The Day Has Come...

The day has finally come. EMERGE is finally here. Even as I typed this post, it's only 6 hours away from the grand opening...

There are a few things I would require every of our cluster member to do:
1) Please sit together in the cluster during the service so that we all can cheer together. (Look for a Local U banner)
2) Please come and support for the Talentime at 30 Aug 2pm in the CHC Main Hall. Your votes will determine if our finalists win.

Thank you so much. Let's make the EMERGE experience a memorable one!

Local U will forever ROCK!!!

Winners of 24 August

Hi guys, for 24 August Track & Field events, what used to be dominated entirely by the MINT, we have managed to take some for ourselves. Our Kepong runners have helped us got 4 golds for the following events:

Secondary Level
100m Male - Choy Jian Khai (His friends call him "Iron Man". For those of you who saw him in action during the running, you'll know why.)
4x100m Male - Choy Jian Khai, Tan Kok Leong, Saw Chun Zirn, Wong Jia Jun
1500m Female - Anitha
4x100m Female - Serena, Natasha, Leong War Yee, Sanggitha

From left to right: Sanggitha, Leong War Yee, Natasha, Serena
Our champion girl runners from Kepong!

Great job to all of them!

Basically MINT took 11 golds home. But honestly speaking, without our Secondary team of runners, MINT could have taken more. So I would say, it's still a remarkable achievement for our cluster to grab some golds in these MINT-dominated events. The medal tally, as of 24 August will look something like that:

MINT 20 golds
Local U 18 golds
SMU 11 golds
VU 6 golds

Guys, don't worry about the current ranking. I believe it's only a temporary state. There are more golds lined up for us next Emerge weekend, and I strongly have the FAITH that our cluster can climb up to the top again.

But we need to work harder for next week. For Talentime, Beauty Pageant and Manhunt, it seems that a certain portion of our finalist's marks will be based on SMS voting. Trust me, the SMS-es will make a lot of difference. I strongly encourage all of you to come and support our finalists for the three different events. Every of your SMS vote counts! Every of your SMS will ensure that our finalists can win the first place. But in order for that to happen, you have to be around during the competition to be able to vote. So I hope to see you during these competitions and support our finalists!

Let's not give up, but let every Local U members keep on fighting till the very end!

Let's achieve the impossibles together!

Winners of 23 Aug

Today, Local U managed to sweep another 3 golds for the following events:

Photography (27 years and above) - Anthony Wong
Bag Design (27 years and above) - Felix Wong
LAN Dota - Justine, Chee Boon, Kok Wee, Tze Hwee, Eric Chiam

Congratulations to all of them!

Currently, here's the medal tally, as of 23 August.

Local U 14 golds
SMU 10 golds
MINT 9 golds
VU 5 golds

We're still the winning cluster. Let's continue to do it guys! Local U rocks!

Going Crazy with Sports Mania!

It was a great Sports Day last Sunday. Because out of 10 events, Local U swept another 3 more golds to add to our medals collection.

Congratulations to the following winners:

Captain's Ball (Female)
Karin, Yoke Yi, Pui Kar, Pui Yin, Christine, Jacqueline, Cia Cia

The Captain's Ball Power Puff Girls Team! Roarrzz!!!

Basketball 3-point Shootout (Male Tertiary)
Patrick Ting

Basketball 3-point Shootout (Male Secondary)
Andy Look

So currently, Local U has 12 golds, and still the leading cluster!

Great job guys, I'm so proud of Local U cluster!

Let's keep on going till we see ourselves holding the trophy at the end of Emerge!

Word Power!

(From left to right: Huey San, Jonathan, Derek)
Batt low. Remaining brain power: 5 minutes left.

One thing I'm proud is that our Local U Word Power (Huey San, Derek, Jonathan), despite facing many unfortunate setbacks and ended up the last team in Round 1, they fought on with full spirit and chased up to the 2nd placing by the end of Round 2. Very remarkable comeback! Congratulations to them for getting 1 silver medal for us! They did a great job!

Swimming & Bowling

Hi people. I'm proud to announce that for swimming, out of 8 golds, Local U managed to grab 6 of them. Thumbs up to Karin Ch'ng, our swimming event leader! Congrats to the winners of the following events:

• 50m Freestyle (Male): Eugene
• 400m Freestyle (Male): Jeremy Er
• 4x50m Freestyle (Male): Jeremy, Donovan, Johnson, Eugene
• 50m Breaststroke (Female): Karin Ch'ng
• 400m Freestyle (Female): Karin Ch'ng
• 4x50m Freestyle (Female): Karin, Kricia, Chiew Wei, Cindy

(From left to right: Christine, Johnson, Eugene, Kricia, Karin, Cindy, Chiew Wei)
A powerful team of Local U swimmers.
By the way, if you're wondering why Christine was the only person not in her swimsuit, that's because she forgot to bring hers for the competition...hilarious!

And for Bowling, there's the male and female category. I'm proud to announce that Local U swept 2 golds from the two events as well. Great job to Hon Kiet, our bowling event leader for picking a strong team. Congratulations to:

• Bowling - Male: Lawrence
• Bowling - Female: Judy Ong

Hon Kiet and Judy Ong pointing at the largest orange fruit they found in the bowling alley.

(From left to right: Hon Kiet, me, Patrick, Lawrence)
Lawrence, our bowling king quoted: "Green ball represents Local U!"

So we got 8 golds today. In total, 9 golds we have under our belt.

Good job guys! We're halfway to victory! Let's keep on fighting till the end...

Local U rocks!!!

Talentime Finals, here we come!

Last night's Talentime Semi-finals was a blast! Feels just like an American Idol program. The judges were funny and all had their own personality. And the participants really swept us off our feet...

Here goes, congratulations to our semi-finalists turn finalists:

Vocals
Yew Chong (our Jacky Cheung!)

Songwriting
Matthew (our cluster superstar and very own Jason Mraz!)

Band
Magic Gems (Kevin Khoo and his band, engkau betul-betul boleh!!!)
Ambrosia (Joey and friends, heavy metal to the max...)

And not forgetting the rest of the finalists:

Freestyle
Shawn the beatboxer
Leonard the magician

Hosting
Kevin Khoo
Pui Kar

Let's support them during the finals in Talentime. Local U shall take Talentime by storm!

Apprentice Finals

Congratulations to Yunn Yuan and Jasmine Choo for being one of the three teams that entered finals for the Apprentice! Amazing people!

Go all the way Yunn Yuan and Jasmine! We'll support you!

Machos & Beauties of Local U!

Hi, I'm proud to announce that for Beauty Pageant, we have two participants who are chosen to enter finals. And people tell me that they are REALLY REALLY GOOD! They are none other than Joan Tan and Cheryl Lee! Great job!

Sweet Joan...

And as for Manhunt, we have three finalists from Local U. Allow me to announce their names -- Aaron Chan, Adrian Quah and Raymond Ling! Congratulations to three of you! You guys are amazing!

Aaron, if one day humankind ever extinct, we'll recreate the entire human race from your perfect DNA specimen...

Also, great job to Pui Kar and Issey for training these people up! Your blood and sweat is worth it! And to the other participants who gave their best, I wanna thank you guys and girls for your time and effort.

Local U rules!

Picture Speaks a Thousand Words, Part 2

More pictures to entertain you, courtesy of Kricia Bong our photographer...

Talentime: "Hi, my name is Shawn Lee. I'm here to show you people how to beatbox. Wiki, wiki, wiki, wiki..."

Talentime: Joey Lai, the Mat Kool of Local U. Somebody please get him to sign on your shirt!

Talentime: Pui Kar, in pursuing her passion, she dreamed of becoming the host for Roda Impian one day...

Talentime: Kevin Khoo and his band - "To all Local U participants! Kau boleh! Yakin boleh!"

Preaching Challenge: Our fiery preacher Paul shared about how he laid hands on a computer in the shopping complex and then got it as a gift. Hmm...if your birthday is coming soon, start laying hands on your dream gifts in Sunway Pyramid!

Preaching Challenge: As I took the pulpit, Keith quoted, "Can let Local U cluster leader preach meh?" I'll take that as a compliment!

Preaching Challenge: Brian Hew, as cool as cucumber, preached his heart out.

Picture Speaks a Thousand Words, Part 1

A good blog must have picture and visuals. So I've decided to add a few photos which I managed to snap from my little mini Nokia phone. Have a enjoyable time looking through them! Perhaps after Emerge one day, you can look through all these photos and have a good laugh together...

Lookalike contest: Agnetha, Phoebe and Aleetha of the POS team. Guess which pair are the real sisters?

During a POS practice, Joyce tending to Melinda, who can't stop laughing after a hard fall from some stunt. This is masochism...

Some yummilicious beef cooked during Iron Chef competition...

The POS team diligently listening to their sifu Khen's talk on "101 Guide to Be a Good POS Team". (From left to right: Melvin, Steven, Leonard, Michael, Ah Long, Celine)

A hardworking POS team at work!

And last but not least, hmm...what is Yee Lin doing in the Gent's room? Psst...psst...scandalous!