It was an emotional and memorable experience for us. Even before Annual Camp 2011 started, we were encouraging one another and the sec 2s also shared their experience at Camp Christine with us. Shirlynn ma’am even gave my camp patrol, Jubilee, some helpful tips and advice!

Day 1:
On the first day of camp, we had to fall-in in full guides’ uniform as Ci Fang and Kalista were going to get enrolled. Halfway through the enrolment ceremony, my vision suddenly became blurry and I had difficulty hearing. I remember falling out and going to the steps to rest. Someone helped me there, but I couldn’t make out who it was. I drank some water and soon, my vision recovered and I could hear clearly again. The first thing I saw were the ma’ams worried facial expressions. They attended to me for awhile before going back to continue the enrolment ceremony. However, Ally ma’am stayed behind with me until I was well enough to fall back in. Thank you ma’ams for looking after me.

I enjoyed the night games a lot. There was a variety of games, ranging from Kim’s game to supposedly scary games. There was this game called choose your fate where we had to pair up and draw paper that determined which body part each pair had to place a ping pong ball in between. Adeline and I got the thigh, Bernie and Chi Hui got the forehead while Cai Qin and Joycelina got the cheek. Adeline and I went first. We held each other at the waist and pressed our thighs tightly together. As my track pants were made of polyester, the ping pong ball would shoot out from in between our thighs when we exerted force on it. This happened countless times. However, Vivien ma’am and Jiaying ma’am kept encouraging us and said that we could do it. With their support and those of the other Jubilee members, Adeline and I managed to follow the yellow line with the ping pong ball in between our thighs. The ma’ams at the other night game stations also kept cheering us on. Thank you ma’ams for giving me the motivation to finish the game even though it seemed impossible to do so.

For supper, we were supposed to have biscuits and Milo. The guider saw that we did not have a proper dinner so she cycled down the hill to buy us bread and tuna in the rain. Before she allowed us to eat them, she wanted us to thank our sec 3 ma’ams and the other guiders and also respect them. She also told us that if we wanted to be respected, we have to in turn respect them.

Day 2:
I woke up very early on this day. The weather was very cold and I was shivering in the tent. Then, the sec 2s woke up and began telling my camp patrol that feeling cold was better than feeling hot. They told us that at Camp Christine, it was very muddy and they did not have to zips to zip up the tent. They had to tie up the tent instead. We were considered fortunate. We had morning exercise first. We cheered each other on when they felt tired. We had a lot of fun here and endured through even though we did this on an empty stomach. After this was breakfast. Everyone in my patrol ate their own share of food. However, when I came back from washing the cups and plates, I realized that a sec 2 had eaten 6 eggs! The ma’ams scolded us and told us that we should eat our own food and not push it to somebody else. Fast forward to the part where we had some games. My patrol cheered when we succeeded in completing each game. All in all, we had a lot of fun. Evening came and we had a campfire. Everyone was very enthusiastic. We cheered when our individual patrols went up to perform. The sec 1s batch item was a mime that was going to be used as our entertainer’s badge. We worked really hard for it and I felt delighted when the other guides cheered for us. We also had a mass dance and it was one of the highlights of the campfire.

Gracia Yong, Sec 2

This year’s annual camp was an interesting one and it was different from last year’s. I did not know what to expect from the camp and was a little worried about how it was going to be. We had to prep a lot before the camp, for example, the making of all our identities, flag, planning our food and gadget proposals and the campfire items. Our sec three maams really guided us and helped us with the pre camp prep.

Throughout the whole camp, I believe that we all learnt many new things, experienced many different experiences and tried out things that we never tried before, especially the secondary ones as this was their first annual camp. Being away from home also enabled me to appreciate the care and warmth of my family. However at camp, we bonded as a family as well, grew closer and got to know each other better.

I feel that this year’s camp was tougher in terms of the mental aspect. We had to endure and work together, for example, in meal times when we needed to stuff ourselves and not waste food, to the sets of PT we had to complete. Whenever any of us felt like giving up, our batch or patrol mates would stop and help us and complete the task together as one. Encouragements were always present and it motivated me to strive harder. Camp was also physically draining as well as it trained us to be tougher and increased our endurance level.

All in all, annual camp was a very educational and engaging one. Even with the troubles we went through in camp, I believe that we all did grow closer together and learnt many skills that will be useful in the future.

Also, I would like to thank the Secondary Three maams who also spent so much time and effort for this annual camp to ensure that it would be a successful one for us!

Sim Pei Jun, Sec 2

Throughout the camp, I think that it was not as tiring as what I expected. This year the seniors were not as strict anymore and they did not implement punishment also. We sometimes take for granted the permission for time extension and we did not have a sense of urgency throughout the whole camp. However, I think that many of us have already done our best. The activities that the trekkers had for us, I think that it was very useful as it really bond my whole group closer and also to learn the importance of working together, like cooperating together to achieve something, although it was something small. The camp was very enjoyable throughout and it managed to train my physical strength.

It was an emotional and memorable experience for us. Even before Annual Camp 2011 started, we were encouraging one another and the sec 2s also shared their experience at Camp Christine with us. Shirlynn ma’am even gave my camp patrol, Jubilee, some helpful tips and advice!

Day 1:
On the first day of camp, we had to fall-in in full guides’ uniform as Ci Fang and Kalista were going to get enrolled. Halfway through the enrolment ceremony, my vision suddenly became blurry and I had difficulty hearing. I remember falling out and going to the steps to rest. Someone helped me there, but I couldn’t make out who it was. I drank some water and soon, my vision recovered and I could hear clearly again. The first thing I saw were the ma’ams worried facial expressions. They attended to me for awhile before going back to continue the enrolment ceremony. However, Ally ma’am stayed behind with me until I was well enough to fall back in. Thank you ma’ams for looking after me.

I enjoyed the night games a lot. There was a variety of games, ranging from Kim’s game to supposedly scary games. There was this game called choose your fate where we had to pair up and draw paper that determined which body part each pair had to place a ping pong ball in between. Adeline and I got the thigh, Bernie and Chi Hui got the forehead while Cai Qin and Joycelina got the cheek. Adeline and I went first. We held each other at the waist and pressed our thighs tightly together. As my track pants were made of polyester, the ping pong ball would shoot out from in between our thighs when we exerted force on it. This happened countless times. However, Vivien ma’am and Jiaying ma’am kept encouraging us and said that we could do it. With their support and those of the other Jubilee members, Adeline and I managed to follow the yellow line with the ping pong ball in between our thighs. The ma’ams at the other night game stations also kept cheering us on. Thank you ma’ams for giving me the motivation to finish the game even though it seemed impossible to do so.

For supper, we were supposed to have biscuits and Milo. The guider saw that we did not have a proper dinner so she cycled down the hill to buy us bread and tuna in the rain. Before she allowed us to eat them, she wanted us to thank our sec 3 ma’ams and the other guiders and also respect them. She also told us that if we wanted to be respected, we have to in turn respect them.

Day 2:
I woke up very early on this day. The weather was very cold and I was shivering in the tent. Then, the sec 2s woke up and began telling my camp patrol that feeling cold was better than feeling hot. They told us that at Camp Christine, it was very muddy and they did not have to zips to zip up the tent. They had to tie up the tent instead. We were considered fortunate. We had morning exercise first. We cheered each other on when they felt tired. We had a lot of fun here and endured through even though we did this on an empty stomach. After this was breakfast. Everyone in my patrol ate their own share of food. However, when I came back from washing the cups and plates, I realized that a sec 2 had eaten 6 eggs! The ma’ams scolded us and told us that we should eat our own food and not push it to somebody else. Fast forward to the part where we had some games. My patrol cheered when we succeeded in completing each game. All in all, we had a lot of fun. Evening came and we had a campfire. Everyone was very enthusiastic. We cheered when our individual patrols went up to perform. The sec 1s batch item was a mime that was going to be used as our entertainer’s badge. We worked really hard for it and I felt delighted when the other guides cheered for us. We also had a mass dance and it was one of the highlights of the campfire.

Gracia Yong, Sec 2

This year’s annual camp was an interesting one and it was different from last year’s. I did not know what to expect from the camp and was a little worried about how it was going to be. We had to prep a lot before the camp, for example, the making of all our identities, flag, planning our food and gadget proposals and the campfire items. Our sec three maams really guided us and helped us with the pre camp prep.

Throughout the whole camp, I believe that we all learnt many new things, experienced many different experiences and tried out things that we never tried before, especially the secondary ones as this was their first annual camp. Being away from home also enabled me to appreciate the care and warmth of my family. However at camp, we bonded as a family as well, grew closer and got to know each other better.

I feel that this year’s camp was tougher in terms of the mental aspect. We had to endure and work together, for example, in meal times when we needed to stuff ourselves and not waste food, to the sets of PT we had to complete. Whenever any of us felt like giving up, our batch or patrol mates would stop and help us and complete the task together as one. Encouragements were always present and it motivated me to strive harder. Camp was also physically draining as well as it trained us to be tougher and increased our endurance level.

All in all, annual camp was a very educational and engaging one. Even with the troubles we went through in camp, I believe that we all did grow closer together and learnt many skills that will be useful in the future.

Also, I would like to thank the Secondary Three maams who also spent so much time and effort for this annual camp to ensure that it would be a successful one for us!

Sim Pei Jun, Sec 2

Throughout the camp, I think that it was not as tiring as what I expected. This year the seniors were not as strict anymore and they did not implement punishment also. We sometimes take for granted the permission for time extension and we did not have a sense of urgency throughout the whole camp. However, I think that many of us have already done our best. The activities that the trekkers had for us, I think that it was very useful as it really bond my whole group closer and also to learn the importance of working together, like cooperating together to achieve something, although it was something small. The camp was very enjoyable throughout and it managed to train my physical strength.