IBM IGNite Camp 2010

Who knew camps were that much fun? Joining that camp made me feel somewhat smart and worthwhile, where at times in school/class I would feel like an idiot who isn't good enough for anyone. There were sometimes where I would feel like ripping my brain out and there were also times where I could laugh till my ass hits the ground. What a fun ride to remember indeed!

DAY 1 
The first day of the camp was the most relaxed day throughout this 5day camp. But the day started out pretty rough for us being late most of it was caused by me JOTHI. Who demanded me to sweep the library floors squeaky clean before I could leave. Indirect lecturing was carried out by the bus guy all the way to the IBM Plaza, towards me I suppose ._. After signing in and being divided into our respective groups, SMKBUD4's were then assigned a tour around the 19th floor of the IBM Plaza. Had fun wandering round the conference rooms, "money making machine" area and also our fan favorite Rama's room, where Shirlyn might have left her number & also saying call me babe! We also had our very own ID tags made that day, where of course Shirlyn did her thang. The rest of the day was filled with talks, mini games, project explanation, talks and more talks.

Adrian picturing himself as the future Country General Manager(CGM) of IBM.

This was how the infamous Shirlyn pose was discovered. 

 Adrian: "Shirlyn tried to seduce the lady taking the photo."

DAY 2

Second day was wear blue-black shirt day, the day started of pretty good as no one was late. In fact we were so early that we had time for chor dai di, blackjack and bullshit before the volunteers arrived. After that we went to our games group to see what was the next challenge. We were asked to remix a song and choreograph a dance involving the camp and also Smarter Planet, where we would perform it the next day. *DIES* After an hour of discussion we were back to our engineering group to finally kick start our project titled "Smarter Traffic" where each group has to come up with a brand new way to solve the traffic congestions in KL. Not only we had to think of a brand new idea, we also had to create a model, slide show, video/interview and present it on the final day of camp. My group Traffic Techies, lead by seewenchie. The rest of the day was occupied with bright ideas, ThinkPads and a boxing ring by the end of the day. Almost forgot, FOOD! Don't get me started on the food. We would have breakfast at 9am, lunch at 1pm and tea at 4.30pm. Lunch was always the highlight of the day for everyone, free flow of raw salmon, tempting deserts, freshly cooked pasta right in front of your face. Yummy to the tummy! 

BULLSHIT!

Brainstorming

Computer geeks

Gigantic traffic lights. These were the cutest things on our model. 

Lunch.

the BOXING RING.

BETA testing. 

DAY3

Casual day. Early as usual lah. Everyone was extremely nervous especially my game group LV, cause we were performing first. And we haven't completed the choreography for our song Dynamite. Of all days Celeste decides to come late, so boohoo no pro dancer to guide us. But we all kept our shits together and came up with the choreography on our own. Fingers crossed, it was time for us to perform. Everything went well, we were all quite satisfied of ourselves eventhough a timeline that short was given. Other groups performance and song lyrics were hysterical, in a good way! Now, whenever I hear Break Your Heart, I'll think of Amir and Emir's pumping.

"Ignite the world, make it a smarter place for you and for me and the entire human race, there are people crying and cursing at the traffic, make a smarter place for you and for me." Heal The World tune - group Technicool? Click to watch. I laughed so hard at the cursing at the traffic part. 

After the performance, we thought of having some fun so we had a game of Charades. Oh man, I'm so pro at Charades, HAHA! But the funniest was Carine, she had to act out Sex In The City, it was hilarious! Click to watch 3:36. After that it was back to work ._. 

My Group LV performing.

Model was pretty much complete by day3.

DAY4 

White shirt day or known as field trip day! As each day came, the bus arrives earlier and earlier. We were so early that the whole bus had to camp outside our school for about an hour, cause the folks at IBM weren't ready to be picked up yet. The other campers in the bus were dead bored so they decided to have a bite in our school. Next stop was the Science Center. We were split into three groups where each group had to complete the questions given, where answers could be found about the whole science center. My group was pretty quick with the questions so we had extra time to fiddle around with the stuff. Next was the Planetarium. Since we had no buffet lunch that day, we were given packed, cold spaghetti to eat at the stairs without air-cond. After that we even had to climb all the way up numerous flights of stairs to get to the Planetarium. It was hard for all of us being the spoilt kids we are by IBM, pampered to the max!

BUD4! at the Science Center

The Anti Gravity room at the Planetarium

Planetarium show, relaxing way to end the day.

BUD4!

DAY5

Presentation Day, JENGJENGJENG. Eight of us came to school looking oh-so-smart and all prepared to wow everyone with our bright ideas and models. The day started of with everyone putting the final touches to their project. And then the time came which everyone dreaded, it was our last meal at the buffet. Most of us skipped breakfast for extra space in the belly for lunch. Boy, it was worth it. Everyone ate to the fullest. QUOTE "START WITH SALMON, END WITH SALMON!" HOORAH! After lunch it was presentation time, the whole room transformed when we came back, rows and rows of chairs were arranged for the audience. And soon after that, it was time for my group to present. Whichever group I'm in, we always go first :\ I could say we did alright, but we could've done better on the slides. Messed up the slides cause they were too many effects which were all on clicks causing it to be very hard to determine how many points were there in one slide. It didn't surprise me that the other groups did well. Their ideas were unique and easy to understand and the slides were kept simple but packed with sufficient information. In our case, my group's idea was quite mind challenging, but we did try our best explaining it through the video and interview. It was also my first time doing a stop motion clip, it was actually quite simple with a little help from Justin.  

After each group had their turn. It was time for the closing ceremony, huuhuuu :( Prizes were given to respective winners. Categories were, Highest Scoring Game Group, Best Engineering Team, Best Presenter and Best Camper. One of the category which our very own Adrian won was the Best Presenter Award, he was so looking forward to his free iPod cause last year's winners received iPods. Well, spend them TGIF vouchers wisely. 

Video making. 

Happy kid.

Traffic Techies after presenting.

Best presenter award went to Adrian!

Campers of IBM IGNite Camp 2010

SMK BUD4, Formal >)

The Shirlyn pose, no no monkey!

Caught RED with the BU gang, friendliest bunch throughout the camp.

Listen up Form3s of next year, go for this camp! You wouldn't want to miss the chance of getting good food, awesome goodies, meeting new friends and also to ponteng class for FOC! Nola, it's seriously fun and a great experience you wouldn't want to miss. 

Nickynic