DTRM.02 was founded on 17th April 2006 and was one of the pioneer class of the newly introduced course in Singapore Polytechnic, Diploma in Tourism and Resort Management. On this fateful day, 19 unfamiliar faces met in MLT 10. The journey begins. Bonds were slowly formed and sparks wer eautomatically created.
Clare Fu
Elisha Hoong
Goh Weida
Vanessa Chng
Soh Yanni
Jacelyn Pang
Tan Sze Gee
Loh Yinzi
Jessy
Yuen Tong Ri
Koh Kailin
LeAnn Lee
Goh Cheng Ngee
Lim Sinhui
Wong Sukie
Lim Jiarong
Teo Meijun
Rachael Tan
Joshua Loke
Together, we form class DTRM.02
i want/i need
what you want, need
Dover Mrt Station, there and back again.
Lovely classmates <3
time to attend lectures, and chat as lecture goes on. time to go for tutorials, and not do assignments together. time to do projects, and rush it last minute together. Partners of crime! It is time for us to come out of our homes, gather, and TURN OVER A NEW LEAF? HAHA. That is just what we will do =) Right I'm here to remind you all that, school starts tml, and our class will be Dtrm2Bo2, our first lecture together will be 10am. We will be having Professor Siow Chih Wee, Professor Wenda Leong, Professor Chen Yen Yin, Professor Ronald Sathianathan, Professor Sheh Seow Wah, Professor Ng Kai Meng and Professor Mila Lim for lectures. Professor Andrew Gray, Professor Siow Chih Wee, Professor Chen Yen Yin, Professor Mila Lim, Professor Ronald Sathianathan and Professor Kwok Wai Leng for tutorials. Boys and girls we all know how much you can't wait to see em in the next week to come, please just hold on a little more you just gotta chant their names louder and they'll be out in a minute!
MQ family.
Yes, vice-chairman ahoy! YOU STILL OWE US $10!
Left to right: Pringles Microwavedfishfillets, Pringles Furongdan, Pringles Sesameoilfishfingers.
A motivation poster for you in case all else fails or when your life seems dark ahead.
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 11:03 PM
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Good Morning my friends..
This entry revolve food. Oh yes. food. Why food? Because you all need to know what you will be eating in the 3d2n chalet. :)
Well well, i going to introduce the Iron Chef of DTRM 02,
Pat Pong Tong - Thailand
Josh Takashi - Japan
Xiao Quan Chun Yi Da - Japan
Xiao Quan Chun Er Lin - Japan
Susukie - Japan
Zhu Rong Rong - China
Xian Na - China
Meimei - China
Pang Yi - China
Ah Gee - Vietnam
Ya Ni - Vietnam
Sin Bey Hui - South Korea
Lee Yan Dong - South Korea
Iron Chef - DTRM Version
Okay, yes all of them will be either cooking or helping at the kitchen arena to provide us with either breakfast, lunch, dinner or supper. All the different styles of cooking will be applied, be it Chinese, Thai, Jap, Mediterranean, Italian, Korean - thats why we are called The Iron Chef.
Some chefs have no experiences at all, but its okay. We won't die. Paramedic will be station at the dining table incase of any food poisoning, fire man will be ready for action incase of fire. So just cook and eat with no worries. =D
Okay, day one, please do not come with empty stomach, no lunch will be provided because of the check in timing at 2pm. I understand that most of the habits of the class is to have lunch at 12pm, while some woke up at 2pm without lunch. I am the second category, if more than 5 are the same with me, den maybe we can eat tgt. :)
We will start the BBQ session at abt 5pm, after we checked in at 2pm and unpack our bags and clean the house for a better environment for 3d2n. So friends who are only coming for BBQ, please be here around 5pm, but its best that you can check in with us, so that you wont miss out the plenty of photo-shooting session. :)
On day two, things will be slightly different, because we need to cater for our own meals. This is where the Iron Chefs will come into place, they will need to prepare meals for the mass. The menu for the day should be out soon, as I need to co-ordinate who will prepare what dishes and which meal they will be providing.
But something to note, is that we are probably having steamed fish for dinner. Wooo.. Who can steam? I can't, as in for the fish. =.= It will be representative from China - Xian Na, who have been dealing with all kind of fishes every day. And she has the habit of devouring at least one steam fish per day for either breakfast, lunch or dinner. Thats scary. This also have scientific recognition that eating fishes will cause the eyes to become bigger - One steam fish a day, Make your eyes bigger a day.
P.S: If anyone have allergic to fishes, please don't hesitate to let me know. We will work it out specially for you. :)
The menu will be update shortly on the class blog again, if any Chef here have any dishes to contribute to the DTRM 02 please let me know. If those got Ming Tang one best, example. "Meimei's Delicious Fried Ricey with Dicey Vegey", "Dory-shua Fillet" , "Big-Vanny Eyes Hong Kong Style Steam Fish", or "Tong Tong Hao Chi Mee Fen". Yep, but if no Ming Tang also can present for us, most important for all to enjoy the fun while cooking. Cheers!
Hope it will be another memorable chalet for all of you, this will definitely be better than the previous one we had, because we have new faces like Jiarong, Kailin, Leann, Elisha joining us for the 3d2n of fun! Welcome my friends, hugs.. haha..
Okay, lastly.. I am sure we will be drinking at night after the bbq. We don't want to use the amount collected for alcohol as i believe it's not fair for people who don't drink. So i propose that those who have alcohol to "contribute", please do bring them. If not to purchase at Changi is not cheap. Me will be bring a 1/3 bottle of Vodka Absolute and 2/3 of a bottle of Scotch Whisky, Weida will be bringing his brand new bottle of Vodka Peach. And I hope more will be bringing. :)
Due to the isolated location of Changi Aloha, I most probably will be bringing speakers to blast music all day long. Joshua will be collaborating all the music and put it in his MP3 - Groovy, R&B, Trans, Hard Rock or Metal will be all be welcome, regardless of all nationalities, be it Jap, Korean, English, Chinese, Tamil, Malay, Thai, Spanish, Itallian, French, as long as its music feel free to add into sharing folder on MSN of Joshua, he will make sure that your song is being played during the party!
Sorry for the lengthy post, I just wanna make sure that everything is clear. :) If anything you are unsure of, please feel free to contact me or any of the co-organiser 24/7. =) Goodbye..
-Tong
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 at 11:16 AM
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Hello everybody, today 7th of September I received the issue of Lifestyle Magazine. A BIG thank you to Wai Kiat for the trouble and effort, the magazine postage cost SGD$0.80 and the one copy of Lifestyle Magazine cost SGD$2.00. But we gotten it free. Members of DTRM 02 deeply appreciated. =D
First of all, the front cover of Lifestyle Magazine look like this, with the movie Evan Almighty as front cover.
On the section, Teacher's Day Tribute. They have a photograph of us as a class, with our beloved tutor Ms June Lin.
I don't have a scanner, so I try to crop out the picture as similar as the one illustrate in the magazine by Charles Chong. If you are wondering what the caption is about, it wrote:
"June holiday: This photo's taken in a holiday chalet organized by June's students. Can't spot her, can you? (She's the one with cutesy pigtails)"
Oh yes, if you are wondering why vanessa look whiter in the pic, and me seems to have put on makeup and maybe Ms June look younger? I din purposely make that, it was how it was published, I was just trying to make out how it looks like. haha.
Okay now the story, every word, every sentence and paragraph are from the article. Nothing have been modify. And I believe it will not commit any copyright infringement by doing that, because it is lesser than 10%.
Acknowledgement: The article is retrieve from Lifestyle Magazine, teacher's day tribute.
The Article
Teacher's Day, of course, is not just about school teachers. How about those who teach bo-chap big kids ...
They lecture, tutor, mentor and why, even make time for pastoral care. But when it comes to Teacher's Day..... proof! We only remember our primary or secondary school teachers.
Hands up, those guilty of treating tertiary lecturers like they're undeserving teachers. Of course, we love them - but why aren't they given the same attention on Sept 1?
"How would I know," quips June Lin, an Accounts Lecturer at the Singapore Poly (SP). She continues amid laughter:"My students always say we're lecturers, not teachers. So I ask them what's the difference, and they just laught because they can't explain. Also, it's quite unfortunate because Teacher's Day usually falls on SP's one week break in September."
June has been with SP for the past 12 years and, as we've guessed it, it pretty popular with her students (30 minutes over the phone with her tells why, too).
"Accounts is a very dry subject so I often crack jokes during lectures. And, when students doze off, I leave them for 10 minutes. Then I ask the others to keep quiet and get his neighbour to shock him or something," she says mischievously.
The remaining of the article revolve June's Lin poly tasking which might bore you guys, so if you all wanna contiune reading, I will bring the copy of Lifestyle Magazine on the Class Chalet which falls on the 17th to 19th of September.
-Tong
Friday, September 7, 2007 at 10:50 PM
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Happy birthday Kailin
Hey. Happy birthday! Sorry. I could only post this plain picture of yours. I tried to incorporate your face into a bird's face but I failed miserably. Then I tried to place a bird on that hand of yours and I think failed too. I am sorry about that but I have tried for hours and still can't get a good job down. The problem boils down to using only MS paint. hahaha. I dont have photoshop. Below is the picture of the failed attempt, please do not take it seriously because it is a work of failure.
Okay Kailin, you are 18 years old now and no longer a small kid. You cannot carry on to be that childish anymore, for people will laugh at you. You cannot carry on to be so irresponsible anymore, for you have reached a new benchmark in life. You cannot carry on to be so naive, for you will be cheated. You cannot carry on to be so wilful, for you have already grown up.
Summary of her life
Her lovely parents gave birth to a sweet child on the 5th September 1989. They named her Kailin and this is because they wanted her to stay happy no matter what storm she faces. Kai xin de zai lin yu zhong. Thats the reason behind her name.
She grew up in the United States of America and had blond hair, big eyes and a fair complexion. Kailin had every feature of a local american because she looked just like this.
There was one day, kailin's father, kaipa found out something amiss. Then he went to approach kailin's mother, kaima. And he asked,"hey i am chinese, you are a chinese, why come out one angmoh ah. Funny leh. Is it we stay in America long already then I got ang moh gene in my tadpole?" Seizing the opportunity, Kaima immediately said yes it is. But however even a blind man could tell that there is no such thing. So after that their lives continued and soon, when Kailin was a teenager, their family moved to Japan. She studied in the Japan Mitshubishisashimi college. She was very pretty at that time and had many suitors. She looked like this.
She looks seemingly alike to the up and coming Japanese actress Toda Erika. And its no wonder why guys are crazy over her. Then, her parents decided that hey, Japan is ruining their daughter's future. She is just so caught up with guys. And therefore, they decided to migrate to Singapore when Kailin was 17 years old. And now, after moving here, she has indeed become more and more hardworking and scored 5 points for her o levels. And after all that intensive studying for that good grades, she got infected with this serious disease called myopia, which caused a partial blindness in her eyes. The doctor has diagnosed her with a 500 degree myopia, which is very serious and recommended that she put on a funny looking gadget which aids in her sight. After which, she looked like this
Thats about all for her life. She is still living on with that deadly disease and has been told to restrain from reading books or staring at the computer screen. We wish her all the best for her fight against the disease. =))
On a last note, happy birthdayyy!
- Joshua
Thursday, September 6, 2007 at 4:15 AM
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Yooz, hello my friends, as respond to Yanni's post about "We're Famous!". Yes indeed we are now, from my reliable source of information. The one who wrote the article on us should be somehow related to Ms June Lin herself. And I am very glad to be able to get hold of the copy of the issue of Lifestyle magazine latest by the end of this week, we must thanks Wai Kit for his help.
Thank You Wai Kit!
First Email he replied:
Hello Tong Ri,
We’d be happy to send you a copy of the magazine. Would you like to reply me with a mailing address? Also, which story is it in Lifestyle?
Jhear from you soon?
Wai Kit
Second Email he replied:
Oh, now I see. You must be June’s student. Okay, will send you a copy of the mag. Lemme know if you don’t receive it by the end of the week.
Wai Kit
Yay, so lets wait till the magazine arrive and I will update on this class blog again! Stay tune! ;D
-Tong
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 at 8:13 PM
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Strapya and 80s tee spree arrival The following items from 80stee have arrived upon delivery from supplier: Sinhui - Nintendo Rehab t-shirt Pebbles Flintstones t-shirt by Junk Food Little Miss Curious t-shirt by Junk Food Mr. Cool t-shirt by Junk Food
Weida - Dress Ralphie Simpsons t-shirt Ralph Greatest American Hero t-shirt
Sze gee - Too Cool Barney t-shirt by Junk Food
Jacelyn - Little Miss Trouble Hoodie by Junk Food
The following items from strapya have arrived upon delivery from supplier: Sukie/Sinhui - Woody Electric Strato Guitar Cell Phone Strap Red
Unless you guys want to collect your items asap, I will be distributing them at the class chalat, which is about 2 weeks from now. So please let me know if you are comfortable with this. If not, meetups will be arrangable. Items arrived are in good condition except for the tees which are a little bit crumpled because the supplier cramped 8 of them into a small envelop. But that will do with a little bit of ironing. Cheers =)
- Joshua
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WE'RE FAMOUS!
hello everyone this is scandal queen of the class aka yan ni posting this entry. the reason for my entry is WE'RE FAMOUS! i've gotten from very reliable sources that we're on this magazine named 'Lifestyle' which is actually a magazine published by NTUC on a monthly (i think) basis. anyway there's a photo of our previous uniform party chalet photo inside! i think the magazine is reporting about Teachers' Day so probably they interviewed our dearest mummy June Lin. so if you or your friends/relatives/dogs/cats/cockroaches have subscription of the Lifestyle magazine, go grab a copy of it and share with the class!
in case you're wondering which photo was published, my reliable source told me it was this:
i think our theme party is too successful. so let us all start thinking of another innovative theme for our upcoming chalet. who knows, we might appear in The Straits Time next. cheers!
p/s: in case you're wondering, i have not seen the magazine myself!
Monday, September 3, 2007 at 10:10 PM
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This is Tong again, feeling bored, hence i will upload the video i done feel days ago. Hope to humor the mass. ;D
The concept of the video is original, the storyline is brainstorm by me and kailin. A rough one, 99% better than the same boring ones at Mediacorp. The 1% we lost out due to lack of equipments and funds, apart from that. We got better actors, actresses, directors, script writor, props man, lighting man etc. DTRM o2 is definitely full of individual kind talents that had shown or yet to show.
No more Fullhouse from Korea, No more Dicey Business from HongKong, No more 1 Litres of tears from Japan. We have our very own verison of Idol Drama - "浪漫爱的夏天". The setting is in Singapore, our famous tourist attraction - Sentosa, Palawan Beach.
Synopsis: Tong have been deeply in love with Yanni, and date Yanni out at Sentosa for confession... Tong coincidentally met Kailin, and Kailin had a darkest secert kept in her heart for long.... Tong met Sukie for a drink...
And for all, what happen next?
(The video might take some time to load, so please be patient,it's worth waiting after all)
*Clap clap, end of episode 1. Hahaha.. Stay tuned for episode 2, where more of the members of DTRM 02 will take part in, and the story will be of course original and unexpected! Who knows, you might be the next, participating in our 浪漫爱的夏天. =D Cheers!
Sunday, September 2, 2007 at 3:31 PM
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Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, today is me Tong who will be updating on the class blog, for the first time. :)
Not the usual gossips, but some updates regarding the Class Chalet.
Basic Information: Class Chalet dates had been confirmed, on 17th & 18th September 2007. We will check in on the 17th, Monday 2pm, and check out on the 19th, Wednesday morning 10am. The chalet will be at Aloha Changi.
Below is the confirmation list that i received on the email by Aloha:
Dear Yuen Tong Ri,
Thank you for booking with us. Please print out this email confirmation to check-in.
Confirmation No.: 0009709 Date of Booking : 1 Sep 2007
No. Date of Stay Description Price(S$)
1. 17 Sep 2007 NETHERAVON BGL A 70.00 2. 18 Sep 2007 NETHERAVON BGL A 70.00
Payment Details Payment Method Credit Card Payment Transaction ID BFD9F5CB011400018C446413F8E1BAA1
Okay, the dates have been shifted due to my mistake. I am sorry. Actually it falls on the 16th til 18th, where Meijun and Sinhui can go for the entire chalet. As I had make reservation with Aloha Changi whom promised to hold the slot till monday for me failed to do so. So I am left with no choice but to booked on 17th til 19th instead, I am sorry Sinhui and Meijun.
This changed of date have have some advantages though, with monday the 17th is the date for registration for our GEMS, hence we can all choose our GEMS before coming to the chalet and enjoy. Apart from that, the chalet fixed cost have been reduced from $210 to $140, as we changed from peak to non-peak. Hence we saved $70 in total, the remaining will be used to buy food to last us for 3d2n.
Descriptions on where we wil be staying: NETHERAVON BGL A The double-storey terraces are fully furbished with living room set with TV and games table; dining area; 3 air-conditioned bedrooms, furbished with beds (1 queen-sized and 4 single-sized), wardrobe, dresser, bedside table and wall fan; 3 toilets /bath with shower heater; BBQ pit and a fully equipped kitchen.
Me and Joshua will go down personally some days before the chalet to do a onsite checking on the amenities and the facilities that we can use and play and how to make our way there. So lookout at this blog for regular updates.
Payment Method: Each person $25, inclusive of lodging, BBQ and food.
I would prefer bank transfer, because it will easier for me to check and if anything went wrong we can trace back easily. If not personal hand pass me cash to meet up, please kindly transfer me the money latest to me by tomorrow 3rd of September. After you transfered, kindly send me a sms to notify me of the transfer so that i can check. Thank you!
My bank account id: POSB Savings 030-38904-2
Look forward to the chalet, I definitely hope you guys feeling the same. It will be 3d2n of non-stop action, laughter. Currently we are thinking of suitable themes for our chalet, last chalet we had the Uniform Party. This time we should have more innovative or creative theme for our chalet, this will be open for discussion. Do tag and leave your ideas! Don't hesitate to give any lame or funny ideas, who knows it might be fun?
Gonna end here, any enquires or information please feel free to contact anyone of the organisers Joshua or myself on msn or thru phone. =D Enjoy your weekend. Cheers!
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Hohoho. Today. I will be sharing with you guys a very good news. Today, I went gambling, and I won myself 20 cups of sugarcane. Wahahaha. Heres the proof.
Therefore. Officially today, Kailin owes Joshua 20 cups of sugarcane. Thanks alot. Hope to see you again on the gambling table =)