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Stephen Chow Movie Marathon

Published by
Nicholas
at June 5, 2008 in member/random/admin postings and 1OBn Events. 7 Comments

As the title suggests, I’m trying to organise a movie marathon of all Stephen Chow movies next weekend (13/14/15 June). Yes I know it will clash with the launch of MGS4, then again, it’s my house and my TV, so we could just put the controller down to watch movies for 1 day.

If not possible, then perhaps end of June? I was thinking of a BBQ cum movie marathon but I’m too lazy to organise and plan. Another issue to consider for this movie marathon would be getting the VCDs and DVDs of the movies. There are some must-haves, I’ll get lian or kwok to list them down later, please add in titles if you remember them vividly. The must have of course, would be what I think is his best movie (or 2-parter movie), the Journey to the West biopic. Awesome stuff, and I cried manly tears.

In fact, I sort of think I got my cliched views of romance from this movie.

Owning

Published by
Nicholas
at May 14, 2008 in member/random/admin postings and Miscellaneous. 12 Comments

I remember not too long ago, before we entered university, there was this conversation about 1Obn. Would we continue to pull the strings from behind the scenes, or would be we be absorbed into the mainstream university culture (for those of us entering university)?

Well, a few have gone that way. Good for them. For the rest of us, we can’t seem to shake off that tag. Look at Soukai, vice-chairman of the SMU JCC. Look at tjhan, my left-hand man. Look at LianYL, my right-hand man. Look at Xak, my (shit no more hands) left leg.

Now we just need someone to take over control of NTU. In any case, we already have KK (Ken and Kwok) in ADM.

Post-Gathering thoughts

Published by
Nicholas
at December 16, 2007 in member/random/admin postings and 1OBn Events. 3 Comments

First of all, a huge thank-you to kwok who immediately suggested his place as an alternative when my place became unavailable at the last moment.

Secondly, a big thank-you to Robin who contributed quite a bit to the food supply with that many otahs. Paiseh, you still had to pay for the dinner.

Thirdly, a big thank-you too to the person(s) who bought the drinks.

Lastly, a big thank-you to all who set aside time to be there at this event.

I’ve always complained about the difficulties of arranging the logistics for the event, but I guess the satisfaction of organizing such a gathering successfully is a form of reward for that difficulty. This time was particularly delicate though, especially with the zi char dabao thing and the last minute venue change.

Speaking of zichar dabao, I guess it won’t be repeated again. Seems that potluck/going out to eat is still the best option, payment and food quantity-wise. I ‘lost’ money, to be honest, and I can’t pinpoint the loss. Still, given that there was about $8 in 1Obn coffers, I’ll take it as using the battalion coffers.

Given the growing size of our battalion, I think it’ll be prudent to switch future events to that of a chalet. Seems that holding such events at someone’s house is quite a disturbance to the family members. I think for events next year, (in June or July), we should hold it at a chalet instead. More space, more scope for activities, more fun.

Next up would be Chinese New Year. Not sure when it’ll be, or if it clashes with mid-terms, but hopefully we can have some sort of gathering. If I don’t get a chance to talk to you again, here’s wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

Thanks Guys

Published by
LianYL
at December 10, 2007 in member/random/admin postings and emo/philosophy. 13 Comments

I just finally completed the organising of an outing event for my VJC class together with a fellow course mate and computing class buddy. It was a horrifying experience to say the least. The person who initiated the event constantly gave rhetoric suggestions and comments which were hard to manage, not to mention that a couple of other people continuously gave restrictions and demands to further entrench the stagnant discussion. When organising an event, the last thing you ever want to hear is the voice of dissent WITH nonconstructive suggestions. If you’re opposed to an idea, you retort and give a better suggestion that is totally feasible and I will gladly accept it to save the trouble and appease you. But comments “Eh, but I dun lyk that place lehz…” are just pissing me off. It’s finally settled through a non-democratic ultimatum and I must really thank this organising buddy of mine which ISN’T the person who initiated the event.

From this experience, I thought back to 1OBn and realise that organising events for this bunch of close friends had always been so much easier. We readily give in to the minor demands of others, we reason and give suggestions which are quickly agreed upon by others. We don’t kick up a fuss over whose place to meet at and we readily supply venues for gathering, food and entertainment for the benefit of everyone in the group. This thought really made me cherish this mini-organisation even more. Sure, we each have our iconic quirks and idiosyncrasies but we can easily accept each other and make it seem fun. I don’t know how long this 1OBn thing will last but for now, thanks to all of you guys who helped maintain this group and were always there to turn up for events and gatherings no matter what it takes. You have my heartfelt thanks.

We’re in the second year of this group now, and let’s hope it carries on for a long time to come.

Did you know…

Published by
LianYL
at November 15, 2007 in member/random/admin postings. 2 Comments

…that SSH Shell is enabled for the FTP account I gave you guys for access to this site?

So if you’re taking programming modules and the campus server crashes, you can use the 1obn server for programming in C. The catch is that programming on a foreign server can be quite laggy.