Wednesday, April 08, 2009
8:48 PM /
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Saturday was NUS Geography Challenge! Haha we got this orange "I am a Geography Challenger" tee. Liked the slogan but the sponsors' logos at the back made it look so tacky. But I understand... must publicise for the sponsors.
Set off from NUS with Fang Qi, Kathy, Steph (Ah Gee. Lol! Her name gt typo) & Ruo Qi. Our stops were: ACM, Tiong Bahru Market, Botanical Gardens, NMS and Bras Basah Complex. The clues were issued after you completed each stn which was a series of questions incl fieldwork (like visiting exhibits and interviews) and application (like how wld you promote this district to be an arts & heritage district) ones. The clues were like alpha-numeric codes, photos, prose etc.
Chiong-ed on board the MRTs and buses. Lol for the first leg, we always managed to catch the transport just on time. But lagged quite a bit aft the market cuz the botanic gardens clue was so difficult to decipher then eneded up missing the bus. Lol, we wanted to skip last stn and go back to NUS cuz scared exceed time limit. Turned out, it was the easiest stn (lucky didnt skip) but we returned 15mins late which means 7.5 marks gone.
Infinite thanks to:
Fang Qi for all tht leadership, "chiong!" " jiayou!" and running arnd memorising loads of info
Kathy for deciphering the street directory and bus guide & interviewing dialect/CL speaking hawkers
Steph for searching for obscure monuments, cheering the team on and helping Ruo Qi run faster
Ruo Qi for hunting down obscure places, deciphering codes (PRO) & putting in her very best to run even though she was breathless
Huimin for filming Geo-Ad with us and morally supporting us throughout (And staying on her toes in case one of us cmi)
& All 4 of you for taking the risk to chiong with me, running around collecting data, getting me food & for tricking me to reach 15mins earlier (tsktsk)
Indeed, GC09 was a great experience (even though I had to listen to 4 of them fan-girl constantly). We really did our best. We may not have gotten Top 10 for Geo-Ad but your efforts rly showed through (you can see our geo-ad on youtube. ACS Barker's & NUS High's were great, though nt v geographical. Yes, watch NUS High's. Hilarious). But then agn, we won Top 10 for Geo-Trail which rly filled me with intense satisfaction. All tht running (& transport fees) was worth it after all!
We did great!
Proud to proclaim: "I Love Geography!"
(& I may just consider Prof Huang's 1st advice)
Set off from NUS with Fang Qi, Kathy, Steph (Ah Gee. Lol! Her name gt typo) & Ruo Qi. Our stops were: ACM, Tiong Bahru Market, Botanical Gardens, NMS and Bras Basah Complex. The clues were issued after you completed each stn which was a series of questions incl fieldwork (like visiting exhibits and interviews) and application (like how wld you promote this district to be an arts & heritage district) ones. The clues were like alpha-numeric codes, photos, prose etc.
Chiong-ed on board the MRTs and buses. Lol for the first leg, we always managed to catch the transport just on time. But lagged quite a bit aft the market cuz the botanic gardens clue was so difficult to decipher then eneded up missing the bus. Lol, we wanted to skip last stn and go back to NUS cuz scared exceed time limit. Turned out, it was the easiest stn (lucky didnt skip) but we returned 15mins late which means 7.5 marks gone.
Infinite thanks to:
Fang Qi for all tht leadership, "chiong!" " jiayou!" and running arnd memorising loads of info
Kathy for deciphering the street directory and bus guide & interviewing dialect/CL speaking hawkers
Steph for searching for obscure monuments, cheering the team on and helping Ruo Qi run faster
Ruo Qi for hunting down obscure places, deciphering codes (PRO) & putting in her very best to run even though she was breathless
Huimin for filming Geo-Ad with us and morally supporting us throughout (And staying on her toes in case one of us cmi)
& All 4 of you for taking the risk to chiong with me, running around collecting data, getting me food & for tricking me to reach 15mins earlier (tsktsk)
Indeed, GC09 was a great experience (even though I had to listen to 4 of them fan-girl constantly). We really did our best. We may not have gotten Top 10 for Geo-Ad but your efforts rly showed through (you can see our geo-ad on youtube. ACS Barker's & NUS High's were great, though nt v geographical. Yes, watch NUS High's. Hilarious). But then agn, we won Top 10 for Geo-Trail which rly filled me with intense satisfaction. All tht running (& transport fees) was worth it after all!
We did great!
Proud to proclaim: "I Love Geography!"
(& I may just consider Prof Huang's 1st advice)