im glad im in tp..
"how's ur 1st wk in tp?" *sihui flashes de mc donalds slogan* : i'm lovin' it!

today my lecturer showed us some work done by tp's students & i must say, im really impressed. he explained to us de difference between nyp's & ours. nyp touches more on de technical skills rather than de output, which is clearly shown by their work on tv mobile. whereas, we are more to de 'communicative artist' side where our priority isn't just de technical skills. i mean, everyone can learn & master such skills. we don just pay our lecturers to provide wad we can learn from de text.

anyways, here's wad my lecturer told us (which i've a strong opinion on)..

i think it happened recently la.. well, all de polytechnics came together for this competition & dey were supposed to design a website on 'saving the animals' (or sth liddat). everyone except tp had their website done with animal graphics. we had ours with rangers - ppl who do a part in saving de animals. & guess wad? de judges said dat, to fulfill de given theme, we should place animal graphics instead of rangers, so tp's 'bumped-out'. don't u think most of us in sg sticked too closely to de textbk-based system? is creativity, or rather coming up with sth different but of relatance to de particular subject so wrong? i personally don't think so. that is why tp has been winning more awards overseas simply bcos we've given up on local competitions.

he hope dat we could change this kinda "phenomenon" in sg. & i think we seriously should.
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i didn't noe dat we could rent a cart for $10 per day to do biz in sch. dat sounds cool. & my classmate is intending to open one. i'd love to, but i doubt i have de time since im juggling sch work & my music lesson & my part-time work, which im probably quitting soon.

oh & this wk's de CCA display period. this particular CCA really interest me: pace-setters. they are ambassadors of TP & dey play host to distinguished guest & inernational students. basically just portray de sch's image. dey look so smart in their blazer n all. anyways it'd be gd if i could join such a unique CCA since i can definitely learn alot of public relations skills which is essential in every biz. but de scary thing is u hafta talk to ministers during certain occasions. well im still considering la..
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i met up with yihuey today.. finally! it was nice seeing her again. we just catch up a lil here & dere. she looked so tired & stressed. i hope all is well for all JC ppl.. take care hoh ppl..
anyways im glad she liked de guess watch. now, nobody will tease her for having an 'ah-ma' watch. hehe.
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"don't take life so seriously, we won't get out of it alive anyways. have fun in everything u do."

for designers by designers..
sihui screams:"TP DESIGN SCH BANGS*!" *lol* dat explains de 4 days' orientation dat were organised for us, freshies.. doesn't it?

*we screamed alot of "bang bang bang" during this orientation manz. alright enough of dat. too much said is unhealthy for de mind. haha. i think only de design sch ppl knows wad im saying. pls bear with it ppl.

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basically, de 1st day's quite boring cos we hafta que for like 3 1/2 hrs to get our registration stuff done with. then we were given a talk by de director of design sch. it's a really long one.. & most ppl didn't really like him since he's too frank & unsensitive. but i tot he was quite ok except dat i felt pressurised somehow. cos if i rmb correctly, he said sth like, "..if u don't get the 'best of show', u r nothing.." & other stuff. niwaes, it really amazes me when he said dat tp achieved 3 out of 5 'best of show' nationally. *applause*

alrights.. apart from de above.. after having lunch, we were divided into groups which had de names of fonts & mine was: triplex. played some games in de sports complex; given a nice red tee specially designed by de organising committee; learnt a dance choreographed by de design students themselves which is different from other sch's cos theirs was tp's dance. everything ended @ arnd 730. *beat*

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started de day with some talks by some organisations in de sch abt CCAs, de 11-storeys high library etc. afterwhich, we watched videos on their previous yrs' orientation; tp's 'mini-clash'(or crash. i donno.) where all de schools come together to compete in cheers etc. & DESIGN SCHOOL was crowned as the champion! *yays* it really showed us de strong bonds they have as a school. then, we proceeded for our outdoor games. *drained*

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de yawny expressions were swept off from our faces by a few ppl from de 'westside' (we were divided into eastside & westside with 5 grps in each LT). dey came over to get things de organisers wanted (sth like a scavenger hunt) but dey've to do any forfeit in order to get those items dey want. & dat's when de gross part came in. shan't elaborate much so dat we do not corrupt de under-18 minds.. hehe. anyways, i was shocked to know dat we've such daring ppl in de sch.
next, we had a session with our lecturers & i was quite glad dey're de fun-fun types. haha. we were showed a dvd on 'stomp', a music grp whereby dey used different materials which can be seen in our daily lives to make wonderful music. i guess dey were trying to tell us their vision of de design school.. which is to be innovative. & i wouldn't 4get another one: purpose-driven.

then came our turn to come up with our own music, or rather noise by banging, clanging, beating de materials we've brought.

afterwhich was a bonding session with our GLs(group leaders). but boon cheong brought us to 1 of de classrooms to let us practice our cheers for de mini-clash/crash. thanks to issac. he put in alot of effort in changing de lyrics of spongebob, barney songs etc. & we successfully did de 2 min long cheer excellently which made our GLs proud of us. dey smiled throughout so i assume dey are la. haha.

den everyone changed into their casual outfits & prepared for de freshies' nite where de main comm did a fashion show; de GLs did a short play & de freshies sent couples from each grp to do a dare on stage to compete for mr n ms freshie & mr n ms personality. & de gross stuff came again.. all de stripping & stuff.. urgh.

de day ended crazily cuz dey had a mass dance which started arnd 10pm which i didn't stay since i live so far away. & most imptantly im too exhausted.

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had buffet for breakfast (tim sum, beehoon, pastry) at tp's convention centre & off we went for de ever-so-boring talks by 3 lecturers, with de yr 2s & 3s. & we received another tee designed by de organising committee, in pink colour! *thumbs up* den we had a game which is related to advertising. some of de products are gross la.
after dat we had an "amazing race" outside tp cuz dey wanted us to get to noe our surroundings well so dat if, for e.g. de canteens are closed or when we need sth urgently, we noe where to look for it. we disgraced ourselves by doing forfeits b4 we can actually get our clues & puzzles. why is it disgraceful? cos we were scolded by a woman since we were supposed to sing an extremely loud bday song for de game master on de 4th floor of this particular, very suay block.
after dat, was de mini-clash/crash. we did our cheer superbly & won de cheer competition. wee~
next was de 10 minutes long telematch where we hafta turn rounds; skip; make water-bombs & dress up our GL. den came de exciting part where de eastside & westside attacks each other's GLs to make dem wet & also to defend our own to ensure dat dey don kana. alas, eastside won de battle cuz westside's completely drenched.
i tot our grp's more bonded on de last day when doing de cheer & defending de water-bombs as we hugged each other to surround boon cheong so dat he don get wet. dat kind of bonding.. was undescribable.
anyways, we danced design sch's very own dance & tp's on de hockey pitch. our grp, triplex, even came together to do de whoosh thingy.. u noe.. where u put ur hands together & scream dat kinda thing?
dat's not de end..
::finale::
announcing of de top 3 groups; best freshie etc. doing our traditional cheer.. "eh mm sup eh mm sup mm sup mm sup eh, hey!" *too carried-away* & all of us were caught unaware when all de yr2s poured water+flour onto all of de yr1s from upstairs. yes, we ARE indoors. & yes, we ARE drenched from head to toe. felt so sick after that. but most imptantly we had lotsa lotsa fun. best orientation dat i've come across so far. many thanks to de organising committee for making de orientation such an enjoyable & memorable one. *applause*
i was too tired & listless dat day dat i fell down on my way out of tp. actually de prob is, i was smsing on my way down de stairs. de next thing i know is, i sprained my heel. luckily there were 3 very nice girls who helped me get de medic & flagged a cab for me to get home safely. forgot to ask for their names but, a million thanks for ur help. really appreciate it. =]

alrights.. my eye lids are too heavy.. i've got lectures tmr.. *yawnz* till nxt time..