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Tchoukball 101 (part ii)

(Ed: Hello hello! Following our little post on ‘tchoukball 101‘, we have Marck Anthonny from the Singapore National Tchoukball Team in an exclusive 1-on-1 interview.)

E: Tell us about yourself.
M: My name is Marck Anthonny, currently schooling in Ping Yi Secondary. 18 years of age. I enjoy playing sports and I dislike humid […]

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Tchoukball 101 (part i)

Tchoukball? Say ‘chukeball’.
Originally, I had this in my mind:

 ’Pikachu and the Poke-ball’ by ishot71
Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives Works
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishot71/304566701/
Hahaha :) 
BUT
it is actually this, this and this.
Amazing stuff!
What exactly is this tchoukball?
In short, it is a
- 7-a-side non-contact sports where players can score at both sides using a ball against […]

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Growing Pains

Contributed by: Felicia Clara Tan Jun Hui, 16
Y.O! blogger
I thought I was going to be in big trouble this morning when I got into the car with my mum. This unusual circumstance arose because last night my friend D called at 11pm and I yakked with him for an entire half hour. Add that to […]

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Pseudo Book Club: National Day Special

Heyhoho!
The Pseudo Book Club meets in August again
This time we’re doing a National Day special with the following titles:
Onewinged: An Anthology of Young Writing
Publisher: Singapore : UniPress, c2001
Call No.: YSING English S828ONE
The Gathering: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems
Author: Hu, Michael
Publisher: Singapore : Candid Creation Pub., 2006
Call No.: […]

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Kodomo (Children in Japanese)

Contributed by: Choo Jia Ming, 18
Y.O! blogger
It’s been long since I ever felt like I wanted to go back to being a kid.
The first week of the June Holidays was nearly over and I really felt like the remaining three weeks were barely enough for me to rest and rejuvenate for the new term.
 
Anyway I went down to […]

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

teen thots…

..on pseudobookclub

“This VAT programme would definitely broaden my horizon and my social circle.”
~ Chun En, 15
“Today sure was an interesting day, I have lots of takeaways and looking forward to the next sesison.”
~ Ingrid Ho, 15
“I had a very great time as the circumstances forced me to adapt to the situation and to put my […]

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Have you come across a comic journal/blog?

Is that you in this comic strip?

This is Sarah’s first contribution entitled “routine” and can be found at http://www.leemeixia.com/
Ivan (aka my manager) introduced Sarah’s blog to me one day and insisted that I took a look at her blog.
I couldn’t believe my eyes after visiting this young lady’s  blog. It’s really amazing how she expresses herself through the use of […]

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Born Unintelligent - Part 2

 (Ed.: We continue Shirley’s  story from Born Unintelligent - Part 1.)
By Shirley Lim, ITE Bishan

Although I had decided to strive hard in my studies, it was not easy for me as I was a slow learner. I did not have enough time to catch up, so I did not fare well in my PSLE exams.
I […]

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Born Unintelligent - Part 1

(Ed.: We selected “Born Unintelligent” by Shirley Lim, from the publication “Journeys of strength, love and faith”, published by School of Business & Services, ITE Bishan. As part of our partnership, ITE College Central has given us the permission to post this second story on our blog.  “Don’t Take Back My Angel” by Sangeetha d/o V Nadarajaan was another story […]

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Don’t Take Back My Angel - Part 2

(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 […]

Saturday, December 29th, 2007