It was a night of shock and amazement all at the same time, as Twelvers were given a taste of fright night in our “Valley of Ghouls”, before entertained by our friendly neighbourhood "Caspers" to some awesome music and vocals.

Many were also eager to get their hands on the Hall 12 T-Shirt, as a long stream of human traffic piled up behind the T-Shirt booth. Having your very own Absolut Hall 12 Tee, who wouldn't? :D

Aside from the fantastic catered food we had lined up for the residents, we had prizes in store for the best dressed! With Shoshi getting the 2nd Runner Up and, Poh Ying for 1st Runner Up, but for the Grand Winner, we shall leave it to your detective skills to guess who are these masked raiders.

By Bryan Lim

The 11th JCRC held its Cultural Night on Thursday, 27 October 2011. The programme for the night included various fun activities such as inter civilisation games, singing and a movie screening.

Zero point had various residents trying their hand at it. At times, two or three people tried to work at it in sync, getting confused and entangled in the process! There were other games like hopscotch and pickup sticks to keep the residents entertained. And probably to appeal to the girls, a whole collection of stuffed toys were sitting in one corner, waiting to be picked up and pampered!

Not forgetting our old school candies and biscuits, ie. Kong Guan!

A mini Inter-Civilisation competition was held, and The four blocks Babylon, Hyboria, Atlantis and Valusia. Enthusiastic residents from the four blocks represented their respective civilisations in these games. Quite an opportunity for the boys to show off their strength and skill, and impress the opposite sex!

Bringing an end to this fun filled evening was a screening of the classic NS-themed movie, Army Daze, accompanied with complimentary Nasi Lemak.

All in all, the Hall 12 Cultural Night was a huge success, and gave the residents a great opportunity to get to know each other better and make new friends! Enthusiastic residents and friendly JCRC members are sure to make one’s stay in Hall 12 fun and memorable!

SUPPERHOP #1

It was a Wednesday. The twelfth of October, in fact. Why?

SUPPERHOP #1! Yes, Hall 12 kick-started her SUPPERHOP series on this very day! For the inaugural supperhop, our awesome social sub-committee brought us to the east of Singapore to sample the legend-wait for it-dary dishes of Simpang Bedok and Old Airport Road.

I took the Simpang Bedok – Old Airport Road – Hall 12 Semicircle route. Here’s what transpired during the night:

X.XX pm

I was told to gather at the area outside Hall 12 function hall by 6.30pm. Pfft. Supper at 6.30pm? Gluttony beckons.

6.30 pm

The bus set off. I remember distinctively the collective excitement of the bus as we were finally going to establish contact with the “outside world” again. Cue chattering and rowdy behavior on the bus. The social subcomm members (a.k.a. socialites) reminded us to “behave in a way that upholds NTU’s image” when we were in public. I applauded their valiant attempts silently.

7.15 pm

We reached Simpang Bedok! The dinner crowd was already swarming the place. Thankfully, the socialites have already thoughtfully “choped” the seats of us. The recommended place at Simpang Bedok was Spize:

From their website: “Conceptualized with the status of our nation as one of the most metropolitan and globalized city-states, Spize is a melting pot for East and West tastes.” It basically meant that they specialized in Indian, Thai, and Western food, some fancily served on a hotplate. The food looked good (and sinful!). While queuing up, I saw some Hall Twelvers already attacking their dinner. A particularly vicious resident (who shall not be disclosed) caught my eye. I decided to risk my life to disturb the diner, R. R had the cheese fries that night.

It looked goooood.

Just as we were leaving, my eyes landed on a.huge.cup. HUGE.

I was told it isn’t a Spize drink if it’s not upsized. The Grande-sized cup definitely lives up to its name. Anyway, Spize offers many interesting concoctions worthy of upsizing. Some of their specialty drinks include Horlicks Godzilla, Blueberry Lychee, Mata Kuching, Black Spider, and Syrup Lima Selaseh (sounds interesting, right?!)

8.20 pm

After the meal, we proceeded to Old Airport Road. I guess it was the post-meal slumber. Many people were too schleepy to talk. Some decided to sleep off the meal… What’s this I see? A drooling passenger?

9.00 pm

We reached Old Airport Road Food Center.

Widely regarded as the best hawker center in Singapore, Old Airport Road is a definite must-go. You’re not Singaporean if you haven’t gone there before. Some of their best hawker foods include:

Char kway teow

3-in-1 Omelette: Prawns, Oysters and Squid. Yum yum.

Wanton Mee

Satay

X.XX pm

We made out way back to Hall 12. For the finale, we were going to get our complimentary Lao Ban Beancurd, courtesy of the socialites.

The beancurd was sooooo good. It was so mysteriously delicious. Was it Vitasoy I tasted? Was there milk powder? Might it be heroin that made it so addictive? The beancurd was definitely ups!

We ended our night there, after a nice farewell speech by the head of the socialites, Emmanuel. (He’s the social director of Hall 12, btw.) He introduced his committee to the participants, before finally ending the night.

Seriously, can we give a round of applause to the socialites? Their impeccable planning and their noble sacrifice (while we were pigging out, some of them went to queue up for the beancurd, while others “choped” seats for us)… *sob*

On behalf of Hall 12, I hope everyone had a great night! Looking forward to seeing more residents at the next Supperhop!

HALL 12 supPERhop.

PLEASE. EXERCISE. RESTRAINT.