YES 2009!
back with another long post =)
ok so, went for YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium) on the 17th and 18th! super fun and enriching hence the post, yup! =D
firstly, photos are on facebook...so go there and see for yourself ok?
shall start with a chronological recount of the whole thing i guess.
opening was a little dry and draggy in my opinion, so fast forwarddddd
i remember how a few of us rj guys stepped into the breakout room that we were assigned (by the way i got food and beverages industry haha), and then the atmosphere was a little awkward. but evan kind of broke the ice by quickly starting an introduction and yup, we got off from there! nice one evan =)
talks by mr kelvin lim, mr soon loo and the like were all very inspirational, entertaining and just great. i like how they were dynamic and yet managed to bring the point across all the same.
and of course, the meals were simply ^.^ by the way, 10bucks for 2 refreshments 3 meals 1 goodybag and 1 shirt is a really good deal! all owed to economies of scale i guess =)
then there was YES challenge opening, and breakout discussions. sadly it got off to a pretty awkward start, with the 5 of us not really knowing each other. and i ended up becoming the leader of the discussion...raffles power! yay haha. ok that was not meant to be ego/suan...in case anyone from other schools think so.
after that was industry visit! to miss clarity cafe. first time there, didn't even hear of it before then. but was a really refreshing and insightful experience. it's not every day that you get to hear about a real life entrepreneur sharing their real life experiences, takeaways and challenges. you won't get to hear this kind of thing in the adult world eh, truly.
day 2 now!
team building games was pretty lame...building the tallest tower out of newspaper and masking tape that could hold up 8 "wallets" and not fall. >.> nothing much to say, except we had fun crazing over pia-ing tape all over the structure XD
quick pitch didn't go according to plan zzz. we ran out of time and me being the last speaker, didn't get to speak! pfft. but the judges were nice and gave friendly comments.
parallel sessions were alright la. first one was entrepreneurship 101, something about how to start up your business. but the funny thing is i don't actually recall the speaker mentioning anything about "starting up a business"! only things like sharing his own experiences, and some general life principles and stuff. =/ second one was understanding the consumer, was a nice talk.
preliminary round presentation was next. bleh, we ran grossly out of time again! i'm starting to wonder if there was a problem with the timekeeper or something. and we didn't get chosen to represent our industry for the finals, boohoo...
then there was a really good talk by mr eric feng. haha, all the stuff about his dating experiences and that were super funny and...relevant? X) yup anyway, he's some really imba speaker. enough said? =)
YES challenge finals was great too. especially our F&B group! evan ma/asava aree is like the new cool seriously. i think all the rjc people had their jaws hanging after his presentation. now, i need to go re-watch that video of him with his award-winning lines...XD
and then dinner was superb. it was like super super super imba. so good that i ate 1.5 plates of food =)
okok. gotta share something ridiculous/hilarious here. cause it was dinnertime and the rj peeps were together. not sure why, but suddenly 3 of the girls (i believe it was grace yingling and esther) burst out into laughter. then...
me: "eh what are you all laughing at?"
them: "don't look up their skirts" (referencing to some girls one floor above. bytheway i have no idea why girls would even think of this kind of stuff)
AND APPARENTLY...i did this.
me: "huh?" *looks up; everyone starts laughing like crazy at me as they can't believe i did that*
ok now to clarify things up! i looked up because i had only processed the first half of the sentence. and you know when people ask you "don't see something", all the more you will go and see right? yup. then only after i looked up did i realise what they meant...as in the second half of the sentence got into my head.
wait there's a follow-up to this.
after they were done laughing at me, i wanted to comeback with something witty or sorts. but i held back because i thought it would have sick connotations (which i did not intend any by the way). here's what i said.
"i wanted to say something but i can't..."
AND FOR SOME REASON THEY ALL HEARD IT AS "SEE".
now surely you must have got that. "see" as in, the stuff about looking up skirts and all. yea, then more laughter burst out. >.> buay ta han la...i got mistaken for some lecher now la. pfft.
ok the reason why i'm even putting all this up here is because i'm sure you all out there have eyes to judge what kind of person i am...and that i am in no way a sick or perverted person! if you still think i am then go and jump off your house rooftop now. yes right now. =)
ANYWAY...back to the programme.
went back to the hall for the second half of the YES finals. shall not talk too much about the presentations in particular la, it'll get super sian. but then me and kaushik started getting high and singing the college anthem, batch song, bla bla other random songs. woots XD and i cannot figure why sharon thinks it "disgusting" when it is really freedom of expression in action! =D it's way fun, kbox please! haha and i'm amazed at how well i can hit it off with kaushik ;) newfound best friend!
yup and for the award presentation, the 3 top teams all had a rj member inside! ownage rj sweeping victory woots! good job karthikeyan evan abhi =)
hmm, guess that pretty much rounds up the main highlights of the programme...now moving on to reflections/afterthoughts! am i using too many words huh. my post lengths are like...essays X10. X(
YES was as i said a really wonderful experience. from getting entrepreneurship insights, personal experience and making friends with people from other colleges, a really good combination. i had lots of fun being lame and things like that XD bleh i totally defied the raffles stereotype i guess. but then again who cares about stereotypes! raffles doesn't equate smartest or most capable. it's just the determination and willingness to strive and succeed that differentiates people.
and i think i can ascertain the fact that i am super funny in my own special way =) how many people have laughed at the stuff that i have said throughout the past 2 days lor...eh ok wait i'm getting ego. i shall stop..
bleh, and i kena-ed a scandal in just one day! like >.> enilda kept laughing at the things i said...and then chia ern belives that she likes me. diao. ok notice i use the word scandal. meaning that ITS NOT REAL and just a random gossip and speculation. i have other people in mind so...yea. =)
oh, and i actually look like a teacher/scholar? i get people telling me that. wow...nice.
in short, i'd do YES all over again. YES i would =D
as for being a possible future entrepreneur, hmm...my parents don't think too much of this risk-taking business, but well, i'd leave that option open personally for now =) it may just be useful/the thing to do in future so yup!
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now, a little about other stuff.
npcc camp's next week, and i've actually been struggling somewhat over whether i should sacrifice one day of it to camp home and mug. my mugging progress is really bad and i'll really gg if CTs proceed as planned (RJC please declare no school for another week!!!). but then, after YES i realised that having passion also means unconditional giving no matter what. and i do have a personal calling and responsibility towards RINPCC so it just isn't right for me to give it up because of books. and so i made up my mind to go for the entire camp (though i'd bring some stuff to mug in the night if the chance arises). heck the exams, how much joy can you get out of seeing 4As on your record? not as much as going for npcc for me. and i shall get a camera from my sis to spam pictures! finally =D
alright that should round up another one of my imba long posts...and now i'm gonna have to get back to physics/econs. =(
ok so, went for YES (Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium) on the 17th and 18th! super fun and enriching hence the post, yup! =D
firstly, photos are on facebook...so go there and see for yourself ok?
shall start with a chronological recount of the whole thing i guess.
opening was a little dry and draggy in my opinion, so fast forwarddddd
i remember how a few of us rj guys stepped into the breakout room that we were assigned (by the way i got food and beverages industry haha), and then the atmosphere was a little awkward. but evan kind of broke the ice by quickly starting an introduction and yup, we got off from there! nice one evan =)
talks by mr kelvin lim, mr soon loo and the like were all very inspirational, entertaining and just great. i like how they were dynamic and yet managed to bring the point across all the same.
and of course, the meals were simply ^.^ by the way, 10bucks for 2 refreshments 3 meals 1 goodybag and 1 shirt is a really good deal! all owed to economies of scale i guess =)
then there was YES challenge opening, and breakout discussions. sadly it got off to a pretty awkward start, with the 5 of us not really knowing each other. and i ended up becoming the leader of the discussion...raffles power! yay haha. ok that was not meant to be ego/suan...in case anyone from other schools think so.
after that was industry visit! to miss clarity cafe. first time there, didn't even hear of it before then. but was a really refreshing and insightful experience. it's not every day that you get to hear about a real life entrepreneur sharing their real life experiences, takeaways and challenges. you won't get to hear this kind of thing in the adult world eh, truly.
day 2 now!
team building games was pretty lame...building the tallest tower out of newspaper and masking tape that could hold up 8 "wallets" and not fall. >.> nothing much to say, except we had fun crazing over pia-ing tape all over the structure XD
quick pitch didn't go according to plan zzz. we ran out of time and me being the last speaker, didn't get to speak! pfft. but the judges were nice and gave friendly comments.
parallel sessions were alright la. first one was entrepreneurship 101, something about how to start up your business. but the funny thing is i don't actually recall the speaker mentioning anything about "starting up a business"! only things like sharing his own experiences, and some general life principles and stuff. =/ second one was understanding the consumer, was a nice talk.
preliminary round presentation was next. bleh, we ran grossly out of time again! i'm starting to wonder if there was a problem with the timekeeper or something. and we didn't get chosen to represent our industry for the finals, boohoo...
then there was a really good talk by mr eric feng. haha, all the stuff about his dating experiences and that were super funny and...relevant? X) yup anyway, he's some really imba speaker. enough said? =)
YES challenge finals was great too. especially our F&B group! evan ma/asava aree is like the new cool seriously. i think all the rjc people had their jaws hanging after his presentation. now, i need to go re-watch that video of him with his award-winning lines...XD
and then dinner was superb. it was like super super super imba. so good that i ate 1.5 plates of food =)
okok. gotta share something ridiculous/hilarious here. cause it was dinnertime and the rj peeps were together. not sure why, but suddenly 3 of the girls (i believe it was grace yingling and esther) burst out into laughter. then...
me: "eh what are you all laughing at?"
them: "don't look up their skirts" (referencing to some girls one floor above. bytheway i have no idea why girls would even think of this kind of stuff)
AND APPARENTLY...i did this.
me: "huh?" *looks up; everyone starts laughing like crazy at me as they can't believe i did that*
ok now to clarify things up! i looked up because i had only processed the first half of the sentence. and you know when people ask you "don't see something", all the more you will go and see right? yup. then only after i looked up did i realise what they meant...as in the second half of the sentence got into my head.
wait there's a follow-up to this.
after they were done laughing at me, i wanted to comeback with something witty or sorts. but i held back because i thought it would have sick connotations (which i did not intend any by the way). here's what i said.
"i wanted to say something but i can't..."
AND FOR SOME REASON THEY ALL HEARD IT AS "SEE".
now surely you must have got that. "see" as in, the stuff about looking up skirts and all. yea, then more laughter burst out. >.> buay ta han la...i got mistaken for some lecher now la. pfft.
ok the reason why i'm even putting all this up here is because i'm sure you all out there have eyes to judge what kind of person i am...and that i am in no way a sick or perverted person! if you still think i am then go and jump off your house rooftop now. yes right now. =)
ANYWAY...back to the programme.
went back to the hall for the second half of the YES finals. shall not talk too much about the presentations in particular la, it'll get super sian. but then me and kaushik started getting high and singing the college anthem, batch song, bla bla other random songs. woots XD and i cannot figure why sharon thinks it "disgusting" when it is really freedom of expression in action! =D it's way fun, kbox please! haha and i'm amazed at how well i can hit it off with kaushik ;) newfound best friend!
yup and for the award presentation, the 3 top teams all had a rj member inside! ownage rj sweeping victory woots! good job karthikeyan evan abhi =)
hmm, guess that pretty much rounds up the main highlights of the programme...now moving on to reflections/afterthoughts! am i using too many words huh. my post lengths are like...essays X10. X(
YES was as i said a really wonderful experience. from getting entrepreneurship insights, personal experience and making friends with people from other colleges, a really good combination. i had lots of fun being lame and things like that XD bleh i totally defied the raffles stereotype i guess. but then again who cares about stereotypes! raffles doesn't equate smartest or most capable. it's just the determination and willingness to strive and succeed that differentiates people.
and i think i can ascertain the fact that i am super funny in my own special way =) how many people have laughed at the stuff that i have said throughout the past 2 days lor...eh ok wait i'm getting ego. i shall stop..
bleh, and i kena-ed a scandal in just one day! like >.> enilda kept laughing at the things i said...and then chia ern belives that she likes me. diao. ok notice i use the word scandal. meaning that ITS NOT REAL and just a random gossip and speculation. i have other people in mind so...yea. =)
oh, and i actually look like a teacher/scholar? i get people telling me that. wow...nice.
in short, i'd do YES all over again. YES i would =D
as for being a possible future entrepreneur, hmm...my parents don't think too much of this risk-taking business, but well, i'd leave that option open personally for now =) it may just be useful/the thing to do in future so yup!
---
now, a little about other stuff.
npcc camp's next week, and i've actually been struggling somewhat over whether i should sacrifice one day of it to camp home and mug. my mugging progress is really bad and i'll really gg if CTs proceed as planned (RJC please declare no school for another week!!!). but then, after YES i realised that having passion also means unconditional giving no matter what. and i do have a personal calling and responsibility towards RINPCC so it just isn't right for me to give it up because of books. and so i made up my mind to go for the entire camp (though i'd bring some stuff to mug in the night if the chance arises). heck the exams, how much joy can you get out of seeing 4As on your record? not as much as going for npcc for me. and i shall get a camera from my sis to spam pictures! finally =D
alright that should round up another one of my imba long posts...and now i'm gonna have to get back to physics/econs. =(
posted by Pan-san at 6/20/2009 02:45:00 PM
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