Who Wants To Be A Librarian?

The lucky winners of “Who Wants to be a Librarian”

We have come to the end of “Who Wants to be a Librarian” contest. A total of 403 students took up the challenge and answered 5 questions based on RP Library every week. They cracked their heads and surfed through the library’s website, searching for clues. However, only 20 students managed to answer all the 5 questions in a quiz correctly.

The thoughtful librarians organised this contest so as to increase the awareness and understanding of library services. We also hope to encourage more students to make full use of the library facilities and resources. Well, it is just too bad if you have missed the whole excitement…. But you can still refer to the questions and answers posted on our blog (the links are given below).  

WELL DONE !!!!

These are the following students with correctly answered entries.

TRAN THI TRA MY	HARRIS KRISTANTO
LIU HUAN	LAI CUITING
SEE WEN QIAN PEARLY	KANG GUI LING
SHIRLEY VENESSA	NUR AISHA BTE MOHD JAHARI
SHWE YEE PHYO	LIM YONG XING
PAING HEIN	AKSAR ALI BIN NAZEER AHAMAD
TAN CHOON LENG	MUHAMMAD HANIF BIN ZAINI
ANG MIN YI	REEGIN CHEW

 

Our 4 lucky winners had each won a thumb drive! Congratulations to SEE WEN QIAN PEARLY! She is the lucky participant who won the $10 Swensens Voucher.

 

We have also picked up the most and least correctly answered question for each week.

 

Week 1’s most correctly answered question

Which one of the online databases is subscribed by RP Library?

Week 1’s least correctly answered question

How many borrowing stations are there in RP Library?

Week 1’s questions & answers

 

 

Week 2’s most correctly answered question

You can reserve library materials online via _____________ .

Week 2’s least correctly answered question

Which entrances are the Bookdrops located?

Week 2’s questions & answers

 

 

Week 3’s most correctly answered question

Which one of these periodicals/magazines is subscribed by RP Library?

Week 3’s least correctly answered question

Which of these e-books are subscribed by RP Library?

Week 3’s questions & answers

 

 

Week 4’s most correctly answered question

What kind of information can be found on the RP Library Blog?

Week 4’s least correctly answered question

The title “Best jobs in the 21st century” (2009) by Michael Farr is located in which part of RP Library?

Week 4’s questions & answers

 

Movie Review: The Lake House

The Lake House is an unusual love story between Kate (Sandra Bullock) and Alex (Keanu Reeves).

The story begins with Kate.  She lives in a lake house and leaves a note for the next occupant when she moved out of the house. Magically, this note is received by Alex who lived in the house 2 years earlier.  Gradually these two lonely hearts fall in love. The problem is that Alex lives in a year that is always 2 years before Kate. How would they meet each other and express their love?

To me, this movie is one of the most touching stories ever told. Romantic, magical, and breath-taking. When Kate finds out that a heart-breaking accident which happened two years ago involved Alex, the desperate feeling she must have experienced made me cry. How could she possibly save him?

In the end, when Kate left the note to ask Alex to wait for her, her voice echoes in my head.

“Wait for me, wait with me. Just wait, wait… Wait two years, Alex. Come to the lake house. I’m here.”

But you shouldn’t wait.  Watch it and be touched. It’s really worth watching.

 

Call number: DVD PN1997 LAK
Location: South

Written by Wu Ping Han

Who moved my cheese? : for teens : an a-mazing way to change and win!

Who moved my cheese? : for teens : an a-mazing way to change and win! is a book about change in life, business and so on.  There are four characters, each with his own thoughts and different way of viewing life. The contrasts between the four characters will keep you reading until the end.

It does not take much time to read, it’s 96 pages long, and I think it will help you learn how to adapt in a situation and react accordingly when you are faced with change.

 

If you are interested to know more about this book the details are below:

Author: SPENCER JOHNSON, M.D.

Location: South

Book Code: BF 637.C4 JOH 2002

 

By Min Aung Myat Maw

TABOO Games Competition

For those of you who took part in the TABOO games competition on the 8th of October, we hope you have enjoyed this fun & exciting day. We certainly had a great time, especially looking at your anxious faces and laughing at how you described words to your peers! I must say all of you were really creative, not forgetting how hilarious the words describing game was headed to! You know who you are, those of you who have  contributed to the laughter in the room. 

 

There were 6 groups of students who took part in this event and we have given out prizes for the 3 winning teams. For the other 3 teams who did not get into the second and final round, we would like to take the opportunity to give thanks to your participation and we hope you have had a great time with your friends.

 

Check out the photos below to take a glimpse at the jiggle and giggle of that day!

Go on! You're getting it!

Focus. No blinking!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 1st prize goes to...GROUP F!!!

And the second prize goes to...the Freaky Four!!!

Simultaneously, we displayed some books and DVDs at the 2 Program areas.

Novels that were made into movies and similar DVDs were specially picked and placed at the South Program area for those of you who love to wrap yourself up in the fabric of tales.

Books on animation and production were displayed at the West Program area. These books are especially useful for students from STA, and for anyone who aspires to create movies.

Happy Children’s Day!

Children’s day is celebrated all over the world on various dates. Here in Singapore, the happy occasion falls on 1st October.

On that very day, we had the first Children’s Day celebration run by us at the Library South Programme area. After going through several plannings and preparations, we were amazed with the number of kids that turned up for the event.

Our library staff, Miss Adeline Tan, is also trained in story-telling. The program turned out to be very successful and the kids were very enthusiastic and responsive. They enjoyed giving various ideas and suggestions to the stories. They were also able to guess the drawings which were yet to be completed. Kids these days are really smart.

After the story-telling session, we played for them an hour of Spongebob Squarepants. You should be familiar with the cartoon, right? We could hear the excitement and laughter from the children and they all seemed to be enjoying a lot watching the show.

Simultaneously, a range of books were displayed at the program zone for everyone to take a look.

These books are meant for all to read, even the public. However, do note that only RP staff and students are allowed to loan them.  

AND THAT’S NOT ALL!

The kids of course, did not leave the library empty handed. Each of them were given a chance to pick one of the balloons that come in many different shapes and sizes. Let’s scroll down and take a look at more images below!

We’d like to thank all staff and parents who have brought your children down to the library and make the event a happening and fruitful occasion for all of us. We hope to have more opportunity in organizing many fun programs in the upcoming years for your kids to learn and enjoy.

See you again next year! For those who have missed out on this event, don’t hesitate to sign up next year! We’ll definitely welcome all children, and you know what they say… THE MORE THE MERRIER!

 

Faiza, RP Library