Hello all.

On monday 28 dec, we had our last jihe of the year. It was also the last orientation prep day before we were going to build the real structures for yr1 orientation next year. We jihed in the morning at 8.20 together with the scouts. Then we went to the MRL and started our orientation prep.

For the kitchen tent, we first checked for any loose knots on the main frames. Then, we qi the main frames and adjusted the positions of the two main frames. When the positions of the main frames were measured and adjusted properly, 4 of us climbed up the tables and chairs to tie the connecting horizontal and diagonal hong2 and huang2 mu4s to connect the two main frames together.

After all the connecting mu4s were tied, we tied the 避雷针. Then, we had lunch. After lunch, we continued tying a hei mu to the highest point of the 避雷针. Then, we raised the 3 canvas sheets over the whole structure and tied them to the kitchen tent to provide shelter. We secured the canvas sheets by tying them to excaliburs that were hit into the ground. After that, we rafted the platform on the second level of the kitchen tent.

We did not manage to finish the whole kitchen tent that day, we were left with a bit more of the rafting and the attaching of the ladder to the kitchen tent. We were too slow in adjusting the positions of the main frames and also the tying of the connecting mu4s. We could have improved by focusing more and doing things more quickly. Also, the kitchen tent could have been improved by making sure the legs of the main frames do not fei1, spreading the canvas sheets out more evenly to ensure that there are no creases, shou1-ing the sheng wei and not overlapping our knots.

But overall, we had improved as we had managed to complete more of the kitchen tent than the previous jihe. We will complete the kitchen tent even better the next jihe and improve in tying of structures for other activities too!

Love guides :)

Hello guides.

We had our final jihe for orientation prep on the 28^th. Unlike the previous jihes, we did not have attire check. We split up into our orientation groups.

I was under Games. Firstly we moved tables and benches from the back of the hall to the library, and also hei mu. We planned our layouts for archery and Kim’s game and practised tying the gladiator game.

We faced a few problems while tying the gladiator. The knots were not very tight and had to be redone again. The hei mu were uneven and had to be switched around. We had to make sure the gladiator is stable and secure to ensure the safety of those who would be climbing on it.

In the afternoon we combined with the deco group and helped to hang up some posters and practiced our lashes. Afterwards we had a short PT session at the junior high block, which consisted of performing different tasks on each floor.

At the end of the day we were to clean up the rubbish, tables and chairs. However, most of us did not bring rags and took toilet paper from the school toilets to wipe the tables and chairs. This meant that we wasted a lot of toilet paper. It is important to save the school’s resources and not use them carelessly. Do remember to bring rags for the next jihes on the 4th and the 5th.

A lot of people stood around with nothing to do. More initiative could have been taken to help with the clean up at first, instead of our seniors having to direct us. After this jihe, I hope we can reflect on our actions and understand how they will affect “the big picture” instead of thinking about our own gain.

Orientation is coming very soon, hope that all of us will rest well and get ready for school. Cca Orientation is on the 6th, and on the 4th and 5th, there would be jihes to prepare for the big day.

Jiayou guides! :D

We had our second jihe for orientation prep yesterday at the red tile area in atc09 shirt at 8.20am. Same as the first session of prep on the 19th, we had a roll call for attire check first before we were being split into different groups with the scouts which included: Games, Structure, Decoration, Outdoor cooking and performance (Sheng Qiao and Fireman’s Ladder).

I was under decoration. We needed to tie different miniature structures, about three people is tying one. It was not as easy as we thought and it was the first time for many of us to see some very weird lashes, apart from square and diagonal lashes which are more familiar to us. We had no ideas how to tie them! Despite of the help from the instruction sheets that taught us how to tie the lashes step by steps, we still took a long time. We also need to make sure that the measurement is accurate, and the knots are tight, in order for the structures to be able to stand up right.

At 10 plus, about 4 or 5 of us from deco were called out to help to pack the goodie bags that will be given out to the parents for year1 registration at the office store in GO. I was one of them. Despite the loss of man power, the other guides still managed to finished building the structures and when we were back at 3pm,they have already started doing the souvenirs which will be give to the year1s. We pasted stickers that is being printed with the guides and scouts logo on the file and finished ahead of the time. Many people in deco also went helped out at the other groups.

At 4.15pm, we jihe back outside the library and watched the Fireman’s ladder performance and lastly we had evaluation and jiesan at 5.30pm.

Love guides!

Hi guides,

We had jihe yesterday for orientation prep. It was our first session of a total of three preps (19th, 22nd, 28th). We had attire check first; many of the guides were caught for low socks, long fingernails and for not pinning up hair. Pull up your socks, guides! Remember to always maintain proper standard attire, even if there is no roll call. We hope to see improvement for the next jihe.

Next we split up into our orientation groups with the scouts. It took rather long for us all to get into our groups, and soon we started doing our prep.

Personally, I was under Structures for orientation prep. There were 7 guides and 4 scouts in total to build the gateway, including the IC while the rest of the people in structure where tying other stuff. We took very long to even qi up the main frames, as we did not consider tying a temporary dingjiao for the A-jia, so we had to keep shifting the A-jias, open wider etcetc. For many of us, it was the first time tying a gateway.

Also, a lot of manpower was used into dinging the four corners, so only a few people were left to tie the diagonal hongmu onto the frames to secure them together. Initially, we were very behind time and only managed to finish the main frame by lunchtime. However, the rain during lunchtime seemed to have helped somehow, and we moved faster after lunch. We were done with the gateway by 2+. I supposed the problem in the morning was due to lack of experience.

For me, even though I am a sec3 it is still only my 3rd time helping to tie a gateway. I have learnt much from this experience and I hope that by orientation, we will really know how to tie a gateway of proper standard and is stable. It is of utmost importance that our structure is stable, as many sec1s will be going under it during orientation, 安全第一. During tying, a baimu dropped down and hit a guide on the head. It seemed like we were not prepared and did not take much safety precautions. However, after the incident everyone was told to wear helmets.

Overall, I noticed that both guides and scouts need to buck up on their lashes, not only for those under structures. Also, that people naturally tend to work slowly unless commanded to work faster, i.e. there was a lack of sense of urgency. Everyone moved slowly and some did not put in much effort in their work.

The year 3s hope that all of you guides will and continue to put in your best effort during orientation prep so that everything will move smoothly and more things can be done efficiently. Jiayou jiayou jiayou and continue to pia. We hope to see improvement for the rest of the jihes :)

Love guides.

Hello guides! Hoped that all of you are resting well after yesterday's jihe.
Here are the Camp Challenge photos :)

Baggage rack.

Shoe Rack

Patrol flag


Kitchen Dresser

Clothesline


Setting off for the amazing race.



At tampines mrt station.



Writing postcards, one of our tasks.



We had to take photos with 2 foreigners.











Tying our catapult.

Love guides :)

Hello guides :)

This post will be about Camp Challenge 2009. It was from 11th December to 14th of december where 8 of us participated in a series of activities. We had different competitions within the division and also with other divisions. Our patrol is called the Pikachu patrol and for identities we had pikachu caps and bags which we made ourselves :D We are in the east division with other schools, Geylang Methodist Sec School, Pasir Ris Crest Sec Sch, Damai Sec Sch and lastly Bedok Town Sec Sch.

On the first day when we got there, Miss Tang registered while the rest of us went to shift everything to the lodge. There was a briefing at Olave Hall which we were told our allocated campsite as a division and after that we started Camp Development at our campsite. We also got to see many creative identities and also meal bags.

As a division, we decided where the tents would be, where the kitchen shelter and division flagpole would be and etc. As the weather was good and sunny, we pitched the tents first. A few of our guides went to help Bedok Town with their pvc tents as they had only 5 people. The rest of us finished our canvas tent and went to help other schools.

We had a short break and after which we went to tie other gadgets such as our baggage rack, shoe rack, clothesline, patrol flagpole and the kitchen dresser which our school was in charge for.
It rained in the afternoon so all of us were tying the kitchen dresser under the kitchen tent.

Camp d ended right before dinner and dinner was another new experience for us. We had to sing Graces (which we usually dont do) and seat in a circle on small canvas sheets which were on the grass to eat with the other schools from the division. Also, different patrols had different duties to do everyday and we were the cooks patrol for day one.

After dinner we had time to bathe and after bathing time we had division activity in the lodge. The guiders wanted all of us to get to know each other better so we played blow wind blow. It was quite fun and after this game, all of us were numbered and split to different groups to get to know each other better and we had to say our groups' cheers after 15 mins. It was quite fun getting to know each other and i am sure all of us made more friends after the first night! :)

We had supper and briefing for the amazing race which was going to held on the second day. After everything, it was lights out and all of us went to sleep in the tent.

For day 2, we were the wood and water patrol so we had to wake up slightly earlier to chop firewood so that the cooks patrol could use the wood to cook and prepare our breakfast. We also had flag raising in the division. Our flag-raising was different from the one that we usually have among our coy so we learnt new things as well. We also had morning excercises which we did some simple warm-ups.

Soon we had breakfast and had some time to tidy up all our gadgets and to prepare for the amazing race. At 9am, everyone gathered in Olave Hall for the briefing for amazing race and we set off to Boon Lay Mrt Station after that. At Boon Lay Mrt station, we were given our first piece of clue. We had to set off to the food court of the biggest Giant hypermart in singapore. It was in tampines and we headed off quickly to take the mrt with Junie, a YAL who followed us the whole trip as Miss Tang had to leave.

The mrt ride took rather long and we waited for the shuttle bus to go to Giant at tampines mrt. At the first station, we had to find prices of some items and etc. We all split up as we had to finish finding everything within 2o mins. We managed to finish within 15 mins and soon we were given our next clue.

Our next station was at Changi Airport T3 and we had to write postcards, give them to foreigners and take photos with them. We completed the task quickly and headed to the Singapore Silat Federation for the 3rd station. We had to answer a question sheet there and we were stuck as there were some questions we didn't know how to answer. For the 4th station, we headed to Bedok stadium which luckily, was just beside the 3rd station. 1 person from the patrol had to run 100 metres in 15 secs and we managed to do it. Good Job! :)

We were given our next clue and we were stuck again as we did now know where Botanic Garden was. After around 15 mins we headed off to Botanic gardens and we had to go in by the Tanglin Gate to the Swan Lake. We had to answer a question sheet and find 5 items and take photos of them. There was some misleading items but we managed to find them all.

For the 6th station at Lucky Plaza we had to sell 2 tins of cookies. We managed to sell them within 5 mins and then we headed to our 7th station- GGS store at Little India Arcade. Over there, one person had to finish 2 indian snacks and another person had to do henna on a stranger. After finishing the tasks, we were given the clue to our last station- Vivo City. However there was only 20 mins left before the stations would close. We decided that we would rush there and at least try to reach the station on time. We ran all the way and took mrt. Even though we were slightly late by a few mins, we could still continue with the station.

After finishing everything we rushed by to camp christine as we had to reach there by 6.oopm. We were late as we missed the bus and for penalty, the marks for the last station was not counted.

We ate dinner and during COH, the rest of us went to bathe. After bathing, we had a short Singalong session with the YALs among the division. We learnt new songs and also steps to dance the Thousand Legged Worm which was quite fun :) Then we had supper and soon it was lights out.

For day 3, we were the orderlies patrol and we had to help to serve breakfast. After that there was time to washup and soon it was time for Challenge 2, in which the division would be divided to many different groups to take part in different competitions against other divisions. We chose Pioneering and First Aid.

I was in the pioneering group and so we had to assemble infront of the Camp Store at 9. We were shown pictures of catapults and also given a number of gadget poles to work with. Then we were given 20 minutes to brainstorm on how we would want to build our catapult. It was graded by Creativity, Feasibility, Stability and lastly the distance which the object would move when we throw it with our catapult.

We decided to build it with 2 improvised tripods and we finished everything within one hour. After which we tried testing it and improvised our idea. Then different divisions had to try their own catapults to see whose one could make the object move a longer distance. Even though ours did not move the furthest compared to other divisions, we got the highest for pioneering :) The other team that went for First Aid also got the highest. Good job everyone :D

Soon we had lunch and then it was singalong session at division level. We all had fun singing the campfire songs and there was a lot of laughters :) Then there was the non competitive telematch with other divisions and all of us took part in the 4 games. Then it was dinner and after bathing, it was the campfire. We sang many songs, watched skits and had fun together. After campfire it was supper and lights out.

For day 4, we woke up and started to chai all our gadgets except for the kitchen dresser and also the tent. After breakfast, 4 of us went to wash toilets as we were the health patrol and the other continue to chai the gadgets. At around 10 plus all of us striked the tents and had elevenses in the lodge. After that, we had the prize presentation.

Within the east division, we got 1st for best identity, 2nd for best flag, 2nd for best gadgets :D We were very surprised and shocked when we knew that we got 1st for inter-patrol competition among the other divisions :)

Camp Challenge 2009 was a very good and fun learning experience for all 8 of us. Even though there were some parts which we were tired, all of us pushed on and continued to support each other. We all got to know each other better, the year 3s and the year 2s and it was an eyeopener for all of us.

We are all very happy to be able to come to this camp, learn new things and make many many new friends. What really matters is not the result, but what is most important it that we enjoy the process and at the same time try our very best. Like what Miss Tang said, we go to the camp not to have winning as our only aim, but to help other patrols when they need help, have fun and bond together as a patrol :)

Thank you all the seniors that have came back to help to train us and advice us even though all of you were very busy. Thank you guiders for the support that yall have given us during this period of time. Thank you everyone for the jiayous and good luck, i am very sure all 8 of us appreciated it very much :D

Jiayou for guides and future jihes!

Love guides :D

Hello guides :)

Hoped that the holiday has been a productive one so far! While all of you take the time to relax and de-stress, do not forget to work hard too :D Also, there would be orientation prep on the 19th, 22nd and 28th of December. Details would be posted on moodle nearing the dates for preparation.

Good Luck to the Camp Challenge Team consisting of 3 year 2s and 5 year 3s who will be going for the 4D3N camp next friday. They have been working hard, so do cheer them on with just a simple jiayou or good luck :)

Enjoy your remaining holidays! :)