My class was welcomed into this semester with lots of breaks. We hired Tailor Neilson Sofres to conduct a survey on the popular activities to perform during such break times. The results are surprisingly not so surprising.
Here is the 2003/2004 brief report:
- Official card game: Dai Dee
- Official lunch location: Food Court 1
- Official sports: Badminton
Survey by Tailor Neilson Sofres
Events are only considered official when more than half of the class participated before.
Dai Dee tops the survey for being my class’ most popular card game. A Chinese card game where 4 could play, Dai Dee is a competition of wit that requires a standard set of poker cards. The introduction of Magic: The Gathering to my class by pioneers Yong Liang and Shawn has failed to threaten the survival of the well-loved card game. New players in the field include Initial D card games. Although these Initial D cards failed to ignite much excitement from the class in the beginning, pioneers James andZhi Yuan continued to do much promotion by performing public game demonstrations. Will Dai Dee’s position finally be toppled? Analysts do believe strongly that Dai Dee is ruling for at least another 10 years.
Food Court 1 manages to top the charts despite the renovation of Food Court 3. Food Court 3 undergone major re-branding efforts by adding better selections of local food to student. Food Court 1 seems to be underestimating the current competition. Analyst conclude that the only factor that cause Food Court 1 to be the undisputable winner in this category is its location. Located at the very end of Singapore Polytechnic, students with shorter limbs would certainly prefer a nearer choice.
Badminton see its popularity dips on the fourth quarter of 2003 but made a successful comeback in first month of 2004. Revived by Feng Li and I just yesterday, badminton once again reclaim its title as the Official sport of my class. With the entire class population playing badminton at least once, one can deny not that the Official sport has indeed lived up to its name. Various sports, such as tennis, has attempted to surpass badminton’s mark on the surveys, however novelty to such sports died down within weeks.
Much for the analysis, a few other worthy mentions though. The ridiculous break conditions has force the class to sought other method of entertainment. It has been popular for my classmates to dine outside despite the ever-glooming local economy. There’s much hype on Initial D 2 arcade machines from some boys in the class recently. A newly introduced arcade machine called “Out Run 2″ is popular too.
Finally, due to the clear unpopularity, the school library is not included in the nomination list.
Note: This post is not written to mock the surveying skills of market giant – Taylor Nelson Sofres – I think they’re a fine and pink company. Very pink logo.
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