A group of people with the same PASSION
to build a float and design a presentation that allows us to
come together to form FRIENDSHIPS that last,
and hopefully will bring us TRIUMPH
on Rag & Flag Day 2007!!!

Monday, July 30, 2007

haha, it has been a long time since i last blogged on this blog. been so overwhelmed with all e actions happening at our rag sites aka LT11 carpark 6 & AS3 level 2 walkway. :P time really flies, soon before we know it, Rag Day will be here and Rag history will then close another chapter already. it has been really heartening to see a number of freshies coming down regularly, joining us to make our dreams come into fruition on 11th August 2007. even though it e going gets tough at times, we Raggers stood by one another all e way frm e start til now and we will cont to til e end right? i believe so. :) anyway, to all people out there reading this blog, be it freshies, seniors who've done rag before or nus students who've nvr done rag before, if you have even a tiny urge to join us do not hesitate to do so! there is not much time left for you to hesitate and consider already, before you know it, you would have lost the chance. trust me, Rag is definitely a memorable experience you wont be able to find anywhere else. let us live our passion, build and treasure friendships then bring back the triumph. WHATEVER IT TAKES! ^-^

12 Days to Rag & Flag Day 2007~!

` lets be raggerfied

Friday, July 27, 2007

25 July 2007

geylang + frog leg porridge + dou jiang you tiao + walking along the alley + rollercoaster ride = happy happy day

26 July 2007

supper again. teochew porridge + rollercoaster ride.. =) happy birthday to Sarah!

that's for now. more updates coming up. =) for those who are still thinking if u should come down to join us, make your first move now. make this your own unforgettable experience, and not just reading or listening to ours. =)

Love Love,

Shu Ping

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22 July 2007
who said that rag is all about shit work? we had our own fun as well. we went out to clementi for dinner. before that we were doing rag. kenneth, xiaoyan and serene were busily fixing the taupoline sheet so that we can have a better environment for the hard tech pple.

Love Love,

Shu Ping

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21st July 2007
this is the first garang guni which i joined, though this is the third and also the last one. BUT.. it is still super fun! we did our third garang guni at toh guan rd, which is around the same area as our second garang guni. it was raining that morning. so some of us who stayed over took cab over to the destination to meet the rest. michelle's brother and his friends from srjc came to help us as well. we grouped ourselves into groups of 8 to comb each block.

of course there will be the usual cam-whoring.. =P

makan time!! yummy yum yum..

then in the afternoon, michelle's brother and his friends had to leave. so we re-grouped ourselves again and continued with the combing of blocks. this time round, we had lots and lots of fun, at least for my group which consisted of me, serene, jeremy and bryan. we decided to compete and see if it's the girls or the guys who are able to get more stuffs.

and finally at around 5 plus in the evening, we managed to comb all of the blocks that we planned to. and we went off to balestier to have our bak kut teh!! it's very nice. thank goodness that we dont have to queue for very long. all of u should go and try the bak kut teh. it's often frequented by the overseas idols who came to Singapore. we had lots of fun pointing out the idols in all the photos that were pasted around the shop.coming to rag is not all about hard tech and soft tech. it's also about the friendship that we share. all the chatting, joking around, meals together have strengthened our friendship and have made us so much closer to each other. it makes me love rag more and more, and willingly come down for rag everyday. =)

some of us after dinner

Love Love,

Shu Ping

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` lets be raggerfied

Monday, July 23, 2007

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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Hey hey hey, I'm here to make some noise~! ;) it has been a very very very long time since i last blogged!!! haha, dun take it that nothing much has been blogged here means that nothing much has been happening or done at rag ok? u're 1000% wrong! so much has been happening at rag, tech has been making progress and dance is so chio!!! if u wan to know more, come down and see it for urself, be part of us and den feel e magic of rag which makes a lot of us come down everyday to school or even stayover in school for days! reali reali, everything is looking very hopeful and beautiful and impressive. be part of us soon if not there wont be much chance left also. why i say this leh? it is because we've only a bit more than 3 weeks before rag day 2007!!!

anyway, i log onto this blog to talk about something which i have lots of thoughts about. and it is the rag dinner that we have on Monday (16/7/07) where 22 raggers (me, Applie, Mei Chen, Serene, Nicholas, Samuel, Sabrina, Li Xin, Jing Xiong, Victor, Ivan, Guan Jie, Mei Ling, Evelyn, Xiao Yan, Jing Jun, Zaccheus, Pearl, Shu Ping, Kenneth, Lionel & Bryan) sat down on 2 big tables to have Rag family dinner!!! oh my oh my!!! sounds impressive right? sounds interesting and happening and fun right? how did we manage to complete this feat? listen on man~ ;) that day cos of can collection, we rented a lorry thus we thought of making full use of it by using it to drive Raggers out for dinner tgt. of cos not jus e lorry la, we also have guanjie's van & lionel's car!!! haha, we went to this place which lionel recommended. even though it was somewhere near school, we took a long time as e rest of us duno how to go and then we keep losing lionel zooming about in his car. :P nevertheless, we reached e place, order a lot of good food & had a very enjoyable time eating food, talking crap and laughing our hearts out.

it really feels very heart-warming. Rag like what i mentioned earlier on is more than a project, it is really like a family. we come together, with nothing tangible to bind us, but it is e fact tt all of us are willing to come tgt to achieve sth tgt tt ties us closely tgt. i duno, but whenever i tink of tt night when all of us are there eating and chatting and having e best times of our life, i feel very fortunate to be able to be part of all this, i feel very touched. it is like there are freshies, our batch people, snrs and new raggers who are nus students who've not reali done rag before. all of us, together as one big family. we dun care where we come from, we dun care who we are, we dun care if tt person is not tt likeable by others, we accept everyone for who he/she is. ppl who has nvr done rag before will nvr ever understand t feeling, i'm serious. this is a project which u have to take part in and be as heavily involved as u can afford in order to experience e magic.

Xin Yu

23 Days to Rag & Flag Day 2007~!

` lets be raggerfied

Friday, July 6, 2007

Yay, Applie is here to blog again! what abouts? RAG ORIENTATION!! here's some long-winded thank you notes to those who had helped make it possible.

First of all, thank you to all the freshies who came down for Rag orientation the past week. It has been exhilarating having you guys around and we really hope to see you again for the next 6 weeks counting down to Rag. It may not be as fun as Arts Camp, nor as exciting as O week promises to be, but it is a fulfilling project that requires not just days of fun-seeking, but months of teamwork, leadership and passion. The friendships you forge extend beyond houses and OGs and the victory that we share will not be just amongst our own friends, seniors but with the entire Arts Faculty, staff and students alike. Do ask all your friends, whether or not they have attended Arts Camp before, to come down to do Rag too!!! Come 11th August, we hope that you'll be down at The Padang with us, realising the moment of glory when months of effort and struggle boil down to that single and final presentation that will make Arts proud.

Secondly, thank you to the seniors who came down to support us despite your busy schedule! You guys did a wonderful job of guiding the freshies and integrating them into the Rag family as well as giving us valuable advice on how we can improve on the project. You guys know who you are... I'm sure the freshies would have also sensed that unwavering fervour for Arts Rag that made you come down year after year. We hope that we'll be able to carry on that tradition of passion and dedication to the following generation of Raggers as well. =)

Lastly, thank you to the committee members for mentoring the freshies during Rag orientation and exposing them to the culture and tradition of Arts Rag. It has not been easy for alot of us considering that we have just returned from Arts Camp, still having the aftermath of sleep deprivation and fatigue. But you guys came down nevertheless, to introduce the freshies to Rag and raggerfying them as much as we can. It was tough, taking into account that there were only those few of us as the rest were tied down to their own commitments elsewhere but I think we managed to pull it off and left an impression on the freshies. It was heartening to see the faces from Day One returning on Day Two, Day Three and onwards. I hope that the new friendships you have forged with them will be lasting and memorable as well!!! Good job, guys and let's work together for this remaining one month, in full speed and force towards Rag Day 2007!

` lets be raggerfied

Thursday, July 5, 2007

my turn to blog!!! yeah!! i went back for rag on tuesday and wednesday after my work to join the orientation for the freshies.. heard that a few freshies came to join us.. a very big thank you to all who came and welcome to the RAG family! =) hope all of u will decide to stay with us throughout this long journey.




i guess i should share a bit of my feelings towards rag.. when i was asked to join rag as ocomm.. i thought to myself.. 'hmm.. i heard that rag is all about sai kang, all the shitty stuffs, labour work, long hours of working blah blah..' basically nothing much that i heard abt rag from others is positive.. then i thought to myself again.. 'what's the most important thing for me when i decide to join something?' i dont know about all of u out there who's reading this.. but to me, i've always wanted to try something new, even when i may not seem to be the most suitable person to try the activity.. and i guess many pple like me will be deciding between o week and rag, since the two projects are so close to each other in terms of dates. the deciding factor actually lies in the fact that rag is something that u'll never get to experience or rather have not experienced before in ur sch life. how many times have u been involved in such a grand-scale project, building a float from scratch or performing together with the float? how many times have u been involved in a project that will be held in Padang and is part of the national day celebrations? so i made my decision and decided to join rag instead..


everyone else told me, raggers are all crazy people.. they dont sleep much.. they practically live in school 24/7.. they do rag all the time and have no social life.. i guess what raggers have in their mind is that we are working together as a team, with the same goal in mind, wanting to complete something that has been designed by all of us.. it's just like a basketball team having the same goal to be the champion during the tournament or maybe even like a choir team who aims to get gold with honours during syf.. that's the spirit we have, that's the vision we work towards.. so the determination and spirit do not only belong to the raggers.. it's within all of us.. it's just a matter of us wanting to do it or not..



so i highly appeal to all of u out there.. whether u are an ARTS student from NUS or our incoming freshies for the new academic year.. join us in this long journey. it may be tough at times, but we are always with each other as a team.. it's ok if u are coming alone.. coz u'll find company in us.. nevermind if u have decided to join o week as councillors.. join us on days that u are free.. even when it's just one day or two.. ur help will be greatly appreciated.. come feel the rag spirit.. go through the once-in-a-lifetime experience..


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updates on what we did.. on tuesday and wed night (when i was there.. the rest can update about the other activities done)

-eating at Botak Jones
-tech work
-'would u rather' game

-chit-chat



and now it's photos time!!

worksite where we will be mostly at

our hiding place.. the home where raggers live..

Come join us ya.. dont hesitate anymore.. try it out yourself instead of letting others decide for u.. =)

Love love,

Shuping =)

` lets be raggerfied

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

hey hey hey, ur friendly Rag blogger is finally back~! haha, paiseh paiseh, earlier on was too caught up with doing logistics for Arts Camp after which taking time to recover from the serious lack of slp den now finally back after settling most of the jiapalang stuff that awaits me. busy busy life sia, i very busy one so bo bian ah, heez. :P (a bit de bhb here ah, paiseh~)



anyway, i'm here to update about the most happening event for Rag 2007 which is (~drumrolls~) RAG ORIENTATION! muahahaha, why do i say that it is the most happening event leh? this is because we have finally officially welcomed a lot of freshies into the big Rag family!!! a large round of applause to every single freshie who took the time & effort down to join us in this earth-shattering event man~ wooohoooo!!! haha, a bit de high ah, dun mind me. so who exactly do we have joining us? they are the lovely Gwen, niao-king Han Jing, hyper Li Xin, earlybird Sabrina, silent Li Shi, shy Xiu Fang, sporty Juli, quiet Zhimin, trackie expert Shahmir, crappy Jing Xiong, cool Alvin, mahjong queens June & Grace, muscle man Dudley, thoughtful Cheryl & girl guide Eunice.



on top of welcoming freshies into Rag, we also managed to keep to our schedule for e past few days which is a great accomplishment! e treasure box looks marvelous, e bricks are on their way out to be part of the Aztech temple, e corrugated cardboards are getting ready to create wonderful patterns on our props & e metal frame for e submarine looks geared up to be nicely decorated into sth which we will proudly call our main float!!! i shall not go too much into details because i want u all to come down and see it for urselves!!! also, despite being on schedule, we still need all e manpower we need in order for us to do more den wat we planned for which means better work at e end of eth~! therefore, come come come & join us!!! every little effort helps & every little help matters! this is also to call out to all past Raggers, now is e time for us to come tgt and make a miracle once more! hesitate no more! come down and be part of us! there is no such thing as awkwardness, discrimination, weirdness & inferiority in Rag! we are all e same, we are all an essential part of the Rag family. now is the time to answer e call~ ;)

Xin Yu & Kenneth~for the part on freshies~;)

37 Days to Rag & Flag Day 2007~!

` lets be raggerfied

Sunday, July 1, 2007

YES IT'S HERE!

The time of the year when freshies officially join Rag is here!

Rag orientation happens:
2-4th july (mon- wed)
11am onwards, staying overnight!
Area outside LT11!
casual attire: comfortable shirts and shorts!

You are welcomed to stay overnight with us during rag orientation. on the other hand, it is not obligatory. bring along:
3 set of clothing
3 set of undergarments
sleeping bag
stationery (pen, paper, scissors, scotchtape)
toiletries
money for food
ezlink card with encoded value of $10. we may go out together for dinner

For freshies who are unable to join us for rag orientation but who are still interested in being part of the biggest and most important freshman orientation project in whole of Arts and also NUS, you can join us anytime, anyday. We will be here everyday, building our float using paper marche, cut cans and what-nots.

We will be outside LT11, from 11am onwards. Come in casual attire like shorts and old school shirts as we will be doing manual work. :P :P

See you there! any queries do call our friendly PR team
Xiaoyan 92706851
Serene 93632762
Pearl 94746587

:) Serene

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Passion.Friendship.Triumph

Rag O-Comm 2007


Kenneth: Project Director

Admin


Xin Yu: DPD Admin


Shu Ping: Treasurer


Kit Geok: Secretary


Jackson: Marketing I/C


Serene: Public Relations I/C


Xiao Yan: Public Relations I/C


Pearl: Public Relations I/C


Yun Ru: Publicity I/C


Geraldine: Publicity I/C


Mei Ling: Welfare I/C

Tech Team


Nicholas: DPD Tech


Bryan: Chief Engineer


Zac: Hard Tech I/C


Mei Chen: Soft Tech I/C


Cheryl: Techie / Soft Tech I/C


Yuen Kim: Soft Tech I/C


Jack: Logistics

Presentation


Applie: DPD Dance


Nana: Costume I/C


Shamala: Choreographer

As we say...

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