June 2010
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
ASSOCIATE EDI-TOR’S CORNER
• Footprint is back!
STUDENT NEWS - 2
• Roots and Shoots Wins Thousands
WORLD NEWS - 6
• Cheon An Incident
LIFESTYLE - 8
• Raw Eggs are healthy
Shun Yang Ch’ng
»Editor
Sylvia Kang
»Associate Editor
Bor Hung Chong
»School News Jour-nalist
Caleb Flick
»Sports Journalist
Justin Kim
»World News Journal-ist
Kevin Joh
»Lifestyle Journalist
FOOTPRINT MEMBERS
It’s almost the end of
another school year. I’m willing to
bet that there are students out there
who are so excited that they’re al-
ready dreaming of their holiday.
However, believe it or not, there are
also students out there who are cry-
ing as the holiday approaches.
Yes, it’s the end of the school
year. What does that mean? That
there won’t be school soon? Yeah, of
course. Holiday? Beaches? Sleep?
Computer Games? They’re all right.
However, the end of the school year
is also the time to say goodbye to
some of our dearest friends as they
depart SSIS for good. May that be the
senior graduates or teachers, it is
time to say goodbye.
For the senior graduates,
they’re separating to lead their indi-
vidual lives. Whether it’s the Ameri-
cas, Europe or Asia, the underlining
point here is that they’re leaving.
Soon, they will not be seeing each
other for long periods of time. It is
true, tears will be shed when they
finally depart for the second stage of
their lives, however, I am sure that
no matter what and how, they’ll al-
ways be in contact with each other:
comforting each other in times of dif-
ficulty and sharing pleasurable ex-
periences. Personally, I want to thank
all the G12s for their influence on us
G11s and general school life: sports
teams, school community, academics,
parties etc.
Along with senior graduates,
there are also a number of teachers
who are not going to be here next
year. These teachers are:
Andrea Kidd, Charles Pollard, Char-
lie Adams, Ching Fu Pang, Evelyn
Conkling, Jennifer Hughes, George
Konopik, Glen Russell, Jill Brough,
Monica Orosz, Peter Davies, Aaron
Krajeski, Richard Brough. Stephanie
Wilson and Ivy Zhu.
They have served the school very
well over the years they’ve been
here, contributing to the outstanding
education we receive. Therefore, be-
fore we leave for our holidays, why
not give these teachers a thank you
note? A card, a class dinner/lunch, a
small present or even a warm hug
always works.
Finally, let’s also not forget
the other students who are leaving
after this year. They deserve our
thanks for being part of the school
community and perhaps more im-
portantly, being our friends.
It’s almost the end of the
school year. It’s also the time to say
goodbye. However, let’s not just cry
about it. Instead, let’s THANK them
for what they’ve done for us.
Thank You.
Shun Yang Ch’ng
Time to Say Goodbye
Footprint
SPORTS NEWS - 8
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June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
Associate Editor’s Corner—Sylvia Kang
Footprint makes a come back!
Hello, everyone! It’s been
ages since you last heard the
word ‘Footprint,’ right? Well,
here we are, once again but with
a brand-new crew! Last year’s
Footprint members have gradu-
ated and now new members
have taken on the challenge! Al-
low me to introduce you to the
fabulous members of Footprint!
Shun Yang Ch’ng will be
the fancy editor in chief, in
charge of the entire newspaper
(in other words, someone to
blame all the troubles on: P).
Kevin Joh will be our health advi-
sor and Caleb Flick will have all
the sports news! Bor Hung
Chong will tell us about our lives
at SSIS and Justin Kim, general
news and entertainment. As for
me, the only girl and the only
g10 (all the others are scary
g11s!), I will be the associate
editor, helping Shun Yang
Ch’ng. We hope to collaborate
(…peacefully) and hopefully,
publish the best footprint there
ever was!
Footprint will be pub-
lished once every two weeks
and every issue will be pub-
lished on DragonNet – so re-
member to check DragonNet
frequently! We won’t be pub-
lishing hard copies of the
newspaper for every student
because we want to save the
environment (who doesn’t
nowadays, right?... Roots and
shoots, Green committee, Recy-
cling Club…….)!
But as you know, our
school year is almost over
(FINALLY) but sadly. There-
fore, this will be our first and
last Footprint issue of 2009-
2010. You all crying over
there? Well, we will be back
next year so just hold on tight
and have a nice summer! (And
trust me, you will be looking at
our next Footprint before you
know it :D !!!)
Sylvia Kang
June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
Student News—Bor Hung Chong
SSIS Roots & Shoots wins Thousands
In the first week of April,
Shun Wei Ch’ng applied for the
ACAMIS Service Award on behalf
of the SSIS Roots & Shoots team,
hoping to retrieve a substantial
amount of capital funding for the
group.
The ACAMIS Service
Award is an award given to a
group with the best proposal for
a project that will service the
community. The club that wins
the award would be granted a
total sum of USD 1,000.00
(¥6 ,831.30).
Before May 21st, Roots &
Shoots’ efforts in raising money
for the Million Tree Project had
not been satisfactory and morale
was generally low. Plans to gen-
erate awareness of environ-
mental degradation were also
not successful. Roots & Shoots
even underwent re-structuring,
hoping to improve.
However, on May 21st,
there was great news. SSIS Roots
& Shoots had miraculously won
the ACAMIS Service Award. This
was a rather shocking surprise
for every member of the group,
but it provided the group with
much needed morale.
With this fairly large sum
of money, Roots & Shoots is hop-
ing to do more. Recently, Roots &
Shoots opened up two stalls dur-
ing International Day, selling or-
ganic cotton eco-bags and getting
donations for individuals’ carbon
emission offset. The latter was a
chance for one to offset his/her
carbon footprint by paying a cer-
tain amount of money to Roots &
Shoots. This money will be used
to plant trees, which are great
carbon emission cleaners. If you
missed your opportunity to off-
set your carbon emission during
International Day or still want to
buy an organic cotton eco-bag,
just look for the Roots & Shoots
members.
The money raised by
Roots & Shoots will go to the Mil-
lion Tree Project – a project to
plant a million trees in Mongolia.
Once again, let us con-
gratulate Roots & Shoots for
winning the ACAMIS Service
Award. Also, LET’S SUPPORT
THEM AND HELP MAKE A DIF-
FERENCE TO IMPROVE THE EN-
VIRONMENT WE’RE LIVING IN.
Bor Hung Chong
With special thanks to Shun Wei
Ch’ng
At the end of a very successful year of athletics at SSIS I offer
congratulations to the many athletes who put in the hard work nec-
essary to achieve the best possible results. To the coaches, thank
you for taking the time to impart your wisdom on us, even if it does
not seem so, you have changed us forever. Starting next school
year, this sports column will aim to keep the school community in-
formed about the various sports our students are participating in.
It will include announcements from coaches about tryouts and
practices, results from sporting competitions SSIS teams have been
involved in, and information about new and upcoming sports at the
school. I will now use this opportunity to quickly address a new
sport that will be taking place next autumn: baseball.
Several weeks before exams a baseball club was established
at SSIS with the hope that a team would form and have the oppor-
tunity to compete against teams from Suzhou and Shanghai. The
club met regularly twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and
practiced drills and exercises to improve the players’ skill levels. As
the end of the school year approached and exams loomed before
the players, it became apparent that the team would not be able
learn the vast amount they needed to be able to compete against
teams who had been training for many months. As such, the base-
ball team will recommence next school
year, with practices beginning during the
first sports season. For more information
about baseball, or any other sport, you
can contact Mr. Bonar in the P.E. office
next to the gym.
Caleb Flick
June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
Sports News—Caleb Flick
SSIS Sports
On March 26th, a South Korean navy ship
Cheon An was torn in half near Baengneong Island
located in the Yellow Sea. To date, only 40 bodies
out of 46 have been found. The ship was also sal-
vaged last month. So, who did it?
The Republic of Korea (ROK) and Democ-
ratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have not
comprised on this matter due to the continued
rejection from the North on the evidence that the
South had provided. With the steadfast intention
of South Korea to discuss this issue in the Secu-
rity Council, the North, in response, closed down
all the connections of Kaesong Industrial Park
and tourism in Mt. Geumgang from the South. But
overall, the South is unlikely to make an aggres-
sive move – an armed conflict – that is likely to
harm the economies of north Asia.
he United States has said that they “fully
support” ROK, and deployed their jets in Japan
and Guam in preparation for any unexpected at-
tack from the North. China, a formal ‘big brother’
of DPRK, expressed their neutral perspective.
South Korea’s Military Intelligence
claimed that the ‘sinking of Cheon An’ was caused
by a torpedo fired from a North Korean subma-
rine last month. It was suspected that the subma-
rine could have attempted a surprise attack on
Cheon An while hiding among Chinese fishing
boats.
There is evidence that supports the South
Korean Military Intelligence claims. However,
they are weak arguments.
Thus, before taking a revenge on DPRK,
ROK must clarify the ‘truth’ of this event to the
citizens. If ROK had presented a valid explana-
tion, none of the questions would have arisen.
Justin Kim
5-Minute-Remark: The Cheon An Incident
June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
World News—Justin Kim
Raw Eggs
June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
Lifestyle—Kevin Joh
While I was running a 500km race at 220km
per hour, I began to wonder how exactly I could
become healthier and more muscular – I also
wondered how I was running so fast, and why I
was running so far, but whatever. Then I remem-
bered the strange rumors about raw eggs that I
grew up hearing about.
1. Raw eggs are bad for you: they’re fat and
they increase your cholesterol
2. Raw eggs are good for you: healthy people
drink them every morning before jogging
I realized that I never did sort that out. So I
decided to do some research. After completing
my 500km, of course.
Well, it turns out that raw eggs are pretty
healthy for you.
Now let’s get this out of the way before I start.
Raw eggs can give you salmonella. If you don’t
know what that is – and if you think it’s a type of
fish – salmonella is basically a bacteria that in-
fests your digestive tract and messes up your day.
By this I mean vomiting, fever, stomach pain, nau-
sea, and/or diarrhea. In a very small number of
cases, it leads to death (usually of infants or the
elderly). That’s some pretty serious stuff right
there.
Also, a major concern of raw egg critics is that
egg whites contain avidin (a protein). Avidin as a
protein is great for muscle growth, but it binds a
vitamin called biotin, which can lead to biotin de-
ficiency in the human body.
When eggs are cooked, most of the avidin is
denatured and cannot bind biotin. Problem
solved! Who needs raw eggs?
Biotin, that’s what – and tons of it. Biotin
helps the body grow and develop, and avidin
helps the body grow muscles. So, raw egg
consumers do not need to be concerned with
biotin deficiency, unhealthiness, or being
wimpy. Cooking the egg just ruins most of
the nutritional benefits.
Mother Nature made eggs one of the very
few “perfect” sources of nutrition ever.
“Nature created an egg to be a balanced
live food – as long as you eat the biotin rich
yolk along with the white, there is no risk of a
biotin deficiency.” (John Clayton D. Hom)
Simple. What about the nutritional bene-
fits?
“Many people’s diets are deficient in high
quality proteins and fats, and eggs are one the
very best sources of these. Raw eggs have
many benefits, they contain essential nutrients
“Don’t do it!”
June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
Lifestyle—Kevin Joh
Raw Eggs...Continued
for the brain, nerves, glands and hormones, they are nutritionally balanced. Raw eggs also contain an
abundance of other vital substances including protein, essential fatty acids along with niacin, ribofla-
vin, biotin, choline, vitamins A, D and E, magnesium, potassium, phosphorous, manganese, iron, iodine,
copper, zinc and sulphur. Egg yolks are one of the few foods that contain vitamin D.”
Sounded good to me (besides the fact that he spelled “program” as “programme”). What about
the scary salmonella? Well salmonella occurs very rarely in chicken eggs, and actually can turn up
in almost any form of meat. As far as death goes, since I am guessing none of my readers are infants
nor elderly people, it’s not something you need to worry about. Worst case scenario, you’ll get ter-
rible stomach pains. On the bright side, you’d be able to miss school for a week or so! Also, there
isn’t a need to worry about the cholesterol, because 1. you’re young and/or healthy (presumably),
2. Two thirds of all cholesterol in the human body is produced by the kidney; cholesterol in your
diet has little to do with your actual cholesterol levels. So I decided to try this crazy diet out.
Now, I’m not going to lie to you, drinking raw eggs is like gathering all the gurgles and sneezes
of your friends into a bucket… then pouring it down your throat. It was simply nasty. And my re-
search recommended three eggs every morning in a cup. Just nasty. But I did get results. Within a
month of this gross diet, I found that I had grown a few centimeters around my biceps, and that I
could jump noticeably higher. I actually felt good about my days and pretty darn healthy. I’d hit the
gym every other day and find my bench press records improving gradually. I was profoundly
amazed.
Some pointers, though – if you plan to replicate my experience.
1. Pour all three eggs into the cup, but don’t stir them together. This could destroy/damage
some of the nutrients.
2. Don’t eat anything else for breakfast. The eggs have all the energy you’ll need for a healthy
breakfast (but you can add a bit of milk to the mixture if it helps with consumption)
3. Raw eggs don’t actually taste like anything. They just feel gross to drink.
4. Smell the eggs before you drink them. They should have almost no odor, but if they do have a
bad smell, then dump them. The eggs are probably rotten.
5. Don’t refrigerate the eggs. This makes it tougher to smell any odors.
6. You better keep working out/start working out. Or else.
To elaborate more on point 6, after a couple months of this wondrous eating, I decided that I
no longer needed to exercise so much. I was busy with school. But I kept my raw egg diet.
Within two weeks, I noticed that my weight increased, but zero improvement in my athletic
performance. In fact, there was a decrease. I could not jump as high as I could before due to my
increased weight, and I was too dang lazy to the gym anymore to even try bench pressing. It
was then I realized that I had gotten fatter. Much fatter.
“Pictured: You, with raw eggs.”
Why it didn’t occur to me before, I don’t know. Eggs contain high amounts of energy in the
form of fat, which is awesome for an athlete in training, but pretty crummy for a lazy bum who
sits at his computer and plays DotA all day (or World of Warcraft, take your pick). So if you are
going to adopt this diet as your very own, then you best be sure that you body build like a sculp-
tor, because you’ll either end up being a stud in the swimming pool, or taking up half the swim-
ming pool.
Of course, you can just eat raw eggs on a minimal level – perhaps just one every morning.
This would not lead to excessive weight gain, and would still prove to be very healthy (muscle-
head or nerd, male or female).
After I lost the crazy weight I gained, I decided not to touch the stuff for a while. Not because
I don’t believe it works, but simply because I’m too lazy to exercise. That’s why I got this job
writing articles for you to benefit from. You can thank me at all the pool parties that you attend
in the future (by inviting me to them). Kevin Joh
June 2010 SSIS FOOTPRINT
Lifestyle—Kevin Joh
Raw Eggs...Continued
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