I haven't received my FOC package and it's near/past the deadline!Fear not, you are not forgotten! just, lost or just unfortunate. :X Just drop us an email at wkwscifoc09@gmail.com containing your name and roughly where you stay, we'll double check for you. Meanwhile, if you're free from 6-10 july, do register for camp via the link on the sidebar or drop an email. We could make an exception or 2. (:
How and when do I pay the $60 for the camp?
You could pay us in cash on the first day of camp. Besides that don't bring too much money/valuables around. camps and valuables just don't mix. (:
Could i leave in the middle of FOC if i have something going on?
Try not to because it is a 5 day camp and you wouldn't want to miss out on any action!! If you really have no choice just tell your OGL on the first day of camp, he/she will let you know where we are when you come back (we won't be in 1 location for all 5 days). Generally, we'll be in NTU, sentosa or east coast, if you want more specific details, drop an email!
H1N1 influenza
What precautions are the committee taking with regards to H1N1
Pre-Emergency Planning
Campers’ Travel History:
During registration, campers are to declare their travel history for the past one month. The Committee would refer to the list of affected areas updated on the Ministry of Health website. As of present on 3 June 2009, the list is as followed:
i. Mexico ii. USA iii. Canada iv. Melbourne & the state of Victoria, Australia v. Kobe and Osaka, Japan vi. Chile
The Committee would follow up on campers who have visited these countries in the past month prior to the camp. They would be asked as to whether they have fulfilled their home quarantine orders.
Incident-ResponseMedicine would be administered to campers that fall ill and exhibit flu-like symptoms. They would be monitored and will be sent back home if requested.
Despite the administration of medicine, the fever / flu persists. The patient(s) is then sent to the medical facility. The Resident Medic, Chairperson and Welfare Officer will assess there is an outbreak amongst the campers.
If the said patient is diagnosed with H1N1 and deemed contagious, the Chairperson would make the decision to break camp.
5 or more campers are ill with flu like symptoms. The Resident Medic assesses the situation and deemed that professional medical treatment is necessary. The Welfare Officer would engage the relevant emergency services. The Chairperson would make the decision to break camp.
HALL
Should I stay in hall?
Personally i think that if you live more than an hour away, you should stay in hall at least for the 1st sem to just try it out. You get priority and will definitely get hall in year 1. It's rather tiring to travel via public transport and make 9am lectures. :P
Some say an active hall life is inversely proportional to good grades, is it true?
There are 3 groups of people, People who are super active in hall and spend almost all their time in hall and hardly at home but have lots of fun participating. People who don't stay in hall much and dedicate their time to people outside of hall (like school or gf/bfs) or to studying and there are people who can really balance both studying and hall life (sufficient to stay in all in year2) . It all boils down to how much you want to study really and has nothing to do with how active you are. Though hall does tend to make you sleep as late as 4am so be prepared if you really want to jump into hall life fully. CS just makes you sleep at 3am. :P
quoting from pedro:
However, Hall life is really about self-discipline. The social/obligatory needs of Hall is far more demanding than school and if you don't control yourself, your studies will go into the gutters. But nevertheless, as a freshie, I do recommend that you try it out for yourself and see if it suits you.
What's hall life like?
It's an experience! cleaning up your own room, washing your clothes, bedsheets, hanging them out and even ironing it, getting your own dinner everyday, living with a friend... If you have never done all that then it's quite a good experience (it tells you what the state of your future house will be! ) It' quite fun being surrounded by friends and waking up at 8 plus for 9am lectures (plus no long tiring mrt/bus rides) , especially if you get hall7... waking up 8.45am for 9am lectures! :D 5 mins if you walk across, 2 mins if you run. (:
quoting from lide:
hall life is great as with school life :) depending on which hall you go to, your involvement could vary. the Inter-Hall Games season is fun! but a balance needs to be achieved between your studies and having fun. uni is probably the last place you can really enjoy yourself, so you must play hard! but if you want to have at least a chance at enjoying your working life as well, then keep up the studies!
TRAVELLING
What's the best way to get to campus from the Central/northeast?
I advise you to stay in hall if you could cause it's at the very least a 1.5 hour journey. The best way is via NEL if you are along the purple line if you stay near to NEL (To serangoon pple: nel is faster than the red line), 157 from toapayoh to boonlay is not worth it. Anyway, train is faster than bus if you stay any further than bukit batok or something.
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