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Mini Antique Toy Museum at Arab Street
By: Jiaqi Tay Along the stretch of shophouses along Arab Street, lies a quaint toy museum. A giant old-school robotic figurine guards this toy museum. This museum is called ‘Children Little Museum’. As the name suggests it is a place that showcases toys, to be exact, antique toys. Stepping into the store is almost equivalent […]
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
By: Shaun Lin When French musician Anthony Gonzalez announced that he was planning to record an epic of an album in Fall 2010, it did not come as surprise to many. Rather, it was viewed as sort of an understatement. After all, M83 – the band that Gonzalez founded, was in the business of producing […]
Simei: How beautiful is it in the land of The Four Beauties?
By: Teo Si Jia Simei (四美), an eastern district in Singapore, takes the name of the romanized abbreviation for The Four Great Beauties of ancient China. These namesakes left their marks in Chinese history with their talent and beauty. The main roads in Simei were initially named after these four figures, only to be scrapped […]
Shopping mall opens at Expo
By: Jiaqi Tay Now, there is a new shopping mall made available to residents of Bedok, Simei and Tampines. This new shopping mall, recently opened on the Nov 4th, is called Changi City Point. The shopping mall is conveniently located right beside Expo Mrt station. It is definitely something that many Bedok residents have waited […]
Punggol: A town with countless stories to be told
By: Monica Tan Some say that it existed 200 years ago before Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore, while others claim it is one of the oldest settlements in Singapore. A fishing village surrounded by pig and poultry farms set alongside vegetable plantations, Punggol witnessed Singapore’s development from its earliest. The original settlers of the area […]
To the printers!
By: Shaun Lin Last month, a select group of senior Journalism students from the Diploma in Communications and Media Management took a trip to the printers at KHL Printing Co Private Limited in Loyang. KHL Printing is currently the largest privately-owned printer in Singapore, and counts Silver Kris, Wine & Dine, Marie Claire and Women’s […]
Lim Swee Say: Singaporeans are Government’s priority
By: Shaun Lin When Cabinet Minister and Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) Lim Swee Say paid a visit to Temasek Polytechnic (TP), many students did not expect him to be as frank as he was. As Guest Speaker for the final of three segments of the Youth Matters forum, the Minister was […]
Zombies are back!
By: Shaun Lin The zombie is back! Or rather, the zombies are back (because zombies are never threatening unless they arrive in a bunch). Made famous by George A. Romero films such as “Night of the Living Dead” and “Zombie Flesh Eaters” way back in the 1970s and ‘80s, the zombie is hobbling its way […]
LED panel up and running at TP
By: Jiaqi Tay Once you enter Temasek Polytechnic (TP), you can find a six-metre by 11-metre video wall, which consists of both a digital media and a static billboard. After months of construction around the entrance of the School of Business, the video wall is in full operation and was even opened in time for […]
New IT course available in TP
By: Jiaqi Tay A new course is made available for students joining Temasek Polytechnic (TP) in the academic year of 2012/2013. This new course named Diploma in Business Intelligence & Analytics (BIA) in the School of Informatics and IT(IIT). As the name suggests, this new course teaches students to analyse data and information related to […]
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