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Guides Camp

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

After international camp, it was guides camp :) 4 to 7 dec. What we did was similar to last year's actually, but the experience was different

There were a few stuff that were quite different too. Wide game was island-wide and we had to go to places like little india and the civilian war memorial. Had fun too:) Night Trail was also diff cos this time there were costumes and makeup. The seniors really looked scary.... in addition, they also had great acting skills. My patrol was screaming like mad so i ended up dragging some of my members. haaha. Strangely, when I became focused on dragging my patrol, I was not scared myself anymore. It rained quite a bit during camp, so we only slept in the tent on the first night and in the classroom for the next 2 nights.

Well, as a sec 2 camper, I guess we'll have more responsibilities more to improve and morereflections.

Sense of urgency
We were really slow. Late for almost all the activities and did not run to the locations. some even strolled.

Respect
Greetings were not as good as before. We used to stand up and greet all the time, but during the camp, we sometimes did not greet our seniors when they walked pass.

Footdrill
MUST PRACTICE!!! The Sec 2s used to be quite all right due to the thinking day performance. We used to practice all the time to prepare for it. Now............ o man. The FCs put in a lot of effort teaching us, we can't just slack off just because the HQ abolished coporal punishment. No pumping is not equals to no effort needed.

Leadership
I think we still have a long way to go learning to guide the sec 1s. We need to care for them, but at the same time be firm with them. Need to gain their respect too. This batch has a rather large range of personalities. Some are really enthu about guides, some really dislike guides, some really don't care, some are really quiet. Let's help them all develop the interest in guide kks? Cos they do have the potential, we just have to be patient.

Well, I guess the seniors are disappointed in us. Actually, I do agree our standard has dropped in many areas. Be it footdrill, discipline, respect, sense of urgency. We'll be in sec 3 next year already... we have to buck up if we don't want to allow the standard to drop further. We're bound to have more reponsibilities, but we'll make it through. We just have to stick together and press on. Jia You!

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