Hello
Guides! (:
Last
Saturday, we had our annual hike at Botanic Gardens! This was a special
activity held every year to bond the patrol from a different kind of 集合!
Everyone 集合-ed
at the school foyer at 7:40 am and after taking attendance, we bothered the bus
that brought us all the way to Botanic Gardens.
The
I/Cs briefed the Company on the hike. Here is the storyline:
Hello fellow guides, or should we
call you, runners? You are tasked with your final mission to be executed today.
Your mission is to venture through a foreign garden as a patrol. Your role is
very simple, yet very vital for our final phase of development of our antidote
for the deadly virus that has purged our lands. The cure to this epidemic lies
in your hands. Firstly, you must explore the
region around us, marked out on your maps as “Tree Trail”. In this region, you
will be locating trees and executing different tasks as instructed by us. These
trees contain the raw materials which you will need for the final antidote. We
will be notifying each patrol of their task via a Y4 through their smartphones.
The patrol that manages to finish all 10 tasks first, can notify us and they
will get to choose the station which they want to attempt first. Do note that
each station can only take in up to 2 patrols at any point in time. For patrols
that cannot finish finding all 10 trees by the given time limit, the station
master will tell you your station number and you should proceed there promptly.
Every patrol will be given 45 minutes to finish finding all the trees. Do you
have any questions? If not, good luck, you’ll need it. But before you are given your
first task, you have to solve a puzzle. The patrol that finishes first, can
hand in to the ics and obtain the clue to their first tree.
Puzzle to solve:
Tree Trail Tasks:
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Penega Laut
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We will
provide name.
Task: Find it
and describe its leaves, take a picture of the leaf too. (signboard as well)
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African or
Senegal Mahogany
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We will
provide picture.
Task: Find it
and take a selfie with the signboard and tree.
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Snake Tree
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Task: Find
the tree with a name that fits this criteria.
Fangs with
poison,
Cows and
oxens,
Predator is
who i am,
Zodiac will
be where I am.
Then take a
picture of signboard
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Malacca tree/
Indian gooseberry
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3-Pic-1 word
They need to
solve the word puzzle before they can take a picture of the signboard.
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Burmese
Banyan
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Task: Find
the name of this tree and then take a picture of its signboard.
Note: This
tree will have to come directly before the Burmese Teak.
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Burmese Teak
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Task: Find
the sister tree of Burmese Banyan. (Hint: They orignate from the same
country. )
Then take a
selfie with the signboard
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Kapur
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Crossword
puzzle
Only after
they successfully guess the name of the tree, they can proceed to find it and
take a picture of the signboard.
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Para Rubber
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Task: Find a
tree which can provide you with the materials to make: Boots, raincoat, tyre
and eraser. Take a picture of signboard
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Monkey pot
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Task: Find a
tree with a synonym to this word.
Ape
container.
Patrol will
have to guess the word correctly before proceeding to find the tree. Other
alternative words will be provided if patrol fails:
Gorilla,
ceramic container, vase, baboon etc.
Take picture
of the signboard and leaf litter.
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Draw
a picture
For station 1, the patrol will be
tasked to draw a particular object in the botanical garden which is in sight.
They should draw specific objects and not the scenery. Two people will share a
A4 paper (Will be torn into A5 size) and each person will be given two colour
pencils randomly. They will not be allowed to use other stationary that they
brought with them.
Write
a Story
They will then be told to link
all their drawings together and create a story. The station master will pass
the patrol a piece of paper in which they have to jot down their story. The
patrol will take turns contributing to the story individually, starting with
the Patrol Leader and followed by the year 1s down the 集合 order. They are not allowed to
discuss with others when jotting down their part of the story and they have to
incorporate the object that they drew into the portion of the story. The patrol
will then present their story to the station masters and the station masters
will film it down.
Thoughts…
Surprisingly, we managed to piece together a rather
smooth flowing story quickly although none of the items were related to each
other. Overall, I felt that this station went well as we were efficient as well
as effective, and also helped the patrol members to build rapport between
ourselves.
Station Two
The patrols had to complete a
relay race!
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Order
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Activity
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1
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Charades
Patrols
will be split into two groups. One group will be the guesser and one will be
the prompter. The station master will flash a word and the prompters will
have to hint the guessers with actions only and no words. A total of 10
words/phrases will be flashed. The patrol can only proceed on to the next
segment after they have guessed all 10.
Words/Phrases:
1.
白绳
2.
Eating Chicken
3.
Gangnam Style
4.
Instagram
5.
Gwiyomi
6.
Late for school
7.
Dreaming
8.
Milking a cow
9.
Mass Change
10. Inspection
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2
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Three-Legged
Race
Cancel if wet weather
The
patrol will then have to walk across a marked distance with their feet tied
together using strips of cloth. This is to promote their teamwork and
communication.
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3
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Balance
The Ball
Cancel if wet weather
The
patrol will then take turns in balancing a ball on plastic spoon and
transporting it to one end to the other in another marked distance. Lasts for
5 minutes
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4
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Jump
Shot
Cancel
if wet weather
Finally, they will be taking a
jump shot to end of this station. For this shot, everyone have to keep their
eyes open and flash their teeth, with all their feet off the ground. They
will have to keep retaking until they managed to take the perfect picture The
station is completed once they successfully take that shot.
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Thoughts…
The hike, even though early in the morning, still
put us in high spirits as we trudged along Botanic Garden. Our first station,
after completing the tree trail portion, was to do a relay race as a patrol,
tying every alternate leg together and then proceeding to reach our destination
together. It was hard, as we could not coordinate our actions, and in the end
we took a suggestion from one of our patrol members to instead crawl on the
ground using our butts. Though it was crude, it definitely was a more effective
method and we managed to finish our task within the given time. Next, we all
took turns to run back and forth to the palm tree while balancing a tiny ball
on a plastic spoon. This proved to be no challenge as we were able to complete
at least two rounds for the patrol and we felt quite satisfied after this
station.
Station
Three
“Say
it” game
Starting from 集合 order,
the patrol leader will say an item from the category and the rest of the patrol
will tap their thighs with one hand, then with both hands, then point out their
left followed by right thumb together with the PL. After that, the next person
in line, will continue. Once, someone repeats an item or the tapping action
becomes un-synced, the patrol will be considered to have fail the task. For
every successful round, the patrol will be presented with one of the questions
below.
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Question
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Answer
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What is
the relative molecular mass of ammonia?
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17
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List
the names of the PLs of the 45th Batch
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Rui Qi,
Wen Ting, Yue Wen, Iris, Hui Yuen, Susila, Shanice, Lynette, Elizabeth, Zhau
Yue
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What
comes down but never goes up?
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Rain
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You
patrol mate sprained her ankle. What will you do?
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Raise
her leg. Ice it. Compress it with bandage and elevate it.
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If I
drink, I die. If i eat, I am fine. What am I?
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Fire
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How
many months have 28 days?
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All 12
months
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What
can you catch but not throw?
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A cold
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What goes up but never comes down?
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Your
age
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Name
all the members in one direction
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Niall
Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson (Full name)
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List items in a peibei.
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yuan zi lu, yuan zi la, mess tins, qing tou, rubber
mallet, masheng, baisheng, poncho, groundsheet, fap, survival kit, newspaper
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When is
Thinking Day?
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22
February
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What
does WAGGGS stand for?
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World
Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
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When is
Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s birthday?
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16
September 1923
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What is
always coming but never arrives?
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Tomorrow
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What is
the center of Gravity?
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V
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Which
year was Home composed?
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1998
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Name
the colours of the rainbow in order
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red,
orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
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Name
the smallest country in the world
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Vatican
City
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Thoughts…
As the Botanic Gardens is huge, we took a long time
getting to our station. Despite that fact, we still had lots of fun. We were
tasked to form a skipping rope out of rubber bands to fit as many patrol
members as possible. The "jumpers" have to jump at the same time for
at least 6 times to ensure it is valid. The patrol (p5 vs p6) with the most
number of patrol members skipping using the skipping rope made out of rubber
bands wins. However, it was not easy to get the rubber bands as we had to play
a mini game beforehand which our patrol took some time with, causing the other
patrol (p5) to catch up with us. We could have been faster and more alert.
However, the games were enjoyable and all of us had fun!
Iconic Trail
Along
the way the patrols had to spot these icons and take a picture with it!
Mass Station
For
the mass station, the patrols played “老鹰捉小鸡” whereby everyone had “flags” attached to their
bag. The Patrol Leaders were at the front and had to rip off the flags from the
other patrols! They were given 1 minute to strategize and 10 minutes to attack!
Thoughts…
For mass station, many of us were excited as it
seemed very action-packed. We had hid our "flags" strategically and
rolled ourselves up into a spiral shape to protect the last person from getting
caught. Many of the patrols were eager to attack one another and soon it became
very fun as we had to defend ourselves against other patrol while we attack
them at the same time. We had to defend ourselves against many other patrol who
were coming in all directions, trying to rip the "flag" off our last
member. We tried to form alliances but it eventually broke apart and attacked
any vulnerable patrol seen. It was very exciting and we had a lot of fun
watching other patrols fend each other off and also defending ourselves against
other patrols. Eventually, even though we did not win, we managed to bond as a
patrol and stuck against one another to protect others, like a family.
In
the end, P6 won! After prize giving, patrols had a short patrol corner and it
was break off! We hope everyone enjoyed themselves!
Cheers,
Michelle
47th Batch Secretary
Michelle
47th Batch Secretary
