Results of SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007

Results of the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 were announced yesterday... It was on the TODAY Paper dated September 11. Haha ~




Did I win? Haiz... Any of those I sold to win? Any of those we as a group sold to win?

Must go and check it out... Hehex... (",)

Duck Race Thanksgiving Dinner by SCS

So nice of SCS... SCS invited the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) who have supported the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 for a Thanksgiving Dinner at Aromas. The dinner was wonderful... Although I was pretty busy with my studies at NUS, I marked it in my calendar and showed up for the dinner. Hehe...

From NYP, we have our director Mr John Tan, Mr Ong, Alvin, Zhi Yi, Jasmine and Wei Liang. I was there early, so I actually spent some time interacting with the other representatives from the other IHLs. All of them were so friendly...and I must say that all of them contributed with great effort to the Duck Race. So grateful to all... That's how we go about doing charity work...everyone contributes effort and resouces, and consequently, a stronger combined contribution results...

All of us received a certificate of participation from SCS. =) It was a great time spent at Aromas, chatting with the SCS Executive Council and catching up with one another.... :)

Here goes the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007

Wow ~ What a great day! Really enjoyable and memorable for me, and I believe for most of us who were involved in the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 too. :)

Guest-of-Honour was Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister for Education & Second Minister for Finance. He was at the launch site to witness the start of the Duck Race. Before the launch of the actual duck race, there were speeches delivered by the Singapore Computer Society (SCS) President, Mr Wilson Tan and the FSC as well... This was followed by the presentation of plaques for the Top Fund Raisers, Sponsors and Co-sponsors. My NYP School of IT Director, Mr John Tan, was there to receive the top Institute of Higher Learning Fun-raiser plaque, and our Deputy Director, Mr Lai Poh Hing, went up to receive the trophy for great contribution to the duck race. I got the Top Student Fund-raiser plaque. :) I thought the trophies with the duckies were so lovely... There were ducks with bright orange beaks which I have never seen before. Hahaha ~

At the start of the duck race, the cute little rubber duckies were tossed into the Singapore River...it was almost perpetual...I thought it was never going to end... And from my view, I was impressed by the scene... As more yellow ducks were floating on the water surface, it seemed like a huge portion of the area was covered in yellow, a beautiful scene in fact. At that juncture, I was already filled with great satisfaction and surprise as this was my first time watching it on the spot. Mr Ong, Ze Rong, Zhi Yi and Regina were there at the launch site to support the Duck Race as well. :) In fact, all of us were astonished with the sight. We also took several shots on it.

Ms Kwa and her hubby were on the go...hahaha ~ Both of them were at the Blue Room of the Arts House guiding the beneficiaries... Some SCS staff were there to coordinate the programme on that side too... I wasn't around to help at first, but I sensed the wonderful mood over at their venue. Later, I joined in the fun in guiding the beneficiaries at the carnival along the river side as well as at the Asian Civilisation Museum.

The beneficiaries really enjoyed themselves throughout the day's event. I could tell from the smiles and their faces, both the young and the elderly. :) Thanks to Alvin, Sitti, Wei Liang, Ze Rong, Zhi Yi and Regina and all the others who have helped us greatly in the duck race event on Sunday. It was really a success. =)

And the plaque I got was very nice... I truly like it a lot. :) Hehex... It's now in my NUS hostel, together with the string of 5 coloured rubber duckies... Will always remember this event.....

Duck Race is just 1 Week away...

In exactly a week's time... Counting down... 7 days to go... Hehex... (",)

My string of duckies in my hostel... I see them, they see me everyday... HeeX...

WOW!!! 3,000 Tickets All Sold!!!

Hurray!!! So glad... NYP has completed all our 3,000 drawn out Adoption Certificates!!! Great work!

I'm very proud of my team and all those who have supported greatly in the SCS Great Singapore Duck Race within NYP. :) It's a job well done... Now I can't wait for the actual race to launch...

Outdoor Promotion at Toa Payoh Hub

Back from our outdoor promotion of the Duck Race over at Toa Payoh Hub... At first I thought it was Toa Payoh HDB Hub... but actually it was Toa Payoh Hub and near the NTUC FairPrice. Haha ~

Anyway for today... Ms Kwa, Cindy and I were "on duty", we had actually volunteered to help out for the day...Last outdoor promotion anyway. ;) We were given permit to carry out our promotion at Toa Payoh Hub near the NTUC FairPrice, so we wandered around that area.

I would especially like to comment on some members of the public who came forward to support the Duck Race from us. There was a girl who approached Ms Kwa and she bought 6 tickets and 6 souvenir ducks right away. =) And another lady whom I sort of going to approach...but in the end I think she was the one approaching me instead...Haha!! She told me that she has been very supportive of this Duck Race in previous years and has also been collecting a series of coloured rubber duckies in her home. She adopted a racing duck from us and bought a rubber duck with blue beak which she felt that she had not collected one with this colour...

However, during the start around 12pm...sales wasn't that good. Note sure why... Maybe more and more people have heard about the duck race and some have already adopted a duck for this year's SCS Great Singapore Duck Race? Hahaha... =D

Yup... Anyway, thanks to all of you who have adopted a duck from us, especially during our outdoor promotions in various areas around Singapore over the past weeks. Also thanks Cindy for joining us at Toa Payoh Hub this afternoon. Hehex... Me starting semester at NUS next week le...seldom get to see you all le...

Our Last Outdoor Promotion for Duck Race?

Hey peeps...

We are going to have another outdoor promotion...and this might be the last one for us... basically... exams are coming for most of the student volunteers...and the best reasons... we are on the last lap towards completing our 3000 Adoption Certificates for this SCS Great Singapore Duck Race 2007 student chapter contribution from NYP. ;)

Well... not to be too confident yet... we still got to assess how many Adoption Certificates we have left with us and how we are going to plan to reach out to whoever we can this remaining days... =) Tough... Yeah, but can do it...base on our abilities and experience for weeks since we had taken up this meaningful project. :)

Alright... so this Sunday... We will be at Toa Payoh HDB Hub, around the NTUC there... haha ~ We have obtained permit for that location already so we can carry out of outdoor promotion. :) For those of you who so happened to drop by there for meals or break from your exam study marathon... do come and support us ok... hehex...