Exam Welfare Pack!!

On the 16th Thursday April 2009, 1PM, NUS Computing Club Welfare Committee will be giving out exam welfare packs at Computing Club room. It is on a first come first serve basis! Every student is entitled to one welfare pack. Please show your matric card upon collection for verification. This privilege is only available to undergraduates students.

International Friendship Day Celebration cum De-stress Session

Dear SoCians,

The NUS Student’s Computing Club invites you to:

International Friendship Day Celebration cum De-stress Session

… where you will have chance to play some very interesting games, enjoy performances from the international students at NUS, and try some delicacies from different countries. It is also a good chance to make new friends of different nationalities and learn more about the different cultures. Be prepared to win $100 worth of Prizes.

You may want to present your culture to your new friends through dressing up in your national costume and bring some of your country’s special dishes to others. Prize will be given to the best dresser.

You may be overloaded with your current project. Or you are haunted by the upcoming exam season. Don’t let stress kill you.

JOIN, PLAY AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS!

Register now and head for a lucky draw.

INTERFACULTY TREASURE HUNT!!

 

Join us for an exclusive evening of fun and excitement at the

INTERFACULTY TREASURE HUNT!!

Search for fun!!!

Organised by the NUS Students’ Computing Club

Date: 20th feb 2009
Time : 6pm 
Location: NUS Campus
Meeting Point: Seminar Room 1 (COM-02-206)

Charge: $5 per team of 3-5 persons (same faculty)

First Prize: $75 and a movie ticket

+free t-shirts to all participants

and many more mysterious prizes!!!

Refreshments will be served after the prize giving ceremony to be held at Seminar Rm 1.

Register by Tuesday 19.02.09 and grab 2 WII vouchers of 2h30min each from SoC.

Contact person:
Faizal
Email Add: faizal@nus.edu.sg
HP No.: 97212454

NUS Bash-Simy wins!!

Congratulations to Simy!

She is Ms Glamorous for the Geek vs Glam pageant during the recent NUSSU Bash ‘09! Thanks to everyone who supported her!

SoC Welfare Pack

The Welfare Committee of the NUS Students’ Computing Club showed their efforts in supporting the SoCians during the stressful time of exam preparation by distributing welfare packs on 13 November 2008 (Thursday).

The response from the students was overwhelming: 10 minutes before the distribution the students had already begun to queue in front of the Students’ Lounge to receive their packs – containing stationery, food tidbits, energy drinks and the SoC yearbook.

In addition to this, a light refreshment zone was created near the student lounge from 17 November to 22 November 2008. The refreshments were placed for students who study in school to help themselves. With exams just round the corner, there was much effort put in to make COM1 a conducive environment for students who wished to stay back and study on campus.

DIWALI- the festival of lights

On the 24th October 2008, the International Relations Committee (IRC) of the School of Computing (SoC) organized its first event, the SoC Diwali Night. This event was jointly organized by the Graduate Student Council of SoC. Well before the actual event, the IRC decorated the second level of the COM1 building as part of celebrating one of the most important festivals of the Indian community.
We were very honoured to have one of our lecturers, Dr Colin Tan, as our Guest-of-Honour for the night, who kick-started the event with a speech to the students. The emcees, Swathi Sundar and Chua Lu Sian, then briefly introduced the programme for the night, which included vocal, dance and instrumental performances. Before proceeding to those entertaining performances, students from the Indian Instrumental Ensemble presented the Tamil prayer song, Ennai Nee Maravadhey.
To give the non-Indian audience an idea of what Diwali is, one of our students, Kadambari, presented a speech about the general facts of Diwali. In addition, the emcees introduced some facts about India to the audience, while the next performer prepared for an Indian instrumental performance.
Subsequently, the night was filled with melodious music and gracious dance moves. Performers went on stage, one after another, to play instruments such as the Mridangam (a percussion instrument from South India) and the Veena (a plucked stringed instrument from South India), and singing songs in various languages including Malayalam, Telugu and Sanskrit. One performer, Sneha Tilak, performed Kathak, a traditional Indian Dance.
Before concluding the event, another presentation was screened which showed more about Diwali, with emphasis on the lighting of crackers and sparklers during Diwali in India. This was to allow the non-Indian audience to have a feel of the atmosphere of the real celebration in India, as we are not allowed to light any crackers or sparklers in campus!
Besides providing the audience with fun-filled entertainment, a Henna booth was set up for the audience to have their hands decorated with Mehendi for free. The IRC also prepared some Indian delicacies for the audience to try out, making the celebration complete.
Although this was the first event organized by the IRC, it was a highly successful one. We look forward to more festive events organized by the IRC in the future.

Text by Goh Khoon Hiang

CNY celebrations!!

The International Relations Committee of the Computing Club has just held its first event in 2009! The Chinese New Year celebration for the Ox Year in the Chinese calender, has been concluded with the lion dance performance, which was by the NUS Lion Dance Troupe. 

The IRC has invited Mr Aaron Tan, a lecturer of the School of Computing, to give an opening speech at the event. He told some traditions of the festival and interacted with the audience by asking about the origin of the CNY. He quoted a few Chinese proverbs which are related to the Spring festival, making the speech entertaining and enriching at the same time. 

This year's CNY celebration was not only focusing on the festival itself, but also on promoting the Chinese arts and culture. The IRC has arranged for Chinese calligraphy and Chinese orchestra performances, and these programmes were greatly favoured by many of the non-Chinese students who attended the event. They even requested that their non-Chinese name to be written in Chinese characters on the red paper. 

The event was not solely performance-based, but also included interactive games such as the Chinese tongue-twister and Chinese riddle. The audience has shown great enthusiasm and participated actively in the games. It is special to note that those who participated in the tongue-twister game were of non-Chinese race! They have little or no knowledge in the Chinese characters, but they were able to read the words with nearly perfect pronunciation. 

Though the celebration has been over, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year can still be felt. We hope that the students of the SoC can have a fruitful new year, and excel in their studies as as much as they had done so in the past year. 

Happy Chinese New Year!