Heard an interesting discussion on the radio : Is the existence of "star tutor" due to kiasu Singaporean who consistently feel that they are not good enough OR it should be the school's responsibility to tech the students well but did not do so ?
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I know this post is late ... but at least I finally get it up .. Expect this to be a super super long post ....
I believe a most of the people who know me knew that I got involved in YOG thinggy. Despite so much complaints about the whole thing, honestly for me, though the duration was only about 6 weeks, the experience was amazingly wonderful.. By the way , found the job when I was surfing on the internet one day...
This is where I went for interview and training ....
I really have to sincerely thank God from the bottom of my heart for not only letting me get this job easily , I also got into the venue which I wanted to get into, out of the 20 venue ( at least ) , which means that I only have a 5% of getting the place I want.... Which is YOV , located 10 minutes free shuttle bus ride from my home!!!
YOV which also means Youth Olympic Village is located at NTU and NIE... where all the athletes and officials will stay during the olympic games...
Actually YOV is the most "siong" venue of all because we have to work through out the games time whereas other venue support will only be required when there's an event there. . Hence stress level is more of seasonal as compared to YOV...The user base is also the most at YOV. However , I do not regret. Mostly because of the colleagues working there. As most of us are under contract, there wasn't a much politics and nonsense around. Everyone just have a "have fun" attitude coming to work..
These are the passes needed for me to get to my office ..
This is where I work ... Opps !!! I am not in my uniform !!
In YOV , there is a section where little booths were set up at one area called the CEP ( Cultural Exchange Programme ) for the different countries to showcase the culture and introduce the country to the athletes from all over the world. The booths were updated weekly... This is how the CEP looks like just before the games...
The row of flags of all the participating countries
The CEP booths ... Starting off with BLUE
The information booth
The open stage
Nearer view of the open stage ...
Man, I love this photo
Moi turn ...
Directly across the stage, Audience seat I suppose it is ..
I came across this interesting boxing ring in one of the NTU halls...
And graduates climbing onto the ring to take photos
In fact we also went into NTU auditorium to take a peek just a day before the NTU graduation
CEP guring games times
We took some time to monkey around the CEP ....
Week One - BLUE
Week 2 - Green
Climb for friendship !!
Week 3 - Yellow
Nice ...
Australia ...
Penning down our names on Sydney Opera House ..
Ta dah !!!
Simple same of golf
Dance by Peru
"Good ! How long have you all been practising?"
Marshall Islands
i forgot which country is this ..
Cute gals from FIJI booth
TUVALU ... I never heard of this place ... Sounds like "TUA YOU"...
Tired gal ( first on the left) yawning ....
Nicaragua
As the games drew nearer to an end , more and more activities were up ...
Waiting for rehearsals
Waiting still ..
Dance under the sky, ( and rain ) into the night ...
Week 4 - RED
Playing "flying saucer"
Japan
Korea, I spread out the skirt wide to cover the guys unmatching jeans
India
Philippines
Playing Caron Board
Arrow Shooting... Never accurate one lorh .
Then I spotted someone around the booth ...
Roll the wheel ...
For some reason , I suddenly cannot remember what is this called...
Looking for something in the straw hat ...
Can u find it ?
Introducing the different spices
Around the CEP
Loot from the CEP Booths
Spotted the athletes having a games of football
Rehearsal
Yet Another Rehersal..
Besides CEP , there is also this internet cafe located just below my office which I like a lot....
24 hr shifts started during games time... And this is how night shift looks like ....
Too tired from monitoring the tickets ....
Those not sleeping will fool around those who sleep..
There were also angry times, over the food issue, where we saw a lot of food being poured away and yet we are not entitled to eat any of them..bacause we dont look purple ... ( remember the purple colour uniform of YOG staffs and volunteers?)
Actually I am also quite pissed over it.. It was the fasting month and there were so many unused meal vouchers that the other volunteer gave up.... So we people who do not look purple, who is working in the same place and office as those in purple.. cannot have any of the food even though have the same meal ticket. Imagine what happens to the food of these vouchers .....
Of cos, in the midst of working hard, we do not not forget to take some photos with the stars ...
Some of them are just super tall ......
After work , some of our colleague still went around to take photos with the athletes from all over the world
Scene on the YOG bus which I surprising never got a chance to board cos I have a free NTU shuttle bus service from home to NTU!!!!!
We people working there were also entitled to 2 tickets to watch the games.... And I got
Free debit card cum ezlink cards were given together with the tickets. Which we tried but did not managed to get a free ride on the mrt cum bus during the games time .. Not sure what went wrong, but whatever , just keep it la ....
Anyway , the whole tennis thing was about 3 hours and we did not managed to sit all the way to the end cos it is jus so hot ...
Some performance before the game
China won....
Cute kid sleeping in his mother's arm..
On the last 2 days , we notice that there was another exchange taking place......... Exchange of T-shirts. The athletes were exchanging their shirt with athletes from another country and also the workforce .. I also joined in the fun and I was very lucky to exchange my shirt with the CDM of hunguary (chef de mesion who is suppose to be in charge of the youths) whom went back to his room to get a new piece for me !!!
Theirs ..
Initially when he keep insiting that he wanted my shirt, I was very curious , cos it is just way too small for him, So I asked him why. Then he told me that he wanted to give my shirt to his daughter, who is also an athlete and he told me that he is SO proud of her.. Wahha ... Can feel it in this talk ....
Anyway, this the new piece which he gave me which in the end I gave it to Oink cos it is just too big for me..
Mine !!!
Other enjoyment around YOV
It was quite late that I realised that there were OSIM u squeeze Pro just below my office ....
And I decided to try it .... Shiok !!!
Sauna some more ....
The last of YOV .....
I was on the last shift before the YOV was returned to NTU .... Really felt that I am gonna miss all the fun and laughter....
The main enterance the day before and the last day ..
This is where we "illegally" dine ..... Everyone have moved out .. ;(
The booth also being tear down... Even the sky is raining .... So emo ....
The empty alfresco dining place for the athletes
Lift corridor to my office which is at level 4 NIE library
The multimedia room with all computers removed ..
Our Office which have been tore down ... Super sad ... :(
This leads to the toilet..
Towards the last few days of August , there was quite a number of post YOG celebration ...
Phototaking @ Merlion Park
It took almost forever to get everyone settled and take this photo ... I nearly melted under the late afternoon sun ..
The Venue Managers
YOV Venue Managers ..
Marina Bay Sands ..
This is the first and also the last time I am wearing the pants ...
Then we proceed to Beer Market for dinner and partying
The YOV-Atos Team also went to JB for shopping and Seafood
Expression of enjoyment ...
Yumz ...
My cute VTM ( Venue Tech Manager ) from Hong Kong who took good care of us ...
The next day , buffet treat at Sakura , then followed by drinking at Dempsey , some went for mahjong after that. I decided to go home and rest ...
After the YOG , I took a one month break... again ... Was surfing the net and hearing people rave about how cheap the things are at city plaza. So I decided to visit it, since I never set my foot in there before...
It took me about 2 hours to shop through the plaza ..The upper levels are undergoing some renovation which I think would end up looking like Bugis street level 2... One lady boss whom I bought a bag from lamented that business here is quite bad, which is obvious from the absence of human crowd in the shopping center. ( Not sure is it because it was a weekday afternoon)
My loot from city plaza, surprisingly , you can still bargain for discount in there.
Sandal on left cost $13 , on right $10, Bag cost $9
I would probably re-visit the place again, but it will not be as frequent as visiting Bugis Village, it is too out of the way and there is NO shelter from the MRT to the plaza....
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