1. Tour London (8 Oct 2011)

Offering free walking tours in London, ICSS OGL Tours is dedicated to providing all Freshers, no matter of budget, with the best tour available. It is our goal to help ICSS Freshers fully discover the beauty and rich history of as many sights in central London as possible.

Tours would be conducted by our very own Sojourn OGLs this coming Saturday, 8th Oct, in your own OGs! We would be covering major attractions in central London, such as the London Eye, Westminster Abbey and Chinatown. Hear our ‘local’ expert guides* share with you their personal stories and insights during this riveting walkabout!

Assembly points for the respective OGs are as below. Do contact your respective tour guides for more details about the itinerary:

Jupiter: Hyde Park Corner Station, 1015 h
Osiris: Green Park Station, 1000 h
Siren: Waitrose near Gloucester Road Station, 1000 h
Hercules: Hyde Park, 1000 h
Uranus: Imperial College Mechanical Engineering building, 1000 h
Aries: Imperial College Business School, 1000 h

If you did not participate in Sojourn and have no OG, fret not! Drop Shun Ying an email at secretary@ic-singsoc.net so that you could be allocated to an OG.

* Disclaimer: Each tour is subject to our individual tour guide’s unique style of mixing history and story-telling while maintaining their own personality and flair. Any opinions made by our tour guides are not representative of Imperial College Singapore Society. :)

2. Hyde Park Picnic (15 Oct 2011)

The sun’s slowly going to sleep, but before he does that, we’re going to (try) enjoy his warm, loving embrace one last time before the looooong winter.

It’s the annual ICSS Hyde Park Picnic! Held next Saturday, 15th October, at (obviously) Hyde Park, from 1000 h onwards, we’re going to have a lovely spread courtesy of the hard work of your seniors and Exco members (as usual). We’ll be meeting at the northern side of the Royal Albert Memorial, the big, golden, obiang ttm statue. The picnic itself will be near the horse statue in Hyde Park itself, so if you don’t see us at the Memorial it means we’re inside already and YOU’RE LATE.

We’ll be having the following activities at the picnic:

Games

Soccer
Frisbee
Touch Rugby
Captain Ball

Newcomers and experts are all welcome for these games! If you’d like to participate in any one of these sports, you can form your own teams, or sign up with Yuxiang by dropping him an email at sportsofficer@ic-singsoc.net.

Alternatively, you can come dressed for sports on the day itself and just join in the fun!

Wackiest Photo Competition

There’s plenty of things to see and do in Hyde Park, so we’re holding the Wackiest Photo Competition, and the theme is Forever Love. Simply take the wackiest photo you can think of, with anything in Hyde Park: it can be the statues, the benches, even the geese in the pond! After that, send it to eventsofficer1@ic-singsoc.net by Sunday, 16th October with a short description of how it fits with the theme, and await judging by none other than Fong himself.

Remember, the funnier the photo, and the funnier the description, the more likely you are to win some very, very, VERY attractive prizes!

See you at Hyde Park! :)

3. ICSS Fiesta 2011

Hi everybody!

Hope that everyone has already settled down comfortably in their halls or their own private residences by now! Since you people have already settled down, now is the time to start exploring your kitchen and your new cooking recipes that you are desperately asking your mama to send you these few days. Now is also the time for you to level up your culinary skills.

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing to you our casual event - FIESTA!!!

In the previous year, we have observed a cooking culture heavily embedded in the Singaporean Freshers 2010-2011 (i.e our batch), and we would definitely love to pass on this special homely culture to our next batch of freshers. Fiesta is an event for ex-hall seniors to come together to cook and eat with our cutesy juniors currently living in the halls.

Autumn is settling in, so what’s better than staying in the warmth of the kitchens, with seniors and freshers cuddling together, eating and talking crap? Freshers, if you are still in the process of polishing up your art of cooking, fret not! Please do not feel inferior because this will be your chance to learn the ropes from your seniors.

Of course, the main highlight of Fiesta is a mini competition among halls. And, no prize no competition. You can stand to win the following prizes -

The best caption for your dish
The most Singaporean dish
The dish with the best presentation

Here’s what you will have to do –

1. The cookout should involve both freshers and at least 1 senior of the same hall.

2. You may submit 3 – 5 dishes for the competition. Come up with a creative caption for each dish submitted.

3. Take 01 x photo in the hall kitchen with the current hall residents and the seniors who were from the hall and also 01 x close-up photo of each dish prepared.

4. Submit the photos to Qin Zheng at eventsofficer2@ic-singsoc.net by 2359 h on 2 Nov 2011. Name the respective close-up photos using the captions that you have come up with.

5. No taking away from Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, or any form of eating outlets and supermarkets.

6. Any questions please direct it to eventsofficer2@ic-singsoc.net.

Good luck with Fiesta and do have an exciting year of cooking ahead!

4. Nottingham Games 2011 (5 Nov 2011)

Hi people,

The Nottingham Games is exactly 1 month away! This year it's going to be held on 5 November, in the University of Nottingham.

The Notts Games is a big event on our ICSS calendar. Deemed as a day of sweat, fun, action, and sometimes fierce battles, the Games has always been keenly anticipated by our members. The year's Games promises to have something in-store for everyone, with its extensive list of sports and games:

Basketball
Netball
Football
Floorball
Adventure games
Badminton
Tennis
Squash
Poker
Mahjong
Monopoly deal
Touch rugby*
Ultimate frisbee*
Table tennis*
Snooker*
Chess*
Bridge*

The availability of the last 6 sports/games would be dependent on overall participation. So do sign up now, even if you are interested in these unconfirmed 6, as the earlier and the greater number of sign-ups for them, the greater the chance they would be played!

Please contact the following Sports coordinators for the respective activity you are interested to participate in:

Qiquan: chroma_pro@hotmail.com (07519828790) for Basketball
Christine: christinehlk@gmail.com (07598797793) for Netball
Justin: justinlsb@hotmail.com (07598797759) for Football
Augustine: augustine.tanshengzhe@gmail.com (07858029772); or Gabriel Quek at quekhyg@hotmail.com (07563239455) for Floorball
Yong Wen: yongwen@ic-singsoc.net (07902115218) for Adventure Games
Yun Yi: yun_ng_yi@hotmail.com (07592399517) for Badminton
Leonard Ho:leonard.ho@gmail.com (07930111346) for Tennis
Joel Boey: joelboey@hotmail.com (07592399513) for Poker and Bridge
Heng Yu: lhy_q@msn.com (07902115215) for Mahjong
Jin Yi: jin.yi.low@gmail.com (07526940027) for Touch Rugby and Frisbee
Eileen: vicepresident@ic-singsoc.net (07592399518) for Monopoly Deal
Fong: eventsofficer1@ic-singsoc.net (07514259580) for Table Tennis
Yuxiang: sportsofficer@ic-singsoc.net (07598797770) for the rest of the sports/games and general enquiries.

Do sign up with the respective Sports coordinator by 9 Oct, Sunday. The slot availability in each team is subject to first-come-first-served basis.

So pull out your trainers and join in our fight now to outdo our result of Overall Runners-up last year! Stay tuned (Facebook and Kaya & Toast, and also from your Sports reps) for our weekly sport sessions. :)

5. ICSS Ski trip (16 Dec 2011 - 24 Dec 2011)

Last call for signups for ICSS Ski Trip 2011!

This is your final chance to sign up for ski trip before it is opened to other universities! Deadline for signups is extended to Saturday, 8 Oct. Sign up at http ://bit . ly/ICSSSkiTripRegistration.

The details of the trip are as follows:

Date: Depart from London on 16 Dec 2011 evening (last Fri of Autumn Term)
Arrive in London on 24 Dec 2011 (just in time for Christmas sales!)

Place: Les Arcs, France

Price: £530 for both skiing and snowboarding (Beginner and Intermediate courses available)

What’s included in the price?

6 nights’ accommodation and food
6 days’ full board
6.5 days ski lift passes
6.5 days ski and boot hire
12 hours of lessons
Return coach from London to Les Arcs, etc.

If you have any queries with regards to the trip, e.g. how our trip is different from those organized by other clubs, feel free to email Eileen at vicepresident@ic-singsoc.net!

6. UKSSC Regent Park Picnic (23 Oct 2011)

Hello all Singaporeans and friends!

Come join the biggest gathering of Singaporean students in the UK! Freshers and seniors are all welcomed to mingle in this informal setting. There will be free games (Frisbee, soccer, and of course please do suggest any games you want and we will try to secure the equipment) and food (provided by our particpating Partner Societies). Feel free to bring your own food and game equipment too. Even if you are not a member of any of the participating societies, do come along to picnic-hop along with everyone else!

Please also invite your friends along to the picnic!

At 12.30pm, there will be a MASSIVE photo shoot of all the Singaporeans who are at the picnic! So, please stay till the end, and be part of the photographic evidence of our 2nd Mass Singaporean Picnic in Regent's Park this time round! (:

Date: Sunday 23rd October 2011
Time: 1000 to 1300
Venue: Cumberland Green, Regent's Park (see map below)
Participating societies: Imperial College, KCL, LSE, Queen Mary, SOAS, UCL and various Affiliated Student Organisations such as VinE (others are to be confirmed)

Check out the Facebook event page at http ://www . facebook . com/event . php?eid=242716022445110.

7. Public Service Commission networking lunch

Here's a message from Ming Quan:

The Public Service Division (PSD) is organising an engagement lunch on 6 Nov (Sun) in London for students interested in public service. This will be a free informal lunch session, where you will get to connect with people from the public sector and find out more about public service careers.

Please kindly indicate your interest in this form http ://tinyurl . com/psclunch, and we'll keep you informed. As places are limited, priority seating would go to (1) students currently not on scholarship, and (2) those who register early.

See you there!

8. OSU and Contact Singapore Welcome Tea Session

Hello everyone!

OSU and Contact Singapore are organizing a tea session for all Singaporeans (especially Freshers) on Tuesday the 18 Oct 2011. They’d like to share about how to keep in touch with Singapore and stay updated about the developments-including employment opportunities back home- while studying in London. It’ll be an informal gathering with a short presentation and sharing session, complete with refreshments.

The details are as follows:

Date: 18th October 2011
Time: 5-6pm (the venue will be open from 4.45 pm onwards)
Venue: EEE building 509A-B

Best of all, the next day is College Commemoration Day, which is most probably a school holiday. So send a reply to Joshua at president@ic-singsoc.net to attend the event now!

9. EDB-Imperial Networking Event (26 Oct 2011)

EDB will be organising an EDB-Imperial Networking Event this month!

Hear about the EDB internship experience from your schoolmates like Zhan You & Dun Xiang.

EDB’s Internships are also offered to students across all years of study (including Year 1s).

To RSVP, please email joinus@edb.gov.sg (Subject: RSVP for EDB-Imperial Event) and indicate the following by 26 Oct 2011:

University
Year of Study
Course of Study

Note: EDB’s Summer Internships are only open to Singaporeans / Singaporean PRs who are not under any government scholarships.

For more information on a career or an internship at EDB, look for us at www . facebook . com/edbcareers!


Updates
Contents Tour London (8 Oct 2011) Hyde Park Picnic (15 Oct 2011) ICSS Fiesta 2011 Nottingham Games 2011 (5 Nov 2011) ICSS Ski trip (16 Dec 2011 - 24 Dec 2011) UKSSC Regent Park Picnic (23 Oct 2011) Public Service Commission networking lunch OSU and Contact Singapore Welcome Tea Session EDB-Imperial Networking Event (26 Oct 2011)
1. Tour London (8 Oct 2011) Offering free walking tours in London, ICSS OGL Tours is dedicated to providing all Freshers, no matter of budget, with the best tour available. It is our goal to help ICSS Freshers fully discover the beauty and rich history of as many sights in central London as possible. Tours would be conducted by our very own Sojourn OGLs this coming Saturday, 8th Oct, in your own OGs! We would be covering major attractions in central London, such as the London Eye, Westminster Abbey and Chinatown. Hear our ‘local’ expert guides* share with you their personal stories and insights during this riveting walkabout! Assembly points for the respective OGs are as below. Do contact your respective tour guides for more details about the itinerary: Jupiter: Hyde Park Corner Station, 1015 h Osiris: Green Park Station, 1000 h Siren: Waitrose near Gloucester Road Station, 1000 h Hercules: Hyde Park, 1000 h Uranus: Imperial College Mechanical Engineering building, 1000 h Aries: Imperial College Business School, 1000 h If you did not participate in Sojourn and have no OG, fret not! Drop Shun Ying an email at secretary@ic-singsoc.net so that you could be allocated to an OG. * Disclaimer: Each tour is subject to our individual tour guide’s unique style of mixing history and story-telling while maintaining their own personality and flair. Any opinions made by our tour guides are not representative of Imperial College Singapore Society. :)
2. Hyde Park Picnic (15 Oct 2011) The sun’s slowly going to sleep, but before he does that, we’re going to (try) enjoy his warm, loving embrace one last time before the looooong winter. It’s the annual ICSS Hyde Park Picnic! Held next Saturday, 15th October, at (obviously) Hyde Park, from 1000 h onwards, we’re going to have a lovely spread courtesy of the hard work of your seniors and Exco members (as usual). We’ll be meeting at the northern side of the Royal Albert Memorial, the big, golden, obiang ttm statue. The picnic itself will be near the horse statue in Hyde Park itself, so if you don’t see us at the Memorial it means we’re inside already and YOU’RE LATE. We’ll be having the following activities at the picnic: Games Soccer Frisbee Touch Rugby Captain Ball Newcomers and experts are all welcome for these games! If you’d like to participate in any one of these sports, you can form your own teams, or sign up with Yuxiang by dropping him an email at sportsofficer@ic-singsoc.net. Alternatively, you can come dressed for sports on the day itself and just join in the fun! Wackiest Photo Competition There’s plenty of things to see and do in Hyde Park, so we’re holding the Wackiest Photo Competition, and the theme is Forever Love. Simply take the wackiest photo you can think of, with anything in Hyde Park: it can be the statues, the benches, even the geese in the pond! After that, send it to eventsofficer1@ic-singsoc.net by Sunday, 16th October with a short description of how it fits with the theme, and await judging by none other than Fong himself. Remember, the funnier the photo, and the funnier the description, the more likely you are to win some very, very, VERY attractive prizes! See you at Hyde Park! :)
3. ICSS Fiesta 2011 Hi everybody! Hope that everyone has already settled down comfortably in their halls or their own private residences by now! Since you people have already settled down, now is the time to start exploring your kitchen and your new cooking recipes that you are desperately asking your mama to send you these few days. Now is also the time for you to level up your culinary skills. Ladies and gentlemen, introducing to you our casual event - FIESTA!!! In the previous year, we have observed a cooking culture heavily embedded in the Singaporean Freshers 2010-2011 (i.e our batch), and we would definitely love to pass on this special homely culture to our next batch of freshers. Fiesta is an event for ex-hall seniors to come together to cook and eat with our cutesy juniors currently living in the halls. Autumn is settling in, so what’s better than staying in the warmth of the kitchens, with seniors and freshers cuddling together, eating and talking crap? Freshers, if you are still in the process of polishing up your art of cooking, fret not! Please do not feel inferior because this will be your chance to learn the ropes from your seniors. Of course, the main highlight of Fiesta is a mini competition among halls. And, no prize no competition. You can stand to win the following prizes - The best caption for your dish The most Singaporean dish The dish with the best presentation Here’s what you will have to do – 1. The cookout should involve both freshers and at least 1 senior of the same hall. 2. You may submit 3 – 5 dishes for the competition. Come up with a creative caption for each dish submitted. 3. Take 01 x photo in the hall kitchen with the current hall residents and the seniors who were from the hall and also 01 x close-up photo of each dish prepared. 4. Submit the photos to Qin Zheng at eventsofficer2@ic-singsoc.net by 2359 h on 2 Nov 2011. Name the respective close-up photos using the captions that you have come up with. 5. No taking away from Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, or any form of eating outlets and supermarkets. 6. Any questions please direct it to eventsofficer2@ic-singsoc.net. Good luck with Fiesta and do have an exciting year of cooking ahead!
4. Nottingham Games 2011 (5 Nov 2011) Hi people, The Nottingham Games is exactly 1 month away! This year it's going to be held on 5 November, in the University of Nottingham. The Notts Games is a big event on our ICSS calendar. Deemed as a day of sweat, fun, action, and sometimes fierce battles, the Games has always been keenly anticipated by our members. The year's Games promises to have something in-store for everyone, with its extensive list of sports and games: Basketball Netball Football Floorball Adventure games Badminton Tennis Squash Poker Mahjong Monopoly deal Touch rugby* Ultimate frisbee* Table tennis* Snooker* Chess* Bridge* The availability of the last 6 sports/games would be dependent on overall participation. So do sign up now, even if you are interested in these unconfirmed 6, as the earlier and the greater number of sign-ups for them, the greater the chance they would be played! Please contact the following Sports coordinators for the respective activity you are interested to participate in: Qiquan: chroma_pro@hotmail.com (07519828790) for Basketball Christine: christinehlk@gmail.com (07598797793) for Netball Justin: justinlsb@hotmail.com (07598797759) for Football Augustine: augustine.tanshengzhe@gmail.com (07858029772); or Gabriel Quek at quekhyg@hotmail.com (07563239455) for Floorball Yong Wen: yongwen@ic-singsoc.net (07902115218) for Adventure Games Yun Yi: yun_ng_yi@hotmail.com (07592399517) for Badminton Leonard Ho:leonard.ho@gmail.com (07930111346) for Tennis Joel Boey: joelboey@hotmail.com (07592399513) for Poker and Bridge Heng Yu: lhy_q@msn.com (07902115215) for Mahjong Jin Yi: jin.yi.low@gmail.com (07526940027) for Touch Rugby and Frisbee Eileen: vicepresident@ic-singsoc.net (07592399518) for Monopoly Deal Fong: eventsofficer1@ic-singsoc.net (07514259580) for Table Tennis Yuxiang: sportsofficer@ic-singsoc.net (07598797770) for the rest of the sports/games and general enquiries. Do sign up with the respective Sports coordinator by 9 Oct, Sunday. The slot availability in each team is subject to first-come-first-served basis. So pull out your trainers and join in our fight now to outdo our result of Overall Runners-up last year! Stay tuned (Facebook and Kaya & Toast, and also from your Sports reps) for our weekly sport sessions. :)
5. ICSS Ski trip (16 Dec 2011 - 24 Dec 2011) Last call for signups for ICSS Ski Trip 2011! This is your final chance to sign up for ski trip before it is opened to other universities! Deadline for signups is extended to Saturday, 8 Oct. Sign up at http ://bit . ly/ICSSSkiTripRegistration. The details of the trip are as follows: Date: Depart from London on 16 Dec 2011 evening (last Fri of Autumn Term) Arrive in London on 24 Dec 2011 (just in time for Christmas sales!) Place: Les Arcs, France Price: £530 for both skiing and snowboarding (Beginner and Intermediate courses available) What’s included in the price? 6 nights’ accommodation and food 6 days’ full board 6.5 days ski lift passes 6.5 days ski and boot hire 12 hours of lessons Return coach from London to Les Arcs, etc. If you have any queries with regards to the trip, e.g. how our trip is different from those organized by other clubs, feel free to email Eileen at vicepresident@ic-singsoc.net!
6. UKSSC Regent Park Picnic (23 Oct 2011) Hello all Singaporeans and friends! Come join the biggest gathering of Singaporean students in the UK! Freshers and seniors are all welcomed to mingle in this informal setting. There will be free games (Frisbee, soccer, and of course please do suggest any games you want and we will try to secure the equipment) and food (provided by our particpating Partner Societies). Feel free to bring your own food and game equipment too. Even if you are not a member of any of the participating societies, do come along to picnic-hop along with everyone else! Please also invite your friends along to the picnic! At 12.30pm, there will be a MASSIVE photo shoot of all the Singaporeans who are at the picnic! So, please stay till the end, and be part of the photographic evidence of our 2nd Mass Singaporean Picnic in Regent's Park this time round! (: Date: Sunday 23rd October 2011 Time: 1000 to 1300 Venue: Cumberland Green, Regent's Park (see map below) Participating societies: Imperial College, KCL, LSE, Queen Mary, SOAS, UCL and various Affiliated Student Organisations such as VinE (others are to be confirmed) Check out the Facebook event page at http ://www . facebook . com/event . php?eid=242716022445110.
7. Public Service Commission networking lunch Here's a message from Ming Quan: The Public Service Division (PSD) is organising an engagement lunch on 6 Nov (Sun) in London for students interested in public service. This will be a free informal lunch session, where you will get to connect with people from the public sector and find out more about public service careers. Please kindly indicate your interest in this form http ://tinyurl . com/psclunch, and we'll keep you informed. As places are limited, priority seating would go to (1) students currently not on scholarship, and (2) those who register early. See you there!
8. OSU and Contact Singapore Welcome Tea Session Hello everyone! OSU and Contact Singapore are organizing a tea session for all Singaporeans (especially Freshers) on Tuesday the 18 Oct 2011. They’d like to share about how to keep in touch with Singapore and stay updated about the developments-including employment opportunities back home- while studying in London. It’ll be an informal gathering with a short presentation and sharing session, complete with refreshments. The details are as follows: Date: 18th October 2011 Time: 5-6pm (the venue will be open from 4.45 pm onwards) Venue: EEE building 509A-B Best of all, the next day is College Commemoration Day, which is most probably a school holiday. So send a reply to Joshua at president@ic-singsoc.net to attend the event now!
9. EDB-Imperial Networking Event (26 Oct 2011) EDB will be organising an EDB-Imperial Networking Event this month! Hear about the EDB internship experience from your schoolmates like Zhan You & Dun Xiang. EDB’s Internships are also offered to students across all years of study (including Year 1s). To RSVP, please email joinus@edb.gov.sg (Subject: RSVP for EDB-Imperial Event) and indicate the following by 26 Oct 2011: University Year of Study Course of Study Note: EDB’s Summer Internships are only open to Singaporeans / Singaporean PRs who are not under any government scholarships. For more information on a career or an internship at EDB, look for us at www . facebook . com/edbcareers!
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