27 September 2005

"First meeting - CONQUERED!"


Guess what?
GUESS?!?!?!

(besides the fact that my birthday is just next friday - *HINTING*)


alright, i shan't torture you lah...
WE CONQUERED THE FIRST MEETING!!!
thanks to Group 1's great efforts in the later part..
i don't know how you guys did it, but terrence was fan-ta-bulous at facilitating the meeting!
Alan's compiling all the information now, and we'll be hearing from our nyc friends' on the things that have been discussed last night..
Kal did a GREAT job in pushing out suggestions and questions!
Shima and Khairul.... GREAT food. (but can we have a box of fishballs too?) hahahaha....

anyway, everyone did great jobs!!
(i'm not that great a 'care taker' but i'm trying here, i'm trying here! lol)


alright.. umm.. i can't really think of what to add in here..
but to remind you guys to look out for the documents that will be uploaded on the yahoo groups soon!
If you can't access it, please do ask around from the rest of us ya? =)


hope you guys have a GREAT week ahead!

7:01 PM. By: anj ( 0 comments)

21 September 2005

"HEY EVERYONE!!!"


Hi everyone!


we had our VERY FIRST inaugural (sp?) tonight!
and it was a BLAST!!!


first up, to those who couldn't turn up, it's alright! =)
further details will be posted up soon... michelle ong is working part of our meeting notes as I type this. (THANK YOU MICHELLE O!!! we love you for that! mwah!)

In other news, please DO DO DO try to come for our first meeting on this coming 26th!
we need a strong turn up coz we have LOTS to do on the 26th alright?
please also,



check out the new forums board HERE.
7 of you haven't signed up yet! (how could you NOT?)

so please go sign up, and put in your votes.
Our friendly NYC friends have told us, 12 noon tomorrow will be THE dateline for questions, comments and most importantly, YOUR VOTES.


We really need the votes in soon, coz they count!


Plus, we've decided on the tag line! (FINALLY man, i can take off the "Air your Views, not your armpits!" but then again, this blog can be here for our future crap business.. hahas)


Anyway, "information overload" will be out from tomorrow to at most, within the next 2 days.

please check back often for some more updates!




Have a great week, and weekend ahead!
do get some red bull on monday, it'll give you wiiiings!
we need the energy on monday!




p.s: please confirm with either june or shawn about your attendance for monday!


toodles! ;)
angie

11:24 PM. By: Administrator ( 0 comments)

20 September 2005

"Young Change Makers!!"


This is quite an interesting TV commercial shown in French - What if people with disabilities are not a minority in this world?

http://www.ad-awards.com/inc/video.swf?id=104

Channel NewsAsia has just started running the encore of 'I'm special, It's OK'. The programme debuts 19 September 2005, every Monday night 8.32pm (reruns at 11.32pm) until 3 October 2005. The program visits schools in Singapore and Thailand where information technology levels the playing field for children with special needs.

In Asia, Asians see people with disablities differently..very often, in a negative way. The same goes to some Singaporeans.

It's about time we ought to change this mindset.

People with or without disablities, I say, we are all human beings. Why must we discriminate people with disablities, thinking that they can't do the same things as their able-bodied counterparts?

If we don't give them the chance, how can they prove their capablity?







1:41 AM. By: Administrator ( 0 comments)

14 September 2005

"Project Forum version 1.1"


Kal, I've taken the liberty (again) to unclutter the blog a little.. (sorry, i'm quite a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to digital stuff coz i know i'll NEVER be this neat irl.)

I hope this proves to be neater?
anyway, review and comment on it..
we'll have to discuss on who wants to own which project and whatnots too.


Project Forum version 1.1:


Project Title:
Charity Premiers, Help Your Two Best Friends

Quick Description: for Breast Cancer awareness
Project Period: 6th October 2005
Project Location: Cathay Cineleisure Orchard
Project Budget: S$3,800

access it at: Charity Primers


Project Title:
Creative Learning Strategies through Styles

Quick Description: help students gain more learning styles
Project Period: August - December 2005
Project Location: St Andrew's Secondary School
Project Budget: S$5,300

access it at: CLASS


Project Title:
Imagine Singapore

Quick Description: Civics Education for the Youth
Project Period: August 2005 - August 2006
Project Location: School of Thought / public areas
Project Budget: S$7,000

access it at: Imagine Singapore


Project Title:
L'effet de Papillon (The Butterfly Effect)

Quick Description: for the awareness on Systemic Lupus Erethematosus (SLE)
Project Period: End October 2005 - January 2006
Project Location: Singapore
Project Budget: S$19,790

access it at: L'effet de Papillon


Project Title:
Making a Difference In Nuturing Compassion

Quick Description: increase awareness on different societies that are involved in Animal Welfare to the general public
Project Period: 18 August - 2 October 2005
Project Location: Bishan Park
Project Budget: S$4,350

access it at: M.A.D.I.N.C


Project Title:
Medisearch

Quick Description: for convenience of the general public to able to gain immediate knowledge on the nearest clinic in their neighbourhood.
Project Period: 3 months
Project Location: Online
Project Budget: S$7,000

access it at: Medisearch


Project Title:
"My World" Photo Exhibition and Auction

Quick Description: a photo exhibition on 3 youths (who have been through hell and back again and still be able to get O level certs) and to encourage other school dropouts to give a shot at studying again.
Project Period: September - December 2005
Project Location: National Library Board (New Lee Kong Chian Reference
Library)
Project Budget: S$6,300

access it at: My World


Project Title:
North East Youth Volunteer Empowerment Programme (VEP)

Quick Description: promote volunteerism to the school-going community
Project Period: 3 months
Project Location: Sengkang / Punggol
Project Budget: S$2,100

access it at: NE youth VEP


Project Title:
"SAID! Youth Open" Debate Championships

Quick Description: To encourage active centizenry and openess among youth in singapore
Project Period: 12 - 26 November 2005
Project Location: Centennial Tower
Project Budget: S$4,770

access it at: SAID debates


Project Title:
Social Entrepreneurship Programme (SEP)

Quick Description: a programme in which Singapore Sports School is working together with the community for a good and charitable cause
Project Period: September - November 2005
Project Location: Based in Singapore Sports School
Project Budget: S$4,520

access it at: SEP

6:00 PM. By: anj ( 0 comments)

10 September 2005

"here are the nominated tag lines thus far..."


hi hi!!!

I've taken the liberty of putting up the nominated tag lines that huimin (aka jam) has taken the time to consolidate so far..

o Unleashing Dreams, Inspiring Change
o Empowering Dreams, Inspiring Change Together
o Empowering Youth, Inspiring Change
o Empowering Youths, Realising Dreams
o Embracing dreams, inspiring youths
o Youth Empowered by Aspirations and Hope
o Youth Embracing Aspirations and Hope
o Empowering our Youth, Improving our Future
o A new tagline!


A few of us have issues with YEAH! and how it might confuse the public about YEAH!, the signature project/programme from South West CDC. We might want to re-think on being more original without trying to borrow accronyms too much.

It would be a bonus if we had accronyms in our catch phrase like "Have you been MAD today?" from heartware network. MAD being Making A Difference. (i think most of us would know that one.. hahas)

(: cast in your votes, nontheless!
and great suggestions everyone!

12:28 PM. By: anj ( 0 comments)



"RE: Legality 1: rewording the Eligibility criterion"


That's a good point raised, but I feel that 'The activity should be legal' actually has a more positive intonation than 'The activity should not be illegal'. It might be due to 'not' and 'illegal'. I think the word 'illegal', more than 'legal', gets people started on restricting their activities and ideas to something safe.

9:02 AM. By: jam ( 0 comments)

09 September 2005

"check it out everyone!"


hey everyone!

hope you're all having a great week so far..!
the weekend's near! (in just a FEW hours!)

June's sent out the mails to get all of us to check out the mock set up for the new webby, so please do check it out, and share your views on it!!


I find it really good! (:
-angeline

12:48 PM. By: Administrator ( 0 comments)

08 September 2005

"Case Study: Le Parkour"


This is our long topic on Le Parkour, please do put in your thoughts about it! (:

Hazrul:
Hi guys,

I was watching the news yesterday and there was this report on Le Parkour practitioners in Singapore and how this "sport" is gaining popularity among the young. Here's the bombshell. Police say, the sport is illegal. There were cases where "practitioners" were caught for "Trespassing" and "Causing nuisance to residents".

I wasn't comfortable with the "Proposal must be Legal" criteria but I couldn't voice out an example.

Le Parkour is not an official sport, and no organisation represents it. What if a group of practitioners would like to propose a public display of Le Parkour to encourage more people to take up the sport and to give it due recognition as a sport?

How then do you balance between what is a positive change against what is legal/illegal?


Imad:

Hhhmmmm......

I think that as with all sports,practitioners of that particular sport must register themselves with SSC (or an equivalent organisation) for it to be "recognised" as a sport.A long time ago,skateboarding was illegal in the strictest sense of the word. Over time,views became more developed and the sport was subsequently accepted and recognised.Now,we have skateboarding parks and youths do it all over the place.This does not mean however that if they were caught skating at places where they shouldn't be,they will be let off.

IF a bunch of youths came to YCM for a grant to promote the sport of free running,I think it will be prudent for us to mentor them accordingly.Get the proper license for them to demonstrate the activity and etc.I,for one, would support it 100%.I saw the movie "Yamakasi" and want to be hero lah and want to start jumping and flipping all over the place....dem yaya lah me.... can't even get out of my own bed properly :-p

I mean think about it... how would you feel if one of these chaps (leftover word from the training session :-p) was suddenly found hanging from your 5th floor HDB flat at Yew Tee or something?

But never say never....

On another matter,kudos to all involved in the creation of the contact list.Absolutely outstanding! :-))

Imad
p.s. I went home on Sunday and saw a note on the fridge.My parents are out of town for 2 weeks....hahahhaaa.....


Hazrul:

Good call.

But then again, Free Running and Skateboarding are 2 different things. (I don't think there is a Skateboarding Association of Singapore. Anyone know of any?)

Imagine if we built a "Free Running Park". Kind of weird don't you think? With live-size buildings and bridges and people flying and jumping around.

Anywhere else, free running is illegal. And you have to put up all those stick man signs like those "No Football at the void deck!" hahaha... Imagine, "No Parkouring!" I wonder how the stickman will look like. heh...

Please Parkour at designated Parkour Lots!

But eventually, people will have to live with it. Like how many of us are guilty of playing football at the void deck and at the basketball court?


Angeline:

hey, i'll have a say in it, coz I once tried parkour (only once) and
i have buddies who does le parkour like how one would go for tkd
training. it's a very interesting sport, I'd have to say as it
challenges your body and your mind. Let me tell you, it's SO
addictive and fun coz it makes you feel like you're superman..!
hahs...

Anyway, Parkour is said to be illegal only because it is potentially
very dangerous (i'll get to that in a bit) and it isn't safe for the
society, i might add.
I'd say it isn't safe because, what if criminals learnt parkour in
order to do their crimes?

I have to emphasis that by practicising parkour on a regular basis
makes one REALLY fit, and i mean like SUPER fit, they are very
agile, they travel like ninjas (they must learn how to land lightly
on their feet after dropping 9 feet down) and they are VERY VERY
fast. This would give an advantage to these potential criminals and
it would take a car just to catch up with them. You can't catch up
with these guys if you're gonna chase them on your feet.
This is possibly one of the standing reasons why the police aren't
making it legal.

Another reason would be that, if parkour was to be allowed, we're
gonna see ALOT of broken bones, alot of foot prints on buildings
(yes, i said buildings) and alot of speed-crazy youths on feet.


I've watched this documentary on Discovery Channel on Le Parkour.
I'll just introduce Le Parkour briefly to those who are clueless
about it. Le Parkour was founded by a youth (who's prolly around 24
now) in France. It is a new alternative sport that embraces a cross
disciplinary of martial arts and a hell lot of running.
It practices the arts from ninjitsu to (actually i can't remember,
but they had put the emphasis on the way ninjas travel around).
Anyway, these guys came together one day and got bored of just
running on the ground, they loved playing platform computer games
(eg: sonic, spiderman, you get the idea) and they wanted something
MORE challenging that the norm, hence, le parkour was formed.
These guys are so good, they even did a guiness record of travelling
above ground at a certain rate for a few hours to complete some
kilometres. This was done either in France or Londone (i can't
remember those details), and they jumped from building to building
as much as they could and this happened over a span of several
famous buildings.


But anyway, back to the topic, I'd love to see a free running park
in *scape. ahaha.. they're still looking for ideas, I think this
would be a good one. Coz i think even if parkour is to be made
legal, there'll be more parkour kids around to help out as well. The
only concern left would be them trying to climb up the walls like
the chinese kungfu heros (eg: jackie chan or jet li) would do and
jumping 2 stories down without the intent to commit suicide.

A good friend of mine who does parkour fractured his wrist and
sprained his ankle from jumping 1.4m down.. that's how bad it gets
if one doesn't have proper training.

Yep..
so that's my say on it.. hahs.. i know it's pretty long a say, but
yeah.. hahas..
hope you guys learnt more insights to parkour.. (:

toodles!
angeline




any other thoughts, anyone?

9:34 AM. By: Administrator ( 0 comments)

06 September 2005

"virgin post..."


haha.. hi guys, this is the virgin post....
those with blogger accounts, send me your emails to add you in....
I'll work on getting the layouts done (or if our gahmen counterparts are willing, i wouldn't mind a background picture, and i'll do up the rest) AFTER my exams are done..

Also, the debut post will come soon... (btw, we can start on the topics, i shall add in the post on Le Parkour after this..

Till then,
cheers!
angeline

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