NYPGA (Nanyang Polytechnic Graduation Association)

had a busy week, dont even have time to blog... given 6 projects and still have them at hand, non-completed.

anyway, went to CW hotel on Sat 18/11/06 to perform the german traditional dance and the beetles dance. Shereen and i wore black totally for that day. we looked as if we were going for a wedding dinner. first i thought we were suppose to meet at 2+ at S523 to practice dancing, but dear said it should be 3 not 2. ya she was right, we went there at 2+ and no one was there. so in order to pass our time, we practice dance ourselves outside at the level 5 ent, and we were trying to avoid the camera that was facing the entrance while dancing so to prevent the security from thinking "What the hell are those 2 people wearing so black dancing at level 5 of school of engineering". for your information, the level 5 door requires an admin card from someone from school of engineering to enter instead of someone from school of chemical and life sciences.

when it was 3, we saw frau coming out from the lift and we were able to enter. we practiced till about 4 and changed to our costumes. i had trouble when changing to my german outfit. i cant seem to get a pants that can fit me and have all the buttons intact. because of that i was the last one who finished changing into the german costume. after that, we went there by coach.

i forgot what time we reached there but it was very cold there. our dance was scheduled at 8.05 and we had to be ready by 8. we danced and frau said it was nice, i guess it was nice to her but dont know how the rest of the audience felt...

anyway we changed to our personnel costume after the dance and went back to enjoy rest of the day, and not forgetting the FOOD. when we were back at our seats, the mushroom soup that was served was already cold... after that we were served with food like salmon and the deserts, all are super nice, wish that i could have them everyday j.k.

the thing that really let me enjoy the day was the mc for the night. he is a super good mc. he know alot of languages (english, malay, chinese) and dialects (hokkien, cantonese). this was something that happened which made me remember the most. he told the audience to write our name in a small piece of paper and put it into a buckets for lucky draw. he went to get the buckets at the time for the winners for the lucky draw to be announced and pick the winners.

he placed the buckets onto the podium and after that he told the audience "i told you guys to write your name in a SMALL piece of paper. those big piece one, i dont want" so he searched the buckets for big pieces of paper. he searched and he found a few. one of them was an A4 size paper with a name writen on it (you will know whose name is it later). he took it out and said "this person use an A4 size paper. next time when you go voting, you try write your vote in A4 paper and go put inside the box." as he threw that one away, he found one that was half an A4 size paper and said "this fella has only half of that person's dream" lol... if you get what it means.

after some of the prizes were given away, some "lucky" person named Tan Hui Kiang was one of the winner for the prize. nothing is wrong for him to win the prize. but as the other prizes were given away, the mc suddenly realize something. the name Tan Hui Kiang was also written on the A4 size paper that he threw away. but he didnt tell him to return the prize. afterall it was already given to him. after more prizes were given away, he came across another small piece of paper and said in hokkien "Wah, Tan Hui Kiang ko chi bai" (translation: Wah, Tan Hui Kiang again) than he said "Li nang chap a lang loh zhong xia Tan Hui Kiang ke photocopy pang ti lai bin ar" (translation: you all 10 person all write Tan Hui Kiang go photocopy and put inside ar) each table has 10 ppl. after that he went behind the podium and said while pointing at the speaker "kang teng wa kua tio Tan Hui Kiang koh zhi bai le ka wa gia chi ki simi ka wa tun loh ke" (later i see tan hui kiang again, i want you to swollow dont know what you call this).

he continued to announce the winners for the prizes and a lucky winner of 04325 was called. but no one went to claim the prize. he kept announcing "04325" but no one answered. than when he said "04325 you mei you", a reply was given to him "MEI YOU!" and it only came from our table lol... than he said, "you bu shi ni na de dang ran mei you la"

the dinner ended at 11 that night and it was really fun and really enjoyed it. hope that i can go for this dinner again next yr.

for now, no time for fun i guess... got to plan and do alot of projects/tutorials/revisions. all of us must jia you!

some pics taken on that day:
















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the german dancers

Tired....

went to sch for german dance practice with shereen today. we were suppose to meet other members at 10, but we were late. both of us reached there are about 10.30 and only saw su zhen and another member. guess we werent the only one late. the president of the club, melissa, was also late and most of us gathered at 11 at mac and went to block E to practice the dance.

when we reached block E, most of us were slacking around till we saw frau soebekti and 2 unfamiliar faces walking behind her. they are modern dance instructors. they showed what are the steps of the german dance and OMG, it is beyond what we expected. changing a normal traditional german dance to modern dance, i wonder why they called the "GERMAN" club members to dance when they can call ppl from "DANCE" club to dance the modern dance. anyway i am looking more towards for the food in the hotel rather than dancing =X. forgot to mention the dance is held at a hotel with course meals provided :D.

we slowly learnt the dance and it is difficult. no kidding... you dont see jumping and semi-splitting in traditional german dance, but you see it in the modern dance. i even cramped my leg muscle well doing one of the dance step. we practiced till 2.30 pm. after practicing, went straight to badminton. played stroking and matches non-stop till about 5+. my poor dear got bruises on the leg from the dance and had minor injuries. omg... i wonder when she can have day free from injuries. all of us than went to eat at amk hawker centre. after that i went to another badminton activity with yul's parents and their friends. as usual his dad remain his proness well i and yul's mum get thrashed... after than i tagged with ryan and played against someone whom i dont know his name and yul's dad... at the point where by the score was about 13-11, we were leading, i did a stupid smash which sprained my arm lol... the good thing was that only ryan notice, if not... we will be at disadvantage. anyway we won and i wasnt happy with it because yul's dad wasnt playing seriously. lol if he play seriously i will also wont be happy because i will lose. wonder what will make me happy. maybe if he dosent play at all will make me happy. after that i tagged with a young boy who is yul's cousin i think. we played against ryan and the person who's name i still dont know. we played 2 matches. lost the first 1 with score of 15-13 i think. but won the second one with deuce 3-0. no time to play the third match to decide whose the winner. hope we can do it next week. i wanted to give a 15-0 for both matches but guess my team lack of stamina =X. went back home and ate the delights bought by my beloved grandma. i still wonder till now, i often eat alot but my body mass remain the same...

Work work work

Many projects to do. Got bombed by 6 projects at the start of the first 2 weeks of sem 2. All of us are stress and really gonna manage it. Headaches are inevitable~... Most of the deadlines are around Week 12-15 and now is Week 3, about 9 more weeks left. Lets hope that all of us have a clear minds in revising and doing the projs and not forgetting during the presentation.