RGS AVPA 2009 <3

control room

2009-03-21T06:17:00.000-07:00

Hi people.

Just to let you all know, people who are NOT in AV are not allowed into the AV control rooms. So please don't host a "bring your friends" party! The only time they'll be allowed in is during functions, when they're like AV reps and stuff for performing groups or whatever. They tell us what to do, maybe sit through for their item, and get out. :)

Tell your friends that our AV control rooms are delightfully elitist and entry is only for members of the oh-so-great AV clique. Unless they're losers, then don't tell them the AV clique part. They might want to join. D:

We'll be getting a combination lock soon, though :D

updates

2009-03-12T20:49:00.000-07:00

EH PEOPLE WHY NEVER POST HUH.

Okay anyway our batch blog is super outdated. I just checked it, and it still says "Sec 2 batch". We're not Sec 2s anymore! D:

In fact, we're now UPPER SEC :) And now we get sucky assembly timeslots :/ And no more sneaking up to the control room when it's not your duty, sigh.

Oh but anyway I have eggciting news for you all! We have a new system (if you haven't already noticed by now) and it is oh-so-cool. Especially now that we have a better understanding of all the little knobs and buttons and whatnots! Squee!

Not to mention new lights! We have a splendid new lightboard too, and the SLI people were the first to play with it :) If you were present during one of the rehearsals, you might have noticed the stage lighting up red or turquoise or purple and random lights coming on. THAT WAS US. :)

Founders' Day people were the first to play with the sound system, hee. So since the people who turned up for the so-called Upper Sec Training were basically the Founders' Day people + Xinyuan, most of it was spent getting Xinyuan up to speed and then listening to Mr Lee's stories.

We (That is, the Founders' Day people + Xinyuan) will most probably be conducting a training plus orientation for new members pretty soon, so watch out for that! (: GM dates have yet to be confirmed (sigh) but EXCO meeting's this Wednesday, so it'll most probably be confirmed then and I'll let yall know! :D

<3, Victoria!

2009-01-03T04:21:00.000-08:00

HELLO BATCHIES (and 1/6 of 311 muahaha)!

...okay I had nothing to say. Just wanted to say the 1/6 of 311 part cuz I think it's darned cool for some reason. Must be off my rockers.

2008-12-14T05:56:00.000-08:00

Omg for one scary moment I thought Xinyuan wrote that sentence down there. Then I collected myself and thought maybe Denise was on crack.

Finally, I checked and realised it was Vic.

(Primary School Compo Ending alert!)

Just then, I woke up and found that it was all a bad dream.

--

Anyway, how big are the stage lights? Can they kill people if dropped from a height? Because my mum might not let me do functions (or at least force me to stay away from backstage duty) until the school gets new lights.

2008-12-03T06:50:00.000-08:00

Hey.

Just to let it out: I love you guys no matter what, and I love AV too, and we'll be great together :]

Don't ask.

2008-11-17T01:57:00.001-08:00

Hello dearies!

Victoria here, and I'm gonna give you all good news:

1. We ARE most probably going to get the money to revamp our school's dusty system, but how much remains to be seen. However, we are most definitely going to get new speakers for the hall. Yay!

2. RGAVPA has taken posession of the recording studio on the 4th floor, which all the other clubs have denied ownership of. So it's ours, and hell yeah it's super cool. To get to this supercool studio of ours, get to the 4th floor. It's the room that says "studio" near the lift. Don't confuse it with the darkroom, which is most obviously photog's.

Oh and please be careful when walking around on stage in the hall. According to Cheryl, one of the stage lights fell off the other day, narrowly missing someone. We'll probably be getting them replaced soon, but in the meantime PLEASE be cautious. We don't want the already tiny Sec 2 batch 08 to shrink even more ):

DENISE RETURN ME MY AV SHIRT ):

<3 Love muchy,
victoria!

2008-10-10T22:11:00.001-07:00

YOYOYO C:

I have good news for all of you muahahhaa.

According to Mr TJ Lee, we are going to be inconviniencing the badminton and table tennis noobs one of these days, because.....

.....we are going to get NEW SPEAKERS!!!1111one1111

...okay, you can stop cheering now.

Anyway, he is badgering the school for $100, 000 so that we can revamp our system. So maybe you could think of 101 things you hate about the school system, and get him to film it down so he can show the principals and all that. Yayyay.

Also if your daddy is really, really rich, maybe you could ask him to sponsor our tentative nationwide AV camp, jointly organised by ACS(i). So, like, I dunno, if you're related to the famiLee (that is, the imba rich family that happens to be governing our country. Read talkingcock.com! It owns!) maybe you could ask them to sponsor us or something. Because RGS is spending money on it's top secret project which will be unveiled on Monday, and has something to do with the containers on the tracks.

CIP hours and functions

2008-09-03T06:15:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Regarding the end of the function year:

I think that only Xinyuan, Crystal and myself have gotten the CIP hours (:D) so just to clarify.

Crystal and I: 25 hours, 4 functions.

Xinyuan: 15 hours, 3 functions.

I know you people are probably scolding me now, like, "3/4 of 25 isn't 15! How did you get into Adv Math?!?!" but Cherylchan said so.

I'm sorry to Denise and Hannah and Rachel who didn't get their CIP hours, but you people joined too late and uhh Rachel you just didn't bother eh. Oh well. Next year kay :D We shall all sign up for functions and earn imba CIP hours. Join EXCO. You get first pick of functions, since every function needs EXCO members. Do more than 4 functions if you can. You get extra CIP hours, ranging from 5-15 hours per function, depending on the number of rehearsals.

Videoing is NOT counted as a function. Unless of course they specify so, but those are few and far between.

By the way, Denise and Hannah, I happen to have one extra "S" sized AV shirt. I dunno if it belongs to anyone else in the club, but if I bring it up to Cheryl and she says it doesn't belong to anyone... who wants it?

Blog revived then :D

Hangon, I just realised it doesn't matter what Wesley says about our blog.

But still. Revived :)

And thankyou for behaving yourselves during hall assemblies. I am so proud of yall. But still, HUSH when in the bleddy KS Chee!

2008-08-20T06:24:00.000-07:00

Ohya.
MR THOMAS JEREMY LEE IS GOING TO BE OUR TEACHER IC NAO!

Fangirl, quick.

Yayyay LONG LIVE AVPA!

2008-08-20T06:15:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Thought yall might have wanted to listen to Cherylchan's imba HOW TO SET UP MORNING ASSEMBLY CRAP PROPERLY speech, so I'll just put it here :D

Firstly, when setting up the wires, remember to put it in the gutter, if possible, so that "people won't trip and whatever shit". You know those prefects, they're fussy and keep coming in to complain that the bell isn't working, only to get cut off by the BELL.

And when setting up the mike stand, remember to let the pole in the middle drop fully. Make sure that there's no little crappy bit sticking out at the end.

The area around the mikestand itself was "ABIT NEAT HOR" this morning, so make sure that all the messy twists and stuff are IN THE GUTTER.

Take out the bloody microphone before pulling out the damn cord! How many times do I have to tell yall? O.O

Lastly, try to coil the wire a leeeeetle around the mikestand itself, if possible, so that they don't trip and whatever shit.

Oh, and do NOT coil the wire like Xinyuan: ie trying to twist the wire around like a steering wheel. It's not very good cos the wire doesn't fall out nicely later, not to mention it looks bloody retarded and sets a very bad example for our juniors. Coil it the traditional way. I don't care if this limits your imagination, or you're some genius in the making. COIL IT THE WAY WE TEACH YOU. Xinyuan you EXCO member better set a better example.

Okay, that's all! :D See yall at crappy drappy morning assemblies :D

<3, Vic!

2008-08-06T05:39:00.000-07:00

... screw you.

Everytime you people break a rule, Cherylchan ABUSES me. Yes, like an abusive employer.

And when I point out that YOU people should be the ones being abused, she pokes me again for good measure.

SAVE YOUR BELOVED VICECHAIR'S LIFE, MAN.

2008-08-04T07:52:00.001-07:00

Awesome. Exactly the kind of flexibility we all love and expect from a vicechair, yes? :D

We love you Vic, and promise we'll shut off all the microphones before using our handphones in the control room so that there'll be absolutely zero feedback.

And if we stain the carpet while drinking Gatorade or something equally electrifyingly neon-coloured, we'll just rub the stain in so deep nobody'll ever find out, at least until the ants start marching in.

There, problem solved. Aren't we all glad I'm not a PIT after all.

Loves! (:

HANDPHONES

2008-08-03T06:55:00.000-07:00

GOSH!

NO EATING, OR USING OF HANDPHONES IN THE CONTROL ROOM ALREADY!

Everytime you people break the rules, Cherylchan hits ME. So bloody stop using your handphones and eating in the control room!

At least, don't do it blatantly.

AV jacket

2008-07-31T06:46:00.001-07:00

PIPPLE PIPPLE OMG

CherylChan wants a combined Raffles Schools AV jacket!

YOU THINK THIS IDEA IS GREAT, YES?

So if you have contacts or boyfriends within RI/RJC AVPA or the equivalent... TELL ME NAO! (I promise I won't steal him ahaha)

RAFFLESCREW FTW! :D

(That's Raffles Crew, not Raffles Screw. I made that mistake at first too.)

Control room rules

2008-07-29T06:57:00.000-07:00

Hey people.

Vic here again and although this is something I'd rather not talk about its still yeah.

Do not call in the control room, because it interferes with the frequency and dunno whatever thing which Mr TJL would undoubtedly know, but we don't. Anyway we have gotten feedback (ha-ha) from downstairs that it causes feedback, so yeah.

AV people get blamed for whatever shit happens, so we have to reduce the chance of that and uhh make sure that we give them less reasons to blame us. So please don't use your handphones in the control room as far as possible.

Also, would the justea packet in the control room have anything to do with any of you? Because Boonhwee says that you're not to eat in the control room, and even if you MUST (say like you got severe gastritis or something) please do not eat at the windows/chew at the windows/do anything conspicuously near the windows. The windows may look small but they allow people to see enough into the control room. People can actually SEE you breaking the school rules, and then they'll come up and all of us will get booked.

So yeah from now on, please try to abide to the AV rules better, or else I'll have to tell Cheryl and Boonhwee.

kthxbai.
Vic.

2008-07-27T06:06:00.000-07:00

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG BIG NEWS BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!

Okay. Take a deep breath. Sit down. I don't want you people fainting or anything.

MR THOMAS JEREMY LEE IS GOING TO BE OUR TEACHER IC NEXT YEAR!!!!!

You can stop fangirling now.

BUT OMG YAY he actually exists, and uhh is not some celestial being sent by the AV Guardian Angel. No wait actually he is. HE IS THE PROEST MOST IMBA AV-LITERATE TEACHER EVER.

AND HE'S JOINING AVPA, OMG!

Say buhbye to Sprite bottles on Full-On and not knowing what "Kill" on the light control does, and HELLO imba AV knowledge!

*skips around for joy*

We are actually going to KNOW our stuff from now on and can feedback the school population like crap if they ever forget to thank us again!

*squee*

And in case you think I'm going to yell "HA HA, YOU JUST GOT PUNK'D!", see for yourself:
Email from Cherylchan:

Also, we still have not received our club photos! I will check with Mrs Teo
as well asap, together with the ending of function year! If im not wrong, we
will have another teacher-in-charge next year and he's Mr Thomas Jeremy Lee.
Yupps! Thanks! =)

reply to victoria

2008-07-26T18:49:00.000-07:00

Hi.

We're both somewhat imperilled because I have no ****ing idea.

Maybe we should just write one in case we do have to hand it in? What format is it supposed to be in?

Byebye.

-Xinyuan

FUNCTION REPORT

2008-07-24T06:21:00.001-07:00

Hey Xinyuan, do you know if we have to submit function reports for RHD concert? I was kinda stoning when they mentioned that at EXCO meeting.

-Vic

2008-07-23T00:46:00.000-07:00

Hey all, Vic here again.

Just to let yall know (you SHOULD know already) that there's a new enthu AV teacher in school, who looks like he may actually know something about the sound system. He is MR THOMAS JEREMY LEE, and you can call him Mr Thomas, Mr Jeremy, or Mr Lee. He's appealing to join AVPA, so you might be seeing him around soon.

He Knows His Stuff. Note the capital letters.

Keep your hopes up, because soon we might be moving from unorthodox Sprite Bottles to real AV techgeeky stuff. He is a True AV Geek.

By the way, you can make feedback by turning up the volume for the condenser mikes to the max, when they're being used. Feedback is exceptionally useful for keeping a noisy crowd in check, so the next time a random teacher asks you to "give them feedback, girls!" you know what to do.

But don't do it during people's speeches, no matter how tempting it may be.

Oh, and Denise wants to come up with cheers for our pathetic batch. We should have a spelling one, like,
"GIMME AN A! GIMME A V! GIMME A P! GIMME AN A! WHAT DOES THAT SPELLLL?"
"AVPA!"
"I CAN'T HEAAAAR YOU!"
"AVPA!"
"A-V-P-A AVPA AVPA YAY!"

If you don't the joke you're either deprived or stupid.

2008-07-23T00:39:00.000-07:00

Hey all you were supposed to post the latest crap discussion we had about lots of stuff (I can never really pinpoint an exact topic, we change topic faster than we breathe.)

BUT YOU DIDN'T.

Anyway since I am sick and free I shall blog about Sec 4 farewell, since A LOT OF YOU DIDN'T COME.

It wasn't really Sec 4 Farewell so much as Sec 4 Bullying time. New EXCO was introduced, for those not in the know that's
Chairperson: Cheryl Chan
Vicechair: Victoria Yeow
Upperseccoord: Rachel Phang
Lowerseccoord: Chong Kar Mun
Secretary/Treasurer: Huang Xinyuan
CAD: Seet Yun Teng

And a new position just created this year: Publicity manager, Shen Jiayi. So now you know who to go to when you need stuff. Rachel P. will probably be calling you lot to inform you of events, so do recognise her name.

We played the balloon game, and Mr Segerra (Last year's TIC who is very nice and still very enthu about AV) and Mr Nuh came to play for awhile. All against Sec4s, so Sec4s lost and got water sloshed all over them. After that we dumped powder on their heads, which escalated into a powder fight, making the whole damn hall powdery.

We were supposed to have pizza, but the pizza people cocked up our order and instead of giving us six pizzas, gave us six drumlets. Yeah, six drumlets, as in six chicken drumsticks. Six teeny tiny chicken drumsticks. No one really knows what happened.

AVPA Be yourself day

2008-07-17T17:43:00.000-07:00

I hate your hands, all of you stinky people.

The slack family!

-denise

2008-07-14T20:07:00.001-07:00

Hello!

Boonhwee wants me to tell you all not to eat in the Control Room, and uhh no putting up of random notes. Like the eye one, which has already been taken down I think.

Anyway, Anthony Pink is still there so...

Heh.

Point is, only Cheryl and Boonhwee can put up notes now, so yeah no more sticking of notes. D:

Have a happy bogged-down-with-homework APCG week!

2008-07-13T01:44:00.001-07:00

Skin changed.

It has obviously no relation to AVPA, except for the whole "record" thing, and even that is no good excuse.

But I am tired, emo, and stressed out and if I get another shitty comment like "omg ur skin sux got no relation to av11111" I will blow my brains out on the ceiling. I swear it. I will put a gun in my mouth, shout "XXX HAS MY BLOOD ON HIS/HER HANDS!" and then squeeze the trigger.

I spent all my computer time trawling through codes, and I don't see why everyone can't just listen to Daniel and CODE PROPERLY. Entering the appropriate tabs and lines is NOT HARD.

After making the whole thing look SOMETHING like reasonable code, my lovely computer hung and all my effort was lost. Thank you.

Which is why I am emo, tired and stressed and extremely liable to killing or throwing something.

DO NOT PISS ME OFF.

2008-07-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

Hello my dear fellow mikestand guardians.

I shall tell you a story.

The story is...

The Mike was on top of the Mikestand.

The Mikestand gripped the Mike hard, but the Mike complained that the Mikestand was gripping it at the wrong place.

Thus the Mike slipped off the Mikestand and fell on a random prefect trying to shorten the Mikestand. (This is not meant to be offensive to prefects, or a precursor of what might happen in future.)

The prefect said ouch.

The end.

2008-07-12T09:54:00.000-07:00

Important Weekly Meeting Among Us During Hall Assembly ( IWMAUDHA )
Minutes of Meeting
11TH July 2008

Present: Victoria, Crystal, Xinyuan, Denise, Rachel, Hannah
Absent w/ very good excuse: N/A
Absent w/o very very good excuse: NA

Summary of Minutes:

1. Victoria, Denise, Rachel sit at table and talk nonsense

2. Denise attempts to start Japanese Essay.

3. Denise stops at “My holiday was very fun. I went shooting every day. “, after second sentence is translated into “ mainichi, SOOK-CHING o-shimas.” Denise moans about the word for shooting in Japanese.

4.Denise gives up. Victoria Laughs.

5.Xinyuan, Crystal, Hannah exit to watch performance by drum people

6.Rachel reports that Something Disturbing is Going On AKA Code WTF. Rachel has observed a remarkable drop in levels of sanity in Xinyuan, Crystal, and Hannah, who are watching drum performance from above outside AV room.

7.It is noted that three members of the six-member batch of sec2AVPAers are approaching inevitable insanity.

8.Apparently, Xinyuan and Crystal are watching random bangings with great gusto, while Hannah is swaying to the beat. Rachel, Victoria, and Denise start laughing like mad and promptly collapse into fits of laughter when Crystal comes in again.

9.Xinyuan and Hannah come in.

10.Meeting is brought to formal order and first pertinent issue discussed is Gay Guy Names ( below ).

11.Issue is further carried on to Hot Guy Names.

12.Brief interlude when Hannah, Crystal, Rachel, and Xinyuan suggest that Daniel go on the top of the list for “ Hot Guy Names.”

13.Victoria Objects.

14.Compromise is reached – Daniel is a hot guy name w/o any personal bias, Victoria bears little/no resemblance to Daniel.

15.More names are drawn up for discussion.

16.Voting is carried out. Topic of Voting is – Is Joseph as disgusting guy name or Not?

17.Results are not reached/ Results were not recorded.

18.Simply Retarded Category comes up.

19.Hannah comments that one of crystal’s eyes is bigger than the other.Denise begs to differ.

20.Crystal comments that Xinyuan’s eyes look like they’ve been carved with a penknife. Ouch.

21.Conclusion that Denise has cartoon like eyes/ smiley eyes is reached.

22.Conclusion that Rachel has the biggest eyes is reached. Rachel writes it down happily.

22.Crystal agrees to pose for the belt-look.

23.Crystal demonstrates different levels of beltness- the potato sack, the doll look , the boob support, and convent girl, etc etc.

24.Pictures are taken.

25.Bell rings. Meeting is adjourned.

Gay Guy Names ( Ranked from a scale of 1-10, with 10 being gayest )

Barnabas 10
Albert 10
Philemon 10
Kermit 10
Percival 10
Filbert 10
Chester 10
Kester 6
Molester 10
Arnold 9
Horace 9
Dickson 9
Walter 8
Thomas 8
Jonathan 8
Jean ( John ) 8
Ernest 8
Oswald 7
Arthur 7
Noel 7
Wesley 7
Jonas/Jonah 7
Spencer 7
Norbert 7
Carlos 7
Stamford 7
Zachary 6
Quincy 6
Patrick 6
Paul 6
Edwin 6
Oscar 5
Hector 5
Oliver 4

Note that any resemblance to real people was merely a coincidence. * That’s what they say.

Hot Guy Names

( Note that due to internal strife, most nice guy names were eventually crossed out by disagreeers . )

~~Daniel~~
Erik
Marcus
~~Darius~~
Chad
Evan
~~Gerard~~
Tyrone
Tolberone
~~Barracks~~
Alex
Ashley
Tinky
Winky
~~Fitzgerald~~

Simply Retarded

Vicklaus
Caspian
Aaron
Fish
Apple
Benford
Cedric
Mala
Clay
Wiglas
Bumsoo ( Bamboo??)
Diarhoea ( Spelling?)
Amos
Jufri
Hwachong ( ?????? I just typed whatever was scribbled over the whole paper )
Lukes
Gaia
Paris

blogskin changed lol

2008-07-11T03:37:00.000-07:00

Ooookay I got this skin from Dancingsheep (Ohmygawd, excellent coder) and although I hate navi skins I couldn't really find a microphonish/speakerish/avish skin.

I think there's a glitch but I'm working on this on my laptop so I don't really want to make the changes until I'm back on my desktop. My laptop's widescreen you see =P

Yaaaaa anyway when I'm freer (APCG WEEK! YES!) I MIGHT change the blogskin. I don't have my GIMP brushes on my laptop (Oh, yes, it's so so so irritating!) so well just hope that I use my desktop again soon. Anyway I'm definitely NOT free now, I have loads of abacus homework which is due in like an hour's time, and I wanna watch Dae Jang Geum. OMG SHOO SAD THE KING WANTS CHANGJIN TO BE HIS CONCUBINE, BUT CHANGJIN AND MINZHENGHAO ARE SO IN LOVE! CAN'T THEY SEE IT'S WRONG??

Yeah I realise I'm talking like a typical bimbo/ahlian but I dunno lar I'm not really concentrating 100% on this right now.

<3 Vic!

Too Great To Title

2008-07-11T01:54:00.000-07:00

Hellos.

I have no idea what to blog about, except I decided to post because I think the blog background is.... remarkably ugly ><

Tralalala I'm bored. Today the RI guys who came last time didn't wear weird clothes.

Okay babai. Vic, since you have the access to template... *ahem* :D

- Slithy Toves

HELLO

2008-07-10T05:55:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone!

Vic here, first post yayyay!

Crystal and Denise advocated the blog address, so... don't shoot the messenger.

Will change the template and whatever soon, but I'm currently DYING with OM reflections so I'm really really REALLY sorry.

Hennyway this is just a pretty random space so yeah yeah whatevers.

So anyway for our new members, you have to pay uhhh $5 club funds to me and I'll get the collar pins for you. I'm not so sure if we can get you T-shirts, because umm you joined kinda late and we didn't order extra. If there are people who decide to *ahem* quit (damn those irritating quitting Sec 1s!) we'll try to give them to you yeah =D

OKAY OM REFLECTION TIME, BIBI!

<3 Vic!