Movie Screening on 23rd March/ Filmveranstaltung am 23. März

Hello everybody,

The German Language Society will be having a movie screening next Monday, 23rd March 2009!

Title:

Wo ist Fred?

Venue: Central Library Theatre 1

Time: 6:30 - 8:30PM

Sypnosis: In order to catch a basketball from the favorite team of his girlfriend's spoiled son, Fred (Schweiger) poses as a numb, wheelchair-bound fan. But when he catches the ball, he also catches the attention of young, attractive filmmaker Denise (Lara), who wants to feature an invalid fan in an image film for the team. Fred has to keep playing his role, while real invalid and really furious fan Ronny (Herbst) might call his bluff at any moment. Worse, still, love sets in...

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Um den verwöhnten Sohn seiner eleganten Freundin zu beeindrucken, will der Polier Fred ihm einen handsignierten Ball seines Lieblings-Basketballers besorgen. Den erhalten allerdings nur die behinderten Fans auf ihrer Tribüne – Also lässt Fred sich beim nächsten Basketball-Match von seinem Kumpel Alex im Rollstuhl auf die Behindertentribüne fahren. Und tatsächlich gelingt es ihm, den begehrten Ball zu ergattern. Dann aber wird die Sache kompliziert: Das Vereinsmanagement hat einen Imagefilm in Auftrag gegeben, um das soziale Engagement des Clubs auszuschlachten. Und die mit dem Projekt beauftragte Jungregisseurin Denise schließt den vermeintlich stummen und hilflosen Fred gleich in ihr Herz! Nun muss Fred die Rolle des Rolli-Fahrers wohl oder übel weiterspielen. Zu dumm nur, dass sich seine zukünftigen Schwiegereltern zu Besuch angekündigt haben...

Eine Bitte um Hilfe an alle: Helfen Sie bitte diesem Mädchen

Her name is Zhang Xiaoou.

She is smart, warm, and brings others so much happiness and hope.

She is graduating from NUS this year, with as many plans about the future as many of us.

However, on 4th March 2009, her life took a fatal turn. She was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a life-threatening disease that will post a staggering SGD 400,000 medical bill to her middle-income family (Xiaoou's mother is unemployed. Her father is a normal worker with average income of SGD 400 per month).

You may not know her, but she is just one other dream chaser like you and me. Any dollar from you lights up a light. Please lend Xiao'ou a helping hand so that she could continue with her journey of life and embrace her future!

Donation Details please go to http://blessxiaoou.net/donation/7.html

Event Summary - SEP Sharing Session

Were you with us yesterday?

Did you join us for the SEP Sharing Session? YES to more than 20 students!

I believe it was a fruitful session for all. We honorly invited our returning students to share their wonderful and memorable experiences with the rest. On behalf of the society, I wish to

Thanks Bingfang, Joyce, Lay Kian, Zhibo, Naijun, Rentian, Guo Qing for sharing their SEP experience, and

Thanks Max and Matthias, our exchange students from Germany and Switzerland to share with us from a different perspective!

Not to forget, I have to thank Alex, Faith, Siwei, Lu Shan, Winnie, Gabriel, Esther, Kami, Boon Song who participated last semester. It might be late, but we always appreciate and remember how nice you all were!

All right, let’s return to topic. Consider that a number of you who could not attend the session in both semesters, we have consolidated the contacts from our returning students and exchange students. However, in order to protect their confidentiality, I would only list down their major/faculty in NUS and which university they went in Germany/Switzerland. If you would like to ask them any questions, feel free to send us an email and we will attach their contact in reply.

University of Karlsruhe – Applied Math, Industrial & System Engineering, Computing, Business
University of Heidelberg – Life Science, Psychology, Communication & New Media, European Studies
Technical University of Kaiserslautern - Applied Math
Technical University of Munich – Quantitative Finance, Industrial & System Engineering
University of Stuttgart – Material Science
Technical University of Darmstadt – Chemical Engineering
Technical University of Aachen – Engineering, Business
University of Mannheim – Economics, Business
European Business School - Business
ETH Zurich – Architecture, Science
University of Zurich – Chinese Studies
University of St. Gallen – Business

Mailto: frag.mal.uns@gmail.com

In addition, I wish to share some websites that we found very useful in pre-departure preparation and living & travelling in Germany.

Singapore Students' Association of Germany (www.ssag.de)
This is a very useful website that I would suggest you to look at. Under the "Guide" session, you can find substantial information about the predeparture preparation, living and travelling in Germany. Besides, you might want to join the activities organized by them too. A great way to know more Singaporeans in Germany!
DAAD Information Center Singapore (www.ic.daad.de/singapore)
Singapore Embassy in Berlin (http://www.mfa.gov.sg/berlin/)
Couchsurfing Project (www.couchsurfing.com)
Mitfahren (Google it and you will get list of carpool websites)
Wohnungssuche (www.wg-gesucht.de)

Thank you for all the supports! & hope to see you guys in our upcoming events!

Cheers,
Yin Long
Project Director

NOTICE: Upcoming elections for German Language Society 09/10

The election details will be as follows.

There will be two elections.

One will be for the core EXCO, comprising PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SECRETARY and TREASURER. These are the key admin appointments. It will be held on 9th April 2009 (Thursday before Good Friday holiday).

The second election will be held by the newly elected EXCO to select their EXCO directors (some of whom might even be new students, or returning students from SEP). These are: EDITOR, PROJECT DIRECTOR 1, PROJECT DIRECTOR 2 and MARKETING PROJECT DIRECTOR. It will be held either on the 2nd or 3rd week of school when it reopens in August, depending on the newly elected core EXCO.

Voters eligible are all members past and present, plus those who have studied or are currently studying German.

The process will be as follows: all applicants send in their resumes to us and these will be screened and put up for common information.

They will be writing:
their name,
matric number,
year,
German level,
position interested that they are running for,
1st and 2nd choices,
personal bio,
and what they can contribute to the society.

The deadline will be 1st April 2009.

Those who send in their resumes and get registered are considered for voting and their forms will most prob be printed out and displayed, etc.

For the day itself,
1. all candidates who have successfully registered will give a 5-10 min speech.
The floor is permitted to ask questions.
The process will be controlled by the outgoing committee not standing for election.

2. all present will fill in the vote.
Voting is secret and all present cannot collude.
All will write down only one name per choice.
No repetition is allowed.

The vote consists of the following list, with a blank next to the name.
CHOICE OF PRESIDENT ____________________________
CHOICE OF VICE PRESIDENT____________________________
CHOICE OF GENERAL SECRETARY ____________________________
CHOICE OF TREASURER________________________________

3. counting will be done in public.

Votes will be immediately tabulated on the board.

4. If there is no clear winner with a majority, only that position will be recontested. Points 1 to 3 follow.

5. Results will be out on the day itself. We estimate 2.5 hours at the very maximum for voting to start and end. We will start on time and end before time.

6:30PM to 9:30 PM, Friday, 9th April 2009.
Yusof Ishak House, YIH Function Room (exact details to be furnished later)

Thank you and cheers!
Shawn Seah
General Secretary, German Language Society

SEP Sharing Session in Germany & Switzerland

YOU don't want to miss this if you are planning to attend the SEP in Germany or Switzerland!!!

This time, we have invited senior students from different faculties to share their wonderful experience with you! If you are so clueless in dealing with application procedures, university choices, modules mapping, financial aids, internship opportunities, travel tips/plans and other issues, grab this chance to interact and discuss your concerns with our speakers!

Be quick, marks this down~!

Date: 9th March 2009 (Monday)
Time: 7pm to 9pm (1900-2100)
Venue: Theatrette 1, Central Library

Currently, we have representatives from University of Heidelberg, University of Darmstadt, ETH, EBS and University of Karlsruhe. More are pending to be confirmed! (You can always check our society blog: http://die-deutsche-sphaere.blogspot.com/ for updates!)

Still hesitate? Join us and be sure you clear your doubts!

Feel free to send your enquiry to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com or reach our PIC - Yin Long at (65)96237983.

See ya! =)