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What a busy Saturday..

Due to late responses...we can only book aquarium tickets for 2pm slot instead of 1pm slot as intended. Booked tickets so that we won't have to arrive there and unable to buy tix because of busy weekends..

Ticket prices are $24.25 payable to Junliang.

Confirmed peeps are:
Jackson, Aston, Kelly, Guanda, Johnathan, Andrew, Dylan, Junliang, Huiting, Dawn, Pernren, Weisheng, Agnes, Beverly, Xiangxin, Yiping, Jane, Seng, Liangyu == 19 pax

Dim Sums include the above and the following:
Tim, Paul, Calvin, Raymond, Brian (John's friend)

So I suggest we meet at 0900hrs so we know who's still sleeping...and leave GLC by 0930hrs k?

Spring Break suggestions...

Updated 12th March

As discussed:

1) All extending Bahamas except jackson, yiping, fiona, clarence, junliang, huiting & jane. We'll all be going to drive-through Safari!

2) Car plan:
wave 1 - jackson, kelly, junliang, huiting, guanda, dylan, jane^ == 7 pax
wave 2 - tim, calvin, paul, beverly, xiangxin, agnes == 6 pax
wave 3 - jane, yiping clarence, fiona, bingfeng, pernren, jonathan, weisheng, aston, raymond, andrew == 11 pax

3) Things to bring:
passport, DS 2019 -> These 2 are super important else cannot go Bahamas.
sunblock/suntanning lotion
beach wear, oakley guys remember ur sunglasses!
Music CDs...if need blank CDR can get from me.

cheers

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Updates!

Alright peeps, Spring break planning has finally taken its first step into execution.
The location of our miami hotel is here
It's on miami beach itself, two minutes walk to the shoreline, 5mins drive (or 30mins walk) to South Beach and don't know how long to North Beach :) Hotel is $90/night tax included..considered cheap aleready...

Okies, for those who are skipping school on Friday, 16th, you have the option of going Tampa early, departing GLC on Friday 0001hrs. Lemme know if you're interested.
During that weekend, there is a festival going on in Tampa. See here. It will be interesting to be involved in the festival!

Revised schedule:

Stage 1: Tampa

Those free on friday:
Fri 0001 - Leave GLC for Tampa
Fri 0700 - Arrive Tampa, day tour, check-in hotel for 1 night.
Sat morn - Chech out hotel & Link up with rest of GIP in Tampa

Those got school on Friday:
Sat 0001 - Leave GLC for Tampa
Sat 0700 - Arrive Tampa, link up with advance part, day tour

Itinery for Tampa:
Advance party will be touring around Tampa, St. Petersburg..
Full force will attend the Festival on Saturday till 6pm, before driving to Miami.

Stage 2: Miami
Sat nite - Check in Miami hotel
Sun morn - Tour Miami city & South Beach
Sun nite - Return to Miami to stay
Mon morn - Go to Key West for full day tour
Mon nite - Stay in Miami
Tue morn - Check-out, take cruise to Bahamas
Tue nite - Stay in Bahamas, Flamingo hotel
Wed aftn - Depart Bahamas
Wed nite - Arrive Miami, drive up to Orlando. No more Safari park.

Stage 3: Orlando
Wed nite - Arrive Orlando
Thu - Free & Easy Orlando
Fri - Free & Easy Orlando
Sat - Free & Easy Orlando
Sun morn - Checkout Orlando, return to GLC

See Route

Let me know if you have other suggestions and comments. For Orlando, because its gonna be free&easy, some may intend to travel elsewhere further up north. You gotta let me know by 8 Mar 2000hrs if you need to check out the hotel earlier, (or bear the full costs for not informing). Also, wherever you'll be going around Orlando, form groups of 5 to travel in a car together, anything less will depend on car availability..

This Sunday, we'll be collecting additional $300 from each person (excluding Hannah & Dawn) to cover for the expenses that we will incur for the first half of Spring Break, ie patrol costs, miami hotels, bahamas... this will cushion the financial impacts of those making the bookings. Kelly & Aston will be the Accounts Executive for Spring Break. Do give your real bills to them.

That's all for now.

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Spring break is coming in 1 mth time but still there's no concrete plan yet..
It's really hard to plan for such massive group to a massive state for a massive period...but here're my plans..

I think not all wanna go to the theme parks in Orlando..hence I'm thinking of doing it this way:
Stage 1: GIP as a whole

Sat 0000hrs: From Atlanta, we drive towards St Petersburg/Tampa area (possibly move out at midnight, 7hr drive. Not staying in any accomodation, half-day tour).
Attractions include Busch Gardens, The Pier at St. Petersburg,
Florida Holocaust Museum and Pier 60. Source: http://www.tampaattractions.com/attractions_tampa.html

Sat evening: Leave Tampa for Key West where we stay 1 night, 7hr drive
Sun Morning: Tour Key West for 1 full day, night movement to Miami, 3hr drive. Stay in Miami for 2 nights. Alternaltively we can stay in Miami for 3 nights from Sat night, and visit Key west without staying there.
Monday & Tues: Beach Fun in Miami as a group.
Attractions in Key West:Southern tip of US, Sunset celebrations, Dry Tortugas National Park, Dolphin Adventures..etc..
Attractions in Miami:Holocaust Museum, South Beach

Tues morning-evening: Movement up to Orlando, 3hr drive. Along the way we will bypass safari park which we can drive in and see the animals roaming free. Next stay in Orlando for as long as you want.
Stage 2: GIP splitted
Wed & beyond: Free & Easy

Generally when in Orlando, the GIP will NOT be together for outings..totally free & easy. Things that can be done in Orlando include theme parks, space centre, daytona beach, city stuffs, Ripley's Believe it or not etc..

If there are too many days spent in Orlando, as a smaller group, you can organise to move up further north to Jacksonville, Savannah, Myrtle Beach, Augusta, Macon or even up Nigara Falls????? Just gotta take into considerations of time, costs, making sure ur car takes full capacity and not leaving anyone behind to squeeze in other cars, and max 2-3 drivers per car.

Welcome any suggestions (in fact I do need alot of them)... Also, looking into the possibility of collecting $100 from each person to cover group costs such as accomodation up till stage 2. For these will require a couple of volunteers to be the finance ic..

Click to see roadtrip on map

js

Foreign Film Festival

Hey...

Anyone interested to go for this? I will probably be going, at least for Life is Beautiful :)

Information

Event Info

Name:	Foreign Film Festival presented by the Student Center Programs Council
Tagline:	FREE
Host:	Student Center Programs Council Movie Committee
Type:	Music/Arts - Performance

Time and Place

Start Time:	Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 8:00pm
End Time:	Friday, March 9, 2007 at 8:00pm
Location:	Student Center Theater, 1st Floor - Across from the Pizza Hut, Georgia Tech
Street:	350 Ferst Dr NW (map)
City:	Atlanta, GA

Description

The Student Center Theater will be host to a series of foreign films beginning at 8pm on March 7 with the Cannes Film Festival winner Maria Full of Grace. Following it is the Academy Award Winner Life is Beautiful at 8pm on March 8. And rounding it out on March 9 at 8pm is the story of the legendary love affair between Marguerite Duras and Yann Andréa in Cet Amour-Là, starring Jeanne Moreau.


Maria Full of Grace - http://www.mariafullofgrace.com/
March 7th @ 8pm

Life is Beautiful - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/
March 8th @ 8pm

Cet Amour-Là - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0277622/
March 9th - 8pm

Smoky Moutains + Ski (optional)

Helios...

Planning a trip on 3Mar & 4Mar to Smoky Mountains & Ski nearby (which is optional)...
Smoky Mountains
Those not interested to ski can do other things cos there're many other things to do.. Come to dusk can get Hannah to take out her telescope and see stars too?

Plans are underway..

Sign Up for NWA.com Frequent flyer programme

Hey we all flew for 10000 over miles to this place, and will be flying back to SG..its a whole lot of mileage! Do go to nwa.com to register as a frequent flyer. I'm not sure how useful our miles can be, but it should be sufficient to claim a free fight within Asia from Singapore..prob Japan? Yeap hurry do peeps!

Spring Break preview...

I think this is a good preview of what to expect...

There is really a lot of action going on from the day we got here in Atlanta. All the fun and excitement would not end anytime soon. This is because we are planning for a skydiving trip coming up in the first week of march. The tentative date is 3rd of march and it is also subjected to the weather. I think some of you would think that it is a crazy idea to jump out of a plane at 15,000 feet. But think about the feeling of free falling for 60 seconds and taking in the great view and of course the wild experience. There are important points to note for those who are interested.

1. It would be a tandem jump i.e. you are harnessed to a qualified instructor who would do all that needs to be done to bring you down safely.
2. There would be a 45 minutes introduction briefing to cover all the safety precautions and important information that we need to know before the jump.
3. The cost of the jump is as follow:
1 Person: $149.00
5 – 9 People: $139.00
10 + People: $129.00
4. The drop zone is about an hour drive from here and we would have to rent a car for this purpose. The organizer says that he can work something out for the transport if we can confirm the no. of participants i.e. rent a bus.
5. The duration of the whole event would normally last about a day because the plane takes only a few at a time.

Currently, there are about 8 brave souls who are up for the adventure... More are welcome! It is not always you get to do something that exciting and the rates are considered cheap because we are part of it as students of GT.

For the more 'garang' one, you can try the AFF program which allows you to jump solo after a 6 hours course on the ground. That would cost around 250 but you would get certified after going thru a series of jumps. Check out the links for more info.

http://www.gtskydive.com/
http://www.collegeskydiving.com/

Lastly, all this is possible because the president of the GT sky diving club is really forthcoming in making our first jump possible. He would be coming down on friday night for the CNY dinner and answering any more questions that we would have.

Still hesitating... check out the video....

Tribute to GIP(eeps)...

Had an awful day at school, but managed to pen a little poem. Guess what, it's to commemorate Valentine's/Friendship Day! Thanks guys for the wonderful company so far! "FOR YOU~!" haha

Icy warm reflectionz

Despite twenty years of play and tome,
We were merely strangers.
Most paths hardly crossed,
Let alone knowledge of one’s existence.

Yet, more than a thousand miles from home,
We became brothers and sisters.
Congregating at one famous delta,
Like tributaries of all great rivers.

What a carnival of personalities,
That never fails to amaze me.
Some more intriguing than the rest,
All of which mattered - nonetheless.

Here, we gain experience and wisdom like hungry miners,
For harvest, we’ll have to go through thick and thin.
May old mindsets wither like trees in winter,
And new characters to blossom like flowers in spring.

The journey’s finish may loom like a novel’s ending,
Let’s hope it’s not the end of the story.
A mere period it will definitely be,
To open a new chapter for you and me!

Penned by Rayzor, 02-14-2007

Sunrise at Savannah

enjoy~

New module in GaTech: FUN 2007 (credit hrs undefined)

Yo yo yo! Wat's up GIP(eeps)? After such a fun-filled Mardi Gras trip, I'm sure many are still recovering from the exhaustion huh? For those who still thirst for more excitement, I've got SEVERAL activities lined up for the coming weekends!!

Event: UFC Fight Night: UPRISING @ Hooters (Yeah, again!!)
Date: 3rd March 2007
Place: TBC (To Be Confirmed)
Wassup: Fanta-licious buffalo wings, roaring atmosphere and cool waitresses!

Event: No Fear Tour
Date: 7th March 2007
Place: The Tabernacle
Wassup: It's a heavy metal concert that features metalcore bands Killswitch Engage, Chimaira, battle metallers DragonForce and Christian hardcore metal band He Is Legend!
Note: Please get tickets on your own via the link below cos we got ours (Tommy, Robert & me) already.
Tics for gig


Event: Poker Party
Date: TBC once got enough players
Place: GLC #302
Wassup: Poker game (those seen on TV) for 5 to 6 players. Will begin to play without $$ for beginners. Real game starts when every player more or less figure out the game. Will have a money pool, where everyone throws in $10-$20, and game will proceed. Finalist will get back his wager while winner takes the kitty home!

Other events: Watch LIVE wrestling or UFC, movie night@GLC/theatre, etc...

Rayzor's recommendations...

Mardi Gras 2 - February 17th, COMPOUND, Atlanta

Shout out if you are interested!

http://www.99x.com/events/SinnersBall2007/

21 & above only

Photo-sharing

Can we device a way to share photos?

One possibility is to share your pictures folder on GLC network. I'm still figuring how to do it, but welcome other suggestions.

Comments?

Mardi Gras

For the peeps who are gonna miss the actions..you have till Thursday's Psychology class to confirm with me :)

Now here's some tempting info:

Confirmed attendees (12pax)
js,aston,kelly,guanda,junliang,huiting,dylan,tim,paul,calvin,bingfeng,raymond

Hotel booked
Clarion Collection Queen & Crescent
344 Camp St, New Orleans, LA 70130

Google map & directions

Please do not try this at home!

This is a short clip of the preview to the main fights tonight! It's serious fighting, not "kelong" kinda of WWE stuff ok? Btw, the Fear Factor guy, Joe Rogan, is one of the presenters for this show.

UFC 67 - Live, Tonight


Not for the faint-hearted

For the gals

Progam	Location / Dates	Price
Women's Night at the Climbing Wall 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. The Women's Resource Center and Outdoor Recreation Georgia Tech (ORGT) are teaming up to offer you an evening at the CRC Climbing Wall. Come join us for this "all women's" program. We will provide everything you need including, gear and instruction, just bring yourself. We will be teaching in a supportive, non-competitive environment. NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED. *Pay UPSTAIRS at the CRC front desk "membership services", then bring the reciept to the wall. You should pay with credit card or student id. They do not take cash.	Location: CRC Climbing Wall Date: Fri Feb 9	Student - $3 Non-Student - $3
Women in the Wilderness Caving-Class 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Class 6pm - 7:30pm. Hey ladies, join us for a caving trip in the North Georgia mountains! This guided underground experience with other women from Tech will give you have a great challenge, an opportunity to make new friends, all while learning new skills. This trip will be a lot of fun and give you a chance to try something new while hanging out with other women looking for something adventurous. We provide a learning environment that is supportive and non-competitive. We'll teach you everything you need to know and supply all the needed gear. Beginners are welcomed and encouraged! *This is a mandatory pre-trip class session. Day Trip: Sat 3/3 8AM?8PM	Location: ORGT Date: Mon Feb 26	Student - $20 Non-Student - $30

I probably can't make it for both but just to jio... For the rock wall just go down on the day, pay up at the counter on your left when u enter CRC, and go straight down to the wall.. For the caving trip sign up at ORGT office, at the back of CRC..