IGNIS 2008 : IGORA :: the dance clan

orientation preparation mania!!! (:

Sunday, December 30, 2007, + ignis + writes...

hey guys! (:
the ogls have just finished our 3 day long...(1 night stay-over only tho) OGL camp! (: it basically brought us through everything of Orientation '08 Step Up, including mass dance, the Quest (external hunt), station games and war games!tiring but fun!haha.
oh oh...we learnt a new Combined House cheer...it uses the Orientation house names.i'll add it on to the Cheers lists under the 'House section' of this blog. (:
Anws, the walk-in rehearsals have been rather hectic lately.tmr will be our FIRST full-dress rehearsal with the other houses.the other day we had a rehearsal with all of them too and got some pretty constructive suggestions. (: so we off improving!haha.
Just in case you all are interested, the walk-in consists of a hip-hop dance to the song 'Spitfire' and another to a dance mix (we call it 'I Want Candy', but trust me, its COOL.-grins-), and a Stomp stint! (: we are working on how to make them flow better so it won't be too segmented. (:
Yesterday we had another of our own practices. Actually i think most of the other houses were practising in school too.haha.We were mostly working on our Stomp bit. (: Tough tough, but its FUN. (:
We went up to the hall for a while, courtesy of Solaris. (thanks thanks) They gave us their last 5 mins or sth...we practised 2 times. It was quite funny cos the Uncle (think it was the OM) came in and started switchin off the lights. So before we knew it, we were doing our Stomp in almost darkness. (: and amazingly, it was quite GOOD.haha.
Although our dear conductor, Xuemin says that we still have much to improve on, I think we should be pretty proud of what we have achieved so far and keep working on it! (: like Leung Yan says, we are the only house without a Western Dancer choreographing everything, instead our walk-in is a mixture of everything that we are... (: (ok, i summed up everything he said into one line) -grins-
Anws, after our practice, we kept our materials and then prayed for the rain to stop. When it finally did, we dashed out of SCHOOL! (: to buy our dahling costumes...
It was a tiring shopping trip.-laughs-(esp for Pavan, sportmen aren't made for shopping) but in the end, we got most of our stuff from Bugis, the market and the Junction. Thanks to Nora and Kwan Ling for all the logistics of shopping, like the allocation of what type of tank tops for who and what colour of jackets for who.haha.its a tough job contacting outlets and all. And Thanks so much to the people who contributed money for those who couldn't make it and those who went out of their way to check and buy costumes for others. (:
OH. I didn't tell you about our lunch...haha. The 3 wise men (Zizhao, Pavan and Shi Hao) first scared me with their diet spree. They were munching on 'extra rice' and coleslaw! then after that, they went to get 2 servings of popcorn chicken thing. Cheers for their attempt to have an economical lunch (:
This is a super long post...haha.i hope you don't get bored.
Anws, here's one interesting thing Clement found at Bossini. And which some of the guys eventually bought...
It is RED M&M shirt!haha...suits the 'I Want Candy' bit.anws, we all think its super cute.
(only nora knows the real significance, but i think kwan ling smells sth fishy)
OH!the shirt has the words. RED!!! at the back. how cool!-grins-
ahhh...i'm having a hard time finding a pants to match my costume.EK. ):
anws, I think that's about it for today. (:
Enjoy what's left of the holidays!

EXPLODE!IGNITE!
NJ DYNAMITE!

love ignis
mich

Profile

Name: Ignis
Orientation '08 Clan: Igora
Clan write-up:
Igorians are proud to call themselves the most loyal and fervent of all. Often recognised by the colour RED which symbolises a strong sense of brotherhood, each dance step of an Igorian is fiery in unity. It is little wonder why it is said that when you see a blazing trail of fire, an Igorian is never too far away.
Colour: Red
Mascot: Phoenix

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Cheers

1) HUR HUR HUR……… (gather)
IGNIS IGNIS BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
IGNIS IGNIS BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
IGNIS IGNIS HERE WE GO
5678 WE WILL WE WILL
THRASH YOU FLAT (stomp)
LIKE GINGERBREAD (punch)
AND NEVER LET YOU STAND BANG!

2) IGNIS OEI!
OEI!
IGNIS OEI!
OEI!
IGNIS OEI!
HOT SIA! (freestyle)

3) WHY YOU ON OUR STAGE! (stomp clap)
WHY YOU ON OUR STAGE! (stomp clap)
WHY YOU ON OUR... shhh... (finger to lip)
IGNISIANS LET ME HEAR YOUR BEAT.
(STOMP CLAP STOMP STOMP STOMP CLAP)
(STOMP CLAP STOMP STOMP STOMP CLAP)
(STOMP CLAP STOMP STOMP STOMP CLAP)
I CANT HEAR YOU.
(STOMP CLAP STOMP STOMP STOMP CLAP)
(STOMP CLAP STOMP STOMP STOMP CLAP)
(STOMP CLAP STOMP STOMP STOMP CLAP)
IGNIS-SA! (STOMP)

4) FEEL THE FLAMES OF IGNISIANS GO!
BOOM (punch) ARH ARH ARH.
BOOM (punch) ARH ARH ARH.
BOOM (punch) ARH ARH ARH.
ONE MORE TIME GO!
BOOM (punch) ARH ARH ARH.
BOOM (punch) ARH ARH ARH.
BOOM (punch) ARH ARH ARH.
A......IGNIS!

THE NEW COMBINED GANG CHEER! (:

Tyraz:
One scream, two shout
Three come on shake it out

Soterios:
Get rough,get mean
ROll over tha team

Laszlo:
We scare, we shock
We'll show them how we rock

Igora:
Explode, Ignite
NJ dynamite

Aquilla:
We're ready, we're cool
We'll stomp all over you

Agorix:
Accelerate, non-stop
Let's give it all we've got

ALL:
So all you people in the stands
Let's give NJ a great big hand
(11 claps: cc ccc cccc)
NJ!
>br> The COMPARATIVELY OLDER combined HOUSE cheer

1, 2, 3, 4, Aerius all the way!
5, 6, 7, 8, Aqua all the way!
9, 10, 11, 12, Ignis all the way!
13, 14, 15, 16, Lignum all the way!
17, 18, 19, 20, Solaris all the way!
21, 22, 23, 24, Terra all the way!
1, 1, 1, 1, NJ all the way! (:

House Activities Team
Captain: Laura Tan 08A02
House Co-ordinators: Jacqueline Lie 08S14, Venezia Lim 08IP06

Ignis Councillors
Sean Quek 08IP06
Lim Shu Hui 07IP06
Thng Yuexi 08A02
Shirley Lee 08A02
Nguyen Thanh Phong 08S08

OGLs 2008
Le Mau Tuan
Michele Nguyen
Nora Seah
Valerie Goh
Quek Xiu Ling
Rohan Jain
Tisha
Wang Zizhao
Wong Leung Yan
Delle Chan
Ho Kwan Ling
Valerie Thia
Lee Kian Hwee
Pavan Manogaran
Samuel Loke
Marcus Cheng
Toh Ling Yan
Melissa Wong
Phua Shi Hao
Clement Yap
Fu Shu Jun
Oh Xuemin

Teachers
Teacher Adviser: Ms Kavitha and Ms Lynn Song
HODs: Mr Yeo Sho Hor and Mr Chis Cheng
Civics Tutors/Personal Mentors and Co-Civics Tutors of...07A02, 07S02, 07S08, 07S14, 07S20, 07IP06, 08A02, 08S02, 08S08, 08S14, 06IP06 & 08IP06.
(If you guys want your teachers' names written, tell us via email or tagboard ya?Thanks!)
Non Civics Tutors:
from the Science Dept-Mdm Geraldine Oh and Ms Lim Chuay Sia
from the Maths Dept-Mr Fong Ho Onn and Mr Neo Chee Peng
from the Humanities Dept-Mr Lee Soon Woon
from the English Dept-Mr Donald Whitby and Ms Angeline Koh
from the PE Dept-Ms Winnie Lim and Mr Lee Hong Fatt
Admin Staff: Mr Patrick Tan, Mr Ang Hock Guan, Mr Tan Hock Send, Ms Wong Hui Yi and Mdm Seow Ratnakumari
Canteen: Stall 3, Stall 10

Classes and their House Affiliates
07A02: Bei Xi
07S02 : Kwan Ling
07S08 : Edmund
07S14: Huzaifah Bin Hassan
07S20 : Shi Hao
08A02 : Wai Min
08S02 : Christina
08S08 : Pin Fang
08S14 : Li Wen
06IP06 : Xue Min
07IP06 : Belle
08IP06: Grace

Mail us at ignis0708@gmail.com so we can link your class blog! :D

Merchandise

1) the House Pin:
Available at the school bookshop all the time at $1.20 (:

2) the Formal House Tee:
Available at the school bookshop from time to time at $6

3) the Informal House Tee:

FRONT

... here it is ... !

BACK

if you want to get one too...tell your HAs to contact any HAT member!

Other Links

Orientation '08 Website
Council Website

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Random

Recipes from our Fund-raising Baking 2007! (:

P.B. Chips Brownie Cups

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 eggs
3/4 HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
7/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
5/3 cups (10-ounce package) REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips, divided (alternatively, you can just add a half a tablespoon of peanut butter between 2 layers of the brownie mix in the cup)

1) Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 18 muffin cups (5/2 inches in diameter) with paper or foil bake cups

2) Place butter in large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 to 3/2 minutes or until melted. Stir in sugar and vanilla. Add eggs; beat well. Add cocoa; beat until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt; beat well. Stir in 4/3 cups peanut butter chips. Divide batter evenly into muffin cups.

3) Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until surface is firm; remove from oven. Immediately sprinkle remaining 1/3 cup peanut butter chips over muffin tops, pressing in slightly. Cool completely in pan on wire rack.

(Makes about 5/2 dozen brownie cups)

Milk Chocolate Chip Giant Cookies

6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups (11.5-oz. pkg.) HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips
Frosting(optional)
Ice cream(optional)

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line two 9-inch round baking pans with foil.

2. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add egg; beat well. Stir together flour and baking soda; add to butter mixture, beating until blended. Stir in milk chocolate chips. Spread half of batter into each prepared pan, spreading to 1-inch from edge. (Cookies will spread to edge when baking.)

3. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely; carefully lift cookies from pan and remove foil. Frost, if desired. Cut each cookie into 8 wedges; serve topped with scoop of ice cream, if desired.

(16 servings)

For more inspiring recipes...go to http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/ (: