Gift Exchange Event A Moment So Favorite

Christmas celebrations this year seems to be a special moment for the international students, including from Indonesia, at the Transworld Institute of Technology (Titus), Dou Liu, Taiwan.

Christmas festivity that was because the International Student Friendship Association (ISFA) in cooperation with the Center of International Affair (CIA) held a variety of events to enliven the Christmas party of international students in Tit.


Event held Friday (25/12) and was attended by about 100 - an international student tit from Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Macau, and Vietnam as well as staff at the CIA. Christmas celebration begins with some offering songs and dances from Indonesia and Malaysia students. After 30 minutes passed, the most eagerly awaited of the students, the gift exchange began. A week before the event took place, the students were asked to provide a gift valued at approximately NT (New Taiwan dollars) to put in the 100 Christmas tree placed in the office of the CIA.

Meanwhile, CIA Director, Winnie Chen, along with several heads of providing a special gift, namely bicycles, hard disk 320 Giga, NT 2000 cash and other prizes worth over NT 2000. Just FYI, NT 1 was equal to about 300. Gift exchange is using the lottery system. Where all the students who attended and put the gift on the Christmas tree on the right to draw a single beep that number will be adjusted to the number of each gift wrapping. Gift exchange event took place meriah.Para international students really enjoy the next event scheduled to be held every year.

Big prize Gift mostly taken by a student from Vietnam. "We hope events like this can take place every year. In addition to the Christmas event, every month we are also trying to create an event that will gather all the international students in the tit, "said Budi Chandra, Chairman of the International Student Friendship Association (ISFA) to the daily Seputar Indonesia (SI). According to him, the events aim to increase the between students kinship that comes from various countries. The foreign students in Taiwan usually only busy with their activities.

That way, gathering them very entertaining. Gift exchange is complete, the event continued with a birthday celebration for fellow students who were born in the month of birthday Desember.Celebrations has become routine since the ISFA three last months.Setiap month, students collected over years together to cut the cake. The evening ended with karaoke together.Although strains of the whole room was filled with one voice that the performance of students playing vocal abilities, but those who attended seemed to enjoy the event.

Winny Chen said the company was pleased to see the students can gather together. While in college, he said, they only focus on their respective activities. It makes less between students familial relationships intact. Also gave him an appreciation of the continuous creation of ISFA is always trying to create a show to tone up the CIA offices. Office on a weekday is rarely visited by the students, sometimes even none at all.

"The CIA has become a second home for students after their house in their respective countries. So, we hope they can have fun or rest here when you have spare time, "he said.