SEG Freshmen Camp ’09 - Day 1

This year Freshmen Camp was held on 7 and 8 of April 09 and it was an Amazing!
As usual all the registration and grouping of campers into teams was done when the camp started at 11am. But, how could you miss out a hammer to start a camp without breaking some ICE?

“Help! I’m stuck” and “whack-o”

The team ice-breaker games played included the “Help! I’m stuck”,“Whack-o”,“chop-chilli-chop” and “bang – bang, chaki-chaki”. Of course not to forget, the mass ice-breaker to free the defensive boundary~“Dog and Bones”.

What a Picture with action! But leaders you are blocking the view…

Soon the camper started their next activity after they had their lunch and rest which was team bonding games. Come’ on, don’t be shy to raise your spirits!

So how could a camp be a camp without wet games?
This game named “jump-jump” kicked started the beginning of the wet games for the camp. There would be ample chance to play with water games later… Look at the water bags splashing at them as well as those on the ground!

Couldn’t remember your team member names? Fear not!
“Who are you, balls” would surely help you in remembering the names of your teammates. Every player was supposed to call out the name of whoever standing behind them and pass them the ball till the ball reached the back. The last person of the line would have to run to the front to repeat the cycle till one of the team reached from one side of agora to another.

And Of course, a must play game for SEG was “JUMP!”
It was like checkers but you had to kick players out by jumping on any square that other players were in line with you be it front, back, left, right. The kicker’s turn would rotate among all the players. So…watch out where you jumped to!

So how well did you know the campus, year 1s? We challenged you to understand the campus area more than us. Next game was the “Photo Hunt”.

Do you know where it was located?

Where is this secret hide out?

Adventure learning, is there such a place?


After the Photo Hunt, everyone was tired and waiting for their Pictures to be uploaded and checked before the score was awarded to their teams.

Finally, the long awaited dinner was served. Despite having a shower after dinner, , one could never stay clean in camp for long as soon after, it was the Camp Dance~ !. If you were once into song during 2000, then you should have heard of the song “Reach!” from S-club 7~

Reach out for the stars!~

And the day ended with a camp mass dance for “day 1”.

SEG Freshmen camp '09 - Day 2

Day 2 started with wash-up, breakfast and distribution of SEG 2009 camp T-shirt. BUT, this monotonous morning didn’t last for long…as Mass Tele-Match was next on the list! It means war!

To win for their house in this game, every player was supposed to protect the person in the newspaper.
Looked at how agile and flexible they were!

Fun! Yet, so squeezy!

Shortly after that, all students had worn their new camp t-shirt and attended an Engineering Talk by Dr. Robert Betz, from University of Newcastle, Australia (Amp control Professor of Power Engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Deputy Head of Faculty, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment).
“Scientist asks why, Engineer asks why not?” Engineering is what give us today, so let me ask you readers: what does being an Engineer means to you?


After the engineering talk, everyone went to North Agora to practise prepare for their f dance and cheers before the final competition. During the practise session, the “Cheering War” and the “House Dance” among the 4 houses almost brought the whole place down.



The actually competition was at the Agora hall. Thejudges were, Dr Ranjit Singh, Mr Hisham Moosa and Ms (…), Dr (…) and Linda Ong.

Let’s start off with Cyclops!

Naga!

Hydra!Last and not least Griffin!
Oh not to forget! The Student leaders and Cyriva members Dance!

And if the year 1 were still uncertain about their choice of RP, worry not! Because the seniors and graduates took the time and effort to come down to give a scope on their study life at SEG and how well they are currently doing after graduation! Some year 1 student finally got the answers to some of their burning questions about their study and school life at RP after the interactive sharing session. Therefore, don’t worry and have confidence! Many universities and local schools are starting to incorporate the problem based learning system in their curriculum. Lastly and most importantly in every competition-based camp! Prize presentation! So guess which house won?

Dah dah dah dah dah…

NAGA! Congratulation!!!
Ultimately, it was the time and fun that everyone had together that made this camp a success and fun to be in.
Cheers~

SEG Grad Nite 2009

SEG Graduation Nite 2009 was held at Holiday Park Inn View ballroom on 4th April 2009 (Sat). This was a celebration party for them to gather and enjoy one another’s company one last time as a school.







At the registration counter, each SEG graduate was given three door-gifts (i.e. magnetic frame, cash voucher and also Cyriva’s (School of Engineering) Test tube for our dear graduates.







The cocktail reception was filled with smile and laughter. Graduates were either commenting on each other’s attire or updating one another of the happenings during the holiday. Dr Wang Jianguo and Mr Tan Heap Jui were the first few SEG staffs who arrived early.




The night was officially kicked started with the “Early Bird Draw”. Three SEG Graduates who were among the many who registered early, walked away with Swensen cash vouchers.







Next, the emcees of the night introduced a mass game known as “Completing the story”. Despite the restriction on the usage of some nouns such as “he, she, they and etc”, SEG staffs and graduates from each table were able to contribute and form a story at the end of each round. The completed stories were hilarious and everyone had a good laugh. The crowd enjoyed the impromptu pole dance by the male graduate from the “Toilet Team”. ;)







The enthusiasm shown by the graduates were further stepped up by the second game of the evening.



The emcees invited some volunteers from each table for the second game without revealing the name / nature of the game to the floor. Being curious, many graduates volunteered by stepping forward to the dance floor in front of the stage. Soon, some were in for a surprise! “Blind couple dancing” was the name of the game. The game was very entertaining as some funny dance steps were displayed/ shown when the couples were being blinded folded. There were a few moments when a few couples almost knocked into one another. Phew…







Before the commencement of the dinner buffet, the table nomination of Mr and Ms Glamz was initiated. As time passed, slips of table nominations were dropped into the nomination tray, and the photographers were sent to take pictures of the nominees.



During dinner, some graduates passed their song dedications to the Disc Jockey. A perfect dinner was completed by the soothing classical music at the background; we had invited our very own RP Windsym to do a short performance.







Up next, an eight-minute video montage was shown, it brought the graduates bring back some memories of their days back at Republic Polytechnic. Invited Staff from the School of Engineering got to review the unforgettable, touching memories that they had been with their students.



With the nostalgic ambience lingering in the ballroom, we had to invite Amber December to rock the ballroom back to the previously energetic state ! While the band was almost rocking the house down, the graduates and staff were given a chance each to vote for their Mister and Ms Glamorous.





After the splendid performance by the rock band, we proceed with a game called Guess the baby.



Cash voucher was given to the winner who answer the correct answer, and also for the “baby” of the game.







Before the event came to an end, the School of Engineering was proud to present six awards to those who had contributed their time and effort in their club, IGs and assisted in various engineering activities during the past three years in Republic Polytechnic. A plague and a certificate of appreciation were presented to each of the outstanding SEG student. .







Next, it was the exciting moment of the Mister and Miss Glamorous 2009. It was a highly competitive contest as our graduates were all dressed glamorously and beautifully/ handsomely. As such, it was a tough choice for all graduates who had to choose and support their favorite’s nominees by smsing in their votes. Every attendee had only a chance to vote for the male and female via the SMS system. After the sms system had closed, the results were consolidated online in an instant by the Singtel system. The crucial time had come when the screen flashed the winners.



The female winner was Vicky and the male winner was Lim Li Hui, Desmond.







They had walked away with Silver iPod Shuffle (each).







Next, graduates were informed of the various avenues which they could still keep in touch and be updated of the events at the School of Engineering via the School of Engineering Friendster, Facebook, Blog and the SEG Newsletter.



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Last but not the least; we had our Deputy Director (Dr. Wang Jianguo) to present 16 Lucky Draw prizes and Dr Ranjit Singh to give away 10 consolation cash vouchers. The top prize winner had walked away $200 Taka Cash Voucher. After giving out all of the cash vouchers and attractive prizes, the grad nite had come to an end; but for those who wanna hangout in the ballroom, the DJ hadl hyped up the area by playing the clubbing music - all the way till 2330 hrs.







-Hope that everyone had enjoyed the event!



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