DHS-psyCOYlogy!

Hello all (:

Yesterday was the mock OJ for the Year 3s in preparation for COJ which will be held on 12 February. There were 6 stations which all the 6 patrols had to go through.

At the physical training station, we had to do circuits. Two people at a time were to carry 3 qing1mu4 and run up to the fourth storey while the rest were to do leg raise and ding3 a pail of water at the third storey. At the fourth storey, we had to do 10 star jumps, 10 burpees and run one round around the corridors of the classrooms. Before joining back to our patrol on the third storey, we had to do 15 pumpings and 10 star jumps. For the second part of the station, we had to ding3 boy’s style while two people were to do lunges to the lift area and do 10 squats before running back to join with the patrol.

For the survival skills station, we were given a scenario whereby we have to rescue two casualties in the cave within 9 minutes before the next expected explosion. We were to build a stretcher to rescue one of the causalities. At the same time, we had to collect as many coloured papers and white spars which would aid us with our escape. We could either build a rope ladder with the white spars or use the coloured papers in exchange with an escape route using the stairs. However, there would be a penalty if we wanted to use the coloured papers. We had to ding boy’s style while one person at a time would have to go out to answer questions.

At the minesweeper station, the patrol had to ding boy’s style, while one person would have to answer questions and the PL would aid another person to cross the minesweeper to and fro. We were given two qing1mu4 to tie on the spars which had previously been tied to the railings to aid us in our crossing. We had to strategise wisely in order to make sure everyone could cross. First, we had to cross from the top and then return by crossing upside down.

Next, at the survival skills station, the patrol was given 8 minutes to think of a dance to perform within 2 minutes with the given theme: stones and pebbles. Meanwhile, one person had to carry the ying2sheng2 up the stairs and arrange a filter with the given items. Next, two people were to do fire lighting while the rest of the patrol had to build as many emergency shelters as possible with whatever we had.

The next station was the electric fence station, where we had to crawl under raffia strings and avoid obstacles like tables and chairs. We had to collect as much green paper as possible and with it, exchange for a puzzle with the guides’ code which we had to put together and decode. After that, we were to follow the instructions of the code which was to tie a fireman’s chair to save a patrol member who was stuck in the toilet cubicle. However, many of us jumped to conclusions and decoded ‘fireman’s ladder’ instead of ‘fireman’s chair’.

At the last station, we were given a scenario whereby we had to build a small structure with the given mu4 to aid us in crossing an acid river. As the whole patrol was required to cross the river, we thus had to build a stable structure which could stand on its own. The correct structure to build was to tie a tripod stand and tie two hei1mu4 to it so that we could slide across the river.

Overall, I felt that we had to have a greater sense of urgency as we guo4shi2 many times and had to ask for many time extensions also. This OJ taught us to be more bonded as a patrol, have team spirit and work well together as well as putting our best and pia dao di.

Jiayou Year 3s for COJ!