Orientation III: Post Mortem

A while ago a friend and I had a discussion about the previous Orientation, and a certain belief that it contributed to this year's second-year seniors lack of initiative in starting events and projects. Although I don't actually think that is the case, both my friend and I agreed that if such were assumed to be true, then Orientation should either be scraped or re-conceptualized to the point it does not resemble traditional Singaporean camps like those in Halls.
 
So it seems that Orientation has gone down the second path: it's a lot mellower this year. Less rousing and noise. The configuration on Orientation Groups (OG) was changed again. Participants were grouped randomly instead of House levels, and House Week was initiated to compensate intra-House bonding. Sadly, there wasn't much inter-OG collaboration.
 

Random Comment on Dining Hall

I really like the new table arrangement in the dining hall. Feels more intimate.

That's all. Post on Orientation soon. Bye.

UTRP by Tembusu

The uTown Residential Programme (UTRP) is an experiment with college lifestyle in Singapore, where student-residents 'live and learn' in one place. Plainly speaking, it is a hostel with an academic program. The program runs for two years, during which residents complete five modules and hopefully have lots of fun living the college life. Currently, there are two colleges which host the UTRP: Tembusu College and College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT).

The pioneer cohort of UTRP, which I was part of, has graduated as of the end of the last academic year (Aug 2012 - May 2013). CAPT's pioneer batch will graduate at the end of the next academic year.

Here is a general review of my two-year experience in Tembusu College: