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!!