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Here are some pictures taken during ATC :D will upload more next time
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19 November 2008
17 November 2008
ATC'08 Year 2
Last Monday was our Annual Training Camp 2008. Although ATC is not a new experience for us Year 2s, it was really a new experience doing ATC in Camp Christine. Every year, the Year 2 trainees will lead their junior trainees in ATC, and this time, it was our turn.
At the beginning of ATC, it was a frightening experience leading so many juniors, as well as having to adapt to a new environment that we have never been before. Prior to this camp, we also had very little leadership skills such as manpower allocation and how to jing li for checkpoints or inspections as we didn’t have many opportunities to do so, leaving us to figure out the proper method within short periods of time.
We had the most problem during camp development even though we were not new about it. During skills training, camp development skills were just camp development skills and even if we tried our best, we were not so serious about finishing it as it did not come to our minds that we would be using it some day. In ATC, the day had came for us to finally see the importance of camp development, but due to poor manpower allocation, lack of urgency and prior preparedness, we kept having time extensions. We even had times where we were late for jihe due to lack of communication between patrols.
Overall, we Year 2s have learnt a lot about leadership through ATC’08 as it is our first official time leading others. We had come to the camp knowing nothing, but returned knowing most of everything. Not only that, we bonded more as a jie, as well as with the year 1s.
We want to thank the Guiders and Year 3s for giving us this chance to lead others, the YALs, YULs and Year 4s for coming back to see us through and the Year 1s for being there when we needed them and being with us through thick and thin. We want to thank everyone for making this camp a success and giving us an opportunity to show our potential.
Year 2s
At the beginning of ATC, it was a frightening experience leading so many juniors, as well as having to adapt to a new environment that we have never been before. Prior to this camp, we also had very little leadership skills such as manpower allocation and how to jing li for checkpoints or inspections as we didn’t have many opportunities to do so, leaving us to figure out the proper method within short periods of time.
We had the most problem during camp development even though we were not new about it. During skills training, camp development skills were just camp development skills and even if we tried our best, we were not so serious about finishing it as it did not come to our minds that we would be using it some day. In ATC, the day had came for us to finally see the importance of camp development, but due to poor manpower allocation, lack of urgency and prior preparedness, we kept having time extensions. We even had times where we were late for jihe due to lack of communication between patrols.
Overall, we Year 2s have learnt a lot about leadership through ATC’08 as it is our first official time leading others. We had come to the camp knowing nothing, but returned knowing most of everything. Not only that, we bonded more as a jie, as well as with the year 1s.
We want to thank the Guiders and Year 3s for giving us this chance to lead others, the YALs, YULs and Year 4s for coming back to see us through and the Year 1s for being there when we needed them and being with us through thick and thin. We want to thank everyone for making this camp a success and giving us an opportunity to show our potential.
Year 2s
13 November 2008
Hello guides :)
Last monday we had our 3Days 2 Night Annual Training Camp. Although ATC had just ended but it is just part of our learning journey, there are still much to learn.
For the year3s, i believed that through this camp, it bonded us even more since the day we start planning the camp to doing proposals to carrying out the whole camp together. The year3s had to start planning very early as this year camp had been brought forward, it was not easy doing the proposals while trying to cope with our studies but none of us complained as we really want this camp to be a success. During the camp, we had to change some of our plans because of the weather but we were able to adapt to the situation we were in and made changes according to it. Well done :D
For the year2s, we can see that everyone pia during this camp. It was hard to lead so many sec1s and to bond the whole new patrol you were in but all of you tried your best and we are proud of you. However not all of you studied for this camp and some even brought notes to the camp which is unacceptable. Furthermore, almost every time, everyone was late for jihe and PLs even forget to ask for time extension. This caused the whole timeline to be delayed and your own patrol corner time to cut short thus being punctual is very important. At the end of this camp, the marks is not the most important, it is what your seniors taught you, the leadership skills you learnt and sisterhood.
For the year1s, this is your first camp and it will be an unforgettable experience for you. I believed each one of you found some new friends and get to know more new seniors in your new patrol. Year1s, you survived through this camp and persevere till the end! Good job and continue to brush up your skills to train the new sec1s joining in next year.
The year3s would like to thank guiders and seniors who came back to gave us many advices to make this camp a better one.
Love guides :)
Last monday we had our 3Days 2 Night Annual Training Camp. Although ATC had just ended but it is just part of our learning journey, there are still much to learn.
For the year3s, i believed that through this camp, it bonded us even more since the day we start planning the camp to doing proposals to carrying out the whole camp together. The year3s had to start planning very early as this year camp had been brought forward, it was not easy doing the proposals while trying to cope with our studies but none of us complained as we really want this camp to be a success. During the camp, we had to change some of our plans because of the weather but we were able to adapt to the situation we were in and made changes according to it. Well done :D
For the year2s, we can see that everyone pia during this camp. It was hard to lead so many sec1s and to bond the whole new patrol you were in but all of you tried your best and we are proud of you. However not all of you studied for this camp and some even brought notes to the camp which is unacceptable. Furthermore, almost every time, everyone was late for jihe and PLs even forget to ask for time extension. This caused the whole timeline to be delayed and your own patrol corner time to cut short thus being punctual is very important. At the end of this camp, the marks is not the most important, it is what your seniors taught you, the leadership skills you learnt and sisterhood.
For the year1s, this is your first camp and it will be an unforgettable experience for you. I believed each one of you found some new friends and get to know more new seniors in your new patrol. Year1s, you survived through this camp and persevere till the end! Good job and continue to brush up your skills to train the new sec1s joining in next year.
The year3s would like to thank guiders and seniors who came back to gave us many advices to make this camp a better one.
Love guides :)
Annual Training Camp
Hello, hope all of you have rested well after the three days at ATC.
During the past three days, I saw how the trainees pia hard and refusing to give up at the slightest pain, how they stood by each other and also the spirit from all the cheerings. Though they may not be doing that all the time (but it did improved day after day), but it certainly brought back much memories for me. Like how we used to be counting down the number of days spent at camp, trying to siam as much saigang as possible, always getting scolded by seniors and being constantly being kupped away by the seniors when we were those blur sec 1s.
Then very soon we became sec 2s ourselves, having to take good care of the sec 1s and assume the roles of leaders in the camp. Responsibilities grew and that also meant that when punishment comes, we have to do twice the amount of punishments. It has certainly made us more physically and mentally stronger given the hell that seniors often gave us. More importantly, the passion for guides grew stronger and the sense of belonging got stronger.
Suddenly, we became sec 3s and it was our time to plan for the camps and to stretch the potential of the juniors. That was a very special period of time because even though you get to torture the juniors at camp, your sec 4s will be there to torture you on the final day of the camp. Leaders always go the extra mile and being the planners meant working at the backstage without the trainees knowing, which thereafter led to juniors thinking that the sec 3s are slackers who only know how to torture the trainees. The extra mile these planners went to were often left unnoticed by the trainees.
In a flash of light, I went back to the camp as a status of a Young unit leader. The experience was yet another different one because we were once the ones who get freaked out during night games and now we are the one freaking people out. We were once the trainees getting pumped and now we were the ones giving punishments to them. We used to be the trainees praying for rain to come so that the camp programme gets affected and now we were the ones praying for sunshine everyday so that the trainees could get the maximum out from the activities planned for them.
I remember Mrs Chin once said: " For the first time, you are forgiveable. For the second time, you are teachable. For the third time, ARE YOU THICK-HEADED?!!!" I am glad to see that the repeats of mistakes got lesser each day and hope that those mistakes will be drilled into your head even after you step out of camp.
I am proud of all the guides have emerged into stronger guides. I am proud to see the level of enthusiasm grew stronger each day and how I saw more guides being more positive. Efficiency and morale got better each day. During the bus ride back to school, I saw so many cheerful smiles and happy interactions between trainees, I do hope that it was the bonds forged together during ATC and not solely because the camp has ended. More importantly, we mustn't stop there. No doubt the camp has ended, the bonds must never break. Use those bonds forged during camp to catalyse the process of finding love in guides and keep the passion burning!!
We may have different perspectives to offer, but essentially our destination in guides is all the same. Stumble and fall, it's the heart of it all. when you fall down, just try again. You can be what you wanna be if you possess the right attitude. To end off the post, I am dedicating the song by Darin Zanyar, Be What You Wanna Be to all of you here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=payf0cAVAaY&feature=related
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Yr 5 Li Hui
During the past three days, I saw how the trainees pia hard and refusing to give up at the slightest pain, how they stood by each other and also the spirit from all the cheerings. Though they may not be doing that all the time (but it did improved day after day), but it certainly brought back much memories for me. Like how we used to be counting down the number of days spent at camp, trying to siam as much saigang as possible, always getting scolded by seniors and being constantly being kupped away by the seniors when we were those blur sec 1s.
Then very soon we became sec 2s ourselves, having to take good care of the sec 1s and assume the roles of leaders in the camp. Responsibilities grew and that also meant that when punishment comes, we have to do twice the amount of punishments. It has certainly made us more physically and mentally stronger given the hell that seniors often gave us. More importantly, the passion for guides grew stronger and the sense of belonging got stronger.
Suddenly, we became sec 3s and it was our time to plan for the camps and to stretch the potential of the juniors. That was a very special period of time because even though you get to torture the juniors at camp, your sec 4s will be there to torture you on the final day of the camp. Leaders always go the extra mile and being the planners meant working at the backstage without the trainees knowing, which thereafter led to juniors thinking that the sec 3s are slackers who only know how to torture the trainees. The extra mile these planners went to were often left unnoticed by the trainees.
In a flash of light, I went back to the camp as a status of a Young unit leader. The experience was yet another different one because we were once the ones who get freaked out during night games and now we are the one freaking people out. We were once the trainees getting pumped and now we were the ones giving punishments to them. We used to be the trainees praying for rain to come so that the camp programme gets affected and now we were the ones praying for sunshine everyday so that the trainees could get the maximum out from the activities planned for them.
I remember Mrs Chin once said: " For the first time, you are forgiveable. For the second time, you are teachable. For the third time, ARE YOU THICK-HEADED?!!!" I am glad to see that the repeats of mistakes got lesser each day and hope that those mistakes will be drilled into your head even after you step out of camp.
I am proud of all the guides have emerged into stronger guides. I am proud to see the level of enthusiasm grew stronger each day and how I saw more guides being more positive. Efficiency and morale got better each day. During the bus ride back to school, I saw so many cheerful smiles and happy interactions between trainees, I do hope that it was the bonds forged together during ATC and not solely because the camp has ended. More importantly, we mustn't stop there. No doubt the camp has ended, the bonds must never break. Use those bonds forged during camp to catalyse the process of finding love in guides and keep the passion burning!!
We may have different perspectives to offer, but essentially our destination in guides is all the same. Stumble and fall, it's the heart of it all. when you fall down, just try again. You can be what you wanna be if you possess the right attitude. To end off the post, I am dedicating the song by Darin Zanyar, Be What You Wanna Be to all of you here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=payf0cAVAaY&feature=related
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Yr 5 Li Hui
8 November 2008
Hello guides!(:
Today about 20 Year 2 and Year 3 guides went for a tent pitching and fire lighting workshop held at the Guides Headquarters.
Firstly, we were taught on tent pitching. The tent that we will be pitching during ATC is very different from the ones that we’ve been pitching during skills trainings. Firstly, the items used to support the tent are different, and the material of the tent is also different. Even the pegs and mallot used are wooden instead of metal. After a demonstration done by Mr Mail, we broke up into 2 groups, Year 3s and Year 2s, and did some hands-on.
From the hands-on session, we realised the mistakes with our tents, for example, when to roll up the tent doors and when not to. We also realised that during ATC, it is very important to allocate manpower properly and clearly to the patrol to ensure swift completion of the tents because we have to build 2 tents per patrol, and we should not spend too much time on them as we also have other Camp D gadgets to build. Another reason for allocating manpower properly is so that the patrol members will know what to do in the next steps of pitching the tent, and not have nothing to do while waiting for the other patrol members to finish their jobs.
For the fire lighting session, we were given a demonstration on digging a pit, lighting and sustaining a fire. From this we discovered some new stuff. For example, one of them was that we should not give the 3 blows immediately when the fire has been lighted, but to wait for the fire to warm up first, and blow only when the fire is dying out. After the demonstration, we were given a hands-on session in which we had to form groups of 3.
As some of us did not bring our kindling, we either shared or took some provided by Mr Mail. Some mistakes that were made by my group was that we either broke the matchsticks while lighting them, or that we just threw it into the wigwam after lighting them, thus we had problems sustaining the fire initially. In the end, we still managed to light the fire successfully, but we had already wasted about 10 matchsticks. Then, we proceeded on to boil water in the kettle. From this activity, my group, consisting of 2 other Year 2s, learnt that we should treasure each matchstick because during OJ and outdoor cooking, we would only be given a certain number of matchsticks. We also realised that fire lighting in preparation for outdoor cooking can be done by just 2 or 3 people, and not the whole patrol is needed. One of the mistakes that we usually make during outdoor cooking is that a lot of people in the patrol will be crowding around the cooking pit when the fire is being lit. Thus we learnt that during outdoor cooking, we should allocate the jobs properly to the patrol, for example, the others can start preparing the food while the 2 or 3 people are lighting the fire.
This workshop really taught us new stuff and also made us revise the skills that we have learnt.
As for the sec2s, the importance of efficient manpower allocation was emphasised once again, that we have to delegate the jobs properly in order to ensure completion of the task as soon as possible.
So let's jiayous for ATC!
♥guides
Today about 20 Year 2 and Year 3 guides went for a tent pitching and fire lighting workshop held at the Guides Headquarters.
Firstly, we were taught on tent pitching. The tent that we will be pitching during ATC is very different from the ones that we’ve been pitching during skills trainings. Firstly, the items used to support the tent are different, and the material of the tent is also different. Even the pegs and mallot used are wooden instead of metal. After a demonstration done by Mr Mail, we broke up into 2 groups, Year 3s and Year 2s, and did some hands-on.
From the hands-on session, we realised the mistakes with our tents, for example, when to roll up the tent doors and when not to. We also realised that during ATC, it is very important to allocate manpower properly and clearly to the patrol to ensure swift completion of the tents because we have to build 2 tents per patrol, and we should not spend too much time on them as we also have other Camp D gadgets to build. Another reason for allocating manpower properly is so that the patrol members will know what to do in the next steps of pitching the tent, and not have nothing to do while waiting for the other patrol members to finish their jobs.
For the fire lighting session, we were given a demonstration on digging a pit, lighting and sustaining a fire. From this we discovered some new stuff. For example, one of them was that we should not give the 3 blows immediately when the fire has been lighted, but to wait for the fire to warm up first, and blow only when the fire is dying out. After the demonstration, we were given a hands-on session in which we had to form groups of 3.
As some of us did not bring our kindling, we either shared or took some provided by Mr Mail. Some mistakes that were made by my group was that we either broke the matchsticks while lighting them, or that we just threw it into the wigwam after lighting them, thus we had problems sustaining the fire initially. In the end, we still managed to light the fire successfully, but we had already wasted about 10 matchsticks. Then, we proceeded on to boil water in the kettle. From this activity, my group, consisting of 2 other Year 2s, learnt that we should treasure each matchstick because during OJ and outdoor cooking, we would only be given a certain number of matchsticks. We also realised that fire lighting in preparation for outdoor cooking can be done by just 2 or 3 people, and not the whole patrol is needed. One of the mistakes that we usually make during outdoor cooking is that a lot of people in the patrol will be crowding around the cooking pit when the fire is being lit. Thus we learnt that during outdoor cooking, we should allocate the jobs properly to the patrol, for example, the others can start preparing the food while the 2 or 3 people are lighting the fire.
This workshop really taught us new stuff and also made us revise the skills that we have learnt.
As for the sec2s, the importance of efficient manpower allocation was emphasised once again, that we have to delegate the jobs properly in order to ensure completion of the task as soon as possible.
So let's jiayous for ATC!
♥guides
7 November 2008
6 November 2008
Hello (:
Today, we had pre-camp inspection in school. For pre camp inspection, we had to lay out all our patrol basics as well as other items such as our pei bei and styrofoam boxes. We would be judged based on our standadisation and arrangement of the items as well as for the items.
Overall, we had around 2 weeks to prepare ourselves for the inspection; to create all the patrol basics, including our flag, banner, identities, shorts as well as mealbags. Also, we were required to pack our styrofoam boxes, peibei as well as first aid kit.
We arrived early in the morning in school, with all the necessary items for inspection. After leaving our personal belongings in the respective classrooms, we then jihed back at the backstall. That marked the start of pre-camp inspection.
We were first of all, briefed on the respective classrooms which we would have to lay out our items in. This year, due to unforeseen weather circumstances, we had inspection in the classrooms, instead of in the field, as was customary. Therefore, we had to ammend some of the arrangements in our proposals, to fit the classroom setting.
We were then given 20 minutes to lay out our items and to get ready for the inspection. Actually, that would not have been a really difficult task; it was simply to lay out the items. It would not have required so much time, should we have been more prepared and should we have allocated the manpower more evenly, such that everyone in the patrol would be able to pitch in to help. We ended up having to ask for time extention. Perhaps we could have been more efficient, should we have just followed our proposals the way it was drawn in the first place. In the end, we changed a lot of things, which made everything seem extremely confusing and slowed us down immensely. However, we still managed to lay everything out in the end, ready for inspection.
Following up, our items were inspected by the councillors from various patrols. We had to stand in a straight line facing away from the classroom as the items were inspected. We were also called out one by one to be questioned on the meanings of our patrol basics designs as well as colour scheme. After the inspections by the various checkpoint leaders, our mistakes were pointed out to us. Mistaks included not standadising the arrangement out our items with the other patrols, not having the proper attire, not taking care of our items, as well as not labelling our items properly. Also, we were not very efficient, and lacked that sense of urgency.
As a result for all the various mistakes made, we were given consequences: a variety of physical activities, such as pumpings, sit-ups, star-jumps, jumping jacks, as well as jogging around the classroom blocks. "As the going gets tough, the tough gets going"; we still tried our best, to complete the various activities.
Though, perhaps there is one thing we could improve on; that would be our patrol spirit. Through the ATC, it is of importance to maintain a high morale and patrol spirit so as to encourge each other on and to push each other on, even when the going gets tough. It was said that our patrol spirit today during the pre-camp inspection was not very high. It could have been due to the fact that we were not allowed to cheer loudly. Nevertheless, that is one thing we can work towards, to improve our patrol spirit. We can all do better!
Overall, pre-camp inspection, though rather tough at times, was a enriching experience for us all. For the year ones, it could be considered as a new and refreshing experience, this being their very first inspection. For year twos, this pre-camp inspection gave us a chance to experience leading our patrols. It gave us the opportunities to lead our year ones. It made us question ourselves: Have we got what it takes to be an effective leader?
Pre-camp inspection gave us all a taste of what ATC will be like. Although we may have had certain short-comings or made certain mistakes, we still have ATC ahead of us.
Wishing everyone the best of luck and jiayou!
Love DHS guides :)
Today, we had pre-camp inspection in school. For pre camp inspection, we had to lay out all our patrol basics as well as other items such as our pei bei and styrofoam boxes. We would be judged based on our standadisation and arrangement of the items as well as for the items.
Overall, we had around 2 weeks to prepare ourselves for the inspection; to create all the patrol basics, including our flag, banner, identities, shorts as well as mealbags. Also, we were required to pack our styrofoam boxes, peibei as well as first aid kit.
We arrived early in the morning in school, with all the necessary items for inspection. After leaving our personal belongings in the respective classrooms, we then jihed back at the backstall. That marked the start of pre-camp inspection.
We were first of all, briefed on the respective classrooms which we would have to lay out our items in. This year, due to unforeseen weather circumstances, we had inspection in the classrooms, instead of in the field, as was customary. Therefore, we had to ammend some of the arrangements in our proposals, to fit the classroom setting.
We were then given 20 minutes to lay out our items and to get ready for the inspection. Actually, that would not have been a really difficult task; it was simply to lay out the items. It would not have required so much time, should we have been more prepared and should we have allocated the manpower more evenly, such that everyone in the patrol would be able to pitch in to help. We ended up having to ask for time extention. Perhaps we could have been more efficient, should we have just followed our proposals the way it was drawn in the first place. In the end, we changed a lot of things, which made everything seem extremely confusing and slowed us down immensely. However, we still managed to lay everything out in the end, ready for inspection.
Following up, our items were inspected by the councillors from various patrols. We had to stand in a straight line facing away from the classroom as the items were inspected. We were also called out one by one to be questioned on the meanings of our patrol basics designs as well as colour scheme. After the inspections by the various checkpoint leaders, our mistakes were pointed out to us. Mistaks included not standadising the arrangement out our items with the other patrols, not having the proper attire, not taking care of our items, as well as not labelling our items properly. Also, we were not very efficient, and lacked that sense of urgency.
As a result for all the various mistakes made, we were given consequences: a variety of physical activities, such as pumpings, sit-ups, star-jumps, jumping jacks, as well as jogging around the classroom blocks. "As the going gets tough, the tough gets going"; we still tried our best, to complete the various activities.
Though, perhaps there is one thing we could improve on; that would be our patrol spirit. Through the ATC, it is of importance to maintain a high morale and patrol spirit so as to encourge each other on and to push each other on, even when the going gets tough. It was said that our patrol spirit today during the pre-camp inspection was not very high. It could have been due to the fact that we were not allowed to cheer loudly. Nevertheless, that is one thing we can work towards, to improve our patrol spirit. We can all do better!
Overall, pre-camp inspection, though rather tough at times, was a enriching experience for us all. For the year ones, it could be considered as a new and refreshing experience, this being their very first inspection. For year twos, this pre-camp inspection gave us a chance to experience leading our patrols. It gave us the opportunities to lead our year ones. It made us question ourselves: Have we got what it takes to be an effective leader?
Pre-camp inspection gave us all a taste of what ATC will be like. Although we may have had certain short-comings or made certain mistakes, we still have ATC ahead of us.
Wishing everyone the best of luck and jiayou!
Love DHS guides :)
1 November 2008
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