Hey Guides :)

Yesterday we welcomed the 44th Batch of Guides into DHS Coy! The Year 2s have been anticipating this day when we would become seniors. They jihe-ed beside us at first, and we noticed their shyness and uneasiness right from the start, but as the activities for the day was being carried out, they gradually opened up and talked more. Some of the Year 1s did not like guides, but that is okay, as they do not know much about Guides yet and that is why we are here to teach them. We, as their Year 2s, will have to show a good example and teach our juniors how to be a girl guide, not just any guide, but a Dunman High Guide.

We started off with a 25 minute long patrol corner, where we introduced ourselves to the Year 1s and vice versa. We also introduced our patrol name(s), CL, ACL, QM, AQM etc. of our coy well as some li jies. After that, we had games. For my patrol, we began with the 3 legged race, followed by Blow Wind Blow, Dog and Bone, Charades. Overall, it was great fun! We had a mini-BBQ to end of the day. The Year 1s were quite amazed by how a fire could be started like that, and in the school too. Hope that they had a great time during their first jihe! ;)

After the activities, Mrs Poh announced that DHS Coy 1 and 2 had both achieved the Gold Puan Noor Aishah Award for last year. Good job to everyone who made this happen ;)

Last year, we were just like them. Coming into Guides, not knowing what to except but gradually learnt more about guiding life and loving it as well. This year, it would be our turn to guide the Year 1s, under the guidance of the Year 3s and 4s, and build a good foundation for them so that they would be able to pass down this to future batches. We would have to guide them, like the way the Year 3s used to guide us, show them that guides is not just a CCA, but a family.

Last but not least, here's a warm welcome from everyone to our Year 1s!

Jiayou guides! :D

Hi guides :)

Yesterday was our first jihe with our sec1s joining us! Seeing them for the first time definitely made us wonder how our new patrol will be like with them, and silently judging their appearance and their attitude. Im sure that the year 1s felt very unsure and uneasy too. However, as we had our activities together, they started opening up to us and vice versa. As new year 1s joining guides, we must remember that they do not have any idea how Dunman High guides are, hence we need to teach them basic li jies like kaolong, baoshu, not cutting between patrols during jihe etc. As much as we do not want to start of being fierce, we must be firm in making sure they follow our standards. Also, please all remember to set a good example for them by wearing standard attire during every jihe because if we do not, then they will not take our words seriously either.

Starting with our activities yesterday, we had patrol corner first. The usuals were carried out, introduction of patrolmates, patrol names, positions like Cl, ACL, QM, PL, PS etc in our coy, as well as basic li jies. After that were our station games for more bonding session and to portray our immense craziness when playing games. We had games like 3-legged race, charades, blow wind blow, dog and bone etc. Good job to those who planned these station games! :) After that was mini BBQ, where we met some of our year 5s and introduced them to our year1s. The food had were awesome and we definitely had our fill before jiesan :D Hoped that the year 1s enjoyed the food and games :D

After the bbq yesterday, Mrs Poh announced that for this year's PUAN NOOR AISHAH award, both Coy 1 and Coy 2 got gold! :D Good job to everyone who made this happened and i am sure all of us are very happy to hear this piece of good news :)

Every year, we have new year1s coming in who do not look interested in the first jihe, who did not put guides as their first choice, who talks about appealing to other CCAs (in front of or behind us thinking we cannot hear). However, we must not discourage ourselves thinking that they will never love guides the way we do. Remember when we first joined guides, even the year4s now did not love guides like crazy when we first stepped in. It was the seniors, the bonds, our jie4 that made us stick together and not quit, that made us realize guides is more than a mere CCA to us. Now, it is our responsibility to make the year1s feel at ease in guides and show them the kind of bond we have that cannot be found in other CCAs. We are one big family, i am sure the year 1s would be able to feel it in time to come :)

Lastly, WELCOME TO GUIDES YEAR 1s :D We hope that all of you would learn to love guides and enjoy the activities planned during jihe. Jiayou!

With much love, year4s.

Hi guides (:

Last Friday the y3s had oj to prepare us for the upcoming coj in week 6. We were split into 6 patrols and each patrol had to pack one peibei, first aid kit and come up with songs and cheers for the oj. However, we were not prepared with our 2 青木s which we are supposed to have for every oj.

After a short briefing, we were split into our patrols and the oj began. For my patrol, our first station was the acid river station. We were supposed to build a structure to cross the “river” so that nothing touched the river and got “corroded”, with the available materials, which included 白木、浅蓝木、红木 and 黑木. For my patrol, our structure was unstable and too heavy to get to the other side of the river. Therefore, many of our items and people dropped into the acid river.

Our next station was the physical training station, where we had to do 2 circuits. In the first circuit, 2 people from the patrol were supposed to run to the 4th level with the 青木s and then do 10 star jumps and 10 burpees. After that, we had to run 1 round around the 4th level and do 10 star jumps and 15 pumpings. The rest of the patrol were in leg raise position and supporting a bucket of water. For the 2nd circuit, 2 people were supposed to do lunges for a distances and complete 1 squats there, while the rest of the patrol were in boy style pumping position. In this station, many of our items got kupped and patrol spirit was low. We could have cheered more to boost everyone’s morale.

After that, our next station was the minesweeper station. In this station, we were given 5 minutes to tie our 青木s to the minesweeper to help us cross it. After that, the patrol was to be in boy style pumping position while one person crossed the minesweeper. I feel that as a pl for the station, I should have supported my patrol mates more to help them cross the minesweeper. In the end, only two people crossed. However, our patrol read our notes and could answer many of the questions, which was a good effort.

Our 4th station was the first-aid. In this station, we were very slow in the cave. We were also unsure about the first-aid measures to carry out to save the casualties. We must read our notes more. We were unable to find any complete sets of the coloured paper and thus had to built a rope ladder after that. We were able to tie the rope ladder but we did not take note of the protrusion and whether the 木 were level, and thus the rope ladder was rather impractical. We should take note of these next time.

For our 5th station, we get to crawl through an obstacle course to look for 8 puzzle pieces while the rest of the patrol dinged girl style pumping position and came out to answer questions. Our patrol spirit was better in this station and we cheered constantly. After that, we were given a guides code to solve. We were very slow at this and only solved half of the puzzle. The guides code told us to built a fireman’s chair to rescue a casualty from the toilet cubicle. Most of us did not know how to tie the fireman’s chair. We should ask our seniors or jie-mates before coj.

For the last station, we were tested on our survival skills. We were given 8 minutes to choreograph a dance related to stones and pebbles while 1 person at a time carry ying sheng up a staircase where we had to fill a bottle with items for a filter funnel. We placed the cloth wrongly and missed out one layer of items. We need to be more sure of our filter. As for our dance, it was rather successful and every one of us contributed, making it a patrol effort. In the second part of this station, 1 person had to start a fire with yuan zi lu and yuan zi la and boil a mess tin of water within 8 minutes, while the others built emergency shelters. Our emergencies shelters were not practical and we should have used the bricks to secure them properly. Our fire was started rather fast, which was good. None of our items got kupped in this station, which was also a good patrol effort (:

Overall, we did fairly well for this oj but there is still much improvement to be made. We need to boost our patrol morale more and be more sure of our notes.

Coj is coming up soon, jiayou y3s! We can do it (:

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!