The 13th XQRJ Photo Shoot
The deadline for the submission of song pieces by our aspiring finalists is approaching (13th December 2010), and this means that XQRJ will soon be shifting into another phase of work commitments.
But wait!
XQRJ is not only about organizing the competition, but also involves bonding and fun together as a team of enthusiastic and passionate Hall residents. On the 6th of November, we had our very own XQRJ PSCD (Photo Shoot cum Cohesion Day)!
The purpose of PSCD is to create an opportunity for better bonding, interaction and building up of our overall team effectiveness. Naturally, we are also out to dispel the notion that XQ is all about work; we do have fun, joy and laughter too!
The location where PSCD was held this year serves more than 90 international airlines flying to some 200 cities in 60 countries, and handles about 5,000 arrivals and departures every week and over 37 million passengers a year (that’s more than 7 times the size of Singapore’s population!). Yes, you got that right! We left our mark at the Singapore Changi Airport this year!
We chose Changi Airport because it is one of the physical landmarks that symbolises Singapore (the ubiquitous control tower that can be seen from everywhere at Changi), and is considered to be one of the top airports in Asia. Singapore only possess a limited land area and was able to attain her proud achievements only through determination and hard work. That resembles us at XQRJ too, as we are just a small student body group, but we want to work towards a goal of making XQRJ the best Chinese song writing competition in Singapore!
On the day of PSCD, we gathered with excitement at King Edward VII Hall. The bus journey was rather long, but we took the opportunity to enjoy the scenery along the way. It was also a great time for us to catch up with one another (and some caught up on their sleep!). 
Are we there yet??
The first activity of PSCD was the XQRJ Photo Shoot! We took our individual photos first, where our “handsome and beautiful” faces will now officially enter the XQ’s Big Book of illustrious members and cement ourselves as part of the large XQ family. We then took groups photos as well as departmental photos. May I proudly introduce to you our XQRJ Marketing, Design and Programme Department!
Design Department
Marketing Department
Programme Department
We never knew that Photo taking could be tiring too! After the Photo Shoot, it was time to RE-CHARGE! FOOD! LUNCH! And…
Sleep?

Recharge by sleeping…(Must be deep in thoughts planning for XQ)
After a leisurely lunch, we began our cohesion day activities. These activities serve to improve bonding and better introduce our members to one another, since we had been focused on our departmental jobs over the past weeks. Hence our fantastic Cohesion Team came up with our very own “XQ Amazing Race”!
The Amazing team of 32 members was broken down into 4 smaller teams, and each team was required to work together to complete a number of missions in the Airport.

Remember to hydrate yourself first…..
Game 1:

One of the team member has to act out the clue given while remaining team members have to guess what the answer was.
Game 2:

Solve the crossword puzzle. The clues given are actually related to XQ members. Ok, the truth is that the solutions are actually names of XQ members! Aside from cryptic clues, in a bid to make things tougher, the boxes were not numbered and the Chinese names of certain members were also used!
Game 3:
Pictue with working staff in the Airport
Picture with tourists
Picture with Children
Through the games, we had a new understanding about the Airport and we definitely had lots of fun doing all the “crazy” stuff together! Once we had successfully completed the missions, we headed off to our next destination: Vivocity.
At Vivocity, we had our last 2 activities. To improve on our chemistry and have a deeper impression of the 13th XQRJ members, each team was tasked to sketch out some members of another team, and everyone has to try to guess who the person drawn was.

Is that me?! i am more handsome than that!!!
Finally, our last activity was to write a note of encouragement into each member’s personal card.

At the end of day, everyone was tired out, but it was undeniable that everyone had tons of fun! This would not have been possible without the good planning by the XQRJ cohesion team comprising Yong Jun, Jasper, Liu Zhen, Audrey, Jianan and Wang Dan. Many, many thanks to them!
XQRJ is a big family with members of different backgrounds. However, all of us have a common goal: to seek to promote the Chinese culture, as well as appreciation of original Chinese music compositions among the youth. Due to this very fact, the 32 of us are brought together and we will work towards making the 13th edition of XQRJ a successful one.

The flowers (and thorns) of the 13 th XQRJ
We all believe that with the better understanding of our friends in XQRJ as well as with better team cohesiveness, we can make 13th XQRJ the best one ever in the annals of XQRJ!!
加油13th XQRJ!

We <3 (love) XQRJ!
P.S. The Grand Finals of 13th XQRJ is on 13th Feb 2011, do make that day free, and come down to UCC to support us!!!!