A Blessed Christmas!

Hi Primers,

Hope you all had a fun and joyous Christmas this year! Christmas is not just about thanksgiving and gift exchange, it is also a day when primers get together as a family to celebrate this wonderful occasion. For those who had missed the Christmas Bash, not to worry, we have prepared a picture video for you.

Enjoy!

Christmas Bash Party 2007

Date: 23-24 Dec 07 (Sun-Mon)
Time: 1900hrs (Sun) - 1200hrs (Mon)
Venue: Singapore Polytechnic @ T11A
What to Bring: A Gift ($5 and below)

It is the time of the year again where SP.Primers is dolling up for Christmas. And it is also a time for Primers to let down our hair and have some fun. So over here, we are having this wonderful Christmas Bash Party just for YOU!

So here is the plan: The date and time is fixed on 23rd Dec 7pm, as we assumed you have your own party to attend on 24th Dec. Just turn up and spent a joyful night with us! Everyone is welcomed!

Remember to bring a gift along with you; we are having gift exchange! Hurray!

Nick - Life Without Limbs

A man with no arms and limbs, yet he is living his life to the fullest. This is the impression that Nick Vujicic gave me when I saw him at Max Pavilion on 2nd Dec.

I was shock when I first saw his video. “How can he be so happy”, I asked myself. In my opinion, there is nothing one can really do much when he or she is without limbs. The worst thing is, does he even have a future? No arm and legs. That the worst thing it can happen to our life. But yet he proofs me wrong by the life he is living.

Nick was born in Sunnybank, Brisbane, Australia, missing both arms at shoulder level, and having one small foot with two toes protruding from his left thigh.

He learned to write using the two toes on his left "foot", and a special device that slid onto his big toe to grip. He also learned to use a computer and type using the "heel and toe" method. He can also throw tennis balls, and answer the phone.

Being bullied at his school, Nick grew extremely depressed, and by the age of eight, he started contemplating suicide. After begging God to grow arms and legs, Nick eventually began to realize that his accomplishments was to be inspirational to many, and began to thank God he was alive. When he was seventeen, he started to give talks at his prayer group, and eventually starting his non-profit organization, Life Without Limbs.

He shares with us that his source of strength and reason for living is God. He says God never looks at how smart or rich or famous or good looking we are. God looks at us the same way for everybody. Every one of us is the apple of His eyes. Thus we shall not be bought down by man’s passing comments but to keep our eyes focus on God, the one who created us.

One thing I take home was that it is not about changing the condition we are in. But it’s about changing our heart. There is no point in changing the condition because when everything repeats itself again, we will be defeated once more. It’s about being victorious in the heart and overcoming the situation.

To me, Nick is really awesome. He displays the strong will of living and impacting people’s life. He certainly spurs me to do the same as he did.

If you miss him out during the 2nd Dec talk, be sure to catch his video here.

Have a blessed Christmas. =)

Guo Jun

My Special Friend

Hi Primers family, it’s been a long time since I last posted on the blog and here I am again. I still remember my first entry on May 1^st, where I wrote about my journey in SP.Primers thus far. Well, just to update you guys, it is still continuing and the end is far from over. However, this time, I will share more about the people who have impacted me and those who were there all this while through my entire Polytechnic years.

Well, I’ll start off with all of you. Yes, my dear friends in Primers. I have been in Primers for three year now and I have made lots of new friends. All of you who are in EXCO 06/07 and the current EXCO 07/08, I still remember all the Thursday night we spent in the Primers room till the security guard come chase us out. All the planning and all the fun we had together running the event. I will also not forget my POC 07 group, Night Cycling 06 & 07 groups, Discovery Camp 07 group and RIO Camp 06 & 07 groups. Each of you brought so many memories to me. Although I am not a very high GL but you guys help me enjoy my time with you and made every minute special. I really love all of you!

Next is my dear classmate who I see almost every day. My classmates are special to me because they are my source of joy in school and I am never dull when they are around. They help me a lot, from studies to homework to even skipping classes (oops). In my class, I have a special group called -The C@nt SingZ-. The four of us are always together, be it in group work or assignments, the grouping will be the same. We will always seat together, crap together and get scolded together. Ah Bang is the emo one, Shaz is the crap one, LX is the smart one and me, the slack one. Our HQ is always T4 and we do almost everything in there. So if you are free, you may want to pop on by our HQ and I’ll intro them to you!

The next group of people is my Cell group. These people are very special because some of them I have known for more than 10 years and we are real close brothers!

Let me introduce my first cell brother, Junbaoz. I’ve known him for about 7 years, since secondary school. I always remember this one special thing that he did during our humanitarian trip to Sri Lanka. It was about 5 am while the entire group was still sleeping but I had to do my business. The sky was still dark and I didn’t want to do it out in the wild alone so I woke him up. Honestly, if someone woke you up to accompany him to do his business at 5am, what is your reaction? For Junbao, he did not complain but straight away woke up and accompany mi about 100m away from our bunk and waited alone in the dark while I did my business. I was really touched by his sacrifice for me that night. I really treasure him!

Next up, Sebastian Soooooooo. Well, I have also known him for about 7 years also since secondary school. Sebastian is one very loyal brother. You can count on him for almost everything. When you are lonely and need someone to go out with, he is there. Another thing about him that amazed me is that money is not an issue to him. He is willing to share what little money he has so that every one of us can be equally blessed. Whenever I am broke, he will be the first one to give (not lend) me cash. Sebastian, you are special to me.

Next player, Steven Gerard Yong. Actually he just called Steven Yong but somehow he is a big fan of Steven Gerard so I’ll just add it in for him. Steven is one man of principle. To him, what is right is right, what is wrong is wrong. It might sound irritating but to have someone like him around really is good. He is never shy about telling his brothers (including me) off when we are wrong. Also his knowledge of the Word is also impressive. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” 2 Timothy 3:16. With this, he makes a perfect disciplinarian.

Here comes a new challenger, SL. I’ve known Sheng Long for about 11 years from now (longest among the rest). Our history dates back to many years and we been through many together. He one guy I really respect and admire. His leadership skills and also other skill sets are impressive and I have learnt a lot from him. We have many experiences and maybe I’ll share a few here. We steal together (long long time ago, now we DON’T), we can go eat Sushi, Zi Cha, many more together (only 2 guys), can spent the whole night outside my house talking (we quiet dumb, forgot can seat down), we taunt many night over at my house, he like my mum curry chicken but most importantly, he introduce me to a very special friend whom I am going to mention later. Words cannot explain our closeness so just keep a look out for us!

Up next is my darling Tee. Yes Derrick is one cute guy. Dunno how many girls have fallen for him. He is also known as captain Tee as he led our soccer team into the final for IPOD 07. Derrick has one special skill that no one else want to use (notice I use the word want to instead of can). He saliva bomb is the ultimate attack and defend. If you want to kimchi him, just prepare to siam the bomb or else you will kanna the bomb like me. I have known him for 3 years now and we share secret that no one knows. He is special because of his crappyness also his faithfulness for the family.

Jun Kai is one new brother that I just begun to know more about. One thing that attracted my attention about him is that he can don’t sleep and do his work. I am a guy that needs my bedtime so his skill really stuns me. Really wants to know him more.

What’s a cell without our dearly beloved cell Leader Mr Kenny Foo. Sometimes Kenny can get scary when he is angry but he is always able to make a 180 degree turn almost immediately after the angry face. How he does it, I am still learning. One thing Kenny does is that he is protective of his guys (us lah). We can learn a lot from him and whenever we are stuck with a problem, we will usually ask, what would Kenny do, other than saying “cham la” and “simi sai” lol. But he is someone I really look up to and models after and you will too if you know him better. Trust me on that!

Lastly I would like to introduce a friend that was always there for me. In time of need, in time of sadness, time of joy, time of pain, He was always there. Thought all the friends I mentioned above are there for me during such time, there are sometimes in my life I turned to someone else. Quiet hard to imagine right, that I have a friend who far exceed what you think a friend does.

This friend who instead of accompanying me in the dark, help me overcome my fear of the dark.

This friend who instead of providing me money, provides me with everything.

This friend who instead of telling me that I’m wrong, help me stand up when I fall.

This friend who instead of hanging out with me, was beside me all the time.

This friend who instead of sharing my secret, know my secret without me telling.

This friend who instead of not sleeping one night, had never closed His eyes on me.

This friend who instead of being happy straight after he’s angry, is always smiling.

So who is this friend? He is God, my special friend.

Little Actions, Great Help!!

SGB, the Sharity Gift Box was one of the most unforgettable experiences I had experienced before. For start, the briefing had shocked me, knowing that most of the needy old folks we are helping out have been depending on the 20kg to 30kg of food items we collected ,that will last them the entire year. This determines me to work even harder to help out in SGB.

Basically what we are supposed to do is to go door to door and ask for non perishable food items like rice, sugar, instant noodles, etc. Sad to say most of the times they do not wish to help out. But when someone is willing to offer to share the food items, it felt good seeing how helpful and kind the resident was trying to search up and down for food items, as they know little actions like this can mean a great help to the needy old folks.

I learnt a lot from doing things we don’t usually do, before the SGB, me myself had not been actively helping out and giving, when people come to my doorstep. I felt regretful about my actions before. But I promised I will help out and give more to the people in need. Lastly well done, people!!!

Done By:
Leonard Goh
Cluster B

Sentosa Videos!!

Dear Family, alot of what I am hoping to achieve in Primers is gotten out of the model of my relationships with some of my close friends! We are very close to one another and many times sharing very deep stuff with each other. So I do hope you have fun watching some of the officers having fun in our 3 days 2 nights retreat at sentosa. Not all of us could be there at all the time but we did have tons of FUN!!!
So something to share with you guys k!

A point to note: give it say about 2 mins to load this page! alot of videos so relax and wait k. It is worth the effort!!

Sentosa intro 1


Sentosa intro 2


Sentosa intro 3
finally we get it right!


There are actually alot of people during the week days at sentosa!!


kenny loser moment of the year?


Kenny having fun with the dolphin


Kenny having more fun with the dolphin!


This is a different camera with the same content as the above video, but be patient and watch till the end when you hear the question being pop at kenny and hear the background laughter!!


Dolphin advert1


Dolphin advert2


Dolphin advert3


when we heard about " I WANT TO JOIN DANCE!"


feeding the rays!


Underwater world travelator


lets hear bear about his thesis on jellyfish!


intro to the HILL thingy...hahaha


Up the hill


We can see terry's car!


Can bear fit in the LUGE?


helmets ON!!!


Well if you have watched every single one of the video in this post, give yourself a pat on the back!! you have done very well! so a treat for you. the experience of a 3D MAX movie. First part of the video is normal viewing, and then the 3d effect comes when the camera is fitted with a 3d lens!! watch it!!

Inspirational Speaker at Max Pavilion 2nd Dec 1.30pm

Well guys after watching this video i really feel so inspired by Nick, amazed at who and how He views his life, and I really understand "all things are possible" this term by looking at his life.

I am pretty sure some of you have already heard about him and even some exco and year 3s will be making their way down to Singapore Expo this Sunday, so if you are interested, do ask your cluster head what is the meeting time and place. I really urge you to come and hear this guy live on stage and see what he has to offer.

His session will start 1.30pm on 2nd Dec at the Max Pavilion, Singapore Expo hall 10
So come and join us all.
Kenny Foo

So Amazing!

Hi Primers,

Once again our video slide show is here again. This time we will be featuring the Amazing Race. Hope you all remember the fun and joy we had during the event!

A message from our Captain Danny

GO!GO!GO!

The Amazing Race was simply indeed remarkable. This race was highlighted on the last day of RIO camp so therefore I felt it was pretty interesting. Hence, I decided to join this AMAZING RACE event held by SP.PRIMERS, and I was in HuishAn’s group.

Together with the group, we managed to go through the whole race. The 3 destinations within our campus served not just as a warm up of us but also served as a platform for us to get to know one and another better.

That day, our group had been through a lot of unforgettable memories like

• For the detour in Krangi, we need to memorize the whole red line track from Jurong East to Marina Bay and say it aloud to our group leader.
• Followed by throwing & code breaking in CCK Lot 1.
• Collection of candy & newspaper in Blk 218.
• Searching for finding the shop named ‘Trendious’ and we had our lunch there.
• Ten Mile Junction – The gathering of stuff exactly $35.50.
• Counting of green beads beside Pending CC.
• Bukit Panjang Plaza to look for a wanted person (Not feMALE).
• The advertisement filming on courts in Bukit Timah.
• Ice-Kacang-ing in Beauty World Centre.
• Lastly the climbing of Bukit Timah Hill Reserve.

These missions/tasks helped in strengthening the bond between us. Most importantly, team spirit and teamwork helped us to complete this Amazing Race. During this period, we encountered some difficulties. However, we still managed to overcome it by encouraging each other to proceed further on.

Done by:
Shi Jun

Children See Children Do

This video so accurately explains what I believe in real education. Many times we think of education as just books and exams, but true education revolves around life's examples. How we react, how we feel, our thinking patterns are very much influenced by the people around us. And for me this is a reminder of how closely I need to watch my own life. I certainly do now want my children growing up to be violent, hot headed, without discipline...etc rather I want him/her to be a man/woman of good character. And it really has to start with me.

It is also a very sobering thing for us officers, as this illustrate what we are really trying to impart into the Primers, which is our lives!
Scary it may be that hundreds of people are looking at us and how we behave but we are trying out best to impart the right values!!

Officers, jia you bah and for the Primers, you guys learn whatever good that we have to offer, we are into building the leaders of tomorrow!


Kenny Foo

Cherish!

RIO camp is definitely the camp that I have benefited from it. It was really a worthwhile experience participating in it. The long queuing hours for the bathroom, the limited sleeping space, the door-less cubicles, these are all the experiences I get from Pulau Ubin. And of course, the chuckey chuckey game was a fun-filled one where all members of my group got to interact and play with each other.

During the 3 days camp I learnt a lot about what we usually do not see in urban areas. I also understand what it is like to cherish what we have at the moment. I somehow feel very happy whenever I see that smile on auntie xiuying. Her warm and gentle smile really makes us feel at home. We can see that she’s also appreciative in life so we should follow and do not easily take things for granted in life.

Well, the last thing I want to say is to really thank the camp committee for organizing this camp. It was really hard work to plan a camp outside of Singapore and with such a great amount of campers. For this, I really appreciate the efforts that the committee has put in, such as giving us the Ben and Jerry ice-cream, the ‘deal or no deal’ game and not forgetting our own famous dancing diva, Jeffery =P. Thank you very much people!

Done By:
Cedric Poon

Cluster C, SPG sial la

The Differences!

RIO camp helps me to know more of my teammates even more than before. The environment that we are staying in is way so different from our life now but most of us managed to adapt to the living conditions over there. Throughout this camp I also learnt about our different individuals and the learning style of my group mates. Through this, we get to appreciate one and another more.

These 3 days we managed to know each other capabilities like cooking and so on. During the photo hunt game, I felt that our group won because our team was able to work closely together and each of us cooperated in one way or another. Though we were faced with some difficulties for some stations, we managed to overcome it.

Done By:

Kelly Kek

Cluster A

Sanguine Rocks!

On 26 Oct – 28 Oct 2007, I went on the RIO Camp @ Pulau Ubin.

Day 1:
We assembled at the jetty at around 8pm and set off on a ferry to the island. It only took a few minutes to reach there, so you can image that it wasn’t very far from the mainland Singapore. When we arrived at Pulau Ubin, we board a van which could accommodate 12 of us excluding the driver. It than took us to Aunty Siew Eng house, which is one of the rare houses down the dark and bumpy road. There were 3 dogs and few cats in the house. Aunty was smiling widely and welcoming us. We than went to the “Tree House” to put our belongings. The “Tree House” was all made of wood and the walls had some ants’ hive with no ants. The toilet below the “Tree House” really stinks as there’s no proper sewage. After putting down our bags at the “Tree House”, we assembled back at the “hall” for some briefing. We than had some ice-breakers to get to know each and everyone in our group. My group has 10 people including Steven, my GL cum cluster head, Chai Yun, Nicholas, Melvin, Kenneth, Galvin, Winston, Sebastian, Wai Mun, my group mates and me. After ice-breaking, we had to write our life journey on a quarter piece of a mahjong paper. Kenny came to share his life journey with us too. It was a time to get to know each other better and understand what each group members had been through before. After that, we had ice-cream bread for supper as a cluster and had our first lights out at 1.30am after washing up.

Day 2:
Rise and shine @ 9am for our breakfast. My cluster had cereals of 4 different flavours. It was tasty but not filling. I think it will taste even nicer if the milk was cold. Kekex. After our breakfast, we assembled at the “hall” and had a personality test, “Singsapiration” and played “Lau Ying Zhua Xiao Ji” direct translated to be Eagle catch chick. The aim is to have the longest line. I think the objective of the game is to warm us up for the up coming game, “PHOTO HUNT”. In the game of “photo hunt”, we were given a photo of the place we have to go and complete a task. My group’s first challenge was to hold a hula hoop with only one finger of each member to the height that our GL wants. We took about 5 min to finish the task I guess and proceed to our next station. Our next challenge was to cross over a few obstacles and reach the finishing line with our legs tied together at a given time. We only completed this challenge at our second attempt. Our third challenge was the traffic jam where we were split into 2 groups and each group had to cross over to the other side without talking and any hand signals. We took quite a long time at that station. Besides that, we also had to memorise the ‘BB Vesper’ and sing it out. Our next challenge was the “chocolate river” where we need to lay the “marsh mellows” (newspaper) on the “chocolate river” (ground) and cross over to the finishing line. We need to hold on to the “marsh mellow” while we cross the “river”. It was quite an easy task so we didn’t take a long time to complete it. After that, I was blind folded and had to complete the next challenge which was the “100 seconds no NG” with my group mates. My job was to memorise and recite 2 lines as I couldn’t do any other things. After that, Kenneth was blind folded instead of me as Steven forgot that he was suppose to blind fold a male and not a female. Our next challenge was the mine sweeper. Everyone of us had to over to the other end without stepping on the mines. It was also another easy task for us and thus we complete it and headed back to aunty Siew Eng house, which was the finishing point. My group came in 2nd for this game. Through this game, we became slightly more bonded and we realized that every member’s participation is very important in order to have fun and complete the game. If each individual is very strong but they can’t work together, the team will still fail to complete the challenge as there’s no team work in the group. After the photo hunt, we had a sharing session and our dinner. We had rice, chicken curry, hot dogs and luncheon meat prepared by vimel’s group. After dinner, we had a GALA Night where every group had to perform a skit on a given tag line. Our group had to perform on a tag line “umbrella”. The camp committee also participated in the GALA Night with the game called “Deal or No Deal”. It was a fun and enjoyable night. Thereafter, everyone washed up and some of us continued to play and chat until 4am as we were allowed to stay up late till 4am.

Day 3:
We had our breakfast at 8am till 9am before we had another sharing session with Kenny. His speech was really long. He kept on saying ‘5 more min’ and ‘last but not least’. He also showed us a video on one of the Cambodia Trips. It was very touching to see all the Cambodian kids smiling happily. I guess it was really a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience for those Primers who went there. After Kenny’s speech, we took a few more photos and boarded the van to the jetty where we than took a few RIO’07 photos and headed back to Singapore in the ferries. I really had fun in this camp and enjoyed being with my group mates.

With Love,
Stephanie Ng
Cluster C, Sanguine

RIO camp videos

Dear Primers, you guys must be working hard, studying hard for MST? Well I thought I post some videos up for you guys to look at, in case you have been ultra stress and needed a break.
On a personal note too, this has been a great fun camp, and one of the most enjoyable camp thus for in this club history, and I echo what Yaohan has spoken!
We are a family for all and for everyone who wants to be with us!
Enjoy!

Sneek Preview of the place we are to stay!


Intro to RIO camp


The food we had for our RIO camp


This is actually what a camp comm does in the camp. NOT!!! They have the most fun i tell you, go and ask them!


The eat vegetable group!! (One of my fav groups eh? hahahaha, actually all of you are my precious babies!!)


Even cheering is a BIG BIG thing for us k!


This guy is actually call MASTER SERIOUS(Caleb wong drawing SERIOUSLY)


Play acting time!


ohh ahh, nice chicken! A la Makan Places!!


Terry the chief cook


hahahahaa, its been very fun don't you all agree?
We are indeed a family!
Kenny Foo

NUMBERS

300++ : number of mosquitoes
75 : total attendance
50 : number of freshies
38 : hours spend at Ubin
25 : number of seniors
11 : number of planning committee & GMs
10 : average number of ppl per group
8 : average number of mosquito bites
6 : number of GLs
5 : Number of stars given for "Living condition of accomadation"
4 : weeks spent to plan RIOcamp
3 : number of SP.Primers Core Values
2 : number of vegetarians
1 : reason for success of RIOcamp

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Hey every1,

Been a long time since I wrote here :P
(Nagged by our Publicity head and Kenny)

Anyway, I believe everyone that went for RIOcamp definitely experience a camp of their life staying in a "5 star" accommodation like what we had. Please share your experiences to those who cannot make it for RIOcamp so that they will not feel left out okie?

So, why did I put "1" as the reason of the success of RIOcamp?

The "1" represents the individual that chose to make time to come for this camp. The RIOcamp planning committe planned a great camp, but without the many "1"s coming, this camp will not be a success at all.

Even if the attandance is only "1" for RIOcamp, we will still run the camp as how we run it, cuz every single "1" matters.

Love,
Yaohan

PS: If you got more numbers, put in tagboard so that i can update.

Thank You Primers!

When I heard there was a camp, RIO camp. I thought to myself, what will this camp be about? Will it be fun? What will I learn from the camp? I decided to go for the camp and find it out myself. When I told my parents that I wanted to go for the camp, they disapprove of it at first as my brother will be coming back from Australia and we will be having dinner with him. After much persuasion, my parents finally allowed me to go for it. I was overjoyed and was on cloud nine. On the day when I had to hand up the money I was so happy that I could actually go for a camp that was organized by Primers as I was not able to go for the past few camps that were organized by them. When I saw the Primers blog on the entry that Huishan wrote about her experience of RIO camp, it made me really excited and I was looking forward to the camp. A few days before the camp, I was packing the camp bag as I was packing the bag I was thinking what does RIO means.

On the actual day of the camp, I was a little moody. But I told myself I am going to have fun at the camp and I am going to learn a lot of new things. When I finally reach Changi Village and said goodbye to my mother I could feel the excitement in me. I met many new friends, they were funny and sociable. As we were waiting for the boat we were telling each other lame jokes and when we finally reach Pulau Ubin I cannot help but to keep smiling. The committee members of Primers kept us ‘high’ and we did many reflection and session. It really made me learn about other people’s life and journey. I came to realize that in life everyone will meet obstacles and will know how to over come it. We all live in this kampong like house; I find it was good experiences for me as I have never live in those kinds of houses before. It was supper time, where everyone seat down together as a family to eat. One day has gone; everyone was preparing to go to sleep. The first day ended off good and I was looking forward to the next day.

Second day came, where we had to make our own breakfast and cook our own meals. I felt that it was something new in all the camps I went for. Seating down together as a family, eating together, laughing and joking made me felt a love coming from the group. When we had singsapiration I was really touched by all the songs and seeing everyone singing to the song and lifting their hearts up to God. Though it was raining, we still continued singing. Slowly the rain when away and became slight. The time had come for us to cook lunch; I was glad that I was able to contribute to the group by lending a helping hand. My group was a bunch of funny and interesting people, as we were cooking we were all laughing that we are cooking near the toilet. Each of us helps by contributing a bit to the cooking. I would say my group is a unique group, as we had 2 people who are vegetarian. Whenever my fellow group members made fun of them I would always see them smiling and playing along. After our cooking, we continue with our decoration of the flag and cheer, this point in time I could tell that everyone was cracking their brains and thinking of a nice and funny cheer. It was also like a bonding time together. When I hear and see each one of my group member giving suggestion I know that everyone is special and unique in their own ways.

The major highlight of the programme was photo hunt; I always love to run around doing obstacles and finding things. I feel like its very interesting and it was also a time where we can help each on of our team member during various obstacles and station. When we came to the station on the team building, where we had to tie our legs together and walk and coordinate as a group. I suddenly could feel the love and help from each member giving support to each other. We did not give up we tried over to make sure we did it. But, when something bad happen to me, I felt down and upset with myself. I started blaming myself that it was cause of me that they could not continue. When the injury got bad and I had to be sent to the hospital, in my mind I had images of the happy times I had with my group and Primers. Hearing the voice around me telling me to relax and encouraging me to be strong. I bear with the pain and hold on.

After various check up at the hospital, I was fully awoken up. The first thing that came across my mind is I would like to write this short story about Primers. Being in Primers made me realize and learn new things and how to overcome it. Whenever I am in Primers or with any of my group members I feel loved by each and every one of them. At the jetty that day when I was taking my bag, I could see from each of their faces each telling me to take care and be strong. Even though, I did not manage to go through the whole camp, but from the bottom of my heart I did enjoyed myself and learn a lot of things. I will be looking forward for other events. Thank you Primers. You make me loved.

I would like to thanks Huishan and Guo Jun and group members for helping through out the camp, and to all those who help me and carry me. I would like to also thank the others for your messages and your help care concern. Thank You!

I would like to thank the RIOcamp committee for helping me during the time of my accident.

I would also like to thank the Medic (Chi Foong & Meijun)

Lastly I would like to thank Yaohan and Kenny for your prayers.

With Gratitude
* Marie Khoo *
Cluster B 吃 斋 的

Amazing Race

Date: 10th November 07 (Sat)
Time: 9am-6.30pm
Venue: Flag off from SP
Cost: $4 per participant
CCA Points: YES!
Indemnity Form: YES! (To be given before event)

Have you got what it takes for challenges, solving clues around the places in Singapore? If you have, so hurry come and sign up, space is limited. Each group is limited to a maximum of 6-7 persons with a senior. You are allowed to form your own group but it must be within your own cluster. Attractive cash prizes up to $70 to be won, including 2nd and 3rd prizes!

So hurry, do not hesitate. Or you will regret it!
Hope to see you there(=

Note: Please attached the idemnity form with the money and drop into out letter box no. 69 by 7 Nov (Wed).

A Big Thank You!

HEYOS!

A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME FOR THIS CAMP. It’s heartening to see you guys for you guys had sacrificed your precious weekends, instead of chionging elearning or going out to place, to come to this camp. Thank you for giving your time to Primers. I didn’t say enough of what I felt inside during the camp.

A very important thing that I didn’t mention is that I really appreciate very very VERY much of all the attention that you guys have given me. It’s my first time being an in-charge for the camp actually, and you guys are really responsive and supportive to me. I have learnt a lot and grown through this camp and all this is made possible because of every single one you! Looking at your happy faces it makes our hard work worth while, the camp com is most willing to spend time in planning all this just for you guys to have a little fun=)

Hope you guys have learnt more about yourself and brought home a new experience through this camp. I’m looking forward to seeing you all again!

With Love,
RIOcamp Commandant

Meijun=)))

P.S. I don’t really mind if you still want to call me the prettiest girl in primers. *Blush*

Rough-It-Out!

Primers Oie,

Did you all enjoyed the RIOcamp? We are sure most of you should know what RIO stands for right? This camp was so sucessful and really thanks to the people who came for the camp. Is YOU who made the camp so FUN, so HIGH and so HAPPENING! Without you people, we can't achieve this! DO contact with one another as these 3days may be a memorable days for some of you!

We hope to see you in our next event- The Amazing Race!

Photos can be downloaded @ http://spprimers.multiply.com/

RIO RIO RIO!

Are we going to do this during RIO camp?
Watch the video!


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Countdown To RIOcamp...

HELLO Primers..

Are you all feeling excited? RIOcamp is coming just a few days time, have you all prepared yet? If not, better do so NOW!

We Are The Champion!

SP.Primers participated in the Inter-Primers Olympics Day 2007 (IPOD). This year it was organized by Nayang Polytechnic Primers and was held at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. We sent in 2 captain's ball (girl's team), basketball (girl and boy) teams and a soccer team.

It was really a worth-while spending with other Primers from other Polytechnic. We had lots of fun and had a great opportunity to interact with other Primers from other Polytechnic too. It gives us a chance to know the other poly primers better and work together towards building the Primers as a strong family.

Our teams had done us proud by winning the OVERALL CHAMPION in this year IPOD!
We really want to thank those who had come down to support us! And not forgetting the wonderful cheers that shouted during the Captain’s Ball game, it really encourage and motivate the girls a lot. A really big THANK YOU to everyone there!

Watch the Crazy Primers Video

Hello all,

its been such a long time since I last posted on this blog, and my dear Liling is going to be like killing me if I do not say hi to all of you guys here in SP.Primers.
So HI!

Recently we went on a recce trip to UBIN!!!! for several reasons, and even shot some funky videos for you to enjoy. So yah you can watch Kuo Chun trying to bargain for better prices for the bicycles and even for those who wants a sneak on the "behind the scenes" footages of some of the videos we have presented to you thus far.

So please Enjoy!!
Kenny Foo


This is our Ubin Cycling advertisement take 1


This is our Ubin Cycling advertisement take 2


Wow weee, finally reaching UBIN


This is KC doing his best in Bargaining!! not bad


This is KC "our HERO"

* Huishan * When she was a freshman

Hem hemm HEMm.. A big HELLO to all of you out there looking at this! Welcome to this entry, and the entries to come! Haha.. It’s now the special moment when YOU are able to know more about ME! Before that, here is some basic information that you SHOULD know! I am HUISHAN (in case you do not know), Year 3 studying in Diploma in Business Administration, standing at 1.60m, shoulder-length hair,……

Year 3 now, thinking back when I just came into the school like any of you did, it seems like yesterday. I came to know Primers even before I was in SP by my seniors because I’m from Girl’s Brigade. I was not really considering Primers at that time but I wrote down my name.

I did not attend Welcome Party and Primers Orientation Camp and went straight to Annual General Meeting (Primers’ Award) together with Shihui, and at that time, AGM should be the most boring event of all. It was my first event and I had come thus far in this family. That’s why, I always believe it’s not a matter of When, it’s a matter of Will. And I really thank those seniors who never give up on calling me. Or else, I will not be here. This was how I started off my journey in Primers.

When I was in Year 1, my only task was to attend event. I cannot help but love attending events because I really enjoyed the company of my fellow Primers. It just so fun hanging out with them and my life in Primers, or even SP, would be so different without them. They are like brothers and sisters to me.


One of the most significant things that I did thus far in my life was to go for humanitarian trip to Sri Lanka, in the Tamil Tiger Region to help in the Tsunami when I was in Year 1. Together with 19 Primers and officers, we were away for 2 weeks in helping in the rebuilding. It was definitely not an easy to be away from home without any communication, we learnt to adapt and grow in it. Thank God for the people that was with me and took care of me. In it, our relationship was also stronger. It was an exprience that only you can experience yourself and should not miss it.


If, by ANY chance you are unable to go for oversea trip, I highly recommend you to join us for RIO Camp, on the 26th-28th October 2007. I attend it for the past 2 years, and definitely will attend it this year. One thing that I remembered deeply in the RIO Camp last year was SP.Primers slogan, “Youth Today Leaders Tomorrow”. Indeed, I was a participant (Youth) when I was in Year 1 attending RIO Camp, and in Year 2 when I attended RIO Camp again, I am a group Leader. Same for you =)

Sealed with alot lots LOVE,
* Huishan *

Psssshsshshshhh.. Sorry for such a long entry. Look out for more on how I manage Primers when I am in Year 2. =)

RIOcamp

Date: 26-28th October 2007 (Fri-Sun)
Time: 2000 hrs
Venue: Changi Jetty
Cost: $10
CCA Points: YES!
Indemnity Form: YES! (To be given before event)

RIOcamp is BACK again!

Come join us for this fun-seeking camp, where you can experience the ultimate differences in your life! It is definitely a camp not to be missed. Places are limited (20 per cluster) so faster grab the seat before someone does!

Come down to Primers Room (above FC3), we will be collecting the money and indemnity form (can be downloaded at our downloads section) on 10th-12th October (Wed-Fri), from 1pm-5pm

Sign Up NOW! If Not, You will REGRET it!
See You There!

RIOcamp Is BACK!

ATTENTION PLEASE!

RIOcamp is BACK again!
Wondering what does RIO means?
Can't really wait to know more about it?
Then, STAY TUNE!

An Enjoyable Day!

Mooncake festival was indeed enjoyable! It has been really a long time since I last played with lanterns. The last time I played was probably during primary school. So hence the mooncake festival was a good way to relieve those childhood memories.

We played mass games such as not letting other groups to burst our own group’s balloons. To do that, everyone was allowed to run about trying to burst other groups’ balloons with the help of candles. It was really fun and exciting. The group who lost had to do forfeit. The highlight of the event was the free time where we get to do what we want. We burned lanterns and played with candles by forming words. Overall, I got to know my mates better and I enjoyed myself very much. I can’t wait for next year mooncake festival!

Done by:
Ignatius Tang Zhenyu

Cycling Is Fun!

Pulau ubin cycling was another event organized by primers. Perhaps the meeting time was early that is why some people felt very tired while others were feeling very excited.

During the trip, we took a boat to reach our destination hence some of ours got to mingle and talked to one another. Through this, I feel that our cluster become closer with one another. After that, we gathered together to rent our bikes. There was probably some unhappiness because some of the brakes of the bikes were faulty but there was no choice. We proceeded to start the icebreaker game. Through this, we got to know one and another better.

After that, we started cycling, some people could not catch up with the pace, so we waited for one another. There came to a point when we were cycling halfway and around 2-3 persons went missing. We found out that they were injured hence they stopped cycling. As a close friend, I felt sorry as I could not do anything. After the cycling trip, we gathered back together. While most of us feel tired after a hard day of cycling, we still had an enjoyable time with one another.
Like wad primers always say, we learn to care, and wait for one another.

Done by:
Roger Chin

Mooncake Festival

Hi Primers, as all of you have known, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming and SP.Primes would like to celebrate it with you! Yes you! Have you ever thought of carrying a lantern but afraid to do so in public? Well fear not so this time round, you have a family of SP.Primers to carry with you! Have fun and enjoy playing with candles, lantern and eating mooncakes and snack under the full moon! Come join us NOW!!

To sign up: Please drop you indemnity form dutifully signed into our letterbox number 69. The letterbox is located below SAA infront of the rock wall.

Details are as such:
Meeting time: 6.30pm
Meeting location: Dhoby Ghaut MRT station
Meeting attire: Causal (preferably something light in color)
Cost of event: $4 (please bring along to pay on the day)
Indemnity form: We need to collect the indemnity form from all of you before the event! Please drop it into our letterbox by Thursday 5pm. Thanks.

See you there!!!

Inter Primers Olympic Day

Calling ALL Sport Lovers!

It’s your time to shine! SP.Primers is having its annual Inter Primers Olympic Day. I-POD is an annual Primers event that brings together Primers from different school together to have a day of fun fill sport competition and games.

This year we have 5 different Primers Company taking part. They are Singapore Polytechnic Primers, Ngee Ann Polytechnic Primers, Nanyang Polytechnic Primers, Anglo-Chinese Junior College Primers and Head Quarters Primers.

Think you are up to the challenge? Come represent SP.Primers now!

Sport Available:
Soccer (Male) – 2 Teams, 9 Players each
Basketball (Male) – 2 Teams, 4 Players each
Basketball (Female) – 2 Teams, 4 Players each
Captain Ball (Female) – 2 Teams, 9 Players each

I-POD is on the 13 Oct 2007. Sign up with us by dropping us a mail (spprimers@gmail.com) by indicating the sport you would like to participate, you name, admission no and contact no. We will get back to you shortly!

More details will be release soon! Sign up now and start training with us! The Trophy is up for grab! Will you be the one to win it?

Makan Time!

Hello Primers,

It is time again for our photos session, this time we will be featuring our Food Junction! And now, let's sit back and enjoy it!

Photos can be downloaded @ http://spprimers.multiply.com/

Pulau Ubin Cycling

Date: 22 September 07 (SAT)
Time: 10AM-4PM
Venue: Pulau Ubin
Cost: Own Expenses (bring at least $10)
Indemnity Form: Yes! (To be given before event)
Note: Indemnity Form can be downloaded at our downloads section.

Set off for a cycling journey at Pulau Ubin with us this coming Saturday!
Whereby you can relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery in Pulau Ubin.

So, come join us for a fun-filled Saturday morning!
See You There!

Yummy Yummy!

Through food junction I understand and know my teammate better. I also understand team work is very important to us when we are doing things together as a group.

In this event I also have a chance to understand the culture in Geylang better by walking and discover new things, and also definitely is the delicious locate food they provide.

Done By:
Xiuling

I am back again

Hello dear all,

its been a long time since I last blog, but I know you guys are having alot of fun as I did during the recent chalets, and of course the food junction.
Ha. Btw our dear Lua Sheng Long is on block leave, so you guys can come and find him thru' msn or just give him a call!!

So do enjoy this video, I believe it has many points that we can take from it!
Kenny

Look Here!

It was a fun-filled day as I got to know many new friends and most importantly they all enjoyed themselves very much. I played games such as silent heart attack & UNO stacko. These games actually helped me built closer bond among my new friends.

Not only that during the setting up of the barbeque, I also shared a lot about my secondary life with the others and they too share theirs. I find that we have many things to talk about and many similar things in life. Although not a lot of people staying overnight, they being able to attend the chalet for the activities & barbeque were already good enough.

During the night after the barbeque, the others and I was also given an opportunity on what activities we were to organized if there will be activities during the holiday. There are a lot of interesting ideas given by a lot of people. I would say this chalet was a great success and from this chalet I learned that as primer, we care, we share and we wait.

Done by:
Michael Lian

Chill Chill Chill...

Hi Primers,

It is time for our chill out chalet photos! For those who had missed this event, we really hope that you can join us in other events! But now, let's enjoy the slide show!

A Great Time!

Hello Primers,

How have you all been spending your holiday? After a long waiting, here comes our Video Session! This time we will be featuring our chill out chalet! And now, let's sit back and enjoy the videos!

1. Steven Chicky Dance

2. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Huiyee Version)

3. BabaBlackSheep

4. Dare To Eat?

Food Junction

Date: 8 September 07 (Sat)
Time: 1400hrs-1900hrs
Venue: Geylang
Fee: $5

Geylang is a wonderful place filled with atmosphere and glorious food. There are a wide variety of cheap and delicious foods found along the street. Smooth, white curds made from soya beans are served in a bowl with syrup. Further down the road, meet our King of Fruits – Durians! You just can't get enough of the rich, creamy, bitter-sweet lumps. Not enough? How about getting a plate of Geylang Famous Beef Kway Teow or do you prefer the frog's leg porridge?

Join us for a fun filled exciting day at Geylang, whereby you can enjoy all the delicious food found along the street.

So, come join the big family for a time of enjoyment!
Bring your friends along too! See you there!

EXAM Stress?

Dear Primers,

We have offically reach the mid way mark of the school exams. Some of you have completed all your papers while others still have more to go, but fear not as the holidays are round the corner! Hang in there for one more week and we can all party together and have fun after that! Study hard now and endure on and you will have a whole month to enjoy and relax!


The EXCO and Officers like to wish all Primers and SP students a Blessed Exam and we hope to hear the good news from all of you guys soon!! See all of you soon for the Chill Out Chalet! Take care!

With Love,
SP.Primers EXCO

Chill Out Chalet

Date: 30-31 August 07 (Thur-Fri)
Time: 1500hrs (Meeting of own Cluster Head)
Meeting Place: Tampines MRT Station
Fee: $8

Planning where to celebrate and chill after your examination?
Or do you prefer to have an outing that is full of excitement and lots of fun?

Join us for a fun filled wonderful day at Aloha Loyang, whereby you can enjoy the vibrancy & relaxed atmosphere of the beach & garden resort at the edge of Pasir Ris Park!
You can also choose to cycle around the park or have a friendly beach volleyball match with other cluster. This will be a great time to get to know more friends and have FUN together!

So, come join the wonderful family for a time of enjoyment!
Bring your friends along too! See you there!

Discovery Camp Rocks!

Hello Primers,

After a long long waiting, here comes our Discovery Camp Photos! For those who had missed the camp, not to worry! We had lots of photos just for YOU, and now let's enjoy the fun and joy that we had during Discovery Camp!
Let's Go!

Just Bring It!

Overall, discovery camp was a very fun and meaningful camp. As a participant, I must say that I learnt what GRPR was about throughout the 2nd day.

During the second day which was the most happening day, was where the most number of activities, such as rafting, kayaking and height elements took place.

During rafting, each group was made to raft to a part of the sea and then jump into the water. It was quite an experience, because some of us could not swim, and had a phobia. However, everyone tried to break that fear and jumped eventually, and tried to get each other back on the raft, which was quite difficult.

My group was the first group of the day to try rafting. We took 21minutes, as we had difficulty steering the raft in the correct direction. Finally, we all jumped, and tried our best to get back onto the raft as fast as can be. After everyone got up, we headed back to the beach.

My group and Vimel’s group was also the one to transport the raft from the campsite to the beach. It was not an easy task, as the raft was extremely heavy. However, through team strength and great bonding, we managed to get the raft to the beach eventually.

Next was kayaking. It was really fun and challenging, as each kayak could only have 2 persons it. We kayaked and formed rafts in the middle of the sea, which proved not to be an easy thing, as the waves were sometimes strong and we were quite near the ships. However, through perseverance of each “kayak team”, everyone even played water polo in the middle of the sea! After which, we all kayaked back to the shore.

Finally, it was time to try the flying-fox and rappelling. I only tried flying-fox, as there was not enough time to try rappelling. It was not much of an obstacle to me, as I have done it before. However, I must say it feels good to try it once more!!

The dinner during the second night was BBQ, and most of us ate to our heart’s content. It was quite a successful and fun last dinner of camp, as the BBQ allowed most of us to interact more within the group, and other campers from different groups.

Finally, the highlight event for the night was the campfire. It was a simple one, with the normal singing, cheering and dancing. Everyone ended up with the catchphrase, “woo, ah ah ah”, which really made the campfire even more “high”. Derrick’s version of “you are my sunshine” really made everyone enjoy the campfire even more in the moonshine. At last, the campfire ended with the friendship dance. Evidently through the great laughter that night, everyone enjoyed themselves greatly. We played a last round of “save the man”, and everyone felt high than never before. Finally, it was lights out!

In all, it was a great camp which fostered new friendships, and most importantly, I believe most people discovered more about themselves, which could help them in their future.

Proudly Done By:
Lixuan

Discover the Leader in You

Some Moments captured during Discovery Camp.
See what you missed out for those not around.

The battle of Sexes. Watch and see who won!


The lighting up of the Campfire. Took a while though...


One of the Cheers we sang. This cheer has very meaningful lyrics. :) Tune up your volume knob and listen!

Primers Rocks!

The DC (Discovery Camp) was indeed an enjoyable experience for all the participants including the seniors. We learnt to overcome our fears of heights and went through those obstacles that were placed in front of us like the Omega descend and abseiling. Some of us managed to face our fear for waters too and went out to sea for the kayaking and rafting experience. Also, there was a short session on the first night teaching us about teamwork. It was a session conducted by Evelyn (captain's wife for those who do not know) whom is a primary school teacher. She had to rush down from school just to give us that valuable lesson which was well appreciated by all of us. During this interaction time, we played some interesting games that involved great teamwork and it was a unique game as most of us had not played it before. Thus, we had a good time enjoying this time, as well as bonding with each other.

Through out this whole camp, we learnt to have faith in ourselves, be brave enough to take the first step. We also need to learn to work as a team in order to complete all our task assigned to us. Together as a team, we endured all hardships together and overcome the obstacles together. Team work is very important and we should not belittle this 8-letter word that gave many our motivation to carry on. One team is just as strong as the weakest member, thus we need to help each other out as we all have different areas of strength.

To end off our day of adventure, we were given a nice meal. This was a special meal as it was not the usual packed food that we usually received during camps. This meal required us to start the fire and cook the food ourselves. Yes, u guess it right, we are having BBQ for dinner. We all had fun starting the fire, cooking those chicken wings and standing together as a group around the barbeque pit melting marshmallows. It was indeed a nice time to bond together again and chat around happily. Campfire was the other highlight for the night as we all gathered in a circle around the fire. We sang some songs that were taught to us by seniors. Some of them were easy to learn while the others were a little more complicated as they included actions too. Nevertheless, we enjoyed ourselves. We learnt a 'friendship dance' to mark the end of the campfire night and as we danced in a circle literally around the fire. This really marks the bonding of the whole camp as we make new friends.

In conclusion, this camp was indeed successful in making us learn about so many things in a fun and interesting way. It also succeeded in making our bonds closer as a family. May the next camp event arrive soon and more people get to join and experience the joy that we all had for the 3D/2N Adventure Camp.

Ps: We would like to thank all the officials and seniors for taking their time to come down and to plan this event and made it so successful for all of us. Many came down even though they are busy with school/work and all of us appreciated that. Thank you for the log and admin team that spent many nights preparing the required items which is not a simple task when we had events like campfire and BBQ. Thank you for the publicity department in notifying everyone about the camp and thank the campfire-programmers for planning such an interesting closing night for us. And last of all, our medic who was very concerned about our health/safety at all times.

Written By:
Alvin Tan

We Are One FAMILY!

Hi Everyone,

Let's rewind and replay on our Dedication Service 07, we hoped that everyone has enjoyed all the Primers events that we had specially planned for YOU!
STAY TUNED for more updates!

Discovery Camp

Date: 20-22 July 2007 (Fri-Sun)
Time: 1830 hrs
Venue: Sembawang MRT Station
Fee: $15
CCA Points: YES!

Come join us for this fun-seeking camp, where you discover yourself, overcome obstacles, challenge by the element and develop a sense of achievement. Some outdoor activities include kayaking and repelling. It is definitely a camp not to be missed. Places are limited (80) so do sign up FAST!

If you have not signed up with us last week, you can now come down to our Primers Room (above FC3), we will be collecting the money and indemnity form (can be downloaded at our downloads section) on 16th July (Mon), from 1pm-5pm.

BB polo Tee is required for this event, for those who do not have; you can purchase it when you are signing up, It $10.50 per piece.

Bring your friends along! See ya!

Note: Indemnity form is REQUIRED for this event.

A Memorable Day..

The dedication service was basically great. It was indeed a very meaningful and memorable experience. It was my first time seeing so many companies like the girls and boys brigade coming together to have a parade. It was indeed my honour to witness such an event.

One of the games we played was the treasure hunt. It was a pretty interesting game for the group members as we have to find certain items with the help of a senior. It was not a very easy task to find those items, but through teamwork and good cooperation, we managed to complete most of the task. I could also find the bonding among the group members in the team and this helps us to understand one and another well.

Overall, it was a fun and enjoyable experience.

Yi De

Alright..Let's Go!

Dear Primers,

Have you all made yourself free for this coming Sunday, 1st July? If not, better do so now! We strongly encourage every one of you to join us for the Dedication Service. This is a time where we can get together as one and feel what family’s love is. So stop hesitating, if you have not sign up, sign up NOW!

Below slide show was what we did during last year Dedication Service; we really hope to see you all this year!

Announcement!!

Dear Primers, we are back! Thank you for your continual support! Remember do tag at our tag board so we know you are visited us! See you soon!