SEP Sharing Session

MEMBERS-ONLY EXCLUSIVE:

Are you interested in going for exchange to Germany? 
Are you in the midst of applying for SEP or have already done so?
Or are you planning to go for a language immersion programme in Germany?

If so, hesitate no further and join us for our Student Exchange Programme Sharing Session! (SEP sharing session) this coming Thursday. We have invited seniors who have recently returned from their SEP and language immersion programmes to Germany to share their wonderful experiences. What's more, we have also invited two native Germans who will be helping to answer your queries! Fret not about which year of study you are in, all are welcome! You can start planning for your exchange early, so do come down and join us for this exciting and informative session!

Date: 28 October 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Venue: LT9

If you have any questions, please send them to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

German Movie Screening: Keinohrhasen

Die deutsche Sphäre is organizing a German movie screening on Thursday! We have selected the film Keinohrhasen (Rabbit Without Ears) [2007], a romantic comedy directed by Til Schweiger.

Date: 21 October 2010, Thursday
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: NUS Central Library Theatrette 1

The movie will start on time so don't be late! :) This event is free and only open to members of the NUS Students' German Language Society, but members are welcome to bring along their friends. Non-members can register for membership on that day too.

Synopses:

Der Boulevard ist sein Revier: Reporter Ludo (Til Schweiger) ist mit Paparazzo Moritz (Matthias Schweighöfer) ständig auf der Jagd nach Stars, Starlets und Boxenludern. Manchmal glaubt er sogar selbst an die Storys, die er verzapft – und eines Tages geht das ins Auge: Die Richterin brummt ihm 300 soziale Arbeitsstunden in einem Kinderhort auf.

Dort herrscht Anna (Nora Tschirner), die den Schwerenöter Ludo schon als Kind nicht ausstehen konnte – Ludo muss also barfuß durch die Hölle. Zwischen Klatschspalten und Klettergerüsten entdeckt er sich selbst – es ist der Knüller seines Lebens …
(von hier)

Love finds a tabloid journalist in an unexpected place in this romantic comedy from Germany. Ludo (Til Schweiger) is a reporter who has enjoyed a successful career documenting the peccadilloes of the rich and famous with the help of his photographer sidekick Moritz (Matthias Schweighoefer). But a run-in with boxer Wladimir Klitschko and his fiancée Yvonne Catterfeld at a party turns into a food fight and Ludo is charged with disturbing the peace. Ludo is ordered to perform three hundred hours of community service at a children's day care center, which is especially bad news since Ludo doesn't care for kids.

Ludo finds himself working side by side with the center's director, Anna Gotzlowski (Nora Tschirner), who had an unfortunate run in with Ludo when they were children and doesn't like him any more now than she did then. Anna goes out of her way to make things difficult for Ludo, but in time he begins to get the hang of his new assignment, starts bonding with his young charges, and even enjoys a brief fling with a sexy single mom (Brigitte Zeh). But as Ludo's soft side begins to surface, Anna finds herself increasingly attracted to him, and the antagonists discover they're falling in love.

Keinohrhasen was written and directed by leading man Til Schweiger, and was a major box office hit in Germany.
(written by Mark Deming, Rovi, taken from here)

Russian Disco: Reading by Author Wladimir Kaminer

Das Deutschprogramm am Centre for Language Studies (NUS) und das Goethe-Institut Singapur laden Sie ganz herzlich zu einer Autorenlesung mit Wladimir Kaminer ein. Dieser deutsche Autor mit russischem Ursprung wurde mit der “Russendisko” weiter über die Grenzen Berlins hinaus berühmt. An diesem Abend liest er ausgewählte Kurzgeschichten aus seinem Buch “Russendisko” vor. Die Texte werden auf Deutsch angelesen und dann auf Englisch weiter vorgelesen. Mehr Informationen zu Wladimir Kaminer: http://www.russendisko.de/.

The German Programme at the Centre for Language Studies (NUS) and the Goethe-Institute Singapore would like to invite you to a reading by Wladimir Kaminer. This German author of Russian origin is well known beyond the city limits of Berlin for his “Russian Disco” will read selected short stories  from his book “Russian Disco”. The reading of the texts will start in German and then continue in English. For more information on Wladimir Kaminer: http://www.russendisko.de/.

Date: 8 November 2010, Monday
Time: 6 PM
Location: The Deck (Arts Faculty Canteen), Faculty Lounge, Level 2

Looking for Student Helpers for DAAD

Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) is looking for 6 student helpers to assist with logistical tasks during a conference attended by the Minister President of the German state of Baden-Württemberg Mr Mappus on 22 November 2010. Mr Mappus will travel with a delegation of 100 high ranking personalities from business and politics.

The student helpers are expected to assist with the following tasks:

• Check In / Check Out Hotel
• Support at hospitality desk
• Support at conference office
• Distribution of headsets (for translation)

Location: Grand Hyatt Hotel

Date / Time:  Monday 22 November, 8am to 6pm

Payment: SGD 150

If you are interested please send an email to Susanne at daad@singapore.goethe.org before FRIDAY, 15 October.

Thanks! 

German Learning Session, 30 Sept 2010: A Recap

The first German Learning Session of this academic year was held last Thursday, the 30th of September 2010. We received a larger number of participants than expected but that is always a good thing!

The German 1 students practised reading aloud and speaking in German, with help and advice from the seniors, and the German 3 students (along with the sole native German present) made conversation with each other in German.

So viele Personen!

Wir hatten wirklich viel Spaß beim Deutsch Lernen und Sprechen. :)

As usual, more pictures can be found on our Facebook group page. We hope to see you at our next event!

German Learning Session

Exclusively for our members:

Fancy a chance to practise the cool new German vocabulary you have learnt?
Wish to ace your incoming German oral examination?
If you answered ‘Ja!’ to any one of the above, this is the event for you!

The NUS Students' German Society is proud to present the latest ‘German Learning Session’:

Date: 30 September 2010, Thursday
Time: 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Venue: Yusof Ishak House (YIH) Training Room 2

This is your opportunity to mingle with fluent speakers of the German language and in the process improve your fluency in the German language. You will also get to learn new vocabulary, polish up your grammar and benefit from our scenario-based practices where you can learn how to use the German language in the various situations, which will aid you in your exam preparations.

Send us an email at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com should you have any questions to ask!

Event Happenings in September

The NUS Students' German Language Society has been involved in two events so far, since the start of the new academic year (2010-2011) this August.

The first, German Day, held on 8 September 2010, was a collaboration with the German Embassy in Singapore, the Goethe-Institut, the DAAD, the German European School, as well as the NUS International Office and Centre for Language Studies. The NUS Students' German Language Society was involved in the NUS Students' German Choir and several of the German games booths and quizzes.

Here are some photographs taken on that day, in case you happened to miss out on the action!

NUS Students' German Choir performance. Die Lieder: Die Gedanken sind frei, Abendstille und Ode an die Freude.

Authentic German food and Apfelschorle courtesy of the German Embassy

One of the "Seriously silly German games"

Admiring the "Mein Deutschland" photo exhibition!

More photos can be found on our Facebook page.

A Formal Invitation to Stammtisch

Are you feeling stressed in school? Do you wish to have more opportunities to learn about German language and culture? Do you wish to meet people to practice German with? If you do, come join us!

The German Society invites YOU to Stammtisch! Join us next Thursday at The Deck to be greeted by a canteen that does not look like any other during a typical school day. Get to taste simple German fare (such as German sausages, potato salad, etc.), meet with lots of friendly people, practise German and share experiences with one another!

Prices are charged at $2 for members and $4 for non-members. We hope to see you there!

Stammtisch
Date: 16 September 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: The Deck, NUS Arts Canteen
Ticket Price: $2 (members) / $4 (non-members)

For further enquiries, contact us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com.

P.S. You may purchase the ticket in advance next Monday to Wednesday, from any sub-committee or committee members in your German lecture group or contact us, to reserve a place.

Thank you

Hello everyone,

I would just like to say a big Thank You to all of you who helped out for German Day! I had a lot of fun, and I am sure you did too, (especially those people who won 50 000 Euros in cash=) Thank you for all your hard work, be it coming faithfully for practices, coming down at 9 am to set up the benches, mounting the photos and captions, or simply being so enthusiastic and participating in all the games and quizzes. This is only the start of the semester, and it has been brilliant so far. The German Society looks forward to all of your support for our next few events too!

To thank you for all of your hard work, the German Society is warmly inviting all of you to Stammtisch on Thursday. In case you didn't get to try pretzels and german sausages at German Day because you were simply too busy running around, we will specially prepare German food and drinks for all of you. You can also look forward to games and get to know the other members of the club as well.

We hope to see you on Thursday at the Arts Canteen at 7.30 pm. Bis dann!

Regards
Rachel Tan
President
The German Society

Choir Performance on German Day

Dear all,

The German choir will be performing on German Day (8 September 2010) at the Central Forum at 11.15am. Do come down and show your support!

Choir Members: Please be reminded that we are meeting at 10.30am tomorrow. Dress code is light-colored top and dark-colored bottom.

Thank you.

Schedule for German Day

German Day, the German event in NUS of the year! Do head down to the NUS Central Forum this Wednesday and give us your support. You're guaranteed to have fun with all the exciting events we've planned.

See you there!

Help Needed for German Day!

Dear friends of the Society,

We need people to help with the pasting of photos for the "Mein Deutschland" photo competition! If you are free any time from 9 AM to 2 PM this Monday (6 September), please head down to the CLS Meeting Room at AS4 Level 5 and lend us your help! You'll be able to take a sneak peak at the beautiful photos that were submitted for the competition. You don't have to stay for the entire duration of 5 hours, so just come down whenever you are free!

We also need a few friends who are free on Wednesday morning (8 September) to help put up the photos for the photo exhibition before the event. If you are interested in helping out, please come down to the Central Forum at 9 AM on Wednesday. Thanks!

3rd International A Cappella Festival

The A Cappella Society is holding their 3rd International A Cappella Festival this October. This year's festival features 3 German a cappella ensembles, Niniwe, Vocaldente and Klangbezirk!

Their society is extending a discount of $30 per ticket to our members. If you have a UOB credit card, it will be $25 a ticket (with a minimum purchase of 2 tickets). There are other promotions available also, which can be found in the attached information sheet.

You may use the ticket booking form provided here.

More information and latest updates for the festival can be found on their website at www.a-cappella.org.sg.

German Choir Practice Schedule

Here are the last two Choir Practice dates before the performance on German Day!

• 3 September 2010, Friday, 7:15 PM (LT10)
• 6 September 2010, Monday, 7:00 PM (Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Ensemble Room 1, Level 3)

For the String Quartet, please meet at 6:30 PM for additional practice this Friday (3 September 2010) at LT10.

For Friday's practice, we will be meeting at LT10 instead of YST. Please take note of the change in venue.

On Monday, we will be meeting at Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, Ensemble Room 1 (Level 3). Late-comers are free to join as well.

For those currently not in the German Choir but would still like to join, it isn't too late! (Non-members are welcome too.) We'd like to invite you to come down for our Practices. If you have further queries, feel free to contact us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com.

See you there!

Public Lecture by the University of St. Gallen on 7 September 2010

Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez of University of St. Gallen (German-speaking part of Switzerland) will be giving a public lecture on Sept 7 at Singapore Management University on the topic "Financial Markets in Turmoil: How Singapore and Switzerland can be amongst the Winners".

Registration and further details are provided below:

This is an invitation. The Alumni of the University of St. Gallen are organizing the 7th St. Gallen Public Lecture on the topic of: Financial Markets in Turmoil: How Singapore and Switzerland can be amongst the Winners by Professor Dr. Peter Gomez.

Date: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Location: Singapore Management University
Seminar Room 3-5 (Rm 3023), Level 3, Lee Kong Chian School of Business
50 Stamford Road Singapore 178899
Registration: 7pm
Start of Lecture/Q&A: 7.15pm

About the Speaker
Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez is Chairman of the Board of SIX Swiss Infrastructure and Exchange Group and the Dean of the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law at the University of St. Gallen. He was President of the University of St.Gallen from 1999-2005. He has published 14 books and over 150 other contributions in the field of strategic management, corporate organizational design, systems thinking in management and societal impact of management. He was senior vice-president corporate planning and organization of Ringier Group, Zurich and was the founding partner of Valcor AG, Zurich, consultants for strategy and M&A.

Synopsis
Prof. Gomez will reflect on why both Singapore and Switzerland are well positioned to cope with the consequences of the financial markets turmoil by analyzing competitive advantages of both countries. He will also address Switzerland’s new financial market strategy against the background of the international financial crisis, a wave of bank customer data hefts, and the pressure from OECD and foreign governments regarding banking secrecy. Finally, Prof Gomez will compare Singapore’s and Switzerland’s stock exchanges and what it takes to prosper in the financial markets.

Please use the attached reply slip or email to ChrissieNg@melchers.com.sg or fax to 6259 9111 by Thursday, September 2, 2010. This is a public lecture and you are invited to forward this invitation to any interested party, but entry is limited to pre-registered guests on a first-register basis (limited seats in the auditorium).

Click here to download the reply slip.

Tandem Program

The German Language Society is running a Tandem Program this semester!

Interested in improving your German?

Join our Tandem Program! We will match you with a German native speaker or a German speaker of a higher standard if it is possible, and in exchange you will practice with them a language you are fluent in and are offering. All you have to do is provide us with your details.

The following details are needed: Name, Contact, Languages offered (eg. Interested in learning German, offering Chinese), and language proficiency (e.g. German 1/2, A Level Chinese etc). If you are offering German, do state how many tandem partners you would like to have.

Please kindly send us your application by next Friday, 10 September 2010, 2359.

As there might be a shortage of German native speakers and German speakers of higher standards, for students applying to learn German, priority will be given to our members.

We would love to hear from you! If you have any queries, feel free to email us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com.

Results for 2nd Elections AY10/11

Hallo everyone!

We had our elections for the second half of the Executive Committee yesterday evening and here are the new additions to the team:

Project Director 1: Royston Lin
Project Director 2: Zhang Lu
Marketing Director: Pau Xi Ling
Editor: Stephanie Low

Gratuliere! Thanks also to everyone who came down for the elections.

Applications for the Sub-Committee are still open. If you are interested, please send us an email at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com with the email subject "Sub-Committee Application AY10/11" and the following details, by 11:59 PM tonight (28 August 2010).
____________________________________________
Name:
Matric No.:
Past experiences in organizing events (if applicable):

If you love singing, and/or are free on Monday evenings, do join us for the German Choir rehearsals! The next practice will be held on 30 August 2010, from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory. Visit the NUS Students' German Choir Facebook group or just take a look at our Upcoming Events sidebar on this blog for further details. Hope to see you there!

Schönes Wochenende!

Stephanie Low
Editor
NUS Students' German Language Society

Message to Members AY10/11 - Updates & Important Information

Dear Members (AY10/11),

Thank you once again for joining the society. Here are a few important pieces of information.

Firstly, the elections will be on 27 August, Friday at 7.30pm at YIH Training Room 4.

Secondly, for those who wish to run for Exco. Please complete the following information about yourself and email it to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com with the subject "Exco Application AY10/11". Do send by 25 August 2359.

____________________________________________
Exco Application AY10/11
Name:
Matric No.:
Year:
German Level:
Interested Posts: (maximum 2)
Bio:
Experiences and how I can contribute to the society:

The received applications will be posted on the blog so that fellow members can find out more about the potential Exco members. The posts available are:

- Project Director 1
- Project Director 2
- Editor
- Marketing Director

On the election day next Friday, all candidates will have to make a 5 minute speech. After all the speeches, the voting will commence. If two or more candidates have the same number of winning votes for a certain post, the candidates will have to make another short speech and another round of voting will commence until there is a clear winner.

Thirdly, for members who wish to join the sub-committee. Fill in the following details and email to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com with the subject "Sub-Committee Application AY10/11" by 28 August 2359.

____________________________________________
Name:
Matric No.:
Past experiences in organizing events (if applicable):

Fourthly, the tandem programme is currently under discussion and probably only be opened for application after the elections.

Fifthly, the URL links are

Our blog: http://www.die-deutsche-sphaere.blogspot.com
Our Society's Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=55673284001
NUS Student's German Choir: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118469341539308

Lastly, do note that only members are allowed to vote, join the sub-committee and run for elections. Most of our activities are also catered to members only. For those who missed the welcome tea but wish to join our society, you may register with us at our next event. For the applications, only completed ones will be accepted.

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

READing! LESung! Ein krasser Sommer 28.08.2010 (Event at Goethe Institut)

Welcome Tea AY10/11

Dear students, members and friends,

We are having a Welcome Tea on this Thursday. More details as follows: -

When: Thursday, 19 August 2010
What time: 7.30pm-9.30pm
Where: LT10 (FASS)

We will also be introducing our Executive Committee and opening up some positions for application on that day. Year 3 and 4 students are also welcome to join us, as long as you have passion for German!

As you can see, as long as you have a passion for the German culture, you are more than qualified to join. We will also be collecting payment of membership fees. So just bring down $10 and you'll be a member for one academic year to enjoy all our activities!

Meanwhile, all the best and we hope to see you soon!

Message from the President

Dear students and members, past, present and future,

The new semester holds exciting things in store for the Germany society! As president, I would warmly like to welcome all of you to the German society in AY 2010/2011. The German society holds many activities during the semester, and we are going to kick off the semester with our Welcome Tea, where we will update members on the present activities we have, as well as introduce the core committee and announce our elections for the posts of project directors, editor and liaison officer.

We will be coming down to the German classes during the first week of semester to personally say hi to all of you. The German society has always been a place where students who are interested in aspects of German language and culture get to meet German exchange students, hone their German language ability, as well as interact with the German speaking community in NUS. We look forward to meeting you next week during the welcome tea. We will be posting up details of the welcome tea shortly on the website.

Please feel free to email any enquiries you may have to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com. We are always glad to hear from our members.

Regards,
Rachel Tan
President
NUS Students' German Society

P.S. This message has been forwarded to all on our mailing list (members in last AY, sign-ups during matriculation fair and interested students). If we have accidentally left you out of the list, please kindly notify us. Thank you.

Matriculation Fair 2010

Hello everyone,

Our society will be participating in this year's Matriculation Fair at MPSH2 on 26th (9am - 1pm) and 27th (full day) July. Our booth is located at F35, behind CFA's booth. Come and find out more about our activities!

For those who signed up with us last week, we will be contacting you in due course about our upcoming welcome tea. So look out for our email!

German Day Photo Competition

Dear Members and Friends,

You are invited to submit entries for the German Day Photo Competition. There are attractive prizes to be won. Please refer to the poster below for more information.

Have a great vacation!

Election Results for Acad. Year 10/11

Dear Members,

I am pleased to announce the election results for the NUS Students' German Language Society elections, held on Thursday before Good Friday.

PRESIDENT: Rachel Tan Xi'en
VICE PRESIDENT: He Yajie
GENERAL SECRETARY: Ng Joo San
TREASURER: Beatrice Lam Pey Hua

I wish them all the best in their leadership roles, and all the best in all our German Society activities. Good luck also for the upcoming German event next semester!

On a personal note:

Special thanks to my outgoing-EXCO, Wei Ting, Wei'an, Xi Ling and Anna. You have been a great help to me and have contributed greatly to our Society; thank you very much! I know that I have sometimes pushed you very hard to do your best, but nevertheless we have had a great year and have seen great enthusiasm for our Society. Above all, you guys have always come through and always done us proud. We have had much success in Infusion and our first semester activities.

Rachel and Yajie, I want to hear good news from the both of you! Do bring our Society to greater heights.

To my subcommittee members and helpers, Danke Schoen! Thanks to: Charlotte, Talgat (we are going bowling, don't forget!), Joo San, Jake - is that your real name - Doris, Crystal, Mavis, Nayan, the two funny girls who keep laughing at me, Stella, and Yajie's friend. Hey, I can't remember all the names.

And to all the members of our Society, who have made everything possible, thank you also.

Mit herzlichen Gruessen,

Shawn Seah
outgoing President

Candidates for the Elections, 10/11

Name: Ng Joo San
Faculty: Engineering
Year: 1
Interested Posts: Treasurer and Secretary

Bio:
My keenness in going for SEP motivated me to learn German. Since I have started learning German, my zeal for the language deepened. Having served as a sub-committee member in this society since last semester, I aspire to rise up to the challenge of being directly involved in its management.

My experiences and what I can contribute to the society:
I have vast experiences of organizing events and facilitating in activities. With my experiences in these areas, I can contribute to greater success in future events. In university, I have been actively involved in administrative work as secretary of NUS biathlon and have also been part of a publicity team. I believe my understanding of how events are run, administrative procedures, budget and manpower allocation in addition to personal attributes such as responsibility will be of value to the society. Therefore, I hope to be part of the great EXCO team to enhance the experiences and welfare of GLS members. I believe that with my commitment and competence, I can continue the society’s effort in providing a great platform for German students and like-minded friends to interact learn and experience the German culture.



Name: HE YAJIE
Matric. No.: U086854L
Year: 2
German Level: 3
Interested Posts: Vice President

Bio:
I have being the Project Director in German Society for the past year and Organised numerous events for the society. During my time as Project Director, I led the organising committees for 2 stammtisches, 2 German – learning sessions and 2 German Movie Screening events attracting many participants from all over NUS. My ability to lead and manage has being well tested and tuned.

My experiences and what I can contribute to the society:
With my experience in German Society and knowledge on the events organised by the society, I will be able to provide guidance for my executive committee members and lead them to scale greater heights. With NUS German Society holding the rights to organise next year’s German Day, my leadership experience and my ability to rally the members towards the ultimate goal of presenting an unforgettable German Day to all the tertiary education students, will be useful. When I am elected to the office of Vice-President of German Society, I will organise a brainstorming session together with the executive committee of the society to think of ideas for German Day. This session will allow the new incoming executive committee to build bonds and foster good working relationships. Strong working relationships will ensure that the German Day next year organised by the society will be one of the best ever held.


Name: Tan Xi'en Rachel
Matric. No.: U073243J
Year: 3
German Level: German Studies 1
Interested Posts: President and Vice President

Bio:
I am a European Studies and Political Science major, with German as my third language. I speak and write fluent German and am very interested in German culture. I love getting to know new people and am a very task oriented person. I have passed the DSH exam, an exam allowing one to study in Germany with the highest possible grade, a grade 3. This exam was administered by the University of Heidelberg, where I was an exchange student in the summer of 2009.

My experiences and what I can contribute to the society:
I have been in the German Society for 2 years. In my first year, I was a member of the sub committee where I understudied a project director. In the academic year 2009/2010, I was the project director of the society where I organised many successful events, such as the Stammtisch, the SEP sharing session and the Tandem Programme. Given my experience and my familiarity with the members, I believe that I am well equipped to lead the society to greater heights in the academic year 2010/2011. I look forward to getting a closer partnership with the Goethe institute, as well as getting new students who are studying German to join our society so that they will be able to enjoy Germany away from Germany as well. I also look forward to helping to organise German Day 2010, which will be organised later this year. Please give me your support and I look forward to seeing you at the elections. =)

Name: Lam Pey Hua @ Beatrice
Matric Number: U085856N
Year: 2
Major: Applied Math
German Level: 2
Interested Posts: Treasurer and Vice President

Bio:
I love German Language when I first met it in my studies of Music. When I was playing a song named “Aufschwung” by Robert Schumann, I have asked myself,” What is the meaning of Aufschwung?” After I have taken German 1,” auf” means up,” schwung” means swing. “Ach so, es bedeutet “Upswing” in Englisch.” Hence, it has ignited my joy of learning German. Besides having lectures and tutorials, I have joined this special learning platform- German Language Society since last year and I work as a subcommittee member under Project Management Group. I was having a great fun here by organizing program such as Stammtisch, SEP sharing session, German learning session, Tandem Program, Filming, and etc. We cook; we have supper; we play and we learn together. To me, German Language Society provides me a sense of belongings. Thus, I have confidence to propose a higher position which is Treasurer.

My experiences and what I can contribute to the society:
With my 1 year experience in German Language Society, I have generally known the structures of organization for the upcoming events of the year. As what I know, we will be having German Day next year, taking over the role of NTU. It will be a very excited experience for me to learn more about the organizing skills from previous EXCO. Responsibility is the most important value especially as a Treasurer who handling with money and stuffs. Treasurer has to deal with our society’s financial report, filling taxes, reimbursement and funding. Of course, I have no problems dealing with them because I used to be responsible in my counting jobs and I am from Math Department=) I am looking forward to become a part of EXCO of this German Language society and bring a big success to it by joining the new elected EXCO.

Thanks and Happy voting:)



Roadshow for the NUS Arts Festival game music fringe, "Press Any Key" on Saturday, 31st January 2009 at the Esplanade Library.

Name: Pau Xi Ling
Matric. No.: U073969H
Year: 3
German Level: 4
Interested Posts: Vice-President and President

Bio:
Hi everyone! I'm currently majoring in Chemistry at the Faculty of Science and minoring in European Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. I have a great passion for the Arts (Performing and Literary), and it is this love for classical music (especially deutsche Lieder) and poetry which gave me the courage to take up German at NUS 3 years ago. When I'm not working in the laboratory, I like to sing and accompany myself on the piano, discover German/English poems (especially those set to music by classical composers), blog about music, attend concerts, and immerse myself in the beauty of nature.

My experiences and what I can contribute to the society:
I was a member of the society since 2007. Though I did not know any German when I first joined, I was really happy to be able to meet many like-minded friends here who share the same love for music and German culture as me. In 2009 I decided to take up the Treasurer role under the leadership of Shawn, and together with him and the guidance of my other exco members we managed to attract the highest number of students in the record of our society’s history at the Matriculation Fair, with close to 100 of them turning up at our Welcome Tea. As the Treasurer, my main responsibilities include sourcing for venues/equipments, filing taxes, keeping a record of the society’s expenditure and doing reimbursements, but I have also actively helped out in the planning, execution and publicising of events such as the Matriculation Fair, Tandem Programme, Stammtisch, SEP Sharing Session, German Learning Session and other activities organised by my Project Directors. Next year will be my final year at the University and my final year as an undergraduate member of the society, so I hope you can continue to give me your generous support and a chance to make next year a fulfilling and memorable year for you and for me. Thanks!

Upcoming Elections, 1st April 2010

Hi everyone!

The German Society will be holding 2 elections for the next committee.

The first one will be for the core EXCO, comprising of the PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL SECRETARY and TREASURER. These are the key admin appointments. It will be held on Thursday, 1st April 2010 from 7-10pm at YIH Function Room 2, the Thursday just 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:
1. their name,
2. matric number,
3. year,
4. German level,
5. position interested that they are running for,
6. 1st and 2nd choices,
7. personal bio,
8. and what they can contribute to the society.

The deadline will be 31st March 2010.

Those who send in their resumes and get registered are considered for voting and their forms will displayed on the blog.

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.

Thank you and we hope to receive your applications soon!

Candidate Videos from EGM!

Hi everyone!

Here are the videos of the candidates' speeches from the Extraordinary General Meeting on Thursday, 18th March 2010. Please do give them your generous support!

Rachel: http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/e-daf/rmn/DS/DS2010/rachel's%20election%20speech%202010.wmv

Yajie: http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/e-daf/rmn/DS/DS2010/yajie's%20election%20speech%202010.wmv

Joo San: http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/e-daf/rmn/DS/DS2010/joo%20san's%20election%20speech%202010.wmv

Beatrice: http://courseware.nus.edu.sg/e-daf/rmn/DS/DS2010/beatrice's%20election%20speech%202010.wmv

Geman Learning Session 25th March 2010

Fancy a chance to practise the cool new German vocabulary you have learnt?
Wanna ace your incoming German oral examination?

If you answered a ‘Yes!’ to any one of the above, then this is the event for you!

The German Society is proud to present the latest ‘German Learning Session’:
German Learning Session
Date: Thursday, 25th March 2010 (Week 10)
Time: 7-9pm
Venue: YIH Function Room 2


It is an opportunity to mingle with fluent speakers of the German language and in the process improve your own fluency in the German language. Also, you will get to learn new vocabulary and polish up your grammar. You will also benefit from our scenario-based practices where you can learn how to use the German language to communicate in the various situations, which will aid you in your examination preparations.


Speakers:
Kathrin (PHD candidate for psychology from Germany)
Rachel (In-coming president and German level 7 :)
Wei'an (One of the top GAP students who is going for to Germany for SEP)...


Situational Practice:
The practice session will be designed according to the exam preparation requirements. Native German speakers will be serving as facilitators to guide and correct the mistakes participants make during the session.





Indication of interests:
Please indicate the topics you will be interested to practise during the learning session @ http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/7YJ9CQS


The indication of interest is important for the organiser to prepare the relevant materials for the learning session

EGM, 18th March 2010

Dear Members and Friends,

There is an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) for all members of the German Language Society, and your attendance is requested and needed!

Date: Thurs, 18th March 2010 (Week 9)
Time: 7-9PM
Venue: YIH Function Room 4

Agenda:

1. President's Final Rally Speech
2. CCA Points Briefing
3. CCA Card Briefing
4. Brief Q and A and Appeals
5. Opening up of Elections - German Society supported candidates
6. Elections Notice
7. Candidates Rally Speeches
8. Final Comments

I know that some of you may not have gotten enough CCA points or may not have been credited for various reasons. However, most of the Society has received as many points as they deserve and some have in fact received more than is necessary. Why this is so will be explained and discussed during the meeting. It is compulsory for members and more so if you wish to put in your appeals.

I seek your understanding and hope to see you there!

Herr Doepel's Lecture Series 1, 17th March 2010

Dear Members,

We will be having a special program organized especially for you! We are inviting our very own Herr Doepel to give us a lecture. Here are the details of Herr Doepel's lecture on 17th March 2010.

Event: Lecture Series 1: 20 years of unity - historical, sociological and political issues of the re-unification.

Date: Wednesday 17 March 2010

Time: 7pm to 9pm

Place: AS1/0205

This lecture will be held in English.

Mr Martin Doepel

Martin Doepel was born in Jena, Germany, which was formerly part of the DDR. He graduated from the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena in 2004 and majored in German as a Foreign Language, Modern History and Political Science. Before coming to Singapore, he taught at his alma mater, the University of Jena and and was involved in the development of E Learning material there. He has been in Singapore since 2007 and currently teaches German at the Center for Language Studies. His interests include cognitive aspects of language acquisition, new media in language teaching and the Cold War.

Don't hesitate to come down for this event. Hope to see you guys there! =)

Update: SEP Sharing session, 25th feb 2010

Hello everyone!

A few weeks ago, the German Language Society held a SEP Sharing session for all interested to find out more information on SEPs in Germany, whose universities are amongst the best in many fields of study. We are extremely delighted that there were so many of you turned up and showed great interest in learning more about the ups and downs of such a journey. We would also like to thank our speakers, who set time aside to prepare and come down to share their first-hand experiences with us all!

We hope that this sharing session was able to help answer some of the questions you all had reagrding SEPs in Germany and wish you every success in your own journey! =)

For all of you who have pressing questions regarding SEP, but missed this highly informative session, please feel free to email us at frag.mal.uns@gmail.com. We will try our best to help you!

As always, here are some photos of the event:

SEP Sharing Session, 25 Feb 2010

Hello everyone!

Interested in going for exchange to Switzerland, Austria or Germany? Come down and join us for our Student Exchange Programme Sharing Session! (SEP sharing session). We have invited seniors who went to Heidelberg, Stuttgart and Mannheim to this session to share all about their wonderful experience overseas. We have also invited the Convenor of German, Ms Rita Niemann to join us as well. It does not matter which year you are in, all are welcome! You can start planning for your exchange early, so come down and join us for this exciting and informative session!

Date: 25 Feb 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 7pm
Venue: AS6/0212

Be sure to join us! If you have questions, please email them to frag.mal.uns@gmail.com. We would love to see you there!

Movie Screening: "Auf der Anderen Seite"

Liebe Mietglieder,

NUS' German Language Society will be screening a German movie on Tuesday, 9th of February! Do invite your friends and join us! And read on for more details!


About the Film

Auf der Anderen Seite is a film directed by a Turkish-German director Faith Atkins. With this film, Faith Atkins won the Best Director at Golden Orange Film Festival. It also won the prize for Best Screenplay at the 60^th Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and LUX prize for European cinema by European Parliament.

Synopsis (English)

Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.

Synopsis (Deutsch)

Als der Witwer Ali die Prostituierte Yeter überredet, bei ihm einzuziehen, ist sein Sohn Nejat irritiert. Nejat taut erst auf, als er erfährt, dass sie ihrer Tochter Ayten regelmäßig Geld für ihr Studium schickt. Nach Yeters plötzlichem Tod reist Nejat in die Türkei, um Ayten zu suchen. Die politische Aktivistin Ayten ist jedoch vor der türkischen Polizei nach Deutschland geflüchtet und bei einer jungen Frau, Lotte, untergetaucht. Als sie von der Polizei aufgegriffen und in die Türkei zurückgeschickt wird, macht sich Lotte auf die Suche nach der Freundin.

Date: 9^th February 2010 (Tuesday)
Time: 7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Venue: Central Library Theatrette 1
Subtitles: English

For further enquiries, drop a comment on our tagboard!

Hope to see you there!

Liebe Grüße,
Ya Jie
Project Director
NUS‘ German Language Society

Update: In-Fusion 2010 @ Central Forum

Hello everyone!

Thanks to all who dropped by our booth yesterday for In-Fusion 2010! We hope that you enjoyed the pretzels, Kinder chocolate and Maoam we had for you; the little German language game "Doppelkopf"; and most importantly, talking to us about Germany!

We all had a great time sharing our knowledge and experiences with those who were interested to know about Germany and getting to know each of you! A special thanks to all EXCO and subcomm members for their hard work and for helping out in decorating the booth and preparing for the event!

Here are some pictures of our booth!

Decorating the booth & Brandenburger Tor!

Just the booth by itself!

Some of us who woke up early in the morning to set up the booth!

German treats and information!

Thank you to those who came forward!

Do join us for future events and leave a comment if you have any feedback! =)

In-Fusion 2010 @ Central Forum

Liebe Mietglieder,

NUS' German Language Society invites you to join us at In-Fusion 2010!

What is In-Fusion? In-Fusion is a platform for international and local students to showcase their rich cultural heritage, and foster awareness and integration of the various communities. This year, we will be participating in this campus-wide event, adding more flavor to the international fiesta!

Come visit our booth at Central Forum, from 10am to 4pm, to find out more about German festivals, food, music, language and lifestyle; and get to taste famous German snacks as well! You may also join the array of activities planned by In-Fusion from 1pm!

Here are further details:

What are you waiting for? Experience it now! See you there!

Liebe Grüße,
Wei Ting
Vice-President
NUS’ German Language Society

Stammtisch, 28th Jan 2010

Hallo zusammen!


With a 'revamped' corner of the Arts Canteen, really (REALLY) good German food (and surprisingly AUTHENTIC - as commended by our German guests!) and a bunch of awesome people (including our friends from ISEC), we kick-started year 2010 with our very first Stammtisch!

We hope that all who attended enjoyed the food, the people, the food, the decorations and not to forget the FOOD, and had as much fun as we did!!

Thumbs up to the organizing committee for taking the Stammtisch one level higher! A job well done, people!! =)

As always, here are a few photos of the fun-filled exciting event! Enjoy!

The Food =).

Do check out DDS' Facebook group for more photos! (and feel free to tag yourself, you might just be in them!)

We hope to see you all at our next event!

Really. Do come. You'll have fun.

Die deutsche Sphäre invites you to... Stammtisch!

Liebe Mitglieder,

Are you feeling stressed in school? Do you wish to have more opportunities to learn about German language and culture? Do you wish to meet people to practice German with? If you do, come join us!

The German Society will be kick-starting our first event of the semester with Stammtisch! Join us on Thursday at The Deck to be greeted by an Arts Canteen that does not look like any other school day. Get to taste simple German fare (such as German sausages, potato salad, etc.), meet with lots of friendly people, practise German and share experiences with one another!

We will be selling tickets for the Stammtisch on Monday and Tuesday, 12 – 6pm, at the table outside the Central Library. You can also email us for the tickets and pick them up on Monday or Tuesday. Prices are charged at $2 for members and $4 for non-members. Be sure to get your tickets soon!

Stammtisch

Date: 28 Jan 2010 (Thursday)

Time: 7:30pm

Place: The Deck, Arts Canteen

Ticket Price: $2 (members) / $4 (non-members)

For further enquiries and ticket orders, contact us at frag.mal.uns[at]gmail.com.

Christina Stürmer - Mehr Als Perfekt

Hey people!

Here's a new song for you guys by Christina Stürmer, "Mehr Als Perfekt". I couldn't get the Official Music Video onto the blog, but if you wanna see it, just YouTube it!

Hope you guys like it!

Wir waren lange auf der Suche
haben nach den Sternen navigiert.
Wir sind vom Weg abgekommen
und haben uns in der Ferne verirrt.
Wir hatten fast schon aufgegeben
doch jetzt sind wir endlich hier.
Und eine Stimme in mir drin
sagt es ist gut so wie es wird!

Es ist mehr als Perfekt
besser als Richtig.
In diesem Moment
steht die Zeit einfach still.
Sie wird nur flüchtig
wenn man ihr hinterher rennt.
Welten gehen unter
und werden neu geboren.
Doch wir gehen hier nicht weg.

Und es ist mehr als Perfekt

Und all die Fehler und die Zweifel
ergeben heute einen Sinn.
Denn erst die Träume für die wir kämpfen
machen uns zu dem was wir sind.
Und jedes Lächeln bleibt für immer bei dir
weil man nichts davon vergisst.
Und eine Stimme in dir sagt:
Es ist gut so wie es ist!

Es ist mehr als Perfekt
besser als Richtig.
In diesem Moment
steht die Zeit einfach still.
Und sie wird nur flüchtig wenn man ihr hinterher rennt.
Welten gehen unter
und werden neu geboren.
Doch wir gehen hier nicht weg.

Und es ist mehr als Perfekt

In diesem Moment
steht die Zeit still!

Es ist mehr als Perfekt
besser als Richtig.
In diesem Moment
steht die Zeit einfach still.
Sie wird nur flüchtig wenn man ihr hinterher rennt.
Welten gehen unter
und werden neu geboren.
Doch wir gehen hier nicht weg.
Zwischen all den Waren
finden wir den Sinn.
Still und unentdeckt!

Und es ist mehr als Perfekt.

Message from the Vice-President, NUS German Language Society

Liebe Mitglieder,

Welcome back to yet another exciting school term, I hope that studies have been going well for all of you so far! Activities held last semester were met with favourable turnouts. In this new semester, we have planned even more interesting events that we would love to see your participation in!

Some events for Semester 2 of AY09/10

Jan: Stammtisch cum German Food Learning Session; International In-Fusion 2010

Feb: German Movie Screening; SEP sharing session

Mar: German Learning Session; Guest Lecture by Herr Doeppel

Do look back often for announcements and details of the above events!!

The subcom application has reached its deadline but we are always actively looking for like-minded souls to join us in the fun! So if you or your friends are interested in joining our society as members, do touch base with us!

Lastly, thank you for your support and participation thus far and we certainly look forward to seeing your merry faces during our events. Bis bald!

Herzlichen Grüße,
Wei Ting
Vice-President, NUS German Language Society
die deutsche Sphäre