Feb 3, 2010
Not as harmful as a cigarette?
BY: NG XIAO YAN
"It's like a sweet sort of poison," says Teo Jun Lin, inhaling deeply into the shisha hose. In the dim, smoke-filled room of Aladdin Cafe, teenagers in groups of four or five sit around ornate waterpipes, playing cards or just chatting.
"I know smoking shisha is really harmful to my lungs, but I'm not doing it regularly. I don't get addicted to it either." A social smoker, Jun Lin, 19, goes to popular youth hangout Haji Lane with her close friends to catch up with one another over shisha and drinks.
Depression is killing us
BY: DAPHNE-RAE LEE
One of the mental disorders that is increasing at an astonishing rapid rate, depression is inevitable for the people of this day and age. It can last for a couple of days, a few weeks, months, and even years.
From a loss of someone dear and near, to the failing of an examination, all this occurrences that happen in life may cause depression.
Students’ Favourite Desserts Hangout Places
BY: LIU YING
Food speaks the common language of Singaporeans. It crosses boundaries of age, gender and even race. This is even more so for desserts, which no one can resist. The Youth Voice checks out some of the popular dessert hangout places that students love to frequent.
Food speaks the common language of Singaporeans. It crosses boundaries of age, gender and even race. This is even more so for desserts, which no one can resist. The Youth Voice checks out some of the popular dessert hangout places that students love to frequent.
SHINee Shines in Singapore
BY: NURIMAN
The Hallyu Wave has reached our shores. Following in the footsteps of Brown-Eyed Girls and FT Island, SM Entertainment’s red hot boyband SHINee is the latest Korean group to visit Singapore.
Their arrival in Singapore had local netizens buzzing as this was the first time SM Entertainment (SM) was sending one of their talents here. For those of you new to the Korean music industry (Kpop), SM, along with JYP Entertainment and YG Entertainment dominate the Korean music industry. SM’s artists alone dominate the Asian music scene with Girls Generation as well as DBSK (TVXQ) which currently holds the world record of having the largest fan group.
Students' dress sense is boring?
First impression counts. If the saying is true then what does one make of the many different fashion styles of students from Temasek Polytechnic?
From dancers to slackers to cosplaying, students seem to turn to fashion to express their personalities and preferences. We preview the more stereotypically interesting ones.
Feb 2, 2010
Flea markets - alternative shopping
BY: NG XIAO YAN
From vintage handbags to flashy retro getups, to handmade charm bracelets, fashion fleas are interesting alternative shopping niches, especially for those who would not want to frequent the more mainstream malls, prefering to go 'indie' instead.
One such bazaar is the monthly 'Flea Fly Flo Fun' (FFFF), usually set up at Home Club along Boat Quay. Makeshift stalls of tables, clothes racks, floor mats and suitcases occupy the premises inside and outside the club. And trawling the booths are the fashion conscious youth, on the prowl from anything trendy, quirky or different.
Emily Hill - An alternative fashion haven for bargain hunters
BY: PRISCILLA CHUA
For fashion hunters who want to own exquisite and quirky outfits at good bargain, yet tired of ending up in a stuffy and overcrowded flea market once again, Souk Flea market @ Emily Hill would be an alternative fashion haven for you!
In the recent years, flea markets had been increasingly gaining popularity in Singapore. Souk Flea market is a bi-monthly event that receives overwhelming response from the youths.
Feb 1, 2010
Hafiyan's the face behind a 'Spooktacular' Halloween
Photo by: Ng Xiao Yan
BY: NURUL 'AIN
From ghastly decorations, to uniquely-themed finger-food, many youths love attending Halloween parties organised at various locations in Singapore.
Hafiyan played a long-tongued ghost character (above) for Spooktacular.
However, did you know that the recent highly-acclaimed Halloween event, Spooktacular, attended by almost 5,000 partygoers had been organised by a group of Temasek Polytechnic (TP) students?
Jan 31, 2010
Microdermal Piercing - a new body modification trend
BY: DAPHNE-RAE LEE
Move aside, body surface piercings; here is a new permanent body piercing that have very low chances of rejecting from your body and leaving an unwanted scar.
Brian Decker from Pure Body Arts says, "The idea is to give the aesthetic look of a transdermal implant but with the simplicity and safety of a piercing."
Also known as a microdermal or surface anchor, this body modification can be placed practically anywhere on the surface of your body with skin using the techniques in pocketing, dermal anchoring and transdermal implants.
Jan 30, 2010
BY: NURUL 'AIN
Have an ingenious money-spinning idea that can rake in stupendous profits, but simply do not know where to begin?
Fret not because the annual Temasek Polytechnic (TP) initiative the Final5 Entrepreneurship Competition is back and you may even land the top prize of $600 cash.
Jan 28, 2010
Jan 25, 2010
LEGO bricks build a passion for science and tech
BY: PRISCILLA CHUA
First Lego League (FLL) 2010, which was held on 9 Jan, received overwhelming response in recruiting youth volunteers this year.
The event successfully called for 100 over volunteers from the youth bank base of Heartware Network, a non-profit charitable youth organisation which plays an important role in FLL every year. Unlike other private company, Heartware does not make any profit from organising FLL. The charity incurred a $50,000 loss in organizing last year’s FLL competition.
First Lego League (FLL) 2010, which was held on 9 Jan, received overwhelming response in recruiting youth volunteers this year.
The event successfully called for 100 over volunteers from the youth bank base of Heartware Network, a non-profit charitable youth organisation which plays an important role in FLL every year. Unlike other private company, Heartware does not make any profit from organising FLL. The charity incurred a $50,000 loss in organizing last year’s FLL competition.
Jan 17, 2010
Young inventors alert!
BY: NURIMAN
When one thinks of engineering, technological feats such as the invention of the aeroplane or the car comes into mind. To students, engineering is simply complex equations mixed with difficult to remember physics theories.
The recent Temasek Polytechnic Engineering Road Show, held in conjunction with TP’s Open House showed that sometimes, the simplest ideas are often the best.
When one thinks of engineering, technological feats such as the invention of the aeroplane or the car comes into mind. To students, engineering is simply complex equations mixed with difficult to remember physics theories.
The recent Temasek Polytechnic Engineering Road Show, held in conjunction with TP’s Open House showed that sometimes, the simplest ideas are often the best.
