You are invited to join fellow alumni at the Stanford Club of Singapore movie screening of the local film, “The Carrot Cake Conversations” 11 July 09, 430pm at Sinema at Old School, followed by drinks at Timbre.

Spend a relaxing Saturday afternoon at the creative arts hub known as Old School, situated atop Mount Sophia. Sinema provides for a cozy cinematic experience with plush leather seats and state of the art projection and sound system. Following the movie, we will have a short drinks session at Timbre, located just beside Sinema in the Old School compound. You’re welcome to join us for the movie, drinks or both.

To reserve your place, please fill in the form below and email it to Ms. Clarice Li and Mr. Kenneth Goh. Reservations must be received by 4 July 2009.

We look forward to seeing you on 11 July! A description of the movie to be screened is appended below for your reference.

The Carrot Cake Conversations (PG)

2008 | Romantic Comedy | English | 96mins
Official Selection – Anchorage International Film Festival, 2008
Director: Michael Wang
Cast: Adrian Pang, Alaric Tay, Andrea Fonseka, Danielle O’Malley

The Carrot Cake Conversations is the story of four strangers, who find themselves stranded in Singapore, two days before Christmas and how they find companionship over a plate of carrot cake and a conversation.

The story follows the journey of Kate, a failed American actress, who’s in transit in Singapore for one night, on her way to New Zealand to set up her dream Café.

Kate meets Daniel, a dishevelled businessman who recently caught his wife cheating on him, Matthew, a rich property mogul who finds himself at the crossroads of his life, and Ruth, a prostitute who longs to be Singapore’s first blues singer.

In their conversations, they talk about love, life, loss, carrot cake, Singapore, being alone, Christmas, their dreams, their fears, their hopes, and at the end of this one night, because of their conversation with a complete stranger, they become different people.

This story seeks to prove the possibility that a conversation can change everything and that sometimes in life, all we have to do is talk.

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Do come down and join us for DUAL Drinks every third Thursday of the Month! It will be a great time to relax, catch up with old friends, and meet new people!

Date:                Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Time:               7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location:         Brewerkz Restaurant & Microbrewery
                        30 Merchant Road #01-05/06 Riverside Point
                        Singapore 058282
                        Tel: (65) 6438 7438
Cost:                $5 for 2 soft drinks
                        $15 for 2 beers

We live in an unprecedented environment of global pressures which have impacted all of us personally.

Reaching out to those who have been retrenched is an initiative by DUAL as we continue to be relevant to our alumni members. DUAL is organizing a series of 5 sessions called “WHO MOVED MY RICE BOWL?”

The Third Session: Is the Bowl Half Full? Financial Health and the Family

Date:          Thursday, 30th July, 2009
Time:          7:00pm - 10:00pm
Venue:       The American Club
                 Colonial, 3rd floor
                 10 Claymore Hill
Cost:          $35, payment at door

Finger Food will be served. Though payment is at door, no show will still be charged. Space is limited.

Programme
7:00 pm Registration & Networking
7:30 pm Programme begins

Panelists Christopher Humphrey, Thio Eng Huat, Dennis Tan, and Yah Sian Yang

This is a closed door session targeted at only alumni members and ideally, only the retrenched.

RSVP By 26th July, 2009 to Ms. Ng Hau Yee.

We hope that at the end of these sessions, we would have fostered a network of relevant contacts for your support and further employment prospects. We also look forward to your active participation.