30th March marked a very special day for all the Premier
Scholars in NTU, the annual Premier Scholars Program Sports Day is here!
Everyone was up early and preparing for the sports day even before the event
began. Our excitement warmed up the atmosphere despite the morning drizzle in
NTU. While most of the scholars are not particularly sports-inclined, we still
did our best in scoring and cheering our friends on.
Cheering the CN Yang “Dream Team” on for Ultimate Frisbee!
Even though in the end of the day, my team did not manage to
win anything, but the time spent with good friends in the program reminded me
that no matter how tough the journey ahead of us is, we will all face it
together.
On top of that, all the funny moments and bloopers of the event will be sure to stay in our memories for a long time to come!
Oops… a misplaced REP pass wins the Frisbee game for CN Yang!
Ready Player Yang was a rather unique event as it invited its participants in exploring gaming as a way to unwind and have fun, after the arduous studying for our exams. Although quite a few of us have not played any sort of games for years, we still enjoyed fixing 2D jigsaw puzzles, defusing a bomb through intense teamwork, and playing a myriad of Nintendo Switch games (and failing quite a fair bit).
Tetris… with real blocks!
Other games varied from the card game “Limpeh Says”, and a mini thriller game resembling Slenderman.
A fun game of “Limpeh Says”
We even had a prize ceremony at the end of the event, which saw the best team getting their very own brand new board game. Overall, we had a great time and discovered a new way to socialise and test our problem-solving skills in a recreational way.
Silence fell in this dimly-lit room. Everyone was aiming down the barrel intensely. My heart pounded harder than ever. I could feel blood rush into my brain, giving heightened awareness and sight in the darkness. Droplets of sweat streamed down my cheeks. We were all in position, some of us behind waist high covers, others camping behind windows. Patience is key to an ambush.
“They are in! Fire! Fire!”. Once the first few enemy team members entered the room, the dark room was brightened by the sheer number of laser beams. We could see the enemy pushing each other to struggle out of the line of fire. We aimed at them across the room as they desperately tried to find cover before retaliating, to no avail. They were mercilessly gunned down by our formidable lasers. Pinning the enemies in one corner, we thought to ourselves, “We can win this!”
Laser beams flying as the teams charged into battle
All of a sudden, my sensors began to vibrate. I was shot. Someone went behind the formation and wiped out the team. Within the few seconds, all our meticulous co-ordination vaporized into nothing. We could no longer pin the main group of enemies in the corner as our guns had to reset. They broke free and came for my teammates. All hell broke loose.
We had an exciting and wonderful time playing laser quest.
“The PEW! War” was organized by CN Yang Scholars Programme Special Projects Portfolio as the finale event of this academic year. The PEW War was a Laser Tag event held at Laser Quest @ HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok. After the hectic past month of research report writing, presentations and the inconceivably brief time to study for finals, all of us needed to relieve stress. The timing for this event could not be more opportune. It offered the CN Yang scholars a great time to catch up on each other’s lives and strengthen friendships even as the academic year came to a close. Seniors and juniors came together to bond over some light games and good food.
The CN Yang Scholars’ Club (CNYSC) is set up and run by the scholars of the CN Yang Scholars Programme. The management committee is elected by the scholars on an annual basis.
