The One on Hosting

Having invited the BWers to his place for potluck and dinner a couple of times, plus going to others' place for gatherings. Sotongball realised the importance of being hospitable to the guests that you invited to your place for any kind of events. It ensures that everyone is having a  good time, and more importantly new guests will feel welcomed.

To be honest, STB must thank his grandmahler for giving him the opportunity to learn, so really STB is just posting on behalf of his grandma. As his grandmahler holds house parties (CNY, Birthday, Mid-Autumn, Xmas) every quarter of the year and lucky STB is forced to be the receptionist every time. Nonetheless, STB wants to share with you guys a few pointers to ensure that your guests enjoy the house gatherings that you plan to hold.

Here's how you can be a better host/hostess:

Do's

• Send out invitation in advance, about 1 week for casual events like impromptu gatherings and up to 1 month for important dates such as Birthdays and Festive seasons.
• Intro each and every guest to one another, you won't want any particular guest to spend the whole evening trying to figure out the perfect pick-up line for this new stranger at your place that he fancies
• Entertain your guest so that they won't feel bored or leaving. If you don't know where to start, read this. Alternatively you can just buy a Nintendo Wii.
• Use disposable plates and utensils. Yes they are not really environmental friendly and costly. But you want to washing up at the end of the day - washing up CAN be very depressing
• Serve your guests the first drink as soon as they arrive, it's basic gesture to acknowledge their arrival.

Don'ts

• Do last minute cooking. No point inviting people over and you spend half the time in the kitchen trying to prepare the food. Cater or organize a potluck.
• Allow your guests to go into your bedroom unless you're OK with them knowing which brand of condoms and lube you use.
• Try to cram 40 people into a 4 room HDB flat. Manage your guest list and invite only those who matters.
• Spread around that you're having a BIG party at your place, unless you want people to hate you for not inviting them.
• Openly give out the details of where you stay

There you go, hope you find this useful. The rest I guess it's left up to your experience and service level. Do remember to invite STB over when you have your house parties. :p

This post is again dedicated to one of my close friends who happens to be having a mini potluck at his place this afternoon. Hopefully he reads this in time and do try not to be too conscious about it k?