DHS-psyCOYlogy!

13th Febuary 2009.


The 2009 CUG campfire!

On this particular day, Friday the 13th, we had our jihe at 2.20pm.
the year2s were asked to teach the year1s square and diagonal lashes again,
while the year3s continued to work on their creative gadgets.

after that, the patrols were broken off to have 30min of patrol corner and 1hour of campfire songs learning: )

the patrol corner was spent discussing about the li jie in guides.
things like guides 不是跑,就是飞;
don't talk during jihe,
dont ge xiaodui,
and ABCDE in guides etc
which are all very important to guides(:

after half an hour of these serious topic,
it was time to learn some songs and dances!

some patrols combined, and i'm sure everybody had a great time dancing or singing in anticipation of the campfire that night.

some guides had to leave their patrols in the midst of the above mentioned activities because of cugc preparation though):

We had dinner in school, with all the other 4 UGs.
we were supplied with food that were intended to boost our morale(read survival skills notes and you'll realise that its true.food boosts morale)
and healthy, refreshing drinks aka plain water: D

After dinner we jihed outside the canteen and sang
It was great to be able sing during jihe again as we have not been allowed to sing during past jihes for fear of disturbing the seniors in dhs, who still had lessons going on.

the campfire started at 730pm.
the theme was Home- Home away from Home, 家入我们!
we moved orderly, 2 by 2 patrols, into the hall, where the year1s were seated separately from us because we wanted them to have a better view of the campfire that was prepared to welcome them warmly into UG : )

the campfire started with the scouts and their lion dance, welcoming the vips
then Mr Sng, former UG member, current principal of dhs, vip of the campfire gave a welcoming speech and declared the campfire open!

as the songleaders started their first song, campfire's burning, it had already started to get high amongst the seniors. For year1s, as that was their first campfire, they first appeared none too responsive, thus, we cha1 (mixed) into the year1s and attempted to radiate or rub off abit of enthusiasm on them: )

At the end of the first set of songs, we had some fun games planned by the campfire comittee.
UG members were called upon the stage if they fitted the mention criteria such as "a year1 with navy blue specs, and braces!" and then they would be given a chance to dig through a box for an item requested by the emcees and win prizes if they got it before the other contestants!
things like masheng(guides/scouts),baton(npcc),cpr mask(st johns) were placed in the box and it must have been exciting rumaging through the box frantically, trying to beat the other UGs to locating the items!haha.

after the game, songleaders were back into action! We sang some more traditional campfire songs, and everybody had fun joining in the mass singing session: ) The songleaders had put in alot of effort in preparation for this, and so had their mentors and not forgetting our guides emcee, Nicholette who had done a very good job of livening the campfire up: D

Thankyou to all of them!

after the 2nd session of songs, we had another game where representatives from all 4 UGs went up the stage and sang distorted versions of some very well-known songs.
From guides, we had kimberley and sarah! They were really very funny and the crowd laughed with them whenever they performed! The aim of the game was to guess the song names/ singers/etc correctly, and get a prize : ) It was really entertaining, watching the year4s from all UGs make funny actions as they sang.

We sang some songs again afterwards, and then had the mass danceeee~
the mass dance was really the HIGHLIGHT of the campfire!
our company leader, daphne was sent upon the stage, along with other CCA heads/chairpersons namely junrong from npcc, sean from scouts, and wenzhong from st johns.
they paired themselves up on the stage, and during the dance, all eyes were on them!
it was a joy to see our company leader from a wonderful view below, on the dance floor: D

we did the mass dance several times,
and at the end of it, according to the graph of campfire mood,
it was time to descend from the climax of the campfire to the going-to-be-the-end-of-campfire-mood.

we sang slow songs, but still had some leftover highness from the whole campfire event itself,
and when Mr Sng declared the campfire closed with a uniformed "whoosh" from the rest of us,

it was Time to Go Home.

buses were arranged to bring us to specific mrt station nearest our homes,

and we said see you, but not goodbye: D

in all, the campfire was a success because the year1s had a better insight of a campfire's atmosphere (not much insight of what a campfire is because we didnt have a real fire and everything was held in the hall due to school campus restrictions), and had learnt another side of their seniors as we all gayed(became happy) that night(:

thankyou all for making the event a success.

Love Guides Forever: D