Exterior of Pho Hoa...hehe..some snipits of where we're going on monday

 

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Update on 3rd Sept dinner

HeyHEYHEY!
Details are as follow:

Venue: Holland Village Pho Hao: Vietnamese Noodle House (18 Lorong Mambong
Holland Village)

Meet: SIM, 630pm, Atrium (near the lift)
Bring: At least $15

For more information on the food---
http://www.streetdirectory.com/restaurants/singapore/reviews/restaurant-Pho_Hoa-396.php

Announcements

Hey all, IFG will be having a Break for the month of September.We will continue again in October.

Calling any who are interested in having a personal helper! Do contact us if you are interested in any individual help in your work...especially in English.
See you guys on tuesday at the Student's care services meeting room.

PS: We will be having an outing to a eat Vietnamese food on the 3rd of Sept (Mon). Interested ? Contact us via email!!!

Are we a "stereotyping" generation?

The word stereotype means: A generalization, usually exaggerated or oversimplified and often offensive, that is used to describe or distinguish a group (dictionary.com 2007)

Have you ever been discriminated before? I'm sure most of us have some prior experiences be it in a foreign country or even in your home country. Yesterday, we had a interesting discussion over the topic about discrimination, which means being bias against a certain group or person, due to the fact that he or she is of a different race, religion, culture...etc.

We talked it over a newspaper article which was mainly how the author felt that people in Singapore one way or another have a certain biasness against different people, and he said, he is also guilty of being one of them.

Well, aside from the disussion, we learnt a lot of difficult words that were found in that article such as the word pique: to arouse or provoke.

I would recommend www.dictionary.com to everyone....those who are lazy to turn the pages of the dictionary or thesarus.

All things aside, we are all looking forward to the dinner in Sept,(as IFG isn't gonna meet in Sept; having a break). Thao will be bringing us to a Vietnamese restaurant..either in Holland V or Suntec City..Will keep all posted!!!

ifg

here are the pictures with captions of what happened during the day, just click on the photo link

the story of our names

Hello everyone again. sorry for the late update!!!
It was interesting to find out from each other what our names meant, and most importantly, how we got them!
After the little activity, we continued with writing out on what we felt in regards to "Should exams be taken out from schools?"
All of us practised our writing skills (especially good for arguementative essays); introduction, content, then followed by a conclusion. Evelyn passed us a paper containing some joining phrases or words that we could use in the beginning of our sentences: Even though, However, Therefore...etc.
We all hope that it would help in any of your future report writings!!!

The bottom is a link to the day's pictures

ifg

Makan TIME!!!! (eating- in malay)

Hi ALL!
Yesterday's meeting was very much in tune of Singapore's National Day (tomorrow 9Aug). We had a quiz on Singapore's history and culture...questions asked were: Singapore has the most number of people wearing____________
Ans: Spectacles..
HA! Didn't know right?
After that, we got to learn new words to describe one thing which we all do....EAT.
"Lip smacking good", "savoury", "bland"

So, since we were on the topic of food, we brought our own national foods!
There were nonya kueh (ondeh ondeh, durian cake, ang ku kueh), chee kueh (rice cakes with radish), goreng pisang (fried banana fritters), chendol, and many more!
Actually, we were all supposed to describe the food that we eat, but, somehow or rather, we all got caught up in eating them!!! hahah..it was fun!

So next week, same time same place. (Student care services' meeting room)

Can you say this without twisiting your tongue?

Go google for tongue twisters like "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers", "Betty Batter bought some butter", or "Woodchuck"!(Videos will do some explaining:P)

We had a grammar test after all the laughter...hmm, all of us had to get down to business in learning the proper prepositions to be used in the sentences that Evelyn prepared.
Group Monavid won!

PS: We are having a potluck session; Makan Session on the 17th August, Friday at 630pm, Bishan. Theme: Indian!
Its open to all IFG friends! So if you wana join in the fun or show off your cooking skills(you can buy if you aren't able to cook), do join us!!! Email to confirm your attendence.