PLC 08 Farewell Camp @ Sisters Island

Hey guys,

There a meeting this friday (28 Nov 08) at 201 McDonalds, be there at 1700hours. This meeting is to plan for the upcoming farewell camp for the PLC 08 at Sisters Island. If you can't make it for the meeting, please be kind enough to inform Yu Heng.

STC ventures meeting...

Hi crew,
its that time again where our honour, integrity, resilience and humility are called to serve. "Be prepared" for those going PLTC this Thursday.

For STC ventures, please meet me at 1330hrs, Tampines Mart MacDonald's this Thursday (21/11/2008).

The ventures are:

1. Weasel (Sub-camp 1, Six 4)
2. Iwa (Sub-camp 1, Six 6)
3. Tamarin (Sub-camp 2, Six 10)
4. Yu Heng (Sub-camp 2, Six 12)
5. Cricket (no six yet, back up)
6. Aaron (no six yet, back up)
7. Marcus Tan (Oneida, Sec 1 scout) (Sub-camp 1, Six 2)

The agenda is planning for the 1st day activities;

• Tent pitching (Tamarin & Marcus)
• Basic Orienteering (every Six IC)
• Ice breaker games (?)
• Night walk (Weasel & Iwa)
• Camp rules (Ferrret)
• Objectives setting (Sub-camp chiefs & Six ICs)

So far that's for now. The other programs will be under the Camp Chief Amin when he joins us on Friday evening when he booked out from camp. I'm just covering for him. I have my Principal's Dinner for her retirement on Friday evening and I have to attend my son's shaving at the Tampines mosque on Saturday's morning. I'll you guys somewhat later then...hehehe

Congrats!

Hi crew!

"O" level students how's exam?
Pass with flying colours lahh! Holiday already?
Talking about that ITE students 2 more weeks to holiday.

New born baby small and cute!
Last tues 4 something.
Birth date: 11/11/08
Anyone went visiting already?
We shall give your child initiation and buy TOTO! Joking joking.
Anyway congrats boss!



Service to PLTC 08
Date: 20 Nov 2008 to 23 Nov 2008 (Residential Camp)

Service to STC 08
Date: 21 Nov 2008 to 23 Nov 2008 (Residential Camp)

Don't forget crew people!

WEASEL-ING

Total Defence committee involvement

Hi crew,

Date: 15 Nov 08
Time: 1300hrs
Venue: WhiteSands MacDonalds

Details
Be involve in the planning of this course and go on a visit to the Singapore Discovery Centre for the research. You'll be in the committee for this course for scouts in the future. Venture scouts will get to pass their Citizenship part in the VSS badge scheme. There'll be no cost to it.

Please report to VSL Nicholas aka Grumbling Squirrel from Cuon scouts on that day for a meeting. Venture scouts from Oneida and Cuon will be involved.

A game of Futsal Soccer at the Cage?

Hey all,
There soccer this Friday (31st October 08) with the leaders.

Update!
Details are.
Time: 1900 to 2100 hours
Venue: East Coast Cage (near MacDonald's)

Change of venue due to fully booked Futsal field at Safra Tampines.
S$180 for 2 hours!!! Please bring some friends, the more the better we split the price. We need at least 15 players; 5 aside, meaning 3 teams should suffice. If there's 2 teams, it will be tiring & we need a break which will cost time & MONEY...heh

Hope to see you there!

Not applicable to crew members who are in the midst of EXAMS!!!
Updated by RF

Invitation by Cuon VSL

Hi crew,

I quote the invitation by Cuon VSL Grumbling Squirrel;

Total Defence Badge Programme Organizing Committee

For the upcoming November and December holidays, our Venture Scout Unit will be launching a Unit initiative – Total Defence (Gold & Silver) Badge Programme and Civics Proficiency Badge (Scouts only), for our Scout and Venture Scout Units.

Therefore, I would be honoured to extend this invitation to our fellow Venture Scout Units of Tampines District. We would like to invite your Venture Scouts to participate as an organizing committee member for this programme. What the Venture Scouts can expect, by participating:

1. Project Leadership of the Venture Scout Standard, Leadership component 2 months of conceptualization to evaluation.

2. National Defence of the Venture Scout Standard, Citizenship component Total Defence (Gold) Badge.

Scouts from respective units will have the opportunity to achieve the Civics proficiency badge and the Total Defence (Silver) badge.

Total Defence Badge Programme Meeting Details
Date: 15 November 2008
Time: 1pm to 4pm
Venue: White Sands’ MacDonald
Attire: Smart casual
Things to bring: Writing materials

Any takers from WSV?

Updates on Activities...

Hi crew,
I did a recce of the 2 ferry points last Tuesday and here's the updates.

West Coast Pier

• West Coast Pier for Pulau Hantu
• Nearest MRT is Clementi; located at the West Coast Park below NUS, beside S'pore Poly Marina. Secluded even if you take a bus, you have to walk quite a distance in to the ferry area.
• Price is S$150 for 12pax per trip!

Marina South Pier

• Marina Pier for Sisters' Island
• Nearest MRT is Marina South; we have to use the other exit, on the Casino side of the AYE as the old exit towards the bus stop is gone due to construction. Its covered up. So we have to use the other exit out of the underground station to walk a distance to take the bus to Marina Pier.
• Price is now hiked up to S$120 (from S$80) for 12pax per trip! If we want to do Island hopping to Kusu & St John's Island then to Sisters' Island, it would be S$150 for each boat of 12pax.
• I suggest this & post-pone Pulau Hantu yet again!

Archery

• Mr Raymond Tan, my Boys' Brigade friend, who's kind enough to conduct his Archery for us for free would not be available on November (remember its free for us so that period is where he earns a lot so we can't book him).
• He'll be coming this Saturday to conduct the interesting Archery course combined with lifeskills of aiming your goals in life. O levels crew is invited to attend (He & I have conducted the course for EM3 PSLE pupils to focus before their PSLE exams).
• It would be good to release some tension, but I would be very strict with your safety.
• Its a 9am to 1pm course.

See you this Saturday at 9am SHARP (full U please), I'll update after the leaders' council meeting on Thursday night.

Updates on Crew!

Hi all,

For those who are taking 'O' levels, how's your preparations coming along? Hope its going well, 1 more month and its over, hang on there! For those who had taken the 'N' levels, hows your holidays coming along? Having fun? For those who are in tertiary education, school started, for some, there new module, coping with it?

1. Its been a long time since we had our last meeting, therefore the exco is currently planning to have a meeting this Saturday (18 Oct 2008) in school to plan for the initiation, i know its kind of last minute thingy, but we have not meet up for a long time as a crew, so why not just come down and we can catch up with each other? Details are as listed below.

Date: 18 October 2008
Time: 0800 hours
Attire: Half-Uniform (Grey Crew Tee and Blue Pants)

2. Secondly, I would like to update everyone on our upcoming activities.

Service to PLTC 08
Date: 8 Nov 2008 (Seminar), 20 Nov 2008 to 23 Nov 2008 (Residential Camp)

Service to STC 08
Date: 20 Nov 2008 to 22 Nov 2008 (Residential Camp)

Combined Ventures Training Camp (08 Crew are encouraged to go!)
Date: 15 Dec 2008 (Seminar), 18 Dec 2008 to 21 Dec 2008 (Residential Camp)

Initiation
Date: To Be Confirmed

3. Lastly, please remember to fill up the personal particulars form and send it to Wombat ASAP.

YIV,
Cheerful Panda

Combine venture training camp

Dear ventures,

how are u guys coping with your exam ?? hopefully u guys are doing well ...

there will be a training camp open for all ventures and i hope all o8 crew will attend the camp to improve yourself.

the camp will touch more on the PSA hike so 07 crew u are also welcome to join the camp if you want to do ur PSA next year !!!

please let me or azhari know how many of u want to go for the camp.

Seminar Date: 15 Dec 2008
Residential Date: 18 - 21 Dec 2008
Venue:East spring sec

please let us know if u are interested !!!

Good songs...by Norwegian Recycling

Some song compilations to enjoy while crunching for the exams....

How six songs collide


8 become 1

Updates...

Greetings from the jedi7,
How's exams? Archery may go into the November holidays...what about the venture initiation??? Can confirm the dates? I need to book the island & the ferries...
Anyway, there's an email by Grumbling Squirrel on the service below. Alas, they need a Star2 kayaker...anyone interested to take Star2 with me, maybe after exams?

There will be a FINA 10K Open Water Swim Marathon on Saturday 4 October 2008, and needs volunteer Safety Kayakers. Minimum 2 STAR holders, and an allowance of $30 will be given. Email me if your are interested ASAP.

I need the following details:
1) Bank
2) A/C No.
3) Mobile No
4) Email
5) Life Vest Size

Service Ventures for PLTC/ STC 08

Hi all,

The names below are those that are selected as service ventures.

PLTC
Crayfish - Assistant Sub-Camp Chief
Staunch Otter - Assistant Logistics In-Charge
Cheerful Panda - Assistant Safety In-Charge

STC
Weasel
Gentle Iwa
Tamarin
Venture Yu Heng

PLTC Service Team

Dear Venture,

the following Venture who are interested to go to PLTC arre required to attend an interview by the PLTC committee member on 13 of sep.

1. Keith Tan
2. Marc Tay
3. Marcus
4. Armond Yeo
5. Norman Khor
6. Aaron Class
7. Yu Heng
8. Mustaqim

Venue: Tampines 201 MacDonalds

Time: 5pm

Date: 13 of sep 2008

Please do let me know if you are not able to attend the interview and the reason by SMS 92265935 or Email at nicholas_wombat@live.com

Your In Venturing

AVSL Wombat

Manjusri & Catholic High campfire group pics uploaded

Greetings from the jedi,
I've uploaded the important pics up, which is the group pics.

Any group pics from Serangoon Gangshow?

Transport for Gangshow

dear venture

there will be trasport from east spring sec to the gangshow location this sat. so those who want to take the transport please be at ESSS at 530pm. please do not be late !!

Wombat

Serangoon Eagles GangShow!

Heya

This saturday there will be a gangshow by Serangoon Eagles, anyone wanna come??? Our scouts will be performing 2 items (if im not wrong), come down and support them!!!

In the meantime, goodluck to those takin 'N'/ 'O' levels ;)

Guess who's this?

Greetings from the jedi,

Ok I know I've been back logging a lot of photographs. I'm burning the midnight oil for you guys here...so please STOP the begging man! Be a man, they're only photos!

For every photo that you / I take, I'll need to compress it so that it does not take up a lot of space in the blog. Or for my Flickr account, I need to choose the prefect photos or meaningful ones (as some of you can really take some nOnSensetiCal photos if I must say!). My account is free so I can only upload 100MB of photos per month. UNLess someone wants to pay for me? Troop / Crew fund??? hehehe

Anyway, make a guess of the scout doing his scout standard exploration test in 1990...walking along PIE, merging into TPE...right beside my current flat (but it was forest at that time lah)!!!

Catholic High Campfire this Saturday...

Ahoi crew,
How's studies? Hope it steering the right direction. Anybody wants to take a break & attend the campfire this weekend?

One more thing...any venture interested in helping out in this November's Tampines District PLTC???

Happy BirthDay SingaPore!!

White Stags Venture Crew wishes Singapore an early happy 43th birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Singapore!!!

*Good luck to those taking their 'N' level prelims right now, May The Force Be With You

Cheerful Panda

UpCoMiNg AcTiViTiEsSsSs

Hi all!!!

Its been a long time since the last post (not really that long actually ;)... Archery will be push back all the way to november as most of you are either not interested or busy with studies. There a lil more activities coming up....

26 July: Start of FDC/ FDI (every sat which will last for 6 weeks)

26 July to 27 July: Venture Cord hike (please pray for me that nothing goes wrong...)

Thats all for now... Ciaos!!

Cheerful Panda

19 of july soccer match(internal)

Dear ventures ,
hi all , this sat 19 of july 2008 the will be a soccer match between sec 1&2 and together with the leaders. i will like the ventures who are not having N or O level to come down to siglap to join us in the match !!! as for those taking N and O level students, u are also welcome if u want too but you have to be responsible for your act if u are coming !! so see you guys there !!

TIME : 9AM
VENUE : SIGALP SEC
ATTIRE : PT KIT (NO FULL UNIFORM REQUIRE)


YIV
AVSL Wombat

Venture Leadership Course

Date: 12 July 2008 to 13 July 2008

Time: Be in Siglap Sec by 0700hrs SHARP! (Bus will leave at 0710hrs)

Attire: Full uniform with Beret

Things to bring: Your camping gears and stationary

Note: Please do NOT be late, badges sew properly, uniform neat and ironed, shoes polished and shine. Be in your best behaviour as you are representing the crew!

FDC cUm FDI

Hi Guys,


Anyone want to take their FDI??? Currently Bear & Bat is asking us to draw up a FDC proposal for the sec 2s and sec 3s, at the same time, attending these FDC lessons to train them, we can also take our FDI... The proposal have to be send to Bear & Bat by tuesday 8 July 08, so i appreciate that if any ventures want to take up this course, please inform me by monday 7 July 08, then we will be able to meet on tuesday 8 July 08 to do the proposal together. For those, taking 'N/ 'O' levels, its really not compulsory for you to go, and we really don't encourage you to go, but if you really want to go, then please allocate your time well...

- Archery on 26 July 08 (Saturday) all agree? (RF asking)


- Donation Draw tickets, please try try try to sell ALL your three booklets

- VLC on 12 July 08 to 13 July 08 (Saturday & Sunday), please be in Siglap Sec in your FULL UNIFORM INCLUDING BERET AT 0700HRS SHARP WITH YOUR CAMPING STUFFS, please have breakfast before coming



Cheerful Panda

Donation DraW...

Hey all,

Please think about this event for a moment...when you were a scout, some of your collected money goes to ventures' activities (mainly ferry fair for initiation $$$)...its not fair but for the troop.

Now that our crew is bigger, isn't it better if each one of us at least sell a minimum of 1 booklet (which is S$10) to do our part. I mean it doesn't take much time to sell a booklet. There are 15 of you, we should at least make S$150. Plus mine, it may reach to S$300 or more as I 've already sold 13 booklets (AND its not my own money okAY). I have not started to buy yet.

It's also for the FCS which we had SILVER for last year. Your combined efforts will enable you to wear another badge for decoration! More sense of achievements, who doesn't want?

Next, can I have your support if the Archery be placed on 26th July (Sat)? Is it close to exams? It can be directed as an activity trigger for your exams as I've done it with the instructor on P6 PSLE pupils. If not, would you prefer after exams? If ok, then it will be held on the Saturday at Siglap.

What say you all?

Upcoming Activities

Heyo,

How your preparations for 'N'/ 'O' levels??? More activities coming up this July...

1. Service @ PoiChing (5 July 08)

2. VLC (12 July 08 to 13 July 08)
- Attendance is important for those who have been registered, its one part of the Venture Scout Standard, so yah, if you want to get that big badge on your left sleeve, than please attend it.

Btw, please try to sell all your Donation Draw tickets and get more tickets if you have done selling all!!! Activities such as Initiation needs a big amount of money, therefore, sell as much as can!!!

Cheerful Panda
PS: Please bookmark this blog for future updates my dear ventures

Donation Draw...

Hi crew,

Please take the tickets from the teachers (especially those who are out from school). You know half of the collection goes back to us to fund our expensive venture activities...initiation is 1 of them.

How to go sailing? I asked, its S$4K for 20 pax for just a day lesson on a yacht where you'll learn the controls...S$8K for 2 days 1 night on the yacht for 20 pax...how??? ON?

am still waiting on archery, when I get it I hope the crew CAN come!

DPC 08 Open House & Campfire

Hi all,

Attendance is important as said by Azhari.

Date: 15 June 2008
Time: 6pm (you can leave by 8pm if you need to go)
Venue: East Spring Secondary School (Tampines St 34)
Attire: Full Scout Uniform

Note: I (RF) understand that some of you aren't coming for venturing due to O & N levels. But I think this event like campfires are minimal. The only effort needed is to wear the uniform & show your support for the crew / troop.

I believe the crew would be able to be smart & play your part as good sons, students to your teachers & also able to score points for your FCS in any little part that you can contribute.

Remember, parents & studies always first...then crew (NOT others :))

BUT I would understand if you are not able to come. I would appreciate if you could inform me personally. Arigato-gozaimas :)

Added by RF

June Holidays are HERE!!!

Heyo,

Meridien campfire, tamp north camp and june training camp are over... Now its time to have our own meeting!!! Yeah!!! Upcoming programmes are:

1) Archery

2) Manjusri Campfire

3) VLC

yupp yupp, archery will be on one of the weekdays next week, so which day will it be convinent for every1? Manjusri Campfire will be on 28 June 2008 [same day as SYF, lolx], be sure to make yourself free on that day ;) For VLC, Azhari want to meet everyone tomorrow [9 june 08, monday] in school to plan for the games, but time is not confirmed yet as Azhari is waiting for our answers. So please msg Azhari ASAP on the days you can for archery and the time to meet for planning of VLC games ;)

Have fun during your holidays!!!

YIV,
Cheerful Panda

Frank Cooper Sands Award: SILVER

Congratulations '07 crew!
I'm proud to say that the Ex-co had done well to achieve another award (better than last year).

2007 Ex-co members;
Raging Bat aka Azri
Cheerful Panda aka Marc
Crayfish aka Keith
Staunch Otter aka Norman
Tamarin aka Mustaqim
Witty Cricket aka Aik Chuan
Weasel aka Armond
Gentle Iwa aka Macus
Aaron aka Klass!

Kudos to you all!

Busy times...

Hey all,

hope you all have good news for the exams!!!

Anyway here's the update for our holiday services

1) 17 May Saturday - Meridien Campfire

Ready by 3pm, I'll sms when the cubs return to their school after an outing

2) 2 weeks from now - Tamp North Camp

3) Troop training camp

That's all for now...heard from 08 crew that you all planning to take First Class hike again? Please inform me early, arigato-gozaimas