Yeah, I know this is a bit late... but have been rather busy past few months. Ok, I joined Poly 50 this year (held on 12 Jul 06) after a leave of absence for 5 years. As usual, running for the dept against other staff teams and our team is naturally called CLSian (sounds so predictable, right?). And the members are:
1. Dawn Tan
2. Christopher Ng
3. Joshua Sng
4. Cyril Chua
5. Ting Heng Luan
6. Ong Chye Sun
7. Katerina Yang
8. Wong Chun Mun
9. Ong Guat Choon
10. Benjamin Yang
11. Kwok Chen Ko
12. Wong Yin Tiong
After a gruelling 1.5 hrs of running under the hot sun, I am proud to say that we came in 2nd in the staff category. If we compete against the students, it will be a different story... but still quite an achievement right? Ok, enough talk, here are the medals for 2nd place.
And to give you an idea of the competition we faced, here are the results.
SP STUDENT CATEGORY
TEAM NAME TIME NO TAG
1st Dragon 1 1:16:24 47
2nd Team Zoom 1:17:24 59
3rd CLS 1 1:17:43 63
4th CLS 2 1:20:36 64
5th Team Tao Pok 1:22:59 28
6th Dragon Ball 1:23:03 49
7th Sports Club 1:24:22 1
8th SP Rovers Sabre Crew 1:25:38 12
9th SP Lifesaver Team 1 1:25:40 21
10th Swoosh!!! 1:25:46 61
SP STAFF CATEGORY
TEAM NAME TIME NO TAG
1st Hilltop Harriers/SB 1:32:43 103
2nd CLSian 1:35:22 106
3rd MM 1:36:27 109
4th Maths & Science 1:42:11 105
5th ESD 1:42:55 102
SP ALUMNI CATEGORY
TEAM NAME TIME NO TAG
1st Hooyah 1:16:49 126
2nd Spassion Team Zoom 1:17:21 130
3rd SP Adventurers 1:21:35 128
SECONDARY SCHOOL CATEGORY
TEAM NAME TIME NO TAG
1st Commonwealth Sec 1 1:21:00 144
2nd Commonwealth Sec 2 1:25:43 145
3rd Boon Lay Sec 1:28:33 141
Till the next year...
Finally an overseas trek coming up in Sep 06. This time, we'll be working up the beautiful waterfalls of Pelepah in Kota Tinggi. This will be a relaxation trek so there is none of the huffing and puffing of a strenous workout. We'll be rewarded with a cool and relaxing night stay at the top of the hill, enjoying a dinner of self-cooked food.
Date: 11-12 Sep 06, Mon-Tue
Time: Meeting in the morning and returning in the evening next day
Location: Pelepah Waterfalls, Kota Tinggi, M'sia
Estimated cost: $70 inclusive of chartered transport
Difficulty: ** (scale of 1 to 5 *)
Please book by 11 Aug 06 to reserve a place.
I am earning extra pocket money as a 'O' Levels Chemistry private tutor. If anyone is interested, pls contact me. Those of you reading this should know how to get me.
Cheers
Phase 2B of new CLS building
For those of you still in the dark, there will be a phase 2B to the moving of CLS over to a location closer to where all the "action" is i.e. Dover MRT. And we are all so busily in the midst of planning for such a move in 3 years time. Yup, need to plan early for such a complicated activity.
For my part, I need to draw up the design for my lab (Environmental Chemistry) in the new building. It is certainly not as simple as it sounds. Floor plan has to be drawn to scale with all the furniture and equipment. This includes the sinks too! By the way, none of us are trained in architecture or interior design. We also need to draw the benches - show the cupboards and drawers as well. Find out the power of the exhaust fans, the type of power sockets to use, material of benchtops etc.
Oh, all these may be subject to change since the final dimensions of the lab is not confirmed. And... the floor space has actually decreased compared to my current lab.
Yup, all these are part of our job.
15 Jul (Sat) Exploratory Trek at Dairy Farm
Yes, it has been a long time since there are any updates here but fret not, let's start with a time honoured trek in one of the "wilder" parts of Singapore.
Meet at 9 a.m. at busstop outside Salvation Army building along Upp Bt Timah Rd. Trek should end no later than 12.