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With the semestral examinations round the corner, most of us would be hitting our books right about now. And while it�s totally important that we�re well prepared for the exam hall, there are five things you could do to totally torpedo your chances at success! Don�t commit these mistakes! 1. Forget Your Seat Number With all the information you have crammed into your head, it�s easy to forget the simplest things � like your seat number, I kid you not. There have been records of people forgetting their seat number and sitting on the wrong table. This mistake is small but there are huge consequences. The last thing you would want is to submit your paper under the wrong name! Always take note of your seat number and ensure you�re seated at the right table before you proceed with the paper. 2. Forget the Necessary Stationery  It sounds basic BUT do not leave your calculator at home! Even if you have brought your calculator, ensure that it isn�t faulty and you have working batteries wi...

Blood cells transport life-giving oxygen to our organs, and fight off infections. Many surgical and medical procedures require blood transfusions, so there is constant demand for donor blood. Can you help fill the Missing Types... of blood that is? Come join the NYP Blood Donation drive on 4-7 July.  The  bi-annual event, now in its 16th year,  is organized by our Community Service Club, in collaboration with the Singapore Red Cross. This event is open to NYP students as well as the public. Then, this year, share and create awareness for the event: Drop the A�s, B�s and O�s in your name and share it on social media in conjunction with the Missing Type campaign. A, B and O are the 3 out of the 4 blood types (the last blood type being AB) in the human body, with each compatible with a specific few other blood types. The  NYP�s Community Service Club driving the blood donation message home   Our friendly mascot at NYP's Koufu  encouraging diners to save lives...

Meet Vivien Wee ! She is a year 1 student in Nanyang Polytechnic, studying Mass Media Management. She got into NYP through the Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) before she finished her O levels! If you are considering applying for EAE, why not hear from Vivien herself? 1. Tell us more about yourself and why did you choose to join NYP through EAE? I was a Normal Academic student from Beatty Secondary School and I completed my O levels in 2016. I was in the National Cadet Corp (Air) in secondary school. Since young, my friends and family have been telling me about NYP. My closest cousin, uncle, and my secondary school seniors and friends were from NYP. Personally, I feel that NYP is like a family. NYPians are accepting of people and will not judge others based on looks, disability, studies and family background. NYP has this family warmth and I feel loved by my peers in NYP. Additionally, NYP is conveniently located near Yio Chu Kang MRT station, which is 5 stations away from my home. So i...

Though the falls of Douglas are striking and dramatic, there are many more falls on the North Fork as it makes its descent into the Blackwater Canyon. Indeed, an intriguing entry in Philip Pendleton Kennedy�s Blackwater Chronicle led me to look for one of them. In Kennedy�s description of his scramble down the North Fork below Douglas Falls, he wrote: �This level of the stream, however . . .  leads you to a second large fall, a clear pitch again of some forty feet.� When I read that, my eyes widened. A second large fall as high as Douglas? I had neither read of these falls in any modern travel guides nor seen photographs of them. Was Kennedy exaggerating�merely caught up in the thrall of the cascades?  Kennedy Falls Following in the Footsteps I had to find out, and the only way to do so was to follow in his footsteps. With the help of some kayakers who ran the North Fork, I found the falls. I�ll call them Kennedy Falls after Philip Pendleton Kennedy, the man who first wrote of...

�Perhaps in all this broad land of ours, whose wonders are not yet half revealed, no scene more beautifully grand ever broke on the eye of poet or painter, historian or forester. The Blackwater here evidently breaks its way sheer down through one of the ribs of the backbone of the Alleganies. The chasm through which the river forces itself thus headlong tumultuous down, is just wide enough to contain the actual breadth of the stream. On either side, the mountains rise up, almost a perpendicular ascent, to the height of some six hundred feet. They are covered down their sides, to the very edge of the river, with the noblest of firs and hemlocks . . .� Douglas Falls The Blackwater Chronicle Philip Pendleton Kennedy penned those words in 1852 in a colorful account called The Blackwater Chronicle: A Narrative of and Expedition into the Land of Canaan. And who could blame him for waxing poetic. He was leading a party of fellow adventurers into a raw and relatively unexplored region of West ...

The Glade Creek Grist Mill at Babcock State Park is one of the most photographed sights in West Virginia drawing more than 200,000 people every year. You�ll find pictures of the mill at Babcock on calendars, postcards, magazines, and travel brochures. Most of the visitors to Babcock have a camera in their hands wanting to take home their own photos of this West Virginia icon. In photographing the Babcock Mill and the Glade Creek Falls for the last 15 years, I�ve learned that many points of view (pov) can be found to capture the falls and the mill, but generally most people settle for two traditional views. View from the Rocks at the End of Stairs For their first shot of the falls and the mill, most people traditionally take the stairs behind the lodge down to the pond and shoot from the rocks at the end of the stairs. From this pov both the falls and mill are close and produce good composition. View from Sewell Road Opposite the Dam Another traditional point of view is to walk down Sew...

If you like waterfalls, you�ll love the Big Branch Trail of the New River Gorge. Depending upon how you count them, you�ll see six or seven waterfalls in the space of � mile. For the sheer joy of seeing water descend over rock, the Big Branch Trail is hard to beat. I won�t describe all the waterfalls in this blog, but we�ll take a look at most of them. Big Branch Falls Trailhead The trailhead is about 4 miles from Hinton on the River Road�the road that takes you to Sandstone Falls. Look for the trailhead across the road from the Brooks Falls overlook. Starting at the trailhead, take the left-hand fork, which after about 500 feet of woodland walking leads to the streambed of Big Branch. At this point the trail crosses Big Branch for the first of four times. Since this stream doesn�t have a large watershed, it�s generally a trickle in summer and fall. But in winter and spring, it�s full enough that you should plan to get your boots wet when crossing. First Waterfall First Waterfall Befo...