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Victoria Challenge & Speech Day 131
The whole of last week had been hectic. We had lessons for the first 3 days of the week and got back some very demeaning results. Alright, maybe for some people it was demeaning, but maybe for others it was laughter and joy, but I’m sure it didn’t dampen our spirits much in planning and executing our Victorian Challenge.
I guess our challenge wasn’t exactly very challenging, I must say we didn’t put in a lot of effort in planning it as being sec 4s, I guess we were more concerned with our results for the time being. Not to mention our proposals were rejected time and again and our approved proposal only got back to us like 2 weeks before VC --- in the midst our exams furthermore. How convenient!
Anyways, our 4H’07 VC was to create a music video for our Victorian anthem. We first met with some problems as we couldn’t get a proper accompanying version of the anthem. The versions we got were rather sucky and really horrible to the ears. So we decided to use the background music that we use when we have assembly in the classroom.
Apparently it was too short, like 1min30s only, so the entire class decided that we should do a video for VC with the theme “V” for Victoria. Weijie, Zhongli, Kia Hong and I went around taking pictures of the staff doing the “V” sign. Boy, was it hilarious for some teachers! I think everyone should have a look at the video! =)
Our class was really lucky to have our holding room in the IT lab on the 2nd floor. I think we were really privileged to be able to stay in that room, with the aircon on and having access to the internet. That was really cool.
I must say good things do come in disguises. Rayson and I spent almost half an hour filming Chester Lum that day. We wanted to show a Victorian walking into school and having this amazing race style of videoing. Now I used the video cam that I borrowed from the media lab. Unfortunately, the video cam was not compatible with any of our computers. So I kinda panicked and started calling Mu Yao to ask him what happened and what to do! x)
Thankfully, he referred me to Mr Siow, who was kinda working on his own video. His own VC for that 24 hours was to create a video for VC too. He gladly agreed to lend us his video cam and he told us about this great video concept that he had and explained the details to us.
I discussed it a little with Rayson and gamely decided to take on the challenge. It’s much like the scene in DOA where Victorians are going on with their daily activities and then they receive this sms that says “You are invited to Victoria Challenge!” then they start to run away really quickly and gather like power rangers and all. Haha.
I guess everyone has to see it and I think I’m very proud of the work we did. We were still filming at 4am that day. That’s like 18hours into the challenge already.
After that well, we just worked and worked and worked our asses off for the video till morning came. We had Mac’s at 5 am too! That’s a new experience.
Well we finally completed both videos and it looked nice. (:
Speech day was exciting too! Chin Boon and I were asked to man our laptops showcasing our VC videos and we were really really hoping Mr Teo would come in and view it. Unfortunately, he skipped our room entirely… that was such a disappointment. Chin Boon and I missed the singing of the anthem and spelling cheer for that and it was quite disheartening. Oh wells.
Anyways, I don’t want to go into too many details because there is just too much to talk about!
So then that evening, I went our with Danial, Shervin, David, Changda and Yu Fan for dinner at Treats. Met this awfully uncouth guy who spouted profanities at us. So rude. You can read their blogs to find out what happened, I don't wanna dirty this post mentioning that shallow person. Bleargh.
All in all, VC was indeed challenging and memorable and I sincerely hope everyone learnt much more about each other about the experience.
I would like to thank everyone in 4H for their contributions, our teachers-in-charge, Mr Siow (for crediting us in his video!) and everyone who had volunteered to be part of our video!
Thank you all!
Love you guys!
Nil Sine Labore!
Javin, Eddie and Kia Hong spent 5 hours doing this.
In the video, its like 30 pictures put together to show the effect of the picture forming together.
Great job guys!
Wei Jie did this!
Pretty cute huh?
Kia Hong and I worked on this mural in the sand.
Wei Jie took the picture!
This was included in the Victorian Anthem vid.
Roxorzzz!!!
Pointing to the sky again!
The weather coupled with the scenery that day was PERFECT.
In the FlexSI room where our video was presented.
Most teachers had a good laugh at our "V" for Victoria video.
MOST of them.
Unleash your inner Man-Slut.
Any takers?
Hail Mary.