Will you be the Circus Elephant or the Bumble Bee?

Hi KQ,

During my course, I managed to find some time (actually just like u guys, I wasnt very attentive in class) to read about some self-improvement articles and found the following stories to be inspiring...

Are you the Circus Elephant?

You may have seen at times, huge circus elephants held in place with small chains and poles. At the time when the elephant was first chained in place, it was too small and the chain and pole too big for it to pull free. While it is young, the elephant then learns it can't break the chain. When it is older, bigger and easily able to break it - it never tries because it's trapped within its own view of the world - that view being that it can't break the chain.


Are you the Bumble Bee?

Athlete Jana Pitman has one tattooed on her, various clubs and associations have this wee creature as their logo, books have been written and all because supposedly - based on the aerodynamics of the bumble bee's body - it should never be able to fly. Not knowing that - it flies anyway.

We are often so used to our own environment that we some time failed to realize alot of time, our future is the result of our action today. It's all a matter of your own choice.

Try to be the bumble bee today! Refuse limitations set on you by others or yourself and flap those teeny little wings until you get some air!

MsW

Procrastination

Hi KQ,

Pls note that the last round when our graduates applied to the polys for further progression in the Apr 07 intake, the GPA cut off is very high, i.e., at least 3.5 & above. Our current Yr 2 students will likely face a tough fight for their furthur studies in the polys come Apr 08. All Higher Nitec students regardless of which business courses they are from in ITE would also be competing for the same type of courses offered by the polytechnics.

FYI, following are the courses offered by poly in Apr 07.

Accountancy
Accounting & Finance
Banking & Financial Services
Business Administration
Business Information Technology
Business Management
Business Studies
Business/Logistics & Operations Management/Marketing
Business Application (NEW at RP)
Business Computing (NEW at RP)
Culinary & Catering Management
Customer Relationship & Services Mgt (NEW at RP)
Cyber & Digital Security
Digital Media (NEW at SP)
Facilities Management for Business
Financial Business Informatics
Game & Entertainment Technology
Hospitality & Tourism Management
Information Technology
Infocomm Security Management (NEW at SP)
Integrated Events Management
Integrated Events & Project Mgt (NEW at SP)
Interactive and Digital Media (NEW at RP)
Internet & Multimedia Development
Law & Management
Leisure & Resort Management
Marketing
Mobile & Wireless Computing
Real Estate Business
Retail Management
Sports & Leisure Management
Tourism and Resort Management (NEW at NP and SP)

If you are still planning to go poly, I hope you are keeping up with your stamina, if not, do start working on it today!

MsW

"You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays." Professor Harold Hill (The Music Man)

Hi KQ,

Please note that you may apply for the CDC-CCC ITE Bursary award, by collceting the application form from the admin office.
Submit the form with the supporting documents to Mdm Rosnah by 30th April ( MON ), strictly between 9am - 1pm or 2pm - 5:30pm.


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CHANGES

Hi all,

There is changes on MON.

CCM lesson 10am-11am Classroom B6/201
POM lesson 11am-12pm Classroom B6/201





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COMPULSORY TALK

Pls be informed that our class is having a talk by impression club on 2 May (Wed), 10am-12pm at LT (Lecture Theatre). ATTENDANCE IS COMPULSORY.




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Term Reopening

Hi All,

Sem 3 will begin on 16 April 07. Monday timetable is as follows:

10-11am CCM 4301 Mr Steven Koh
11-12pm PIE 4301 Mr Alvin Chan (timetable will be given then)
12-1pm Lunch
1-3pm POM SR5 Ms Dora Poon

Happy Schooling!! :)

MsW

The Oyster

There once was an oyster whose story I tell,
Who found that some sand had got into his shell.
It was only a grain, but it gave him great pain
For oysters have feelings although they're so plain.

Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fate
that brought him to such a deplorable state?
Did he curse at the government, cry for election,
And claim that the sea should have given him protection?

No- he said to himself as he lay on a shell,
Since I cannot remove it I shall try to improve it.
Now the years have rolled around, as the years always do.
And he came to his ultimate destiny: stew.

And the small grain of sand that had bothered him so
Was a beautiful pearl all richly aglow.N
ow the tale has a moral, for isn't it grand
What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand?

What couldn't we do if we'd only begin
with some of the things that get under our skin.