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All the world’s their dance floor
Having won third place in an international dance competition, Joyce and The Boys are all set for their next one in Japan.
Whirling in rapture and disbelief after winning bronze at an international dance championship in Las Vegas last August, Joyce and The Boys (JATB) is all set to bedazzle the hip-hop fraternity in the Land [...]
Izzi-ly the best fine dining option around NP
Tucked in a cosy corner of NP’s Alumni Clubhouse is the latest epicurean thrill, a place that looks classy but not pretentiously so.
Just two months old, Izzi Restaurant & Bar (not to be confused with Indonesia’s casual dining restaurant chain) is immaculately furbished and serves an eclectic fusion of Western and Italian cuisine, alongside standard [...]
Fifty on 50
Edwin Thumboo
Available at Times Bookstores and Kinokuniya
To mark Singapore’s 50th year of self-governance in 2009, 50 local poets compiled their cherished memories of the country in the form of poems, photographs, and illustrations, hence the title, Fifty on 50.
Each poem and picture allows readers to see Singapore through the eyes of the authors. Edwin [...]
Electric Flying Tram-Car
Dr Igor Mortis
Available at www.ethosbooks.com.sg
Dr Igor Mortis travelled with Voyage 51 as the ship’s surgeon from March to June 1958.
From the seas of London to numerous cities in Asia, all his experiences were carefully recorded in a journal - and now immortalised in the Electric Flying Tram-Car.
There is nary a dull entry in the book, [...]
Still Travelling
Edwin Thumboo
Available at Books Actually, Kinokuniya, and Times Bookstores
Edwin Thumboo’s sixth collection of poems, Still Travelling, aims to provoke the readers’ thoughts.
The overarching message, which is that the point of travelling lies in the journey and not the arrival, is powerfully iterated, and the adroit prose invites contemplation.
This brilliant collection of poems brings its readers [...]
Beat the lunch crowd, eat out!
With Canteen 1 dearly missed, Canteen 2 and 4 undergoing renovation, and Makan Place forever packed, famished NPhibians (NP students who have reacted to the situation with versatility) have taken to using the long breaks between classes to head out of school. AARON TOH & ERICA RAE CHONG suss out the popular food haunts of [...]
The lab, my home
The Digital FX Lab (or “the lab”) was almost like her second home, during the final lap to complete final-year projects for the Diploma in Digital Visual Effects (DVFX) course.
To Chee Hui Jin, 20, the students had a “love-hate” relationship with the course filled with moments of angst, frustration and triumph. But making the lab [...]
Glad to be guinea pigs
Forty students from the pioneering batch of Psychology and Community Services (PCS) are set to chart new paths with their newfound skills.
The course is the first of its kind among polytechnics, and focuses mainly on psychology, with modules such as lifespan psychology and social psychology.
The course manager, Ms Helen Ng, says, “The course was offered [...]
Succeeding through trial and error
Coming from the pioneer batch of the Aerospace Electronics diploma course that did not have the luxury of guidance from seniors, they have more reason to be proud of their achievements.
Teo Huei and Tan Jen Kiat won awards from ST Aerospace and Eurocopter, two well-established aviation companies.
They are graduates of the Aerospace Electronics diploma course [...]
How dreary thou art
By Siti Nafisah Bte Mohd Alias, Clare Isabel Ee & Chong Si Min
npTribune sits down with a panel of 10 students to find out why Singaporean youths are apathetic towards the arts and what can be done to increase youth patronage of the arts
Bleak. Bland. Breathing its last.
These are some of the responses used by [...]
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