We will be the ones carrying out COR'10. =) These are their personal feelings towards the COR! It's indeed another channel for us to know each other better.
Any familiar faces?? Miss them?? Planning to join COR'10?? We welcome you!
Are you eager to know where we will be heading to?
So~~Stay tune!
w-^7^-w
Chairperson
Course: Economics
Year of Study: 2
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
I was in search for something new and meaningful when I first joined NTU. No doubt that NTU has very diverse choices for extra curriculum activities, but WSC, in particular Camp OutReach has appeals that caught my attention.
Having attended and organised many different camps, I felt that COR is the most unique of all. Not only did I get to know my fellow committee members better, I get to make new friends. If one were to ask me what is the strongest draw of COR, my answer would be my desire to create such bonds of friendships among new and old participants of COR, as well as keeping the ties stronger between the existing connections of facilitators and participants.
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
COR’09 has been a roaring success. It has definitely brought wonderful memories to facilitators and participants. COR’09 has generated a huge hype in NTU and among our HI friends.
The road to COR’09 wasn’t easy. There were ups and downs, stressful moments as well as light hearted ones. I guess the reason why COR’09 was so unforgettable is because of the hard work we’ve put in, and seeing our year of effort turn into beautiful smiles of appreciation on everyone’s face. I am glad I have preserved through the whole planning process for COR because in the end, I realised that all the efforts were definitely worth it.
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
As a chairperson, I would be giving the COR’10 committee new goals and direction to create a new experience for COR’10 participants. At the same time, I really hope that all participants of COR’10 would return from the camp and feel the satisfaction I felt from the previous COR’09.
I cannot guarantee that COR’10 would be a mind blowing one, but I can promise that the committee and I would put in our best efforts to our abilities. And hopefully, COR’10 will be the most unique one to come.
Vice-Chairperson
Name: Low Ying Xu
Course: Accountancy
Year of Study: 2
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
Having been through the planning stage of COR'09, I realized that there's so much to learn from others and so much to give. I have been interacting with the Deaf since 2006 and COR is a special project to me. It isn't just about planning any ordinary camp, it is about stretching ourselves to the limit, overcoming all fears and most importantly, building everlasting friendships with the participants, as well as the committee members. Being the Vice-Chairperson, I hope to create another thrilling and wonderful journey for the HI friends :)
Share with us your past experience with COR.
I was the Programme Director for COR'09 and my first COR experience at Bintan left me with great memories and even till now, I miss the days spent with my dearest Group C gang! Certain things can't be expressed through words and I am really thankful that I was given a chance to be involved in this project!
How do you think you can contribute to COR this year?
Having planned numerous camps, I hope that my experience can be an asset to planning camps at a managerial level. I will try my best to make COR another resounding success by ensuring that things fall in place and of course, I hope to groom new leaders and pass on the COR Spirit and make an impact on everyone's life :)
Course: Accountancy
Year of Study: 2
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
This is my second year in COR. After having gone through COR'09, I have to say the experience was a really special and unforgettable one. I made many new friends and I enjoyed interacting with my Hearing Impaired friends.
Hence, I decided to join COR'10 again as I hope to go through the planning process and the camp all over again! I'm sure it'll be a fulfilling experience. (:
What is the reason for choosing your portfolio?
I chose Financial Controller partly because I guess that it's kind of related to what I am studying. I can also gain experience in relation to handling money and all and also learn to be thicker-skinned when I ask people to pay money on time!3.
Share with us your past experience with COR.
We went to Bintan for COR'09 and went through several activities that I have not tried before such as sampan rowing and snorkeling. Trekking Gunung Bintan also put my perseverance to test because to me, it was a rather hard climb especially when trekking up the steep parts of the mountain.
I was the AGL of Group B and I had alot of fun with them throughout the entire camp! I felt that my signing improved quite alot after coming back from the camp too through communicating with the HIs. They are really patient in teaching me new hand signs.
How do you think you can contribute to COR this year?
Other than carrying out my portfolio duties, I would try to help my fellow members too as and when they need help. Also as a senior, I can help guide my friends who are new to COR along. (:
Name: Tan Jie Xin
Course: Accountancy
Year of Study: 1
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
-Life - Live It For Experiences. I hope to get a different experience from the unique nature of the camp and interact and gain a deeper understanding of the HI community.
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
-To fulfil my childhood ambition. Haha. Nah, secretary just sounds cool :)
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
This is my first time joining COR! I am sure it will be a fruitful journey!
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
Logistics Officer
Name: Gary Foo
Course: Accountancy
Year of Study:2
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
I joined last year and think it was really really fun. Also, I want to make more HI friends.
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
I was in business manager committee last year so I decided to try something new this year.
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
I went for COR 09 to Bintan, did alot of crazy stuff that I had never done before like scuba diving and coconut tree climbing.
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
I will ensure smooth logistics for the camp.
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
I'd like learn more about the HI community and also about sign language. I also like to interact with more people and bring the HI to see the world.
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
It's a challenging task to accomplish so much and the satisfaction felt will definitely be stupendous. I enjoy looking at places while I research as it broadens my
sight into the other parts of Asia.
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
Nope! But I will make it one of the best COR trip ever.
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
If there is one thing that one requires, it's passion. It brings one far enough beyond individual limit.
Name: Gladys, Wong Jia Li
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
I joined COR 2008 as a participant and I enjoyed myself alot. Since then, I hope to join COR every year. I want to gain more experience in interacting with the hearing imparied community and of course, have more fun with them. They are a fun group of people. My first experience in COR 2008 has left a very deep impact on me. Throughout the few days and nights with the HIs, i learnt alot from them. Not only did their teaching 'level up' my signing skills, their spirit to overcome any obstacles despite the hearing disability has wow-ed me.
So, I rejoined COR '10 to continue my journey with them! =))
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
Being Chief Terp is something which I always wanted to try out. Although it is a very stressful position (because my signing skills are not very good), but I am glad that I chose this portfolio because it will be a challenge for me! =))
I hope, by next year COR '10, my signing skills will be better! haha! I will do my best! =p
Share with us your past experience with COR if any.
I was a participant in COR '08, and i joined COR '09 too. This will be my third COR year! (sounds old!)
My buddy for COR '08 was Esther, who is very very very independent, whereas my buddy for COR '09 was Hui Furn, who is more reliant on me. So it was two very different kinda of experience. When partner with Esther, I wont have to worry much about her whereabouts. But for Hui Furn, I need to worry where was she, blahblah. Haha. Neverthless, I had so much fun with them! The most memorable thing during COR '08 was, our tent had LOTSA bugs. Spider, millipede, etc. OMG. Throughout the entire night, we didn't catch a wink at all. Because we were constantly worried about insects.
And the most unforgettable thing during COR '09 was, on the first day during sampan rowing, Hui Furn kept shaking the sampan and I kept screaming. I ended up with no voice on the first day of camp. -.-
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
I will brush up on my signing skills and widen my vocab so as to be the "bridge" between our hearing impaired friends and the instructors/participants. And my side-job is to use my "craziness" to inject lotsa fun and laughter to ceate new SPARKS in COR '10!!! =))
Chief Group Leader
Name: Madeline Lim Keng Woon
Course: NIE/ Bachelor of Science
Year of Study: 2
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
I joined COR as a participant in June 2009 and really learnt a lot from just that 4 days of experience. Although I have also interacted with the hearing impaired community previously, I felt that the 4 days was where I really learnt and enjoyed the most. Teaching tuition and living together was a totally different experience for me. Simple things like waking up or telling our buddy something is very different from what we do daily too. Also, COR’09 also allowed me to improve on my signing skills!(:
There were some participants in COR’09 who inspired me a lot. One of them is Ginny from C CUP!(: Although she is profound, she is able to lip-read and converse just like us. I remembered that she was really afraid during our snorkeling activity. However, she was very brave and went out to the open sea with the rest of the group to snorkel. She was determined to overcome her fear and this really inspired me a lot.
What is the reason for choosing this portfolio?
Although each and every one of us would have had the experience of being a group leader, I want to try out to be a group leader in an overseas trip. This is one thing that I have never tried before. Although I am still not very proficient in my signing, taking up this position will serve as a challenge to me to work on my signing and try to interact with everyone fluently.
Share with us your past experience with COR if any.
Although I had only joined COR as a participant in COR’09, it has left a very deep impression on me. On the 2nd day of camp, a group of 5 of us used the open shower at camp. It was really a very romantic experience as we had the opportunity of bathing under the stars! How many of us will get this experience in our lives? (:
Let me know if anyone of you want to join me in an open shower again this year ok? Haha!
How do you think you can contribute to COR this year?
I hope to bring my group to a higher level of MAD-ness and have lotsa fun!(:
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
Basically I got interested in COR because of my dearest HI + RSPHI friends who described their COR experience to be so EXCITING + FUN + MEMORABLE! However, the idea of joining COR came only when Gladys, our current Chief Terp as well as the legendary unglam queen, asked me if I would like to join COR'10 this year!
Hence I volunteered into COR to experience the camp for myself as well as to create another BONDING and CRAZY experience for EVERYONE (including myself!)
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
I like to interact with people as well as have fun with them! Hence CGL is my choice! I am sure I'll have a great time with the participants and facilitators! Last but not least, CHIEF group leader sounds good isn't it?
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
- Real-time COR experience: NIL~
- Post COR experiences:
(1) SEEing the cool COR'09 pictures on facebook!
(2) SEEing how my HI frens, particularly Aloysius and Issac, described how they had great fun at COR and how Aloysius celebrated his bday under the fireworks last YEAR!
(3) PRACTICING the COR makan cheer with some CORians 09 during dinner at old airport road.
(4) HEARing about the post COR outings each group has after the camp! woo~
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
To contribute to the success of COR'10 to the best of my ability. This would definitely include creating a FUN and MEANINGFUL experience to ALL CORians'10! In addition, I heard news of potential COR'10 participants planning to form a COR tau pok team. I will serve to notify my fellow committee members of the possible threats! For new participants interested in joining COR, please reject their recruitment and consider forming an anti-tau pok team to protect your fellow committee members!
Business Manager
Course:Accountancy
Year of Study:2
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
Actually my previous experience of my service learning project inspired me to join COR.
my prev proj was held tgt with an overseas organization to stage a series of performances for diabled youths who were musically inclined.The project made me realise the amount of satisfaction i could get from helping ppl so i decided to join COR.
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
My prev experience allowed me to possess skills which i thought will be most appropriately used in this portfolio hahaha.
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
My first experience! =)
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
haha i hope i can come up with more canvasing ideas and get more sponsorships so everyone in COR can have a fun and enjoyable experience!!!
Name: Tan Zhi Qi
Course: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Year of Study: 3
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
I have joined COR for past 2 years and had enjoyed the experience. I had always wanted to do my part to help the community and I think COR is one of the ways. In fact, I learnt a lot from the HI. They are very passionate and happy people and I guess their enthusiasm and optimism had influenced me.
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
I was initally appointed as the Media and Information Officier (MIO). However, I knew that I am not really competent in photograhy and video making so the decision of merging Media and Information officer with Publicity and Publication Officer (P n P) is a good idea as most of the job scopes overlap one another. Moreover, the current P n Ps are very competent to take over the job scopes of MIO.
Share with us your past experience with COR if any.
I was a P n P last year. I remembered it was a rather a struggle to produce the designs due to the unfamilarity with the software and not as artistically-inclined. However, I learnt a lot from my previous experience. It is a good learning process and I am in fact quite proud that people wore the shirt we designed and held the banner we designed when taking photos.
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
It must be very contradicting that I am neither artistically-inclined nor good with all the IT stuff, but I am in P n P. I take this as a learning point and hopefully can pick up more skills from the process espeically photography skills. I think experience is my plus point as I had been a P n P before. Furthermore, the knowledge of sign language may be an additional advantage as well though it has become quite rusty.
Name: Nicholas Teo
Course: Communication Studies
Year of Study: 1
Questions:
Why or what interest you to join COR this year?
They say that the university years are the best years of your life. I want to make the most out of it not just by having loads of fun, but helping a good cause while at it.
Even though COR is a special project where everyone works towards making that one trip a year possible, it is the camaraderie among the members, the feeling of being in a huge but close-knit family, and the life lessons we can learn from our hearing-impaired friends, that makes COR so special and heartwarming.
What is the reason for choosing the portfolio?
Being a communications student, I thought it would be natural for me to assume a position where I am able to apply what I learnt in school. Also, I love designing, photography and writing.
Share with us your pass experience with COR if any.
None, this is my first year!
How do you think you can contribute to the COR this year?
As part of the PnP team, it is my job to promote COR. I believe this can be done by creating a strong and positive identity for COR, starting with our new logo, through the subsequent revamp of the website, and also our committee and camp tee-shirts.
With a solid identity, it will be easier to attract both sponsors and participants to our camp, and I hope that COR will grow bigger as a family.
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