Now @loud has gone through a year of transformation and thus, publishing our new magazine in 2010; RepublicanPost (ReP). Student-initiated and student-led, @loud caters to students in RP and other polytechnics in Singapore, as well as to the public. We deal with issues ranging from youth and graduate issues, the latest fashion, movies, music, entrepreneurship, career ideas, to politics.
At @loud, when we want something to be done, we work together as a team to achieve our goal. We com from a diverse background and from all walks of lives, the @loud team is full of energy, is creative and is always bursting with ideas with its think-out-of-the-box nature.
Thus, our name A L(oad) O(f) U(tter) D(elirium).
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Journey of the Youth Olympic Flame: The Torchbearers
By: Elizabeth Neo
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The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is approaching and the nation is getting ready to welcome this honourable event. On a smaller scale, let’s find out the role that Republic Polytechnic (RP) plays in this.
One can only imagine themselves carrying the Olympic torch, or simply watching it on television. Yet for students Eng Sen, Lip Min and staff, Grain and Catherine, it is a reality they are able to experience this
coming YOG.
So how did they get the role of a torchbearer?
Lip Min from RP’s School of Applied Sciences was nominated by the advisor of her sports club. “I belong to a sports club here in RP. My sports club advisor also happens to be the Officer for Student Graduate Staff and he nominated me to be a torchbearer. Interested in YOG, I accepted the role.” The selection process was not just about being nominated. Third year-student Eng Sen responded to an email that had been sent out to the student body.
“The email was sent out, and anybody who was interested could just sign up, and then write a paragraph on why you want to be a torchbearer, and they chose from there.” YOG did not limit its participants to only the students. In fact, Grain, a facilitator from the School of Sports, Health and Leisure was nominated to be a torchbearer too, “There was a website for the staff to nominate their colleagues, and the requirements were the three values of friendship, excellence and respect.”
Upon selection, the torchbearers had to pledge a deed on the YOG official site based on the three Olympic values: excellence, friendship and respect. According to Catherine, an OSG staff and also a torchbearer, the deeds that were pledged had to be for the community and reflecting the olympic values.
“It was kind of like a web version of the torch passing.”
The pledging was not limited to the torchbearers. Members of the public could log on and pledge as well. In previous Olympic Games, seeing these chosen men and women run distances holding the torch in their hands and passing it on and eventually lighting the cauldron – officially opening the Olympics, is something that one would not normally pay attention to. “I was having my attachment then, so I didn’t really bother, but now that I have been chosen, it is very important to me. I’ve found out more about the YOG, and am more interested in the event now” says Eng Sen.
It was not all fun and games if that’s what you’re thinking. Sacrifices had to be made for this event. Luckily, for Eng Sen, he had his mother’s utmost support. “She made sure I went to every meeting and briefing. Whatever plans I had before this, they had to be cancelled. Must still go for the meetings!”
It comes as no wonder, being a sportsman from young that Eng Sen has now finally gotten the chance to add ‘torchbearer’ to his list of achievements with his mother egging him on to do his best to fulfil this role.
These chosen few are not just representing the event but the school as well. With supportive and encouraging parents as well as envious friends, being a torchbearer has become more than just a part of the YOG. It has made them a part of Singapore’s history, as these lucky six welcome the first ever YOG into our sunny island. Asked to describe how this event is for them, Grain and Catherine both agree that “it’s an honour and [we] are proud to be part of it.”
By: Elizabeth Neo
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The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) is approaching and the nation is getting ready to welcome this honourable event. On a smaller scale, let’s find out the role that Republic Polytechnic (RP) plays in this.
One can only imagine themselves carrying the Olympic torch, or simply watching it on television. Yet for students Eng Sen, Lip Min and staff, Grain and Catherine, it is a reality they are able to experience this
coming YOG.
So how did they get the role of a torchbearer?
Lip Min from RP’s School of Applied Sciences was nominated by the advisor of her sports club. “I belong to a sports club here in RP. My sports club advisor also happens to be the Officer for Student Graduate Staff and he nominated me to be a torchbearer. Interested in YOG, I accepted the role.” The selection process was not just about being nominated. Third year-student Eng Sen responded to an email that had been sent out to the student body.
“The email was sent out, and anybody who was interested could just sign up, and then write a paragraph on why you want to be a torchbearer, and they chose from there.” YOG did not limit its participants to only the students. In fact, Grain, a facilitator from the School of Sports, Health and Leisure was nominated to be a torchbearer too, “There was a website for the staff to nominate their colleagues, and the requirements were the three values of friendship, excellence and respect.”
Upon selection, the torchbearers had to pledge a deed on the YOG official site based on the three Olympic values: excellence, friendship and respect. According to Catherine, an OSG staff and also a torchbearer, the deeds that were pledged had to be for the community and reflecting the olympic values.
“It was kind of like a web version of the torch passing.”
The pledging was not limited to the torchbearers. Members of the public could log on and pledge as well. In previous Olympic Games, seeing these chosen men and women run distances holding the torch in their hands and passing it on and eventually lighting the cauldron – officially opening the Olympics, is something that one would not normally pay attention to. “I was having my attachment then, so I didn’t really bother, but now that I have been chosen, it is very important to me. I’ve found out more about the YOG, and am more interested in the event now” says Eng Sen.
It was not all fun and games if that’s what you’re thinking. Sacrifices had to be made for this event. Luckily, for Eng Sen, he had his mother’s utmost support. “She made sure I went to every meeting and briefing. Whatever plans I had before this, they had to be cancelled. Must still go for the meetings!”
It comes as no wonder, being a sportsman from young that Eng Sen has now finally gotten the chance to add ‘torchbearer’ to his list of achievements with his mother egging him on to do his best to fulfil this role.
These chosen few are not just representing the event but the school as well. With supportive and encouraging parents as well as envious friends, being a torchbearer has become more than just a part of the YOG. It has made them a part of Singapore’s history, as these lucky six welcome the first ever YOG into our sunny island. Asked to describe how this event is for them, Grain and Catherine both agree that “it’s an honour and [we] are proud to be part of it.”
