Fellow’s Tea with Mr. Song Yu Chuan

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Tembusu College Fellow’s Tea

Song Yu Chuan

4.30pm, Thursday

1st October, 2015

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Only 30 seats available!

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Hosted by Dr. Celine Coderey

Yu Chuan is a founding member of Tembusu College and currently pursuing a Masters in Architecture in NUS. He prefers to approach architecture from a humanist stance, often finding inspiration from the fields of anthropology, sociology and technology. He will be sharing how the study of time inspired some of his architectural works, which have been presented internationally and exhibited locally.

Besides academic pursuits, Yu Chuan has also worked on several local community projects, such as the Singapore Sports Hub, Tampines Town Hub and the Bedok Integrated Complex, which was nominated for this year’s World Architecture Festival Award. He is happy to share his views about these projects and how the designs are derived through an understanding of Singaporeans and our society.

This Fellow’s Tea counts as a Special Event for the Senior Seminar on Time and Life

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Master’s Tea with Dr Lily Neo

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Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Dr Lily Neo

3pm, Thursday

29th October 2015

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Please be seated by 2.50pm.

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Dr Lily Neo, a medical doctor, was first elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in 1997, and is currently the MP for Jalan Besar Group Representation Constituency (GRC). She has served as MP in Kreta Ayer-Tanglin and Tanjong Pagar GRC and chaired several Government Parliamentary Committees, including Jalan Besar and Tanjong Pagar Town Councils.

The welfare of her constituents, especially women, children and seniors, has always been her primary concern. She is constructively engaged with healthcare, community affairs and education matters in Singapore. She has spoken on at least 300 topics and made several Motions of Adjournment and Private Member’s Motions in Parliament.

Dr Neo pioneered the Community Health Screening (CHS) programme island-wide for early detection of hypertension, hyperlipidaemia and diabetes for those above 50; obtained subsidized breast cancer screening mammograms for women; succeeded in getting better pay-outs for Public Assistance recipients, etc.. She also initiated the CARE (Centre of Activity for Retired and Elderly) and AGH (Aging Gracefully at Home) programmes to help fragile and needy elderlies, the FISH (Family Improvement Social Help) programme for unemployed parents, and the CATCH (Children and Teens Community Hub) and CATCHplus programmes to help disadvantaged families and their children.

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Fellow’s Tea with Vanda Boxing Club

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Tembusu College Fellow’s Tea

Jun Talape

Coach Alexis

Coach AJ

3pm, Wednesday

28th October, 2015

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Hosted by Dr. Adam Groves

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Want to learn about the “sweet science” aka boxing, without the pain? Would you like the chance to hear a few stories from real boxers? Sign-up for a unique opportunity to meet three bona fide athletes from the coaching team of Singapore’s own, Vanda Boxing Club.

You will meet Jun Talape, former WBC International Featherweight Champ.

Coach Alexis, a veteran amateur boxer, member of the National Boxing Squad for Team Singapore, and podium finisher in the SEA and Commonwealth games.

And last but not least, Coach AJ, an elite level amateur competitor who represents Singapore in overseas tourneys.

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Time to pause

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Time to pause

With Anh Thu Nguyen

Trainer and certified life coach , owner and director at ThreeSixtySkills Pte. Ltd.

Thursday 22 October 2015, 5.30-7pm. Reading Room, Tembusu College.

Hosted by Dr Celine Coderey

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In our busy lives, too often we end up running and running, without knowing where exactly we are heading to, why we are doing it, and what our true desires are anymore.

What would happen if we stopped for a moment? What if we could slow down to breathe, to pause and to look at our lives from different points of view?

Through the help of creative tools and inspirational images, this experiential encounter will guide you into an authentic, interactive and non-judgmental dialogue with other participants, but most importantly, with yourself.

All are welcome – this is also a Special Event for UTC2101 “Time and Life”

tTales: Eco-Wiz & Biologik Fieldtrips

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tTales presents

FIELDTRIPS

(ECO-WIZ & BIOLOGIK)

Food production contributes significantly to climate change, and yet trillions of tons of food are wasyed globally each year.

Join tTales as it goes on a journey to explore how food waste is being tackled in Singapore. Unlike previous events, which took place on campus, students and faculty members will visit two companies (Eco-wiz and VRM Biologik) to understand how food waste are being treated and “recycled”.

tTales will continue its tradition of sharing a book which is Waste: Uncovering the Global food Scandal by intentional award-winning author Tristram Stuart.

Date: 14 October 2015, Wednesday

Time/Venue: 9am at Tembusu Pick-up-point

(The bus will leave promptly at 9:15am and will arrive back on campus before 2pm)

Only 18 seats are available, so hurry and sign-up now!

http://goo.gl/forms/tVuFYsKRVr

Master’s Event with Captain Budi Soehardi

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A man of illimitable optimism and “a firm believer in doing what can be done now”; this is how Captain Budi Soehardi is often described. Captain Soehardi is a Singapore-based airline veteran pilot. Besides his passion for flying, he spends almost all his leisure time in Community Service.

Captain Soehardi and his wife, Peggy, founded a children’s home in one of the poorest areas of Indonesia, prompted by the conflict in East Timor back in 1999. Today, Roslin Orphanage in West Timor provides food, shelter and education to more than 70 children. For his efforts, he was awarded CNN’s Top 10 Heroes of 2009.

Captain Soehardi’s salary goes toward the maintenance of the orphanage. In order to cut cost and attain self-sufficiency, he had his first foray in irrigation despite not having any prior knowledge in agriculture. As of today, the rice the children feed on comes solely from their own land.

Master’s Tea with Prof. Timothy Barnard

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Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Prof. Timothy Barnard

3pm, Thursday

22nd October 2015

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Please be seated by 2.50pm.

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Tembusu College has declared the Komodo dragon to be the ‘Animal of the Year for AY2015/2016. Come and meet Assoc Prof Timothy P. Barnard to find out about these giant lizards and more.

Timothy P. Barnard is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he specializes in the environmental and cultural history of island Southeast Asia. He has just finished writing book on the history of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, and is currently working on a social history of the Komodo dragon.

Assoc Prof Barnard has researched on range of topics including state formation in the eighteenth-century Straits of Melaka, Malay identity throughout history, Malay film in the 1950s, and the environmental history of Singapore. His publications include numerous book chapters and articles, as well as the book Multiple Centres of Authority (KITLV,2003) and the edited volumes Contesting Malayness (NUS Press, 2004) and Nature Contained (NUS Press, 2014), which focuses on the environmental history of Singapore.

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Master’s Tea with Mr Lui Tuck Yew

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Tembusu College Master’s Tea

Mr Lui Tuck Yew

3pm, Friday

16th October 2015

Master’s Common Lounge,

Level 3, Residential Block

Refreshments will be served.

Please be seated by 2.50pm.

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Mr Lui Tuck Yew was Minister for Transport from 21 May 2011 to 30 September 2015 and Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts from 1 November 2012 to 20 May 2011.

Prior to joining the Singapore Cabinet, Mr Lui was an SAF (Overseas) scholar, graduating with a degree in Chemistry from Trinity College, University of Cambridge, in the United Kingdom in 1983. He subsequently served in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN), rising to the position of Chief of Navy in 1999. He was appointed Chief Executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore on 1 July 2003 and subsequently Chief Executive of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) in June 2005.

In his free time, Mr Lui enjoys travelling, reading cricket baseball and American football.

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Fellow’s Tea with Ms Choo Kah Ying

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Tembusu College Fellow’s Tea

Choo Kah Ying

8pm, Wednesday

14th October 2015

Masters Common Lounge,

Third floor, Tembusu Tower

Only 30 seats available!

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Hosted by Dr. Adam Groves

Ms Choo Kah Ying is a writer/educator and a homeschooler of Jean-Sebastien Choo, her autistic son. She is also a former sufferer of manic depression who has recovered from her condition after a challenging 15 years journey. Rising above the odds, she has combined her academic training and life experiences into inspirational and practical books and workshops.

Kah Ying provides on-site consultations to parents in their homes pertaining to autism and manic depression. She has also trained teachers to design and implement the curriculum at a special needs school. Besides consultation and trainings, Kah Ying is also the founder of A Mother’s Wish. Thd social enterprise has the mission of forming a community that provides affordable and lifelong activites for autistic youths and adults with moderate to sereve autism.

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