The NUS Office of Alumni Relations organizes regular reunions for NUS alumni to reunite with their friends. Many bonds are rekindled during these reunions while new ones are formed. This year, NUS Office of Alumni Relations will be organizing the inaugural 5th and 15th Anniversary Reunion at the Shaw Foundation Alumni House. NUS alumni from the Class of 2004 and Class of 1994 are cordially invited to come and enjoy the events with good fun, food and entertainment or come and volunteer their service to be part of the organizing committee. The events will be taking place as follows:

Class of 2004

5th Anniversary Reunion

Friday, 25 September 2009

6.30pm to 10.00pm

Venue: Shaw Foundation Alumni House

Guest of Honor: NUS President, Prof Tan Chorh Chuan

Class of 1994

15th Anniversary Reunion

Friday, 02 October 2009

6.30pm to 10.00pm

Venue: Shaw Foundation Alumni House

Guest of Honor: NUS President, Prof Tan Chorh Chuan

If you are from these graduating classes and interested in this event, please contact Ms Pamela Ng at 6516 3593 or email at Pamela.Ng@nus.edu.sg

Dear Residents

In the interest of health and safety residential community, residents who wish to travel out of Singapore (and returning to the Hall after their travel) will need to seek approval from the Hall Master. 

In this connection, you are requested to complete the attached form and seek approval at least 1 week before your departure date.

Thanks and regards

HALL ADMIN

27 April 2009

Please download the form here

Once upon a fairytale wonderland time, there lived a group of fairies, elves and shoemakers who held close to their hearts, a common dream. They wanted to build a lovely magical home filled with abundant happiness. Each one of them thought hard and long, and they decided to incorporate the little things they loved into their future home. The shoemakers loved shoes, the fairies loved pretty, twinkling, glittery lights and the elves loved rockin’ good music and dance. Each one of them toiled through day and night until the time when it was finally completed. It was the most beautiful thing they have ever seen, and in celebration of their efforts, they paraded their newfound home to the townspeople with song and dance, laughter and delight.

Only in our case, those fairies, elves and shoemakers were Kent Ridge Hall’s very own Rag Dance 08/09 team.

Chingay 2009 saw the culmination of the tremendous hard work put in by the Rag team headed by Zhao Yuan, as well as the Chingay dancers under the guidance of KR alumni Wei Jie. And it was definitely two unforgettable nights of magic and splendour.

On both 30th and 31st January, dancers gathered as early as 1pm to start preparation for the night street performance. Shades of purple, yellow, silver, green, blue, orange, red, gold and pink brightened up the corridors of Kent Ridge Hall as fairies, elves and shoemakers scurried around. And when our dancers reached the heart of Singapore city, the scene burst into a kaleidoscope of costumes and creatures bound only by man’s creativity.

Cameras flashed and chattering overwhelmed – our excited dancers wasted no time in soaking up the atmosphere of Asia’s grandest street and floats parade. This was so even as dark clouds loomed and slight showers in the late afternoon threatened to spoil the night. They surveyed the other floats on display, all of which were equally amazing and bore the sweat and blood of those dedicated to its creation, and mingled with the Chingay dancers dressed in colourful and elaborate costumes.

And then it was showtime.

Kent Ridge Hall remembered: The months of crazy gluing and cutting, the countless sleepless nights, the tears shed and emotions gone awry, the worries that left crease lines on foreheads and the hopeless times, the sweat and blisters from dancing and the greatest sacrifices. And many, many, many more I failed to put down in words. This was the night that all these sacrifices would finally be worthwhile. And indeed, the performance made it all worthwhile.

The dancers dazzled the crowd with the brilliant, lively choreography, shaking their hips and bobbing their heads to the groove of S Club 7’s Bring It All Back. The entrance our float, KRHOME was most magnificent. The crowd went crazy and so did the shutters of the cameras. Call me a liar, but I daresay our onstage performance could definitely have matched up with any celebrity’s red carpet appearance. Our dancers danced the routine 7 times as we circled the Padang and thronged the streets of Singapore, and each time the atmosphere was as electrifying as the previous one. We even had the aunties and uncles on their feet, swaying their hips and mirroring our dance moves. Indeed, the secret route to eternal youth was quite a simple dosage of song and dance!

But what better supporters can the dancers wish for other than their very own hall friends. Many Kent Ridgeans were spotted amongst the parade crowds, waving KR shirts and cheering the contingent on, and each time a familiar face was spotted, a large chorus of cheers and delightful screams erupted. It was adrenaline pumping at its maximum!

Within an hour from the start of the performance, the parade had reached its finish line. No doubt exhausted from the incessant dancing and waving, the guys left Wei Jie no chance of escape as they lifted him high and threw him into the air thrice while the KR Chingay contingent shouted hoorays. It was a job very, very well done and kudos to the Rag and Dance team for making Kent Ridge Hall proud.

It was all over in two nights, but as many performers have commented, no one could ever forget these lyrics.
Don't stop, never give up
Hold your head high and reach the top
Let the world see what you have got
Bring it all back to you.

There wasn’t a time when they said, “Stop, we give up.”
Everyone held their head up high and strove to reach the top; to reach beyond the stars.
We showed the world what we had and what we made out of it.
And now we bring it back – all the excitement and memories – to Kent Ridge Hall as they reach towards Chingay 2010.

Reported by
Mabel Tan
KR Reporters