Saturday, June 25, 2005
My Post at RINPCC's blog
am i disappointed with the attendance? of course. i know many of those who attended the full course are too.
the excuse that lmsc is a waste of time is completely untrue. u do learn useful things there. the updated drills, campcraft, + + + , and you get to have fun with ur squadmates. this is one of the rare chances we get to interact with the rest of the area schools.
first day. late and all the usual crap. falling in at the grandstand with 50% attendance. found out i was in the same squad as aaron, stanley and bing. good company. the the lectures before lunch by ho desmond was okay. uniform et. was boring cuz i read the same notes before for the np quiz. ho neville was funny haha. his english is good =) drills that day was quite interesting. movement was generally faster and sharper. even faster than drills at pa. hentak was fast and was fun to be challenged. ah then the station games. it was just pure fun. =) the teambuilding games were really fun. we should incorporate them into future trainings or camps. and squad 5 rocks k. well day 1 ended with us being relatively tired out and feeling pissed because of the attendance etc.
day 2. lectures were more boring. i asked a question but her answer then decided not to probe anymore. should just let everyone sleep rofl. the 2nd lecture was hilarious. but nvm i shall not state the reason. drill cycle 2 was marching + rifle. we learnt how to turn left and right in the middle of marching. the rifle was extremely heavy. and oily. it did not help that i had to use my weaker hand to handle it. damn. i couldnt even flick it up by 1cm >< but the session refreshed my rifle drills haha. some changes tho. i think in terms of drills we really should standardise with the rest of the area if there is no reason not to.
oo later campcraft. slack laidback sessions of knots and then lashings. MOI. hahaha. the campcraft jargon is useful if u bother to learn. and then pioneering competition!! we rock k. our CI underestimated us and thought we wouldnt finish but we did =p. we made a multipurpose thingy la. baby toy/clothes hanger/shoe and socks hanger/can dance limbo/can practice martial arts/for cooking outdoors/plus a flag pole for our breadtalk (squad name) flag! we saluted whenever it waved k. damn loyal to the group. =) after that SIT (situational innovative thinking) discussion. we had to present our solutions etc to a problem that we were given on the third day. my group's situation was a smoking cadet. so yea. after everything went for dinner at mos burger. dinner after np is always fun. oh 1 sad thing. 7 ppl who came for day 1 ponned day 2. 5 new ppl came and so attendance dropped 2.
day 3. 1 last lecture. boring. very. but nvm. then last drill cycle! and funnest! baton drills yeaaa baby. baton feels so familiar loh. like damn comfortable damn natural to hold it, march with it and do drills with it. due to PA ty. but yea. really. i think i prefer baton drills to footdrills =p its much easier and slackier anw. march only move one hand wad. but yea this drill session was the most fun. i came to see how MOI (method of instruction) can really be applied to great effect. its not a rigid stepbystep thing that everyone uses. theyre just guidelines meant to ensure everyone learns. and i think it is damn useful. when i compare to how we were taught in sec 1 and 2 im convinced that with MOI our drill standard now would definitely by not as bad. baton drills was fun cuz everyone was in a fun and serious mood. ok >< well when u listen and do wad is expected, you can have fun with CIs even though the activity is something as serious as a drill session. and even better, you can still learn something while having fun. the CI in charge of this drill session came to us after that and thanked us for one of the best and funnest drill sessions he ever had loh =) he said he enjoyed himself k. i came to see how the guidelines were really guidelines meant to guide an NCO's decision on the method of teaching drills so as to enhance the learning experience of the cadet. as long as you know ur stuff.
well after drills, we had revision at the canteen. as usual desmond and his tips haha. lunch was as usual. zhiyang cleverly told the CIs he couldnt eat the food and ci rebecca had to go to S11 to buy him congee. ><
the test was easy, good sleeping time. 45 min for 30 mcqs loh. then SIT presentations! fun stuff. ask questions that ppl cant answer! yay. when shayi went "its an oxymoron" ppl went waaaaaaaaa. siangyong (cathigh) told me wad i thought. some people tot shayi meant moron. hohoho. well zhiyang's presentation was in his usual style. dramadrama. then have to action. then have to say bgr not good cuz some ppl bodies not developed. rofl. with action somemore. >< sick loh. but the audience loved him rofl. well after that had boring graduation. but the pictures in the slideshow were nice to see. even with the grammar errors in it =p squad 5 had damn lot of pics loh. =)
after flaglowering and debrief, it was the last squad debrief. our CIs are damn nice. theyre good to us. they just rock. aikeng and johnathan. they gave us notebooks with our group's two motivational quotes pasted on it. if you wish to see the rainbow, you must first endure the rain. aikeng actually wrote paragraphs of comments on each and every one of our reflections loh. so good. they said they liked us =) we took pictures! yay. after the crying session we finally said goodbye reluctantly haha. squad 5 rocks!! yeayeaaaa. we got 2nd for the SIT presentation loh. lost by only 1 point! damn it. 2nd for the pioneering competition too loh with the same close margin! hmph. but nvm its not impt to win haha. squad 5 just rocks. ohyes! we have the only RI best male trainee in our group: aaron chee!! the rest of the groups (5 of them) were all cat high ppl lol. yea. so we rock la.
went s11 like late. because of the extended crying sessions haha. bubble tea and then playground! where we died. nvm.
k.
it was really disappointing to see people not come for the whole 3 day course. u noe serious it is when mr azman has to speak to mr teo. we had a whole stack of extra nco manuals after the course. wad kinda message u think the other schools are getting. we're too smart to go for the course? i bet the people there know much more about drills and campcraft than we do. u say ur tired? how about us. a few of us only slept for 30 min during the camp. and then 4-6 hours every day during the duration of the course. we reached home late and had to do reflections and other work for the course.
the excuse that the course is useless is even more pathetic. we are not that good. rinpcc is actually )@(%*)$^. im sure u can learn useful stuff there.
lmsc and npcc can be made fun only if u want it to be. 29 ppl for the camp. everyone was pleasantly surprised at the high attendance. we were actually going to improve and make things happen. the next day. it dropped to 15. in the morning of the first day, we were desperately waiting for more ppl to come. the next two days, we just gave up.
anw we really chose the dates of the camp. gerald already warned us and asked us more than once to reconsider. how do u refute that. when everyone was so sure and said okay its no problem.
we need a storming session for ourselves, badly.
the excuse that lmsc is a waste of time is completely untrue. u do learn useful things there. the updated drills, campcraft, + + + , and you get to have fun with ur squadmates. this is one of the rare chances we get to interact with the rest of the area schools.
first day. late and all the usual crap. falling in at the grandstand with 50% attendance. found out i was in the same squad as aaron, stanley and bing. good company. the the lectures before lunch by ho desmond was okay. uniform et. was boring cuz i read the same notes before for the np quiz. ho neville was funny haha. his english is good =) drills that day was quite interesting. movement was generally faster and sharper. even faster than drills at pa. hentak was fast and was fun to be challenged. ah then the station games. it was just pure fun. =) the teambuilding games were really fun. we should incorporate them into future trainings or camps. and squad 5 rocks k. well day 1 ended with us being relatively tired out and feeling pissed because of the attendance etc.
day 2. lectures were more boring. i asked a question but her answer then decided not to probe anymore. should just let everyone sleep rofl. the 2nd lecture was hilarious. but nvm i shall not state the reason. drill cycle 2 was marching + rifle. we learnt how to turn left and right in the middle of marching. the rifle was extremely heavy. and oily. it did not help that i had to use my weaker hand to handle it. damn. i couldnt even flick it up by 1cm >< but the session refreshed my rifle drills haha. some changes tho. i think in terms of drills we really should standardise with the rest of the area if there is no reason not to.
oo later campcraft. slack laidback sessions of knots and then lashings. MOI. hahaha. the campcraft jargon is useful if u bother to learn. and then pioneering competition!! we rock k. our CI underestimated us and thought we wouldnt finish but we did =p. we made a multipurpose thingy la. baby toy/clothes hanger/shoe and socks hanger/can dance limbo/can practice martial arts/for cooking outdoors/plus a flag pole for our breadtalk (squad name) flag! we saluted whenever it waved k. damn loyal to the group. =) after that SIT (situational innovative thinking) discussion. we had to present our solutions etc to a problem that we were given on the third day. my group's situation was a smoking cadet. so yea. after everything went for dinner at mos burger. dinner after np is always fun. oh 1 sad thing. 7 ppl who came for day 1 ponned day 2. 5 new ppl came and so attendance dropped 2.
day 3. 1 last lecture. boring. very. but nvm. then last drill cycle! and funnest! baton drills yeaaa baby. baton feels so familiar loh. like damn comfortable damn natural to hold it, march with it and do drills with it. due to PA ty. but yea. really. i think i prefer baton drills to footdrills =p its much easier and slackier anw. march only move one hand wad. but yea this drill session was the most fun. i came to see how MOI (method of instruction) can really be applied to great effect. its not a rigid stepbystep thing that everyone uses. theyre just guidelines meant to ensure everyone learns. and i think it is damn useful. when i compare to how we were taught in sec 1 and 2 im convinced that with MOI our drill standard now would definitely by not as bad. baton drills was fun cuz everyone was in a fun and serious mood. ok >< well when u listen and do wad is expected, you can have fun with CIs even though the activity is something as serious as a drill session. and even better, you can still learn something while having fun. the CI in charge of this drill session came to us after that and thanked us for one of the best and funnest drill sessions he ever had loh =) he said he enjoyed himself k. i came to see how the guidelines were really guidelines meant to guide an NCO's decision on the method of teaching drills so as to enhance the learning experience of the cadet. as long as you know ur stuff.
well after drills, we had revision at the canteen. as usual desmond and his tips haha. lunch was as usual. zhiyang cleverly told the CIs he couldnt eat the food and ci rebecca had to go to S11 to buy him congee. ><
the test was easy, good sleeping time. 45 min for 30 mcqs loh. then SIT presentations! fun stuff. ask questions that ppl cant answer! yay. when shayi went "its an oxymoron" ppl went waaaaaaaaa. siangyong (cathigh) told me wad i thought. some people tot shayi meant moron. hohoho. well zhiyang's presentation was in his usual style. dramadrama. then have to action. then have to say bgr not good cuz some ppl bodies not developed. rofl. with action somemore. >< sick loh. but the audience loved him rofl. well after that had boring graduation. but the pictures in the slideshow were nice to see. even with the grammar errors in it =p squad 5 had damn lot of pics loh. =)
after flaglowering and debrief, it was the last squad debrief. our CIs are damn nice. theyre good to us. they just rock. aikeng and johnathan. they gave us notebooks with our group's two motivational quotes pasted on it. if you wish to see the rainbow, you must first endure the rain. aikeng actually wrote paragraphs of comments on each and every one of our reflections loh. so good. they said they liked us =) we took pictures! yay. after the crying session we finally said goodbye reluctantly haha. squad 5 rocks!! yeayeaaaa. we got 2nd for the SIT presentation loh. lost by only 1 point! damn it. 2nd for the pioneering competition too loh with the same close margin! hmph. but nvm its not impt to win haha. squad 5 just rocks. ohyes! we have the only RI best male trainee in our group: aaron chee!! the rest of the groups (5 of them) were all cat high ppl lol. yea. so we rock la.
went s11 like late. because of the extended crying sessions haha. bubble tea and then playground! where we died. nvm.
k.
it was really disappointing to see people not come for the whole 3 day course. u noe serious it is when mr azman has to speak to mr teo. we had a whole stack of extra nco manuals after the course. wad kinda message u think the other schools are getting. we're too smart to go for the course? i bet the people there know much more about drills and campcraft than we do. u say ur tired? how about us. a few of us only slept for 30 min during the camp. and then 4-6 hours every day during the duration of the course. we reached home late and had to do reflections and other work for the course.
the excuse that the course is useless is even more pathetic. we are not that good. rinpcc is actually )@(%*)$^. im sure u can learn useful stuff there.
lmsc and npcc can be made fun only if u want it to be. 29 ppl for the camp. everyone was pleasantly surprised at the high attendance. we were actually going to improve and make things happen. the next day. it dropped to 15. in the morning of the first day, we were desperately waiting for more ppl to come. the next two days, we just gave up.
anw we really chose the dates of the camp. gerald already warned us and asked us more than once to reconsider. how do u refute that. when everyone was so sure and said okay its no problem.
we need a storming session for ourselves, badly.
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