Yesterday, the guides went for cip at whampoa.
we were split into 3 groups doing murial painting, health survey, and food distribution.
i happened to participate in the health survey.
we jihed at 650am in school, and set off for whampoa's precint hall when everybody 全到了.
when we had reached our destination, the tables and chairs were already stationed properly, and all we had to do was to manage the crowd which was easier said than done.
Initially, it was rather chaotic because we were not sufficiently prepared for the large mass of people and were unsure of how to entertain the waiting masses, how to speed the survey queue up, and how to arrange the senior citizens in a systematic way so as to aid movement along the stations.
However, as time passed and we got to know our roles better, the general flow of event went quite smoothly. Moreover, we had had the help of whampoa cc members to make up for our inexperience.
After the health survey in the morning, we had an enlightening debrief by Dr Tan. we touched on our areas of improvement, our strengths, and weaknesses.
After that, we went for lunch with our patrols.
Between lunch to our next activity, we had some studying time( for yr4s) in the whampoa community centre room that we had been trained in for the past few weeks.
it was good to catch up on studies, and to enforce our guides' idea of being all-rounded.
though some of us took frequent breaks in those few hours, it was still a rather productive afternoon.
we then joined the rest of the coy for dinner at about 6pm, and then set off to enjoy the skit/performances put up by both guides and scouts.
the night performances were extremely entertaining and it was a really great way to end the cip.
overall, this cip has taught us alot about the importance of managing our health(blood pressure), mananging crowds, executing an event, and being able to speak up in a crowd. it had also given us chances to work with our beloved seniors again.
for that, there is no denying that it was a cip well done(:
Thank you to all guiders, Dr Tan and his left/right hand assistants, whampoa citizens, seniors, juniors, and all guides for making yesterday a success.
Hope everyone will find more meaning in guides as time goes by(:
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