German Choir Practice Dates [updated]

Here is the final list of practice dates for the German Choir:

31 January 2011, Monday
8 February 2011, Tuesday, AS6/0212
14 February 2011, Monday, AS1/0203
15 February 2011. Tuesday, AS7/0101
21 February 2011, Monday
28 February 2011, Monday
1 March 2011, Tuesday

Each session will start at 7:30 PM and will end at 9:00 PM.

The venue has yet to be confirmed. Please check back for updates!

Don't worry if you were unable to attend the first practice last week because we are still looking for more people to join the Choir! We look forward to seeing you there. :)

German Movie Screening: Die Fremde

Die deutsche Sphäre will be screening the German film Die Fremde (When We Leave) [2009], a drama directed by Feo Aladag, next week. This film was also selected to be shown at the 14^th German Film Festival Singapore 2010. (Sypnosis is found below the poster.)

Date: 27 January 2011, Thursday
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Venue: NUS Central Library Theatrette 1

The movie will be screened with English subtitles so you won't have to worry about not understanding what is being said! This event is open to members of the NUS Students' German Language Society only, but members are welcome to bring their friends along as well. See you there!

"Stop dreaming!" says the mother to her twenty-five-year-old daughter Umay when she and her young son Cem appear at the door of her parents' Berlin apartment. Umay has run away from an unhappy marriage in Istanbul and has returned to Berlin because she wants to lead her own life again. She knows that she's expecting a lot from her parents and siblings but she hopes that their loving relationship will mean more to them than the pressure of social conventions.

But before long she realises that her family cannot simply ignore their deep-seated traditions and the situation could well break them. When the family decides to restore the family's reputation by returning Cem to his father, Umay once again begs for their help - but ends up breaking with them for good. Umay falls in love with Stipe and she and Cem begin a new life. Umay tries to mend the relationship with her family, but doesn't realise that it's too late for reconciliation.

Feo Aladag: "Many German citizens of Turkish descent are - understandably - at odds with their identity. In Germany they feel Turkish and unwanted, and in Turkey they feel like Germans. Even in this section of society adultery is an exception - the worst catastrophe. In my opinion, one of the reasons for the current return to traditional values, particularly within a younger generation, is social exclusion by the majority society. Die Fremde is not meant to be a representative portrait of a social group, nor is it a manual for life. Rather, the film seeks to bring to light one possibility, which, in this story, contains the real sense of hope."
(Sypnosis taken from here.)

Message from the President: Kaffee und Kuchen - Thank You!

Dear members and teachers,

Thank you for coming to our first event of the year, the Kaffee und Kuchen! We hope you had lots of fun, because we certainly did and were very happy to meet all of you. We will be starting choir practice in the following week and will be screening a German movie, so do look out for the announcement and email. The German society wishes all members a great start to the new semester and a fruitful 2011! 

Regards
Rachel
President
The NUS Students' German Society

German Choir Resumes

The NUS Students' German Choir is glad to be back for the second time. Our first practice will be held next Tuesday. Do join us if you're free! We'll be preparing for a performance on CLS Day in March.

Date: 25 January 2011, Tuesday

Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Venue: LT14

If you're interested in singing for our choir, please send us an email at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com stating your preferred evenings. This will help facilitate our planning for future practice sessions. Danke!

Invitation to Kaffee und Kuchen

Die deutsche Sphäre cordially invites you to join us for a session of
Kaffee und Kuchen:

Kaffee und Kuchen, or coffee and cakes, is a get-together for members of the NUS German Language Society and other German-speaking guests including teachers from the NUS Centre for Language Studies (CLS), NUS exchange students, students learning German under the NUS CLS and anyone interested in the German language.

There'll be German-themed games and music; and of course, food and beverage too, as the name of this event suggests. ;)

We are accepting membership applications on that day so do join us if you are interested!

Welcome Party for Semester 2 Exchange Students

Die deutsche Sphäre is setting up a booth at the International Relations Office (IRO) Party for Semester 2 Exchange Students! Come down and lend us your support if you have the time.

Date: 5 January 2011, Wednesday
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Place: Plaza @ Yusof Ishak House

Food and drinks will be provided at the event. This is your chance to mingle with many of the exchange students as well as NUS students who have just returned from their student exchange abroad!

Hope to see you there!