Young Reporters Training Camp 2009 by Ko...

I pushed the door open. The room was abuzz with excitement – a mixture of enthusiastic voices and joyous laughter. I stepped in and was greeted by a whole room of unfamiliar faces. My stomach twisted into a tight knot. I felt out of place and I was very late. Earlier, I had taken the wrong bus and had to endure a 1.6km walk in order to reach my destination, NacLi.  Sweating profusely and trying to catch my breath, I was quickly ushered into a seat in the front by one of the facilitators. I glanced around, offering a smile to whoever looked my way. My long awaited camp...

Olympic Sport and Literature Competition...

The Olympic Sport and Literature Competition was set up in 2001 by the International Olympic Council to strengthen the link between the Olympic Games and literature. This competition is held once every 4 years, at both international and national levels. This year, the Singapore National Olympic Committee organized a nation-wide essay competition, with the assistance of the Ministry of Education. Ivan Ong of JH405 was awarded a consolation prize (Category 2) for his work. *** It is easy to see why so many people are fans of Michael Phelps. We humans have this obsession with...

NJC at World Nations Dragon boat Champio...

45 NJCians and 4 students from Hwa Chong Institution took local sporting excellence to an international level by representing Singapore in the 9th World Dragon Boat Racing Championship Junior category in Racice, Prague, Czech Republic from the 26th to 29th of August, taking on the massive challenge of fighting for the World Junior Dragon Boat Championship title.  This is the first time Singapore was represented at the World Dragon Boat Racing Championship, an equivalence of the World Cup in soccer. The team took part in 11 events, ranging from sprint distances of 200m and...

Thoughts of AYG Student Liason Officers...

The first Asian Youth Games was held in July this year and I had the wonderful opportunity to be a part of it. Although our role as Student Liason Officers was deemed as pretty insignificant to some, we took great pride in undertaking our responsibility. We ensured that the team got to their venue on time and had a pleasant time here in Singapore whilst competing in the AYG. There were some break down in communication at times, but thankfully they were not too major and did not cause much trouble. Other than taking care of the team’s welfare, we immersed ourselves...

YOG One Year Countdown at the Padang...

In the midst of the bustling crowd and the excited audience gathered at the padang, we were given the honour to be part of the performing crew for the one year countdown to the inaugural Youth Olympics Games (YOG) held on 14 August 2009! The combined dance ensemble is made up of dancers from National Junior College (NJC), Raffles Junior College, Anglo-Chinese Junior College as well as the alumni team from National Junior College, current students of National University of Singapore. Our choreographer Mr Peter Gn specially auditioned dancers for this item and it was vetted...