Launch: Budding Writers Project 2005

Part 1: Before the prize-giving ceremony

Poster


The venue: Woodlands library auditorium


Balloons lining the aisles


Tania reliving her childhood


WJ, ES and TH

Part 2: After the prize-giving ceremony
(Budding Writers Project exhibition)

Set-up at the ground floor of the library

Booths of the winning entries:

The Rubbish Problem


Dayo's Song

Top 20 works:

Sock illustrations from Stink Wars



Excerpt from My Sister and Me


Free buffet of food, including ice-cream (which quickly disappeared
into both authorised and non-authorised stomachs)!


Mrs Nathan visiting the booths


The storyteller asks WJ for an autograph


The pint-sized authors at the table with Mrs Nathan

Badly-edited article in Today newspaper, 19th November 2005

Friday Faze: Deeparaya Edition

This year's Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa fell two days apart of each other so some of the office guys and girls decided to organise a "Deeparaya" edition of Friday Faze.

The entrance of the multi-purpose hall was transformed

What's Deepavali and Hari Raya without food?

Indian goodies


Malay goodies


At the entrance, guests were invited to put on a bindi.


A bindi for ES


Some followed the dress code by donning their Malay costumes.


Others donned Indian costumes.


Who can resist an invitation like that?


The henna guru, MN, creating a design for SW


VP and AN get busy too


Goh tries his hand at henna too...


... with great results!


AA lets henna get to his head -- literally (check out his henna mustache!)

Contest 1: Design a rangoli!

Rangoli raw materials


Some get creative

Creativity pays!

Joint winners 1 of the rangoli contest!

Contest 2: Make a ketupat!

R tries her best to demonstrate the making of a ketupat


Winners of the Ketupat contest

Best dressed

Best male costume winners: AA, A and N


Best female costume winners: JT, V and H


Some members of the hardworking organising committee

Ronda Rabbit

A crowd gathers around MV's cubicle, then...

SURPRISE!


"Yay I have a cake!"


Ronda's on the card! And she's a magnet too!


The present -- yoga mat (in MV's colours too!) She's overwhelmed!


Huff, puff and it's out ("I wish for...")


Mmm... yummy cake


Groupies around MV's cubicle


MV striking a pose worthy of a yogini on the yoga mat (A in the background)


Kitty, MV and KN (yoginis who were too shy to strike the 'tree' pose)


Last shot: the yogini and the girls

Pray, Girl

The crowd gathers around KH


The crowd part 2


The Physics team


Checking out the 'magazine-card'


Pray, Girl magazine (designed by MN)


What could've been the cover (photoshopped by II)


Page 1: Fan mail


Page 2: Fan mail cont'd


Page 3: Caught in the act!


Page 4: Caught in the act cont'd


Page 5: Memory lane...


Unsuspectingly admiring his vouchers


... while the gunwoman was about to strike!


The exciting fight!


Photo after the fight: ES, KH and JT


Last look at KH's cubicle
(check out the gross potato kissing Yellow Fish)