SUTC reflections

Hi! After seeing all the sec twos and ones chionging their guts out and foaming in SUTC, it's OVER!

After all the PT, changing parades, etc, maybe you guys should reflect on what went right and what went wrong. Why did you guys hold in push-up position (then to sit-up) at Macritchie? Did you help your friends when they could not take it? Did you ask for help if you needed it? Did you put in your best in whatever you guys did? If you did not put in your best effort, why?

Also, if you didn't go for the camp, please keep up with the standards. For example, the trainees learnt that they should have their sense of urgency whenever the dateline is given. So, if you didn't come for the camp, please raise your own standards.

SO, that being said, SUTC IS OVER =)

Now, flip to your camptimes three, the awards page. Can you see that Gabriel Kok got my award? Haha, actually I don't suan people that much, but oh well. And Gabriel's award is...

Bread for all meals in AC! =)

SUTC + Jobweek funtimes Part 2

Hi guys, we celebrate the end of Job Week by.... welcoming SUTC!

How happy we are now! Ok, so as we get into the mood of SUTC, you may want to see if you have done all these.
- Packed your bags properly
- Know the inspection layout very very well
- Done up your patrol items
- Have all parts of your Scout Uniform (it's not too late to borrow!)
- Printed out your consent form
- Have most of the important stuff for SUTC (like for sec ones, it could be a groundsheet/mess tin)
- Know the Scout Hymn by heart (according to the email wenhao sent)
- Fortunately, if you haven't learnt it yet, its not too late. You can scroll down to see the previous post and have a good look at the Scout Hymn (Hopefully it's not too late)

More tips
- Remember to count how many whistles the J1s blown
- If there are lectures, do not talk unless absolutely necessary
- Remember how to do inspection - FAST
- During an inspection, when they ask you to pack up, pack up fast. Do not put in item by item or else you foam

Ok, for the tips, it's from what I learnt. If you do not want to learn, you can learn it the hard way from SUTC. =)

Now, for the fun part.
Today's interesting stuff (although it was less):
- Be wary when you reject Yiming's offers. When asking you for a job, he is always nice and cheerful. If you reject him, he will call you a :- Old Hag, nerd, faggot, fei diao guy, messed up girl, "Oh, look at me, I talked nicely and you rejected me you *****", dog and many more. So, beware when you meet Yiming.
- We saw two cases of yesterday's briefs cases. In one case, the towel that HE was secured by threatened to drop and we used our will to stop it from dropping. Thank god it didn't.
- We spammed the sweets in order to get sugar rush, but we got barkings from dogs instead.

Now.... For the best point and most important thing I learnt from Jobweek!
!!!Yiming is a paedophile. He hates it when I call him that. However, whenever he sees kids, he would ask them, "Hey, are your parents at home?" with the MJ voice. He seems like he is possessed whenever he says that and the kid would have the "Oh no! It's the paedo!" face. However, they met their saviour- me, who would always be there to stop Yiming.

!!!When Yiming saw some cub scouts at the playground, he stopped to take a "rest". He started singing Hi-5 after I sang Barney with a sarcastic tone, but his Hi-5 theme song was damn MJ. It freaked them out.

!!!He would always blame his paedophiliac actions by pushing the blame to his baby brother. Oh, we believe him. :o

Disclaimer: I risk my life by putting out this portion about Yiming and may be forced to take it down anytime with violence. So, save it in a Microsoft word or something and circulate it! :o

Jobweek day 1!

Hi guys,
how was your job week experience?

Well, now I will share with you my Job Week experience. So, I went with Yiming and it was quite interesting.
First, we found an Indian couple having ___ at the staircase. They stared at us and we ran off. Ten stories down, we found a chinese couple doing the same thing. In both cases, the guy was at least half naked.
Yiming was cleaning a car for 10 dollars and then, I went to the two places next to him and got 10 each. He was like damn sad.
Yiming said he started AS a dog. He started barking after that.
Munglin's voice totally changed when I called him. He was like ... ... ...
We went to a HDB flat where there were spray paints on each level. Like some loanshark place.
We saw one freaking fat dude with only his briefs on. It was covered by his belly although I could see it was white.
*** Yiming doesnt want me to put the statement I want to say, but I can put it if everyone wants to read. (Hint: Its something about him and kids.)
Yiming kept saying that other people couldn't speak english properly, while one auntie commented on his chinese.
I read from VJ to Yiming's sms that he was earning less than a ____ worker.

So, do you have anything to share? Anything interesting? You can post it here to cheer for our patrol mates. =)

Jobweek + Tagboard

Hi guys, jobweek is just tomorrow!

Hope you have geared yourself up to get some money for 01 and for eagle!
Please try your best and do not give up. Think of helping eagle when you feel like giving up, if eagle wins you win too! So, plan your route again, think of alternative routes and try your best!

Also, for the tagboard, PLEASE do not use other people's id or impersonate others. It would not benefit either parties and it is not funny. However, you are free to tag on the tagboard as yourself. TRY not to spam but you are allowed to chat or anything here. =)

GOOD LUCK FOR JOBWEEK!

Inspection

Hi guys,
it appears that some sec ones still do not know the importance of inspection or what inspection is. When I asked someone in eagle, his reply was, "WAD IS THAT???????????????????????????????" So, inspection is something where the J1s want to check your stuff or for you guys to air your clothes. You must align according to the format which all the trainees would follow and thus, achieving a neat and tidy inspection which is standard across patrols and even the whole trainee batch. Failure to lay your stuff out properly or neatly or not standardized will result in the adding of your count.

Thus, it is very important to remember and memorize by heart the format or even try with some of your clothes at home. Also, you are to lay everything on a groundsheet and even the size is to be standardized (you can fold the corners or sth to ensure same size).

For sec ones and twos of eagle, you should have an email by Gabriel which contain the inspection layout (IMPT) and SUTC info which contains the contents of the post that Minglun posted (times to meet etc). Before the camp, you should have already remembered how to do inspection and gotten all your stuff ready. Sec ones, if you are lacking anything, remember to ask your sec twos for the place to buy your stuff or you can ask them about how SUTC is like, etc.

For sec threes, if you don't know inspection by now, please find either Minglun or me. If you are unsure about the layout, I have the file and I will send it to you. Please remember how to do too.

Some tips for SUTC

Hi guys, as you know, SUTC is coming up. Tomorrow will be SUTC prep 2 and it would probably be the same time in PE attire. Do not be late since your count will rocket again.
Tips for SUTC

For sec twos, I would like you guys to teach the sec ones how to do inspection. You are the trainees and it would be too late to teach them during the camp itself and you all will learn the hard way. Please try your best to bring them down to the army market to get items like mess tin and groundsheet which the sec ones would not have. If you still can remember we immediately added 700 last year for 7 late and 7 no consent form. Inform your SUTC patrol to bring consent form and come early.

For sec ones, listen to your sec twos and work together. If you are feeling damn shag or something during the camp, try to talk to your patrol. Try to tell jokes or chat if you have free time to keep your morale high. If you are in push-up position and you are foaming, ask for help. Also, although you are to listen to your sec twos, you can take on a leadership position. If I am not wrong, you are supposed to change a PL everyday. Do volunteer to be a PL and lead cheers. Do not give up! =)

Do not be scared or anything. Go for the camp and you will feel yourself growing physically and mentally. Good Luck! =)

SUTC details

Hey guys, SUTC is coming soon, so here are the details taken from Wen Hao's email, in case you didn't get it or something. It is just one day after job week, so try to pack to bag and get all the stuff you need beforehand. Also, learn the scout hymn because it might come in useful during the camp.

Scout Unit Training Camp

l         16^th to 18^th March 2009

l         Monday to Wednesday

l         Reporting time: Service Scout (Sec 3): 7 a.m.

                                      Trainees (Sec 1 and 2): 8 a.m.

l         Dismissal Time: 12 p.m.

l         Reporting Venue: Gym Hall Atrium (tentative)

l         Reporting Attire: Full Scout Uniform (Sec 1 and 2)

                                        PE Attire (Sec 3)

 

Personal pack list

 Clothing 

1.         4 sets of PE attire (recommended number)

2.         Sufficient underwear

3.         Socks (3 socks + 1 scout sock)

4.         Track Shoes

5.         Full Scout Uniform

6.         Sandals / Slippers

 

Optional Items

 1.         Extra set of Scout uniform

2.         Warm clothing

 

Toiletries

 1.         Toothbrush

2.         Toothpaste

3.         Shampoo

4.         Soap

5.         Towel

 

Optional Items

 

1.         Conditioner

 

Equipment

 1.         Water bottle ( 1.5 litres)

2.         Poncho

3.         Groundsheet

4.         Mess tin

5.         Scout notes

6.         Writing materials

7.         Torchlight with batteries

8.         Cutlery (fork+ spoon)

9.         Multi-purpose knife

10.     Hanger

11.     Personal Medication

12.     Ziploc / Plastic Bag

13.     Ez-link card with money

 

Optional Items

 1.         Insect repellent

 

 Patrol pack list

 1.         Consent forms of all members

2.         Patrol 1^st aid kit

3.         Camera

 

Contraband Items

 1.         Soft drinks & snacks

2.         Electronic devices (e.g. PSP)

3.         Luxury Items (e.g. sleeping bag, pillow and etc)

4.         Anti-social items (e.g. books)

5.         Cell Phones (all phones will be confiscated by the J1s at the start of camp)

6.         Cards (e.g. poker)

 

All secondary 2s please ensure that the secondary 1s are prepared for the camp. You might consider meeting up some day and revising some skills like pitching tents or etc. Be sure that your secondary 1s have all the equipment in their pack list. If they do not, bring them to the army market and get it as soon as possible. The camp is only next week.

 

Things to prepare

 1.         Patrol cheer

2.         Patrol 1^st aid kit

3.         Envelope containing the patrol name, members names and consent forms

4.         Collect all valuables to be given to the J1s on the 1^st day of SUTC before horseshoe

5.         Memorize the Scout hymn (everyone must know!)

 

 Scout Hymn

 Now as I start upon my chosen way,

In all I do, my thoughts, my work, my play,
Grant as I promise, courage new for me
To be the best, the best that I can be.

Open mine eyes to see things as I should,
That I may do my daily turn of good,
Let me be ready, waiting for each need
To keep me clean in thought and word and deed.

So as I journey on my chosen way,
In all I do, my thoughts, my work, my play,
Grant as I promise, courage new for me,
To be the best, the best that I can be.

 

 

An advice from the J1s: Be Prepared!