MASA’s Week 6 Events!
Hey MASA! Hope everyone has been doing well! Good luck on any midterms/papers/quizzes coming up. Of course you all know that if you ever need any kind of study break, MASA will always be here to ease the pain of studying. Call up your (newly found!) sidekick, MASA-friend, or attend one of our events, and take a break from studying 
So here’s what’s been going on with MASA this past week:
MASA GBM!
On Wednesday, we had our 3rd GBM – which was also our Sidekick Revealing Night! To get the night started, we played a pretty fun ice breaker game, brought to you by our very own Membership Chairs, Mary and Vinson. Imagine playing charades – except imagine it with a whole group of people acting out different things, all at once! Our Cultural Rangers also did a pretty awesome job telling us about some crazy-cool Asian Inventions. Without this presentation, we would have lived our lives not knowing who were the first to implement a natural form of pesticide, or where the toilet was invented! Oh, the horror!
This MASA GBM was a special one indeed! Not only did a lot of us find out who our sidekicks were (more on that later!), but we even caught a glimpse of the Evil Count Willis in action! :O We were told the story of “A Series of Unfortunate Events… and How MASA Made Them Better,” starring our very own Jennifer Amy Tran and Count Willis – er, I mean, Willis Phu. Conveniently enough, our upcoming events fit perfectly into the plot of this story. Thanks to all the staff who made this possible!
But now, Sidekicks! The MASA Sidekicks program is one that matches a Little to a Big, based on personality and various other factors. After applying a few weeks ago, we finally found out who our Bigs/Littles were on Wednesday! There were many big hugs and happy faces that night We played some games, drew funny pictures of our new sidekicks, and got to know them a little better. If you didn’t get a chance to sign up for the Sidekick program, there’s always next year! Or you might be lucky and find someone who is willing to adopt 
kunFUSION Workshop!
On Thursday we had our very first kunFUSION Workshop of the year! These aren’t official kF practices – they’re just a chance for people to come out and learn some new dances. And whoo, were there a lot of people who showed up! A huge mass of people followed Philip (yay for our kF Head Coordinator!) to start stretching, and then into our room inside RIMAC. There was barely enough space to move! This time’s dance was taught by the talented Eric Pham, who was a choreographer from the previous kF years, to the song Whatcha Say. It was a lot of fun learning this dance - now every time I hear this song on the radio, I feel the need to drop everything and start dancing Videos of this practice and dance are up on the kunFUSION facebook group, and also here.
Grocery Run!
On Saturday, MASA held a grocery run for all those people who didn’t have cars, but desperately wanted some good Asian groceries. We went to Sam Woo for a quick lunch, then got right into shopping mode – food shopping, that is. We shopped at Ranch 99, then dropped by Marukai Market and Daiso for some ice cream and cheap/useful household things. Yay for ice cream! We didn’t have a grocery run last year, so I’m really glad we got to host one this year! If you missed out on this run, you could grab your Sidekick (or any friend with a car) and do a family grocery run! I never realized shopping for food could be so fun 
WELL that’s it for this weekly update! See you guys next time, and remember to check the MASA website or facebook group for more updates on upcoming events!
