Warriors Calling

A message from JCRC Sports Sec. It's time for the drum call, warriors be prepared.


Dear KR Alumni,

Firstly, I would like to thank you for your undying support towards the various hall events and activities. I would especially like to show my appreciation for your support towards Kent Ridge Hall's campaign in this year's Inter-Hall Games. Your ordering of the IHG shirts have lowered the cost price of the shirts, and your generous support have allowed us to put in place several initiatives, such as improving player welfare during the Games.

I am very sure you still remember how the hall spirit really comes alive during the Inter-Hall Games. By showing each other support, cheering each other on, and consoling each other, we hope to forge a stronger and more united hall. This aim ties in with our theme this year – Warriors' Pride – which emphasizes on building a sense of pride and belonging towards the hall and the KR Family as a whole. This theme also encourages our sportsmen to have the pride to always uphold sportsmanship, but at the same time, showing a true-blue never-say-die attitude. Our punchline this year – Respect All, Fear None - further drives across this message to strive for victory while always upholding sportsmanship.

With this, I would also like to invite you to once again experience the unforgettable moments of IHG by coming down to support our KR Warriors. This season will start on the 4th of January with our takraw boys kicking off the contingent's campaign. The takraw team will face the challenges from Raffles and King Edward VII in order to proceed to the semifinals and finals which will be held on the 11th of January. The following week will also see our tennis teams in group stage action and our handball girls playing their first match on Friday. Your presence during these matches and all other events to come will be very much appreciated by our players, supporters, and all Kent Ridgeans.

Details of this week's matches are as follows:

• Sunday, 4th Jan – Takraw Group Stages vs. RH, KE7 @ MPSH 6, 9AM
• Monday, 5th Jan – Tennis Prelims M vs. SH @ SRC, 6.30PM
• Tuesday, 6th Jan – Tennis Prelims F vs. TH @ SRC, 6.30PM
• Thursday, 8th Jan – Tennis Prelims F vs. SH @ SRC, 6.30PM
• Friday, 9th Jan – Tennis Prelims M vs. KE7 @ SRC, 6.30PM
• Friday, 9th Jan – Handball Prelims F vs. EH @ SRC, 8PM

For those who are not able to come, don't worry! I'll be writing to you weekly, to update you on our contingent's progress and details of matches in the following week! :)

Hope to see you on Sunday!

Happy New Year!

Regards,
Adrianus Mradipta
Sports Director
29th JCRC
Kent Ridge Hall

Alumni Day 2008 Concluded

Thank you for your support in making this year's Alumni Day a success! Click on photos for larger view.

We are featured in AlumNUS!

We are pleased to announce KR alumnus are featured in 2 articles in the NUS Monthly alumni- THE AlumnNUS - magazine publication.

Below are the excerpts of the 2 articles. It was a proud moment to see KR alumni growing from strength to strength.

Special thanks to Jx & ah boo & others with the inputs to the articles.

More activities to follow, stay tuned!

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Photos & updates of the KR Alumni Day 2008 would be out shortly.

Happy Holidays!

Alumni Day 2008 Details

Dear Alumni,

You are all invited to KR's ALUMNI DAY 2008! It will be held at NUS SRC/KR MPSH this year and it's probably one of the few times you can meet up with your ex-teammates and hallmates!

Details as follows:

13th December 2008 (Saturday)
F.O.C.

Programme summary:

• 1345: Start of Registration (please register to get souvenir) at

1. KR MPSH (for Takraw dudes)
2. SRC Handball courts (for all other sports)
   

• 1400: Start of Games Part 1 - Handball guys & girls, Takraw guys (to be played in KR MPSH), Touch Rug girls
• 1530: Start of Games Part 2 - Soccer guys & girls, Basketball guys & girls
• 1800: Start of Dinner (KR MPSH)
• 1915: Start of Cultural Performance (KR MPSH) - A Cappella, KRX, Choir, Rockers, Inspire
• 2030: Free & Easy
  

Points to note:

1. Sports to be played are determined by the current team captains' interest. However, if your favourite sport is not in the schedule, you are welcome to grab your kakis for your own game! We are sure we can accommodate space for you all, for e.g. Frisbee and Captains' Ball can be played anywhere and Volleyball can be played in the MPSH. Just let us know in advance!
2. Bring a set of dark and light color attire to facilitate gameplay. Also, bring a fresh change of clothes if you would like to shower or freshen up in hall.
3. Dinner is provided. Please stay for dinner so food is not wasted (we catered for 100 pax!)
4. There will be cultural performances from current residents AND the alumni! We're sure you miss those days of performing on stage or seeing the familiar faces on stage like Lin, Jiemin, Huiting and more! Do give them your support!
5. We will be screening past videos in the MPSH at dinner time. The NEW KR Jackets will be on sale and the IHG singlets/t-shirts/polos will be ready for collection too!
6. Whether you are game for a sports challenge or want to perform or just want to catch up with friends over dinner, let us know your attendance ASAP by contacting us! Feel free to approach us if you have any queries too.

• Handball & Basketball guys & girls: Wilson Tham (9756 8594)
• Soccer guys & girls & Cultural performers: Alvin Yang (8112 8317)
• Takraw guys: Martin Yong (9367 9666)
• Touch Rug girls & any other general matters: Joseph Chan (9488 0625)
  

Please confirm attendance (with the above names/contacts) by this Friday 5th December 2008.

KR Alumni Day 2008
Organized by Alumni Secretariat, supported by KRAC.

Alumni Day 2008

The much-awaited Alumni Day is back! Previously known as Alumni Sports Day, this year you can look forward to cultural performances on top of the usual sports! Who knows, some of you may be performing on stage along with the current residents as well!

Keep 13th December (Saturday) free! More details will be released later.

WARRIOR t-shirt up!

The year end is nearing, with great festive season awaiting us. Looking back, many of us would recall the intense IHG trainings, with as much as 4 trainings/day, running drills in the middle of the hot sun + many many routines that made us wonder 'how did i managed to survive that'. 

Now, as Alumnus, we can no longer rule the courts like we used to, however, we can still show the undying 'sea of blue' support via other means. This yr, the KRAC has tie in with the Sports Management Unit "SMU" to crave our Alumnus' support to remind the warriors of our presence. 

A 'Supported by KR Alumni' tagline would be strewn across every sleeve of IHG t-shirt, to unite the young, old and past residents together on the battlegrounds, to remind us of every sweat & blood we gave this hall together. Every shirt ordered will bring down the overall production costs by x cents. (rule of economies of scale)

Take a look at this year's design. Do your part & order your KR IHG Warrior Tshirt. (Franklin has already done so). The prices are as below: 

Round neck t-shirt - $6
Singlet - $6
Polo shirt - $8

Sizes avail are in XS/S/M/L/XL/XXL/XXXL/XXXXL

Drop me an email (kr.alumni@gmail.com) /sms (9624 8059) for orders now. 

KR Warriors!

AlumNUS Feature

KR Alumni will be featured in the January 2009 issue of AlumNUS Magazine which will be out by December 2008! Here are the original article and accompanying pictures, in case the editor makes amendments due to size constraints.

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Be sure to grab a copy of the magazine in December!

Also, here are some words of thanks from the 2008/09 Flag and D&D chairpeople:

Cultural Night

Cultural Night 2008 will be held on the 29th October 2008 at 8pm in the KR MPSH. Usual highlights include our massively impressive K6. There will be a booth outside MPSH for the alumni, see you there!

Annual KR Night Cycling 2008 [UPDATED]

Wanna work out those phats?
Wanna race up kent ridge park?
Wanna peek at monkeys at labrador park?
Wanna feast at supper outlets?

Join the KR residents for the Annual KR Night Cycling. (Yes, its rescheduled from Sem2 to Sem1 due to Chingay commitment. I'm sure you guys will understand ;) )

Details as follow:
It will be held on the 31st OCT 08.
Route will be from Kent Ridge Hall to East Coast Park.
Flag off time will be at 1015pm and estimated to end around 5am.
The cost is $20 (with bike rental) and $12 (without bike rental).

Pls contact the current blkheads as below:
A Blk Head - Tan Tze Wee - 98190362 - tzewee85@yahoo.com.sg
B Blk Head - Eng Tat - 96265016 - engtat.cheong@gmail.com
C Blk Head - Johnny - 92970970 - lin_wen_jie@hotmail.com
D Blk Head - Oliver - 98651629 - olikao88@hotmail.com
E Blk Head - Daniel - 97560221 - daniel.lean@hotmail.com

Alternatively, you can drop us a mail & we can link you up with the organizing commitee.

Brought to you by KRAC

Concluded: Board Games 2008

A sunny afternoon see close to 20 alumni gathering back at SMU Settlers cafe pitting against each other with games like 'Walk the dog', 'The Saborteur', The Settlers' among many others. 

Even tho it was a small gathering, we see & hear big laughter & fun from those who came. Special thanks to ken & Vince for effort in organzing this event. 1 major takeaway from from these games is never never ever choose color 'orange' cos no one wants to trade with you & u will end up alone up in the mountains. (same as real life)

ah soh being the 'intellect' here

ah boo modelling her 'boogle'

master of the boards

the settlers contenders

the professor 

the lovely couple

blur player

Watch for more events coming your way! 

Brought to you by the KR Alumni Commitee 

Settlers UPDATED

How to get there?
Destination: SMU, 80 Stamford Road, #B1-61 (Big Step) Singapore 178902
It is located within the School of Information Systems

BY BUS
Hotel Rendezvous Stop
106 111 124 128
14 16 162 167 171 174 175 190
36 502 518 576 578 579 581 587
7 700 77

BY CAR
You can park at the SMU car park (B2). Anywhere near areas 1 – 6 will be nearest to the cafe.

Attendance so far:
1. Alvin Yang
2. Cheng Huann
3. Cheng Yow
4. Tan Jingxian
5. Vincent Gan
6. Kendrick Chua
7. Wilson Tham
8. Brendon Leung
9. Swee Yong
10. Rachel Tan
11. Jason Seah
12. Rina Lai
13. Jasmine Loh
14. Yongqiang
15. Waterboi
16. Zhongming
17. Nikki
18. Yinqi
19. fenchao
20. mrs yeoh

Facebook’s “Maybe”
1. Yannick
2. Martin Chong
3. Ivan Low
4. Ryan Hong
5. Franklin Cho
6. Yaozong
7. Sherri Liao
8. Alphonsus
9. Yock Keng
10. Aili
11. Lester Teo
12. Ian Low
13. Shimin
14. Big S
15. Small S
16. Shuying


Come join us now!

Alumni Board Games 2008 Prelude

Think Board Games should be Bored Games and not your cuppa tea?

Think again!

In preparation for this Sunday's Games, we gathered last week to familiarize ourselves with the games as part of dry run. We can't tell you how much fun and laughter we had in one afternoon, you gotta be there on Sunday to find out for yourselves!

Of course the games require some usage of the brains, but nothing like the kind of intensive work your brains go through everyday at work. You will be GRATEFUL for this break, we assure you!

Vincent the Games expert.

This is one of our favourite games! Brendon was the slyest of us all.

Introducing Mrs Yeoh Cheng Huann!
She will be helping out this Sunday, be sure to welcome her into our KR family.

Introducing our latest addition to the Alumni Committee Alvin Yang!
He is still considering about taking over Kelchoo's position (now that KC's based in China), but after many otaks and fishballs, we take it as a yes.

Our other favourite new game, Settlers of Catan!
(Settlers Cafe was apparently named after this game.)
Cheng Huann was the big winner, no surprises because you know how analytical, quick and a good planner he is.

Sadly, Wilson was the loser, because he was suay enough to choose ORANGE!
I mean, why will we support the Sh***** Hall settlement and development right? So everyone refused to trade with him and instead, stole from him.
Will this happen to the Orange team on Sunday too?
(Just remember NOT to choose orange, maybe Vince will go home and paint the building blocks green or yellow.)

At the end of the day, we were super amazed that people are actually so innovative (and yes, FREE) to come up with such games. Is there an Institute of Board Games Research and Development statutory board somewhere out there?

More details on location and instructions to get to our Games venue coming soon!

Alumni Board Games 2008

Too stressed from work?
Need a break?

Then don’t miss out on the Kent Ridge Alumni Games!
Catch up with fellow alumni members while you relax and unwind to a wide selection of board games. Whether it’s moving to Mayfair and building your luxury hotel or getting buzzed at every ‘Taboo’ word, we are sure it will be an afternoon of fun and laughter!

Details of Event
Date : 12 October 2008
Time : 12pm – 4pm
Venue : Settler’s Café SMU
Ticket : $10

To Register, pls contact us at kr.alumni [at] gmail . com or give a sms to Vincent Gan @ 9766 3136

For more details on how to get there, stay tuned!