Get Up! Get Out! And Go Play!

After NINE MONTHS of studying, finally you can shout and let everyone know that - SCHOOL'S OUT!

So, you've got TWO whole months of holidays. What are you gonna do? Study? Play? Slack?

As always, you've got the dreaded, HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENTS. Do those first. Finish them up fast so that you can have more time to yourself. Don't delay in doing your assignments, all the formulas and equations are still etched in your brain. Even if you forgot, you can get together in a study group and finish your assignments. Use your first couple of weeks wisely.

Once that's out of the way, you've still got 1 & 1/2 months left! Do something! Pick up something new! A sport? A hobby? In the words of Nickelodeon: Get Up! Get Out! And Go Play! Spend time with your friends. Organise chalets, BBQs or outings. Bond with your classmates. For those who MIGHT be saving up since the start of the year for something, now it's the time to go get yourself that special something! Reward yourself for a job well done in your exams!

For those couch potatoes, who should be doing the above two, I have an idea for you.

Something's Coming and it's...







WESTWOOD SECONDARY ON YOUTUBE!

Yes! Westwood Sec has a youtube account! [www.youtube.com/westwoodsec]
Ever wondered how the school was before you came? Well wonder no more. Videos from Westwood's LOST ARCHIVES will be digged out and uploaded on youtube! The account will be updated constantly with videos. Several videos are already up, most of which are past competition videos. One of the upcoming video that will be posted will be the 2006 Cross-Country!

So what are you waiting for?! Get Up! Get Out! And Go Play!

Here's Calling Attention To All ASPIRING PHOTOGRAPHERS of Westwood

Are you an aspiring photographer ? Do you want your work to be seen ? Well dont miss this chance then. So here's the thing -

The school will be compiling photographs you have shot( whether it's Landscape,Self Potraits, Emotive,Conceptual, Fashion etc) . And the best ones will be selected and be displayed around the school campus. And i'm not talking about the ones you see in Friendster.We want good quality photos.

Submission date will be from after EYE onwards till next year before the 2007 secondary one orientation( well that was what i was being told)

All submissions are to be submitted to Ms Tan Wan Kheng in a cd/thumbdrive. And remember, all of your work has to have a theme(of your choice).

So that's all the details i have for now, i'll update more if there's any new ones.


We hope you're really interested !

Lights, Cameras and It's Showtime! - FINALS! Part II

Hey, sorry for not updating. I was down with loads of viruses. Ok, back to the updates. As I said earlier, I was at Mediacorp. Little Genie, along with the Cheer Group, left the school at roughly 10am. We had to reach Mediacorp at 11am. Upon reaching, it was full dress straight away. Both the Little Genie and the Cheer Group when into make up so that they could have the full dress rehearsal. Yes! There are rehearsals! So it went through the night till 6.

An hour to go before everything goes LIVE! All the groups were gearing up for the performance of their lives!

So as the clock counts down, Camera's are ready, Light's are set, Audience are seated....
"Producer"
"5"
"4"
"3"
"2"
"1"
"It's Showtime!"

The show is on air, telecasted LIVE for whole of Singapore. First up was the Schools' Segment. As the Little Genie await their turn, everyone was rehearsing their lines the final time. Miss Fong & I burnt our fingers because of the Dry Ice.

We were on. The video clip played and we saw the team doing the props and stuff with Ben Yeo disturbing them. The clip ended with Mrs Chow giving the team words of encouragement! Cheer Team was up next. They had stunts! As everything was going on, video & cheers, we had a mad rush in setting up the props with the Mediacorp crew backstage. Buildings for Spiderman, River & Tree. The curtains were drawn. IT'S SHOWTIME!

Fires! Sparklers! Batman Flying! Spiderman Shooting Webs! Elastiman Stretching! Gummi Bear Farting! Woah! The judges, as always, gave us good comments & gave us the HIGHEST POINTS! 28.1! We got the highest for the Schools' Segment.

An hour passed, it was the results. CHEERTEAM WON! They earned themselves a Munchys $1000 cheque and a trophy! Little Genie got to the TOP 2 of the Schools' Segment! Moment of truth. After tons of voting, lightbulb flickering.

The lightbulb did not stop at the Little Genie. We Lost.

The group put in their outmost effort in getting so far. Bellyshaking to Kungfu Manual and now Superheroes. We are still winners. We got the highest for Judges Votes and that counts the most. We got to the FINALS and that is already no mean feat. Sadly, we did not garner enough votes from the viewers.

Reality sanked in. Most of the members broke down backstage. It was a sad sight. Mrs Chow & the teachers conforted them. Words can't explain the emotions that were there that night. We still got a trophy though. The team got to take a group photo with Ben and the producers with their trophy.

LITTLE GENIES, YOU DID GREAT! YOU GUYS ARE WINNERS, WINNERS IN THE EYES OF THE JUDGES! YOU DID WELL! TAKE CARE ALIGHT!

^^ ok i'm done. I just had to tell the story from my perspective. Hope it gives you guys an actual insight on what happened. Sorry if its draggy too. If you guys wanna see the Cheque and the Trophys, it is in the General Office.

Oh ya, before I forget -
Repeat Telecast of FINALS, Sunday [8/10/2006], 2PM on Chn 8!

and

There is a video on the Semi-Finals skit on youtube [the KungFu one] - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHELnP-W0Nk

J out!