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KARIKATURE

President Leonard ChooHonorary General Secretary Jess LimFinance Director Colin LamSports Director Poon Jey-SngCulture Director Jared Monteiro Outreach Director Amanda GohWelfare Director Welfare Director Kelvin NgSocial Relations Director Vincent WongCreative Arts Director Avery WangMedia Communications Director Esther Lee

Congratulations on being elected! So, tell us a little about your role.Well, I like to think of myself as a smaller ver-sion of the Hall Master, sort of. But with less height and also less facial hair.

What are some new initiatives or things you plan to do in the coming year?Organise a hot dog eating contest.

If there is one thing that you can change in hall, what would that be?SWIMMING. POOL.

If you could be an animal, what animal would you be?A Skunk. Good looks that come with a toxic A Skunk. Good looks that come with a toxic fart.

36th JCRC

LEONARD CHOO

by Esther Lee

PRESIDENT

On 18th March, we celebrated KR Day, re-membering and appreciating the people that make our lives in hall more memora-ble, more fun, and more meaningful. On 18th March, we also voted for the people who we would like to see represent us in the coming year. The heat was on in search for passionate, responsible leaders to take charge of various aspects of hall, to ensure that residents’ voices are heard, and to maintain the spirit that KR so proudly possesses. Pushing away fears of public speaking and stage frights, these ten managed to win the voters’ hearts and will represent Kent Ridge Hall’s 36th JCRC.

JEY-SNG

Congratulations on being elected! So, tell us a little about your role.Thank you very much! I'm very excited to serve Thank you very much! I'm very excited to serve alongside the other members of the 36th JCRC as the Outreach Director. As part of JCRC, my main role/purpose is to serve the KR community and be the bridge between the residents and the JCRC/SCRC. The portfolios under me are Flag, KRV and YEP and we all share the same passion: helping and serving others. helping and serving others.

What are some new initiatives or things you plan to do in the coming year?I don’t have any new initiatives and concrete plans at the moment but I do hope to have more of the subsidiary visits, like what KRV has done this year for the DSA children. I feel that inter-acting and getting more personal with the sub-sidiaries would allow KR residents to understand who is benefitting from their efforts and give them more motivation (e.g. raising funds during Flag Day).

SPORTS DIRECTOR

JARED MONTEIROCULTURE DIRECTOR

AMANDA GOHOUTREACH DIRECTOR

If there is one thing that you can change in hall, what would that be?I would like to change the reason of some people wantI would like to change the reason of some people want-ing to volunteer just for hall points. I’m not saying everyone does this but I know some do and we shouldn’t have the mind-set of helping others to gain something in return. There’s a quote that encompasses what I strong-ly feel for – “Volunteers are not paid, not because we ar worthless but because our work is priceless”.

If you could be a Disney princess, who would you be?I would choose to be Cinderella! I don’t really support I would choose to be Cinderella! I don’t really support the idea of finding a prince charming and all that but I do admire her character and strength and I think we can all learn a lot from her. I believe that the best way to deal with negativity and setbacks in life is to always be kind and keep a positive mind-set. If people are ever mean to you, just be kind and forgiving because getting angry and retaliating will not do anyone any good. Furangry and retaliating will not do anyone any good. Fur-thermore, I think the most important thing in life is to just be you. Don’t lose yourself to peer pressure or con-form to what others think you should be. Love yourself for who you are because everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses and at the end of the day you can only ever be truly happy if you accept and love the person you are.

Congratulations on being elected! So, tell us a little about your role.I'll be overseeing the six culture groups in KR, as well as CMU and TSU, and I'll be helping to organize culture events like Hall Production.

What are some new initiatives or things you plan to do in the coming year?One of the mains things I want to do is pick up where Chun Wui left off, with the online presence. But I'll be having discussions with the K6 to see what they want to do this year, so the big ideas will be coming from them.

If there is one thing that you can change in hall, If there is one thing that you can change in hall, what would that be?I guess like everyone else, I'd appreciate some variety in our hall meals. That'd be nice.If you could be a Disney princess, who would you be?Pocahontas, she's a badass.Pocahontas, she's a badass.

Congratulations on being elected! So, tell us a little about your role.As Sports D, my portfolios include our Hall’s As Sports D, my portfolios include our Hall’s Sports Teams, Sports Management Unit, and our KR Steppers. I will also have to work with the Sports Directors of the other Halls and the Co-Convening Committee to organise and exe-cute next year’s IHG, whilst looking to fight for our Hall’s sports rights and welfare.

What are some new initiatives or things you plan to do in the coming year?It might be a little tough, but I hope that our Sports It might be a little tough, but I hope that our Sports Teams will be able to be more inclusive of everyone, regardless of sporting talent or abilities, as I noticed that it is not often that everyone gets the chance to get a first-hand experience of an actual IHG match.

If there is one thing that you can change in hall, what would that be?Perhaps the food? I am quite a big eater and the porPerhaps the food? I am quite a big eater and the por-tions aren’t really enough sometimes.

If you could be a superhero, who would you be?Iron Man. It’d be quite cool to be a genius billionaire philanthropist, not forgetting all those gadgets and the nice suit of armour.

LISTENStudying with music is comforting; studying with music is distracting. Whichever camp you arein,in, take a breather and enter an alternate world of dreams and feels. With the looming examinations, we seek some musical respite to soothe our nerves, calm our souls, and reenergizeusus for another round of in-tense mugging. Turn up your speakers (or grab your earphones if you’re in the library), and check out these eargasmic tunes that your friends are cur-rently listening to.

10am Gare du Nord , Keaton Henson“It sings, “Tire of me if you will, my dear. I will not tire of you”, which pretty much sums up my everlasting love for tutorials and projects… NOT.”Eugene Ng Jun KianEugene Ng Jun Kian

Nature sounds, Spotify“Makes me feel like I’m study-ing in a jungle, and I love stud-ying in the jungle.”Irsyad Salihin

Acoustic versions of songs like Years and Spectrum, Matthew Koma“His voice makes me feel like all my dreams will come true.”Grace Caines

Easy Yoke, Favela“I can never be the same, now you’re knocking on my door always. It’s no heavy load, it’s an easy yoke. It’s no heavy heart, it’s an easy part. Studying feels less burdensome.”Navin Navin

Elusive, Gentle Bones“Nice tune that makes me happy!”Amanda Goh (A block)

A State of Trance, Armin van Buuren“Trance music’s chord progression is “Trance music’s chord progression is simple, the bpm [beats per minute] is steady, and there are not much dis-tracting voices. So can focus better. Jazz/ classical/ rock music’s chord pro-gression is complex and melody line’s too attention grabbing already. Cannot be background music for me… Haha my mind will stray. ”Benja

Starry Eyed, Ellie Goulding“I like it because it’s upbeat which main-tains my momentum to work haha.”Reynard Tan

Editor-in-Chief Editorial Team

Photographs Layout Design Layout Design Illustrations

Esther LeeChristine TeoEdmund WangJeidy NgLester LeongKR Photo Commthe Internetthe InternetJuliana TanJuliana Tan

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