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Mission Content Welcome Note from Head of Department, A/Prof Chui Wai Keung Welcome Note from NUSPS President, Chia Ming Tjong Welcome Note from FOP Project Director, Neville Introduction to the Haven Committee Introduction to Threnodia Introduction to Factions Resistance Timeline Key Contacts Safety Sponsors
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Dear Pharmacy Freshmen, Let me take this opportunity to welcome you to the Department of Pharmacy at the National University of Singapore. As an introduction to life as a Pharmacy undergraduate, your seniors have put together an exciting and fun Freshmen Orientation Camp (FOC) to welcome you and help you settle into the days ahead in the first semester of the coming new academic year. This is one of the many traditions in the Department. Joining the FOC as a participant is a chance for you to meet up with seniors and make new friends from your class of Pharmacy students. FOC include many indoors and outdoors activities; many of the games also have team building elements; this is to help you foster good class spirits among your cohort. I hope in the next few days at the camp, you will learn more about life in NUS, make lots of new friends and, most importantly, have a terrific time. Enjoy! Best wishes Chui Wai Keung Associate Professor and Head Department of Pharmacy
Dear Pharmacy Freshmen, First of all, let me congratulate you on your entry into the Pharmacy course at NUS. Indeed, it is a course that brings exciting challenges and unique experiences. New friendships will be forged and I encourage you to broaden your social circle. After all, these are your future colleagues. I want to challenge every Pharmacy freshman to make a positive difference for someone every day. It is not an easy task, but it can be the smallest things in life that make the biggest impact. Often, we are comfortable within our circles and fail to expand our horizons. Getting to know your classmates, seniors as well as faculty will be a good starting point. You can be assured that your seniors are very willing to share their experiences about anything! The coursework will be tough but I strongly believe that many of you will overcome this with positivity in your hearts. Embrace the course with an attitude of learning and inquiry. Set aside your reservations about how well you can do and focus on how these skills will help to make you a better pharmacist, researcher, or expert. You are privileged to be part of a Gradeless First-Year, so seize this opportunity and enjoy learning for learning's sake! Finally, I do encourage all of you to be active in Pharmacy student life. Everyone is part of the NUS Pharmaceutical Society, which provides for the welfare and activities to encourage the Pharmacy students to know more about the Pharmacy profession and their peers. We are all very excited to welcome you to our NUS 'Pharmily' so do look out for the host of activities lined up for you! Best Regards, Chia Ming Tjong (Mr.) President 53rd NUS Pharmaceutical Society
Dear Class of 2018, First, I would like you to stand up and wave and cheer and be all excited about camp! I am sure you will have a blast! Now wait a second. I know, that is such a cliché. You must be thinking every FOP director says that before a camp. However in my case, the foreword is far from asking you to do this and that. Instead, it reminds all of us WHY we are here for FOC. Perhaps it is timely to share a short, yet purposeful story: A Father was reading a magazine and his little daughter every now and then distracted him. To keep her busy, he tore one page on which was printed the world map. He tore it into pieces and asked her to go to her room and put them together to make the map again. He was sure she would take the whole day to get it done. But the little one came back within minutes with perfect map. When he asked how she could do it so quickly, she said, “Oh…. Dad, there is a man’s face on the other side of the paper... I made the face perfect to get the map right.” This story struck me as an apt example because it highlights the paramount of looking at things from different perspectives - the one and only message I hope all freshmen will remember during FOC. As you experience your five days of camp, see things from the perspective of your seniors. Putting together Camp Threnodia is undoubtedly no easy feat. I owe it to all your seniors in the FOP committee and their commendable professionalism to assemble the events together. We have challenged ourselves this year with a new direction and spearheaded innumerable new initiatives; all in bid to bring you an unprecedented camp experience that you can recollect together as a class even years down the road. I urge all freshmen to show appreciation for the efforts that were invested into Threnodia. The only way you can do so is to participate zealously in the camp and by showing us that you truly enjoy your experience. Giving you a
memorable camp has always been at the core of our planning ever since FOP committee started (that was nine months ago, even before you retrieved your A-levels results or completed your national service). However, it is ultimately your decision how much fun you want in these five days. There lies a limit as to how much the seniors can provide you with through our deliberate planning. Instead, your participation plays a pivotal role in crafting a memorable camp experience and indubitably becomes our best reward. Furthermore, look at things from different perspectives when it comes to interacting with your fellow classmates. Inevitably, you will encounter people from all walks of life. There will be some you find interesting and bond quickly with; in contrary, there will also exist in your orientation groups those that you perceive to be different from you. But be like the little daughter in the aforementioned story. Look at people from a different perspective and search for common grounds; you will perhaps be surprised that we are similar in oneway or another after all. Heed this advice and I believe that your orientation groups will strengthen during FOC and transforms into a group you depend on heavily throughout your four years in the intensive Pharmacy curriculum. I wish to emphasize once again that your FOC experience is dependent on your participation. Exit your comfort zone and promise yourself the night before you come for camp that you have will leave your reserved and bashful self at home. Remind yourself also of why you joined FOC in the first place and why we are here for camp. With the support of all seniors and freshmen, I believe that Camp Threnodia will be one that others will strive to emulate years down the road. We look forward to receiving you at the camp! Be present in the moment, the only thing we have is now.
Best regards, Chua Yong Quan, Neville (Mr.) Director Pharmacy Freshmen Orientation Programme (FOP)
From left to right: Pang Xin Xian; Fok Wai Meng, Andrew; Lim Zheng Jie Ian; Dennis Lim Wei Min; Chua Leslie; Rachel Yeo Jae Yin; Chua Seow Koon; Audrey Zheng Yi; Vivian Chin Hui Min; Chua ZhiJun Kenneth; Shen QianYu; Ong Jun Liang Frederick & Boey Theng Hiang Centre: Chua Yong Quan Neville & Low Kai Xin
Project Director Vice Project Director
Chua Yong Quan Neville Low Kai Xin
Treasurer
Pang Xin Xian
Secretary
Boey Theng Hiang
Programmes Head
Fok Wai Meng, Andrew Ong Jun Liang Frederick
Games Head
Lim Zheng Jie Ian Shen QianYu
Marketing Head Welfare Head
Dennis Lim Wei Min Chua ZhiJun Kenneth
Publicity Head
Vivian Chin Hui Min
Logistics Head
Chua Leslie
OGL Head
Audrey Zheng Yi Chua Seow Koon Rachel Yeo Jae Yin
I remember clearly, the day that it started, The ghastly return of our dearly departed. A morbid reminder of something forgotten, Dead and diminished, now living and rotten. A once active volcano now becomes dormant, Prepare yourselves for what is now fully foreign. Learn fast to spend wisely, Given in the bag are what you earned daringly. The place is surrounded So don't make a sound. If you give the slightest whisper Even more will come around Yellow, white, and black pills are what you would chew, When the dead bites and you fall terminally ill. Watch your back, you'll lose vantage The last thing you want is a supply shortage. Do not think of finding somewhere to hide, Lest the sooner you'll join their side. Wherever you go, whatever you encounter, I know you will conquer the nest, no matter their number. You'll be fine I promise As long as you follow the advice I'm giving. Kill the dead, but fear the living. -Dr. Landsteiner *The Threnodia comprises of hints that will help you to become the ultimate surviving faction
DAY 1 Time
Activity
0900-1000
Camp Registration
1000-1030
Camp Welcome
1030-1200
Games: Strength & Weaknesses
1200-1300
Lunch
1300-1730
Games: Brothers in Arms
1730-1830
Wash Up
1830-1930
Dinner
1930-2230
SP Night 1
2200-2230
Day Debrief
2230-0000
OG Time + Sleep
LIGHTS OUT 0100HRS
DAY 2 Time
Activity
0800-0930
Wake Up + Breakfast
0930-1000
Day / Games Briefing
1000-1230
Games: Cannibal Trail
1230-1330
Lunch
1330-1730
Games: Cannibal Trail
1730-1830
Wash Up
1830-1930
Dinner
1930-2200
SP Night 2
2200-2230
Day Debrief
2230-0000
OG Time + Sleep
LIGHTS OUT 0000HRS
DAY 3 Time
Activity
0730-0830
Wake Up + Breakfast
0830 - 1000
Sponsor Talk
1000-1100
Games Briefing
1100-1200
Lunch
1200-1730
Games: Human Vs Zombie (Day)
1730-1830
Dinner
1830-2200
Games: Human Vs Zombie (Night)
2200-2230
Games Debrief
2230-0000
Wash Up Sleep
LIGHTS OUT 0000HRS
DAY 4 0830-1000
Wake Up + Breakfast + Pageant Selection
1000-1200
Games: Dead Noon
1200-1230
Games Debrief
1230-1330
Lunch
1330-1630
SP Revelation
1630-1730
Freshen Up
1730-1830
Dinner
1830-0100
SP Bonding Night
0100-0130
Day Debrief
0130-0200
OG Time
LIGHTS OUT 0200HRS
DAY 5 Time
Activity
0730-0900
Wake Up + Breakfast
0900-1000
Professors' Welcome
1000-1100
RAG / Flag Publicity
1100-1330
Prize Presentation + Photos
1330-1400
Dismissal
BYE BYE! SEE YOU AT FOW!
Organisation/ Designation
Name
DID
HP
E-mail Address
Project Director
Chua Yong Quan, Neville
NA
90037567
nevillechuayq27@gmai l.com
Deputy Project Director
Low Kai Xin
NA
92282698
lowkaixin94@gmail.co m
Welfare Head
Kenneth
NA
96231942
kchua25@hotmail.com
Emergency Situation Arises
Inform nearest Senior on situation
Assessment by PD and VPD to cease or continue activty
Cease Activity
Continue Activity
First aid given to casualty
Continue with activities
Inform Chairman (and next-of-kin if need be)
Project Director to notify NUS OSA of incident at own time
Arrange transportation back to campsite Immediately notify Chairman/OSA/ next-of-kin
Chairman and Project Director to report to NUS OSA immediately
Call ambulance (995) for medical evacuation. Someone to accompany casualty to hospital.
Seniors to ensure well-being of other participants while waiting for assistance