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2. Asians
3. Australasians
1995
4. Australasians
2001
5. Worlds 2000
about 1 p.m. during lunch time, and to add on that it was an Australian
national holiday on the 3rd January, the park was pretty much thronged with
people and families. That's a sculpture and a water fountain on the right-hand
side of the picture- can't remember of who though. I'm also not sure why there
are words on the top of the picture though... it could be an error at the
photograph printer, or some sign in the clouds or something.
doesn't get to see too often in Singapore is a public garden with the backdrop
of a bustling business district. There were loads of people having picnics in
the gardens too in the sunny but cool weather, a nearly impossible thing to do
in Singapore given the humidity and heat on a normal bright day like this.
for an hour or two viewing the paintings done by artists in the region. Given
that Australia itself is a city that has been in existence for only about 200
years or so, many of the paintings only date to that far, and are demonstrative
of styles of that time period, i.e. British colonial influences. I couldn't take
photographs in the museum though.. :(
tournament, with most of the teams arriving on the day. This picture was taken
at the Holme Building, where each one of us were walked through something
akin to a matriculation of sorts; confirmation of particulars, food preferences,
a separate interview for adjudicators, financing/payment details,
accommodation within the campus, taking of digital photographs for our IDs
and so on. The Holme building became a bit of a headquarters for the
duration of our stay there; we had our lunches, post-debate briefings, daily
announcements and such. That's a gigantic wall painting mounted along one
side of the main room we were in too.
(see Day I and II) for the outdoor
opening ceremony of the
tournament too, with the various
dignitaries and organisers making
their welcome speeches and such.
One dignitary, an aborigine
elected representative, made a
very bold and passionate speech
on aboriginal issues of Australia (in
a nutshell, they're being
persecuted). My fellow adjudicator
from NTU, Dr. Khong, remarked
that it was remarkably brave for
him to have addressed the
audience of young adults from all
over the world on so tenacious an
issue. I thought it so too, although
there must have been more than
one Australian in the audience who
felt uncomfortable at such an
obvious attack on government
policies of how the Australian
aborigines are treated.
before we were all ferried in buses to the Sydney Opera House (it's behind me
when I took this picture), and boarded Explorer for a cruise of Sydney harbor,
and also the first of our all-night/every night booze loud music/drinking
smoking/fraternising parties.
cruise. The Explorer made at least several circles round the entire coast line,
and we partied till quite late in the evening, 11 p.m. or so I think.
For those of us who were still awake and coherent, the party continued at a
nearby city hotel. But a good number of delegates who were dog-goned tired
after having arrived that day were ferried back to the campus to prepare
themselves for the pre-debate day, a series of training and briefing sessions
for all participants of the tournament.
