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JULY 2020 / VOLUME 7 / ISSUE 5
Campus Life Update
The Escape Room: Mission Impossible Silly Debate
Casting Your Career Net
Beyond Singapore
Zoom Game Day Story by:Hakim Asfee CDS Editorals
Featured This Month:
The Escape Room: Mission
Impossible
Silly Debate
Zoom Game Day
CDS Editorals
Alumni Club
Upcoming Online Activities
Alumni Club
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The Escape Room:
Mission Impossible
28 June 2020
Story by: Jep Jing Sheng | Edited by: Ina Ong
The Escape Room - Mission Impossible, organised by
SEC (Student Executive Committee) was led by student
leader, Raja Moris. An escape room is a specially
designed themed room filled with puzzles and clues. The
objective of the game is to successfully solve the puzzles
co-operatively with your team using the clues given and
‘escape’ from the room within a given time frame.
However, due to COVID-19, social distancing regulations
are enforced with outdoor activities being unavailable.
Escape Room- Mission Impossible is a virtual “Escape
Room” conducted and enjoyed in the comfort of one’s
home. This event is about meeting new friends, honing
one’s leadership and communication skills as well as
enhancing teamwork.
Facilitated by The Fun Empire, groups of 6 were teamed up and placed in breakout rooms where each team
competed with one another to be the first to complete the mission. Alas, none of the teams managed to ‘escape’ in
time and thus, there were no winners for this event.
Though it would have been fun should the original game be played with physical interaction, it was interesting
and a first-time experience to play this virtually for most participants. We thank all participants for their active
participation and fabulous teamwork!
There are more online events coming your way! Regardless where you are and
where you are from, YOU can participate in the events as well! Just remember
“It’s always the small
to FOLLOW and LIKE our Facebook and Instagram: Kaplan Campus Life. We pieces that make the
will be updating our posts regularly.
big picture.”
Stay home, stay safe. #TogetherKaplan
Zoom Game Day
25 June 2020
Story by: Sharifah Khadijah Binte Saleh Al-Attas
Edited by: Ina Ong
Zoom Game Day was an opportunity to catch up with fellow Kaplan students. During this circuit breaker (CB)
period, we could lose our spirit of togetherness; therefore, the creation of zoom game day. We played multiple online
games via Zoom and had a good time together. Moments like these is when we truly realise how much our friends
mean to us.
The event reminds fellow HERO Cub members of a world that is still outside the computer screen and truly
appreciate the moments spent with one another.
Silly Debates
27 June 2020
Story by: Moe Thiri Lwin | Edited by: Ina Ong
Debating allows great interaction with your friends and it brings out the competitive edge you have. Moreover, when
it is held in a ‘silly way’, it is even more enjoyable. This was exactly what transpired during our ‘Silly Debates’ event that
was held on 27th June 2020.
We started off with an enthralling ice-breaker ‘Whodunit’ which ignited the detective persona in each participant as
they tried to unravel the truth from the statements made by each participant. Who will let the cat out of the bag?
Secondly, there was a traditional game ‘Hangman’ which brought back memories of childhood as they attempted to
guess the letters in the mystery word given. It was even more challenging as they were only given six tries before a
stickman was sacrificed. Does that sound scary? Well, it was not. A hint was given after every fourth try to save the
stickman.
Finally, the highlight of the event; Silly Debates. A statement was given to each team to compete and refute against.
They have to come up with justifications for their stance to be strong. This creates a competitive atmosphere amongst
the participants. Hence, even though it was stated to be a fun and friendly debate, there were many thoughtful and
strong propositions given. There were also opposing statements illustrated, eventually making the debate session
creative and resourceful.
Indeed, it was an enjoyable event, making it memorable for everyone including the participants and the KPSC
Committee.
We will be having many such events in the future, so why not spend your free time by joining us? Do keep a lookout
for our future events!
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Upcoming
ONLINE ACTIVITIES
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Casting Your Career Net
Beyond Singapore
Story by: Hakim Asfee
D
ue to the current pandemic, employment opportunities are shrinking everywhere. According to the
statistics released by the Ministry of Manpower on 15 June 2020, there are only 71 job vacancies for every
100 unemployed people in Singapore. This number is reported to be the lowest in a decade.
In my personal opinion, the unemployment rate will continue to rise due to the economic slowdown which results
in companies reducing employment needs. In addition, the number of fresh graduates who are completing their
full-time studies and looking for job positions will add to the number of job seekers in Singapore.
As a job seeker, perhaps it is time for you to consider your job search beyond the local shores. There are possibilities
for you to venture out in other countries. Though this crisis affects markets worldwide, casting your job search
further, not just in Singapore, will open more job opportunities. If you are open to gaining some overseas work and
life experience, below are some websites that could help you start your job search outside Singapore.
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ASEAN
Thailand
Brunei JobStreet: https://www.jobstreet.com.sg/en/
Job Centre Brunei: https://jobcentrebrunei.gov.bn/ job-search/thailand-jobs/
Jobs Brunei: https://www.jobsbrunei.com/ Monster Jobs: https://www.monster.co.th/
JobsDB: https://th.jobsdb.com/th
Cambodia
CamHR: https://www.camhr.com/ Vietnam
HRINC Jobs: https://www.hrincjobs.com/ JobStreet: https://www.jobstreet.vn/
MonsterJobs: https://www.monster.com.vn/
Indonesia
JobStreet: https://www.jobstreet.co.id/ Australia & New Zealand
Monster Jobs: https://www.monster.co.id/ Adzuna: https://www.adzuna.com.au/
JobsDB: https://id.jobsdb.com/id CareerOne: https://www.careerone.com.au/
Indeed Australia: https://au.indeed.com/
Malaysia Seek: https://www.seek.co.nz/
JobStreet: https://www.jobstreet.com.my/
Monster Jobs: https://www.monster.com.my/ United Kingdom
Indeed UK: https://www.indeed.co.uk/
Myanmar Reed: https://www.reed.co.uk/
Myanmar Job Link: http://www.myanmarjoblink.com/ Jobsite: https://www.jobsite.co.uk/
Job Seeker: http://jobseeker.com.mm/
North America
Philippines Career Builder: https://www.careerbuildercom/
JobStreet: https://www.jobstreet.com.ph/ Dice: https://www.dice.com/
MonsterJobs: https://www.monster.com.ph/ Indeed Canada: https://ca.indeed.com/
Most of the websites above offer positions in different locations. For example, Indeed.com will have positions across
the region. All you need to do is to search for “Indeed Canada” to look for opportunities in Canada. Otherwise, use
your LinkedIn account to search for jobs in the location you desire. The list of vacancies might not be as extensive as
the portals above but LinkedIn is a good platform to supplement your job search.
Wishing you all the best in your career search and journey!
Source:
https://stats.mom.gov.sg/Pages/Home.aspx
How to make WFH
fun and productive!
17 June 2020
Story by: Aster Heng
In the month of June, the Kaplan
Alumni Club organized an online
workshop on how to make working
from home fun and productive. We
engaged an experienced speaker,
Mr. Maximus Sia, to cover some tips
and tricks on creating a conducive
environment at home to enhance work
productivity as well as ways to inject
some fun to keep us motivated despite
being in isolation.
We are delighted to see our enthusiastic
alumni sharing images of their current
workspace and having a light-hearted exchange of ideas and workout routines to make working from home more
manageable while keeping to a healthy lifestyle.
We hope the alumni has benefitted from this interactive workshop. In the meanwhile, stay safe and healthy!
Happy Recollections of the Past!
1 – 15 June 2020
Story by: Aster Heng
The Kaplan Alumni Club prepared 5 weeks of social media
activity challenges for the alumni to take part in. The first
activity was “Happy Recollections of the Past!” This activity
encouraged our alumni to reminisce and reconnect with
their fellow classmates! They could upload a photo/video
that they have taken during their Kaplan days with their
fellow classmates and describe the most memorable times
they had with them.
Congratulations to Aimjit Ponwatparisorn, our alumni
that is based in Thailand, who walked away with SGD$100
worth of shopping vouchers! Lets’s take a look at her entry!
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Let’s Keep Fit Together!
15 – 29 June 2020
Story by: Aster Heng
To advocate a healthy lifestyle and encourage our alumni to exercise during
the Circuit Breaker, we challenged them to share their favourite workout
pose with us using any creative workout equipment if they prefer.
Congratulations to Andy Lau, our local alumni, for walking away with
SGD$100 worth of shopping vouchers! You can click on the link to view his
video submission
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCF0tjAHw4O/
Missed out on our previous challenges? No worries, we have more upcoming online activities and workshops specially
organized for our alumni.
You may wish to check out the following link https://campuslife.kaplan.com.sg/ to get more information on our
events/activities/workshops held regularly.
Join and Like our Kaplan Campus Life Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/KaplanCampusLife. Alternatively,
you can follow our Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/kaplancampuslife/
Red White Parade
Puzzle
How well do you know Singapore and
her history?
In celebration of Singapore’s 55th
birthday this year, our Kaplan Alumni
Club has designed a crossword puzzle to
test your knowledge and understanding
of everything Singapore.
All Kaplan alumni from Singapore
as well as overseas are welcome to
participate!
Crack your brain now and have fun
solving the crossword puzzle! The first
participant whose submission has all
answers correct will win e-vouchers
worth SGD$100.
All entries are to be submitted by 10th
August 2020 (Monday), before 23:59hrs.
Kaplan will announce the winner on
12th August 2020 (Wednesday) on our
Instagram and Facebook page.
Click here to download the puzzle now:
shorturl.at/agHLZ
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