A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!! 
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701
A Thousand Splendid Suns Labels: whatsthebuzz
By Khaled Hosseini
To me, this has got to be one of the best books that I had ever read in my whole life. Even until now I can still remember the storyline. The novel is divided into four parts. The first part focuses exclusively on Mariam, the second and fourth parts focus on Laila, and the third part switches focus between Mariam and Laila with each chapter.
Mariam was born an illegitimate child in 1959 after a wealthy business man (Jalil) slept with his house maid (Nana) and got her pregnant but did not marry her. Mariam and Nana lived in a small hut for 15 years until Mariam was married off to a man from Kabul when she was 15. Her husband was abusive and cruel and he forced her to wear a burqa even though many liberal women in Kabul were free to go without it.
Laila was born just before the Russian invasion and had dreams of a life of education and travel. A bomb kills most of her family and she recovers from her wounds in Mariam's house. Laila and her childhood friend, Tariq became closer and develop a deep love for each other. Tariq’s family however decides to leave Kabul due to civil war.
The last few parts of the novel tell about life when Laila, Mariam and her husband were living together. Towards the end of the story, it was told that Laila and Tariq returned to Afganistan after leaving the country for many years. They finally decided to start a family. At the very end of the novel, both of them were debating about the male names of their baby. Laila however, have a name in mind if the baby was a girl. It was none other than her good friend, Mariam.
Author:
Luanzon Nella Marielle Malig
MB0705
071815F
Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008 Labels: whatsthebuzz
8 November 2008 – The preliminary rounds
Today was the first day of the Inter Polytechnic Debates 2008. Teams from Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic came down to Nanyang Polytechnic to fight it out to see who the best is when it comes to debating. The preliminary rounds were held at Blk E Level 3. The matches that were played were exciting to watch. Even the motions were interesting. One of them that caught my eye was the match between NYP and NP. Even the motion was interesting. It has something to do with whether bestiality should be banned. The debate was so funny until I laughed my hearts out after the debate ended. After the preliminary round was over, only 4 teams made it to the semi-finals. They are NYP team A and B, TP team B and SP team A.
15 November 2008 – Semi-finals & Grand finals
After 1 week of break, the semi-finals and Grand finals were finally ready to begin. In the semi-finals, both NYP teams faced off and TP team B and SP team A were in the other semi-finals. After a close debate, NYP team A and TP team B went head to head in the Grand finals which was held at the Theatre For The Arts. The motion was quite interesting. It was something about Sarah Palin bringing down the image of women in politics. After a great final, TP emerged victorious. It was a very close debate but at least the NYP team gave all their best. Don’t worry we will try our best to reclaim the title again next year!
Authors:
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Rahman, Teo Teck Boon
MB0705
072282N, 073421B
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cool =) Coins Don't Smell…You Do!!!! Albert Einstein Facts Labels: whatsthebuzz
Hey babes and dudes!! Or should I say young scientists?? Alright! Here are some of the world’s MOST INTERESTING scientific findings! I hope all of you will enjoy reading them! =)
What's the smell? It's actually from you. That’s weird! Metallic odour that we smell on coins is actually created by the breakdown of oils in skin after touching objects that contained iron. Smelling the metal itself is actually an illusion!!
In an experiment, seven test subjects reported smelling the metallic odour after their hands came into contact with iron. Researchers took gas samples from the subjects' skins and traced the smell to 1-octen-2-one, an organic molecule formed when certain oils in our skin decompose.
Scientists Write on Water??? Serious?
Though we can't walk on water, scientists have developed a way to write on it. By using the AMOEBA wave generator, scientists were able to create ripples in the form of letters. Scientists formed a few roman letters and some Japanese characters.
This remarkable display device consists of fifty water-wave generators surrounding a cylindrical tank 5 feet wide and a foot deep. The wave generators move vertically to produce cylindrical waves. These "pixels" are about 4 inches in diameter and 1.5 inches in height, as a result, forming lines and shapes.
The AMOEBA device can form all the roman alphabets, as well as some kanji characters.
All it takes is just fifteen seconds to produce one letter!
Einstein declined the presidency of the state of Israel when it was offered to him in 1952 by state leaders. The element einsteinium, discovered in 1952, was named in honour of Albert Einstein. Picture of Einstein sticking his tongue was taken on his 72nd birthday by annoying press photographer Arthur Sasse. Albert loved the photo so much that he cut his image out and sent it to all his friends.
Is someone lying to you?
Lie is usually manifested by these signs: a sudden increase in the number of \"ums\" and \"ahs.\", overly defensive, no eye contact, lying is stressful, they will try to be sarcastic, turning his body away from you, talking fast, making statements that contradict each other, unusual body language or a hand reaching to cover mouth.
Author:
Nur Syafeeqah Wahid MB0805 083325S
IMPROVEMENTS Labels: whatsthebuzz
What do you think of the campus? Do you often grumble about walking too far just to have your lunch? Or you are in need to relieve yourself yet the washrooms are nowhere to be found? Or perhaps, you have been complaining about how the school should do this or that. Well, this post involves students and the campus. Often, we can only complain yet nothing is done to what we have complained about.
In this post, we will be writing about how the school can be improved. Similarly, we have also asked around and seek for suggestions among the students in SCL.
Since our school has been emphasizing about building relationships with your classmates and teachers, it would be good we have barbecue pits in our campus. In the same way, students can organise monthly evening events. Let’s say for example, when a class organises an event, most likely a handful of classmates would not attend due to several reasons. However, one common reason is due to location as well as travelling. When a barbecue pit is situated in the school, students can stay back after lessons and gather as a class. Not only does it help us to spend lesser time on discussing on the location, it provides convenience to many. Not only that, students in SCL won’t always be labelled as either geeks and nerds, being stuck with books or notes all the time.
Not forgetting about the luxury of the elevators that we have in school. Many students are grateful for that. However, taking the elevator can really be a hassle or chore if we are unlucky enough to be caught in the sudden influx of students, proceeding to their next class! To think about climbing the stairs from the second floor all the way to the seventh floor, lugging all our belongings in the process isn’t very appealing. At times, waiting for an elevator can be like, waiting for the eternity. The whole process can take up to more than 10 agonizing minutes, most of the time due to the fact that elevators are already filled when they reach our floor. From being early or on time for lessons, we can actually end up being late, and to tell the teacher that it was due to the jam packed or infrequent elevators aren’t really valid excuses. Instead of being pitied upon, we can be branded as being just plain lazy for not wanting to take the stairs, which are always very deserted. So therefore, it is a good thing that our school has elevators, but installing a few more won’t make much of a difference, won’t it? Apart from the fact that a hole might be burnt into NYP’s pockets. We are paying school fees afterall, aren’t we?
Interacting with our peers are a vital part of school life. We suggest that the school provide us with so-called function rooms or acitivity rooms where students can just hang out and chill. There already is a library located in our campus, however not everyone are frequent library users. Besides, it is hard to get an available spot in the café to relax. Its always full of people, cause it’s the only place where students are allowed to talk and have a drink or two at the same time. The other canteens arent’t very appealing either. It’s either too crowded, or too hot. Finding a nice, comfortable air conditioned spot in school can be a chore sometimes. So, why don’t have rooms equipted with a television set, a comfy sofa? Afterall, relaxing can be something good, and at the same time, it might help to inculcate more genuises. Some people think best while relaxing, not working!
So here’s our so-called short post on how or rather, ways to improve our wonderful SCL. Not only will it make lives easier for students, it might motivate them to come to school!
Authors:
Clarabelle Loy Wen Jun (083520K) MB0805
Jacinta Tan Shu Chun (082163K) MB0805
Captain’s Ball – 29.10.08 Labels: Sportsstuff
By Wing Yi, 075857M, PS0702
Captain’s ball matches against the SCL teams were conducted at the court yard between M and N on the 29th October.
PS0702 was impressive at the match. There were a total of four matches to be played against. The whole team, dressed in black, was united. They took off the first match (against MB0703) with a tie before entering victory at the second match (against PS0802) and third match (against FS0702).
The team was awesome by displaying their determination to win till the very last minute of each game. There were instances where the drillings of the balls were in smooth coordination and before long; it reached the hands of the captain. On the match field, there were shouting and screaming of each other’s name as the ball was thrown one end to the other.
Not only there was high tension on the court, the same thing happened at the side. The entire Pharmaceutical team was cheering for their teammates, making the entire match atmosphere shot up to the next level of excitement. There were numerous cheers that were roared. The cheers were loud and the game was great. It drew many spectators around each match. Eventually, even students from other classes supported us.
After pouring out much perspire and soul into the game, each match ended off with both teams shaking each other’s hands.
Despite us being unable to turn the table over in the last match (against MB0804), we are proud to say that we had done our best! Cheers to PS0702!!!
Every game there could be winners and losers. However, one thing can be sure. We are definitely not loser but winners as we learn much from the game. Experience, participation and the bonding that were created had already defeated all.
Well done, peeps! (:
Monday, November 17, 2008
“Shall we have a class outing?” That was a BIG question for our class MB0805. At that time, we had just set up a class blog poll. East Coast Park, Sentosa and Pasir Ris Park were the options. The voting went to well and we had a tie between Sentosa and East Coast Park. There were more than 25 votes and the options of East Coast Park and Sentosa were simply too popular! Labels: goingplaces, hangout spots
After one of Mr Jay’s (our favourite lecturer) MicroA practical labs, we had a tie-breaking session. Clarabelle took the attendance list and actually organised the vote manually this time. One person was entitled to only one vote. In the end, Sentosa won! 10th June was to be the day.
The day came. Early birds Bei Si, Chi Ying, Clarabelle, Gerard, Jabez, Jacinta, Samson and Sharon met at Vivocity at 9am. They found a shady spot along the Siloso beach. Then some prepared picnic lunches while others had fun with a flying saucer a.k.a Frisbee.
By 11am, most of our classmates had arrived. We had fun on the beach, ice-cream at Ben & Jerry, cycling, sunbathing, swimming, volleyball and some silly games. We actually tried playing Frisbee in water. It was fun. After swimming, we played dog-and-bone hunt, where we actually buried a stick deep into the sand. Two teams of four will try to compete and dig for it. We stayed on and watched the sun set and left the beach around 7pm. Most of our classmates had gone home by then but we decided to stay on at Vivo and have our dinner.
Some of us actually got sunburns after this outing. Nevertheless, it was a day of endless joy for MB0805!
Authors:
Kenny Lau Jia Xu (083852H)
Gerard Darryl Minjoot (081653F)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
A bonding session for PS 0701 Labels: whatsthebuzz
PS0701 had a bbq at East Coast Park on the 30th aug 08’. It was for post exam celebration, birthday celebration and also a farewell party for one of our lecturer in DPS, Miss Andrea. All DPS lecturers were invited to join us. I thought the event was very successful and memorable for all of us.
During the bbq, the weather wasn’t very good when we reached our pit. It started drizzling. However, due to our enthusiasm, it lasted only for a short while =). So we were still able to start the fire and do the grilling. It was great to have the class enjoying together, helping each other with the food, chit chatting, and joke with one another. We also had this rare opportunity to see the ‘other’ side of the lecturers. They can be really crazy and cute at times.
Thanks to our class reps who planned the event with the help of other classmates, and thanks to the whole of PS0701 and the DPS lecturers.
The 1st photo:
These are the aug/sep birthday gals!!
Happy birthday to all…..
The 2nd photo:
The DPS lecturers!!!
You Rocks!
The 3rd photo:
This is Miss Andrea.
The scarf and the card as token of appreciation for her
Bon voyage!
All the best for her future career!
And this is US… PS0701!!
Done by: Irene Ser (074018Z) PS0701Posted by: Justin Soh/PS0701