A Day in the Life of A DPA Student

Today we have a guest blogger from Game Entertainment Technology. He is Eugene Choy who is a DPA student for AY11/12. He shares with us about his life during his time as a DPA student.


7 Feb was the 1^st day for my DPA Polytechnic Preparatory Programme. I walked into Temasek Polytechnic feeling both excited and nervous at the same time. I was worried whether the people there will be easy going or difficult to get along with.

We gathered outside one of the Lecture Theatres collected our matriculation card and proceeded into the Lecture hall. There were DPA seniors over there who were trying to help us break the ice with other DPA students. Most of us were very shy initially and did not really respond.

On the 2^nd day, We were divided into several groups and did many ice-breaking and bonding games. These activities help us opened up to some of the DPA students in 1 day. We were soon exchanging our contacts just after the 2^nd day of the programme. This was the first time that I in such a short time manage to make so many friends and even get their contacts. This was one of my most memorable experience I had in DPA Polytechnic Preparatory Programme.

After a period of 2 Weeks, We started off with some Cross-Disciplinary Subjects ( CDS) . I took Japanese & Culture and Transnational Studies as my CDS-es. We were required to interact with other classmates in our class during Japanese classes and Transnational Studies so we also made many new friends.

Just after our CDS started, We had our residential stay. We were assigned to stay in Temasek Green( The hostel just beside Engine sch). Each apartment have roughly about 5 people staying. Transnational Residential Stay was the most memorable experience I had in my Preparatory Programme. Although we had a curfew where we are required to stay in our own apartment after 11pm, we still went to each other’s apartment. There will be around 20 people in one of the groups apartment and we will start playing games and bond with each other. The Residential Stay was very fun but the fun did not last long. We had to move out just after 2 weeks. Although, the residential Stay was very short , we had fostered a very strong relationship with many other DPA students.

The last programme we had for our Preparatory Programme was the School Discovery Programme. For students from IIT sch , we completed another CDS which is Effective Internet research. This CDS helped to teach us on how to obtain resources for research effectively. This CDS also taught us how to make us of the databases that are available in TP. Therefore , this programme was very useful.

Overall , DPA was a very memorable experience for me. I was able to create strong bonds with many people from different schools and take Cross disciplinary subject which helps in my graduation. I would advise anyone who have a passion in any course to apply for DPA.

Meet our IMI DPA 2011 students!

Hello everyone, I'm Tommy Lee, currently studying in Diploma in Interactive Media Informatics (IMI). I'm freshmen this year and will be starting school next week!

I'm here to share something about myself on our diploma's blog. One thing I do frequently as a hobby is Origami. It’s quite interesting how it’s possible to make something out of a simple piece of paper. One tip is to go slowly and take your time. This way, you do not make the wrong move and can fold the paper accurately.

Most of my time is spent at home. As for favourite websites, I visit many joke websites such as failblog.org, comixed.com etc.

I chose IMI as I’m interested in animation. I’ve always wanted to create a whole new universe from my mind (of course, I’m going to try to stick a bit closer to reality). It was this very reason that compelled me to join my school’s animation club. I have animated a few things, and even modeled a revolver using the program. We won a few competitions as well, one which I participated in on a minor role.

I find the DPA (Direct Polytechnic Admission) programme interesting especially participating in the activities like canoeing which allows me to connect with a few seniors. I have benefited from DPA as I have managed to get to know a few friends.

Looking forward to school next wk!

Meet our IMI DPA 2011 students!

Hi readers! I am Ivan Goh from Diploma in Interactive Media Informatics (IMI). Im a freshie this year and will be joining my classmates for Orientation tomorrow!

I got to share a little about myself on IMI's blog because I am a DPA (Direct Polytechnic Admission) student for 2011. IMI is my choice because I simply adore animation and I believe that this course will be interesting, and interest is a start to success!

As a DPA student, I started classes earlier than others. The three modules I took in the past two months are Japanese, Transnational studies and EIR (effective internet research). These modules are all cross disciplinary subjects which help to reduce my workload during sch time.

I enjoyed DPA as it let me have a chance to know TP earlier than my fellow peers. It also gave me a chance to meet others from different courses and adopt to poly life faster.

Some of the things I will do when I'm freewould be to play computer games. I love watching Youtube , most of the things I watch are anime (Japanese cartoon) as I feel that the storylines are more interesting.

My favorite hangouts are mostly the LAN shops. My favourite internet sites include Wikipedia and GameFAQs for information.

I really look forward to my start of 3yrs in TP as an IMI student! Enjoy school life!