Went to a gala for the Chinese Civic Center on Sunday. This association has been in existence for 14 years and every year they hold such a gala for fund-raising purposes. However from what I hear, the organization is becoming more and more political and as a result, the quality is suffering greatly. They are always looking to recruit fresh faces, so they made PP one of the MCs for the event despite her objection because of her CFA exams. She did a wonderful job given the rather dry material and lackluster entertainment from performers.
One aspect that sucked greatly was an auction to try to raise money for the association. The first item was some random painting that got about $900, and only because the person who donated it had to buy it herself to save face. The second item was of all things, a hunting pass to go deer hunting. Now, I think they are catering to the wrong audience here. I hardly know of any 50 year old Chinese people who enjoy hunting, much less any who actually own a gun.
Perhaps with a nice presentation, they can convince some people it's a fun activity to participate in, but they presented it all wrong. First they showed this wonderful picture of some cute little deer with what looked to be its mother. Then they said, "if you want to KILL this deer, then this permit is for you!" This was immediately followed by, "if you don't have a gun, we will provide you with an AK-47!" (I am not making this up, those were the exact words). They then proceeded to start the bidding at $1,000. No one bid anything for this permit and only after about 15 minutes of awkward mumbling, did they lower the minimum bid to $100. Even then, only 1 person bid that amount and finally after spending almost 30 minutes on this stupid pass, they sold it for $100.
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