Dear fellow members,
thanks for all your contributions whether short or long. We have been rushing for time due to our lack of time management. We have one or two students who did not contribute much. I really do not think we have set the standard even there are so many reminders. It is okay though, we worked together and pushed forward as much as we can. I seriously hope that we can learn a valuable lesson from Miss Lim that management is very important and that last minute work tend to have more mistakes or misconceptions. Thanks for your cooperation and I wish that more work can be done more as a team in the near future.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Work done so far(Overall)
1. Completed script
2. Introduction of Elizabeth Choy's life and war torture
3. Introduction of video(Elizabeth's early life)
4. Mindmap
5. Links that helped us
6. Reflection
7. Photos
8. Videos
9. Rules and regulations
10. Contributors
2. Introduction of Elizabeth Choy's life and war torture
3. Introduction of video(Elizabeth's early life)
4. Mindmap
5. Links that helped us
6. Reflection
7. Photos
8. Videos
9. Rules and regulations
10. Contributors
Attention to group member!
Can anyone call Wan Qi to at least post something on the blog? She is part of our group member so everyone must help her. If she did not contribute, we will be minus marks for that. Please everyone time is running out , inform wan qi as soon as possibly. Thanks
This picture is taken on 1933.
People said"The worst of times can bring out the best in man".One of the example is the Elizabeth Choy,the great girlguide who leaves a story behind in the Double Tenth Massacre of 10 October 1943.
On 27 September, seven Japanese ships were sunk in Keppel Harbour. Despite a thorough search of the surrounding waters, the Japanese failed to track down the saboteurs. The attack, dubbed Operation Jaywick, had in fact been the work of Force Z, a team of 14 Australian and British commandos. While Force Z celebrated its successful attack, Singapore was made to pay for the devastation to the Japanese ships.
Detainees of the Changi Prison internment camp as well as some members of the public were punished. On the morning of 10 October, the victims were assembled for a roll-call. Followed-by was a search for radio sets hidden in the prison. Some of them had smuggled in radio parts and assembled their own sets. That these radios could only receive and not transmit information outside the prison, or that no one had even heard of Force Z were related to the Japanese. Someone had to pay for the betrayal and secret police tortured the victims with unabashed vengeance.
It was during one of these interrogations that the policemen found out that some radio parts had come from a hospital canteen operator,Elizabeth Choy's husband,Choy Khun Heng.He was arrested first on 29 October at his Tan Tock Seng canteen. Days later, Elizabeth Choy was lured to the YMCA in Orchard Road on the promise of seeing her husband. She was to spend the next 193 days and nights there in a cell no bigger than three by four metres with only a narrow air-vent on one wall and no windows. This she shared with twenty other people, a mix of civil servants, doctors and businessmen.
The interrogations were frequent at first and could take place any time of the day or night. The kempeitai liked to alternate between being civil and being beastly in demanding for names of collaborators. She was slapped, kicked and spat at, but it was the electric shock that was to leave her with a life-long fear for electricity. "During the torture, it was impossible to show defiance and be brave; it was impossible to suppress the screams, or to stop the tears and mucus from streaming down her face." But she refused to confess. To Elizabeth Choy, "she could not confess to something she knew was untrue. It would implicate others. It was not right and she could not do it. Not even if it meant more physical abuse at the hands of her jailors." No matter how severe the torture, she always managed to walk back to her cell with as much resolution as she could muster. Typically, she was far more concerned about the welfare of her cell-mates than her own suffering. Her compassion and selflessness, as well as the fact that she remained undefeated to the end won her the admiration of her fellow detainees. In recognition of her valour during the Japanese Occupation, Elizabeth Choy was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
There are many lessons that we can draw from the Elizabeth Choy story. One of them is that her psychological resilience and principled stand helped her in enduring her treatment and interrogation at the hands of her Japanese captors. In trying times, showing care and concern for our fellow man is a show of humanity that binds and unifies. From this unity comes strength to overcome the odds.
On 27 September, seven Japanese ships were sunk in Keppel Harbour. Despite a thorough search of the surrounding waters, the Japanese failed to track down the saboteurs. The attack, dubbed Operation Jaywick, had in fact been the work of Force Z, a team of 14 Australian and British commandos. While Force Z celebrated its successful attack, Singapore was made to pay for the devastation to the Japanese ships.
Detainees of the Changi Prison internment camp as well as some members of the public were punished. On the morning of 10 October, the victims were assembled for a roll-call. Followed-by was a search for radio sets hidden in the prison. Some of them had smuggled in radio parts and assembled their own sets. That these radios could only receive and not transmit information outside the prison, or that no one had even heard of Force Z were related to the Japanese. Someone had to pay for the betrayal and secret police tortured the victims with unabashed vengeance.
It was during one of these interrogations that the policemen found out that some radio parts had come from a hospital canteen operator,Elizabeth Choy's husband,Choy Khun Heng.He was arrested first on 29 October at his Tan Tock Seng canteen. Days later, Elizabeth Choy was lured to the YMCA in Orchard Road on the promise of seeing her husband. She was to spend the next 193 days and nights there in a cell no bigger than three by four metres with only a narrow air-vent on one wall and no windows. This she shared with twenty other people, a mix of civil servants, doctors and businessmen.
The interrogations were frequent at first and could take place any time of the day or night. The kempeitai liked to alternate between being civil and being beastly in demanding for names of collaborators. She was slapped, kicked and spat at, but it was the electric shock that was to leave her with a life-long fear for electricity. "During the torture, it was impossible to show defiance and be brave; it was impossible to suppress the screams, or to stop the tears and mucus from streaming down her face." But she refused to confess. To Elizabeth Choy, "she could not confess to something she knew was untrue. It would implicate others. It was not right and she could not do it. Not even if it meant more physical abuse at the hands of her jailors." No matter how severe the torture, she always managed to walk back to her cell with as much resolution as she could muster. Typically, she was far more concerned about the welfare of her cell-mates than her own suffering. Her compassion and selflessness, as well as the fact that she remained undefeated to the end won her the admiration of her fellow detainees. In recognition of her valour during the Japanese Occupation, Elizabeth Choy was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946.
There are many lessons that we can draw from the Elizabeth Choy story. One of them is that her psychological resilience and principled stand helped her in enduring her treatment and interrogation at the hands of her Japanese captors. In trying times, showing care and concern for our fellow man is a show of humanity that binds and unifies. From this unity comes strength to overcome the odds.
[these article were found from;http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/world_war2/v07n10_history.html]
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Reflection,,
I'm really s0rry that I did not participate much.
But the problem isn't I don't want to help,the fact is all of your have planned everything,
Still,I feel really bad about not helping much.
I had tried to post some informations,hope they could somehow useful.
=))thanks for reading.
Planning on next video lesson~
Next video lesson,we will try to complete as much work as possible.We will try to voice over our shaky clips and put in the music and transitions.I know it's a lot of work but we will have to speed up a bit.We will go to the suggested website to look for audio which I think Joyce and Wan Qi should be able to handle.We will try to redo our storyboard for Miss Cassandra and we would discuss on deleting some clips.We will ask for help on our next lesson how we should make our video more interesting because I think it is rather boring.Who don't know how to read?I know how to read and that is what makes the whole video a lullaby.We would think of a few ways to make amendments to the videos and we better be quick because I think the videography course is ending soon.Please consider my suggestions.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Reflection.
I am happy to see things changes this few days.Although our blog is messy but i can see our group members effort.But something makes me very curious is that i keep telling and nagging on those who didn't done their work,they just ignore or they will just say"ok,ok,I know already"I really feel disgrace to have this kind of members in our group.Truth is,i won't ever accept to have this kind of members again.I really wish our group members will not fail all because we got some very irresponsible members which they keep finding excuse to do things.It is very easy to see who didn't do any work.I really hope that they can change this habit as people won't work with them anymore. I believe we can work hard and play hard.
ATTENTION.
Please,everyone,check YOU SPELLING before posting.I have already inform all of you to check your spelling,but looks like no one listen to me when i'm talking.i say one more time,CHECK YOUR SPELLING BEFORE POSTING.I wan t all of you to change the typo error.By tomorrow i must SEE CHANGES.
Reflection on our work thus far...
After viewing through our blog, I find that it is indeed not up to the standard/criteria that our teachers set for us. I find that our blog entries are not frequent in the beginning of the month. Our blogs are also very messy. We are also doing last minute work as we are not proactive when we are given lots of time. We also have conflicts between one another. I hope that our blog will be organised neatly. We are really running short of time. It is indeed a fact that I do not want to fail two main important subjects which is english and history. I will put in effort in all I do. I hope that all group members will do the same. It is not the time to idle away and do nothing. It is very crucial and hard if we do not work together as a team. I hope you all will be able to view this entry as a motivation to work even smarter and harder. Please put in all your effort. We do not wish to receive two red marks indicating we fail for our english and history. Let us work together! We can do it!
A suggestion..
Dear group,
this is only a suggestions please comment me of what you think.
I think that our blog is very messy, to solve this problem I think it will be better to label your work in a category.
E.g: Reflections, Researchers, videos and so on.
Thanks for your kindess attention!
this is only a suggestions please comment me of what you think.
I think that our blog is very messy, to solve this problem I think it will be better to label your work in a category.
E.g: Reflections, Researchers, videos and so on.
Thanks for your kindess attention!
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Tuesday, April 8, 2008
About background music~
Please get someone to go to www.sounddogs.com to look for background music.Perhaps Wan Qi may be able to do it.Or Joyce can be in charged with the music while we are doing the bigger things.Downloading music is easy but it is hard when it comes to what music we want and if it matches the clip.Be sure to choose those which are free and related,okay?
Reflection on the process of our work.
This project is mainly about war heros. I think our group has lost the time track and lacked organisation. To slove this problem I think we have to maybe stay back at school to complete what have we started. I also think that we can post a sheldue on the blog to keep track of the time. So far the group has gone a long way and hope to see more improvement.
Reflection~
Erm...We had lots of fun during the photo-taking and video-taking session at Fort Siloso.Although none of the things there were related to our task,we still worked on to get pctures.I don't think that place was related at all to our task.Not all of us took part in narrating the srcipt and the narrator was not constant.We kept changing,from Hafizah to me,to Leonda and then to Dion.I don't like this arrangement because we are suppose to follow our storyboard but none of us did.I hate it when they do things their own way and not telling me in the first place.This is not what I like and not all of us cooperate.People like Joyce and Celine,they didn't do anything but we chose to let this matter off and forget about it.Take it as they will be doing some little tasks later on and that's why we do the bigger stuff.But,I just cannot take this anymore.I just want them to cooperate,talk less and listen more.I don't want them to get a 0 for their exams.I think to score,we should do some planning such as mindmapping,changing our storyboard and post it onto our blog.That is what a good group should do.><
Reflection
About this blog, I find that it is not creative and the sequence of post is in chaos. Most of the member did not participate actively in posting and most of the post are in last minute work. To be honest, at the fort siloso Joyce and celine did not to anything at all but i hope they can put in effort in this blog. They should tell us if they want to do at least something that can contribute to the group.
Fact And Quotes
SCWO Wall of Fame - Elizabeth Choy
Mrs. Elizabeth Choy was the first and only women to be nominated to the Legislative Council. In 2005, she was honored by SCWO as one of the outstanding individuals who have made ground breaking contributions to the status and condition of women in Singapore. Immortalised on the SCWO Wall of Fame, her achievements and countless contributions will inspire and encourage the generation of today to understand that the future is ours to shape. The feudal social setting prevailing in the fifties was loaded against women. The status of women in the family and society were inferior to men, polygamy was common, very few were given education, jobs were not easily available and pay was never equal for both genders for the same job. Elizabeth Choy’s was instrumental in the move for women’s emancipation in Singapore.
People said...
“Elizabeth is a role model who worked towards a better future for women and society. Her determination to overcome barriers and her courage to fight for what she believed in is inspirational. We will remember her as a woman who cleared the path for us and opened up many possibilities that we enjoy today. She has always been very supportive of SCWO and attended many of our events. Just last year, we were most happy to be graced by her presence when we launched our Wall of Fame, of which she was one of the honorees. I remember her always as a gracious lady and always tireless in her efforts to help” said Mrs Wee Wan Joo, President of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations.
“She was a lovely woman in every sense of the word. It is sad to lose her,” added Mrs Tisa Ng, Immediate Past President, SCWO.
Adapted from: http://www.scwo.org.sg/cms/content/view/248/29/
Mrs. Elizabeth Choy was the first and only women to be nominated to the Legislative Council. In 2005, she was honored by SCWO as one of the outstanding individuals who have made ground breaking contributions to the status and condition of women in Singapore. Immortalised on the SCWO Wall of Fame, her achievements and countless contributions will inspire and encourage the generation of today to understand that the future is ours to shape. The feudal social setting prevailing in the fifties was loaded against women. The status of women in the family and society were inferior to men, polygamy was common, very few were given education, jobs were not easily available and pay was never equal for both genders for the same job. Elizabeth Choy’s was instrumental in the move for women’s emancipation in Singapore.
People said...
“Elizabeth is a role model who worked towards a better future for women and society. Her determination to overcome barriers and her courage to fight for what she believed in is inspirational. We will remember her as a woman who cleared the path for us and opened up many possibilities that we enjoy today. She has always been very supportive of SCWO and attended many of our events. Just last year, we were most happy to be graced by her presence when we launched our Wall of Fame, of which she was one of the honorees. I remember her always as a gracious lady and always tireless in her efforts to help” said Mrs Wee Wan Joo, President of the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations.
“She was a lovely woman in every sense of the word. It is sad to lose her,” added Mrs Tisa Ng, Immediate Past President, SCWO.
Adapted from: http://www.scwo.org.sg/cms/content/view/248/29/
The process at Fort Siloso~
We took some photos and videos.We chose to take scenes at quiet places so it will not affect our filming.No interviews were involved so we need not do anything about interviewing issues.We followed the guide which took us on a tour around that place and we took videos and pictures corcerning our task on Elizabeth Choy.Although none of the pictures and items there matched our task,we still took pictures that somehow seemed related to the subject we are working on.We also went around Fort Siloso to choose our backgrounds so as to suit our video.We did not want unwanted interruption from others as it would disturb our process.We chose to work at places that with the least people and although the scenes are quite shaky,we had ideas to make it look as if it is a good clip.
Narrations, Visuals, Sounds.....
Narration
Hafizah- First half of the video.
Rebecca- Second half of the of the video.
Dion and Leonda- Third and second half of video.
* This arrangement may vary as it is not confirmed how the video is going to be arranged.
The script is handwritten however it is found in the Internet.
The script is mainly about Elizebeth Choy's past life.( Eg. how Elizebth suffered during the war.)
Visuals
1) Firstly is pictures of Elizebth Choy.
2) Then the showing of the narrator talking.
-The backgroung will be trees, nature.
3) Using of voice over for narration videos.
4) Credits-black background, white coloured wordings.
5) Celine will be in-charge of putting pictures in the video.
6) The pictures will be slowly zoomed in sepia and brown colour.
7) Title for first slide: From the perspective of Elizebeth Choy.
Sound
Sound of people talking in the background.( This is a an unwanted sound, so there are plans of deleting it)
Instead there will be war music being played.( Joyce in-charge)
We have to find the music.
I hope to get it from: www.sounddogs.com(free)
Hafizah- First half of the video.
Rebecca- Second half of the of the video.
Dion and Leonda- Third and second half of video.
* This arrangement may vary as it is not confirmed how the video is going to be arranged.
The script is handwritten however it is found in the Internet.
The script is mainly about Elizebeth Choy's past life.( Eg. how Elizebth suffered during the war.)
Visuals
1) Firstly is pictures of Elizebth Choy.
2) Then the showing of the narrator talking.
-The backgroung will be trees, nature.
3) Using of voice over for narration videos.
4) Credits-black background, white coloured wordings.
5) Celine will be in-charge of putting pictures in the video.
6) The pictures will be slowly zoomed in sepia and brown colour.
7) Title for first slide: From the perspective of Elizebeth Choy.
Sound
Sound of people talking in the background.( This is a an unwanted sound, so there are plans of deleting it)
Instead there will be war music being played.( Joyce in-charge)
We have to find the music.
I hope to get it from: www.sounddogs.com(free)
Our war heroine,Elizabeth Choy..(Research)
A volunteer, a Christian, a politician, a teacher, an ambassador - these make Elizabeth Choy.Although she died on September 14 aged 95, she continues to be a pillar of strength and wisdom for Singaporean youths:
"I would say my greatest calling in life is to build the character of young people - to teach God's love to them so they can be good people."
"I'm 93, maybe God will take me home tomorrow. But I'm satisfied for I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, and I have kept the faith."
She is the First Asian woman on the Singapore Legislative Council and became Singapore's first female legislator.She won a Golden Heart Award from the Golden Years Fellowship in 1997, for her life-long commitment to social work. Elizabeth Choy left politics to go back to her first love - teaching. She worked as a teacher for 40 years and head the school for the blind.
This is i archive from ASK!.This is more on her career(teacher) between 1933 to 1974.
Link-http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/230370/1/.html
-http://nofearsingapore.blogspot.com/2006/09/war-heroine-elizabeth-choy-dies.html
-http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/ask/2006/09/elizabeth_choy_19102006.html
-http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/articles/SIP_816_2005-01-25.html
Please comment on this post.Thanks.
“The worst of times can bring the best in man…”
"I would say my greatest calling in life is to build the character of young people - to teach God's love to them so they can be good people."
"I'm 93, maybe God will take me home tomorrow. But I'm satisfied for I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, and I have kept the faith."
She is the First Asian woman on the Singapore Legislative Council and became Singapore's first female legislator.She won a Golden Heart Award from the Golden Years Fellowship in 1997, for her life-long commitment to social work. Elizabeth Choy left politics to go back to her first love - teaching. She worked as a teacher for 40 years and head the school for the blind.
This is i archive from ASK!.This is more on her career(teacher) between 1933 to 1974.
A quick timeline of her career:
Source: Singapore Infopedia1933 : Became a teacher at C. E. Z. M. S or Church of England Zenana Mission School (currently, St. Margaret's school) 1935 : Transferred to St. Andrew's Boy's School, probably the only untrained teacher at that time. 1949 : Began a stint as an artist's model, when she was 39 years old and was working in London. She posed for the famed sculptress, Dora Gordine, who did two works of her entitled Serene Jade and Flawless Crystal. 1950s : Returned to Singapore as Senior Assistant, or Deputy Principal at St Andrew's School. End 1953 - beginning 1954 : Conducted a lecture tour of Malaya in the US and Canada at the request of the Foreign Office in London. Prior to the tour, she took time to visit Malaya to get a better understanding of the country. At that time, it was in the throes of Emergency. 1956 - 1960 : Became the first principal of the Singapore School for the Blind. 1960 - 1974 : Returned to St Andrew's Junior School and promoted to Deputy Principal in 1964.
Link-http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/230370/1/.html
-http://nofearsingapore.blogspot.com/2006/09/war-heroine-elizabeth-choy-dies.html
-http://dl.nlb.gov.sg/ask/2006/09/elizabeth_choy_19102006.html
-http://infopedia.nlb.gov.sg/articles/SIP_816_2005-01-25.html
Please comment on this post.Thanks.
“The worst of times can bring the best in man…”
Step-by-step solution for editing the video.
1) Put the video of Elizabeth photo in the first page/slide/segment.
2) Showing the narrator behind scenery (seaside) will be the next part.
3) Scene 2 will be a close up of the narrator.
4) Before going to the next slide to an effect of fading/ripple/rain drop etc.
5) Talk about punishment in the cell/jail held captive by the Japanese.
6) Could use picture of people being tortured or photo of the “sook ching” event.
7) A seen of letting Elizabeth free.
8) Followed by a picture of a sunrise.
9) The narrator will read out, why Elizabeth husband was not set free.
10) Lastly showing the picture of her photo when she is old.
2) Showing the narrator behind scenery (seaside) will be the next part.
3) Scene 2 will be a close up of the narrator.
4) Before going to the next slide to an effect of fading/ripple/rain drop etc.
5) Talk about punishment in the cell/jail held captive by the Japanese.
6) Could use picture of people being tortured or photo of the “sook ching” event.
7) A seen of letting Elizabeth free.
8) Followed by a picture of a sunrise.
9) The narrator will read out, why Elizabeth husband was not set free.
10) Lastly showing the picture of her photo when she is old.
This picture is took at Elizabeth Choy's house on may18,2006. Another Article-
By Joyce Fang. The Straits Times, 14 Sep 2006.
SINGAPORE'S war heroine Elizabeth Choy died at about 2pm on Thursday, weeks after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.96-year-old Mrs Choy found out about her cancer when she went to the doctor a few weeks ago as she could not eat.
Mrs Choy was jailed and tortured by Japanese soldiers for helping British prisoners of war (POWs) during the Japanese Occupation.
She was starved and subjected to electric shocks and other forms of torture for passing food, medicine and messages to British POWs.
In the 1950s, Mrs Choy also made history by becoming Singapore's first woman legislator.
She later left politics to head the Singapore School for the Blind.
The principal of the School, Mr Koh Poh Kwang said he was shocked by the news of her death.
He said, "I know Mrs Elizabeth Choy as a very caring person she was still around. She was indeed a very wonderful and caring lady."
Her wake is held at St Andrew's Cathedral and her body will be cremated on Saturday.
About the circumstances surrounding her arrest and detention:
'During WWII, seven Japanese ships were sunk in Keppel Harbour on 27 September, 1943 - Operation Jaywick had been successful and the Japanese failed to track down the saboteurs, Force Z, a team of 14 Australian and British commandos.In retaliation, detainees of the Changi Prison internment camp and some hapless members of the public were singled out for punishment. The kempeitai (secret police) tortured and threatened the internees and during these sessions, found out that some radio parts had come from a hospital canteen operator, Choy Khun Heng, Elizabeth Choy's husband.
Choy Khun Heng was arrested on 29 October at his Tan Tock Seng canteen. Days later, Elizabeth Choy was lured to the YMCA in Orchard Road on the promise of seeing her husband. She would spent 193 days and nights in a 3m x 4m cell with only a narrow air-vent on one wall, no windows and crammed with twenty others, mostly local and some foreigners, a mix of civil servants, doctors and businessmen.
The interrogations were initially frequent, taking place any time of the day or night, alternating between civil and beastly behaviour and demanding for names of collaborators. Elizabeth Choy was slapped, kicked and spat at and subjected to electric shocks leaving her with a life-long fear of electricity.
"During the torture, it was impossible to show defiance and be brave; it was impossible to suppress the screams, or to stop the tears and mucus from streaming down her face." Elizabeth Choy "... could not confess to something she knew was untrue. It would implicate others. It was not right and she could not do it. Not even if it meant more physical abuse at the hands of her jailors."
Despite the severe torture, she always walked back to her cell with as much resolution as she could muster. She was far more concerned about the welfare of her cell-mates than her own suffering. Her compassion and selflessness, as well as the fact that she remained undefeated to the end won her the admiration of her fellow detainees. In recognition of her valour during the Japanese Occupation, Elizabeth Choy was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946.''
These is some NEWSPAPER ARTICLE about ELIZABETH CHOY
An extraordinary life
15 September 2006
Straits Times
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Excerpt: 1910: Born Elizabeth Yong in Sabah.
1929: Arrived in Singapore to study.
1933: Started teaching. First at St Margaret's School and later at St Andrew's School.
1941: Married bookkeeper Choy Khun Heng. The couple adopted three daughters.
1943: Operated a hospital canteen during the Japanese Occupation. Jailed for about seven months by the Japanese for passing food, medicine and messages to British prisoners of war.
Over 100 bid farewell to Elizabeth Choy
16 September 2006
Straits Times
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Excerpt: BLIND from birth, Ngiam Quek Bee had little hope of an education back in the Singapore of the 1950s.
Even when a school for the blind was started, the 15-year-old boy's family was reluctant to let him attend. But the school's founder, a feisty woman called Elizabeth Choy, refused to give up.
More than a war heroine to many
15 September 2006
Straits Times
(c) 2006 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Excerpt: Also a teacher and social worker, Elizabeth Choy touched many lives
SHE was best known as a war heroine to most Singaporeans.
But Mrs Elizabeth Choy was much more than that to those whose lives she touched: A teacher for more than 40 years, she also founded a school for the blind and served as a politician for a spell.
A woman ahead of her time.
15 February 1998
Straits Times
(c) 1998 Singapore Press Holdings Limited
Excerpt: MRS ELIZABETH CHOY was born in Sabah in 1910 and came to Singapore in 1929 to further her studies. When her mother died two years later, she was left to bring up her six younger siblings on her own.
During the Japanese Occupation, she became a canteen operator at a mental hospital with her husband. They secretly helped British internees by passing them food and radios.
Elizabeth Choy pictures.
This is interesting.I found it at http://www.girlguides.org.sg/history/obituary/obit_elizabethchoy.html.
I wish these pictures will help us in our video editing.She always beautiful in my heart.
Rules and Regulations.
Rules and Regulations:
- Use proper language.No vulgarities, obscene words or inappropriate language.
- Be active in group discussion.
- Do what you are supposed to do.
- Update the blog regularly etc at least 3 post with 5 comments in each post.
- Contribute ideas when we have discussion.
- Be responsible.
- Everyone must participate.
- No rubbish in this blog.
- NO copy and paste.
- CHECK your spelling before posting.
The mind mapping tools.
There are different mind-mapping tools you can use.
1.http://bubbl.us/
2.http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/
3.http://dmc.umn.edu/flash/mindmap/mindmap2.html
1.http://bubbl.us/
2.http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/
3.http://dmc.umn.edu/flash/mindmap/mindmap2.html
Way to solve our group's problem..
-Regarding the participation of each member, the leader can personally talk to the member and encourage her. If the member find it difficult to post as she might not have a internet access or does not have computer, encourage her to make an effort by going to library to research.
-On the video lesson, if the member do not paid attention and talking, give a signal of silent first. If that do not stop her, write name in the blog to able to inform teachers.
-leader take the responsibility to check that every member have interact with each other
-Hope that one of the member can help me search together wth me for suitable music as four hands and 2 brains better than one.
please comment if you have an idea to solve the problem
-On the video lesson, if the member do not paid attention and talking, give a signal of silent first. If that do not stop her, write name in the blog to able to inform teachers.
-leader take the responsibility to check that every member have interact with each other
-Hope that one of the member can help me search together wth me for suitable music as four hands and 2 brains better than one.
please comment if you have an idea to solve the problem
Elizabeth Choy
Elizabeth Choy Su-Mei nee Elizabeth Yong a.k.a. Yong Su Mei http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/10/10/db1002.xml
Elizabeth Choy died on September 14,she was 95 years old then.She had risked her life supplying medicine,messages and money to British Civilians interned in Singapore's Changi Jail during the outbreak of the second Word War.
She and her husband Choy Khun Heng ,who were running a canteen,incurred further risks by sending inradio parts for hidden receivers on a daily ambulace run until the Japanese instituted a crackdown after a British-Australian raid sank seven Japanese ships outside the habour in September 1943.
The kempentai -Japanese military police,suspected that the raiders had acted on information was sent out from Changi by a transmitter ,hence they seized 57 internees on October 10, known as ''The massacre of the Double Tenth''. Fifteen subsequently died from torture and maltreatment ,but no transmitter was ever found.
Elizabeth Choy's husband was arrested first and she was lured to the YMCA in the hope of seeing her husband.She found herself placed with 20 men cramped,bug-infested cage that used to be a single commode ,which used to be for drinking.
She was slapped,kicked,spat at and subjected to electric shock treatments leaving her reluctant to touch any light switch ever again as she refused to confess.
Unable to suppresss her screams or stop the tears rolling down her face, she still insisted that she was merely helping those in need and always walked back to her cell . Eventually her courage and reputation for altruism impressed the though the kempetai who released her after 193 days though her husband,who was sentenced to 12years of jail, did not come out until the japanese surrendered.
Elizabeth Choy died on September 14,she was 95 years old then.She had risked her life supplying medicine,messages and money to British Civilians interned in Singapore's Changi Jail during the outbreak of the second Word War.
She and her husband Choy Khun Heng ,who were running a canteen,incurred further risks by sending inradio parts for hidden receivers on a daily ambulace run until the Japanese instituted a crackdown after a British-Australian raid sank seven Japanese ships outside the habour in September 1943.
The kempentai -Japanese military police,suspected that the raiders had acted on information was sent out from Changi by a transmitter ,hence they seized 57 internees on October 10, known as ''The massacre of the Double Tenth''. Fifteen subsequently died from torture and maltreatment ,but no transmitter was ever found.
Elizabeth Choy's husband was arrested first and she was lured to the YMCA in the hope of seeing her husband.She found herself placed with 20 men cramped,bug-infested cage that used to be a single commode ,which used to be for drinking.
She was slapped,kicked,spat at and subjected to electric shock treatments leaving her reluctant to touch any light switch ever again as she refused to confess.
Unable to suppresss her screams or stop the tears rolling down her face, she still insisted that she was merely helping those in need and always walked back to her cell . Eventually her courage and reputation for altruism impressed the though the kempetai who released her after 193 days though her husband,who was sentenced to 12years of jail, did not come out until the japanese surrendered.
Problem We Faces
Not every group is perfect, there will be some problem. Here are the problem we have in this group.(my opinion)
-Not every member participate in the group posting
-Not paying close attention during video lessons(some)
-Very few interaction between the member
-I am in charge of the music but have difficulties in finding suitable one
-I realise that most of the photo and video are useless to the topic of elizabeth choy
-Lose many photo and clip because of some problem(example, video shaky)
Above is all the problem i found out in these month. i will continue to see if there any problem, i will updated to the blog. Hope we will solve the problem soon.
-Not every member participate in the group posting
-Not paying close attention during video lessons(some)
-Very few interaction between the member
-I am in charge of the music but have difficulties in finding suitable one
-I realise that most of the photo and video are useless to the topic of elizabeth choy
-Lose many photo and clip because of some problem(example, video shaky)
Above is all the problem i found out in these month. i will continue to see if there any problem, i will updated to the blog. Hope we will solve the problem soon.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Our presentation
Most of the slides will reveal the narrator's face and some will include voice over effects.Those clips that are quite shaky,I suggest voice over so that no one will notice we have shaky scenes.Some slides will include Elizabeth's Choy photos,both old and young.We do not have that much pictures of her so most of our clips will be rather revealing.We will have an introduction of her life at the start and we tried to put in interesting transitions but they take up lots of our time.The video can only be about 5 minutes and we are having trouble with the time limitation.The suggestions of transitions was from Miss Joyce Lee and she said we could still improve.Thanks to her,we can finish up a little bit of our video.We will put in some very heroic music from www.sounddogs.com to add in war effects.We followed everything on our scripts and chose our own natural backgrounds but we considered cropping some of our videos.
Our new 'jobs'
Hey everyone,the jobs we are holding now are totally wrong.Let me just make this right~
1)Leonda-Group Leader
2)Dion-Part time narrator
3)Rebecca-Part time narrator 2
4)Hafizah-Part time narrator 3
5)Mei Peng-Script holder
6)Joyce-Suggestor/advisor
7)Celine-editing videos and photos
Please take note~
1)Leonda-Group Leader
2)Dion-Part time narrator
3)Rebecca-Part time narrator 2
4)Hafizah-Part time narrator 3
5)Mei Peng-Script holder
6)Joyce-Suggestor/advisor
7)Celine-editing videos and photos
Please take note~
Please,everyone...
Please,everyone,I beg you to do what you can right now.Joyce,I beg you not to talk so much anymore and contribute during video lessons.I am very stressed right now knowing that we will fail our english and history real soon.I suggest we work together to patch up our broken blog or,we make another because this blog is way too messy and that I don't really like it.There are several links we cannot access and it is so tough trying to find sources.I am trying my best to make this blog a better one so we can all pass.I don't really want to burst so I think we should work together to pass this round.
Reference - videos about Elizabeth Choy
1.Ms Elizabeth Choy (story part 1)
2.Ms Elizabeth Choy (story part 2)
3.Tribute to Elizabeth Choy
4.The passing on of singapore's war heroine,Ms Elizabeth Choy.
Please comment on those four videos I found at YouTube.Thanks.
2.Ms Elizabeth Choy (story part 2)
3.Tribute to Elizabeth Choy
4.The passing on of singapore's war heroine,Ms Elizabeth Choy.
Please comment on those four videos I found at YouTube.Thanks.
Script(Modified)
Narrated by: Dion,Rebecca,Hafizah
We are discussing the perspective of Singapore's own heroine: Elizabeth Choy. Elizabeth was born in Kudat in British North Borneo. Her great-grand parents had been assisting German missionaries in Hong Kong and their work brought them to North Borneo. There the Yong family set up a coconut plantation.
Her father had been the eldest in the family of two children. After completing his early education in China with some English education in North Borneo, he gained employment as a civil servant. He was transfered to Jesselton and later promoted to District Officer and moved to Kalimantan.
Elizabeth then was looked after by a Kadazan nanny and acquired Kadazan as her first language.
In her later life, she worked as a canteen operator with her husband at mental hospital reknowned as the Miyako Hospital. They secretly brought food, medicine, money, messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately, they were caught by the Japanese and Elizabeth was arrested on fifteen November 1943 following her husband's arrest on twenty nine October a few weeks earlier.
Believing that their activities were related to the Double Tenth incident, she was interrogated by the Kempeitai but she never admitted to being a British Sympathiser. She was released only after two hundred days of starvation diet and repeated torture. Her husband was released much later.
After the war, she was one of the previlaged few who were invited to Britain to recuperate from the war and was invited to meet Queen Elizabeth. She was a celebrated war heroine and stood out as the only female to have been incarcerated for such an extended period. She was decorated the Girl Guide Bronze Crossly.
The Bronze Cross,the highest award of the Girl Guide movement, is an award for gallantry. She was also conferred the Order Of The British Empire.
lizabeth was a symbol of courage and a true living testimony of the Girl Guide's Promise and law to the final moments of her life, particularly Guide Law number seven being quote' A guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.'
A remarkable and an inspiring role model, a pioneer in Singapore girl guiding, her passing is a great loss to all of us. But let us with thanksgiving, remember Mrs Elizabeth Choy, her life living in commitment to the Promise and law, shall be a legacy to us all.
-END-
We are discussing the perspective of Singapore's own heroine: Elizabeth Choy. Elizabeth was born in Kudat in British North Borneo. Her great-grand parents had been assisting German missionaries in Hong Kong and their work brought them to North Borneo. There the Yong family set up a coconut plantation.
Her father had been the eldest in the family of two children. After completing his early education in China with some English education in North Borneo, he gained employment as a civil servant. He was transfered to Jesselton and later promoted to District Officer and moved to Kalimantan.
Elizabeth then was looked after by a Kadazan nanny and acquired Kadazan as her first language.
In her later life, she worked as a canteen operator with her husband at mental hospital reknowned as the Miyako Hospital. They secretly brought food, medicine, money, messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately, they were caught by the Japanese and Elizabeth was arrested on fifteen November 1943 following her husband's arrest on twenty nine October a few weeks earlier.
Believing that their activities were related to the Double Tenth incident, she was interrogated by the Kempeitai but she never admitted to being a British Sympathiser. She was released only after two hundred days of starvation diet and repeated torture. Her husband was released much later.
After the war, she was one of the previlaged few who were invited to Britain to recuperate from the war and was invited to meet Queen Elizabeth. She was a celebrated war heroine and stood out as the only female to have been incarcerated for such an extended period. She was decorated the Girl Guide Bronze Crossly.
The Bronze Cross,the highest award of the Girl Guide movement, is an award for gallantry. She was also conferred the Order Of The British Empire.
lizabeth was a symbol of courage and a true living testimony of the Girl Guide's Promise and law to the final moments of her life, particularly Guide Law number seven being quote' A guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties.'
A remarkable and an inspiring role model, a pioneer in Singapore girl guiding, her passing is a great loss to all of us. But let us with thanksgiving, remember Mrs Elizabeth Choy, her life living in commitment to the Promise and law, shall be a legacy to us all.
-END-
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
the ph0t0s
MRS ELIZABETH CHOY was born in Sabah in 1910 and came
to Singapore in 1929 to further her studies. When her mother died two years later, she was left to bring up her six younger siblings on her own. During the Japanese Occupation, she became a canteen operator at a mental hospital with her husband. They secretly helped British internees by passing them food and radios.
Also a teacher and social worker, Elizabeth Choy touched many lives SHE was best known as a war heroine to most Singaporeans. But Mrs Elizabeth Choy was much more than that to those whose lives she touched: A teacher for more than 40 years, she also founded a school for the blind and served as a politician for a spell.
BLIND from birth, Ngiam Quek Bee had little hope of an education back in the Singapore of the 1950s. Even when a school for the blind was started, the 15-year-old boy's family was reluctant to let him attend. But the school's founder, a feisty woman called Elizabeth Choy, refused to give up.
A SHORT CONCLUSION..
*1933 : Became a teacher at C. E. Z. M. S or Church of England Zenana Mission School (currently, St. Margaret's school)
*1935 : Transferred to St. Andrew's Boy's School, probably the only untrained teacher at that time.
*1949 : Began a stint as an artist's model, when she was 39 years old and was working in London. She posed for the famed sculptress, Dora Gordine, who did two works of her entitled Serene Jade and Flawless Crystal.
*1950s : Returned to Singapore as Senior Assistant, or Deputy Principal at St Andrew's School.
End 1953 - beginning 1954 : Conducted a lecture tour of Malaya in the US and Canada at the request of the Foreign Office in London. Prior to the tour, she took time to visit Malaya to get a better understanding of the country. At that time, it was in the throes of Emergency.
*1956 - 1960 : Became the first principal of the Singapore School for the Blind.
*1960 - 1974 : Returned to St Andrew's Junior School and promoted to Deputy Principal in 1964.
[EnDoFbP0St]NOTE
Dear fellow members, changes were made to our short clip/presentation/video. The introduction has been completed. There are some adjustments we got to complete by the next class/lesson. Hope you all have a few ideas to make our video interesting. If there are any suggestions, please comment to this entry. Thanks and have a nice day!
The narration(backgound fort siloso)
Elizabeth was born in Kudat in British North Borneo (today Sabah). Her great-grandparents had been assisting German missionaries in Hongkong and their work had brought them to North Borneo.
There, the Yong family set up a coconut plantation. Her father had been the eldest in a family of 11 children and after completing his early education in China with some English education in North Borneo, he gained employment as a civil servant.
He was transferred to Jesselton and later promoted to District Officer and moved on to Borneo's interiors in Kalimantan. Elizabeth was looked after by a Kadazan nanny and acquired Kadazan as her first language.
She worked as a canteen operator with her husband at the Mental Hospital which was renamed Miyako Hospital (the predecessor of Woodbridge Hospital) where patients from General Hospital had been moved to.
They secretly brought food, medicine, money, messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately, they were caught by the Japanese and Elizabeth was arrested on 15 November 1943, following her husband's arrest on 29 October a few weeks earlier.
Believing their activities were related to the Double Tenth incident, she was interrogated by the Kempeitai but she never admitted to being a British sympathiser. She was released only after 200 days of starvation diet and repeated torture. Her husband was released much later.
After the war, she was one of the privileged few who were invited to Britain to recuperate from the war and was invited to meet Queen Elizabeth II. She was a celebrated war heroine then and stood out as the only female to have been incarcerated for such an extended period.
She was decorated the Girl Guide Bronze Cross by the World Chief Guide, Lady Baden-Powell, in 1946. The Bronze Cross, the highest award of the Girl Guide Movement, is an award for gallantry. She was also conferred the Order of the British Empire.
Elizabeth Choy was a symbol of courage and truly a living testimony of the Guide Promise and Law to the final moments of her life, particularly, Guide Law #7-- “A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties”.
A remarkable, inspiring role model and a pioneer in Singapore Girl Guiding, her passing is a great loss to all of us. But let us, with thanksgiving, remember Mrs Elizabeth Choy; her life, living in commitment to the Promise and Law, shall be a legacy to us all. (rebecca will do the girl guide sign)
There, the Yong family set up a coconut plantation. Her father had been the eldest in a family of 11 children and after completing his early education in China with some English education in North Borneo, he gained employment as a civil servant.
He was transferred to Jesselton and later promoted to District Officer and moved on to Borneo's interiors in Kalimantan. Elizabeth was looked after by a Kadazan nanny and acquired Kadazan as her first language.
She worked as a canteen operator with her husband at the Mental Hospital which was renamed Miyako Hospital (the predecessor of Woodbridge Hospital) where patients from General Hospital had been moved to.
They secretly brought food, medicine, money, messages and even radios to British internees. Unfortunately, they were caught by the Japanese and Elizabeth was arrested on 15 November 1943, following her husband's arrest on 29 October a few weeks earlier.
Believing their activities were related to the Double Tenth incident, she was interrogated by the Kempeitai but she never admitted to being a British sympathiser. She was released only after 200 days of starvation diet and repeated torture. Her husband was released much later.
After the war, she was one of the privileged few who were invited to Britain to recuperate from the war and was invited to meet Queen Elizabeth II. She was a celebrated war heroine then and stood out as the only female to have been incarcerated for such an extended period.
She was decorated the Girl Guide Bronze Cross by the World Chief Guide, Lady Baden-Powell, in 1946. The Bronze Cross, the highest award of the Girl Guide Movement, is an award for gallantry. She was also conferred the Order of the British Empire.
Elizabeth Choy was a symbol of courage and truly a living testimony of the Guide Promise and Law to the final moments of her life, particularly, Guide Law #7-- “A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties”.
A remarkable, inspiring role model and a pioneer in Singapore Girl Guiding, her passing is a great loss to all of us. But let us, with thanksgiving, remember Mrs Elizabeth Choy; her life, living in commitment to the Promise and Law, shall be a legacy to us all. (rebecca will do the girl guide sign)
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