Thursday, 25 March 2010
@ 5:12:00 pm
Ello!
We had an unofficial meeting on 10 March from 2.45pm to 5.45pm. We were going to do SRIT on that day! :D
Fall in was at 2.45pm and PSes reported strength before everyone was given 2 minutes to change out of their pinafores and grab their bandanas or scarves and return. When we did, we fell in again and had inspection followed by a briefing. Then, Kai Li got us to go into patrol corners and PSes were to tell the juniors what SRIT was all about. Soon, a representative was sent from each patrol and they were given their 1st clue to their 1st station. Off we go! :D
Dove's 1st station was 'Musical Marching' and Natalie was the IC of the station. Upon reaching the Outdoor stage, we greeted Natalie and she briefed us on the rules and instructions of the game. Thereafter, she held out her fists and asked me to pick 1 of them. I pointed at her right and this meant we had to do 'Hentak kaki jepat hentak'. Next, she fell us in and arranged us in 2 columns before starting the game. Natalie then gave the command and we started to march while she blasted music from her phone. When the music stopped, we had to take note of which foot it stopped at so that we would know how many more marches to do before finally stopping, ie: If it stopped on the left, we had to march 3 times or if it stopped on the right, we had to march twice. We had quite a bit of fun and soon, the game ended and Natalie then fell us out. We said a cheer and thanked Natalie before we were given our next clue.
That was the 1st station. The next station was mended by Amanda and it was a WET game! Yay! Haha. This station involved four members taking a plastic bag each and filling it with water and putting 3 marbles in each of the four bags. Then, we would tie the bags at different points on the string that was tied to the two pillars at the back of the parade square. After that, we would sit below each bag and ensure it was in between our legs. Next, we had to close our eyes and call out whoever's name whom we thought her bag contained a marble. When this was done, Amanda would burst the bag and water would splash all over our legs. After a few moments, Amanda stopped the game and revealed to us that we had found all 3 marbles. On each marble was a numbered label and this number would determine which campfire song or cheer we had to sing.
The 3rd station was Pamela's station and there, we were going to teach our Secondary 1s how to fold and tie the guides scarf! :D Firstly, she gave us a few minutes to teach the juniors and then made us tie on each other. Next, she checked the scarves and later told us to get into pairs to walk along the bridge while 1 person from each pair tried to tie a scarf on her partner. Following that, we were to tie a scarf around our partner while JUMPING! Haha. It was quite fun but difficult at the same time too.
Joycelyn was in charge of the 4th station and it was a SCAVENGER HUNT! :D She gave us a list of things to find and only gave us a limited time to find all those things. These included: a teacher's signature (forge and you die), satay stick, To kill a mocking bird poster (which was never found), a bowl of sand, paintbrush from the Artbox, blu-tack and others. For each minute we were late, points would be deducted. At the end of it, she would check all the items against her list and then when we were done, she gave us our next clue.
The 5th station was at the steps nearest to the HDB gate and Kai Li was the IC of that station. There, we were to teach the Secondary 1s how to tie a squarelash knot and then, together with the whole patrol, we were to try to tie the longest ladder ever using gadget poles and provided twine! :) It was quite fun but while tying the knots, the poles would move as someone else would be tying at that pole too so it got rather tricky.
Finally, the last station was another WET game, mended by Cheryl. There, we had to take off our shoes and socks and choose a representative from our group to hold a piece of paper. The rest of the patrol members then had to protect this piece of paper from getting wet by sheltering her while Cheryl would then take her Blaster to spray water at the whole group. When the pail was emptied, someone would have to fill it up at the tap at the track and come back to the gallery steps. After doing so, 1 member would be removed from the group and the game would continue. Dove was given full points for this station as we had managed to keep our 'paper-holder' and paper rather dry until it finally tore and a whole pail of water was doused at the paper-holder (me). Haha! :D
At the end of the whole SRIT, we were given time to change into our dry clothes and wait at the fall in area. While waiting, we played 'bomb' and talked among our peers and shared our experiences at the different stations. Soon, 5.45pm came so we fell in at the parade square and listened to announucements before falling out and thanking Qarissa and the PLs. After that was home sweet home!
Finished! Done! Wan le! Haha! :D
Lubbie-dubbie, Melissa! :)
SiYing; Chomel; Katrina; Meenatchi; Safila; Krystal; Christine; Siti; Rukaiya; Kalyani
Qarissa (YA)(not in picture); Sherwynn; Nicole (not in picture); Caitlin; Charmaine; Vanessa; Amanda; Claudia; Michelle