T keSni p p e t s o f H a l l F i v e

Issue No 20January 2012

24th JCRC Edition5

award, while Rian Chen won the Best Dressed

Mathlete award.

After the Best Dressed competition, a second

round of ‘Do you have the Chemistry?’

was conducted, but this time to test their

chemistry through the game of charades. Each

pair was challenged to guess an unknown

movie title and they exhibited their creativity

and wits in acting the words. The comical

interactions between the pair of contestants

certainly amused the audience as they broke

into boisterous laughter.

To end the event, Professor Eddie gave an

inspirational speech to encourage all fiVers

to persevere and study hard for the upcoming

examinations. Then, it was the moment that

all of us had been waiting for: Goodie Bag Time!

This year, thanks to our generous sponsors,

the goodie bags were packed with stationeries

and food, keeping everyone smiling from ear

to ear upon receiving it.

After taking the short break, we are sure that

fiVers are all ready to fight the battle and

conquer the examinations. All the best, fiVers!

We can do it!

- Nicole Seah

good friends to challenge their understanding

of each other. As the emcees shot questions,

the hilarious interactions between the pairs

and the cheeky answers given tickled the

audience into roaring laughter. Eventually,

Xenia Poh and Ng K Luon emerged as the pair

with the most chemistry!

Best Dressed Mathlete, Rian Chen(middle), with

Bernice Ho(right) and Joyce Chee(left).

One of the highlights of Muggers’ Night would

be the Best Dressed competition. The four

nominees were very sporting in accepting the

emcees’ request to do a catwalk and struck

several cute and sexy poses for the audiences.

It was an extremely tough decision for

Professor Eddie to make as all the nominees

were equally outstanding and deserving. Alas,

Pamela Tan won the Best Dressed Athlete

Mathletes v.s. Athletes?!Muggers Night 2011

As the semester drew to an end and the

examinations approached, many of us had

been busy “attending” our virtual lectures,

trying to catch up with as much work as we

could. As such, Muggers’ Night offered a great

opportunity for us to take a breather before

gearing up for the examinations.

This year, Muggers’ Night had a whacky

theme: Mathletes v.s. Athletes?! As the clock

struck eight, fiVers streamed towards the hall

5 communal hall, all decked in their old school

uniforms, vintage glasses and sportswear.

Before the event commenced, many of us were

engrossed in the activity booklet prepared,

squeezing our brain juices and battling with

our wits to solve the puzzles.

Muggers’ Night was indeed a bustling affair:

with entertaining and witty emcees, Tan Aik

Siong and Pamela Tan, who lifted the energy of

the event to the peak. The event kick-started

with the game: ‘Do you have the Chemistry?’,

where questions were directed at three pairs of

Inside:Investiture, SpoRec, Halloween, Legends'

Dinner & QP Caroling

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as tennis and badminton. At the end of the

event, many left with a smile on their faces

as they have found themselves a new sport or

recreational game that they like.

- Tan Xue Qun

Senior Hensley Chen playing a game of carrom

with freshmen Xenia Poh(Left) & Chong Baoyi.

president of the 24th JCRC. In his speech, Jia Da

expressed his vision to lead fiVers to strive for

greater achievements and to unify all residents

as one. The ceremony came to an end with

the traditional candle-lighting ceremony,

which symbolizes the ideals and aspirations of

the 24th JCRC for Hall Five. Under the lead of

the new team, may Hall Five strive for greater

excellence in the year to come!

- Nicole Seah

Chia Jia Da, holding on to the hall flag as he took

office as President of Hall 5 24th JCRC.

New Beginning24th JCRC Investiture 2011

21st September 2011 marked the official

handover of duties from the 23rd Junior

Common Room Committee(JCRC) to the

24th JCRC. Not only was the purpose of the

investiture ceremony to welcome the new

office-bearers, more importantly, it was an

opportunity to highlight the contributions of

the 23rd JCRC.

The event commenced with a speech by

Professor Eddie, where he commended

the good effort put in by the 23rd JCRC and

presented plaques to them in appreciation for

all their contributions to the hall. Following,

the president of the 23rd JCRC, Poh Zhi Wei

shared the experiences he had as part of the

JCRC and thanked everyone who had helped

them succeeded in this arduous journey. To

mark the official handover, Zhi Wei entrusted

the hall flag to Chia Jia Da, the newly elected

Editor’s NoteThis is the first edition of Take

5 by the 24th JCRC and we hope

fiVers will like this new look. This

year we are looking forward to

try out more fun stuff, hoping to

bring more joy and excitement to

the readers. We will be sharing

all our achievements in the Inter

Hall Games in the next issue so,

do look out for it!

Tan Xue Qun

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Hint: Within Hall 5 Premises.

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PeoplePublisher

Hall of Residence 5

24th JCRC

Editor

Tan Xue Qun

Assistant Editor

Nicole Seah Pei Rui

Editorial

Liu Kai Ying

Tee Chin Siang Bryan

Design

Leow Hou Teng

Photography

Wan Zhi Yong

Contributor

Chong Baoyi

New ChallengeSpoRec Day 2011

Have you ever felt confused when you wanted

to join some sports or recreational games

but yet, just can’t make a decision which

item to join? While there are many sports

and recreational games available in hall for

residents to participate, those who have never

tried playing these games may find it difficult

to make a decision. Fret not! This is exactly

what SpoRec day is for: a day where residents

can try out these games offered in hall. Booths

were set up for both experienced players to

challenge one another and for greenhorns

to pick up some new skills. To hype up the

interest for the event, a Nintendo Wii was

used to allow residents to try out sports such

anticipated station: the Haunted House. Not

knowing who and what was lurking in the

Cultural Room left us all anxious and nervous

as we waited for our turn. Upon entering the

darkness, we were faced with various spooky

tasks that certainly got our hearts pounding.

Well, ultimately, all you need to know is that

the haunted house turned into a scream fest

where even our manly hall five guys turned

into screaming victims.

To end of the fang-tastic night, a lucky draw

was held to reward those who finished all the

games! Three lucky winners won an adorable

goodie bag that contained loads of awesome

goodness from our sponsor. To give this event

an even better ending, everyone left with a can

of Nescafe! Kudos to the JCRC for putting such

enormous effort in making this Halloween a

fun and memorable one for all fiVers!

- Liu Kaiying

Hall residents from orientation group, Ora, each

left the event with a can of Nescafe coffee.

given two cans of Nescafe (many thanks to

our sponsor) and the first to finish the coffee

with a straw heads back to their room with

a whole bag of Nescafe White Coffee. After

much sucking and slurping, the winner was

none other than Ming Xi from orange block!

All you people with 830am lessons, you know

who to look for!

Following the coffee competition was the

station games. The first of the four that I

went for was the ‘Rag & Bone’ game, which is

basically ‘Dog & Bone’ with a delicious twist.

Instead of having a smelly shoe as the ‘bone’,

both teams were asked to snatch for a little

pumpkin case with loads of candy inside.

Needless to say, all of us had a smashing good

time and the winners left with cute little

plastic pumpkins to spice up their rooms.

The second game was ‘Pumpkin Darts’ held

in the Music Room. Instead of a typical

dartboard, all of us had to aim our darts at the

picture of a jack-o-lantern. Please do not be

fooled by how simple the game sounds, loads

of skills were needed to ensure that the dart

hits the correct spot!

After the darts game, we adjourned next door

to the game of bowling in the dark. All those

who know me should know that I am the last

person that anyone would invite for a game of

bowling. And indeed, after loads of attempts

to collapse the glow-in-the-dark bowling pins,

all I got was twenty points. That’s not to say

that I didn’t have a great time though! All the

fumbling for the ball in the dark and the ‘who

is that beside me??’ did contribute to loads of

fun and laughter for everyone in the room.

Finally, we proceeded to the last and most

FIVE FOR FRIGHTINGHalloween 2011

Quick question: What’s the most anticipated

day in October? Well, of course it’s Halloween,

a day where everyone gets a chance to fang

up and fright!

Roomates cum hosts Tan Ming Jie(Left) & Leon

Lee specially dressed themselves up for the event.

The Halloween event organized by our very

own JCRC not only made our hairs stand

but also gave us a chance to win awesome

goodies. First up on stage was a caffeine filled

competition for ten lucky contestants chosen

by our creepy emcees. Each contestant was

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accompaniment. Jam Band captain Sam belted

out the 1st piece – Ride of your life, with

Wilson on guitar and Kelvin on the cajon. As

choruses of “get ready for the ride of your

life” echoed throughout the communal hall,

fiVers - freshies and seniors alike, got ready

for their own journey of ups and downs in the

upcoming IHG 2011/12 together as one.

The next item “那些年” brought the audience

back to their school days in secondary and

junior college, yet it was the intrinsic meaning

of the song that touched the hearts of many.

You can achieve distinctions in different areas,

you can gain immense success in IHG, but at

the end of the day, the intangibles in life will

should not be neglected.

As the memorable night concluded with

thundering roars of “Yam Seng”, here’s

wishing fiVers all the best at the imminent

inter-hall games; and do cherish the precious

friendships forged in this tough but exciting

period of competitions and trainings.

Jiayou fiVers!

- Bryan Tee

Softball captain, Alvin Siow(right) opening the

champagne bottle with the help of Clement Tay.

Further boosting the morale and spirits of

fiVers, Cheerleading captain Teo Tze Swen

stepped up and led the hall in a new cheer-

the true colors of a cheerleader by nature

showing despite his reserved nature. A shout

of “Vikings” from Tze Swen signaled for

an avalanche of defending roars from the

audience, who followed up with a rhythmic

war-cry of “Thunderboom, thunderboom,

thunderboom, Vikings!” ending with an

enthusiastic round of applause.

Following this inspirational ovation, a ten

minutes video featuring Tan Ming Jie as the

main lead pointed out the rationale behind

legends dinner - to motivate fiVers to train

hard and become the next Hall 5 legend.

Jam Band was up next, serenading the

audience with 2 songs along with musical

Ready for BattleLegends Dinner 2011

Amidst the intensive trainings, fiVers took time

off to congregate at the communal Hall for

the annual “Legends Dinner”. On 7 December

2011, our very own bunch of legends from IHG

2010/11 celebrated the births of many more to

come in IHG 2011/12.

Just as how fairytales start off with a hero

leading the way, Hall 5’s legend-creation story

commenced with the acknowledgement of

the sports and recreational captains. The

shirt presentation ceremony was a simple and

heart-warming one for the captains as they

prepare to lead their team in their quest for

glory in IHG 2011/12.

clapped to the beat and sang along. Despite

the pouring rain, the moods of QPeeps (what

QP members are affectionately called) were

not dampened. With our passionate heartbeat,

the warmth of our voices can be felt in the

still cold air. As what our Korean-star lookalike

conductor, Hensley, said, “Carols are happy,

happy songs!” We ended our first caroling

session on a happy note, and we look forward

to many more to come!

- Chong Baoyi

Jingle NightThe Carols of the Quintsical Productions

Quintsical Productions’ main canvassing event

has been a series of caroling performances

in various hotels and shopping centres, and

this year it is of no exception. On the 4th of

December, QP embarked on our first caroling

performance at the Paws-N-Friends Carnival,

jointly organized by Toa Payoh Central CC

YEC and Bishan North CC YEC, as part of QP’s

partnership with People’s Association Youth

Movement (PAYM).

A series of all-time-favourite Christmas carols

and medleys such as ‘Silent Night’ and ‘Jingle

Bells’ were performed, successfully lifting the

spirits of the audience as they encouragingly

Image(Left): The Quintsical Productions crew

took a photo with Guest-of-Honour, Singapore

Minister of Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen while they

were carolling at the prize presentation ceremony

for Toa Payoh Photography Competition 2011.