New poll added!

We can learn so much from your opinions, that's why we're having weekly polls regarding Presec life with an afterlife perspective, albeit in a humorous way. All the polls won't expire, so we can see long term results. You can vote anytime at our polls page. We're very open to poll ideas, so please email us if you've got something in mind. 

This week's poll asks: what "work" did you have to do the most while at Presec? I recall some perpetual moppers and, infact, one student who's name was almost synonymous to cleaning the Akro House "domas" [WCs]. Surprisingly though, I enjoyed going to the borehole to fetch salinated water that made bathing impossible. 

Now some may be wondering how "striking" can be work. Let's be fair though - D-Hall "striking" [predatory food surveillance around meal times in a bid to boost one's chances at (skewed) food redistribution] can be a lot of work for those who aren't gifted! I presume things might be even more competitive nowadays, given the credit crisis which economists predict will produce an acute shortage in "Homad" [savory home-made food supplied during student family visits].

Presec wins 2008 National Science and Maths quiz competition (4th trophy)

In Lumine Tuo, Videbimus Lumen!
After winning the National Science and Maths Competition (popularly known as Brilla) for keeps two years ago, the 'blue magicians' added a 4th Brilla trophy earlier this year. We emerged victorious over Opoku Ware School in the final.

This achievement comes in the midst of the 70th anniversary celebrations of the great Presby Boys' Secondary School, Legon (PRESEC).

Thanks to some updated info by two old boys and members of the victorious squad in 2006, here is how the final went down.

We lost our very first question and they got theirs' plus the bonus. but at the end of round one- 10-19 in favour of Presec.
at the end of round two it was still a positive difference of nine for us.
in round 3, we had six and they had ten, so the lead was cut down to 4.
in round 4, ended with a difference of 8 in our favour.
in round 5, we missed some true or false so right before the riddles the lead was down to 5 points.

IN THE RIDDLES:
we missed the first riddle and the lead was down to 2.
we missed the second one too and they waited till the end and also had it wrong!!
and we got three points in the third riddle so it was up to difference 5 again.
so it was down to the fourth and last riddle and unless they could produce a 5-pointer the cup was ours.
but fortunately they did not.
so it ended 63-68! and the cup is back in its rightful place!

Wey Gey Hey (Wesley Girls' High School) beat Keta Secondary School (Keta High School) by a difference of 1, to take the 3rd Place.

In lumine tuo, videbimus lumen!

"Letta" - our quarterly newsletter.

Ɔdadeɛ.org hopes to publish a quarterly newsletter with all the interesting tidbits on- and off-line, but we need volunteers. If you're interested in picking this up, kindly get in touch.

We're live!

It's been simply way too long since our site went down. This was primarily because managing Ɔdadeɛ.org became quite a bit of work! We've fixed that - the site leverages the strengths of Web 2.0 collaborative tools and the unfailing enthusiasm of Ɔdadeɛ volunteers.

Those who were used to popular features like the Roll Call and Dictionary might be wondering... where's the beef? This should help:
Roll Call and Koray -> Ɔdadeɛ Group on Facebook, 700+ members already!
Album -> Ɔdadeɛ's stream on Flickr, 700+ photos uploaded already!
Events -> Ɔdadeɛ's calendar on Google Calendar
Filla -> this blog on Blogger
Dictionary -> now that's a tricky one. We think it's best done as an in-house web app. A Wiki was tempting, but there's no clear online tool with "big name" pedigree for hosting and managing a dictionary. We're working on bringing the Pidgin dictionary back, with all 500 words. 2 weeks?

All the tools are free, hosted by companies with lots of time to bring you fancy features and the all-important security fixes.

It's exciting - an Ɔdadeɛ site that should last!

Enjoy.