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News Bites NTU NTU-DESIGNED UAV MENTIONED IN NATIONAL DAY RALLY An unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) named the Extractor X was mentioned by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during the National Day Rally. The UAV, designed by a team of NTU students, placed sixth overall out of 140 teams in a competition organised by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. SCIENTIST BEHIND INVISIBILITY CLOAK WINS TECHNOLOGY AWARD Assistant Professor Zhang Baile, from the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, has been recognised by Massachusett Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Technology Review(TR) as one of the top 35 young innovators in the world. The 31-year-old scientist was lauded for his invention of an invisibility cloak made from calcite crystals, a major contribution to the field of optical cloaking. As one of the inaugural winners of the TR35@ Singapore award, he joins past TR honorees such as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Among the guests at the conferment ceremony were Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. NTU SIGNS SUSTAINABLE EARTH AGREEMENT NTU President Professor Bertil Andersson signed a charter agreement with the International Sustainable Campus Network on August 18. Other signatories include the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Cambridge University. The Sustainable Earth agreement encompasses areas such as water issues, public health, and alternative technology sources. RESEARCHERS INVENT NEW POCKET LIVING ROOM TV Scientists from the School of Computer Engineering have invented a mobile technology that enables TV shows to be screened on the move. It allows viewers to discuss the show through video chat, voice or text. Headed by Assistant Professor Wen Yonggang, the technology has attracted the attention of local and international telcos.

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PROFESSOR LIM CHONG YAH CONFERRED EMERITUS PROFESSOR TITLE

S’PORE EMPLOYEES FEEL THEY ARE NOT PAID FAIRLY: STUDY

Leading economist Professor Lim Chong Yah was conferred the title of Emeritus Professor on August 25th in recognition of his contributions to academia, public service and philanthropy. He caused a stir in April when he suggested raising the wages of low-income earners.

Most Singaporeans feel that they are not getting paid as well as their peers in other companies, according to a 2012 study by employee-benefits consultancy Towers Watson. Only 32 percent of 1,000 employees surveyed believed they were paid fairly compared to people in other

companies who hold similar jobs. This is lower than the global average of 46 percent. CARRE FOUR TO CLOSE BY YEAR’S END French retail giant Carrefour, which introduced the hypermarket concept to Singapore in 1997, is closing its Plaza Singapura and Suntec City outlets by the end of the year. The company said that “expansion and growth perspectives do not allow reaching a leadership position in the medium and long term” in Singapore. The head office in Singapore will also be closed and 386 jobs will be affected, though Carrefour said it will facilitate redeployment of their employees.

and still relevant, see what has changed and recalibrate accordingly and refresh and innovate by charting new directions. SINGAPORE TO HOST 9TH ASIAN NETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Singapore has gained the rights to host the 2014 Asian Netball Championship. The Asian Netball Federation announced this after Pakistan, the other bidder, pulled out two days before the bid presentation. The event will be held at the Singapore Sports Hub, which is due for completion in March 2014. Singapore last hosted the Asian championship in 2005, clinching her first Asian title.

NEW THOMSON MRT LINE WILL HAVE 22 STATIONS Singapore’s sixth MRT line, the Thomson Line (TSL), will have 22 stations running from Woodlands in the north to Marina Bay in the south, according to the Land Transport Authority and the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Running parallel to the existing North South Line, TSL will serve areas that are not served by the existing MRT network, and commuters who live and work along its corridor in Woodlands, Sin Ming, Thomson, Kim Seng and Marina Bay. ENGAGING SINGAPOREANS IN A NATIONAL CONVERSATION Education Minister Heng Swee Keat said the government will engage Singaporeans in a national conversation on how to take the country forward. Heng highlighted three goals: reaffirm what is good

WORLD LANCE ARMSTONG STRIPPED OF SEVEN WORLD TITLES Legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong has been stripped of all seven of his Tour de France titles, following his decision to stop defending himself against United States AntiDoping Agency’s (USADA) charges of doping and drug trafficking. The charges also ban him from competing in any sport that uses the World Anti-Doping Code. Armstrong has called USADA’s charges an “unconstitutional witch hunt”. APPLE WINS PATENT BATTLE AGAINST SAMSUNG IN US Apple Inc. was awarded $1 billion in damages by the US courts for patent infringements committed

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by Samsung. The courts found that Samsung wilfully copied Apple’s design and utility patents, as well as diluted Apple’s trade dresses relating to the iPhone. Apple now seeks to persuade the courts to ban the import and sale of eight Samsung products in the US, such such as the Galaxy S2 and Droid Charge. FRANCE TO REOPEN YASSER ARAFAT MURDER PROBE France will reopen the case of Yasser Arafat after an Al-Jazeera documentary revealed findings which suggested that the former Palestinian leader might have died of radiation poisoning. Some of Arafat’s personal items were found to contain abnormal quantities of Polonium 210, a rare naturallyoccurring radioactive material. PROTESTERS BECOME THE RESIDENTS OF ‘ROMNEYVILLE’ US protesters set up tents outside the Republican National Convention on August 27, in a bid to fight homelessness and the shrinking middle class in the United States. They stayed there, and ate food donated by the public. TYPHOON BOLAVEN WRECKS HAVOC IN NORTH KOREA Typhoon Bolaven damaged crops and power lines in the western part of North Korea, affecting hectares of farmland and carrying away the roof of a power station. It is the latest in a string of disasters in North Korea, after heavy floods in July and August resulted in dozens of deaths. The typhoon hit the North late Tuesday, August 30, after leaving at least 10 dead in South Korea.

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STAND UP FOR SINGAPORE: Nanyang Technological University students celebrated Singapore’s 47th birthday during the University’s National Day Observance ceremony on August 16. PHOTO | JADE HUI

In the article, Assistant Professor Goh Geok Yian’s name was misspelled. In addition, the name of the Histor y module should be Early Contacts between Southeast Asia and China. We sincerely apologise for the errors.

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Look right, left, and right again Additional road safety measures implemented along NTU's common accident 'hotspots' 7+(2'25$ 7+(5(6$ ' &58= )2//2:,1* D VSDWH RI road accidents occurring on NTU’s roads, additional safety measures have been implemented by the Office of Development and Facilities Management (ODFM). Some measures include a raised zebra-crossing and slowdown signs along Lien Ying Chow Drive to warn motorists to drive safely. A bus bay has also been created there so as not to hold up traffic. The most recent case involved a hit-and-run accident two weeks ago, at the Hall of Residence 11 bus stop near Block 56, which left the victim with minor injuries. Police investigations are on-going. Lien Ying Chow Drive, which separates Halls 1 and 6, is one of the accident 'hotspots' according to ODFM’s Campus Security Division. “Students tend to dash across the road after they alight from the bus without first checking for oncoming traffic,” said Mr Liew Sai Weng, Senior Assistant Director. Another such 'hotspot' is the

roundabout junction of Nanyang Avenue and Nanyang Drive where Mr Liew said: “Students have been found jaywalking, posing a danger to themselves and motorists.” Road incidents are more likely to happen during the day as there are more vehicles and people on campus, added Mr Liew. Student Cai Bing Liang, 23, was hit by a car last April when he dashed across Lien Ying Chow Drive in front of Hall 6 to catch bus 179 with his friends. “I may have only suffered superficial wounds, but the accident has left a very deep impact on me. Now, I make sure I always use the zebra-crossing,” said the thirdyear student from the School of Biological Sciences. A road safety banner and new traffic signs alerting drivers to look out for pedestrians will soon be placed at Hall 1 bus stop at Nanyang Circle, according to ODFM. Questioning the apparent effectiveness of the road safety measures in NTU, some students expressed doubts about the use of banners placed at bus stops. “Banners are not as effective when compared to campaigns that increase students’ awareness of road safety, because they are not interactive,” said Cai. Perrine Tang, 22, felt that publicising horror stories of road ac-

ROAD RULES: Pedestrians and motorists both have a responsibility to exercise care on the road.

cidents in NTU to students would scare them into realising the importance of road safety, and would translate into fewer negligent acts. “Most students probably feel that accidents are not as likely to happen in school, because there aren’t as many cars as on the public roads,” said the final-year student from the School of Physical

and Mathematical Sciences. One option would be to install traffic lights at road crossings, but Dr Lee Kien Wah, Chief Health and Safety Officer of NTU, explained that these decisions come under the control of Land Transport Authority (LTA). “While NTU roads are privately maintained, these are gazetted

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roads under control of LTA and the Traffic Police,” said Dr Lee. Emphasising that the role of road safety in NTU does not just fall into the hands of the authorities, Mr Liew said, “While ODFM will enhance the road infrastructure where necessary, all pedestrians and motorists must also exercise due care when using the roads.”

Cheers! It's a store and more

CONVENIENCE'S SAKE: New 7-Eleven stores are set to open in NTU. PHOTO | T.Z.CHAM

$1'5(: 72+ GROCERY stores around NTU are making way for convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and Cheers. By awarding these tenders,

Office of Development and Facilities Management (ODFM) hoped the competition between the new vendors will help bring down the cost of merchandise sold in NTU. Prices will remain relatively similar

to the previous convenience stores. Also, stationery and fresh produce will continue to be available at the new outlets, according to ODFM and Dairy Farm Group. Dairy Farm Group Singapore manages several major supermarkets and convenience stores, including 7-Eleven. “Both operators will charge the institutional price for all merchandise, which is lower compared to other branches of 7-Eleven and Cheers,” said Mr Paul Tan, Senior Assistant Director at ODFM. In addition, Dairy Farm Group has confirmed that the pricing in the stores will be similar to the other institutional 7-Eleven outlets at National University of Singapore and Republic Polytechnic. Nanyang supermarket at Hall of Residence 2, Minimart at Canteen 14 and the convenience store at School of Biological Sciences ceased operations on August 15. 7-Eleven will take over Nan-

yang supermarket and Canteen 14’s minimart in mid-October. Convenience stores located at the North Spine and the Nanyang Executive Centre will be closing down by year end. They will be replaced by Cheers in early 2013. The 7-Eleven at Hall 2 will open 24 hours every day for a three-month trial period, according to Mr Tan. This, however, will depend on the viability of the business during the trial, after which ODFM will decide whether to continue such hours or return to its standard operating hours. 7-Eleven did not provide details on how institutional prices will vary from standard prices. However, it has been found that while a package of Gardenia loaf bread costs $2.05 at the 7-Eleven branch at Boon Lay MRT, the same loaf of bread is 20 cents cheaper at the 7-Eleven located at the North Spine.

A carton of Marigold milk however is still priced at the same cost of $3.30. It is not known if the same prices will apply to the store at Hall 2. Some NTU hall residents expressed unhappiness about having to travel out of school to obtain groceries during this period when the new operators are taking over. Zipporah Dukue, 21, a resident of Hall 15, used to buy groceries such as milk and instant noodles from Canteen 14's minimart. “I have to travel all the way to NTUC FairPrice at Jurong Point to purchase my groceries now,” said the third-year engineering student. Students can contact ODFM at 67904777 if they find the prices of certain items too expensive, or if they require certain merchandise that is unavailable at the convenience stores.

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A whole new world opens in NTU -2<&( /,0 NTU’s newest eatery will introduce a card payment system which allows customers to order their food first and pay for it later. The New World restaurant opens officially on the first week of September and will operate f rom Mondays to Sat u rdays, 8am - 9pm. It has taken over the premises formerly occupied by Sakae Sushi near the North Spine. Tucked away at the corner opposite McDonald’s, the restaurant seats up to 154 diners. It occupies 384 square metres, which is equivalent to about five tutorial rooms. Upon entering, diners are each provided a Quick Response (QR) card. Each food stall is equipped with an iPad which takes orders and pairs it with the QR card issued to each person. After customers finish ordering their food, they then proceed to foot the bill at the central cashier, where payment is accepted via cash or VISA. “Customers don’t have to fumble around for loose change and dig their pockets when they make payment at a central cashier,” said Mr Wilson Ho, the restaurant’s principal consultant. The New World houses eight different food stalls under one roof selling foods such as fried Hokkien mee, Korean cuisine, hand-made buns and bubble tea. Prices start from $3-$6.50 per set, which includes food and a drink.

Many students welcomed the restaurant’s concept of central payment. “Usually when I visit Canteen B, there’s always a long queue at each store during lunch time. This concept of payment will definitely shorten the waiting time and make it more convenient for me when I dine here,” said Jeremy Chua, 21, a first-year student from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Ada m Q ue k , 24, a f i na lyear student from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, agreed. “It saves time because I don’t have to look for change at every single juncture, which can be quite a hassle if I were to order different dishes from each store,” he said. But ot hers felt a cash less mode of payment would not make much of a difference in their dining experience. “The bulk of the waiting time ultimately comes from the preparation of food,” said Tong Qin Qin, 21, a third-year student from the Nanyang Business School. In addition, she added she preferred cash payment because it would allow her to keep track of her spending, instead of ordering beyond her means. Despite being launched by the same operators behind Vänner bistro at Nanyang Auditorium, The New World will follow its own unique approach, said restaurant staff. “Our first restaurant on campus, Vänner, features mostly Western fare catered to staff and

ORDER FIRST, PAY LATER: At The New World, diners make payment at a central cashier rather than the individual stall.

professors who prefer a more high-end ambience,” said The New World’s management executive Celine Fong, 23. As such, instead of expanding Vänner, the company decided to launch a second restaurant. “T he New World hopes to capture the wider student market and provide semi fine-dining at an affordable price,” said Fong, a fresh graduate from the School of

Humanities and Social Sciences. At the entrance of the restaurant, Mandarin characters on an arched signboard translate into the restaurant's name. When asked why, Ho said, “The New World is about recapturing our past. Memories that were made, where eating and shopping were just a walk in a common corridor, like ‘The New World’ — an amusement park that operated in

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the 1920s at Jalan Besar.” He said the restaurant “reflects the era and period when New World Amusement Park was still functioning”, and expressed optimism about its future. “I believe a student population that’s always creating new ideas through various technologies and art mediums would appreciate an entity that runs alongside them vis-à-vis food,” he added.

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FIGHTING MOCK FIRES: The laser system simulates actual fires without the smoke and heat.

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The fire that broke out in NUS on August 10 raised concerns over the safety of NTU's laboratories. But NTU authorities said current fire prevention measures are working fine. Dr. Lee Kien Wah, NTU’s Chief Health and Safety Officer, emphasised the fire-safety protocols the institution has put in place. For instance, NTU is the only university in Singapore to use a simulated laser system for fire safety training. The system can simulate different types of fires and record one’s ability to put them out using a standard fire extinguisher, with no fire is actually lit. The console allows fire training to be done anytime and anywhere. It is also smoke and heat-free. Dr. Lee added that school safety officers and laborator y managers also check laboratories every month or two. In addition, personnels from the Office of Health and Safety said they conduct workplace inspections every three months to minimise “unsafe acts and conditions, such as excessive or open storage of flammable solvents".

Professor Stephen K. Smith, NTU's Vice-President (Research), also warned the public not to jump into conclusions when a fire breaks out. He emphasised the importance of protocols on a post-fire examination of what went wrong. “The laboratory authorities will do a full review of the incident and act from there. We will ensure that the causes are accounted for, and lessons [are] learnt from the fire,” he said. Following the NUS fire, laboratory users have noticed more stringent regulations kicking in. Lam Zhen Hui, 22, a finalyear student from the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, said since the fire broke out in NUS, NTU spends over an hour to brief students on firesafet y protocols. Before that, the briefing lasted only 30-45 minutes. Although NTU's fire guideline manual is relatively short, many students do not feel it is a cause for concern — and the occurrence of the fire in spite of NUS' longer manual is a testament to that. NTU's fire-safety guidelines are only 27 pages long, while NUS has 46 pages.

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NTU's green revolution

TENDER LOVING CARE: NTU community garden's custodian, Mr Ng Kim Chuan, tends faithfully to his herbs.

6$5$+ *,$0 FEW people know that more than 200 species of herbs have been sprouting on an acre of land near NTU’s Jalan Bahar exit for the past three years. However, visitors today are now greeted by a swathe of faded, wilting green, a far cry from the garden’s rich colours back in its heyday in 2010. Called the community herb garden, it was started by Mr Ng Kim Chuan, a technician with NTU’s Engineering Services Division, and three others in 2009. Since then, its herbs have been exhibited at six events, one being the 2010 Singapore Garden Festival. The garden clinched the gold award, and was also named the best new community garden in the educational institutions category of the 2010 “Community In Bloom" Awards. However, Mr Ng, 60, had to decline NParks’ invitation to participate in this year’s awards, due to a lack of manpower to tend the garden. “We urgently need a full-time foreman and gardeners. Also, the garden is in need of finances for

its maintenance — the fence, for one, is in a state of disrepair,” he said in Mandarin. The garden has always been tended by volunteers. However, the 20-strong team from two years back has dwindled to just six people. Asked about the decline, Mr Ng chalked it up to their increasing work commitments. The garden’s herbs have been given out free of charge to local visitors, as long as they allow Mr Ng to meticulously record their names, contact numbers and herbs received in his logbook. Nearly 3,600 names have been recorded since 2009. Nearly 140 others, belonging to cancer patients, are logged separately. Foreigners hailing from countries such as Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan, have also asked for the herbs, to which Mr Ng responds by shipping the herbs over — at zero cost to the recipients. Little wonder, then, that one beneficiary proposed a full-time gardener and fundraising to NTU, upon learning that the garden lacked manpower and money. The garden’s benefit to the community, coupled with its pro-

vision of herbs for research and education, are the reasons behind a proposed $2 million endowment fund for the garden, said Ms Marina Tan Harper, director of NTU’s Development Office.

“It's meaningful as the herbs are given to people who may need but cannot afford them.” Tan Yi Hang Second-year student National Institute of Education

Since fundraising began in May, $500,000, or a quarter of the targeted amount, has been donated. The garden aims to have a projected annual budget of $160,000, or slightly above $13,000 to spend each month. This is so that they can pay full-time workers, buy new equipment, and spruce up the entire garden. Mr Ng also hopes to use the funds to improve the garden’s infrastructure, in particular to repair the fence which has been ravaged

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by wild boars, widen the pathways, and build herb canopies over them to allow for comfortable walking. “This amount may just be enough for our expenses, but it’s a start,” said Mr Tan Thean Teng, 69, a retiree and long-time volunteer. Professor James P. Tam, who had used the herbs for research, also applauded the garden. The director of the double degree program in Biomedical Science and Chinese Medicine said, “The herbs have benefited our research, and the garden could be a bridge which engages the student community.” This is echoed by Mr Ng, who welcomes the idea of tending the garden as a co-curricular activity (CCA) for interested students. Though most students approached say they are too busy with school work to volunteer in the garden, and know little about traditional medicine, fresh NTU graduate William Peh, 26, feels that “we do have interested parties in our midst, and making gardening a CCA would align it with students’ interests.” And NTU does have voluntary gardeners, even if there are just two. Valentino Lee and Tan Yi Hang, both 22, started volunteering in July, weeding and ploughing the

ground on Wednesday mornings. Though the second-year students at the National Institute of Education had to stop when school reopened, they both feel the garden is worth preserving. “I wouldn’t mind volunteering in the long-term — it’s meaningful as the herbs are given to people who may need but cannot afford them. Perhaps, gardening could be subsumed under an existing service CCA,” said Tan. In addition, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) graduate Gooi Wen Nee, 24, said it was the volunteers’ “understanding of TCM’s value, and desire to pass it on” which keeps them going, and which kindled her appreciation for the subject. Both Peh and Gooi said they would like to volunteer as physicians providing free treatment, another of Mr Ng’s hopes, but are limited by work commitments. Thus, appointing a full-time salary-drawing foreman at the garden is at the top of Mr Ng’s wish list. He is willing to assume that role, if the school allows. To make a donation, contact the Development Office at 67904732 or come down to the garden.

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NTU students visit postdisaster Fukushima

AN AFTERNOON WITH MR MINAGAWA: (From left) Seah Jun Zhi, Janice Tan, Ng Hui Shin, Daryl Moh, and Lee Yu Xuan helped Mr Minagawa (front) harvest asparagus, corn and beans. PHOTO | COURTESY OF MR HONDA

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MANY have avoided the Tohoku region in Japan following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Yet, even with Fukushima becoming synonymous with radiation, 19 NTU students would take a risk to visit the country they adore. Part of a 50 student team which visited Kitakata city in Fukushima in July, the NTU students joined a sharing session on August 25 at the Japanese Creative Centre. Radiation concerns surrounding the Fukushima prefecture did not deter them from signing up. Among them was Shaun Neo, 22, who volunteered for a week in the neighbouring Miyagi prefecture, three months after it was ravaged by the tsunami. The second-year Art, Design and Media student made this ‘personal choice’ because he felt deeply for Japan. “I heard that there was a lot of help needed,” he said, “but help was not coming from the Japanese themselves.” This was because locals outside of the disaster area were affected as well, he added. According to Neo, locals were initially reluctant to accept help from foreigners due to their pride. Thus, he also hoped that the physical act of accepting foreign assistance would help the victims to be more accepting to changes. The main difficulty, however, was reassuring their parents. Dennis Siew, 24, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student convinced his parents by showing them the radiation maps from the Institute for Information Design Japan, which provides latest data on radiation levels. T he map proved Kitakata was safe to visit. The team's doubts about travelling to Japan were dispelled when

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they arrived in Fukushima. They spoke fondly of their experiences in Kitakata city, and expressed regrets over the plunge in tourism rates. The number of visitors staying overnight in affected prefectures had dropped by 70 percent from 2010 to 2011. While the number of Japanese tourists has increased, foreign visitor figures remain low, according to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Daily. “We could tell it used to be much busier. They have many places catered to tourists, but it’s quiet now,” said Raymond Seah, 24, a third-year Accountancy student.

“The 50 of us have been there, ate at the farms, tried the local produce, and are perfectly fine.” Mr Toh Shin Gui Group Representative of the Singapore delegates

“Kitakata city is really a beautiful place and it’s a pity that people are not visiting, that they are afraid of exaggerated radiation rumours,” he said. The students were also struck by the locals’ perseverance. There were no radiation-testing centres when the disaster first struck, said Seah, and people avoided Fukushima produce. The farmer, who he spoke to personally, took his farm produce for testing to convince people of their safety. One year later, the victims are still keeping their chins up. “The farmers were still very cheerful and hospitable,” said Ng Hui Shin, 22, a second-year Psychology student. “You can’t really tell they just

went through a disaster,” said Seah. “It’s only when we probed further that we realised they’ve been suffering.” T he st udents a lso felt Singaporeans could learn from the perseverance and cohesion of the Japanese. “The Japanese are the perfect embodiment of the phrase ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’,” said Daryl Moh, 23, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student. “They don’t whine, but stand up immediately and try to rebuild their home.” The sharing session was a follow-up on the students' 12day trip, organised by the first Singaporean delegation from the Kizuna (Bond) Project. The session was a follow-up on the 12-day trip, organised by the first Singaporean delegation from the Kizuna Project. The trip was organised by Japanese International Cooperation Center (JICC) and sponsored by the Japanese government. Comprising students from NUS, NTU, SMU and SUTD, the delegation aimed to learn about Japan’s post-disaster recovery. During the sharing session, the students described their interactions with the disaster victims and cautioned against being misled by fears of radiation. The group was in Kitakata for four days, which included a farm stay and a visit to an inn that housed tsunami refugees. On the final day, they gathered in Tokyo to present their findings. Group representative, Toh Shu n Gu i, 24, a f i na l-yea r Japanese Studies major at NUS, said. “The 50 of us have been there, ate at the farms, tried the local produce, and are perfectly fine. Other than the immediate areas surrounding the nuclear reactor, the rest of Japan is normal.”

RATHER than view failures as irksome embarrassments, Isabelle Desjeux considers them fascinating topics of study. The French scientist-artist’s installation, Scientist is In, is currently on exhibit at the MultiPurpose Hall, Innovation Centre, Block 1. The installation is part of the N T U Museum’s latest exhibition, Ear th Messages: Perspectives of Environmental Scientists, which will run until September 17. Desjeux, who holds a Ph.D. in molecular biology, believes blunders should be celebrated instead of maligned. She coined the term “failomics” to describe the field of science which studies failure, and has been studying it since 2009. “A s an ar tist, I research failure. I do research in ar t like I do research in science,” Desjeux said. Since completing her Masters in Arts (Fine Arts) at Lasalle College of the Arts in 2010, she has been researching the “refuse” and “leftovers” in scientific research. The installation shows a video of her busy at work in the laboratory, boiling and distilling a liquid that represents failure. Although Desjeux’s movements in the video are methodical and precise, she is familiar with the frustrations scientists face when their experiments fail. “Sometimes things may seem to be working out fine, only to fail on the last day,” she said. “So I did interviews with scientists to find out more about different categories of failure.”

During her recent residency at the University of Cambridge’s D e p a r t m e n t of P h y s i o lo g y, Development and Neuroscience, Desjeux quizzed scientists on their failures in their experime nt s whe ne ve r t he y had a break. Through this, she uncovered the fallible, human side behind their accomplishments, which served as an inspiration for her exhibition. Viewers found it refreshing that the installation acknowledges the value of failing. “It’s good that failure is being celebrated at the exhibition,” said Professor Kam Chan Hin, Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education). “In this way, it is not viewed so negatively. Different people develop at different rates, and people who are good will naturally rise to the top in due course.” Students also found that the exhibit gelled with their personal experiences. “As scientists or biologists, we may not always get a good result the first time,” said Ericia Teo, a final-year student from the School of Biological Sciences. “But if that’s the case, we change our conditions, then repeat our experiment.” Teo added that the grading process in school, too, was forgiving on less-than-ideal experimental results. For example, her professors would examine not just her findings, but also her experment reflections, where the results are discussed and analysed. “If your experiment reflection was good, you might still do well even if your results were not so ideal,” she said. “We think about how we can do better the next time round.”

FAILOMIST: Desjeux embraces failure as a field of study, "failomics". PHOTO | COURTESY OF NTU LIBRARY

Lifestyle Having a permanent sleepover with some of my best friends is one of my favourite things about hall life. Deep heartfelt conversations seem to come more easily with physical proximity. It has also allowed me to befriend people from all walks of life. I have made a few cursory observations about my new friends that seem to stem from the schools they hail from.

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ccording to Newton, time is relative. Simply put, we never really experience time through minutes, hours or even days. Time wraps around us and what we make of its length is pretty much up to our emotions at each particular moment. For me, I define my university experience through impactful moments. We’ve all been there — that moment you stopped to take stock of your surroundings and realised you were really starting a new phase of your life.

To the amusement of my grandparents to whom I usually stutter to in broken Mandarin, I’ve even picked up rapping in (admittedly offkey) Hokkien at hall camp. Perhaps for you, it was your ďŹ rst trip to Pulau NTU – a selfcontained world of its own. The sheer size of the campus — warranting the need for several shuttle bus services — makes me certain I’ll never ďŹ nish exploring the whole campus by the end of my four years here. Maybe to some, it was apprehensively lugging an oversized camping bag into your ďŹ rst camp full of strangers to befriend, or the very last moment of camp hugging your newfound friends in an atmosphere of sheer

emotional intensity. Or perhaps the welcome ceremonies did it for you as we turned our torchlights on row by row to the chorus of epic music, on the emcee’s “freshmen, light upâ€? cue. As university life began, I found myself doubting if I could even graduate. I couldn’t wrap my head around the meanings and differences between GERPEs, UEs, PEs and GER-COREs, let alone put together a timetable on STARS to fulďŹ l my required number of academic units. With the kind advice of seniors and extensive help from my new friends, the technophobe in me survived the nerve-wracking weeks of Add/Drop frenzy. I emerged victorious with a morethan satisfactory four-day, 17AU timetable. A surface-level observation: arts students seem to put more effort into dressing up for school. As a student of Wee Kim Wee School of Communications and Information myself, I’ll admit I prefer a little bit of variety in my wardrobe. On the first day of school, I saw my fellow course mates lighting up the lecture theatre with all shades and prints of skater dresses, chino pants, chiffon blouses and the odd tiedyed tee. Easing into varsity life has been a continuous trial in learning to be adaptable. I’ve managed to equip myself with an arsenal of sure-fire conversation starters and stocked my hall wardrobe with attire that can take me from Canteen 2 to Zouk. To the amusement of my grandparents to whom I usually stutter to in broken Mandarin, I’ve even picked up rapping in (admittedly off-key) Hokkien at hall camp.

Students at the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM) seem even more willing to play with colours, textures and even costumes. I sat through an entire ADM elective lesson eyeballing a very polished boy in red pants and a fedora hat, dressed looking so ďŹ t for the runway that it hurt my eyes. A friend of mine also befriended a student clad in a bizarre European maid’s outďŹ t in one of his art electives. I would probably put it down to their choice of study, that better attunes them to the aesthetic. “I guess art students are generally a bunch of free spirits who don’t follow conventional mindsets or believe in social norms. This is often reected in our lifestyle choices,â€? observed Sim Ping Ting, 19, a ďŹ rst-year ADM student. The arts faculties are a closeknit bunch, each with their own traditions and culture. Wee Kim Wee students would gladly

showcase their distinctive school cheer, just as ADM students look to the beautiful curved structure of their school as a reflection of their peculiar personalities, standing out boldly against the rest of NTU.

PRACTICAL PRACTICE Generally speaking, my friends from the science and engineering schools are of a different breed. They strike me as down-toearth people who value skill and substance in the people they interact with. They make practical and smart decisions — something that is also reected in their clothing and lifestyle choices. From a cursory survey of the population, a comfortable tee and a pair of shorts and slippers would be the go-to school outďŹ t for most engineering students. “Perhaps it’s the behind-thescenes nature of an engineering job but I think it matters more to us whether a person has the capability and skills to carry out a required task,â€? said Kelvin Ng, 21, a ďŹ rst-year engineering student.

HOGWARTS BUSINESS Business students, on the other hand, are a fun-loving bunch who appear to be highly adaptable. Their orientation groups function like a Hogwarts house system the respective groups induct new freshmen every year. It is common

for seniors from generations before to join in the camp fun every year. It is hardly surprising then, that the school boasts a spirit of unity despite its diversity of backgrounds and aspirations. “Everyone has different expectations as to what they might gain from studying b u s i n e s s a n d a c c o u n t a n c y. There’s so much diversity in the modules. Yet we’re alike in so many ways, which allows us to gel as a community,â€? explained Lim Jing Wei, 21, a first-year business student. My friends from business school adapt well to social situations and are quick to warm up to have fun. They know the right time and place to dress up — you’ll see them amping up the style factor when there is a need to do presentations in tutorials. Stepping into university comes with the promise of greater freedom, new friendships and the chance to explore new terrain. It has been a destination to me for so long that I fumbled on picking up speed when I ďŹ nally arrived. What struck me most about university is that it functions much like a self-sustaining ecosystem, very much apart from the rest of the universe. Amidst the frenzy of attending social gatherings, keeping up with school work and meeting new friends, I will attempt to thrive in this space by keeping an open mind to whatever life throws my way next.

ILLUSTRATIONS | CHERYL TENG

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TU recently came out tops in a sartorial survey, beating National University of Singapore (NUS) and Singapore Management University (SMU) for the poorest sense in fashion. This was determined in a straw poll carried out at the Clozette Inter-Campus King and Queen 2012 pageant that took place on Saturday, August 4th at Wisma Atria. The most number of well-dressed students went to SMU.

This does not come as a surprise to Lee Rou Urn, a ďŹ rst-year student from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. The 20-year-old felt NTU students have the least incentive to dress up for school, given the vast distance to popular hangout places in town and the convenience of halls. NTU may not be the capital of style, but there are several outstanding citizens among us if you look hard enough.

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ELENA CHONG, 24, SCHOOL OF ART, DESIGN AND MEDIA What are you wearing? Hat from Forever 21, jacket and scarf from H&M, dress from J3 Collections, and boots from J Shoes.

What are you wearing? Top from New Look, skirt from Victoria Jomo, chiffon throwover from lastbusride. livejournal.com, sandals from Bangkok, bracelets from Pull & Bear, necklace from Hong Kong, and shades from Topshop.

What deďŹ nes your personal style? I look out for things that are timeless, versatile and simple with a twist.

Who is your style icon? I get my hairstyle inspirations from Blake Lively. Fashion-wise, I really admire Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s style. I like how she is so versatile with her dressing and always so stylishly put together.

Do NTU students have poor fashion sense? Despite the majority of students staying in hall who wear shorts and slippers to school, I don’t think it’s fair to make a sweeping statement by saying that NTU students have poor fashion sense because there are people who make the effort to dress up. I feel that people’s dressing reflects their attitude towards their school.

Do NTU students have poor fashion sense? I don’t think NTU students have poor fashion sense. Everyone looks fine, but maybe people (especially those living in hall) feel a little lazy sometimes so they don’t dress up that much. But generally, I think everybody’s fashion sense is pretty okay. What fashion tips do you have for our readers? I’d say that accessories could really make or break an outďŹ t. And, you’re never fully dressed without a smile on your face.

What fashion tips do you have for our readers? Shoes maketh the man. A good pair of shoes will bring your outďŹ t from casual to classy.

BADRUDDIN BIN RAMLE, 22, NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL What are you wearing? Shirt from Cotton On, pants from H&M, shoes from Doctor Martens, watch from Hugo Boss, and shades from River Island. What deďŹ nes your personal style? I go for a classy yet casual look that makes me look preppy.

JOEY KUO, 22, SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING What are you wearing? Cardigan from Korea, t-shirt from Zara, pants from H&M, shoes from Urban OutďŹ tters, and watch from Fossil. What deďŹ nes your personal style? I go for a ‘metrosexual’ look as it gets the most attention from people. I feel that when I go out and meet people, it’s important to dress to impress. Do NTU students have poor fashion sense? Yes, to a certain extent. I think majority of Singaporeans can dress fairly well. However, 60 to 70% of hall residents don’t bother to dress up and they wear what we call the 3S's — singlet, shorts and slippers. I personally think that students from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information and the School of Art, Design and Media are the most well dressed.

Who is your style icon? As a dancer, I’m inspired by dancer/ choreographer Ian Eastwood’s fashion. He has a strong influence over what I wear to dance. Outside dance, my fashion inspiration comes from Ed Westwick. Generally, my style is somewhat a mix between the two. Do NTU students have poor fashion sense? Generally, I would agree that they do. I think it is because most of them stay in halls. Living within the school means that NTU students don’t have to take public transport either. There is no interaction with the public apart from some fellow students, so they tend to be slack in their attire and dress down. What they don’t realise is first impressions count. What fashion tips do you have for our readers? Whatever you wear can be nice as long as you can maintain your ďŹ tness and your physique. Having a good ďŹ gure is essential to looking good. Apart from that, learning to mix and match colours is a sartorial skill everybody should attain.

PHOTOS | MATTHEW NG

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Price: Around $5.50 per jar HOUSED at a HDB void deck, Grin Affair is the kind of cake shop you are more likely to stumble upon than pay a deliberate visit. Their cakes are served in novel glass jars, small enough to fit snugly into your palm, and they prove to be the highlight for anyone visiting this shop. Stepping into Grin Affair, the place is a display of vintage decor. A typewriter sits next to an oil lamp, a pushcart is placed next to the counter, and organic dip-dyed shirts hang from the walls. The shop assistant explains that the concept of selling cakes in glass jars is to encourage environmental friendliness. They do not give out plastic spoons, and paper bags are only given if you buy four or more jars. In addition, customers who return 20 empty jars will receive a free jar of cranberries. Without an area for diningin, the cakes are meant to be takeaways. As they do not contain preser vatives, they can only be kept until the next day if

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refrigerated. But for maximum freshness, it is best eaten on the day it is bought. Grin Affair’s website names its dark chocolate mousse cake ($5.50) as their bestseller. The thick layer of chocolate mousse sandwiched between soft sponge cakes is reminiscent of the texture of trufe cakes — soft

while slightly crunchy at the same time. The cake is drizzled with a layer of luscious dulce de leche, a sweet sea salt caramel which gives the dessert a salty edge. There are also less common f lavou r s such as t he lychee p a s s i on f r u i t w i t h s e a s a l t pistachio, and the honey lavender and blueberry.

The kiwi cheesecake ($5.50) is light and refreshing. The cream cheese is not overpowering and blended well with the vanilla cake. It is topped with a nut praline, adding a crunchy texture. But overall, there is hardly anything exceptional about the taste. Regardless, these homemade cakes have my vote for their

f resh ingredients and t he env i ron menta l ly-f r iend ly message that their packaging embodies. Do note that the many cake avours from Grin Affair usually sell out early, especially on the weekends. It would be wise to call and place an order before heading down.

OF all the cakeshops in Singapore, Wimbly Lu takes the cake by serving them in martini glasses. Nestled among lanes of terrace houses in the Braddell Heights neighbourhood, the inside of Wimbly Lu resembles a quaint living room. Walking in, you are greeted by an array of desserts on display and the furniture adds to the intimate vibe. Customer s can a lso watch the pastry chef prepare desserts through a glass panel. The Root Beer Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream ($6), served in a martini glass, was highly recommended by the waitress as one of their bestsellers — and it lived up to its fancy presentation. The taste of the dense chocolate cake is infused with a hint of root beer that lingers on your tongue. The ice cream melts into the cake, giving it a moist texture laced with a strong vanilla avour. When you are done with the cake, there is more at the bottom of the mar tini glass. The ice cream, having melted into the chocolate-root beer sauce, results in a delightfully sweet concoction when mixed together. This curious way of serving a cake not only becomes a selling point, but also enhances the overall taste of the dessert.

I also ordered a cup of cappuccino ($5). Thick, but not too bitter or milky, the fragrant cappuccino is a good match. Highlander Coffee, a local coffee brand hailed by The Business Times as “the best gourmet coffee (brand) in townâ€?, is used. The drink is accompanied by a mini chocolate chip cookie, which is also sold separately ($3 per pack). Being a chocolate cafĂŠ, your trip will not be complete without giving

their homemade trufes ($2 per piece) a try. There are three alcoholic avours — rum and raisin, champagne and Baileys — and ďŹ ve non-alcoholic f lavours such as orange, chai masala, and Milo. The trufes have a hard outer layer which conceals the smooth Belgian chocolate within. The champagne trufe was my personal favourite. The taste of

champagne was not overpowering, yet strong enough to complement the bittersweet dark chocolate. The dessert shop even serves breakfast on weekends from 9am to 2pm. Look out for wafes, and even hash browns served in a dim sum basket. With a laid-back environment and quality food, Wimbly Lu is a great place to spend a quiet, lazy morning with friends and family.

(From far left) HAPPINESS IS A CAKE MARTINI: Enjoy a burst of avour with the root beer cake and top it off with a warm cup of cuppuccino. TRUFFLES, ANYONE?: Champagne trufes selling fast as the store assistant packs more for another customer. WHOSE CAR IS IT?: The striking red and white Volkswagen Beetle sitting outside the quaint shop is a way of identifying the cafe.

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THE YOUNG, THE OLD AND THE SICK: (Left) Bilisha smiles, knowing that her education is now taken care of. (Middle) An old lady, living alone in the village near the district of Bhaktapur, waits for her children to come home. (Right) A patient waits to be attended to at the run-down hospital with only one resident doctor. PHOTOS | DANIEL NEO

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eeing the magnificent Himalayas up close, I thought Nepal was a place that could easily bring in big bucks with fancy hotels. But these illusions of grandeu r were shot dow n when I realised that for $20 a day, you can get a few local delights, a decent bed, a hot water bath (thank goodness) and maybe have some change left. I am not talking about some small town. I am talking about Thamel, the tourist district in the capital city Kathmandu, where debris and abandoned buildings are strewn everywhere.

School is not a given, but a privilege. Food is not a given either, but a constant worry. To make it worse, her mother suffers from medical complications. I should have known better. I was not there to ďŹ ll my stomach with restaurant fare or sleep on a nice bed in a luxurious guesthouse. I was not there to test my limits, to see how high I could climb the Himalayas. I was there for the valleys, for the locals who lived there. I a m t h e g u a r d i a n of Bi l i s h a , a Nepalese girl. She is not your ordinary eight-year-old, who lives by computer games and Happy Meals from McDonald's. School is not a given, but a privilege. Food is not a given either, but a constant worr y. To make things worse, her mother suffers from medical complications. During my ďŹ rst trip to Nepal, I provided for Bilisha’s private education through the Nepal Education Fund (NEF), giving $425 a year.

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bottom of the top of the world 1HSDO LV NQRZQ IRU LWV PRXQWDLQ WRS WUHNNLQJ DQG WHPSOH YLVLWLQJ DGYHQWXUHV EXW 'DQLHO 1HR FKRVH WR GHOYH LQWR LWV YDOOH\V IRU WKH XQGHUSULYLOHJHG NEF is a private charity committed to funding education for non-schooling children in Nepal. Over the past eight year s, more t han 150 ch i ld ren have beneďŹ ted from the fund. I wanted to play a more active role beyond monetary assistance, so I started writing letters to Bilisha. Despite her limited English, we connected. The second time I visited her, she was still visibly shy. But before I left, she ran towards me and gave me a tight hug. Her unbridled gratitude was heartwarming. She is not the only one faced with such a predicament in Nepal.

This realisation was a turning point for me. I wanted to do more humanitarian work , t hat wou ld hopef u l ly ma ke a difference in other people’s lives. A friend of mine asked how many more children I could sponsor. Not many, but I have got to star t somewhere, I said. During the ďŹ ve days of my second trip, I visited schools, orphanages and hospitals. Sabina, my Nepalese friend, lives in a remote village near Bhaktapur. There, I came across more families living in poverty. Many of the younger villagers had left in search of a better future in the bigger

cities, and never returned. Their parents still keep watch in their small, unkempt houses, waiting for the unlikely day of their children's return. I took a tuk-tuk, a public transport system similar to that in Thailand. It cost less than 50 cents for an hour-long trip out of town. Coming across a small private hospital, I entered and got a rude shock. Not on ly d id t he hospita l lac k proper equipment, it was also severely understaffed — with only one doctor attending to 10 patients. Specialists and surgeons only came in the mornings or evenings. Despite its dilapidated state, this is a haven for locals who cannot afford the expensive medical services in the central area of Kathmandu.

I came into this landlocked country wanting to help, but the simple acts of the people taught me more about gratitude and joy than I could ever teach them about life. I also visited Janaprabhat Secondary School, a local school in Kalimati, about 20-minute drive from Thamel. It was uncommon for a foreigner like me to walk into their school, but by just playing a simple game of tag we warmed up to one another easily. I came into this landlocked country wanting to help, but the local's simple gestures of gratefulness and expressions of joy taught me more than I could ever teach them about life. I did not have to go up to the top of Mount Everest to earn a life-changing experience. I had one at the bottom of it.

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hen Eugene Soh posted The Last Kopitiam on Facebook two years ago, it did not attract a lot of attention. “Back then, there were 80 plus ‘likes’ and I was very happy,â€? said the 25-yearold ďŹ nal-year student from the School of Art, Design and Media (ADM). “It was left sitting there and nobody cared about it,â€? he said. “I have no idea how or why, but it went viral three months ago.â€? Today, this photograph has garnered over 7,000 ‘likes’ and some 4,000 ‘shares’ on Facebook. It is evidently inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th century painting entitled The Last Supper, which depicts Jesus and the 12 apostles. The painting is a timeless masterpiece that made several appearances in popular culture, most recently in The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. In this spoof, every posture and facial expression is strikingly emulated. In August this year, Eugene won the prestigious Crowbar Award under the Experimental Photography category, an annual competition held locally to recognise the works of young and creative people from around the world. It is currently on display at the Singapore Survey 2012: New Strange Faces exhibition at Valentine Willie Fine Art, an art gallery at Tanjong Pagar. The modest photographer said: “It wasn’t only until people started congratulating that it really hit home. I'd actually won a Crowbar.â€? “I just want to make more art now — happy, encouraging art.â€? The Last Kopitiam was initially created as a centre spread for local publication, Campus, in 2010 — and this simply began over beer with the editor of the magazine. “We were talking about which Da Vinci work can be recreated in a uniquely Singaporean context and we arrived at

THE LAST KOPITIAM: ADM student Eugene Soh's uniquely Singaporean take on the iconic Leonardo da Vinci painting, The Last Supper. PHOTOS | LIM MU YAO & COURTESY OF EUGENE SOH

the idea of The Last Supper set in Maxwell Road Hawker Centre,â€? he said. “After all, who’s to say you can’t have a last supper with chicken rice and Tiger beer?" Pieced together by overlaying 16 individually taken photos, the people in the photo are patrons and stall owners of the hawker centre. While most were happy to help, one particular stall owner gave Eugene a difďŹ cult time. “At ďŹ rst (the man in the middle of the photo) was very rude to me because we

were shooting right next to his stall and using his cups,� he said. “But as we were going to wrap up I decided that he would be a better ‘Jesus’ than the one I just shot. I gulped down a beer and went to ask him.� Observant viewers may even spot Eugene in the photo. (Hint: he’s pointing up.) If you could not already tell, Eugene is a man who loves beer. The mini fridge in his room at Hall of Residence 14 is stocked mainly with cans of Chang beer.

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On his website www.dude.sg, he proudly showcases the work he has done. His versatility is evident in his portfolio, which includes wedding events and graduation portraits. Eugene’s rising popularity is afďŹ rmed by the fact that he is fully booked every weekend for the next three months. The passionate photographer generously doles out his philosophy on life — over a glass of beer at Harry’s Bar. “Be thankful for what you have, whatever it is.â€? He gets some of his inspiration from Facebook and the internet, and likes keeping up to date with the latest craze. But this jovial photographer harbours a disdain for the word “trendâ€?. “It’s like following someone. I wouldn’t want to follow. I would rather walk my own path." Despite trying to forge an artistic identity, he admits that true originality does not exist. “Even if I try my best to be completely original sometimes, I’m like ‘nah', there’s no way because for all your life you have been inuenced," he said. “The only way you can be original would probably be if you were born on Venus." His other source of inspiration is traveling. “It gives me a whole different perspective on how people see things. For example, a HDB flat is very interesting to Europeans, while a gothic church is very interesting to Singaporeans,â€? he said. However, he has no intention to work overseas and said that Singapore will always be home to him and his art. “Singapore is a young country. So many people say ‘Oh, Singapore is not a good place to do art because she has no art history, no nothing.' But I would disagree,â€? he said. “This is the perfect time to be a Singaporean and an artist, because we are the ones who will be creating the art that will go down in history."

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tudents walking by the Radio Fusion booth at Canteen B during lunchtime on August 22 were greeted not by the usual voices of student DJs, but by strikingly familiar ones that belong on local airwaves.

Local DJs Justin Ang and Vernon Anthonisz, who make up radio duo The Muttons, were in NTU to promote the second annual 987 FM DJ search contest, So You Wanna Be a DJ. Auditions were held at the Radio Fusion booth and The Muttons

MUTTONS ON CAMPUS: Radio duo Vernon A (left) and Justin Ang (right) dropped by Canteen B where auditions were held. PHOTO | TEO JION CHUN

were down along with other 987 FM radio hosts Rozz and Jacqui. The winner of So You Wanna Be a DJ will receive $2,500 in cash, Levi’s Jeans merchandise, designer headphones, and a contract with 987 FM. The Nanyang Chronicle caught up with Justin and Vernon in between auditions to ďŹ nd out what it takes to be on the airwaves.

What qualities are you looking for in a DJ? Vernon: He’ll have to be as handsome as me. Justin: Yeah, sure. That will be very easy. For radio, especially for 987 FM, there are actually two main things we’re looking for. Number one, and overwhelmingly so, is personality. Which is why to a certain extent, we’re not called “radio DJs� anymore, we’re called radio personalities. Because on radio, you need to have a larger-than-life personality, something that people want to listen to. And of course we’re looking for people with voice quality.

What did you learn on the job you feel cannot be learnt in school? V: Wow, too many things. Basically for what actually goes on air, no classroom can ever prepare you for that. It really is a life-learning process. I’ve been in radio for almost 20 years now, and I’m still learning new things every day. It is fantastic, because the day you wake up and decide you cannot learn anything more, is the day you should quit your job and do something else. Radio is ever-evolving — it has changed since 20 years ago when I started, it’s changed since 10 years ago, ďŹ ve years ago‌ It has even changed since ďŹ ve months ago. Things are always changing in radio, which is very exciting. So

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it’s great to start in radio at whatever age.

Any embarrassing incidents on air? J: Wow, a lot. V: Justin usually has more embarrassing incidents.

J: There was once I was on air, and I was just reading the news when all of a sudden, this huge soundproof panel in the studio went “BANG!â€? right in front of me, onto the console. I was literally in the middle of reading the news, like, “The Prime Minister‌ ARGH!â€?. It was live, and I was stunned for about ďŹ ve seconds before I actually said into the mike to my listeners, “A wall just fell on me, so give me a secondâ€?. I had to move the panel before I could continue reading the news, and obviously I could not read the news very well after that.

What’s the most important thing you’ve learnt while on the job? V: I think it’s to shut up. Sometimes, many people think that they have a lot of important things to say, and they end up sticking their foot in their mouth. Letting your brain work before your mouth does is actually a lot better, so just shut up before your foot gets stuck and no one can save you.

If you were students, and 987 FM was holding the same DJ search contest in your school. Would you sign up? J: Yes. V: Yeah, deďŹ nitely. J: Some of the contestants actually told us just now that they didn’t want to join at ďŹ rst because they didn’t want people to say that they were thick-skinned. The thing is, if you want to be on radio, you must have the thickest skin. You cannot be shy, and you cannot be unsure. If you don’t have the conďŹ dence and the charisma, then we don’t want you. We need someone who can say, “I’m damn good. Listen to me.â€?

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Flying high like a bird BACK WITH A BANG: Nelly Furtado showed that she still has not lost her touch with English music, as she rocked the crowd at The Coliseum, Resorts World Sentosa during her The Spirit Indestructible promo tour.

&DQDGLDQ VLQJHU 1HOO\ )XUWDGR ZDV LQ 6LQJDSRUH RQ $XJXVW WR SURPRWH KHU QHZ DOEXP %HQMDPLQ /LP EULQJV \RX WKH KLJKOLJKWV RI KHU SUHVV FRQIHUHQFH THIS month, Nelly Furtado will be releasing her new album The Spirit Indestructible, marking her return to the English music scene since Loose in 2006. The Canadian singer-songwriter last dazzled us with US number-one singles ‘Maneater’ and ‘Say It Right’, the latter even earning two Grammy nominations. But after a successful experiment with Spanish music in her 2009 album Mi Plan, Furtado feels refreshed and ready to deliver in English again. She is evidently excited about The Spirit Indestructible, sharing anecdotes about the album’s message and the recording process. To her, it is a super energetic album that will deliver a fantastic pop experience. More importantly, the album is an avenue for her to channel her positivity to listeners. Last year, as ambassador of charit y organisation Free The Children, Furtado travelled to Kenya to build a performance hall for an all-girls secondar y school. During this trip the singer witnessed locals being happy and

celebrating together. The sense of communal joy cast a lasting impression on her and reinforced her belief in humanity, a positive feeling that is now translated to her new album. As Furtado graces the stage of her press conference at the Hard Rock Hotel, it’s hard to fathom the youthful-looking and cheerful lady had launched her debut album in 2000 and is now the proud mother of an 8-year-old daughter. Over the past 12 years, Furtado has had a distinguished career with 55 music awards out of 111 nominations, including one Grammy from six nominations. She also now owns her own record label Nelstar, formed in 2009 with Canadian Independent label group Last Gang Labels, which she hopes would help aspiring musicians successfully enter the industry. But more than a decade after the irresistible classic ‘I’m Like A Bird’, it seems Furtado has not lost any of her charm. She’s funny, honest and motivated as ever to keep making music — even if her constant changing of musical styles may be confusing to fans.

Message behind the title track of the album: ‘Spirit Indestructible’ is more like a mantra than a song, and I think my defining characteristic as a

singer is that I’m a vocalist and all the sounds are just playgrounds for my voice. At the end of the day, my voice is my instrument and the new album carries a lot of positive energy and empowering strength. I make music so that my fans can apply it to whatever they are feeling. The first time I walked on to stage, I was only four and immediately liked making the crowd happy and spreading good energy. That’s why I love making music and this album is no exception. It’s got a really positive message and I want people to feel good when they listen to it. I wrote this album last year when many things were going on, including the Arab Spring, financial crisis and natural disasters. There’s a lot of change in the world and I’ve met so many inspiring people, so I try to capture that energy of overcoming odds in the album.

Her favourite album track: ‘High Life’ is about the difference between looking at success as a destination and a journey. I’ve learned over the last few years that real success is about balancing your life. It’s about making time for your family, friends and hobbies, as well as self-love and health. Success is more than some type of particle at the end of the rainbow or the finish line of a race.

Managing her own label: One of the most creative and fulfilling things to happen to me is running my own record label — it allowed me to release my Spanish album and plan my own label. It was so great being the sole creative director and making all the final decisions, whether it’s the music videos or organising my own photo shoots. Nelstar’s also about giving back to artists — I think artist development is really important. After being in this business myself for 12 years, it’s nice to impart knowledge to other artists and help them. It’s good to know what’s on the other side of the fence, and knowing the actual process of producing an album is really rewarding.

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vocals and energy — in essence my individualities. So I make music for everyone, but more importantly for real people. I believe in being honest and staying true to yourself. And because this album contains the best 12 songs out of the 40 that I wrote, I feel like it’s a guarantee to my fans that I stand behind them 100 percent.

Her interest in K-pop: I think it’s incredible that there’s a constant flow of inspiration today and you can find any kind music you want. I always thought I was more of an international artist, so now that the music scene is more open than before I feel like I fit in more than when I first started my career in 2000.

Image portrayed to her fans: I think I’m really good at confusing my fans. Even when I put up a single, people still don’t know what the rest of the album is going to be like. Unlike picking up your favourite brand of laundry detergent at the store and knowing it’s going to work on your clothes because you’ve always bought it, people don’t know what to expect from me. I don’t really make a specific brand of music, but rather my brand is my

I watched this amazing K-pop music video recently called Gangnam Style and it just proved how the music industry has diversified. I love K-pop and I’ve been fortunate enough to live in a city where you can easily find such music. Unfortunately, the average K-pop artist is not that easy to phone up, for example if I want T.O.P to perform on ‘Big Hoops’. But there are plans to work with K-pop or J-pop artists in the pipeline — I do love what they’re doing because it’s really entertaining, creative and fun.

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The ďŹ ve most anticipated games of 2012 %UDFH \RXUVHOYHV IRU D SRZHU SDFNHG VHFRQG KDOI RI DV WKH ELJJHVW WLWOHV EHJLQ WR KLW WKH PDUNHW 6KDXQ 1J UHYHDOV KLV WRS Ă€YH SLFNV 1. Borderlands 2 (21 September): Debuting in 2007, Borderlands took the industry by storm with its distinctive game art, as well as the innovative gameplay mix of ďŹ rst-personshooter and role-playing-game elements. Set in a dystopian, barren world called Pandora, the sequel’s campaign follows four new characters on a quest to free the ‘Vault Hunters’ from the original game.

A more challenging AI system allows teamwork among enemies, such as anking manoeuvres and taking cover. Enemies will also be able to interact with one another, for example healing their team-mates and deploying shields to protect themselves. 2. Dishonored (9 October): Guns, melee weapons, traps and even supernatural abilities, Dishonored has it all. The game is set in the industrial city of Dunwall, modelled on Victorian-era London and Edinburgh, which has been ruled over by an oppressive

regime. As a masked assassin with superhuman powers, players have to seek out those who framed him for the Empress’s murder.

Like most games by Bethesda Studios such as Fallout 3, Dishonored allows players’ actions to inuence the game’s ending with multiple variations, increasing its replay value. The interesting mash-up of traditional weapons and supernatural abilities also taps into your creative side and makes for exciting gameplay — including bullet time and attaching bombs to rats.

MUSIC The Darkness (Glam Rock)

A huge part of the story takes place on water, and players will be able to partake in naval warfare by commandeering their own ship along the entire Eastern seaboard and even boarding enemy vessels – a ďŹ rst in the series.

AFTER ďŹ ve years away from the spotlight, The Darkness has finally returned. Best known for their 2003 hit ‘I Believe in a Thing Called Love’, the British glam rockers are back to entertain with music infused with satirical humour in their third album Hot Cakes. Characterised by their wild on-stage performances and tight spandex outďŹ ts, The Darkness has enjoyed a huge following since the success of their debut album Permission to Land which won 3 BRIT music awards. However, they have also had their fair share of troubles when lead singer Justin Hawkins started rehabilitation for his alcohol

Absolution retains its original charms of stealth gameplay and injects a huge dose of action this time round. Also new to the francise is ‘Contracts’, a game mode separate from the main story where you design your own assassinations within the game’s levels. The new leaderboard feature allows you to challenge your friends on your best mission to ďŹ nd out who is the ultimate assassin. 5. Far Cry 3 (4 December): It’s time to return to the tropical islands, as Far Cry 3 ditches the Saharan locale of the previous game for its roots which made the original a phenomenal success. Players have to escape from the insanity that has plagued the island archipelago, encountering mentally unstable characters throughout their journey.

4. Hitman: Absolution (20 November): Agent 47 returns for the ďŹ fth instalment of the Hitman series.

3. Assassin’s Creed 3 (30 October): The latest installment in the globetrotting and timetravelling Assassin’s Creed series takes players to the heart of the American Revolution. Delve into the memories of protagonist Desmond Miles’s ancestor named Connor, who is of English and Native American descent. Staying true to the franchise’s formula of blending history with ďŹ ction, Assassin’s

ROCKIN’ GOOD: The Darkness stays true to their roots to deliver more humorous goodness in their new album.

HOT CAKES

Creed 3 will allow players to interact with notable ďŹ gures such as George Washington and Ben Franklin.

The game also introduces a four-player co-op mode that is not set within the single-player campaign. Instead, the story takes place six months before the events of the main story with entirely different characters.

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and drug abuse in 2007, sending the band into hiatus. Hot Cakes marks the return of the band’s original line-up and perfectly encapsulates the band’s goal to just have fun. It looks past the troubles that the band once faced and lets listeners have a good time. Opening track ‘Ever y Inch of You’ throws the listener straight into the fray, with Hawkins screeching out unmistakable sexual references, “Every inch of you / You know I’m gonna work it�. The track alternates between falsettos and extended guitar riffs, serving as an impeccable introduction to The Darkness’s world of elaborate performances.

The band proceeds to address their ďŹ veyear hiatus with ‘Nothin’s Gonna Stop Us’, an arena rock song with an ‘80s feel. Celebrating their reunion, the band proudly declares that they are not bothered by their past differences and just want to have a good time playing music together again. ‘She’s Just a Girl Eddie’ is a dig at drummer Ed Graham’s break-up with his ex-girlfriend. The Darkness deals with this personal and emotional matter the only way they know how — by making light of the situation. The band goes on to encourage Graham humourously, “There are four billion other girls / Who want to make love to youâ€?. The cover of Radiohead’s ‘Street Spirit (Fade Out)’ is the only instance where the band seems even somewhat serious while retaining their distinct charm. Hawkins delivers his falsetto in full force once again, resulting in a distinctive over-the-top execution. When The Darkness put away the jokes, they succeed in turning a melodic soft-rock song into a glam-rock extravaganza. However there are moments in Hot Cakes when the band falters. The simplistic and repetitive lyrics in ‘Concrete’, “I walk alone like a concrete lion / In the concrete wilderness / Somewhere deep in the concrete jungle/Is a concrete lionessâ€? sound unimpressive. ‘Love is Not The Answer’, an attempt at a slow rock ballad, loses the momentum that the rest of the album creates and takes away the energy and excitement that The Darkness is known for. Despite its shortcomings, Hot Cakes is quite simply a fun collection of songs which should not be dissected thoroughly. In an interview with NME, Hawkins said, “Each time we play a new song it feels like a deep powerful thrust in a frenzied love ritual between us and our fans.â€? It may not be as impactful as their ďŹ rst effort, but Hot Cakes provides more of the same enthusiasm and humour that brought the band to the world’s attention in 2003.

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MUSIC SOUTHERN AIR Yellowcard (Alternative Rock)

Y ELLOWCA RD, the poppunk band most famous for their hits ‘Ocean Avenue’ and ‘Only One’, return with their eighth studio album Southern Air. After a couple of hits and misses with their previous three albums, the band has ďŹ nally found the magic which made 2003’s Ocean Avenue a phe nome na l s ucce s s . Southern Air marks a huge improvement and displays the band members’ maturity with its poignant lyrics and impressive instrumentation. Containing songs about roma nce, adolescence and hope, Souther n Air explores themes which have been covered in previous Yellowcard albums and thus may not sound refreshing at ďŹ rst. The familiar theme of heartbreak is covered in the ďŹ rst track, ‘Awakening’, with smartly written lyrics like “Bottoms up tonight, I drink to you and I / ‘cause with the morning comes the rest of my lifeâ€?. The glimmer of hope in every troubled relationship eventually follows. Vocalist Ryan Key sings in ‘Always

Summer’, “But here you are forgiving me again, you’ll never know how real to me you’ve been / This is a start, another empty page where I beginâ€?. The more mature themes on Southern Air include miscarriage and bullying, with the former a focal point in the song ‘Ten’. Key grieves about his unborn child, “Since then I’ve often wondered what you might have been like / How it would have felt to hold you, would you have my eyes?â€? The depressing lyrics, accompanied with acoustic guitars and the gentle wail of the violin, make ‘Ten’ an emotional track that adult listeners can deďŹ nitely relate to as they feel the pain and sorrow of losing a child. The singer also tackles the problem of bullying in the pumping anthem ‘Here I Am Alive’. He belts out, “Someone’s gonna tell you that you deserve the worst / They’ll say you’re never coming back and tell you that you’re cursedâ€?. The strong lyrics are delivered over an irrepressible hook which makes the song a likely hit on pop radio. In addition to the solid lyrics, Southern Air delivers great tunes and musicianship that make it an enjoyable listen. While rarely associated w it h a pop-pu n k ba nd , the classical violin gives Yellowcard an edge over other punk bands by providing the melody and complementing the guitar perfectly.

BOYS TO MEN: Yellowcard’s latest album exudes both maturity and nostalgia, and should please fans of Ocean Avenue.

T he c losi ng t r ac k , ‘Southern Air’ successfully pulls off this combination The track starts off with lead guitarist Ryan Mendez playing a riff but is gradually replaced by violinist Sean Mack in when he comes in during the bridge; this continues after the final chorus when Mendez loops a catchy riff to close the album.

guitar riffs symbolic of a pop-punk band, which are dominant in track s like ‘Awakening’ and ‘A Vicious Kind’. The guitar solo towards the end of ‘Rivertown Blues’ shows off the frontman’s skills in magniďŹ cent style Southern Air is remarkable because all 10 tracks are strong and none can be considered as filler thanks to strong

songwriting and laudable musical arrangement. It is this consistent quality that makes the album a worthy successor to Ocean Avenue. W i t h S o u t h e r n A ir, Yellowcard may have just captured the attention of not only a new generation of teenagers, but a more mature audience as well.

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crescendo that suddenly drops, drawing the listener to the singer’s emotive vocals. The song speaks of her new-found conviction of life’s positives that was inspired by both marriage and motherhood. “This song really speaks to the guardianship and the protection that I feel towards my own son,â€? Morissette explained in a video on her ofďŹ cial website. In ‘Empathy’, Morissette sings an endearing tale about getting into a relationship. This is probably one of the easiest and most relatable tracks to listen to. The last line of the chorus closes the track in a sweet and succinct manner, and the delicate balance between melody and lyrics shows listeners why Morissette is still a music genius. ‘Lens’ balances the more loving messages in the other tracks and offers a peek into her personal difďŹ culties. Morissette does not play down the str uggles that surface in her relationships. Instead, she admits that these diff iculties are probably easier to comprehend on the surface “through [her] lens of loveâ€?, and the slightly

melancholic track leaves one undecided on the outcome of her relationship troubles. Unfortunately a couple of tracks do not match the consistency of the album. ‘Woman Down’ is nothing short of being a feminist anthem, and the sy nthheavy song also does not complement its poetic lyrics. However it is clear that she deďŹ nitely means business against “woman hatersâ€? and shows that she is not afraid to voice her own opinions through music. ‘Celebr it y’ is another misďŹ t on the album, with its haunting overtone sounding like something out of an Evanescence album. Despite her new look, fans will still be able to appreciate Morissette’s unique vocals. The contemporary style makes the album very easy to listen to and highly reminiscent of her 1996 Grammy award-winning album Jagged Little Pill. Changing perspective while retaining her amazing style, Morissette has produced another masterpiece in Havoc And Bright Lights, an album that will deďŹ nitely take her back to the top of the charts.

Alanis Morissette (Indie Rock)

SHINING BRIGHTLY STILL: Morissette’s new style is a change in the right direction.

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Occasionally, the violin also takes centre stage; in ‘Always Summer’, Mackin provides a melodious bridge before the ďŹ nal chorus. The lively notes bring out a sense of hope that the summer season exudes. The violin may play a crucial role, but Yellowcard have not forgotten their roots. There are still the crunching

SEVEN-TIME Grammy award winner Alanis Morissette returns after a four-year hiatus with her new record Havoc and Bright Lights. However, if fans are looking for an equally angsty followup to 2008’s Flavours of Entanglement, they may be pleasantly surprised. T he Ca nad ia n-bor n singer has become mellower, sharing glimpses of lifechanging events interspersed between her new tracks. The instruments are more melodic and hence sound much livelier compared to Flavours. Turning down the guitar sounds and adding clean and bright piano melodies effectively switches up the alternative rock feel of her previous album for a pop rock sound on Havoc. ‘Guardian’ sets the tone for t he a lbu m. Layered instruments build into a

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What goes on in the mind of a fighter just seconds before a fight? Photo editors EDWARD TEO and RAPHAEL LIM explore the training camp of two NTU Muay Thai practitioners.

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Right: One week before fight day, Daniel Tan, a final year student from the School of Ciivil and Environmental Engineering, brushes up his boxing techniques with Rachel Pang, President of NTU Muay Thai.

Left: Tan (front) and Henry Lau (second runner) have been working intensively on their cardiovascular fitness weeks before the fight. Lau is the second final-year student who represented NTU in the SMU open invitational Muay Thai Championships held on August 25.

Left: Tan eats an overhand right to the temple while delivering a left straight of his own in the final round. Pang (bottom right) shouts instructions to Tan from outside the ring, while Chao, (left of Pang) the former President of NTU Muay Thai, looks on intently. Left: Tan takes a break from sparring after receiving a knee to his abdomen when he charged recklessly against a more experienced fighter. Lau and Pang comfort him after he threw up several times.

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he Referee seals the arena after inspection, and it is seconds before the fight starts. Amid the cheers from the stands, and last-minute instructions barked from the corner, a novice fighter acquires tunnel vision,

oblivious to his surroundings. He glares into the eyes of his opponent, who stares right back at him. The referee asks: “Are you ready?” The boxer shivers in a mix of fear and excitement, and is screaming inside for

the referee to give him a minute to brace himself. Yet, he nods his head anyway in response, resolute and adamant. The boxer taps the gloves of his opponent, a mark of respect for the man who has the same

desire to beat him to a pulp. Both step away from each other, moments from throwing the first punch. Slow but surely, the fear starts to fade. The bell rings, and the rest is just a blur.

Above: After a closely fought three-round fight in the novice division, Tan lost to his opponent in a close decision determined by judges at the competition. Lau lost as well in similar fashion. Though both will graduate by the end of this academic year, they mentioned that they would continue to train hard, in hope of getting their first win in the Muay Thai ring.

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FILMS KATY PERRY: PART OF ME DOCUMENTARY / CONCERT Katy Perry 93min

ARMED with a whipped-cream gun and wearing a blue wig, American singer Katy Perry seems to be living the teenage dream, even at the age of 27. Part documentary, part concert music video and part autobiography, Katy Perry: Part of Me is a ďŹ lm about the star’s life during her sold-out “California Dreamsâ€? tour. More importantly, it illustrates Perry’s musical journey and her inuences, tracing back to her experiments with Gospel music and punk, before eventually developing her own musical style. Making a documentary ďŹ lm about a chart-topping pop star seems almost formulaic, especially when Part of Me’s director Dan Cutforth also served as a producer on Justin Bieber’s concert ďŹ lm Never Say Never last year. With entertaining MTV concert footage, a fan video montage and a biographical chapter dedicated to the star’s pre-stardom days, Part of Me looks like yet another form of promotional material. However, the ďŹ lm is salvaged by some interesting insights into the songstress’ life, and humanising moments which strike a chord in the audience’s hearts.

FIREWORK EFFECT: Katy Perry’s movie is fun to watch, but ultimately forgettable.

The movie grants viewers unrestricted access to the life of Perry off-stage, showing the other side of her that is rarely seen in the media. Perry’s morning-after look without any makeup is sure to induce more than a few gasps and laughs, while scenes of her goofing around with her crew backstage prove that behind all the glitz and glamour is a down-to-earth girl who just loves to have fun and doesn’t take herself too seriously.

WHAT REVOLUTION: Unlike what its title suggests, Step Up Revolution fails to bring much innovation other than more impressive dance routines.

STEP UP REVOLUTION DANCE Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman

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“ENOUGH with performance art‌it’s time for protest art.â€? This quote from Step Up Revolution encapsulates the fresh perspective that the movie brings to the dance ďŹ lm franchise as it explores the idea of using dance as a means to justice.

Emily Anderson (Kathryn McCormick), the daughter of a hotel tycoon, has great aspirations of becoming a professional contemporary dancer in Miami. At a beach party, she meets Sean (Ryan Guzman), the leader of a ash mob group called ‘The Mob’. When Emily’s father’s plans to build a hotel in the neighbourhood threatens to displace the community, she joins The Mob in using dance as a form of protest. The rich-girl-meets-poor-boy theme has been ogged to death by countless other ďŹ lms, and this is the fourth installment in a franchise that is starting to grow tiresome. The plot is so uninspiring that it quickly fades away to become a backdrop for the

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From her parents’ disapproval of her music to the break-down of her marriage, Perry reveals to us the internal conict behind the cotton-candy façade she puts up on stage. Despite facing immense pressure, Perry was determined not to be yet another product of the cookie-cutter pop culture. Part of Me shows how the singer embraced her own personality and invested much effort to become the global superstar that she is today.

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dance routines. In particular, Emily and Sean’s romance is overly clichÊd and feels like a thoughtless reproduction of the relationship in the original Step Up movie. While the plot fails to dazzle, Revolution still captivates with jaw-dropping dance routines. From aggressive guerrilla-style choreography to a graceful sunset duet, each dance routine combines technique with skillful use of lighting and props to leave viewers breathless. In one particular routine, director Scott Speer integrates static art with dance, allowing art pieces in a museum to literally come to life. The result is a stunning alternation between darkness and light.

In one particularly emotional scene, Perry, broken from concert fatigue and with her marriage on the edge, suffers a breakdown backstage before her performances in Sao Paolo. However, with the encouragement of her crew coupled with her professionalism, she emerges on stage with her megawatt smile. This is a reection of the singer’s courage and dedication to her fans as she puts aside her personal struggles for a good show. With sparkly costumes, catchy tunes and Perry’s upbeat personality, Part of Me is highly entertaining on the aesthetic front. However, it lacks genuine substance to make it memorable. Failing to elaborate on what Perry was like beyond her role as an entertainer, it leaves a void in the chapter on her childhood and family life. Interview snippets with her family and friends mostly touched on her work attitude, leaving a superďŹ cial understanding of the kind of person Perry is away from singing. Furthermore, the depiction of her failed marriage with Russell Brand was heavily simpliďŹ ed. The issue was addressed only from the singer’s point of view and compromised the movie’s potential to be entirely truthful with the audience. After what is a colourful revelation of Perry’s career backstage, there is unfortunately no key message at the ďŹ lm’s conclusion, reducing it to just another enjoyable yet forgettable movie. Like ďŹ reworks, Katy Perry: Part of Me is fun and amboyant, but ultimately without a lasting effect.

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Even though the routines consist mostly of ash mobs, Speer ensures that each dance surprises viewers. A glow-in-the-dark routine challenges the conventions of ash mobs and introduces a whole new dimension. The director is also imaginative with his choice of locations — restaurants, ofďŹ ces and even shipping containers add variety and unpredictability to the ash mobs. Revolution aims to defy the conventions set by its predecessors by integrating other forms of dance like contemporary and ballet with regular hip-hop. Unfortunately, hints of these genres are faint and fans seeking elegance amidst the hard-hitting routines will no doubt be left unsatisďŹ ed. As the highest placed female contestant in the sixth season of reality TV show So You Think You Can Dance, McCormick’s dancing abilities need no further afďŹ rmation. Her technique is absolutely awless, but the same cannot be said of her acting. Monotonous facial expressions and a lack of emotion mean that director Speer has to rely on her dancing to save the show from its awed script. Lead actor Guzman is the weakest link of the movie as he struggles in both acting and dancing. Coming from a martial arts background, Guzman’s limited experience becomes particularly obvious in the ďŹ nal contemporary piece where his character does nothing more than physically support Emily while she performs. This begs the question of whether a better choice of male lead could have allowed McCormick to impress further. It is evident that the most effort was spent on perfecting dance routines as Step Up Revolution makes up for its shortcomings with a cast of experienced dancers and impeccable dance routines that are sure to leave viewers in awe. Fans of the franchise will not be disappointed, but for everyone else Revolution might just be the same old song and dance.

-LIU KAIYING

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MAN LACKING STEEL: Cavill’s disappointing performance casts serious doubt over his ability to take on the role as the new Superman.

THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY ACTION Bruce Willis, Henry Cavill, Sigourney Weaver 93min

THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY is a disappointing thriller that, despite boasting an A-list cast of Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver, falls into a long list of generic and predictable action

movies. After the positive reception to his 2008 ďŹ lm JCVD, it is unfortunate that French director Mabrouk El Mechri’s latest project does not hit the same level of quality and feels like a straight-to-DVD release instead. Set in Spain, business consultant Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) and his family decide to spend their vacation aboard the family’s sailboat. However, after coming back from a trip in the coastal town of Alicante, Shaw discovers that his family has been kidnapped, and unless he returns a missing briefcase to their captors, they will be

A-LIST MISFITS: The Watch boasts a cast of comedians that holds much promise on paper, but the end result is a disappointing mess.

THE WATCH SCIENCE FICTION / COMEDY Ben Stiller, Jonah Hill

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HEADLINED by stellar comedians Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill, one would expect The Watch to reach certain comedic heights, but it fails to do so. Evan, a senior manager of the local wholesaler retail store, gives a speech to his town’s residents about the need for a

neighbourhood watch. Compelled by the police’s decision to leave the murder case of his security guard cold, he suggests forming a watch team to ďŹ nd the murderer. The residents are largely unmoved and eventually, Franklin (Jonah Hill), Bob (Vince Vaughn) and Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade) decide to join the watch team for various selďŹ sh reasons, in contrast to Evan’s genuine desire to help people. Often, Bob’ easy going nature is contrasted with Evan’s strict, uptight personality. Bob invites the team over for drinks and games, while Evan comes to meetings prepared with charts and diagrams. Franklin, on the other hand, seems like a blubbering and clumsy follower who mostly

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executed within 24 hours. This however is no ordinary tourist kidnapping. It is revealed that CIA agents Jean Carrack (Sigourney Weaver) and Gorman (Joseph Mowle) have orchestrated the whole scheme in order to retrieve the briefcase taken by Will’s father Martin (Bruce Willis), also a CIA agent, and sell its contents. For a young man faced with such a crisis, Cavill fails to deliver a credible performance as he is seen on screen mostly with a deadpan expression without any sense of urgency. For his ďŹ rst leading role in a feature ďŹ lm,

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agrees to everything. The only charismatic member is Jamarcus, who openly and unabashedly admits his intention for joining the watch team is to get laid by “innocent Asian womenâ€?. Despite the awkward mix, the team forms a vague sense of camaraderie as they patrol the neighbourhood for suspicious behaviour. While on patrol, the team discovers that their town has become the target of an alien invasion. However, the team is surprisingly not afraid of the extraterrestrial threat. Evan makes friendly tones and noises to attract the alien’s attention. These instances undermine the sci-ďŹ angle in the movie because the team views the alien invasion as something not entirely out of the ordinary.

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Cavill’s performance is slightly worrying for audiences looking forward to the upcoming Superman ďŹ lm Man of Steel, where he is set to star as the titular superhero next year. The only saving grace is the action scenes where the actor injects some level of excitement, but the adrenaline does not last and the ďŹ lm quickly fades to boredom. Bruce Willis has a surprisingly limited role in the ďŹ lm, and it does not help that the poor script handicaps his performance. The ďŹ lm hints at a troubled relationship with his son, but his early death means that the crucial plot point could not be developed further. Sigourney Weaver delivers the best performance among all the actors — exuding wit and cunning as the mastermind of the entire ploy. Unfortunately, it is still not enough to save the movie. Without much depth, The Cold Light of Day feels just like another Hollywood action ick that fails to thrill. The severe lack of character development, especially with regard to Will’s family, fails to connect the audience with Will’s plight. Even more jarring is the awkward inclusion of Will’s half-sister (Veronica Echegui) which feels like an excuse to throw a pretty, young actress into the ensemble cast. More attention should have been paid to explaining the family dynamics and the rocky relationship between Will and Martin, but without any background knowledge the audience is left with only the superďŹ ciality of the action scenes. Riddled with numerous f laws in the screenplay and acting, The Cold Light of Day offers nothing new in the action genre save for a sneak preview of the new Superman.

-HUGO BART

In fact, director Akiva Schaffer does not pay much attention to the aliens, choosing instead to hide their generic look in the darkness. This leaves the credibility and the reality of the alien invasion in serious doubt. Despite having a strong cast, the comedic element in the movie falls at. The A-list comedians seem to be competing with each other for attention. Furthermore, the humour effect intended in the dialogue seems inappropriate and uncouth. In one particular scene, Evan confesses to Bob about his infertility problem and the latter repeatedly makes crude jokes about sperm-test procedures and testicles. Their conversations tend to interweave their frankness about sexuality with the seriousness about keeping the neighbourhood safe, and the result is resulting in an inconsistent level of humour that may confuse audiences. The more engaging aspects of the ďŹ lm are the emotional sub-plots which explore the failure of human communication. Each character has a personal problem which he tries to resolve throughout the ďŹ lm. Evan is unable to tell his wife about his infertility problem, and uses the watch team as a distraction from his constant worrying. Bob stalks his teenage daughter on Facebook to keep an eye on her because he is unable to express his love. It is somewhat heartwarming to see the characters ďŹ nd value in the watch team even beyond its intended purpose. However, the lack of ow and emotional continuity makes The Watch a difficult movie to enjoy. It also tries too hard to mix too many genres and themes, and the result is messy and unconvincing, save for a couple of cheap laughs. While ending on a good note with every character’s loose end tied up, The Watch is still an underwhelming movie overall that fails to live up to its promise, and will leave most audiences disappointed.

-TAAHIRA AYOOB

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਍རսࢉè‫୔ ؾ‬႒ࣄ ᇖ໚༩п၃ഺਦໂѢ၀ࠍ ֫ਛॣ‫׮‬Ɨఊቛ௝ûõၺ ቉öᆴஙüࠍ֫ਛõྔö ྵࢉ֬඀಻è ϶ࢉ‫ৣ׌‬၉ा൚Ɨହ ဣয়‫܄‬ս࿗ᇖ໚࿗߽֬๤ ࿗૓ःၢû߆໚ᆴ჆໨ü

၉൉ເᇽ฼Ɨၢ়෌‫ދ‬༫ झဍԢཔࢹ‫֬ލ‬١൛Ӷ ཊè‫ؚ‬჆ሸ࠴֬൉۪ၢѝ ဍ֬ྠ൛ԢཊƗӮු೑ѝ ൜෹ᆴఴѰ҉ᆰ౭Ɨ၀‫ޚ‬ ࣠༦ƗѰ‫ྍے‬ᇽϾ١‫ؚ‬෹ ֬ቛ௝֬ॣ‫׮‬è û߆໚ᆴ჆໨ü൥Ӯ ු೑Ⴏਘਘඛმࢊඔਛሸ ࠴‫߆ؚ‬໚֬౭ၰࢹƗ௦ള ௦ࡕՕ൉õैෂ࡬௹໴ ߆Ɨ౭ၰಖୄਂӭᇞöè Ӯු೑ۨෛࡁᆇƗႀ ເ՝ཱིः؇჆߆ཱུƗ‫ؚ‬჆ ߆໚෹၉ᆷႼሩമമ֬౭ ࢹèᄤИॐս࿗൏෹Ԣ჆ ۹١૲֬ॐਏ‫ؾ‬࿑ᄻਛࣣ ࠽༩è‫ؾ‬ಇขຝ࢓ߗࣣ֬ ৬Ɨಥ෹Ⴜ߽ࠖ‫ؚ‬ሸ࠴֬ ߆໚Ծቛ࣐ྡྷ‫ࡍ۾‬ಱᆎ֬ මॐè ෹නƥõۗഏս࿗൏ ‫ئ۾‬൥ሌሆ჆ࣣ࠽࿗ሌ၃ ֬ॢ၃ᇖƗಇ࢓ߗ൏ѓႼ ߽ࠖӭ‫ו‬ሸ࠴֬౭࿉Ɨಇ මॐሸ࠴‫ؚ‬჆߆໚౭‫ے‬Ɨ ൥‫ڕ‬୆‫ࡆܛ‬࿊࡛Ԃ߆໚Ծ ቛƗߕ൥ࢃ಍ҍ֬ᇞྖ‫؂‬ ٩ᄤሸ࠴֬ሌ၃‫໊ދ‬দ֬ ൠ၃ഏèö ႀເ‫߆ؚ‬໚֬ᆺሩ՝ ໊཯൅Ɨ෹ᄤߴ‫ޱݚ‬ѓ྆ ༶ਛᆊ၉൵ᆮᆮ౭മၰ౔ ֬൉ௐè ൉ᇖ‫۾‬൥ൗႯਛõକ ᇖ໴߆öƗõକᇖഺ߆ö ‫ދ‬õକᇖഽ߆öƗұұ‫ׅ‬ ࣐Ɨѝཊሸ࠴‫߆ؚ‬໚֬౭ ‫ؕ҉֬ے‬മ್Ɨ๤൏၀࣌ ९սೞᇽ฼Ɨࠍ֫ਛ௦ള ֬౤ᩬè

ਦໂѢ֬ቛ௝ûõၺ ቉öᆴஙü൥ၢཱིઉ໚ᆊ ᇜࢧྔႝ֬ྠ൛ӶཊԢ দƗ໚ᅪ๠‫୔ !ؚݝ‬քၢ ๤ྦਅເᇽ฼‫ؾ‬Еൺᆡၷ ֬߆໚༫झဍԢûၺ቉ü ࣐ྡྷ༬ᇈ‫ٺ‬༌ƗӉඔਛ๤ ྦਅთധ߽ಊ৶ࢹ‫ܸ֬ܙ‬ ༩Ɨࡵࢺമॠè ਦໂѢ๰੤Ɨûၺ ቉ü൥෷ᄤହսः؇ᇖ໚ ༩൏ఀ෵ഏ֬༫झཔܸॢ Ӹ෵฻‫֬܉‬໚ЮèՕझྔ ႝ‫ؾ‬Ⴢ଀‫֬ے‬ᇽ฼ःಥ෷ ੄༶ਛമॠႍ֬ཧè ႀເ༫झЮഭࠥकᅭ ৶Ɨᆴ‫ޱ‬Ⴢ๠‫ݝ‬თ‫ށ‬Ⴝ֬ ࢓ੇൺ֥చ‫ن‬Ɨࢹ‫ލ‬ሸ࠴ ֬ಱൔғԾᄶԢࡋቛè‫ؚ‬ ჆Օ՘ࠍ֫սೞ֬ॣ‫׮‬Ɨ ෷ѝ൜ൌ‫ྍےٺ‬෷ᄤହս ᇖ໚༩֤֬ൄƗႴఊ൥ॖ මಬ‫ࢤڳ‬൸Ɨւ਼෷ቃ࣐ ༫झ֬‫ז‬ฝè ਽ບƗᆻ֫၉฻֬ ൥ƗՕቛ௝෵ࠍࢉར൥õ ྔöྵࢉƗ൥า‫׀‬ເЮ‫׀‬ ࿗ഺाന֬ࢉརƗᇂᄤເ Ю‫׀‬࿗ഺ֬߆໚྆ቛ฻‫܉‬ ၉۸‫۾‬ा٩֬௣ขè Օ՘ྔࡍ௨սሌ໚࿗ ࢉହဣয়‫܄‬ս࿗ԛ໅߽ᇽ ༣޸໚ᨨᆾԢƥõóྔô ྵࢉ൥၉۸ࢹ‫ލ‬ਛ‫ئޚ‬ჴ ු֬ࢉརƗಥྔࡍ௨Ю‫׀‬ ࿗ഺ֬۹ᇜԾቛ‫ڋ‬۳֥֫ ॣ‫׮‬Ɨႀເ෸Ѱ҉आ୊჆ ଝ၉ᇜԾቛྠ൛Ɠ೉൉ ۪çೢ໚ְƔƗ‫ؚ‬჆๾‫׵‬ ྔࡍ௨Ю‫׀‬า೫֬໚࿗൥ Ⴜሩ࠙ࠥቛႯ֬èö

‫ן‬ҷƥ଺୶ᆴ࡞൥‫ڕ‬հᄤՉႽၸƪ ອହ ᅼѩĶИ֨

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‫ݚ‬ग़࿗ࡌကࣵࣔಷᆾ ԢƗ໴ઉ֍ഭთ‫ڕ‬Ɨ଺ ୶ᆴ࡞ેႼõՉႽၸöè ଺ྦ‫ދ‬ၺྦ֬Ⴝၸ൥ࢀ৲ ᄤõྦ༒ႋ৶öᆴഏ֬Ʀཔࢧ ᆴ༶Ɨ୶ྦս‫ئ‬ಱເ‫ދ‬ၺྦᆴ ࡞֬Ⴝၸ൥ढ़ၢࢀ৲ᄤõϪট ๴൛ܸ֬༩ö ᆴഏƗ࠮ᇞ൱ྖ ਹഏ֬‫ܕ‬๠è ओЮИ‫ ؚ‬۸ହս࿗ഺ࣐ྡྷ ԕဩ‫ן‬ҷƗႼ ֬୶ս࿗ഺಱ ເ଺୶ഺᆴ࡞հᄤՉႽၸè֓ ൥ಖᇁႼ҉֥ ֬୶ഺ୆‫ܛ‬ ࢫൺሸ࠴଺ႽႼԩਛሸ࠴ᆴບ ֬õ‫݋‬૧öè ਽၉١૲ƗӘ‫ݝ‬Ͻඛ֬଺ഺ ୆‫ܛ‬ຢ಍ࢫൺሸ࠴֬୶ႽႼԩ ሸ࠴ᆴບ֬õ๔۩૓öè ෠ಝႼӘ‫ן ݝ‬ҷᆇӲሸ ࠴Ⴜࢧ‫֬ށ‬ၺྦ஻ႽƗ֓‫ؚ‬჆ ൥‫ڕ‬൥õՉႽၸöƗႼ၉ҍ‫ځ‬ ൺ٧ᆇѝ൜҉ಙ‫׮‬èߕႼսҍ ‫ٺ‬ൺ٧ᆇ‫؂‬ѝ൜Ɨၺྦ஻Ⴝ‫ؚ‬ ჆ሸ࠴Չᄤఌา֬༒ႋ৶è Ⴜಆ֬൥ႼӘ‫଺֬ ݝ‬ഺ

ᇌ๴dᅼѩ

୆ࢫൺሸ࠴֬୶஻ႽႼఊ෷ࢧ ເး‫ྦ଺֬ށ‬஻Ⴝè

Ⴜ Ɛ֬୶ഺಱເ ଺୶ᆴ࡞հᄤՉႽ ၸƗ֓ಖᇁႼ Ɛ ୆‫ࢫܛ‬ൺሸ࠴֬଺ ႽႼ୶ྦ‫ށ‬Ⴝè ֓‫ؚ‬჆ᆊ۸໠฼ഏƗ୶ഺෂ ޳‫۾‬ເ࣏ഷཻèᇁႼཱིҍ‫୶ٺ‬ ഺ୆‫ܛ‬ຢ಍٩ྖሸ࠴֬଺ႽႼ

ܸ༩വ‫ྦ୶֬ށ‬Ⴝಭè ၉໑҉ᄂ๰੤ྦྷଇ֬ಭ໚თ ധ߽ग़࿗࿗ᄄ֬࿗ഺाພླྀ‫׀‬ නƗԩ٫଱۸୶ྦႽಭ൥õো රяöƗ෹ғ୆ࢫൺ଺ႽႼᆊ ဩ֬୶ྦ‫ށ‬஻Ⴝè ҉‫ؚݝ‬჆ᆊ۸໠฼Ɨ၀ႼӘ ‫֬ ݝ‬ൺ٧ᆇѝ൜Ɨᇁးሸ࠴ ၀ಱൔᆊ໑๤ྦ஻ႽƗ଱ѓढ़ ٩ྖਛè দሸ‫׏‬ሷ‫܄‬Ӹ༩ව୔࠰֬Ҫ ៌‫ދ‬ᇴᗟಱເ଺୶ᆴ࡞‫଻ޚ‬Г ԂՉႽၸè෹૓ႋࣣओ‫֬׌‬න ֨ƥõ൑೫Ɨྦ၀èöಭ૓ӏ

නᮥᮦඅ୶Ɨळሷ‫ᝒށ‬è౷ᆴ ҉֫Ɨ᜾૎ම‫ڢ‬è ఊ൓‫୶଺׮ࢿ଻ޚ‬ᆴ࡞൥π ଧࠎᆇ൥ႽၸƗ֙ၺྦᄤࢫԯ ᆴᇖට١‫؂‬Ⴜ‫֬ےށ‬൏ްƗሸ ಝ‫ؾ‬ಝः߽ྖഺπଧè ٘ᆴᄼᇁ୆ቚѝ૲ഏ֬஻ ႽƗ෵໓֬଺୶ᆴ࡞֬ՉႽၸ ᇁ൥Ⴏদ൲ทቒᇛ୆҉୆ྖഺ πଧ֬‫܄‬कè ‫ؚ‬჆ᆊᇜනٌƗদሸߢࣈ ߰Եѳთྗ༖࿗ᄄ֬ߢቶᏥѰ ҉൥‫ޚ‬ᄨ๤ƥõ໨ಱເ଺୶ഺ ᆴ࡞֬ಙႼՉႽၸƗႀເಭ࢓

஻Ⴝ֬ჷႀ҉၉‫׮‬൥ເਛᅺ‫ؚ‬ ཧè໨Юഭ၀࢓ਛ࠲۸଺ഺ֬ ౛ႽƗ‫ؾ‬໨၀ϣ෷૓֙ӵ۩۩ দैևèö ਽၉໑দሸಭ໚თധ߽ग़࿗ ࿗ᄄ֬࿿ࡈৈ၀҇Ԑ֨ƥõᄤ ս࿗֬ࠊ‫׵‬ቍᆵࠎᆇ൥๤ϲ๤ ࿗Ɨ଺‫୶ދ‬ᆴ࡞ш‫߽׮‬Ⴜ߁‫׵‬ ‫ދ‬པ԰Ɨഭເ୶ഺƗ໨ಱເ໨ ߽ཟ‫ދ‬၉ཻ଺ྦ஻Ⴝਔๆࠎෛ ॴƗᆊ൥ႀເ໨‫ۼ‬෷૓‫ޚ‬ਔ֫ দƗ֓Ѱ҉քѝ໨‫ؚ‬෷૓ႼӘ ԢႽၸ֬‫ے‬फè‫ౖؾ‬໨པྗ଺ ୶ᆴ࡞հᄤՉႽၸö

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CHRONICLE 02 ငઉ

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ߓГॢӸ ႒՝ཱི࿗ाന ᅼѩ ᇖ໚ѐࠧ

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ҳ๴ǧ<Z]VO

ਦ࣏ᑹ

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໑ႎ‫଺ ݸ଺ݚ‬൝ Ɨ৭֪༼ഺƓ5Z +PZQ[ :MMLƔ ϣ‫ؚ‬჆ྔࡍ௨֪൝යࠖ‫ڢ‬༇֬҉ન‫ن‬ྋ჆;QV OIXWZM *][QVM[[ :M^QM_Ɨ ֤ᇈະ૽ಜఖ‫҃ؾ‬ᆴè кᆇቛເྔࡍ௨‫૽܋‬Ɨ֙๗֥ᆊ۸཯༖൏‫ޚ֥ے‬ ҟঔèп࣯Ɨ֪൝යࠖ൥ᅡाྔࡍ௨ഺࠊ໚ߋ֬ఊ ᇖ၉۸Ժ८Ɨ൥‫ئ‬ങບ‫ݚ‬ಭႽಭۗ༶‫ࢫࠖ٭‬ԯ֥֬ ׂ၉۸Ю‫׀‬ಭèೖးሴ༬ကࣵߌ฼Ɨःး՝೟ቍಭ ֬࢟؎Ƙ ྔࡍ௨ಭ ç࿷ᇤಭ‫୿ދ‬ᇤಭैè ՝ྔࡍ௨ಭ֬࢟؎ैƗ֪൝යࠖቁಝ၀൥Ю‫ݚ‬ ಭƗ၀྿ႀເᆊ‫׋‬Ɨսҍ‫ݚٺ‬ಭߕ൥иࢧЎಿè෠ ಝྔࡍ௨ಜ฿ഏ၀Ⴜಭѝ൜‫ؚ֪‬൝යࠖฆ؎֬҉ નƗ֓ᆊ‫؂‬൥۸ϊ֬è ቒࣔƗ<PM 6M_ 8IXMZ ቚਛ၉۸ཱི‫ן‬ҷƗϣࡁᆇ ஑֥ࠖӍࡓϹӷॡƗჂଭᇞྡྷৠƗჂးಇ၉ཻиࢧ ்ࣨ֬‫׀‬١èࢹ‫ݛ‬Ɨ‫ן‬ҷ཈൜Ɨ֪൝යࠖ‫؂‬٫ӏॡ ఞƗ੥࣬၀๞ඊ֬è‫ן‬ҷဩЮ෠ಝཱིƗ֓൥ᆊဩ֬ ӵࠢкᆇಱເ൥ᆻ֫‫ܤ‬৪ࠪᄨ഍֬è ՝࿷ᇤಭ֬࢟؎ैƗ၉ཻ࿷ᇤ‫ࡌݚ‬යࠖ྽ะࡕߕ ࡕè৯೉Ɨฃ‫ݚ‬Ɨછদ།࿷ְƦབྷ‫֪۝‬൝‫ݓٵ‬Ɨข ຝයࠖࡗ൙֪൝ູཉè‫ࡍྔؾ‬௨֪൝යࠖࡀ‫ٵ‬൥ෟ ࡀӸѝ֬Ɨᆊढ़୆൥Ю‫֬ݚ‬Ⴑ‫׋‬ᆴ၉èп࣯࿷ᇤಭ Ⴜढ़୆иࢧ҉ඛૣ‫ؾ‬ՀƗ୆֥չ‫׋׀‬ःનቇਛè ՝୿ᇤಭ֬࢟؎ैƗп࣯୿ᇤ༤ීႼ݆‫֬׮‬ૌ‫ށ‬ ‫ڢ‬༇‫ۇ‬୘Ɨ୿ᇤಭढ़୆໴ٌ൨႒ྔࡍ௨֪൝යࠖ֬ ‫ڢ‬༇ฆ؎è‫ؾ‬Ю‫ڢݚ‬༇‫܄‬၃෠Ⴜ݆‫֬׮‬য়ཟ‫ڢ‬༇Ɨ ֓‫୿ދ‬ᇤ֬҉၉ဩè෵ၢƗයࠖ‫ڢ‬༇ฆ؎‫୿ދ‬ᇤয় ཟ‫ڢ‬༇ฆ؎ԢཊҼၺƗ֤ᇈ྿‫ئ‬ဣಭ‫ؚ‬჆໨‫֪ݚ‬൝ යࠖ‫ڢ‬༇ฆ؎Ⴜ෵ூ௦è кᆇफ֫ᆊ၀ܶ҉֫ඩƗ൥۹ࢿ҉๤য়ཟ‫ڢ‬༇‫ۇ‬ ୘ᄶӵ֬ҼၺèೖးનቇսࡌƗྔࡍ௨ш྽࣐၉ҋ ਛࢺᆊཻ҉๤ᆴ԰Ɨಝ‫ޱ‬၉၉԰য়ƗѰౖ‫ۆ‬ആèቀ ֬দනƗ࿷ᇤ҉ཥ୿ᇤƗ਍ψ‫ؚ‬ሌ၃Ⴑᇐ‫ڢ‬༇‫ۇ‬୘ Ⴜ෵҉๤Ɨఀຳ֬‫ڢ‬༇ฆ؎၀҉၉ဩè

ࣔƗହဣয়‫܄‬ ս࿗ເ҉๤ग़ ༩τ஍ਛಱൔߓГࠪ ढ़Ԃ࿊ྦ֬ॢӸèॢ Ӹເ၉۸࿗ఀƗഌ࿗ ᄄçߢࣈ߰Եѳთྗ ༖࿗ᄄçඛয়ग़࿗࿗ ᄄְ֬࿗ഺ‫؂‬ш྽࿑ ྰᆊ૑ग़଩è ॢӸୄಿࢤ൸࿗ഺ ૓ཊࣉ֬ߓࣩመฆƗ Ѱ‫۾‬മ್‫׀‬ԵչߓГ ࠪГ߀‫׀‬౶ሮჾ֬ᇞ းྦè ॢӸӎ൲ࢹ‫ލ‬۹۸ ҉๤࿗ᄄ֬าᆟƗಥ ࿗ഺ୆‫ܛ‬ϣ՝ᇖ෵࿗ ֥֬႒Ⴏᄤ෵ྰ֬ᇽ ग़ഏè ৯೉‫ؚ‬჆ഌ࿗ᄄ֬ ࿗ഺদනƗ୆ᄤၢ‫ޱ‬ ࣣഌ֬๤൏Ɨᄤࣣ࠽ ढ़ྡྷྦ‫ࣩ֬ߓؚދ‬ढ़

Ԃ࿊ྦᆴ࡞ƗᅺԢ൨ ֙֬௣‫׋ޠ‬è кᆇಱເᆊརए յ൤ᄤшྡྷèᄱཻ୔ ᄤᇖ‫ݚ‬ၢࠪ୿ૌְ‫ݚ‬ ࡌƗᄱၟ੸༼ࢃߓГ ॢӸനᇉເЮग़࿗ഺ ֬шྰॢӸè ҉‫ݝ‬кᆇಱເߓ Гၰൔ֬ඕ৲Ɨ႒՝ ཱི࿗ሉఖƗ႒՝‫ؿ‬๧ ा൚݀ංè ᄤ၉ཻ།١‫ݚ‬ ࡌƗ‫ݠ‬ሷ૓՝ཱི‫؂‬း ࢫൺߓГࢤჩèᄤࡌ ᇖƗ‫ں‬ଢ߽ၢሸ࠴֬ ငྡྷদႜའ‫ݠ‬ሷƦᄤ ࿗ཱུƗ‫ݠ‬ሷ၀߽ࢫൺ ৣࢲࢤჩƗఊᇖःЎ চਛߓГࢤჩè õ෷೽ᆴ്Ɨढ़ ၢ‫܅‬ოöèᇇࣉЮ‫׀‬ ཱི֬࿗ᇖഐ໴ሌ૑֬ ߓГࢤჩॢӸƗ၀҉ ൨႒Ю‫׀‬ढ़Ԃ࿊‫ن‬ᅡ ֬ྺးƗᆊ҉୆҉න ൥၉ᇜၓ‫ݴ‬è ෠ಝ၉ཻᇖཱི࿗

֬࿗ཱུুൄ૓‫߽݀؂‬ ං࿗ഺ૓ߓГ֬‫ۇ‬ ୘Ɨ֓൥ಖેႼᆥ൛ ֬ॢӸಥ࿗ഺ૓՝ཱི ःଃϩߓГ֬ᇞးྦ ၢࠪો۸ಭܑཱིཋ֬ ႜའ৶è ᇖཱི࿗൏ఀƗ࿗ഺ ૓ᇁ൥ࣣӏ‫ুދ‬ൄ૓ ၉ఖቚധ౼‫ڢ‬༇Ɨ౩ য়‫ݡ‬яࠪೳฌְè ᄤ೒൝֬ෑ৚൞ᇣ τ๵‫ཱིۻٶف‬࿗Ɨሌ ૑ाനߓГॢӸè ᄤॢฝഏເ࿗ഺ૓ ဍ൜ਛ၉۸ၥটܾ՝ ฻ಃჷਟçᇌᄶç݀ ሔçᄕංç཮൹çႉ Ⴏ֥ߴ൳֬‫ݝ‬ӸƗಥ ࿗ഺ૓՝ཱི‫֫״‬೉‫ތ‬ ࢲᄆ୆ჾç࡯ങߓࣩ ֬໱ಠၢ࣐ࠪྡྷঞࠔ ‫ٺ‬৒è кᆇफ֫႒ሌ૑ा ന൨႒ᇖཱི࿗ഺ֬ߓ ГॢӸè৯೉ಥ‫ݠ‬ሷ ਛࢺ֥ሸಝሮჾሸ໨ ߲‫ݝ֬ڶ‬ӸƗ՝‫ۻ‬Ю

฿߽֥‫ࣩߓؚ‬ढ़Ԃ࿊ ‫ن‬ᅡ֬ᇞးྦèѰౖ ۹ཱུ႒๫၉ࢤҒçന ᇉॢӸçाቇॢ൏Ɨ པࡆӵ৲ߓࣩࢤჩग़ ကཱིቍƗ‫׮‬ఀाᅡႼ ܸࢤကࠊ‫׵‬ƗເЮ‫׀‬ ۹ཱུۡ಍૲ाᅡߓࣩ ࢤჩ‫ࢀࣩߓދ‬ന฻‫܉‬ Гᅷè ԩՕᆴບƗࡌӐ၀ ႒‫ۅ‬Ⴜၰൔ‫ࢤ׀‬ჩ‫ݠ‬ ሷဨӵ਌‫֬ށ‬ഺࠊ༤ ܿƗሆၰߓࣩ໖ഺè းࢤჩ‫ݠ‬ሷπ༛ો၉ ৳ਈ൑ƗࢲᄆႯඪႯ ‫׏‬Ɨႀ‫࡯ؾ‬ങᇌᄶഺ ࠊঞࠔè ࡌӐߕढ़ၢ‫ݠދ‬ ሷ၉ఖࢃঞࠔ࣐ྡྷ‫ٺ‬ ৒ƗࢃИᇃç‫ٳ‬ᇃְ Ⴜߴ൳ࡕᆻ֬‫ٳ‬௝൳ ࠩఖদ෉֥‫ٳ‬௝൳‫ܚ‬ ᅦƗಥ‫ݠ‬ሷਛࢺଝཻ ‫ٳ‬ఠҒਟ֬ߴ൳৭Ⴏ ࡕᆻƗ՝‫ࢤؾ‬ჩ‫ݠ‬ሷ းᆌ༛Ⴜདྷ֬ሸಝሮ ჾƗ҉෢ѓঽ‫ٵ‬è

۹ ᆣྠӵເྔࡍ௨ധ߽‫ڋ‬ఞƪ ‫ݚ‬ ֪ ൝ ‫ڢ‬ ༇ ሠ ᄼ ႀ ᅭමࡈ ಭ ቒ ‫ؾ‬ ၺ ҳ๴ǧ<Z]VO

ࣔႼᄇদᄇ‫ݚݩئ‬ᆣྠ ။ഺ֥ྔࡍ௨দთЮ‫׀‬ ֬‫ܫ‬ॡ߽૲ƗѰౖ฻‫߽܉‬ᆗ‫ڢ‬ ༇è෢ሩ‫֬ੇݩ‬ീྡྷƗᆣྠ‫ڋ‬ ӝ၀ा൚՝‫ݚݩ‬Ե֥ਛЮ‫׀‬è ‫ۻ‬ओ <PM 6M_ 8IXMZ ֬И ֨ƗЮ‫ܫ׀‬ॡଭሩ‫ݚݩ‬ଃྙ֬ ᅽ௒֥ᆣྠᆗ෵း౷။ഺЁ෷ ૓‫ۆ‬єӵཥ‫ݚݩ‬ଃྙ֬ಿા၉

ဩ൥ӏࡵ֬ൠ౭è ᅏैᆴ༶Ɨᆣྠ၀྿୆‫ܛ‬ ಥಭє֫‫۾‬ૌ২Ɨ՝‫ؾ‬є֫‫۾‬ ႼሸྗƗ֓кᆇಱເᆊఊᇖദ ֥ࠪ‫۾‬Ӑᄀ֬໠฼è෠ಝᆣྠ ᄤ‫ݚݩ‬ၟ൥ࠥເ௻љ֬ൠƗവ ᇇढ़ၢන൥‫֬ݚݩ‬၉ᇜധ߽‫ڋ‬ ఞƗ֓൥Ɨྔࡍ௨თ‫ߕݚݩ‬൥ Ⴜ෵҉๤֬è ᄤ‫ݚݩ‬Ɨ໴ઉᄤࢵᄕᅦࠎࢵ ᄕৡçϟ൝ᅦࠎᆇ൥ࢮഏƗ֥ ԰‫؂‬୆ैࡵႼܸᆣྠ֬݃ۨè

‫ౖؾ‬Ɨധ߽є֫ा٩Ɨಭ૓ ‫۾‬୆ࢫൺ๠‫ݝ‬ᆣྠ‫ۆ‬єሸ࠴֬ ဩાè‫ތ۾‬ঊᄇদᄇ‫୶ݚݩئ‬ ၣಭᄂၰ‫܋‬ाӼಱ෹૓ᅂࣣᆣ ‫ྠݝ‬ƗႀՕᆣྠ҉ᄣ൥սࡌь ࠀ֬ߌ฼è ‫֬ݚݩ‬ᆣྠᆗ෵ैሠਛྔࡍ ௨֬൮Ӎ ႀՕ‫ئޚ‬ᆗ෵‫؂‬Ⴜሌ ૑เЮ‫ܫ׀‬ॡთ‫֬ݚݩ‬ᆣྠ။ ഺቚཿ‫ܕދן‬๠֬֙‫׀‬քѝè ֓൥Ɨкᆇफ֫ᆣྠ෠ಝᄤ Ю‫׀‬ફફൺߒ႙Ɨ֓ᆊѰ҉ք ѝ෸ၟࣣ൥၉ᇜധ߽݆ٚè ႀՕᆣྠ‫ߕޱ‬ढ़୆߽ൺ֥ບ ࢿ֬௦ઉ‫ދ‬ၺဩ֬ဋ݂Ɨ‫ؾ‬ഭ я֬ಭ၀҉၉‫׮‬୆ࢫൺᆣྠ‫ޱ‬ ྔ֬ဩાè ՕບƗкᆇಱເૌ২൥‫ن‬ሸ ୄྖ֬Ɨ‫ؾ‬ಭ֬ບાᇁ൥‫ژ‬ష ֬ѝ૲Ɨ၉۸ಭ֬ྦ۳‫׀ྖދ‬ ғ൥ቒᇞး֬èᆣྠ෠ಝ୆‫ۆ‬ є၉۸ಭ֬ບѝƗ֓҉୆‫ۆ‬є ௝ྦè кᆇ၀ಱເƗ၎॓ບા෵ ֫দ֬ሸྗྖ‫ޚ‬ժ೗ƗᇁးႼ ಭூ௦ࠎ൥ሸ࠴‫ؚ‬ሸ࠴֬ບા ҉નၰƗሸྗྖः߽Ы‫ု׵‬Ɨ ՝‫҉ؾ‬୆֥֫ᆎᆥ֬ঀৈèႀ ՕƗᆣྠ҉൥ᅀృሸྗྖ֬ቒ ࡋ١ٌè ቀ‫ؾ‬ငᆴƗ҉းϣບѝै֫ ฅᇞးè

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ࢤൄࢲࢃࣔƗၟഭເս࿗ഺ֬໨૓൥‫ߏ߽ߕڕ‬୘Գሩཱུ‫ڢ‬ƗՉᆎçᝓေ֬ಷሷƪःಥࡁᆇ྿ Ⴌ೭თսࡌ‫ٺ‬ཡ෷‫ুؚ‬ൄ֬ԓ࣪ ‫ދ‬ਦ࣏ᑹƗ໸ᠸᠸߴ֥ଢཱུƗᅺ࿠֙୔ഏ࿗֬ߴၲè ਦ࣏ᑹ Ƙߴ҉ಇ֬଱ཻ ୔ ֙ๆƗ໨෾࣐࿗ཱུ֬ ׂ၉ҋƗෂ޳෾࣐റ૤֬ ૚ߟ൞ࢿয়èඊ༘֬ླྀഹ ՝ව١ϝ૲ԵদƗ၉౔‫؂‬ ેє ՝ఴ֬ࢀሄ༅‫؂‬൥ ၉ဩ֬èቃሩቃሩƗःቃ ֥ু஻ႽഭяਛƗैࡵ‫ئ‬ ୔҉ࡵ֬ুႽƗ‫ށ‬ाྖ γƌ၉ࡵ૲ःฒƗϣ၉౔ ᄤᆊ਍୔ᆴୄ‫ن‬ഺ֬ൠ‫؂‬ ၉၉ඔනè ᆊ၉՘ߴদ࿗ཱུ൥ྔ ರཱུӐᇽϾཱུ֬Ⴝ߽èᇽ း൥ಥཱུႽ૓თুൄ৺ ༩èಥ໨าѠ‫֬׵ے‬ѓ൥ ᄣ՘ै֥໨֬၉໑‫ڼ‬ᄺГ ߀ߓࣩࠊ‫ু֬׵‬ൄè෠ಝ ෹ၟ҉ᄤ࿗ཱུࢤॢƗ֓෹ ߕ൥า‫ߴ׀‬দ၉ลƗদ‫ܤ‬ ৪໨૓ᆊཻᄱၟп၃֬๤

࿗ш྽ᄤഺࠊഏƗ҉ܼቚ ൐ી‫؂‬း୴৶è ཱུႽ߽‫ޱ‬Ɨ໨ѓ‫࠲ދ‬ ໑ু๤࿗ቃљ಍ཱུè֙୔ ϩϩ֬ుъၟࣣЫࡍഏਛ ྿‫ئ‬ъ߉èढ़༛֬൥Ɨ࿗ ཱུເਛτ಍Ɨϣ‫ု׳ܥ‬ၜ Ҿೢਛèಭൠၟ٫Ɨ֓൥ ౭ၰಶᄤè

ॢƗ֓൥ळໆෟ൥‫׋‬ಞ໨ ૚ཟ֬ࠌजèû݃ѳӶཊ ࠶్üҰမᇖƗ෷֬၉ चõ୍֬ഹႂ‫ޚ‬൨‫݃ލ‬ ѳöƗᆎ֬‫ۺ‬ე໨‫ޚ‬ս֬ ‫ܤ‬৪Ɨ‫࣐۾‬၉ҋ‫ࢃ׀‬໨๾ སሸ࠴֬૚ཟè ෠ಝळໆၟࣣ຃Ԣࢤ ჩࢿƗ֓໨ߕ൥༗ຳ୆ሇ ᄂ෷õࢤൄࢲঀৈöƗ༗ ຳ෷ᄤಭഺੱ๶ᇖၢ҉၉ ဩ֬١൛ࡆ࿊ᅽ਑෷ಭ֬ ֨੥è

྿Ⴌ೭Ƙࡁၲᇖ֬õ࿿ ൄö û೟ሺࣣüᇖ֬õࢤ ҉࿿Ɨൄᆴ‫خ‬öƗम҉߽ Ⴜ࿗ഺ‫ۺ‬ე෷ᆊဩ֬‫૲ڼ‬ ௦‫ܠ‬èõ࿿ॕöƗ෷‫ޚ‬ᄤ ྡྷƦõ঳‫خ‬öƗ෷म҉ࢫ ൺè ሸ໨ࣁജƪ෷൥ᆊ ીන֬ƥõသࡌໆս֬ळ ሷḩသळໆƗໆ۩öè ᅂᄤၳτয়‫܄‬࿗ᄄ֋ ರૉ฿ࢊൄ֬ळໆƗࡂ൥

໸ᠸᠸ ࢤൄࢲ୔୔ࡵ ߴၲఖ֙୔‫ুދ‬ൄၢࠪ๤࿗૓၉ఖഏॢƗ୴৶ቚቛ၃ ֬ಷሷè ണႜd໸ᠸᠸ ၉໑Ӳᆶçሌ၃֤֬ൄƗ ၀൥‫ށ‬஻Ⴝèಭഺ৬ਇ‫څ‬ ‫֬ڽ‬෷Ɨᄤཱུჺୄᇁငõ ൄഺöܸ༩Ɨ࿗ഺп၃‫ޱ‬

ৈ௦ ႂৈ2]SMJW`

ሌࠧ ƥ;MTN 8WZ\ZIQ\ ۪൴ƥਦ‫ډ‬ ๾ࡰƥû࠿ଙྙ౶üû୔ ൏ü

്ü၉ဩ֬ ࿏੷ෛනሩ ҉၉ဩ֬π ౭‫ܪ‬ൠè û࠿ଙྙ ౶ü૴ඔሩ ‫֍ܢ‬Ɨւᇾ ၉රරႳԚ ൗ๗ᇠലૠ თᆣᅭሌࠧ ቒ౭࿉ߋƗ ൥ቒПܻಖ ቒ༒ႋಭ֬ ၉൵۪èû

୔൏ü٘႟ሩ൏࡞֬ੇ ൣƗ൥၉൵ಥ๗ᇠ‫ـ‬଩၉ ྔ۪֬౾è۪ՔւԢၓ‫ݴ‬ ֬‫׮‬ၳƗ၀૴ඔਛ൏࡞҉ Ⴕಭè ྔሌࠧᆊഏਛ҉๤֬ ՘ྔሌࠧ֬ᇽռ۪ ûຟ്ü൥၉൵ਦ ࣠༦Ɨ༗ຳਦ‫ࡆ߽ډ‬࿊ၢ ‫ډ‬Юಭ‫ޚ‬༦ߒ֬౭۪è‫҉ ݚ‬๤֬‫ے‬फւ‫׵‬ᇾ෵Ⴜ֬ მϸûຟ്‫׋‬๯üၢûຟ ๗ᇠè Ɠ໚ƚৠࡈၕƔ

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ሌࠧƥûཟྤ‫֬ڥ‬ಭü ۪൴ƥသቦਥ ๾ࡰ۪౾ƥûິਛüû ങ୔ໂา֬ٗିü

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ᄤϝᄌᇖ࿞๾Ԣ ྔሌཱིࠧ֬ๆ‫ޱ‬ သቦਥ‫۪ۺ‬ૠւদਛሎ ྟ‫֬ޱ‬ሸ࠴Ɨःৼᇾଇ ֬ขຝৈ๽໻ᄌๆ၀Ӳ

ғ୆࣒ഽເ஻Ⴝèᆊ൥෷ ֬ჷᄼƗ၀൥࿗ഺଆࡁ֬ ݆ᄼè ෠ಝᇁഏ‫ݝ‬෷਍ฝ

෹ ເ õ ཱི Ӗ ࢃöè ሌࠧ๾ࡰᇽ ռᆴ၉֬ûິ ਛüƗ൥ሌࠧ ৡׂ֬၉൵۪ ౾è൵༼๗֥ ֬൥‫ڽ‬Ⴜࢲቄ ‫֬ے‬ౝഹƗ֥ ਛ‫۪ڳ‬ѓ߽Ⴜ ‫ܤ‬ഹ֬ࡍ್Ɨ ӵ‫׀܆‬ϣ۪౾ ւ֥ۡӝè ਽၉൵ᆻ֫ ၉๗֬൥ûങ ୔ໂา֬ٗିüƗՔ౾൥ Ⴕෑռ੺֬ᇽӖ໸౤‫ډ‬෵ ЎϾèႼሩ໚࿗ֿሷ֬໸ ౤‫ډ‬ເသቦਥ྆ਛᆊ൵ւ Ⴜ໚ၣఞ༖֬౭۪Ɨ‫ۺ‬ਛ သቦਥ҉၉ဩ֬ӎ൲èè ᆣ฿দනƗ෸҉൥၉ ϵ֬ਖഋ༩౭۪ሌࠧƗᄇ ๗ᄇഋྖƗ෸иࢧཥ൥ࠞ ৪ಭ૓းັఴቃ۪֬౾è Ɠ໚ƚ‫ڏ‬೒ឤƔ

ԡᇖп၃‫֬ޱ‬ો۸ࢤ ൄࢲƗ໨၉‫߽׮‬ԕ३ߴ֥ ໺ࠤϲಥᆦ‫ڰ‬ᇖ࿗ทຳ‫ށ‬ ࣹ҉ࡵ֬ুൄƗთ෷૓၉ ఖ࿂࿂ࣿèᆊ၉՘Ɨ໨ߴ ֥ଢཱུƗ‫ދ‬ఴ࿗ഺ߽֬‫ڼ‬ ᄺুൄ١ᆌᆌਔఖਛࢤൄ

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ሌࠧƥ û ۸и৭ü ۪൴ƥ ஓᠡϪ ๾ࡰ۪౾ƥû ۸и ৭üû*IJa <WVQOP\ü

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ෑռ੺ૉ฿ࡵ૲߽

ဍӖ߽֬ቒս࣠༦൥õ૤૨ö ࢃ߽൥ׂ၉Ӎᄤսᇖ߆‫׀‬౼ၢບ֬‫ݡ‬ບဍӖ߽è ྔࡍ௨ >; ขСऔ֘ ‫ؚ‬჆ྔࡍ௨ᅦ֬ఀևƗෑռ੺ѝ൜Ɨõ༗ຳྔࡍ௨ ۪֬ૠ૓୆ᅡཊԢಪ౭è၉ᆷၢদƗྔࡍ௨֬ႂৈ๽ ‫ޚ؂ؙ‬ሌ၃ƗဍӖ߽‫ޚ‬ຢૌèᄤྔࡍ௨֬ဍԢƗࢃთ ᄤขСऔ֘֬ႂৈҍ‫ࢃٺ‬ຢ಍၉ᇈƗЎচ࿢ߴဍӖ֬ ࡇ୘௝öè ࿢ဍ࣡ҘƗ҉ಿշ‫ݝ‬ ࿢ဍ‫ٺ‬ເවսᇽ฼ƥঅಪု‫ ݖ‬Їᩚ‫׌ܥ‬çࣈ౾ᇞ ဍçࡌ֬໘୷‫ࠧྔދ‬ᄣཊèӘ‫ݝ‬೟ൌ൵֬౾଩τ஍Ɨ ࢃ၉՘൳ઌ ûՄƙಷ݂üçû༸ƙঅಪüࠪ৬୔ሌࠧ ࣣ‫׌‬ଇ౾Ɨྔࠧû୍ᄤٗି൐ીüࠪ಍ྔԾቛ֍౾ၮ ࢃಪӖè ᇽӖ౤‫ډ‬৬୔੫࿊ເ‫ئ‬໑ๆອๆ‫่ޱ‬ՔƗ෷ࢃၢჷ Ծᆇᆴሯԕဩᇞྔጲ൫Ўচû୶पüƓသଵ໚Ɣçû ‫ל‬ਛüƓᅭ߹૏Ɣçû౤՚üƓ‫ތ‬ᄙ൉Ɣçûᆊဩ֬ ၉۸ગٗüƓӮᒹ࿨Ɣְ౾଩èՕ՘࿢ဍ၀๓ྖനႼ ‫ࢲߓ۪׋‬Ɨ෠ಝ൏࡞ႼདྷƗ֓ෑռ੺ࣗ৶નቇ۪ૠྖ ᄂƗ๱཈ෑռ੺སদᇞ൱თܻᇠ֬า೫თԵ๫è ෑռ੺၀π‫܋‬ၴ

ෑռ੺ᄤࡁᆇ߽ഏ‫ދ‬սࡌ‫ٺ‬ཡਛ࠮ࢃᄤྔࡍ௨ाӍ֬ఀևთྖ౭è ണႜdᅼѩ

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սྟ࿢ဍû֙໨૓၉ఖቃ‫ݝ‬ü჆ࣉ୔೟ᄌ՝ขС ཱིऔ֘Ԣ‫ن‬èᆊ၉՘ဍӖ߽֬ၰၳࢃาѠᇞսƗႀເ ᆊ൥ቛເδ‫ދڥ‬δ‫ڢ܈‬ၩ຃໿‫ޱ‬Ɨ੉ଇ๽჻౤‫ډ‬çᏥ ၕçδ‫ڥ‬çཱིຶçδ‫܈‬თࡌु൵՘ຢ಍‫ލ‬฿֬սྟဍ Ӗ߽è ᄤᆊ՘၉༩ਠ֬ෑռ੺࿢ߴဍӖ߽֙ᇖƗྔࡍ௨ᅦ

ဍӖ߽֬ाӍၢ‫߉׵‬ႜཥӶཊƗӖႺ۹սӳ൮ç ੄༶ቃ‫֬ݝ‬ቇࠝƗቒᇛႜཥԢཊෑռ੺Ⴌᄀთৈૠᅦ ᄤ၉ఖ֬ӻၰ࣡റƗთማ౷‫ئ‬ჴ֬ႂৈЮᇐƗ‫ܻ׵ے‬ ᇠè‫ؚ‬჆Օ՘ဍӖ߽֬õ૤૨öƗࢃ߽ᄤဍӖ߽ཊӍ ࢪིè

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WE CAN ALL BE ARTISTS What is art? Most of us have an idea of what ‘proper’ art should be like. No one can dispute that the works of masters like Da Vinci and Picasso qualify as art. But in the modern era, street artists like Banksy are constantly pushing the boundaries of what can be deďŹ ned as art. Some believe the use of grafďŹ ti in public spaces is just mere vandalism, while others feel his creative and thought-provoking frescos represent art in its purest form. The discussion took an interesting twist in the past few weeks with the ‘Ecce Homo’ (‘behold the man’ in Latin) case in Spain. Elderly parishioner Cecilia Gimenez in the small town of Borja made headlines internationally when she tried to restore a 19t h cent ur y painting of Jesus. The painting had been in the Roman Catholic church of Santuario de la Misericordia for at least several decades. Ms Gimenez claims she wanted to repair the damage to the painting, which was aking from moisture on the church walls. Unfortunately her effort was disastrous, with the restoration barely resembling a human ďŹ gure.

T he b otc he d pa i nt i n g quickly made rounds on the Internet with users pointing out its comical appearance. Although Borja authorities plan to take legal action against Ms Gimenez, her actions sparked debate over whether she deserves punishment. She acted with the best of intentions, even if her skills weren’t up to the task. It is also undeniable that the controversy has shone light on the town of Borja. Tourists have ocked to the church because they wanted to see the famous painting. Baroque musician Amanda Palmer pointed out on her Twitter account that the painting had hung unnoticed in the church for decades, but received worldwide attention because of Ms Gimenez. Perhaps she should have contacted the proper authorit ies to do a convent iona l restoration, but Ms Gimenez’s work was borne out of love and devotion. While the result was less than ideal, the fact remains that she tried to create something new. At the end of the day, it is that spirit of creation that will drive the ďŹ eld of art into a new age of achievement.

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Zombies vs Humans 1:0 BENJAMIN LIM REVIEWS EDITOR

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n the event of a zombie apocalypse, the undead are not your worst enemy. Instead, homo sapiens are the ones you should be most afraid of. I’ve spent nearly 24 hours trying to survive in Chernarus, a fictional post-Soviet nation infested with zombies. And I feared getting hit by a bullet more than being bitten by a zombie. Each time I get k illed by a human bandit (there are no computer-controlled human characters), I lose a little more hope in humanity. Thank goodness all this takes place within a video game, although I still secretly wish bad karma upon all my virtual assailants. DayZ, a game based on the military simulator game ARMA II, is not your typical zombieslasher game. It is, to me, quite possibly the most accurate portrayal of human behaviour in a post-apocalyptic world since the TV series The Walking Dead. Instead of handing you a gun from the start, you are forced to scavenge the zombie-infested towns for supplies and weapons — now that’s an innovative feature. Rather than running towards hordes of undead, spraying your machine gun like Baygon on cockroaches, DayZ actually encourages you to avoid them and run away if attacked. Unfortunately, even in such times of desolation, spotting a human does not offer respite, because you can never be sure whether he/she is a friend or foe. If you ever see a fellow human, the standard operating procedure is to duck down and give a shout ďŹ rst. Never approach him head on. “Hey! Are you a friendly?â€? I know — it’s a stupid question. It’s like telling a serial killer your whereabouts. But it works. If he replies in the game chat or shouts back over the microphone, you should be safe. Bandits, on the other hand, can’t be bothered to give you a response. There is only one thing on their mind — to kill you fast and loot your body before moving on. Bandits are also lonely creat ures who work alone, and I suspect that is the reason for their loss of speech — having not

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communicated for so long. Can you imagine two bandits trying to work together? The game is also a prime example of the effects of Darwin’s theory of evolution on modernday homo sapien species. We’ve learned from the wildebeests and antelopes that the weakest will get weeded out from herds by predators and disease, allowing the ďŹ ttest to survive and reproduce. Similarly, the strongest survive the apocalypse. However natural selection here does not occur according to Mother Nature’s rules, but rather that of ‘humans’. We have the intelligence to dictate who gets to live, and from the actions of actual players in DayZ, it is a frightening prospect that humans may become their own predators, even when faced with a common enemy. But the popularity of DayZ is a sign of good things to come for the gaming industry, which has become rather stale in recent years. Games that feature innovative gameplay or storylines are rare, the most prominent being the 2010 PS3 title Heavy Rain. Instead, inspired by a certain ‘Call of Duty: Modern Borefare’, more developers have opted for the ‘explosive set-piece’ approach, that takes players for a short

adrenaline-charged ride before fading away for the next sequel. DayZ does not need a story; the players themselves tell these emotive tales based on their own experiences of fear and survival. While initially conceived as a ‘humans versus zombies’ game, human players are the ones who provide real emotional trauma. Perhaps this is why it has a much higher replay value compared to some AAA titles in the market, which become quite forgettable after completion. Every day spent in Chernarus is tense and frightening and has potentially different outcomes. The best thing about DayZ is that it is free, as long as one owns ARMA II. Creator Dean Hall devotes his time to ďŹ xing the game’s bugs and improving the experience for over one million players. This shows that money may not necessarily be the primary motivation to build a quality game. Now if only the big developers can see the immense potential in going back to the roots of gaming itself — immersion. The irony of this success story is that DayZ is now being developed as a standalone game with a price tag to be slapped on it. But at least the point has been proven.

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a matter of perspective

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ven t hough I used to play different sports on a competitive level, I was never a big fan of racing cars and ampliďŹ ed noises — the sport simply doesn’t thrill me, pun absolutely unintended. T h is is why I cannot help but grimace at the thought that September marks the ďŹ fth year that the Formula One (F1) Grand Prix will hit the roads in Singapore. For non-F1 enthusiasts like yours truly, the iconic symbol of F1 is not Fernando Alonso, a Ferrari, or a Renault race car — it is the presence of clunky towering grey barricades that congregate in the city area of Singapore. I recently brought a couple of visiting friends from the States on a tour of Singapore. Of course, I had to bring them to the city — missing the Merlion is akin to not seeing the London Eye in London. I thought I was the only one shocked by how the city has become claustrophobic, but my friends were in equal dismay. One of my friends, an avid photographer, lamented the reduction of space available and how the barricades affected views of the city’s landscape. At the end of the conversation, he added, “I wish it didn’t affect the photos I took of the city skyline.â€? Other than the tourists who will ďŹ nd their photos spoilt by the distracting grey during these few months, I am sure most drivers will also agree with my point of view because of frustrating road trafďŹ c conditions every time the F1 comes around.

One of my friends, an avid photographer, lamented the reduction of space available and how the barricades affected views of the city’s landscape. Ta k e R a f f l e s B o u l e v a r d , Republic Avenue and Fullerton Road for example — these are only three of the many roads that are fully closed before, during and even after the race. Many of my friends, especially those who work

in the affected areas, had to switch to public transport in order to commute to work. As a driver myself, I had to take longer routes into some parts of the city during the F1 season because of these road diversions. Beyond looking at the logistics involved, we also need to question the purpose of the race and why authorities have agreed for it to be held here — a timely reection, I believe, since this is a milestone for the event. There could be many reasons, but one obvious one would be the prospect of it increasing the nation’s General Domestic Product (GDP) via bringing in more tourists every year. But does Singapore really need the F1 to do that? Take a casual look around our city landscape and one can be a witness to how it has transformed over the decades. From sparse developments to a skyline ďŹ lled with iconic buildings such as the Marina Bay Sands, Fullerton Hotel and the recently opened Gardens By The Bay, there are so many other better reasons tourists would choose (and pay) to come to Singapore for. The F1 race takes place in 19 countries and is not unique to what our nation is truly like. The statistics released by the Singapore Tourism Board over the past ďŹ ve years show no signiďŹ cant increase in the number of tourists visiting the country during the month of the race. In fact, the number of tourists visiting the country decrease, compared to other months in the same year. Last but not least, one must also not forget about the sky-high prices of the tickets, which can cost up to more than $1,000 for a three-day pass. On another note, quite a number of my friends, obviously F1 fans, say the concert at the grandstand area is more often than not the main reason people buy the tickets — to listen to big names live, such as Linkin Park, Shakira, Jay Chou and Katy Perry — instead of truly wanting to witness the race. In this aspect, it seems like the F1 night race has defeated its own purpose as the concerts constantly steal the limelight. Of course, I am sure that there are always a number of fans who are there to truly enjoy the race. However, watching the race at a seat only allows them to catch glimpses of the racing cars — too fast even for the typical point-andshoot camera to capture. For all these reasons, I say stop the F1 Grand Prix in Singapore, as ďŹ ve years is long enough.

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hile some 80,000 supporters cheered on F1 drivers from the sidelines last year, I was unfazed by the hype. Unlike these fervent fans, I always watched the race from a television screen. On race day last year, I was at a networking event held on the 21st oor of an ofďŹ ce tower that overlooked the racetrack. When the race started, conversation stopped, and all eyes were ďŹ xed on the beautiful streaks of light that zoomed past the landscape. And as I gazed down at the well-lit track, I realised that the F1 — though seen as just another event by critics — makes me proud to call myself Singaporean. However, this pride may soon dissipate. In the past few months, there has been much talk on whether the contract for the race will be renewed after this year’s event. This decision will be made by next June. Those who are against the idea of Singapore renewing the contract argue that Singaporeans are losing interest in an event that is too expensive. It costs $150 million to host the F1 each year and the circuit uses 3,180,000 watts of power — enough to provide electricity for 2,400 apartments.

Some Singaporeans have lamented that the F1 causes unnecessary road diversions and that the revenue from race tickets has declined over the years. However, tangible earnings are made through the sale of race tickets. A feasibility study carried out after the 2010 race found that the grand prix had brought in $420 million in tourism receipts in the its ďŹ rst three years. That being said, the pride of hosting the F1 night race goes beyond the numbers.

And as I gazed down at the well-lit track, I realised that the F1 — though seen as just another event by critics — makes me proud to call myself Singaporean. What struck me most was how the F1 has worked its way into Singapore’s image. As Singapore hosts the world’s only F1 night race, tourists have come to associate Singapore with it — as much as our country is as-

sociated with the Singapore Flyer or the Marina Bay Sands. Having the race at night also enables viewers from the other side of the world to catch it ‘live’ in the day. What’s more, the race is a spr ingboard for conver sation with exchange students from all over the world. Every year, I see exchange students at NTU set aside money to purchase F1 event passes, just so that they can brag about having been to the world’s only F1 night race. Last year, my friends from Denmark, Finland and the USA bought Bay Grandstand tickets (each costing well over $200) and described the race as “the highlightâ€? of their semester-long stay. T his ma kes me wonder, if even foreigners are excited to be in Singapore at this time for the event, then why do we Singaporeans simply shrug it off? By hosting the annual F1 race, we are sending out the message that although Singapore is small, we can do big things too. We are open, innovative, and willing to embrace new ideas. Coupled with the impressive lineups for the sideline gigs each year, the F1 has deďŹ nitely helped to make our little city seem more vibrant and lively. Even this former couch supporter of the F1 race is considering getting tickets for the next one (2012). And I sure hope it’s not the last.

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ocal K-pop fans finally have someone to look up to in their pursuit of becoming superstars. Two Singaporean girls have made their debuts in rookie K-pop group SKARF. Although I am not a diehard K-pop fan, I still wish them luck. I recently picked up their first single ‘Oh! Dance’, deciding to give a chance to fellow Singaporean musicians. Prett y faces, sweet voices and cutesy dance moves — SKARF had all the ingredients for a successful K-pop girl group. And yet, I stopped watching their music video after a minute. Somehow, their faces blurred into the background and I did not feel compelled to listen to them again. I guess even the inherent desire to support fellow Singaporeans was not enough to retain my attention. With such an overtly mainstream track, I could not help but cast doubts over their future career prospects. Ferlyn Wong, 20, and Natasha Low, 18, beat over 3,000 hopefuls in a 2010 audition for a contract with Alpha Entertainment to be in SKARF. Their single was the result of two years of intensive training in Korea, a process typical in the Korean entertainment industry. Like the two girls, I also dreamt of being in the music industry. I auditioned for, and even won a singing competition. The prospect of becoming the next big thing and leading the glamorous life of a celebrity was definitely alluring.

However, I was not brave enough to pursue my dream — it was just too unrealistic. Ferlyn and Natasha definitely have my respect for venturing so far in order to fulfill their dreams. But their success came with sacrifices that even I know I would not have been able to make. Dancing energet ica l ly and singing pitch-perfect on stage at the same time is no easy task. K-pop groups have to practise tirelessly, perfect each performance and go through strict diets to maintain their perfect image. Imagine having to survive on just chicken breast and cherry tomatoes for a few months. SKARF is certainly no stranger to these regimens. Like Ferlyn and Natasha, 23year-old Elaine Wong managed to get through the 2010 audition but eventually dropped out. The rigorous practices, the strict diets and confiscation of communication devices proved too much for her. “It’s not easy being there, all by myself, without friends and family. Especially in places which language you don’t even know how to speak”, Elaine said in an interview with Yahoo! Entertainment. Of course, no pain no gain, but to put oneself through so much just for a chance at fame? Not a wise choice. If they don’t receive attention, they might just become another drop in a sea of unsuccessful K-pop groups. And if they do make it, how long can they maintain their success and cope with the stress? The K-pop market is definitely a large one. Groups face overwhelming competition, with new K-pop

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groups bursting into the scene every year. But few become very successful, with the exception of established groups like SNSD, 2PM and BIGBANG. The difference between these groups and SKARF is that they hail from the three biggest entertainment agencies in Korea — SM, JYP and YG. These agencies have the ability to pull off large-scale marketing

efforts, collaborating with broadcasting companies to cast artistes on music and variety programmes. Strong financial resources also allow groups under them to stand a better chance of becoming famous. A lpha Enter tainment pales in comparison. The local agency, which started out in 2010, has no other groups that have debuted under them — SKARF is the first, mak ing them somewhat of an

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experiment. With a lack of experience in management, Alpha Entertainment might not be able to give SKARF the guidance it needs to stand out in the crowd. I am sure Ferlyn and Natasha were f u lly aware of t he odds stacked against them when they made the decision to pursue this unconventional path. They were even willing to put education aside for their dream, a tough decision that many young people in Singapore would shy away from. At their young age, they might not be fully aware of the full implications of their actions. Perhaps it would be wiser to pursue their dreams at a more mature age. Of course, their determination will serve them well in the long run. Already, they have decided to take it upon themselves to promote their debut single by taking to the streets of Korea, something rarely attempted by K-pop girl groups. The girls have definitely shown passion and dedication to their singing career. However, that might not be enough to bring them to K-pop super-stardom. Although I remain skeptical, I hope they succeed in capturing hearts of fans with their sincerity, Don’t get me wrong, I am proud that fellow Singaporeans are making waves in the saturated K-pop market. However patriotism just isn’t reason enough to keep me tuned in. Hopefully their future music videos will change my mind.

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It’s the location. We can’t compete with SMU because they feel the need to look good in town.

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Hall feels like home, that’s why people don’t bother. Stephanie Chia, 22, HSS Yr 4

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signed three extra duties. Or seven, in my case. I didn’t have a camera phone in NS. Yet, many conversations helped me strengthen bonds with my bunkmates.

Have you ever winced in pity when someone dropped their iPhone? Well, if you carried a junk phone like me, that wince turns into a “ha-ha” moment. My point is simple actually — will the bringing in of camera phones into camp shortchange the value of letters from home and lessen interactions? My parents’ letter might not have such a deep emotional impact if one was able to FaceTime family members every night. If one was more focused on sharing pictures of NS life on social media platforms, how many life

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magine this: You’ve just been on the receiving end of a verbal barrage from your warrant officer for something minor, like failing to remove the last millimeter of stubble from your chin. You’re upset but in true army style, you just “suck thumb”, accepting the scolding with no complaint. However, while walking out of his office, you spot a picture of him on the noticeboard. You whip out your camera phone and snap a picture of that warrant officer and proceed to create a brand new Internet meme. This scenario may soon become a reality, with the lifting of the ban on camera phones in 14 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) camps starting from September. The SAF reportedly decided to lift the ban after tighter security measures. Camera phones will soon be allowed in areas marked as “green zones” — which includes bunks, gyms and canteens. They will remain banned in restricted zones with classified military training equipment. While most NS men celebrate the relaxing of the ban, I remain skeptical about the new revision. In my time in NS, I was one of those “unfortunate” people who carried around an old Nokia phone for the majority of my stint. Sure, I thought about purchasing a camera phone and switching back and forth, but sheer laziness soon put an end to that thought. Instead, I gritted my teeth and underwent a tremendous exercise in patience every time I tried to text someone. Also, have you ever winced in pity when someone dropped their iPhone? Well if you carried a junk phone like me, that wince turns into a “ha-ha” moment. Jokes aside, I believe that one of the most important lessons National Service imparts to all servicemen is a simple one — the cherishing of our loved ones. Personally, one of the most heartwarming memories I have of National Service was during my field camp when I received a letter from home. The contents were simple. It read: “We are proud of you. We miss you terribly, but we know you’re safe. Remember, you may be one to the world, but you are our only son and you are the world to us. Love always, Mum and Dad.” Reading the letter from home gave me the strength and encouragement to deal with all the issues that came my way. It has since served as motivation for everything I did — to make my parents proud. In addition, it is no secret to every male who has undergone the mandatory two years that time crawls by when you are in pixelised green, especially if you

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stories would one miss out on? Then again, the counterpoint remains to be made that being able to engage in these activities may allow us a deeper understanding of those already important in our lives. Even without a camera phone, it was easy to spot a bunkmate in a regular, long whispered conversation with his girlfriend. In the long run, camera phones being allowed into SAF camps may help salvage relationships that turn sour due to a lack of visual communication — with applications like Facetime that make video calls possible. But one should remember that the camera phone ban was established in 2007 because photographs of training activities were posted online — in the days when Facebook was just beginning to catch on and only “angry birds” tweeted. Now, the reach of social media makes the repercussions of posting such sensitive information online more serious than before. Those who pull stunts like that may cause irreparable damage to the reputation of the institution involved. For me, the benefits of having a camera phone in NS are easily identifiable — but the drawbacks are potentially more costly.

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We come to school to study, not to make a fashion statement. Ng Wei Sheng, 22, MSE Yr 2

It depends on the faculty, but engineering people are improving on their dress sense.

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Football fashion fiasco ER QIJIAN FOR football fans, disastrous fashion on the pitch can neither be ignored nor easily forgotten. They have to tolerate the sight of their team clad in awful kits for the entire season. Below are five jerseys that top the gallery of shame.

5. The Tablecloth Manchester United 2012/2013 Premier League Home Jersey Ever wanted a multi-purpose jersey? Manchester United’s latest kit may just be your answer. When not in use, the checkered design certainly functions as the perfect tablecloth both at home and outdoors. Apparently inspired by the gingham fabric that Manchester’s cotton mills were famous for in the mid-18th century but then again, cotton mills were not known for making jerseys, right?

4. Printer Spoiled Bolton Wanderers 2009/2010 Premier League Home Jersey The vertical navy blue lines that start from the hem of the white

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shirt and end midway below the sponsor’s logo gives the impression of printing gone wrong. They remind one of barcodes or a kitchen towel, neither of which are not welcome in any sensible strip. PHOTOS | INTERNET

3. The Highlighter Chelsea FC 2007/2008 Premier League Away Jersey C he l sea won 13 t i me s i n this jersey, more than any other Premiership team in that season. It was a loud shade of fluorescent yellow, probably serving as a good distraction to their opponents. Chelsea fans would have hesitated to buy this jersey, and for good reason.

2. The Tuxedo Everton FC 2009/2010 Premier League Home Jersey Le Coq Sportif certainly made a statement on their first attempt with the Everton jersey. With a white ‘V’ pattern imprinted on a blue background, the jersey bears a resemblance to a tuxedo-shirt combination. Imagine the despair Everton fans felt on their opening day 6-1 defeat to Arsenal, when Tim Cahill

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and company played like a bunch of drunk cocktail party guests with a tuxedo to match.

shorts and socks to match, the players resembled the popular Bananas in Pyjamas.

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Newcastle FC 2009/2010 Coca-Cola Championship Away Jersey Adidas may have taken the idea of the “toon army” a little too literally with the Newcastle away jersey during the 09/10 season. Wit h ver tical yellow-andwhite-striped tops and yellow

Judging by the recent trend of recycled designs, current jerseys may well be the inspiration for future outfits. If so, I dread the day when a football club announces a jersey inspired by tablecloths, tuxedos and pyjamas.

sports talk DAVID LAM

A medal worth celebrating?

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CRITICISED: Paddler Feng Tianwei’s win has not been well-received by netizens.

WHILE I am not a fan of table tennis or the local sporting arena, I found it difficult to ignore Feng Tianwei’s bronze medal match. I also felt compelled to feel the obligatory national pride that came with Feng’s triumph. But like others whom I discussed the match with, the feeling was underwhelming.. Through the exchange of furious swipes and desperate grunts, I simply could not rouse myself to cheer wholeheartedly for Feng. It all felt incredibly mercenary. Pr ior to t he ga mes, ma ny Singaporeans, not unlike myself, had raised the issue of Feng’s development under the Foreign Sport Talent Scheme (FST). Netizens had expressed the fact that Feng’s victory brought “more pride than shame” since it was a medal that glorified Singapore’s reliance on foreign players. I n a su r vey conduc ted by Yahoo! News Singapore, an overwhelming 77 percent of the 17,227 surveyed said they would feel no pride if a foreign import was to win a medal for the country. Ev idently, if elevating the sporting reputation and cultivating national pride was the intention, I believe that the FST has done the exact opposite. Additionally, the authorities responsible for the FST scheme maintain that the introduction of highly-skilled players would do

well to provide competition for local athletes and subsequently benefit the entire sporting ecosystem. However issues of foreign talents competing for opportunities with local athletes and the absence of a long-term plan to groom local athletes has been raised. Perhaps more impor tantly, Singaporeans simply cannot feel a sense of pride for foreign athletes even after the milestones they have achieved. I believe the lack of pride towards the achievements of foreign athletes stems from not having shared experiences with these new household names, unlike our old sporting heroes such as footballer Fandi Ahmad and weightlifter Tan Howe Liang. Fandi’s struggle to support his poor family by selling nasi lemak whilst juggling his passion for football resonates with most Singaporeans of his time. Tan was born in China, but his family had settled down and he grew on local soil into the talent that won our first Olympic medal. These prominent figures fit into Singapore’s narrative of a struggling nation that eventually found its own place. Conversely, foreign athletes will find it difficult to ditch the tag of being a mere grafted talent. Perhaps it is time for the sporting authorities to realise that more effort must be put into nurturing athletes that may not necessarily be born in Singapore, but at least bred and trained here.

There comes a point in every man s life when he has to say: Enough is enough. For me, that time is now. Cyclist Lance Armstrong on giving up the fight against his doping charges.

He s not worthy of our city, our shirt and the values it represents. Fiorentina club statement after Dimitar Berbatov rejected them after a series of lengthy negotiations.

It s like competing against seven athletes who are doping, in a sense, when you re at that big of a disadvantage. Paralympics swimming star Mallory Weggemann, on her reclassification to the S8 category, as the waistdown paralysed swimmer will now have to compete against athletes who have full function above the knees.

We will always remember the Welcome to Hell banners. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claiming that Galatasaray would not be easy opponents in the Champions’ League.

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The Singapore University Games promise another clash between NUS and NTU. Cynthia Choo checks out the training facilities to this rivalry, and adds a new wild card - SMU

NTU HOME: NTU’s sporting facilities (clockwise from left), the main gym, the running track, and the basketball courts around the SRC. PHOTOS | ANTHEA SOH

WHILE there are two gyms housed in NTU’s Sports and Recreation Centre (SRC), the same cannot be said for its halls of residence. A quick check revealed that only four out of 16 halls are equipped with gym facilities. This does not seem to deter the student population from engaging in sports, as the sight of students running, sprinting and hurdling at the SRC is a common sight. The SRC is also furnished with six tennis courts, six multipurpose courts and a street soccer court. The SRC has evolved into a sporting shrine where the bulk of the student population congregate to engage in sport activities.

Un k now n to ma ny, t he National Institute of Education is NTU’s hidden gem. The compound houses stellar gym facilities and sheltered multipurpose courts. Unfortunately, these facilities are not meant for NTU students. “It is a pity that though they are located in NTU, their facilities cannot be used by NTU students.” says Sylvia Lim, an IVP Netballer.

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SPORTING FACILITIES: Some of the main sporting facilities in NUS (from clockwise), IVP-exclusive gym, common gym and the track.

TWO main gyms are nestled in the Sports and Recreation Centre (SRC) with gym facilities provided in every hall. Though NUS has multiple gyms in the SRC and halls of residences to bring greater convenience to the student population, it has not forgotten to invest similar efforts in their Inter-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) teams. In a resourceful move, NUS converted an old squash court to a well-equipped gym well stocked with bench presses, cable machines, arms and legs machines, and the proverbial dumbbell rack.

A second home for the NUS IVP Dragon boat team, captains Pang Xue Kai and Tan Kee Chuan commented that “though [the idea of an IVP gym is] exclusive, we are more focused during training.” School players are not distracted by recreational gym-goers, and would have priority over the use of the gym for training purposes. Exclusivity may just pay off, as the captains unabashedly reveal a clean sweep of titles in the recent Singapore Dragonboat Festival.

Accommodating a whopping 13 tennis courts, four netball courts, four basketball courts and two handball courts, it is clear that the sports facilities in NUS outnumbers that of NTU. Yet despite their numbers, facilities tend to be fully booked and getting a spot may be difficult. NUS rock climber Ashley Tong, 21, spoke of the difficulty of booking sports facilities, citing an “over-use of facilities, especially the multi-purpose sports hall”.

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CAROL LIM YAP Kim Yew, a 74-year-old who graduated in 1962, returned to Yunnan Campus to take part in the Sports Fiesta, despite graduating more than 50 years ago. An annual event organised by the Alumni Affairs Office (A AO), the Alumni Sports Fiesta serves as a networking platform for alumni to stay connected with their alma mater through sports held on August 25th. Yap participated in the over-45 tennis category and emerged f irst r unner-up, proving that his age was not a factor. He was granted a walkover for the first round as the other team had registered but did not turn up. The lineup of activities included 4x100m relay run, 5-a-side soccer, 3-on-3 basketball, badminton doubles, table tennis doubles and tennis doubles. And every sport is divided into two categories, one for those above the age for 45 and another for those below 45. Other participants in the Sports Fiesta include former IVP German basketball player Kathrin Bachmann as well as 49-year-old Chinese shuttler Wang Mao Jiang who won the badminton doubles.

SMU

SMU: While the gym boasts an impressive array of sporting equipment, it can be seen that it still remains as the only sporting facility on campus, a far cry from the likes of NTU and NUS.

LET’S not forget dark horses SMU. The school’s only gymnasium is at the core of the school’s sporting culture, partly a result of their inability to house traditional sporting facilities like a running track due to their location in prime land in the centre of town. Conveniently and comfortably located in the air-conditioned basement of the School of Economics, it attracts the likes of many female students, a trend not seen in the gyms of other schools. The school gymnasium was specially renovated to accom-

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modate a ladies’ corner. Female students now have a private, spacious haven all to themselves. For Poh Wan Ting, third-year accountancy student at SMU, it “relieves the female students of the occasional uneasiness when exercising in front of the guys”. Student trainer Bryan Teo, a final-year information systems student, emphasized on how the ladies’ corner “has been popular with the ladies ever since it was started”. As if in an attempt to make up for a missing track, the SMU gym accommodates 15 treadmills, all of which were occupied during our visit. Alvin Lim, another student

trainer, also commented that “pageant finalists would also frequent the gym during the pageant fever”. SMU also has two indoor multipurpose halls. It is often difficult to book these facilities and the school teams have to stagger their training timeslots, sometimes ending their trainings as late as 11pm. Another alternative solution is to “book outside facilities and halls”, explained Manager of Sports and Adventure Mr Fred How. The sheer number of students using these facilities may result in IVP teams not being guaranteed proper facilities to train, potentially hindering their pursuit for better sporting results.

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Credit goes to SMU for having perhaps the most impressive gym out of the three universities. However it just does not stack up against the likes of NUS or NTU. The two sporting powerhouses have cemented their status with well-rounded facilities, allowing their players to train in the convenience of their school. NUS has only slightly inched out as the school with the best sports facilities as it far surpasses NTU in the sheer number of facilities available, allowing a greater majority of the student population to engage in sporting activities on campus.

HANDLING THE BEST DARREN CHUA N T U’S women handball team took part in the National Taiwan University I n t e r n a t i on a l H a n d b a l l Invitational Tournament, an annual event consisting of teams from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. NTU players were pitted against more experienced players from regional universities. Players from the National Taiwan University gave several pointers and constructive feedback to NTU players that really improved their game. Progressive training also focused on both individual and team plays. Though the NTU women’s team lost against National Taiwan University and Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, victory against Hong Kong I n s t it ute of Education in the play-offs eventually ensured that the team clinched the 5th place.

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As the curtain draws on the recent Olympics and our local athletes come home, NTU's Dipna Lim-Prasad returns to a hero's welcome. Amir Yusof speaks to her to find out more about her experience in London. FOR 21-yea r-old Dipna Li mPrasad, ten hurdles, each 83.8cm in height, standing along 100 metres of a dr y r ubber track s e pa r ate he r f r om n at ion a l sporting glory. Currently in her third year in N T U’s Spor ts Science and Management programme, Dipna is currently the fastest female hurdler in Singapore. Holding the national record of 14.23 seconds set in May 2011, she represented the nation in the recent 2012 London Olympics where she posted a season best timing of 14.55 seconds in the heats, finishing 43rd out of 48 runners in this category. She is also the first female track athlete to represent Singapore since Chee Swee Lee in 1976. You are now an Olympian. How does it feel to be in the same bracket as Sebastian Coe and Michael Phelps? I think it’s great to compete at the highest level of your profession, however to put me in the same bracket as these sporting greats is not quite appropriate. I feel u nwor t hy to be mentioned in the same breath with these extraordinary athletes, who have planted footprints in history. I have yet to make my mark at such an extraordinary scale. I’m su re you met some top athletes in London. Describe your experience. I ma nage d to snap pic t u r e s alongside Usain Bolt and Novak Djokovic and it was quite an honour to meet these stars. However f rom a spor t i ng perspective, I did obser ve the training techniques of my direct rivals, and noticed some drills t hat I wou ld consider rat her unorthodox. For instance, during hurdle drills, some of them were walking towards each hurdle instead of sprinting. I have shared this with my coach, and we will deliberate whether it will be beneficial to implement these techniques. What is your honest assessment of your performance? I am a bit disappointed with my performance, I was hoping for a personal best at the very least.

However, consider ing t he difficulties I faced, attaining a season’s best was not all that bad. In the few months leading up to the games, I suffered when a good friend passed away in April. Days later, my grandfather passed away as well, followed by a teacher-mentor from the Singapore Sports School. Furthermore, my coach was not with me in London, and I was disappointed considering he had always been by my side. Overall, I felt that my Olympic jou r ney was lit tered w it h numerous setbacks and looking back, I can be proud of how I overcame all these barriers and compete nonetheless. Were you nervous, anxious or overawed during your race in front of 80,000 spectators? Not really. In fact, I rather enjoyed the experience of being there and absorbing the atmosphere. I thought that I would have been anxious. But surprisingly, on the night before the heats, I was calm and collected. I just focused on get t ing through the race, ensuring that there would be no false starts and to cross each hurdle unscathed. Critics are saying that given how much resources are being put aside for at h letes, it is unacceptable for them to perform at a level below their highest. Do you find this unfair? I do understand the sentiment of e x p e c t i n g r e t u r n s f r om investment., however people must understand the unpredictability of sport. A strong headwind, anxiety and injur ies are a ll genuine factors that can affect an athlete’s performance in competition. T he re’s a pe rcept ion goi ng around that the Asian genetic physique makes it impossible for Asians to succeed in athletics. Any comments? From what I have learnt in sports s c i e n c e , A f r ic a n -A m e r i c a n athletes generally have superior fast-twitch muscle fibres. However, genetics can only ta ke you so fa r. Ded icat ion to training and maintaining a ba la nce d l i fe a r e e qu a l ly

Leaping into the record books OLYMPIAN: Dipna Lim-Prasad holds the national record of 14.23 seconds for the 100m hurdle event.

important factors that contributes to fulfilling an athlete’s potential. I will always maintain the belief that our Asian athletes can succeed in athletics. Liu Xiang is a prime example.

and finally the middle. Adhering to this ritual weirdly keeps me composed in races.

Rafael Nadal always ensures his water bottles point in the same direction when he plays. Do you have any pre-competition ritual?

On a more personal note, you are in a relationship with former national sprinter Poh Seng Song. Do you find it helpful dating some one who u nde r st a nd s the demands of your sporting pursuits?

Yes, I have this quirky habit of strapping my spikes the same manner every time before a race. I make it a point to strap the top layer first, followed by the bottom

Yes, as he has been through everything and appreciates the challenges I face. However, he is mature enough to only intervene when I really

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need help and it helps me grow. Do you have any advice for students who want to perform at the highest level in world sports? Never give up. I know it is a cliché but determination against the odds is an important value to have. In secondary school, I was not good enough to run in any of the events. Success came later in 2009 a nd 2010, when I broke t he national record and ran in the major meets. Perseverance was the key.

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