Calling on all Saints and Writers!
May 27th, 2009 To support Singapore’s effort in hosting the 2009 Asian Youth Games and 2010 Youth Olympic Games, the Singapore National Olympic Council and Ministry of Education are jointly organising the 2009 IOC Olympic Sport and Literature Competition. The winning entries will be submitted to the International Olympic Committee to compete at the international level.The regulations and the entry form for the competition can be downloaded from the SAJC Blog. The last day for the submission of the essay is 8 June 2009.
Further information:
Olympic Sport and Literature Competition
Regulations
Background
The International Olympic Council (IOC) created the competition in 2001 to strengthen the link between literature and the celebration of the Olympic Games. The competition is organized every four years, on the proposal of the IOC Commission for Culture and Olympic Education. At the national level, the competition is organised by the National Olympic Committee of the country.
Regulation for JC students
1. Participants - The competition is open to JC participants in the following age category:
Ø JC students fall under Category 2: from 12 to 18 years old on 31 August 2009
2. Subjects/ Topics of the Submissions:
Participants must present works (essay/ story/ prose) with an original plot in which the framework or subject of the action is either the Olympic spirit or one of the Olympic values:
Ø Excellence
Ø Friendship
Ø Respect
3. All entries must be an essay of maximum four A4 size pages on one of the above themes of excellence, friendship or respect.
You can submit an entry that is less than four A4 pages, but the entry cannot exceed the maximum stated pages.
Format of the submission should be in Word Document.
Font 12
Indicate the following information as the cover page of your essay:
Full Name:
Level: JC1 or JC2
Class:
Civics Tutor:
Subject Focus of Essay [indicate the relevant description]: Olympic Spirit OR one of the Olympic Values of Excellence/ Friendship/ Respect
Submission
Submit the entry in 1 X soft copy AND 1 X hard copy to Mrs Claudine Tan no later than 10 June.
Submit hard copy into pigeonhole number 67.
Submit the soft copy to the following email address: ang_hong_ky_claudine@moe.edu.sg
No late submissions will be accepted. Deadline is 8 June 2007.
IMPORTANT: Include the soft copy of the completed entry form [see "Entry Form!" page] along with your entry.
For queries or clarification, you can approach Mrs Claudine Tan at ext 242.
Selection
The entries will be analysed by a panel of judges. The judges will decide the winning entries as well as the second and third places for both categories. The winning entries for will be submitted to the IOC to compete at the international level.
Prizes
Top prize: a special IOC trophy and diploma.
The second and third place authors shall be awarded special IOC diplomas.
Finally, about Writer’s Ink Writing competition again!
May 15th, 2009To end our series of interviews, we have Samuella Stephens from 08A07 (you can find his picture in one of the recent blog posts)
1) Why did you choose to join the SAJC’s Writer’s Ink competition?
I did not choose. i was blackmailed and forced at book point.
(well, he obviously couldn’t have been VERY reluctant, because he did submit his entry before the deadline!)
2) What inspires you?
imagining paradise
3) Tell us a little about what you’re writing/planning to write(:
A tale of romance, trust and betrayal
(sounds like an epic novel in the making!)
4) Any hints or tips for your fellow writers?
Get a life.
(well said; what better inspiration than life itself?)
Writers, the submission deadline for the Writer’s Ink Writing Competition has passed, and we are proud (and relieved) to announce that the deadline is closed.
keep looking at this space for the results of the competition!
Writer’s Ink Interview!
May 14th, 2009and here are some words from Oliver Foo from 08S08
1) Why did you choose to join the SAJC’s Writer’s Ink competition?
Well I chose to join for the passion of writing poems… Ok not really, just a spur of the moment thing.
2) What inspires you?
Music- The simple reason why I decided to do poetry, because I love writing lyrics to songs.
3) Tell us a little about what you’re writing/planning to write(:
My lawyer says I can’t disclose much information but I would say it would border on familiarity 
4) Any hints or tips for your fellow writers?
I believe life is a story, every day, every year, every moment is a chapter. Write about life, your life 
(This does not apply to GP)
Thank you Oliver, i hope the magic you work with your words is as good as your magician skills(:
note:
apparently the characters from Samantha Lim (in the previous interview) mean “my name is…”
24 hours to submission!
All the way, writers(:
Writer’s Ink writing competition again!
May 13th, 2009here’s good news for all participants!
the deadline for submission has been extended till
FRIDAY 15TH MAY 2PM
make the most of this extra time and churn out that piece of work!
keep going, writers!
more about Writer’s Ink Writing Competition!
May 12th, 2009and here’s a note from Benedict!
Dear participants of the SAJC Writing Competition 09!
I am gonna spend a few moments recounting to you an experience today- that hopefully would inspire those of you in the poetry category!
Today, during a certain lecture (shh…), I was rather inspired to write a poem.
You see, the thing is, I never know what I’ll finish with when I start writing- because I start writing because I am inspired to.
Inspired by what, you might ask…can I tell you something?
I really don’t know what inspires me in those moments, I just know something’s got to be put down on paper, and I commit myself to it.
And guess what?
I came up with a piece (that didn’t match the title I gave it beforehand at all!) entitled “Dreaming”- that I realized bordered on familiarity.
I’ll put it up on my Live Journal Blog @ truewords07.livejournal.com- so you guys can view it.
I believe you guys will come up with even better pieces…
And on that note,
I lay my pen.
Benedict
On Behalf of the Writers’ Ink
Writers Ink Writing Competition!
May 11th, 2009in light of the SAJC’s writing competition’s impending submission deadline, some participants have been interviewed to share their motivations and little tips(:
The first lucky interviewee is Samantha Lim from 08A07, who decided to embellish her name with unintelligible korean (i think it’s korean) characters.
1) Why did you choose to join the SAJC’s Writer’s Ink competition?
because i wanted to be adorable. and i wanted to be adored by my adoring public.
Because a member of the Writer’s Ink asked me to.
2) What inspires you?
Zac Efron and his hot eyes 
and Writer’s Ink.
different things: Relationships, nature, scenery.
3) Tell us a little about what you’re writing/planning to write(:
A story of love and regret.
4) Any hints or tips for your fellow writers?
Write nicely. cursive, FTW.
Daydream and net the world inspire you.
All the best Samantha, we’re looking forward to reading your piece soon!
also, this is the Writer’s Ink Submission Form that has to be submitted with the work(:
Writers’ Ink Competition
Submission Form
Theme
The theme of this competition is
“Familiarity”
Been to a place and felt a sense of déjà vu, or revisited a place of childhood memories and felt the
warmth
and nostalgia of the past?
Went to a class reunion and remembered the atmosphere of your previous schools?
Write about them in this competition.
Pieces can be either in prose or poetry; we will not be judging plays due to a lack of interest last year.
Categories
You may participate in the prose category or the poetry category, or both.
· Prose entries should be 1 work of prose that is at least 1500 words
· Poetry entries should consist of 3 poems
Judging
The works will be judged based on their
· Relevance to the theme
· Coherence and consistency of the piece of work/works
Your details
· Name:
· Civics Group:
· Category:
· Word count (for prose):
· A short summary of your work(s):
Watch this space for more information about the Writing competition, and more interviews!
Life Concert 2009
May 7th, 2009LIFECON Extravaganza,
3rd April 2009.
Extravagant is apt because some 900 SAJC students, teachers, staff, and guests turned up on a fine Friday evening to lavish their praises unto God.
The annual Life Concert is not a standalone event, but rather the grand finale to Easter Week, a yearly evangelistic event led by our college’s very own Saints for Christ. The celebrations were accompanied by a skit cum video presentation, exhibitions and gifts prepared by SFC, and these served as an impetus to the build-up of anticipation to LifeCon for Christian Saints, and sparked the curiosity or awareness amongst non-Christians.
LifeCon itself differed from last year’s in that audience participation was better encouraged through the incorporation of simple dance steps into the song This is How We Overcome for the audience to follow, much to the delight of the latter who keenly cooperated. The concert was not merely shallow song and dance, but rather, a massive gathering of youth in the faith who bond through the fervent celebration of God! Non-Christians are all the more encouraged to attend to receive deeper understanding of the Christian faith, as so passionately demonstrated by the performers and the rest of the congregation through music and testimonials. It is hoped that non-Christians would be inspired by the enthusiasm of their peers to “try God” in their lives.
Kudos to past and present SFC members, the school mentors and our counterparts in Church of the Resurrection for planning and staging Easter Week and LifeCon with such admirable dedication.
As cliché as it sounds, let us be enthused by the success of Easter Week to embrace God as a college.
–
Desiree Chua, 08A05
Writer’s Ink Competition: The Beginning
May 1st, 2009The competition has officially begun! Entries may be sent in anytime from now until the 15th of May, to the Writer’s Ink at sajcwritersink@hotmail.com. They will be judged according to relevance to the theme as well as creativity.
Watch this space for further updates on the competition, interviews, the occasional scandal, as well as some tips on how to craft your stories and poems.
And remember: “Vigorous writing is concise” - William Strunk Jr.
