Merit Prize Award from IBM

First of all I want to thank the good Lord for his continuous blessings to me. His faithfulness is unfailling inspite of all my sins and shortcomings...

This is a long overdue blog about the results of the contest we joined. The conference was held last Feb. 21 at Raffles Hotel Singapore. Below is a letter I sent to Ms. Sharen Liu, head of my school's Electronic Broadcasting Division, who was there cheering us and requested I email her some details about the contest.

(see pictures at www.pamcake.multiply.com)
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Good day!

Thank you for your support especially for cheering for us this afternoon at the IBM Women's Conference. We are flattered by your enthusiasm and appreciation of our work. Below are the details you requested:

We were presented with a Merit Prize for IBM Women's Conference Student Contest & our team was awarded with S$600.

In their congratulatory letter to us they said, "Our judges were impressed with your display of passion and creativity in interpreting the theme 'Leading Fulfilling Lives - Perspectives from the Young".

During the initial judging last Feb. 14 we actually presented them with an opening blacklight dance interpretation of the song 'Heal The world' and then we showed our main video featuring Eunice Olsen, Singapore Ms. Universe 2000 & Nominated Member of Parliament and Luisa Tayco, a domestic helper and founder of the welfare organization called Pinokyos. For our finale we showed voxpops showcasing NTU students of different nationalities and their personal definitions of leading fulfilling lives.

For the actual presentation at the Raffles Hotel, however due to time constraints, we were asked to simply feature our main video, the highlight of our presentation.

Overall, it was a fruitful experience because we were able to meet inspiring people who made us realize the deeper meaning of living. Again, thanks for your support and God bless you!

Sincerely,

Pamela Cristine A. Almeda, 4th year student
my partner, Sri Ranjini Mei Hua, 1st year student