Activity Overview
Sec1s:
1330-1345 - Fall In
1345-1545 - Gadget Tying
1545-1645 - Campfire Songs
1645-1715 - Games
1715-1730 - Fall Out
Sec2s:
1330-1345 - Fall In
1345-1545 - Gadget Tying
1545-1645 - Orienteering Theory
1645-1715 - Dialogue Session
1715-1730 - Fall Out
Sec3s:
1330-1345 - Fall In
1345-1415 - Building of Campfire theory
1415-1530 - Physical Training
1530-1715 - Tying of Flagpole
1715-1730 - Fall Out

Firstly, sec ones learnt the basics of gadget tying, like the clove hitch, square lash and frapping
We had to tie two poles together within 3 minutes and untie everything in 30 seconds.
And we kept to the time limit most of the time so we didn't have to do any punishment :)
Then, the ICs taught us how to tie the gadget poles into bundles of 10
We have to create an 'S' shape with the twine first, then tie it all up.

Next, we were taught campfire songs like Linger, Canadian Vesper, etc.
We then had to split into the first four patrols and the last four patrols in order to get that enthu spirit up and awake!!
It was super duper fun!!

Then, since it was still early, we had games like Hunter, Fire, Earthquake, Elope, the $1 coin game, etc.
During the coin game, we were supposed to make the person guessing where the coin was think that we were holding the coin when we didn't.
One forfeit was to write guides with the, ahem, butt.
It was hilarious

So yarhhs, that's all.
-peixuan


heyys =D

Today's Act for Sec1s:
We learned Gadget tying, using the twines we've brought.
Its interesting, as it was my first experience, but yet confusing. It took everyone quite a long time to get the steps right, for the ma'ams and ICs came to us individually and taught us. In the end, we managed to tie the poles together quite well.

After practicing and practicing, we were given a time limit to tie and untie the knot, it was rather challenging, as we need to do it within 3 minutes and 30 seconds respectively.

After the tyings, we were taught to sing the campfire songs. For some of us are going for the campfire at ACS(I) next Saturday, we have to know some of the commonly sung songs.
At the start, everyone was soft. But after singing a few songs, we became more enthusiastic as the first 4 patrols and the last 4 patrols started to compete with each other on who can sing louder. Venus ma'am praised us that we are fast learners :D

Next we went to the concourse for games.
We played 'Splat', 'Fire, Hunter, Earthquake' and coin passing games.
We were quite familiar with the Splat game, as we've played it before.
I was confuse at the 2nd game for i'm not sure what to run for and what to stay. So in the end i was the first to get kicked.
Everyone sang along the coin song enthusiastically as we passed the $1 coin around.

So that was about the end.
I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and i bet every sec 1s does :D

-YingJia


On Friday, 6th March 2009, the sec 2s had gadget-tying. Personally, I found it exceptionally enjoyable. We went to 1 Perseverance and did gadget-tying. We tied the square leash for a total of nine times. The first round, we were asked to tie a 48” pole to a 24” pole. The number of 48” poles that we needed to tie depended on the number of people in that particular patrol. The next eight rounds were all individual.

Unfortunately, we were not on time for the first seven rounds of tying the square leash. We were 17 seconds late for the first round, 19 seconds late for the second round, 4 seconds late for the third and fourth round(as the ma’ams gave us 2min 15sec), 14 seconds late for the fifth, 10 seconds late for the sixth, and 15 seconds late for the seventh round.

Even with that much time, a few of us could not complete the knot in the given time.

Finally, at the eighth round, we finally managed to complete in 2mins. I was elated, but then realised that there were still two people who did not finish it in time due to some reasons. At the last round, the ninth round, the ma’ams gave us as much time as we needed to tie the square leash, and it needed to be standard.

Overall, I think that Friday’s gadget-tying was not very good, but we might have improved a little, and that we could improve a lot more.

After gadget-tying, we proceeded to 1 Holiness to learn more about orienteering. We revised on how to find true north, the parts of a compass, grid reference, and learned about bearings.

I felt that the revision on orienteering cleared many of our doubts on the parts of the compass and mostly bearings.

After we had completed revising on orienteering, we had dialogue session.

Overall, I felt that Friday’s activity was very good as we managed to learn more about orienteering and improved a little in gadget-tying.

- Angelina Fong


We falled-in at 1.30pm with anxiety over what today’s activity was going to be about. Many Secondary 3 Guides were late as their teachers had held them back. We then went behind Grotto to learn how to set up a campfire. It was rather interesting as many things were new to us and we didn’t actually know what happened behind closed doors like the soaking of firewood in kerosene and bundling the cobhouse together with a metal wire. It was a new experience for us.

Then, it was Physical Training but not the normal sets we always do. We had to run 20 Suicides which was an incredible feat for most of us as our staminas had decreased greatly. Nevertheless, we all completed the 20 Suicides. Each of us picked a spouse/wooden pole. Our first thought was that we were going to build a mini structure. However, we had to do Physical Training with it. The pole was quite heavy and was about our heights. We were told to hold the log above our heads while every guide ran 2 rounds. It was very tiring as we were already out of breath by the time we finished the 2 rounds. Most of us didn’t do the standard way and it was quite demoralizing.
After putting back the poles, we proceeded to do a flagpole. Choosing of the poles was moderate and we gained more experience in choosing the appropriate poles for the various roles in the flagpole. Halfway through the time limit given which was 20minutes, the 1st 4 patrols group realized that we were short of a lashing. Therefore, we had to bring the whole structure down and redo the lashings on the erecting pole. In the end, we took 40 minutes which was twice the time limit given while the 2nd 4 patrols took 22minutes. We felt very guilty for increasing the punishment. We could have done much better if we did not do things sloppily and slowly. 60 Jumping Jacks was then carried out as a punishment. Secondary 3 Guides then falled-in with the rest of the company and was dismissed.
Overall, I feel that our batch could have done better in today’s activity and we did not put in our utmost best.

-Cherlin

Activity Overview
Sec1s:
1330-1345 - Fall In
1345-1545 - Gadget Tying
1545-1645 - Campfire Songs
1645-1715 - Games
1715-1730 - Fall Out
Sec2s:
1330-1345 - Fall In
1345-1545 - Gadget Tying
1545-1645 - Orienteering Theory
1645-1715 - Dialogue Session
1715-1730 - Fall Out
Sec3s:
1330-1345 - Fall In
1345-1415 - Building of Campfire theory
1415-1530 - Physical Training
1530-1715 - Tying of Flagpole
1715-1730 - Fall Out

Firstly, sec ones learnt the basics of gadget tying, like the clove hitch, square lash and frapping
We had to tie two poles together within 3 minutes and untie everything in 30 seconds.
And we kept to the time limit most of the time so we didn't have to do any punishment :)
Then, the ICs taught us how to tie the gadget poles into bundles of 10
We have to create an 'S' shape with the twine first, then tie it all up.

Next, we were taught campfire songs like Linger, Canadian Vesper, etc.
We then had to split into the first four patrols and the last four patrols in order to get that enthu spirit up and awake!!
It was super duper fun!!

Then, since it was still early, we had games like Hunter, Fire, Earthquake, Elope, the $1 coin game, etc.
During the coin game, we were supposed to make the person guessing where the coin was think that we were holding the coin when we didn't.
One forfeit was to write guides with the, ahem, butt.
It was hilarious

So yarhhs, that's all.
-peixuan


heyys =D

Today's Act for Sec1s:
We learned Gadget tying, using the twines we've brought.
Its interesting, as it was my first experience, but yet confusing. It took everyone quite a long time to get the steps right, for the ma'ams and ICs came to us individually and taught us. In the end, we managed to tie the poles together quite well.

After practicing and practicing, we were given a time limit to tie and untie the knot, it was rather challenging, as we need to do it within 3 minutes and 30 seconds respectively.

After the tyings, we were taught to sing the campfire songs. For some of us are going for the campfire at ACS(I) next Saturday, we have to know some of the commonly sung songs.
At the start, everyone was soft. But after singing a few songs, we became more enthusiastic as the first 4 patrols and the last 4 patrols started to compete with each other on who can sing louder. Venus ma'am praised us that we are fast learners :D

Next we went to the concourse for games.
We played 'Splat', 'Fire, Hunter, Earthquake' and coin passing games.
We were quite familiar with the Splat game, as we've played it before.
I was confuse at the 2nd game for i'm not sure what to run for and what to stay. So in the end i was the first to get kicked.
Everyone sang along the coin song enthusiastically as we passed the $1 coin around.

So that was about the end.
I enjoyed myself thoroughly, and i bet every sec 1s does :D

-YingJia


On Friday, 6th March 2009, the sec 2s had gadget-tying. Personally, I found it exceptionally enjoyable. We went to 1 Perseverance and did gadget-tying. We tied the square leash for a total of nine times. The first round, we were asked to tie a 48” pole to a 24” pole. The number of 48” poles that we needed to tie depended on the number of people in that particular patrol. The next eight rounds were all individual.

Unfortunately, we were not on time for the first seven rounds of tying the square leash. We were 17 seconds late for the first round, 19 seconds late for the second round, 4 seconds late for the third and fourth round(as the ma’ams gave us 2min 15sec), 14 seconds late for the fifth, 10 seconds late for the sixth, and 15 seconds late for the seventh round.

Even with that much time, a few of us could not complete the knot in the given time.

Finally, at the eighth round, we finally managed to complete in 2mins. I was elated, but then realised that there were still two people who did not finish it in time due to some reasons. At the last round, the ninth round, the ma’ams gave us as much time as we needed to tie the square leash, and it needed to be standard.

Overall, I think that Friday’s gadget-tying was not very good, but we might have improved a little, and that we could improve a lot more.

After gadget-tying, we proceeded to 1 Holiness to learn more about orienteering. We revised on how to find true north, the parts of a compass, grid reference, and learned about bearings.

I felt that the revision on orienteering cleared many of our doubts on the parts of the compass and mostly bearings.

After we had completed revising on orienteering, we had dialogue session.

Overall, I felt that Friday’s activity was very good as we managed to learn more about orienteering and improved a little in gadget-tying.

- Angelina Fong


We falled-in at 1.30pm with anxiety over what today’s activity was going to be about. Many Secondary 3 Guides were late as their teachers had held them back. We then went behind Grotto to learn how to set up a campfire. It was rather interesting as many things were new to us and we didn’t actually know what happened behind closed doors like the soaking of firewood in kerosene and bundling the cobhouse together with a metal wire. It was a new experience for us.

Then, it was Physical Training but not the normal sets we always do. We had to run 20 Suicides which was an incredible feat for most of us as our staminas had decreased greatly. Nevertheless, we all completed the 20 Suicides. Each of us picked a spouse/wooden pole. Our first thought was that we were going to build a mini structure. However, we had to do Physical Training with it. The pole was quite heavy and was about our heights. We were told to hold the log above our heads while every guide ran 2 rounds. It was very tiring as we were already out of breath by the time we finished the 2 rounds. Most of us didn’t do the standard way and it was quite demoralizing.
After putting back the poles, we proceeded to do a flagpole. Choosing of the poles was moderate and we gained more experience in choosing the appropriate poles for the various roles in the flagpole. Halfway through the time limit given which was 20minutes, the 1st 4 patrols group realized that we were short of a lashing. Therefore, we had to bring the whole structure down and redo the lashings on the erecting pole. In the end, we took 40 minutes which was twice the time limit given while the 2nd 4 patrols took 22minutes. We felt very guilty for increasing the punishment. We could have done much better if we did not do things sloppily and slowly. 60 Jumping Jacks was then carried out as a punishment. Secondary 3 Guides then falled-in with the rest of the company and was dismissed.
Overall, I feel that our batch could have done better in today’s activity and we did not put in our utmost best.

-Cherlin

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