Grats to all the Cadets that receive Colour Award.
Sorry now a-days no time to post.
Sec 3 Cadet, Evan
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Day 2 (09 Aug 2008)
After a night of energized sleep, on the comfy plains of bed under the many many stars resort, we knew that we are all “MORE THAN READY” to scale the second mountain today. We were going to climb Gunung Lambak. It was yet another 500+ m mountain. We heard that this climb was going to be interesting. Why? It was because we were going to get on all fours for the climb.
We did some stretching exercise at the foot of the mountain. The guide told us that we would be taking the toughest route up the mountain and descending with a moderate one.
It’s was long, but fast. In 1 hour plus, we reached the summit. Like Mt Belumut, the summit was a bear area with vegetation by the side. Yet another breathtaking scenery. We had our lunch on the summit and took our group photos again YES… we took a photos with our NPCC flag, haha...
Quickly we descend the mountain. It has come to the end of our toughest time for the trip. We are so, so relief. When we reached the campsite, we discovered that some of the tents were ‘destroyed’ by the wind. My tent was one of them. The magic wand has broken. The students were given a long break to get themselves ready for their group performance for the campfire. During the break, I had headache, I tried to ignore it and went to take some photographs of our campsite. Now is my chance to show off my photography skill…
Night falls, it was campfire time. This time, it was a real campfire.. as I vivdly remembered that in Belumut, we had ‘torchlight’ campfire as we were not allowed to set fire. The students enjoyed themselves through their laughter. We were ask to judge the performance, and we came up with an unanimous result. Seriously, that was the only group that we understood what they were performing. And you know what, ‘SEX’ seems to be the theme for all group. Overall, it is still quite enjoyable.
Soon, it’s time for bed! I’m really tired.
At about 3.30 a.m. something bad happened. A horse tripped and collapsed onto a tent. When we reached the site, the boys were already evacuated from the tent. I took a closer look and realize that the horse was the male horse which was roaming around the campsite with its partner earlier this afternoon. It looked very sick and it could not stand up anymore. I guess it was having a runny nose, as this afternoon, it has mucous flowing out of his nose.. Soon the ranger arrived, and the other horse was taken away. We feel better, as we were afraid the female horse might just go berserk after witnessing the death of his partner. And true, the ranger came with a truck and towed the male horse away on its neck. The horse died on spot. It was dragged away till it disappeared from our sight.
We did some stretching exercise at the foot of the mountain. The guide told us that we would be taking the toughest route up the mountain and descending with a moderate one.
Stretching Exercise
The initial climb was daunting and tiring. We were all drenched with perspiration. Students started to fall back. They were all encouraged to move on… Go E1 Cluster. We finally reached our first checkpoint. It says “huan ying deng shang nan ba shan” literally translated, we should have been on the summit of the mountain. However, our hope was shattered. That is only the starting of that long and steep slope. It was indeed steep, but not as difficult as I have thought. As we are using all fours to climb, our weights are distributed on them. Hence we don’t get tired easily. Coupled with the speed that we progressed (due to safety reasons), we don’t get shagged out easily.
It’s was long, but fast. In 1 hour plus, we reached the summit. Like Mt Belumut, the summit was a bear area with vegetation by the side. Yet another breathtaking scenery. We had our lunch on the summit and took our group photos again YES… we took a photos with our NPCC flag, haha...
Quickly we descend the mountain. It has come to the end of our toughest time for the trip. We are so, so relief. When we reached the campsite, we discovered that some of the tents were ‘destroyed’ by the wind. My tent was one of them. The magic wand has broken. The students were given a long break to get themselves ready for their group performance for the campfire. During the break, I had headache, I tried to ignore it and went to take some photographs of our campsite. Now is my chance to show off my photography skill…
My headache didn’t really go away. Hence I took my medication and move on to the next part of the programme. They had a session of survival skills. They learnt how cook eggs, rice, boil water and even how to set traps… It was really interesting isn’t it? As it was the same as what were taught last year. I wasn’t really listening. The students had great fun, they were even trying out the skills… having hand-on session. Their practical session was all around the teachers’ tents, what if they burn them down.
Night falls, it was campfire time. This time, it was a real campfire.. as I vivdly remembered that in Belumut, we had ‘torchlight’ campfire as we were not allowed to set fire. The students enjoyed themselves through their laughter. We were ask to judge the performance, and we came up with an unanimous result. Seriously, that was the only group that we understood what they were performing. And you know what, ‘SEX’ seems to be the theme for all group. Overall, it is still quite enjoyable.
Soon, it’s time for bed! I’m really tired.
At about 3.30 a.m. something bad happened. A horse tripped and collapsed onto a tent. When we reached the site, the boys were already evacuated from the tent. I took a closer look and realize that the horse was the male horse which was roaming around the campsite with its partner earlier this afternoon. It looked very sick and it could not stand up anymore. I guess it was having a runny nose, as this afternoon, it has mucous flowing out of his nose.. Soon the ranger arrived, and the other horse was taken away. We feel better, as we were afraid the female horse might just go berserk after witnessing the death of his partner. And true, the ranger came with a truck and towed the male horse away on its neck. The horse died on spot. It was dragged away till it disappeared from our sight.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Malaysia Expedition Day 1
Day 1 (08 Aug 2008)
We reached the Tuas checkpoint and everyone dashes into the automatic gantry. However, some of them were rejected entry and were re-directed to the manual gantry. We didn’t realize that one has to be above 15 of age to use the automatic gantry (if they are not using the biometric passport). This reminded me about the incident last year. Why didn’t I remembered and repeat the same mistake. (WASTE TIME). So I have most of my boys redirected to the manual gantry. Can’t believe it, they are so young… Haha... And now the joke of the day, Pariz told me, “Mr Jason, you know what… when Ghufran was asked to put his thumb on the red laser light for his thumbprint, he pressed his thumb onto the wet spronge (those that you found in post office when you want to wet your stamps.. ). The officer was laughing too…). I almost fainted. That added to my worries for the Malaysia expedition.
Next, we cleared the Malaysia checkpoint, and the stupid security officer stopped me and asked if I was a Singaporean!! Isn’t it obvious… Maybe I look like an illegal immigrant.
In another hour, we have reach our first Mountain, Gunung Panti. Familiar isn’t it. Yes, it’s the mount for NYAA Silver Expedition. We have to walk a long way before we reach the FOOT of the mountain. Along the way, we met a horse, some chicken and cattle (along the “the land of dungs”). The hike was tiring, but challenging. This is when you see the children exhibiting their caring and leadership skills. The MJCian did take good care of their juniors. They were also constantly encouraged with that irritating “2 minutes more, 2 minutes more….” which never seemed to fulfill. We took about TWO hours plus to reach the summit. The difficulty of the trek was still alright, but definitely tougher than our very own Bukit Timah Hill. We took some photographs, of course, with our NPCC flag. =P
We had lunch and we descended the mountain, along the same trail. Everyone had depleted their energy. Getting down was tougher, along the way, Darren sprained his ankle but he was still very determined to complete the course. That’s the spirit, go Darren!!. Fauzi had a relapse of his old ailment. His pain on his knees came back, but he completed the trail as well. Good work. The bus was already waiting for us to bring us to our campsite. Before that could happened; everyone bought an ice bag each, which cost 10 cents. IN RINGGIT!! AND THAT DEFINITELY SAVES OUR LIVES…
Today, we reported to MJC at 0615. The move out time was supposed to be 0630, but we only managed to leave MJC by 0700. The bus driver was really unhappy over this, complaining that he had taken a mid-night taxi and reached the school at 0545. We empathised with his anger. Being a teacher-in-charge, I have to make sure that the boys are well-fed, hence, the night before, I went to buy some bread and milo drinks for them. (Just in case they got hungry, they are GROWING KIDS afterall.)
Someone seemed to be missing. Hey, where’s Aaron!!
We reached the Tuas checkpoint and everyone dashes into the automatic gantry. However, some of them were rejected entry and were re-directed to the manual gantry. We didn’t realize that one has to be above 15 of age to use the automatic gantry (if they are not using the biometric passport). This reminded me about the incident last year. Why didn’t I remembered and repeat the same mistake. (WASTE TIME). So I have most of my boys redirected to the manual gantry. Can’t believe it, they are so young… Haha... And now the joke of the day, Pariz told me, “Mr Jason, you know what… when Ghufran was asked to put his thumb on the red laser light for his thumbprint, he pressed his thumb onto the wet spronge (those that you found in post office when you want to wet your stamps.. ). The officer was laughing too…). I almost fainted. That added to my worries for the Malaysia expedition.
Next, we cleared the Malaysia checkpoint, and the stupid security officer stopped me and asked if I was a Singaporean!! Isn’t it obvious… Maybe I look like an illegal immigrant.
In another hour, we have reach our first Mountain, Gunung Panti. Familiar isn’t it. Yes, it’s the mount for NYAA Silver Expedition. We have to walk a long way before we reach the FOOT of the mountain. Along the way, we met a horse, some chicken and cattle (along the “the land of dungs”). The hike was tiring, but challenging. This is when you see the children exhibiting their caring and leadership skills. The MJCian did take good care of their juniors. They were also constantly encouraged with that irritating “2 minutes more, 2 minutes more….” which never seemed to fulfill. We took about TWO hours plus to reach the summit. The difficulty of the trek was still alright, but definitely tougher than our very own Bukit Timah Hill. We took some photographs, of course, with our NPCC flag. =P
We had lunch and we descended the mountain, along the same trail. Everyone had depleted their energy. Getting down was tougher, along the way, Darren sprained his ankle but he was still very determined to complete the course. That’s the spirit, go Darren!!. Fauzi had a relapse of his old ailment. His pain on his knees came back, but he completed the trail as well. Good work. The bus was already waiting for us to bring us to our campsite. Before that could happened; everyone bought an ice bag each, which cost 10 cents. IN RINGGIT!! AND THAT DEFINITELY SAVES OUR LIVES…
The campsite was beautiful. It was like an New Zealand Plains… with a lake (QUITE DIRTY), horses (ONLY TWO, NO.. NOW ONLY ONE , you will know why later) AND TOILETS…… That is really a relief for all of us… as we were told that there are no toilets and we have to powder bathe for the 3D2N expedition. The students quickly embarked in their tent pitching and dinner. Nothing much happen later, everyone was tired, and light off at 10 00.
Today, we were invited to perform in the SPARKLE carnival organize by RC Zone 7. Inevitable, we will be showcasing our PDS performance again. =P I must say that they are rather good to be able to come up with a performance in such short notice. We reached the school at 0815 and prepare for the competition. I was a bit disappointed as not all participants turned up. But at least some tried to come. It was a SUNDAY afterall. The cadets did some last minute preparation. It was indeed last minutes, as I came that some really learn certain steps LAST MINUTE… fainted.
We reached the venue and did our last practice. Before the actual event, we took some photos for the sec 2 cadets (My sec 3 cadets went missing).
We reached the venue and did our last practice. Before the actual event, we took some photos for the sec 2 cadets (My sec 3 cadets went missing).
The actual performance started, everyone was doing well. But something is still missing… Personally I think is the coordination. That accounted for the number of practices that they have went through. However, it is good considered the short notice.
We had McChicken from the organizers. The cadets also watched some of the performance before we proceeded back to the school.
A reminder to the performers again. Have you all washed the PDS uniform and returned them??!!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
hey cadets, im ur sec5 senior junliang..haha..
posting now coz dun wanna everytime see evan name up here.. lol..
well, i dun really noe wads gg on in npcc right now at this moment coz i need to concentrate my studies first.. so did not peep on ur..
but i promise tt will make a trip down for npcc after i finish my O'lvl..
to mi, in my 5 years in NPCC, i went through hard and soft..
very very different from now.
u can check with ur seniors if im telling the truth..
example for drill competition training last time,
we onli have 1 beak after so many hours..
but now, we have so many breaks during tt 2 hrs of training.
the standard had dropped alot alot..
hope the sec3 this year can do sth bout it..
ur onli so-called have 2 CIs-wai kit & khairi in sch now..
shall not mention the other 2..
so co-operate with them ya? they need ur help too..
and of course give them ur respect..
and i really mean RESPECT.
dun give them trouble as they take their time to come down for npcc..
btw, those gg for NPCC HK trip ppl, im glad to go with u this time.. haha.
turn down my Ngee Ann red camp to go with ur..
hope tt the 3 to 4 days ur can learn as much things as possible..
but not to forget, i will select some cadets to do sth for mi..
dun need to be afraid, coz the tasks will be very simple..
and evan will be more than happy..
JL to evan: U should noe de lah, coz i've told u i dun wan keep on seeing ur name up here mahz.. juz keep this secret first, think nobody noes.. wahahaha...><
lastly, i hope tt this batch can oso produce another GOLD for the unit again.. in terms of everything.. Punctuality, Initiative, Commitment, Attitude, Resposibility and Discipline.. these are all NPCC UNIT'S MOTTO..
posting now coz dun wanna everytime see evan name up here.. lol..
well, i dun really noe wads gg on in npcc right now at this moment coz i need to concentrate my studies first.. so did not peep on ur..
but i promise tt will make a trip down for npcc after i finish my O'lvl..
to mi, in my 5 years in NPCC, i went through hard and soft..
very very different from now.
u can check with ur seniors if im telling the truth..
example for drill competition training last time,
we onli have 1 beak after so many hours..
but now, we have so many breaks during tt 2 hrs of training.
the standard had dropped alot alot..
hope the sec3 this year can do sth bout it..
ur onli so-called have 2 CIs-wai kit & khairi in sch now..
shall not mention the other 2..
so co-operate with them ya? they need ur help too..
and of course give them ur respect..
and i really mean RESPECT.
dun give them trouble as they take their time to come down for npcc..
btw, those gg for NPCC HK trip ppl, im glad to go with u this time.. haha.
turn down my Ngee Ann red camp to go with ur..
hope tt the 3 to 4 days ur can learn as much things as possible..
but not to forget, i will select some cadets to do sth for mi..
dun need to be afraid, coz the tasks will be very simple..
and evan will be more than happy..
JL to evan: U should noe de lah, coz i've told u i dun wan keep on seeing ur name up here mahz.. juz keep this secret first, think nobody noes.. wahahaha...><
lastly, i hope tt this batch can oso produce another GOLD for the unit again.. in terms of everything.. Punctuality, Initiative, Commitment, Attitude, Resposibility and Discipline.. these are all NPCC UNIT'S MOTTO..
Labels: sec5 senior--junliang
Monday, August 11, 2008
Malaysia Expedition (E1 Cluster)
Hi Guys, I am back from the Malaysia Expedition.
Friday
Woke up early in the morning to gather in Meridian JC. I have to walk to MJC as there is no bus at that time. We have to pack all the foods into our back-pack. Have our photo-taking, den off to the Immigration. After the Immigration, we have to take abt two hours journey to Gunung Panti. The climb is very hard. We need as much help from others up the mountain.
When we reach the summit of Gunung Panti, we have our lunch up there. Finally have a time to rest from all the hard climbling. We took the Npcc flag out and took photo in a group.
To be continue... No time to finish all. (Picture Upload later)
Sec 3 Evan
Friday
Woke up early in the morning to gather in Meridian JC. I have to walk to MJC as there is no bus at that time. We have to pack all the foods into our back-pack. Have our photo-taking, den off to the Immigration. After the Immigration, we have to take abt two hours journey to Gunung Panti. The climb is very hard. We need as much help from others up the mountain.
When we reach the summit of Gunung Panti, we have our lunch up there. Finally have a time to rest from all the hard climbling. We took the Npcc flag out and took photo in a group.
We went back down and took the same bus to our campsite. We were divided to groups of 4. We were asked to set up our tents. Keet our back-pack and day-pack in the tents, brought out our food and mess tins for our dinner. We have all kind of maggy (Chicken, Seafood, Mushroom...), all kinds of can foods (Curry and Satay Chicken / Baked Beans ). After dinner, it is debrief and then it is time to lights out.
Saturday
Woke up at 6.30. Prepare all the food for breakfast. After breakfast, we have to prepare all the water bottle needed for the climb of Mt Lambak. Take the same bus to Mt Lambak. The climb was harder den Mt Panti. The mountain climb is straight up. We need as much help from each other in the group. Reach the summit at 11.30. Have lunch again on the summit, but now is on the different mountain.
Woke up at 6.30. Prepare all the food for breakfast. After breakfast, we have to prepare all the water bottle needed for the climb of Mt Lambak. Take the same bus to Mt Lambak. The climb was harder den Mt Panti. The mountain climb is straight up. We need as much help from each other in the group. Reach the summit at 11.30. Have lunch again on the summit, but now is on the different mountain.
Went back down was much easlier. It is not straight down. Lucky xD. The road is much slippery. Need help down too. Half way down, the Guides went to chop down some wood? 0.o For the survival skills. Quickly we reach the bottom of the moutain. Went back to campsite. After sometime we got Survival skills training. Everyone have to surround the area to the guides explain.
To be continue... No time to finish all. (Picture Upload later)
Sec 3 Evan
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Notice for Friday 8 August
There will be no Npcc practise on Friday 8 August 2008 for all. Cause of National Day celebration.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
6 Aug Malaysia Training at MJC
We have to bring our Haversack to Meridian Junior Collage. We nid to unpack the stuff in the bag, and count the items before packing it back in again. We have to buy Zip-lock bag for our clothes and other things. For waterpoof.
I nid to gather at 545 on friday in MJC... hard to wake up.
Sec 3 Cadet, Evan
I nid to gather at 545 on friday in MJC... hard to wake up.
Sec 3 Cadet, Evan
Monday, August 4, 2008
Notice for Tuesday 5 August
1. There will be NPCC practise This Tuesday, 5th August 2008 for all.
2. Please refer to the program as follow:
3. Attendance is Compulsory. All Drills practise are preparations for Promotion test.
Please take them seriously.
4. Reminder: Police Heritage Visit on 6th August 2008 for all sec 2 cadets. You are to assemble by 1130 at tower area.
5. Reminder : Heritage Retest for sec 3 (For those whom have not taken)
2. Please refer to the program as follow:
| S/N | Level | Activities | Venue | Time | Attire | Action By |
| 01 | All | Attendance Taking | Behind Canteen | 1600-1615 | Half U | UL, AULs |
| 02 | Sec 1 | Campcraft (Knots) | Class 1/3 | 1615-1700 | Half U | SL, ASLs, Campcraft ICs |
| 03 | Sec 2 | Foot & Baton Drills (WOC) | Behind Canteen | 1615-1700 | Half U | SL, ASLs |
| 04 | Sec 1 | Foot Drills | Driveway | 1700-1800 | Half U | SL, ASLs |
| 05 | Sec 2 | Foot & Baton | Behind Canteen | 1700-1800 | Half U | SLs, ASLs |
| 06 | All | Dismissal | Pond Area | 1815-1830 | Half U | NCOs |
3. Attendance is Compulsory. All Drills practise are preparations for Promotion test.
Please take them seriously.
4. Reminder: Police Heritage Visit on 6th August 2008 for all sec 2 cadets. You are to assemble by 1130 at tower area.
5. Reminder : Heritage Retest for sec 3 (For those whom have not taken)