Upcoming event:
On 17th October 2015, I will be hosting the Gender Awareness Day at Egerton University. The Chief Guest for the even is the Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga.
Am looking forward to this day. Watch this space for more updates
Luke Toroitich
rottokluke@yahoo.com
+254720358070
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Monday, September 28, 2015
Confucius Day, Egerton University on 27th Sept 2015
On 27th September, I hosted the Confucius Day celebration at Egerton University. Confucius is a great Chinese philosopher who encouraged the Chinese to be Disciplined, to respect elders and to preserve the Chinese tradition. Egerton University hosts a Confucius Institute where students learn Chinese language and culture.
By September 2015, I was a student in level 2 Chinese class. My Chinese language competence is still quite low but at least I can say greetings and basic Chinese.
The 27th September fell on a Saturday, and that meant that I had to go an extra mile to be a Master of Ceremony for his event. Normally, I dont work on Saturdays, so I sacrificed my time to rest, to attend the event.
The event was graced by the two DVC's: DVC(Administration & Finance) Prof Munene and DVC (Academic Affairs) Prof. Rose Mwonya.
We were lucky for this event because this year, we had up to 10 Chinese visitors, representing different companies in Kenya.
Entertainment was provided by Egerton Universit students of the Confucius Institute and the singers, Friends of Lake Nakuru.
The weather was sunny and the skies were clear. The event was held at the graduation square, so there was plenty of space to move around. The event kicked off at 10am, with the visitors touring the tents in the field. In the tents, students presented Chinese writting, Chinese food and snacks, Chinese attire (the popular Qipao), souvenirs and many more.
The chief guest, DVC (AA) arrived alongside DVC (A&F) and the event started with the national anthem of Kenya and followed by the Chinese anthem. This was a first, playing the national anthem of another country. By the way, China is called Zhongguo. Just to show you my skills in Chinese characters, it is written as 中国。
The entertainment programme started at 11:30am with the students presenting poems, songs and dances. The most popular song Jambo Bwana was sang both in Swahili and in Chinese. Everyone got involved. Especially, when Friends of Lake Nakuru stepped on stage, they performed some African tunes, engaging the whole crowd in the field. It goes to tell you how much people love to dance to local tunes.
TIPS: Entertainment is crucial in any event. If you want good stuff, something people will remember long after the event is over, engage everyone in the meeting. In this way, you will capture peoples attention. Additioally, the presence of some dignitaries draws specific crowds. Some dignitaries collaborate with media houses, using this as leverage, you cna market your own event for free if you invite the right kind of people to your event.
For this particular event, the Confucius Day was targetted more to the students studying Chinese and to stretch out to the community to learn Chinese language and culture. The addition of Entertainment both African and Chinese songs and dance helped to make the event lively
A representative from the Chinese investors spoke at the event, with the crowning speech from the Prof. Rose Mwonya encouraging the prevalence of the Chinese language here in the University and beyond.
The event ended at 1 pm with plenty of food to share at the tents and the visitors left remembering how a great day it was.
As for me, I got the perfect chance to speak both English and Chinese at one event, of course, once in a while the crowd were in stitches at my pronunciation of some of the Chinese words. Next year, 2016, I should be fluent in Chinese, both written and spoken.
More to come. Give me your comments on my email rottokluke@yahoo.com
Luke Toroitich
+254720358070
On 27th September, I hosted the Confucius Day celebration at Egerton University. Confucius is a great Chinese philosopher who encouraged the Chinese to be Disciplined, to respect elders and to preserve the Chinese tradition. Egerton University hosts a Confucius Institute where students learn Chinese language and culture.
By September 2015, I was a student in level 2 Chinese class. My Chinese language competence is still quite low but at least I can say greetings and basic Chinese.
The 27th September fell on a Saturday, and that meant that I had to go an extra mile to be a Master of Ceremony for his event. Normally, I dont work on Saturdays, so I sacrificed my time to rest, to attend the event.
The event was graced by the two DVC's: DVC(Administration & Finance) Prof Munene and DVC (Academic Affairs) Prof. Rose Mwonya.
We were lucky for this event because this year, we had up to 10 Chinese visitors, representing different companies in Kenya.
Entertainment was provided by Egerton Universit students of the Confucius Institute and the singers, Friends of Lake Nakuru.
The weather was sunny and the skies were clear. The event was held at the graduation square, so there was plenty of space to move around. The event kicked off at 10am, with the visitors touring the tents in the field. In the tents, students presented Chinese writting, Chinese food and snacks, Chinese attire (the popular Qipao), souvenirs and many more.
The chief guest, DVC (AA) arrived alongside DVC (A&F) and the event started with the national anthem of Kenya and followed by the Chinese anthem. This was a first, playing the national anthem of another country. By the way, China is called Zhongguo. Just to show you my skills in Chinese characters, it is written as 中国。
The entertainment programme started at 11:30am with the students presenting poems, songs and dances. The most popular song Jambo Bwana was sang both in Swahili and in Chinese. Everyone got involved. Especially, when Friends of Lake Nakuru stepped on stage, they performed some African tunes, engaging the whole crowd in the field. It goes to tell you how much people love to dance to local tunes.
TIPS: Entertainment is crucial in any event. If you want good stuff, something people will remember long after the event is over, engage everyone in the meeting. In this way, you will capture peoples attention. Additioally, the presence of some dignitaries draws specific crowds. Some dignitaries collaborate with media houses, using this as leverage, you cna market your own event for free if you invite the right kind of people to your event.
For this particular event, the Confucius Day was targetted more to the students studying Chinese and to stretch out to the community to learn Chinese language and culture. The addition of Entertainment both African and Chinese songs and dance helped to make the event lively
A representative from the Chinese investors spoke at the event, with the crowning speech from the Prof. Rose Mwonya encouraging the prevalence of the Chinese language here in the University and beyond.
The event ended at 1 pm with plenty of food to share at the tents and the visitors left remembering how a great day it was.
As for me, I got the perfect chance to speak both English and Chinese at one event, of course, once in a while the crowd were in stitches at my pronunciation of some of the Chinese words. Next year, 2016, I should be fluent in Chinese, both written and spoken.
More to come. Give me your comments on my email rottokluke@yahoo.com
Luke Toroitich
+254720358070
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
This is my first post, creating a series of posts that I intend to document.
Well, the purpose of this blog is to document the events that I have managed from the year 2013. Of course, I will keep you, the reader, up to date about the nitty gritty of planning and Event.
At the time of writting this post, I have been working at Egerton University, Njoro as a Graduate Engineer.
I welcome you all to dig in and read.
Well, the purpose of this blog is to document the events that I have managed from the year 2013. Of course, I will keep you, the reader, up to date about the nitty gritty of planning and Event.
At the time of writting this post, I have been working at Egerton University, Njoro as a Graduate Engineer.
I welcome you all to dig in and read.
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