What's the scoop?

Besides writing a first grade English book on sentence transformations and close passages, and teaching a year 4 class on debate and other classes since July (most of my classes are scheduled to end in late September as they are all project-based),

I also helped out at a Homeworks! Habitat for Humanity house-cleaning project in July in Chinatown. It was really meaningful and made me appreciate what I have. My team consisted of a flight attendant who works for Singapore Air, a lady who works at A-Star Institute and a high school junior. We cleaned, dusted, wiped, scrubbed a destitute lady's house. She was in her eighties and had almost next to nothing.

Here are a few tournaments that I have judged at since April this year; not including the national secondary/high school tournament:

Raffles Institution Under 14's (May/June 2013)

Ministry of Education-ACJC inter collegiate debating championships (June 2013)- panelist for the quarterfinals which involved two highly skilled teams and the eventual champion (ACJC vs Hwa Chong Institution)

Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open (June 2013)- panelist for all preliminary rounds, knock-out rounds including the junior/secondary school division grand finals

Valid ITE (July 2013) - panelist for all rounds including the grand finals

Hwa Chong Invitationals- High School Division (July 2013)- panelist for all rounds including the grand finals

Singapore British Parliamentary Debate Championships (August 2013)- panelist for preliminary rounds and the semifinals of the senior division

(evidence is always good and this time, here I managed to get a screenshot of my name for one of the rounds I judged:)

Upcoming:

Raffles Institution Elementary School Debate Invitational in early September. I am helping as an adviser to the student-organizers in addition to judging the tournament. (thanks Kelvin for allowing me to be part of it!)

Hoping to get my book done and dusted with very soon!

I cannot wait for college football to start again. Go Bruins! (I am a converted UCLA Bruins football fan, thanks to my good friend who is a UCLA alum.)  Why is USC ranked in the top 25 again? Boooooo.