



During World War 2, it was a hotel... but it fall into disrepair.... ended up it is use to house civillian refugees..... Later it held interned escaped Allied prisoners of war...... In 1946, it was purchased and renovated by Moral Re-Armament organization (MRA), for use as an international conference centre to work on the reconciliation of European people.....

Oh ya oh ya.... it is also said that "Snow White and the Seven Dwaft" castle inspiration comes from there..... see...i told ya that a "Princess" stay there before.... didnt i....

Oh ya....before i end the post....For those hater that hate to wear uniform this is definitely not a place for you..... Monday to Friday during classtime... it is a must for all student to wear their uniform.... all student will be given one set of uniform for 1st year students... 2nd and 3rd year students will have to reuse their old uniform..... unless it goes missing or smth..... There are rules and regulations to follow as well... but let just leave it that way yeah.... i dont wanna get into too much detail and stuff....

Told ya we got to be in our uniform during class... that me being cheeky in class... haha...
Interested??? Wanna know more.... why not just spend a few moment  and drop by to their official website and have a look for yourself...

http://www.shms.com/
http://www.shms.com/
http://www.shms.com/


Lot of information are provided there.... you can request for a guided tour if you want..... or why not request for some brochure with all the information in it...

Wanna know more personal experience in that school??? Just leave me a comment and i will reply you as soon as possible... Swear i am not doing any publicity for them...wakaka

K.... ciao ciao now....