Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Refrigerator Door Alarm Project

This video was created to inspire students taking the 'Refrigerator Door Alarm' project in the Fundamentals of Electronics. Click here.

Monday, July 22, 2013

NetRiders' Competition 2013

Date: 30 Sep 2013, Monday
Time: 1030 to 1700 hours
Venue: Nanyang Polytechnic
Form teams of 2 NSS students who will work jointly on answering theory questions (MCQ and fill in the blanks) and practical using Packet Tracer.
Attractive prizes and refreshment from Cisco Systems.
NP Wind Breakers for top 2 teams from NP (this is on top of the prizes from Cisco).
CCA points for all participants.
Results: Lau Kok Tiong and Dorwin Yang Junwen came in 9th.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

NP Runners' Relay 2013 (19 July)

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Team A led from start to finish. Alan grabbed the pole position and never looked back, he pulled ahead with a yawning gap from the rest, Sze KL stretched it farther, Mark Wong a bit more, Chee Yuen even more.  Zekun ran like crazy so that Liu Qi will have an easier time, Billy the 7th runner was competing against the other 6th runners.  He almost overtook me (6th runner in team B) at the finishing point. Team A won in a record time of 37+ min. For the record, this is the first time we managed to retain our title. Well done, ECE! This calls for celebration.
Team A: Alan, Sze KL, Mark Wong, Zekun, Chee Yuen, Liu Qi, Billy (Wai Sing, reserve)

Team B played the catch-up game like what Team A did last year by putting the lady runner ahead in the running order. The strategy worked beautifully. When you chase and overtake a fellow competitor, you will feel a sense of focused energy and a surge of adrenalin as you pass that person. I have my kicks.
We ran our guts out and came in fifth. Do you know what? There are only 5 prizes in the staff category and we got the last one! We are so grateful and thankful.
Team B: Ong TS, Janet Goh, Ong MT, Calvin, Khee Peng, Chee Kin, Yang Yu. (Jen Hong, reserve)

We won because we have the 3 elements of success on our side:
1. 天时: Zekun and Liu Qi are leaving us next month. Had the timing been against us, we would lose 2 key members. Billy and Teck Soon will not be available had the race been postponed a week later.
2. 地利: We are physically closest to the running track compared to all other divisions so it is easy for us to hold training.
3. 人和: We banded together to bring glory to our division.
Team A has its strong foundation in Team B and Team B benefited from the overflow of talent from Team A. Teck Soon and Yang Yu can easily replace any Team A member (other than the lead and anchor runners) with minimum impact.

Many thanks to our supporters:
Wei Lian, our cheer leader, camera lady, store keeper
Wai Sing: team 1 lap time keeper
Jen Hong: team 2 lap time keeper
Amanda, Kou LP, Eric Koh, Chua KC, Yang Yu's wife: camera man
Boon Kee: cheer leader and prize handler