DHS-psyCOYlogy!

(Year 2)

Last Friday, we had jihe in our usual place for some skills training to polish ourselves up after the whole h1n1 break.

First, we had attire check, and after much reminders from the seniors, most had put in effort to buck up their attire. After that, we were split into groups to have skills training. The groups were P1 & P6, P2 & P5, P3 & P8 and P4 & P7. Meanwhile, the secones also practiced their lashing by building a luggage rack. This was probably the first time our sec ones had to get the mu themselves, so most of them did not know what was 中短木 or 短木. Hopefully, after this skills training session, you now know what they are!

For the sec 2s, I feel that our kitchen dresser was quite a disappointment, as we had to ask for time extension twice, and due to bad time management and manpower allocation, we also did not do it the way we intended in the first place.

Mistakes were made here and there, and the sec 3s helped to point out our mistakes and tell us how to improve. Although we had someone looking after the mu, they were still kupped, as we were not alert enough and had some miscommunication. There was this period of time when everyone was moving quite slowly, and not tying as fast as we ought to. Also, some people didnt know how to tie some knots, which slowed down the process.

There are many learning points from this skills training:

-manage manpower properly
-constant baoshi-ing
-practice lashes
-tuck in shengweis, standardise the direction of the knots, communications within the patrol.
-the measurer is a very important person.
-look after all the stuff.

After that, we had PT, and there were 3 stations. the track, JH block third floor and JH block 5th floor.

For the sec2s, first we jogged in two lines to the track, and we first did leg raise, while 4 people were to do wheelbarrow, transport water and jump in a gunny sack. After that we changed to girls style pumping position and pumped 20. On overall, I feel that our cheering was quite constant :)

Next, we ran to the 3rd floor of the JH block, were we took turns doing leg launches and crabwalk, while the others did girls style pumping postition. Then, we did zhan ma for a while. Although the leg launches looked easy, they were in fact difficult. Our cheering helped to keep the morale up!In this station, we realised that although we are all tired and want to do things slowly, we should not slow down! If everyone goes as fast as they can, then the whole thing would be finished quickly, and our jie mates would not have to ding as long.

Our last station, two floors up, we had the wheelbarrow station. All of us were to ding boys style, and were given one chance to switch. We took turns doing wheelbarrow, and then jumping jacks. Although we cheered very much, there wasnt very good communication amongst us, as some of us were already very tired, and yet we did not request to change style. Despite that, the spirit was good and we cheered each other on.

All in all, the spirit was there, but we need to buck up on our stamina! As we were all quite rusty already, most of our stamina deproved, and we did not give it all that we had.

It is always the same people cheering, to the extent that the seniors even had to make us take turns cheering. Cheering can greatly boost moral , and when you all cheer together, time passes more quickly and you know that you are not the only one suffering.

ATC is coming soon, jiayou everyone! :)

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