Recruitment Ending!

.RECRUITMENT ENDED.

Our recruitment is ending soon. Hurry and send us your entries by 8 September 2007!

ROCK OUT Singapore!

Photography and text by
Dong Tianzhao
Oops! Writer

Body search – If Zacky Vengeance went to Marina Bay in that getup, I guarantee he would be stopped for a body search!

While the majority of the nation was watching the NDP Parade 2007 at Marina Bay and on television, a large group of music lovers spent their national day rocking out to bands at Singfest.

Singfest, a two day festival organised by MIDAS Productions was held on 8th and 9th of August at Fort Canning Park. Singfest hosted acts such as Avenged Sevenfold, MXPX, Cobra Starship, Cyndi Lauper, The Academy Is, Sugar Ray and Shaggy, just to name a few from the star-studded lineup.

COBRA STARSHIP – The starship has landed!!!

SP students clinch top awards at GXL Season 01 Finals

By Clarisse Poh
Oops! Writer
A Singapore Polytechnic publication for students by students
Supported by the Department of Language and Communication, Singapore Polytechnic

 SP DARCH student Ivan Chin and his team {Bf.Nubz} battled it out with eight other teams at the GXL Season 01 Finals, from 4th to 5th August 2007. Their hard work paid off when they came in 2nd runner up in Battlefield 2142.

The GXL Season 01 Finals 2007 commenced on the first day of the World Cyber Games 2007 Asian Championships. Held at Suntec City Hall 602, the participants were mostly made up of secondary and tertiary students.

Here’s a recap of what Oops! asked Ivan at a recent interview:

OOPS!: How many members are there in your team and how did you guys came up with the name {Bf.Nubz}?
Ivan: Well, there are nine of us in the team. Our name stands for the game we’re playing – Battlefield, and NUB stands for No Use B*********** (you know what it means). Our team and [Bf.Nut], the team which came in first, are in the same gaming clan.

A FAT Dream

For those of you who are itching to write, or just bored, join the Creative Writing Competition 2007!

Do it fast though, competition closes on August 31st.

Click to find out more.

SMACK that, yo!

Oops! Scoop!

Akon SMACK-ed the party!

Muhammad Hakim Rahim

Oops! Writer

OOPS! - A Singapore Polytechnic publication for students by students

Supported by the Department of Language and Communication, Singapore Polytechnic

D’Marquee, Downtown East was rocking to hip hop and R&B beats last weekend when Akon was in town performing in his very first concert in Singapore.

The party kicked off at 7.30pm with Singapore’s respectable DJ Koflow spinning records and local rapper Krazie Starr heating up the atmosphere. Akeem, Richard J and beatboxer Zul from the Beats Society showcased their talents for

Oops! Gets Exposed.

Yeah, updates on Oops? Nah, not that we’re dead, inactive and not doing anything. There’s been interesting feedback, ongoing competitions and awesome collaboration with some pretty big companies and exciting events coming your way soon.

Yup, it’s been an awesome experience to get people talking about Oops! Here are some websites that have been talking about Oops!

STOMP Media Club.

Collaboration with The Straits Times Online Media Paper, reporting news in and out of campus, to the public.

Insider’s Scoop!

Ready for another Fun Fact? This is a continuation of Fun Fact #9582. Here goes…

Fun Fact #9583:

And so the party that was known to little yet never happened continues. Some of you guys have seen stickers of Oops! logo all around the campus. This was supposedly to be it- when it was better known as Spunk.

Scandalous Photos!

To celebrate the success of our OOPS! school launch and Zouk launch party, the OOPS! committee and our cute lecturers went out for a dinner and a crazy camwhoring session. You’re in for a treat as we dish out some juicy secrets and scandalous pictures! Some of the footages might be potentially traumatic, you have been warned.

(We like to warn people, cos we always kena warned.)

From left to right, Bernerdette, Ferguson, Hakim, Clarisse, Farid, Peng Peng, Dominic, Jasmine, Fairuz and Leonard.

Tips on how to win our hearts

 

If you are reading this, congrats! You’re now one step closer in joining the OOPS! team. We are looking for individuals who can be dedicated in making OOPS! the best magazine in Singapore Polytechnic (even though there’s only one magazine catering to the entire school) but still, we want to be the best magazine in SP’s history.

It is very simple. You’ve read our magazine and you’ve seen or participated in our launch activities. The team at OOPS! have one mission in mind – We want to be different. There are tons of magazines, newsletters and other publications available everyday. To ensure that we cater to our audience and grab their attention, it is important to have engaging content.

YOU are important as the content of the magazine will be entirely in your hands.

To help you along, here are some tips to follow:

Pick a photo and win!

One nation. Four different languages. One common Love.

Photography and text by
Jacob Yeo
Oops! Writer

An Oops! Special A photographic showcase of memorable moments from Singapore’s National Day at Singapore Polytechnic. Pick your favourite National Day photo and WIN!

The SP spirit flies high! On 8 August, 2007, Singapore Polytechnic celebrated Singapore’s 42nd birthday at our very own Sports Complex. The occasion was a great time for SP staff and students to show what being Singaporean is all about and what better way than to showcase all the great moments in the best medium – photos!