Sunday, 12 September 2010
@ 2:19:00 pm
Heyy there!
The meeting on 2nd August, Monday was cancelled by Ms Soh due to last minute’s arrangement for the PLs to participate in GOH for the YOG Torch Relay (:
We had a meeting on 4th August, Wednesday. That day, the assembly ended late due to the dance performance. So, instead of the usual 2.45 pm, guides started at 3 pm to allow everybody to take their lunch. At 3pm, everyone was fell in by Nicole. After the PSes reported strength, changing out of their pinafores and checking of attendance completed, all of us proceeded to 1/8 classroom. Those guides who did not have their lunch due to valid reasons such as recycling collection were allowed 15 minutes to grab a bite at the canteen.
Once in the classroom, everyone sat in their individual patrols and had a twenty-minute discussion on their photographs for the Guides Photography Competition. Every patrol had to take 1 photograph that depicts YOG and Guides, which was the theme of the competition. The photograph has to portray the Youth Olympic Values of Friendship, Respect and Excellence. So, every patrol was supposed to finalise the details and had their photos taken during guides that day. However, many patrols did not have a camera. So, we decided to give them the time to sit down in their patrols to discuss instead.
At 3.40 pm, the guides headed to the outdoor stage for Sec 1 Orientation preparation with Dorothy, Clara and Sherwynn. The rest of us stayed in 1/8 classroom to check our respective logbooks. There was no paint and materials to start the backdrops and there was also not enough time to soak wood for the firepit, so everyone helped structure that day to practice with their knots. At about 4 pm, we had a surprise visitor! KAI YING, one of the PLs when I was in Sec 1. She was the PL of Flowerpecker Patrol, in PLC ‘07/08. She came to visit us, accompanied by our seniors Kai Li and Pamela!:D
At 4.40 pm, the guides packed up the poles and lashing and started with footdrills. Kai Ying inspected their footdrills with the usual commands: kekanan pusing, kekiri pusing, cepat jalan, hentak kaki, etc. We showed her our knowledge of the formation of a squad. She also made the guides do some fun footdrills.
While in the classroom checking the logbooks, the PLs found three hilarious mistakes. One patrol wrote that we had “WATER PARTY”! (It was supposed to be water parade!) Another wrote that they had to put their water bottles on their head after water parade when they were supposed to overturn their water bottles. That was to ensure that they had completely finished all their water. Hahaha! The funniest mistake made was one of the scripts had it that we had SEASIDE running as punishment. What a joke! It was supposed to be SUICIDE running! On top of that, there were plenty of grammatical errors in the logbook entries :( (TSK TSK!)
After doing the footdrills for quite a while, we gave the guides 4 minutes to run to the canteen to grab their bottles and then assembled at the outdoor stage for the ‘water party’. Everyone was told to ‘place their bottles on their head’ after finishing their drink. When we told them their silly mistakes and the rationale for making them ‘place their bottles on their head’, everyone burst into laughter. We told them they would continue doing exactly what they wrote in their logbooks in future, such as those silly mistakes they made. Melissa added on, “Guides, we did not bring you to the beach, neither is there any palm trees or coconut trees in the school!” With that, everyone laughed even more heartily.
At 5.30 pm, Kai Ying, Kai Li and Pamela took their leave and bade everyone farewell. Thereafter, we started with our Suicide Running as a form of punishment, this time for not greeting PLs and when teachers walk past. Ixora and Kingfisher tied for the first. At 5.40 pm, we changed and fell out. Next, we had our debrief.During our debrief, we told the guides about the new Best Patrol Scheme.The implementation of the Best Patrol Scheme is to encourage bonding and teamwork amongst the patrol members. The best patrol will be decided by PLs by the end of each meeting. The criteria will be based on the winning team of the Suicide Running Competition between buddy patrols, msubmission of proposals (in terms of punctuality and quality) and the quality of their logbooks. The winner for the best patrol award for this meeting went to Kingfisher. The reason why Ixora failed to win was because their scribe had complained about how tiring guides was. They complaint that the PLs were being very unfair as some people were allowed to rest while others had to continue to do footdrills even though they were tired too. It was all a misunderstanding – A few people were allowed to rest because they were sick and unable to march. We concluded our debrief by 5.55 pm and everyone was dismissed.
SO SORRY FOR THE LATE DISMISSAL! The PLS have since decided to dedicate 10 minutes before the end of meeting for debrief session before we fall out. This is to ensure that everyone can be dismissed promptly and punctually by the stipulated time for each meeting. We do apologise for any inconvenience caused earlier!
♥ Charmaine
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