On 10th April’s 集合 , Patrol 1 built a Pioneering Slide. This was one of my first times actively participating in the building of a Pioneering Structure, and before we started building it, we had Lash Training, where I had made some mistakes, causing my lashes to be loose, such as not compacting and holding tension, even though I had learnt these during previous Gadgeting Lash Trainings. Keeping these in mind, I made sure not to repeat these mistakes. Afterwards, we had to start building the structure. While doing this, my seniors explained the importance of 顶-ing the structure when tying, which I also witnessed, as because we did not 顶 properly, we had to keep moving our lashes and adjusting, which took up time. When building the structure, I had to help tie a Square Lash at the bottom of the frame, which I took some time to do. Thus, I think I can improve by trying to tie faster in the future and 报时 more to help everyone keep track of the time. Besides being more mindful of the time, I also learned the importance of accuracy in terms of measurements. We had problems fitting the three floorboards into the surface of the slide both horizontally and vertically, which resulted in us retying a lot of lashes and needing to tie extra clove hitch and half-hitches, because we did not measure frequently, and after measurements, we kept moving the 木 when tying. This experience taught me that while certain measurement and alignment issues may not be obvious in Gadgeting, Pioneering makes these a lot more obvious. At the end, we also participated in a competition with Patrol 3, which further reinforced the importance of urgency. Overall, this 集合 sharpened my Pioneering hard skills and my communication, time management and other soft skills.
On 10th April, Friday, we had our first PA (Patrol Activity) with our newly joined Year 1s! For our first activity, we had to take cute and trendy pictures with our patrol mates, such as the “head stack” pose and “Hadouken-ing” trend. It was really fun balancing and maintaining our poses, and we spent the activity laughing and bonding with each other. The only hiccup was taking the “Hadouken-ing” picture, where three of us had to jump at the same time to capture a shot of us being thrown back into the air. It took a couple of tries, but eventually, we managed to get the photograph. After we took all of the photographs, it was time for us to build a Fireman’s Ladder (FML). FML is a traditional Guides structure whereby one person climbs the ladder to the top before flipping over to the other side. I was assigned as the Patrol Leader for this activity, and to make it even trickier, the Year 3s were not allowed to speak. It was difficult to juggle between 顶-ing the 木 to the curb so as to make sure the structure would not topple over, checking for loose lashes, ensuring there were no protrusions, constant 报时-ing, and making sure that the 2 红木s were parallel to each other all at once. Thankfully, all of us worked with a sense of urgency, which allowed us to build our FML with minimal time extensions. We encouraged one another to try flipping on the FML, and while it was scary at first, eventually flipping over felt like a breeze, and soon, most of us were flipping over the FML with confidence and ease! In conclusion, this PA was a meaningful experience for me, not only growing my leadership skills but also allowing me to bond with my patrol mates.
For this session, we had our Patrol Activity (PA) at GSL Level 1, where we built a slide. I was super excited as it was a great opportunity to bond with my patrol. Each of the Year 3s were allocated a portion of the session to be the Patrol Leader (PL) and to instruct and oversee the building of the structure. The structure was not an easy one as there were many frames to complete, and a lot of thinking needed to visualise which frames to be completed first and when the frames should be 起-ed. We took a longer time to organise ourselves as there were measurements that had to be taken for each frame to fit perfectly into the other frames, and we had to retie some lashes. Thus, we were not able to fully stick to the initial timings allocated in the proposal. Our sense of urgency was not the best during that session as we were more relaxed since it was PA. To improve and keep to the timings, we should have 报时-ed a lot more and the PLs should have set specific timings for the lashes to be completed. We could have also planned the order of our frames and where we would be tying them or 起-ing them so that we could be more efficient when we start on them. The manpower could also be more evenly allocated such that the number of 做不s were reduced by allocating them to start on the next frame or prepare the other required logistics. We also took some time to address the issue of the floorboard not piecing together as it was sticking out in the structure. This would be a serious safety hazard when going down the slide. While there were areas for improvement, I felt really proud and satisfied as I saw the frames gradually come together, and we still had some time to play on the slide! I sat on the slide once and it was really fun, and I feel that this shows that Pioneering can be useful and fun as you can make functional structures. This session also served as an opportunity to help the Year 1s to be more familiar with Pioneering lashes, and shows that the quality of lashes has to be up to standard so that the structure is safe for our use. This was quite a fulfilling structure that allowed me to take note and work on my weaknesses, while still enjoying the process.
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