Wednesday, November 21, 2012 @ 11:18 PM
Reflections for East Division Day
Yun Yee, Sec 2, Hibiscus Patrol
Guides East Division Day was a very memorable experience for me as a secondary two. All the Girl Guides from various schools in the east gathered together to commemorate East Division Day at Bedok View secondary and one can expect it to be filled with energetic girls ready to complete their mission!
Anyway when we walked towards the hall, we proceded with the opening ceremony and everyone was very excited. Girl guides got ready for the competitions by dressing up, and also practicing some moves for dance. For me, I took part in the cheerleading competition. And much to our surprise, we won the first place! We cheer ed for other schools too, after completing the cheers. In preparation for the cheers, we met up frequently to recite and also practice the moves. We also seeked advice from the secondary 3 seniors in order to perfect the whole things and make it look awesome, hence our winning first place also has the contributions of the teachers and the seniors! The other competitions were also held very successfully with the guides doing their best in everything!
It was overall a very fun and exciting experience. Everybody did their best and regardless of the outcomes of the competitions, we had a lot of fun!
Kristie, Sec 2, Dove Patrol
This year's EDD was a special one to me as I did not participate in anything last year. Despite the fact that my job was just to help out in the guides booth, I had learnt a few things there. Before EDD, our seniors have asked us to design some badges and bags. If they are very nice, it would be chosen as one of the designs that we are going to make. I had designed various designs of badges and bags. However, I did not think that they are very nice as my art was always very bad since young. Also before EDD, our seniors had given us some badges and bags that they had made and designed earlier on and asked us which of those would we chose if we were the customers. I had given my opinions of which badges should be mass produced and the prices should be less costly as most of the customers would either be brownies or guides and would not be able to afford things that are too expensive.
On the day of EDD, I have play a part by bringing some things from the hall to our booth which is located in between the linkway of two school blocks. At our booth, I have made badges and did some promotions to promte our badges and bags. From this year's EDD, I have learnt how to make badges using the machine. Also, I learnt how to attend to customers and understand that sincerity is important in trying to convince the customer to buy our goods.
To me, this year's EDD is actually quite fun and meaningful as we can bond our relationship with the other schools' guides while taking part in competitions at the same time. I learnt many things like operating the stamp machine and many more. I am really looking forward to the next year's EDD.
On the day of EDD, I have play a part by bringing some things from the hall to our booth which is located in between the linkway of two school blocks. At our booth, I have made badges and did some promotions to promte our badges and bags. From this year's EDD, I have learnt how to make badges using the machine. Also, I learnt how to attend to customers and understand that sincerity is important in trying to convince the customer to buy our goods.
To me, this year's EDD is actually quite fun and meaningful as we can bond our relationship with the other schools' guides while taking part in competitions at the same time. I learnt many things like operating the stamp machine and many more. I am really looking forward to the next year's EDD.
Zhi Wei, Sec 1, Dove Patrol
For East Division Day, I was involved in the Healthy Snack Making competition. Basically, me and my other group mates, Christy and Qi Rou, had to come up with a dish that matched with the theme which was 'Empowering Girls' and was healthy. Our first proposal got rejected but we finally decided to make a 'homemade tomato sauce spaghetti' and salad which contained a lot of healthy ingredients such as onions, carrots, lettuce and of course, tomatoes. Before the competition, all three of us tried to make the dish and overall I think we did rather well and we were well prepared. We each divided our work equally. Christy and I had to cut up the ingredients while Qi Rou stir-fried them and made the salad. When we tasted it, I think that it tasted quite good. I think that our preparation went smoothly as we did not have any arguments at all and we worked well together. On the day of the competition, I was feeling quite excited as I felt confident that our dish was going to taste nice. When we started cooking, I felt that we were very well-coordinated as we had allocated our roles before the start of the competition. I started of by cutting the ingredients up with Christy and Qi Rou was making the salad. Half way through, I saw that most of the other competitors made small snacks like sandwiches and I thought that it looked quite delicious. When we were done with cooking, we arranged our dish on the place mat nicely with a glass of water and flowers. I think that the end result was up to my expectations as it was very fragrant and looked very delicious too. The other competitors who were done had arranged their dishes very nicely as well. Some even wore bananas and held banana leaves as part of their presentation which I thought was very creative. When the judges tasted our dish, I felt a little bit nervous. However, when the judges tasted our food, their expressions did not give away how they felt of the dish. We cleared up and had to stay behind to unclog the sink because us Guides and Brownies did not clear their plates before washing them. When we were done, we went up to the hall just in time for the prize giving ceremony. I felt nervous when they were about to read out the winners. However, our school did not win. But I still think the overall experience was extremely enjoyable and I learnt a lot of new skills from there. I learnt how to cook better, learnt how to cooperate with my teammates and learnt how important teamwork was from this competition. I felt like we did try our best and put in all our efforts when cooking. This is something I would like to try again next year. (:
Yin Shyn, Sec 1, Sparrow Patrol
It’s the first year that I went for such a competition
that involved the whole cca. I was in the choral/singing competition, since I
have never sung in front of a large crowd before, I was quite nervous. Then
since, I was also involved iin the Mid autumn singing contest, I decided that
this was a good experience to practice singing. For the next few days in the
week after we were notified of which competition we were in, the whole group met
during mental and lunch break on different days to decide who sings which part
and practice singing as a group. We had to change the parts a few times before
we decided on how the whole thing was going to be like. Then during cca, we had
to perform in front of everybody for the first time. Everything went quite
smoothly after that and the whole group inmproved a lot in chemistry.
On the day of the competition we were informed that
there was a high chance that we will be the first ones to sing, since Anglican
High’s name started with the letter a and we were the only school in the east
zone that had that letter. However, luckily thhe order of singing was according
to how we were seated in the room. We listened to the other groups sing and as
it came closer to our turn, we all got butterflies in our stomachs. After performing, we were all asked to wait
outside while the judges discussed who won the competition. We emerged third
from the competiton, while cheerleading and fashion show emerged champion, and
I was so elated to hear that. After that, we did a company cheer and took
photos. It was truly and wonderful experience and I can’t wait for next year’s
EDD to arrive.
