Scholarships

Dear Terence

Thank you for applying for the URA undergraduate scholarship. We are pleased to inform you that we have shortlisted you for lst round Geography scholarship interview. Prior to the interview, we need you to sit for an essay test where the subject matter is related to our planning work.

The purpose of the essay test is to test your written skills and ability to formulate ideas and to articulate them in a logical and concisemanner. We will provide you a computer for you to type out your essay.

Details are as follows:

Essay Test Date: Thursday, 3 Apr 08
Time: 11.30 am sharp

Venue: 4th Storey Computer Room (pls use the bubble lifts)
Urban Redevelopment Authority 45 Maxwell Road The URA Centre Singapore 069118

Important Note: Please bring with you a set of your supporting documents(educational certificates, CCA record, testimonials, birth certificate,etc) if you have not submitted them to us. We need these documents for the scholarship interview.

Interview Date: Friday, 11 Apr 08
Time: 5.10 pm (pls come by 5.00 pm)
Venue: Rm 5-1, 5th Storey (pls use the miconic lifts next to thesecurity counter after changing for a visitor's pass)
Urban Redevelopment Authority The URA Centre 45 Maxwell Road Singapore 069118

Please email me to confirm your attendance at the Essay Test and Interview and feel free to contact me for clarification. If you are serving National Service and need an excuse letter, please let me know early so that we canprepare it for you (remember to let me have the addressee for the letter).

With best wishes

****

Dear Heng Joo Kuang Terence,


Greetings!

We refer to your application for a PSC Scholarship. As part of the application procedures, candidates are required to attend 1) a psychological interview and 2) an interview with the Public Service Commission Scholarships Selection Board. Your psychological interview will be conducted by an interviewer from the Civil Service College Consultants. The details of your interviews are appended below:

1) Psychological Interview:

Date of Psychological Interview:
28 March 2008

Reporting Time:
6.30pm (The entire session will last approximately 4 hours)

Venue:
Civil Service College, 31 North Buona Vista Road, Level 1, Security Counter, Singapore 275983

Remarks:
Before reporting for the interview, please ensure that you have a full meal and bring along a sweater or jacket, if necessary. Do also note that on the day itself, you will be asked to complete a brief questionnaire prior to your psychological interview. No prior preparation is required for the interview.

Please bring along your Secondary School and Junior College CCA certificates or records on the day.


2) Public Service Commission Scholarships Selection Board Interview:

Date of Commission Interview:
To be confirmed at a later date

Interview Time:
To be confirmed at a later date

Reporting Time:
At least 30 minutes before your interview time. Please bring along your NRIC for verification.

Venue:
Public Service Commission Secretariat, 100 Victoria Street, #08-01 (Conference Room), National Library Building, Singapore 188064

Please confirm your attendance for the interview by replying to this email (with history) before 27 March 2008. We would like to seek your cooperation to provide an early response so as to facilitate your interview arrangements. If you have any queries, please contact Mr Devin Chan at (65) 6874 9885 or Ms Christine Foo at (65) 6874 1855.

We look forward to your early confirmation soon! Thank you and all the best.

****

Woots! Yayness!

Posting

Name: HENG JOO KUANG, TERENCE

Comd SAF BMTC wishes you all the best in your future posting.

Your Posting Order is listed below:

1. You are posted to AFS.
2. Your vocation is AIR DEF WPN OPR.
3. Your are to report to: Air Force School, Multi-Purpose Hall.

Reporting Date/Time: 24/03/2008 at 0745 hrs.
Person to report to: Admin Officer
Contact Number: 64618583/84

You are required to report in smart no.4 uniform (PES E recruits to be in No 3 uniform), except for those assigned to Police Force.
4. Special Instruction: No Camera Handphone is allowed. Please bring along 4 passport size color photos, a set of PT Kit, photocopies of highest educational certificate, result transcript and own writing materials ONLY on the first day of reporting. FBO is NOT required.

Hong Kong (Day 2)

Day 2: Enlightenment and Extravagance

We started the day with a trip up the hills to visit the world's largest outdoor seated bronze Buddha. We took the cable car up the Ngong Ping Hills and the cable car ride seemed so never-ending as we hovered above Lantau Island for more than 25 minutes, covering a distance of nearly 6KM.


View from cable car




My parents and my cousin!



Buddha spotted!




Ngong Ping Village! The village is located at the foot of the hill where the giant bronze Buddha is seated.








That's 250 steps to the giant Buddha!

Fans of The Amazing Race should recall that one of the Fast Forwards in Season 2 of this reality TV show was located here. Tara and Wil wanted to try for this Fast Forward, but decided against it as they thought the ferry they missed carries Chris and Alex, whom they presume are also going to try for the Fast Forward.





Next, we visited the nearby Po Lim monastery and had our lunch there.


Simple vegetarian fare!

Next, it is an MTR ride to Wong Tai Sin station to visit the Wong Tai Sin Temple!


Trains in Hong Kong are installed with this system that tells passengers how many more stops have the train passed by, and how many stops are left in the line.

For an interchange station, all the indicators for the possible stations one may travel to will start blinking to inform passengers so that they know their way.

Also, there are also indicators on such signs to tell you through which door to exit, something so useful for Singaporeans who still do not know that the other door will open on stations like Dover, Braddell and City Hall.



Rush hour on the MTR


Fans of The Amazing Race should recall that this is where one of the Fast Forwards was located in Season 2 of the reality TV show. Gary and Dave claimed the Fast Forward.


Wong Tai Sin station!






Finally, we made our way to a super luxurious restaurant at Central for dinner!



Menu for the day!


Shark's Fin Soup!



Steamed fish with tofu!


Goose's foot and abalone!


Giant clam with udon!



BBQ Ribs

Cabbage!

Steamed vegetable dumplings!


Desert!

It was really high-class and extravagant, costing the four of us HK$1008, which is slightly more than SGD$200

Our last programme of the day involves watching the "Symphony of Lights". Buildings along the Victoria Harbour will start to dazzle with colourful and bright neon lights. It is something like Sentosa's Musical Fountain, only that this time round, you see the dancing of neon lights from various skyscrapers along the harbour along with the music played. The display is on every night at 8PM sharp.








A walk along the "Avenue of Stars" (the place where you can find handprints of various Hong Kong artistes on the pavement) led me to the bronze statue of the late Bruce Lee.

Hong Kong (Night 1)

Arrived at Hong Kong at 8:15PM


Hong Kong Airport!




Countdown timer for the Beijing Olympic Games, found in Terminal 1 of the Hong Kong Chek Lap Kok Airport.

We then took the Airport Express to go to Hong Kong island, where all the excitement begins!

Inside the train for the Airport Express




Wan Chai MTR Station! This is the nearest MTR station to my dad's apartment, which is also where I lived for the past week or so.

My dad brought us to fill our hungry stomachs at this eatery that sells fishball noodles!


Look at how big and juicy and substantial those fishballs and dumplings are!!! They are like the mammoths in the world of fishballs and dumplings. In comparison, those found in Singapore are like Hobbits.






Electric tram in Hong Kong! Always seen it on TV screens, and now I get the chance to see it for real!


Hennessy Road, where my dad's apartment is.

Staircase in my dad's apartment building.




Dark and dirty staircase...

Inside my dad's apartment! Look at how small it is.






The moment you open the door, you reach the kitchen and the laundry area. A few more steps and you will reach the living room, a bedroom and a toilet.. It is only about the total size of the living room and dining room in my 5-room HDB flat in Singapore.