YOG Assembly Talk
On 28th April, Assumption Pathway School had the honour of inviting Mr C. Kunalan, the famous sprinter who clocked 10.38 seconds for the 100m sprint at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, a Singapore record that held up until 2001.
He is presently an assistant professor at the National Institue of Education's (NIE's) PE and Sports Science Department.
He also brought along his wife, Mdm Chong Yoong Yin along for the assembly talk.
His presentation started with background of himself followed by Olympic education which he highlighted the importance of the three Olympic Values which are friendship, Respect and Excellence.
He also had mini quiz in between his presentation. The students were spontaneous and participative in answering the questions.
The students were given a mini YOG badge from Ms Angie Lim for each correct answer. He also shared snippets of his love life stories with his wife of 44 years. He ended his presentation by showing us a picture of his "international family". His two daughters married causasians.
He was presented with a sketch portrait of him illustrated by Ahmad Shafiq from A3. Our YOG torchbearers Ong Yu Xiang from BP2A also presented him with an album of his pictures taken last year when he came to our school for YOG assembly talk. Nur Aishah from MS3A presented a bouquet of flowers to Mdm Chong Yoong Yin.
Next, the assembly talk was in turn highlighted by the appearance of both Merly and Lyo who are the YOG mascots. The students were excited and the year 1 students took turns to take pictures with them.
written by: Angie Lim
