1 NYS Camp 2010 - Extraordinaire

I don't know who would come back to look at the blog but I'll still write this.

Thanks to (Princess) Fiona and (King) Zaidi, for leading the camp and handling one thing after another to make things right. :) Zaidi's phone never stopped ringing throughout the camp, or so I've heard. XD

Thanks to Shumin, for sorting all our budget issues even though you're so so busy, for all your hard work in the planning stages of the camp liaising with the higher ups and all.

Thanks to the Programmers, Zhen Yi, Mei Siew, Yiling, Min Sheng and Sharon, for planning everything from start to end, having to change or modify programmes along the way to suit the amount of time we have and how the camp has progressed, having to sleep late due to meetings and more meetings.

Thanks to the people in Logistics, always working in the background but essential for everything to occur smoothly. And the food. Food is always important haha. So this thanks goes to Ming Han, Jonathan, See Lin, Jeremy, Ashley, Andrew, Choon Yee, Chengxi and Syful (whom I didn't see during camp haha).

Thanks to Jasmine and Amanda, our business managers, for getting so many sponsorships! Time was really rather tight for you two to obtain all these sponsorships but you two have gotten quite a lot of sponsors! :) (There's still a lot of sponsored items left over though, I think the freshies missed them out before they went home.)

Thanks also to my fellow Publicity teammates, Wendy and Shu Ning. I think everyone agrees on how awesome you two have been, coming up with the packing list, shirt, mailer, video, blog, taking photos during camp and so on! Well done you two! :)

Thanks to the GLs, handling everything on the frontlines. You guys represent NYS as it is to the freshies and you all have done a wonderful job! Always keeping up the morale, taking care of the freshies' welfare, ensuring that everything is in order before eating or sleeping yourselves.It's been a lot of hard work managing so many freshies with such a low ratio of seniors to juniors, but you guys have done well! :)

Thanks to the rest of the seniors, SAs or not, who have contributed to the camp, be it talking to the freshies, or helping out as station masters or wherever we had a lack of manpower (which happened really frequently). It would have been difficult without your help!

And of course, a great big THANK YOU to all freshies, for being sporting about camp, for participating and enduring so many things (especially our punking you guys on the first day). We know it must have been rather sian on the first day to be assaulted first with endless mind-draining activities and later physically during initiation night. But you all have been awesome and it's really heartwarming to see you all mix so well during kite flying and dragonboating on the last day. :) The camp's success ultimately depends on how you freshies take to the activities and we really hope that you all have enjoyed yourselves and made many, many friends! Come back next year to create an even better, more memorable camp for the next batch!

I hope I didn't miss anyone out! Let me know if I have. >_<

With lots of love,
Li Hui
Publicity & GL of JJ

Hello people of M&M (i.e. people belonging to Mr Fantastic and Mystique. sorry we can't think of a better name)

Welcom to NYS 2010. It's back, bigger and better!
Your GLs are:

Kwan Wei Xiang ( wei wei, wei-ge)
-CGL of M&M
-GL of Mr Fantastic
-Mechanical Engineering year 2
- sissy

Amanda Huang (ping-er)
-GL of Mr Fantastic
-Accountancy year 2
-as crazy as her curly hair

Sheryl Seah (xiang-er, super sheryl)
-GL of Mystique
-CBE year 2
-laughs a lot like xiao za bor

Cheryl Tan (shan-er, cui cheryl)
-GL of Mystique
-Mathematics & Economics year 2
- Auntie




well, just come and have fun. it's not as xiong as NBS camp, nor is it a relaxing camp. it'll be a fun FOC! get ready to make new friends and start your life in university with them. I promise you'll have fun even after this camp with your batch of Nanyang Scholars as you guys will meet again during the awards presentation ceremony and the leadership camp, and subsequently, lead NYS camp 2011.

4 Here, have an artwork!

I was bored, so I went to make the picture I drew for NYS Camp sometime ago look more presentable. My photoshop and tablet skills are nearly non-existent so that might explain why it looks like this.



Here's a teaser:

Now guess who this is!

On another note, pre-camp and camp are fast approaching! I'm not sure if that's too fast or not fast enough. xD

See you all at pre-camp! :)

Li Hui

0 EXXXXXXXXXXXXODUS

Hi Exoduns (i.e. People of Exodus),


It is of obligation that we re-introduce ourselves here on the NYS blog, so don’t get too bored of hearing from us even before we actually meet!

Well, here is a brief introduction of both of us, you GLs…

#1 CGL Jerene

• Chemical Engineering Year 2

• ….

• It’s better to talk face to face huh



#2 GL WeiJian

• Aerospace Engineering Year 2

• Don’t look like one, but I am a PIG

• …

• I agree with Jerene, hope to break the ice on pre-camp!



Can’t wait to meet you all! It is going to be a fantastic camp, if you come prepared with an open mind to play, to have fun, and to meet new like-minded people who may go through the toils and tears in uni with you!



To end off, here is a photo of us,
















Your Lovely Eeeeeeeee GLs,

Jerene & WeiJian

6 OG Revelations Part 4: M

This is the final OG Revelations post. With this, now all the OGs are known! You might notice that the 8 OGs have been separated into 4 groups, but we won't tell you why. At least, not yet!

Without further ado, let's move on to the last group:

M


7. Mystique

Height: 1.78m
Weight: 54.4 kg
Eyes: Yellow
Hair: Red
Family: Christian Wagner (ex-husband), Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler, son), Graydon Creed (son), Anna Marie (Rogue, foster daughter), Miles Ralph Brickman (husband), Gloria Brickman (adopted daughter), Talia Wagner (Nocturne, alternate timeline granddaughter)
Citizenship: American
Profession: Mercenary, adventurer, former terrorist, government operative, private investigator, model, journalist
Brief Background: Little is known about Mystique’s true identity due to her shape-shifting capabilities. She first appeared as Raven in Ms Marvel #16 (1978) and as Mystique in Ms. Marvel #18 (1978). Since she is able to conceal any aging effects, her true age is unknown. Mystique is so good at pretense that she had risen to the position of Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Planning Agency (DARPA), gaining access to the military secrets of the United States (for nefarious intentions?).
Abilities: She can shape-shift to mimic a human of either gender, complete with accurate retina patterns, fingerprints and clothing. Her power grants her age retardation, increased healing, and immunity to drugs and poisons. Mystique is also a highly skilled combatant, actress, marksman, and strategist in terrorist and commando operations.


8. Mr Fantastic

Real name: Reed Richards
Citizenship: American
Height: 1.85m
Weight: 81.6 kg
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown but graying at temples
Education: He has earned scientific doctorates in fields such as engineering, math and physics from California State Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Harvard and State University, and others
Spouse: Sue Storm (Invisible Woman)
Family: Nathaniel Richards (father), Evelyn Richards (mother), Franklin Richards (son), Valeria Richards (daughter)
College Buddies: Ben Grimm, Victor Von Doom, Randolph James, Janus the Nega-Man, Abe Jankovitz, Harvey Jessup (Great Coordinator), and Phillip Zolten Rambow
Brief Background: Raised by his father, Nathaniel Richards, since the age of 7, Reed Richards is perhaps one of the brightest minds of that age. He took college-level courses at the age of 14 and earned various degrees from four different universities under a few distinguished mentors. Reed first appeared in the primary issue of Fantastic Four (1961).
Abilities: He is able to reshape his body at will (i.e. stretch, compress, elongate, contract, expand) with an approximate limit of 1500 feet in length and 1.7 cubic feet in volume. His brilliant mind can be considered especially useful as well.

Note: http://marvel.com/ is a useful site.


Now that the OG writeups are complete, stay tuned for the GL writeups coming next! :)

0 OG Revelations Part 3: J

Here comes the third installment! :D

J

5. Jack Jack Parr

Height: 0.76m
Weight: 11.3kg
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Auburn
Family: Robert “Bob” Parr/ Mr. Incredible (father), Helen Parr/Elastigirl (mother), Dash (brother), Violet (sister)
Brief Background: Jack Jack first appeared in the Pixar movie The Incredibles. As the youngest member of the Incredibles family and just a baby, he was initially thought to not possess any superpowers. However, towards the end of the film he attacks the antagonist, Syndrome, with a display of some of his powers.
Abilities and Powers: Jack Jack has a surprising number of abilities, including –prepare yourself – telekinesis, teleportation, levitation, supernatural strength and agility, passing through walls, inflammability, optical laser discharge, metallic transformation, monster transformation, surface adhesion, sharp teeth and acidic saliva. Pixar even created a short film entitled “Jack Jack Attack”, displaying Jack Jack’s powers and how he uses them to terrorise unsuspecting people.


6. Jean Grey

Aliases: Redd, Ms. Psyche, Jeannie, Marvel Girl
Height: 1.68m
Weight: 52.2 kg
Eyes: Green
Hair: Red
Spouse: Scott Summers (Cyclops)
Family: John Grey (father), Elaine Grey (mother), Sara Grey-Bailey (sister, deceased), Nathan Christopher Summers (Cable, stepson), Stryfe (clone stepson, deceased), Rachel Summers (Marvel Girl, alternate timeline daughter), Nate Grey (X-Man, alternate timeline progeny, deceased) and about 3 generations of in laws and other people whom I shall not mention here.
Place of Birth: Annandale-on-Hudson, New York City, New York
Citizenship: American
Brief Background: Jean Grey has been around for a long time, first appearing in the opening issue of X-Men in 1963. Given the long time since her debut and the suspiciously long and complicated list of relatives mentioned above, it’s unsurprising that there’s a convoluted story involved. For now, let us understand that as a child of 10, Jean’s telepathic powers first manifested after experiencing the emotions of a dying friend. She was then brought to Professor Charles Xavier who treated her and introduced her to the astral plane. In doing so, a part of her mind manifested as the Phoenix raptor. Professor Xavier managed to shield her from her own telepathic powers until she was mature enough to control them. When she grew up, she became a founding member of the X-Men, a team of mutant trainees under Professor Xavier.

From there on, complications involving the entity, Phoenix, ensued. Time traveling comes free of charge.

Abilities: telepathy and mind reading, initiating astral travel, telekinesis, levitation, generating force fields, flying and stimulating heat molecules to generate concussive blasts.


There's only 2 more OGs to go! Look forward to GL writeups after these are done! :)

0 OG Revelations Part 2: H

Next up, we have the H group! 

H


3. Hiro Nakamura



Citizenship: Japanese
Height: 1.63m
Weight: 81.6 kg
Profession: former computer programmer at Yamagato Industries, currently a hired hero
Was in a relationship with: Charlie Andrews
Abilities: Space-time manipulation
Weapon: Sword?
Brief Background: Hiro is a character in NBC’s drama Heroes, played by Japanese-American Masi Oka. He first appeared in season 1 episode 1: Genesis. He first discovers his abilities when he makes the second hand of his clock go back one second. However, his close friend Ando was extremely sceptical about his superpowers which resulted in a frustrated Hiro teleporting to Times Square five months into the future. More recently in the series, his control over his abilities to stop time, travel through time or teleport has become rather unreliable.

Tim Kring, creator of Heroes, explains that Hiro was a character who felt trapped in his life and was given the most suitable ability to escape that fate – the ability to teleport out of that life.


4. Harry Potter

Full name: Harry James Potter
Birthday: 31 July 1980 (pre-camp day!)
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black
Family: Lily (Evans) Potter (mother), James Potter (father), Petunia Dursley (aunt), Vernon Dursley (uncle)
Brief Background: It’s Harry Potter. 'nuff said.

Though for the bored, check out the Potter Puppet Pals if you haven’t already. :D

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