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4 August 2010

Dear guides, here is a post by year2 on saturday's activity:)

Last week, there was no jihe on Friday, but it was on Saturday instead. As the weather went well, Cooking Galore went ahead quite successfully.

We started off with attire check, making sure that we were all in our standard attire. This time, more people were in their standard attire compared to the previous time. We should always remember to come in standard attire as being in the proper attire shows respect for guides.

After that, we were split into three groups to build an indoor fire altar for each group. Throughout the whole process, there were different patrol leaders and patrol seconds assigned to take over the management of the building of the fire altar.

Throughout the building of fire altar, there was a pile of mu left by the side. We should always take the initiative, even to take care of the extra mu even though it may not be yours. After which we split the extra mu amongst the three groups to improvise and stabilize our fire altar.
I think that our attempt at the creative fire altar was quite successful as it was our first time building such a structure and it was quite stable.

We then went on with fire lighting. Our year threes also helped us whenever we encountered difficulties. Outdoor cooking went well and the food was really tasty.

After finishing the food and clearing up, we proceed to the LSP room to have initiatives. The year ones learned to bake banana muffins, year twos learnt to make potato salads and year threes tried on 算盘子. When everything is done, we gather in our patrols again to share the food we’ve made. We then started making our ice cream too. The food was delicious and even though my patrol’s ice cream did not really solidify entirely, we still enjoyed it.

Today was the year 2’s first time leading a patrol but many of us were indulged in our own work, and not making use of the patrol’s manpower well and teaching the year1s as we proceed with the activity. Through this activity, I learnt that we should involve the year ones more, to let them understand what we are doing so that they will gain more and learn more from the activity. Also, I learnt that the distribution of manpower and communication within the patrol is important.

This jihe is a memorable and enjoyable one, with delicious food and lessons learnt.

Jiayou dhscoy :)

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