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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.