BBQ Party for the ISG team on 22 March 08

Some of us might be wondering who are the faces behind the ISG group? Here's some snapshots of the wonderful and enjoyable BBQ party at our boss Michael's place - who had graciously open up his place for us to mess up!

The BBQ was indeed very fun & enjoyable & the food is really yummy!!! To name a few - there are satays, prawns, salmon, sting ray, sotong, garlic bread, lamb, beef, corn, salads, fruits, desserts, chocolates, wine, beer … oops. Pease don't drool! =P

Though there was a super heavy downpour that afternoon, the weather was really nice and cooling after that, hence making it perfect environment to have hot BBQ food on a cold wet weather. Of course, not without the flying cockroaches and mosquitoes attacking us but this did not hamper our moods to enjoy ourselves at the BBQ.

First presenting ...... the self sacrificing Cooks!!! willing to stand behind the fire and charcol and consuming the smoke just to barbeque wonderful cooked food for us.
Skillful & highly professional. No burnt marks at all! Full marks for you guys! 10/10 =)




Chefs hard at work.

We are manning the food station :)





Everyone was practicing “Prawning”. The prawns were really really huge, juicy and fresh!!! We were snatching over them! Literally.
*cheers to Benson & Fauzan*



Poor Lin Chong (in orange) can only see us savour the juicy big prawns cos he's having a fever. Who says no prawns allowed if you are having a fever? But well, his portion was quickly shared. Make a guess who was that? Hint : Obviously peeling the prawn .... = )



The professional cooks! Michael & Ricky



Food tastes as good as it looks in the picture.

Here's the team and see how happy and well fed we are.

It's definitely a successful BBQ as we've had loads of fun!!! It was a different environment for a change where the staff and DTs have more communication out of the normal serious environment. We cooked alot, chitchat alot, ate alot, laugh alot, joke alot ... Yes, we're a fun bunch of people though we may look quite serious but remember never to judge a book by its cover.

Feedback : Boss, when is our next BBQ?

more pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/OutsideTheLT/ISGBBQ2008

Contributed by SweeLin, Cynthia

NYP Notebook Roadshow (3 Apr to 16 Apr '08)

Good news for students who are interested or neeed to purchase a new notebook as NYP is currently having a notebook roadshow.

Student Notebook Roadshow Details

Venue: Theatre for the Arts (TFA) Function Room

Date: 3rd - 16th April 2008 (excluding Saturdays & Sundays)

Time: 0900-1800


For any queries/clarifications on the recommended models and software-related issues.

Contact: http://www.nyp.edu.sg/SBM/notebookscheme/laptopfaqnew.htm

MIT Freshmen Orientation 2008 Programme

A BIG Welcome to "MIT FAMILY"!!~

Orientation Details
Date: 8 April - 10 April
Reporting Date & Time: 8 April, 0930
Venue: NYP Sports Hall

See you there~
Feel free to tag/comment for any queries =)

Last Batch of S435 students

Goodbye to the last batch of S435 students.



All the best to their future endeavours =)

And MIG lab will be shifting to another lab soon...

Cisco Express team in the Philippines

First time in PH, but have heard a lot about how friendly Filipinos are. The traffic here is really bad and you can expect to drive against the traffic in times of emergency.

In Philippines, I have worked with a lot of System Engineers and they are very friendly and helpful. One of my tasks in Philippines was to backup almost the whole of Cisco Express but to do so will require a lot of time. I work closely with them and arrange a proper schedule to do the backups.

The most important thing, welfare of Cisco staffs, was very well look after. I was given USD$60 per day to spend on food and transportation. Of course I wasn’t able to spend that much a day because I’m on-site the whole day. I ordered dine-in breakfast almost everyday and dinner on one of the day.

Apart from working in Philippines, the working environment in Cisco is very good. Cisco is ranked 6th in Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work For”. We have free flow of Oreo cookies, coffee and can drinks as and when we like. The working culture in Cisco, at least for me, is that we don’t have to follow day by day tight schedule but at the end of the day, we have to finish our task(s).

In summary, I just enjoy a lot working in Cisco because I learnt a lot here too.

Cheers,
Ivan Khor
DMIT Year 3 student

Kenneth Lum (DECC), Ng Kee Way (our lecturer), Ivan Khor (DMIT)



With the Cisco team in the Philippines



The Cisco Express team from Singapore



Testing for the Cisco Express launch in the Philippines

Come and visit us at our JAE (24 to 28 Jan 08)

Except Sunday, we are available to answer your questions from 8:30 am to 5 pm daily from 24 to 28 Jan 08. Please drop by NYP's auditorium (next to the Yio Chu Kang MRT station).

This is supposed to be a CATCHY title!

OPEN HOUSE 2008 is BACK!!!

From 10 Jan(Thu) to 12 Jan(Sat), you can get your neoprints taken at the DMIT booth, station just outside KouFu. Everyday, we have different sets of background designs just for you.

So what are you waiting for? Come on down and visit our booth now to get your pretty pictures taken and printed out for FREE!

Cya there!!!

Venue: Outside KouFu
Date: 10,11,12 Jan 2008
Time: 11am - 6pm
Official Website: http://www.ibuzz.nyp.edu.sg/OH08/home.html



XOXO,
OLT Team

The "Rat Race" Challenge

The "Rat Race" Challenge Mobile Game is developed by Diploma in Multimedia & Infocomm Technology (C75) students for The Singapore Mint's new collection of products to welcome the year of Rat in 2008!

Download the game for FREE from:
http://www.singaporemint.com/enews/2008_lunarrat/highlights.html

Registration for the competition is still open! So hurry down to our Open House booth now!

PHP Meetup

Date: 9 Jan 2008
Time: 8pm (registration starts at 7:30pm)
Venue: School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University

For all beginners out there, if you want to learn more about PHP, you meet lots of cool PHP dudes in Singapore. They can share with you tips and tricks in PHP as well as tools to help you do the tricks.

For those seasoned programmers, you can get to learn many advance features such as Ajax, Design Patterns, frameworks, etc... Best of all, if you are about to graduate and looking for a job, there are lots of business people looking for PHP programmers.

And for those who have lots of freetime at hand, you can embark on a project with the Team. The project may be internal or industrial projects. You will learn as you do, plus it will add to your portfolio that you have done something huge and have a great team backing you up.

PHP is open source and free for all to use. Unlike other proprietory languages, which can be very expensive to get license, PHP is free and easy to pick up. Hey, 90% of web host on the internet are PHP-supported. You can be very sure there's a place for you.

Find out more at: http://php.com.sg/

contributed by shurn heng

29 Year-old NYP Graduate On The Track To Be Millionaire

Danny Tan Kee Chen, a graduate from the Diploma in Multimedia System Engineering (predecessor to Multimedia Infocomm Technology), is on the verge of becoming a millionaire. He is the CEO of Shanghai Mopie Information Technology Co. (Mopietek), and owns 100% of Luckybull Limited.

Luckybull became the target of an acquisition by Enzer, a Singapore-listed company. As a result of a deal with Enzer just concluded, Danny is on the verge of becoming a multi-millionaire - at the age of 29.

Based in Shanghai now, Danny says he will re-invest in another project with higher returns, once he receives his payout.



Click HERE to read more about his story.