Yee Qin Xuan, Terry

Homesickness - The strong wish to be at home / to be surrounded by familiar things. That was my initial fear when I made the decision to further my studies in London rather than riding through the comfortable wave at a local university. However, through the many initiatives of SingSoc, I was able to settle down quickly and find a close-knitted community that made my time in London here an enjoyable one. Having benefited from the previous Exco’s efforts, I was inspired to run for this year’s committee to give back to my fellow Singaporeans.

As I was part of the Junior Comm, I was able to work closely with the current Exco in the planning and execution of events and understand how the society is being managed as a whole. While this experience allows me to give valuable inputs on future activities, it also gave me many ideas of what I could potentially do with the society in the future.

I love organizing sporting events and connecting with people through sports, and that is why I will be running for the Sports Director position. Sports creates conversations by providing a common ground, and a unified sense of purpose which can bring Singaporean from all walks of life together. If I am elected, I will be restructuring the management for sports and make it easily accessible for everyone. As I have strong connections with other society members and schools, SingSoc can expect more collaboration with other societies (e.g. Msoc, ThaiSoc) as well as SingSoc from other universities.