Y.O!

Hi!  ”bookshelves” is not all about books!
We’re looking for young people between 13 and 19 years old to submit the following to our blog:
A book you’ve read
A movie you’ve watched
Songs you’ve listened to 
A website you’ve discovered
Send us your review (around 150 to 200 words) and name to showteens@nlb.gov.sg. We will look through them and let you know once […]

(Ed.: We continue Sangeetha’s story from Don’t Take Back My Angel - Part 1 )
By Sangeetha d/o V Nadarajaan, ITE Bishan

That dreadful year, my uncle informed us that Aunt Cindy had a fall and that she was suffering from such intense backache that she could not even walk.
Coincidentally, this happened a week before Christmas and I had gotten […]

(Ed.: The following featured story is found in the publication “Journeys of strength, love and faith” - a compilation of stories written by ITE Bishan students for an essay competition, organized by School of Business & Services, ITE Bishan. As part of our partnership, ITE College Central has given us the permission to publish these inspirational stories by teens on Y.O! blog.)
By Sangeetha […]

I’m not sure if those of you reading or writing on this site would ask this question, “Why do you choose this design for your blog?”
3colours
Or maybe you couldn’t care less. : )
But a group of students from ITE Bishan were very eager to give their inputs on the kinds of design they like.
(This same […]

YO.

(used as an exclamation to get someone’s attention, express excitement, greet someone, etc.)
here; present: used esp. in answer to a roll call.

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Retrieved December 10, 2007, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yo

It began with a wall clock, ticking away quietly in a meeting room in Bishan Community Library.
Suddenly, Syirah, a student from ITE Bishan exclaimed, “What about the name ‘Teen o’clock’”?
She explained that since this was a blog for teens, containing up-to-date information, the clock represented “timely information”.
I took her suggestion and discussed it with my […]

Welcome to Y.O! - a blog for young people and librarians - an initiative by the Young People’s Services, Public Libraries, to engage teens in learning and reading.
Y.O! stands for… well, we think it stands for nothing and yet everything:

Youth Online
Y-Online
YOuth-spotted!
Y-O‘clock

Or simply “Yo!”, a lingo used by teens to call their friends.
But really, the most […]