The symposium started with the usual few opening speeches, then was the award presentation ceremony. And our group was so happy that we got a merit award! (except that it doesnt sound as good as it actually is, lol) Haha, lots of hard work were put into this, so obviously we were all so proud to be getting the award, haha.
(WARNING: if you do not wish to see my rather long comments on other group's presentations, skip the next paragraph!)
Ok yea so next was 3 presentations, the first one by an RGS team. They did pretty well, like their research was well thought of, and they presented well too, so since the took much things into consideration, their group was safe from the 'evil' audiences who just cant wait to put you down if you are up there. (and it can hurt especially if you cant do proper 'damage control') This was shown in the second presentation. By an RI team, Patrick and Zhuo Hao. Jia Xuan and Jun Yang werent there though becos of track stuff. Yea, so their presentation was alright, but the problem came when the QNA started. They really got 'thrashed'. It was quite sad, cos it really wasnt becos their project was bad, just the case where damage control is poor. Like someone actually asked them a question not even in their scope of research, but they didnt point it out, and tried to answer it...yea, so something for us to learn from! The third group was a NYGH group. Their presentation was one of the better ones, presenting on a movie called Dr Strangelove, very interesting indeed. But the main prob with theirs was the research and relevance part, when asked in the QNA. Their research consisted mainly of going on the net and watching the movies only, while the relevance wasnt answered well.
After the main presentations, everyone rushed out for the tea reception, and since it was so crowded, I didnt manage to get anything, except a small cup of 'chilled homemade barley', lol. Yea so Shayne, Jim and I just went around to find the room for our presentation later, and started preparing. Sherman and Wesley even came to support our presentation, haha, thanks guys. Anyway, somehow I was chosen to be emcee for this session, so yea, after everyone came in I just settled everyone down and started. First was a HCI student, then ours, then also from RI, Alasdair's, then a NYGH group. I think we did fairly ok...not too bad but not our best too...Spoke a bit too quickly i guess. But it was really our honour being able to present our project in front of an audience, and sharing our project with them! Hopefully it will also inspire some of them to take up HSSRP in the future, or even do something as meaningful as something environmental! Haha. As for my emceeing...this is my first time, and im pretty sure its the last time for some time to come, lol. But i think i did ok, except for being too soft. Ok, thats my usual mistake.
Haha thats about all for HSSRP...cos after that Jim and I just took a bus back home, with Jeson. Shayne left earlier for his badminton competition training. Good luck for the nationals! The bus ride home took about 1 and a half hours, as usual, and luckily I made good use of it by doing homework on the bus, lols. Cos there will be no time later... Some photos for the morning:
OK, so after Jim and I reached home, we had lunch, changed and everything, then hurriedly left for tuition, haha. And today was a boring lesson. Exam. Yea sp just wrote a zuowen and a yingyongwen in class. So boring. And so little time.
Then again, after the lesson, it was another rush for time. I got home quickly and bought my dinner on the way. And...gobbled everything down, changed into the cool scout u, haha. Then went to Maris Stella High School for their campfire! It was their first campfire opened to other scout groups in 10 years, cos this year is their 40th anniversary. Luckily i did manage to get there before the campfire started. After a while, Alvin, Amos, Joel, Hiok Yang, Roy, Wesley, Yan Wei, Wayne and I were there. And that pretty much made up the people who went there. The rest of them went to the St Andrew's campfire, held at the exact same time. Haha. Which explains the small group present.
It was the traditional form of a campfire, with people sitting around a fire, singing songs, lots of competitions, and having fun. We were sitting at the back of the circle, beside their alumni. Their campfire was pretty alright, except for one serious mistake: their sound system. It was far too soft. We couldnt even make out a word the people on stage were saying, and so we didnt get involved much, except when we knew what was happening like during the thousand-legged worm. So this is a lesson to be learnt, both for them and for us. This year for the 01 scouts campfire, it is going to be a more traditional kind too, as we will be inviting many of our alumni, to celebrate our 75th anniversary! Haha. So now we know what matters, and what size our props and stuff need to be. A good thing about the Maris Stella campfire will definitely have to be their food. Can see that quite a lot of effort has gone into it, as there was really a generous spread, quite a big variety, and the brownies were even made by the scouts themselves. (they tasted good too, haha) Took a nice photo before we left.
Yea so Joel and I had to go to the MRT station, so Alvin kindly agreed to bring us there. We did go to his house so that he could change out of the sweaty scout u though haha. We even said hi to his brother, Bryan! Haha. So basically we took a slow and long walk...it was really fun. Stopped briefly at the playground to try out the stuff, haha. We talked about lots of stuff...it was so relaxing. Was hoping that the walk would last longer... I was really happy I decided to walk instead of being driven home, who knows what I would have missed! It has been really cool chatting with you guys under the stars! Thank you for that! It was a really nice end to the long day I had, haha.
And...HAPPY BIRTHDAY WANJING!! Its your 16th birthday, so be happy! Lalala...happy birthday to you! =D
And I fell asleep writing this post. So it was only finished on sunday. Haha. I can sense some people wondering how I can fall asleep doing stuff. I can. As long as its not something work related. And trust me, even though I sleep on these stuff, I would prefer these stuff over work anytime. =)
