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issue ﬁfteen May / June 2010

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Categorized by the colourof the header bars

Student Stories

• World Cup Story• I believe I can ﬂy• Proud to be Sheltonite

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• International Cultural Night• FM93.8 Live in Shelton• Friendship

Testimonials

• Tjoe Henny• Liu Qiao Ya

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Basketball Fever

Jevons Zhong Zhuo Wen

CollegeShelton College International

• Shehan

with my classmates. We had two teamsparticipating in this competition.At the beginning, I felt afraid because I was notsure of the strength of our opponents and Iknew the other team with us was very strong. Iwas prepared that we will be kicked out of thematch in a short time.But when the day of the competition arrived, Ichanged my thinking. I wanted to be thechampion but I still felt nervous because it wasmy ﬁrst time participating in a basketballcompetition.When the match started, my team members

Hi. I am Jevons from Year 3. About one month ago, Iparticipated in a basketball competition

and I co-operated very well. We trust eachother. In the end, we won two rounds of matches and were able to get into the ﬁnalround. Unluckily, the other team who camewith us got third position.During the ﬁnals, one of our player's ankle wasinjured but we never gave up. We tried ourbest in this game.Although we got second place in the end, weenjoyed ourselves. Despite the small numberof spectators, we felt happy too. This isbecause we made many friends and we learnto trust each other. This is something we can'tlearn in our classroom.

• Maintaining Good Relationship• Nguyen Trong Binh• Basketball

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World Cup Story

One technically gifted strike of a football,however late it came, was all it took torescue the world cup final from theignominy of penalties it probablydeserved. At a stroke, Andres Iniestaensured it was plucked from the finals listmarked 'whatever' and placed in therather more agreeable environs of 'latewinner prevents world from light coma'section.The titchy tiki-taka technician fromBarcelona was by far and away thestand-out player on the field, andexperienced a moment of purefootballing joy that few ever have, or willin the future. The explosion of ecstasy

SpainCrownedWorldCupChampions

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released by his expert finish, when teedup by (soon-to-be) Barca team-mate CescFabregas, even had Real Madrid fansqueuing up to label him the best player inthe world.After the ball hit the back of the net, theSpanish players who weren't trying to losea limb in the massive bundle on top of Iniesta were sinking to the turf as if poleaxed by footy love. Iker Casillas evenafforded himself a little cry, despite therebeing a good five minutes left. He turnedthe waterworks back on seconds after thefinal whistle, and again as his reportergirlfriend tried to interview him,prompting him to ignore her questions infavour of a sloppy snog instead.Spain may not have run riot over teams,or scored goals in vast quantities butpound for pound they have been thebest team of the tournament. Watchingeach one of their 78,650 passes in eachgame was a joy, even if they largely didtravel precisely three yards. Even whenthe Dutch were trying their best to kicktheir faces off, they stayed true to theirprinciples, and Iniesta's rocket handedthem a rightful European and Worlddouble.Final Score: Spain 1- Netherlands 0

By The Fifth Ofﬁcial (Soccernet.com)

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I believe I can ﬂy

Wang Bin Zhou

A-LevelShelton College International

Hello! My name is Wang Bin Zhou, you can also call me Vincent as it is my English name.

I'm an A-level student and also the president of GavelClub in Shelton High School International.

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Club

Gavel club, as one of the CCA programs, is held by schooland guided by Toastmaster Club in order to enrichstudents' interest and cultivate students' ability of communication and leadership. I largely enjoy being atoastmaster in my club as it truly teaches me a lot. Now, I'dlike to share one of my experiences in Gavel club with you.In April 2010, I attended the Raffles Annual Gavel ClubSummit to participate in the speech competition and sharethe experience of managing Gavel Club with other schools.I still remember on that day, when I first arrived at RafflesInstitution and registered my attendance. I was shocked bythe attendance list. From the list, I found that many topschools also attended the summit, including Raffles JuniorCollege, NUS High School, and National Junior Collegeand so on.After sitting on the special chair for the competitors, I gotnervous. How could I, a Chinese, beat those nativespeakers? Would I be laughed by the audience who werefrom those reputed schools? Finally, it was my turn to givespeech. I took a deep breath in order to disrupt my wishfulthinking and calmly went up to the speech platform.“Good morning, fellow toastmasters, ladies and ...” Ispoke as articulate as I could. I spoke as vivid as I could andas passionate as I could.In the end, I achieved not bad result; 2nd runner up. Themoment when I received my award, I was deeply moved byconsistency, I also realized that we can do all things if wedare to do! That day in Raffles Summit can be said as aharvest day. Beside the award I won, I also met manyexperienced and skilled toastmaster from many schools,their speech ability influenced me deeply, and theirexperience of managing gavel club inspired me largely.I really hope I can attend more homogeneous activities inthe future. I believe, with more communication with otherschools, our school's gavel club will run much better in thefuture.