mg girl guides '04

Interesting Facts...

2004-08-20T21:27:00.000+08:00

Check out the list of famous people who were once Girl Guides/Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts (and no, there is no such thing as Boy GUIDES!!!)

Girls Guides/Scouts:
Queen Elizabeth II
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton Chelsea
Reagan Nancy
Kathleen Turner
Venus Williams
Kate Winslet
Mariah Carey
Celine Dion

Boy Scouts:
John F. Kennedy
Harrison Ford
Bill Gates
Richard Gere
Paul McCartney
Neil Armstrong
Steven Spielberg
Bill Clinton
Goh Chok Tong
Moses Lim

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ASTRONAUTS SCOUTING RECORD: In the US, of the 214 former and present astronauts, 142 have taken part in Scouting.

Did you know that Lord Baden Powell was left-handed?

Interesting huh?

Did you know that out of the Five Older Ones, one is ambidextrous and another a left-hander?

Happy sharing of info! Use the internet if you are interested in finding out more.

Full Uniform...HATS and deodorant(?)

2004-07-19T22:24:00.000+08:00

Hey all,

up next is the Full-Dress Rehearsal for Founder's Day Parade. *cant wait*
PLEASE BE IN YOUR FULL UNIFORM!!! I repeat, FULL UNIFORM.

badges, scarf, Guides HAT!!! (please borrow hat from your friend(s) who aren't marching. EVERYONE needs a hat!! vvvv IMPT) .. not to mention that you must as usual tie up your hair appropriately when you are in Guides uniform. refer to handbook if you still don't know. and shame on you manz!!!

AND look up and smart always!!! We wont lose to the GB people one ok!!? Guides can march too! and if not, better! (if you want to that is) =D

Your Leaders

P.S I understand that those people who have to do duties at the National Track Championships will be using your uniforms the day before the full-dress rehearsal.. Regarding that, sorry, you'll still have to wear the entire uniform. If you can afford to wash, dry, and iron it in 1/2 a day (from experience it was possible to iron it dry), that would be good. BUT let's say you can't.. um, spray something like DEODORANT (not perfume) or something...you wont die one larh ok.. ..
then after the rehearsal, change out and make sure you go home and prepare your uniform to be used for the REAL FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE on FRIDAY. =D okie dokie?

FOUNDER'S DAY PARADE REHEARSAL

2004-06-27T16:24:00.000+08:00

This is a notice to all Guides in both the Guides Contingent and the Guard-Of-Honour Contingent:

There is a Founder's Day Parade Rehearsal on the 1st of July 2004, Thursday. We will confirm the timing with you but PLEASE make your afternoon FREE and it is compulsory to report for the rehearsal.

Any difficulties with your attendance for this practice, please submit valid reasons to Mrs Y.Y. Lim or Ms. Wendy Ng and let Nicole Cheng know beforehand. Every-single-one-of-you counts.

We expect everyone to be responsible for your OWN attendence in this Founder's Day Parade. It is a school function and you must ensure that you give your best and INFORM your I/C: Nicole Cheng(4B4) beforehand if you cannot be available for a rehearsal.

Thank you all for your attention!

your leaders

New Semester, Fresh Start

2004-06-27T15:52:00.000+08:00

Hi all,

It is the end of the holiday (??!!), and hopefully you've had some time to rest. (haha, most of you will protest at that but we'll leave the rest of the traditional sayings to our teachers and principal)
The first half of the year is over and here's the second half! What have you done in the first half?

Some of you have been very busy in the first half and we cannot guarantee that you'll be less busy this semester.
For the newer guides, have you all started working on your Bronze Award? Those who went for the camp, that would be a very good start for you, *BIG HINT*...
What about the sec2s and 3s? Silver, Gold Award? There are other proficiency badges that you can work for along the way but ultimately, you should be aiming for the Gold Award.. it's possible. By the way, the pacing is really very much up to you. No one's going to stop you from getting your Gold award even if you are still in sec2...and even if you are sec3, you can still get the Gold award...Proper time management and a lot of initiative will help you go a long way! Oh, yes, we can't forget-- ENTHUSIASM!

This new semester is when you all will be given increased workload from your teachers, school functions (fund-raising projects, FOUNDER'S DAY SERVICE--coming post) and the sec4s will be-- (sighs) moving on. There isn't a lot of time left so for those who have yet to finish up your modules, push a little harder!! ESPECIALLY those with a FEW modules left!! Finish what you have started!! =D

It's up to you to have the INITIATIVE to look for our Guiders when it comes to testwork...Fix appointments for testing, etcetc...

Never say die! Whatever you do, give it your best!

cheers,
your leaders

MG Guides Photo Album

2004-06-25T21:49:00.000+08:00

Wow, there's been almost no movement in here for quite a long while..
how have you all been? (except perhaps the tagboard) =)

Ok.. here's something new! we've got an online photo album set up @ photobucket.com. well, obviously not alot of photos in there yet...since they are all taken by us...(hmm), if you all have any GUIDES photos that you all took (suitable for the viewing of people of ages ok.), you can send them in to me,(wella) @ the following email: wel_ong@hotmail.com

SO, anyway, here's the link:
Photos, photos, PHOTOS!!!

HEALTH FORMS

2004-06-06T20:57:00.000+08:00

ATTENTION ALL GUIDES GOING FOR CAMP:

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET YOUR HEALTH FORMS!!!

We need them to be submitted on the morning of the first day. If you forget to bring them, you'll bear the consequences of troubling your parents.

See you all!

GUIDES CAMP, HERE WE COME!

NOTICE: Outdoor Cooking Competition (OCC)

2004-06-02T18:29:00.000+08:00

This is an appeal to all those going for Guides Camp to help chip in (excuse the pun), in the collection of twigs/punk.

As you may or may not already know, OUR school's Guides Units (1st COY and 2nd COY) is running an Outdoor Cooking Competition(OCC) for the West Zone Units this year. This will be held on the second day of our Guides Camp (8/6/04) concurrently with our camp, and also at Camp Christine. We've also got our own 2 teams of 4 who will be taking part in it! =D Exciting, yes??

Because the school is under renovation, our usual source of twigs and punk from the school grounds is gone. So we need everyone's help to collect as much twigs and especially punk for the smooth running of the OCC.

For the information of those who don't know what punk is, they can be very thin DRIED twigs, very DRY leaves, the fibre-like materials of palm/coconut trees or wood shavings.
They are especially important in firelighting because they are the ones that catch fire more easily compared to the thicker twigs and wood.
Oh yes, when we say "DRIED", we really mean DRIED. Not those twigs that are still greenish-brown or bendable.. dry meaning that when you try to break the twig in half, it will have a dry "CRACK!" sound. =) so try breaking the twigs while you are collecting to test for the dryness yes? =D

So yes,
How YOU (yes you!)can help:

Go out to a park/garden/anywhere that has trees and pick up as much twigs/punks you can find (dried ones from the ground please, DO NOT PLUCK/CUT/TWIST/BREAK off anything from the LIVE tree/plant!!)

We hope that each one of you can collect at least one bundle of twigs, and a good amount of punk!

Your help is greatly appreciated!

PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY DURING THESE DRY DAYS TO COLLECT THEM!

THANKS!

Your Leaders

national track and field championship

2004-05-29T12:40:00.001+08:00

these 30 guides have been chosen to do yeoman's service at the national track and field championship..

so far i only have the date of the event : 20th july

1st company

1) Gina Chan (leader)
2) Amanda Sie
3) Stephanie Low
4) Felicia Chan
5) Denise Tan
6) April Ding
7) Vikki Loi
8) Valencia Chan
9) Samantha Gan
10) Yolanda Lai
11) Loke Shi Ying
12) Angelina Koh
13) Lauren Sim
14) Teo Mei Ping
15) Cheong Jia Hui

2nd Company
16) Sim yin Ling (leader)
17) Clara Tan
18) Ho Zhuan Yi
19) Serena Wong
20) Magdelene phua
21) Amanda Tang
22) Odelia Koh
23) Jacqueline Chye
24) Cheryl Anne
25) Chee Wai San
26) Adeline Loh
27) Stella Ong
28) Jacinth Low
29) Sim Yin Hui
30) Chessa lim

acsi gangshow

2004-05-29T12:17:00.001+08:00

ok.. hi guys.. i guess you would know who are those who are going..

here's some reminders anyway..

venue: bus stop outside acsi
time: 6:30 p.m.- 10:00 p.m.
attire: full guide u. no need cap

here are some cheers and songs you should know.. try to practise them so that we can show that MG is enthu and great k?!

1) *acsi loves to do this i think*

BOOM CHICA BOOM

I said a boom chica-boom. REPEAT
I said a boom chica-boom! REPEAT
I said a boom, chica-rock, chica-rock, chica-boom. REPEAT
Uh-huh. REPEAT
Oh yeah. REPEAT
One more time. REPEAT

2)CALAMINE LOTION

Flea. REPEAT
Flea, fly. REPEAT
Flea, fly, mosquito. REPEAT
Calamine, calamine, calamine lotion. REPEAT
Ooo ahh! It's the magic potion. REPEAT
Itchy-itchy, scratchy-scratchy, got one on my backy-backy.
Ooie-ooie, owie-owie, wish it'd go away. REPEAT
Quick get the bug spray think it went that away shh! REPEAT

3)CAMPFIRE'S BURNING

Campfire's burning, campfire's burning.
Draw nearer, draw nearer.
In the gloaming, in the gloaming.
Come sing and be merry.

4) CANNIBAL KING : you should know this one..
5) DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW : you should know this one..

6) GING GANG GOOLI

Ging gang gooli gooli gooli gooli watcha
Ging gang goo, ging gang goo
Ging gang gooli gooli gooli gooli watcha
Ging gang goo, ging gang goo

Heyla - hayla shayla - hayla shayla hayla ho
Heyla - hayla shayla - hayla shayla hayla ho
Shally-wally, shally-wally,
Shally-wally, shally-wally,
Oompah, oompah, oompah

7) IF YOU'RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT

there should be somemore.. learn it up and try to be on your best behaviour k? :)

West Division Outdoor Cooking Competition 2004 (only for those who are taking part)

2004-05-26T22:16:00.000+08:00

Date: 8 June (tuesday) (2nd day of camp)
Venue: Camp Christine
Reporting time: 8.45 am
Budget per unit: $10 (to produce reciepts for judging purpose, NO claims allowed, NO subsidy given!)
No. of participents: (names have already been given to Mrs Lim)
Objective: To cook a balanced meal which consists of ONE MEAT and ONE VEGETABLE.

Suggested Items to be brought:
- 1 knife ***
- 1 chopping board **
- 2 forks *
- 2 spoons *
- Garbage bag ***
- Tongs **
- Aluminium foil ***
- Banana leaves **
- Bucket/ Basin, Bowl, Tray ***
- Chagkol (if you intend to use the one at Camp Christine, please come early and be prepared to share)
- Firewood (may be purchased at Camp C. for $0.50 a stick so bring lots and lots and lots. Don't say i never warn you!) ****

Barred Equiptment:
- Fire starters
- Charoal wood
- Satay fans
- Skewers
- Pots and pans
- Mess tins
- Solid fuel

EACH UNIT WILL BE GIVEN 1 BOX OF MATCHES ONLY!!!

JUDGING CRITERIA: MARKS ALLOCATED:
1) Turfing /10

2) Firelighting /10

3) Creativity and presentation of food /10

4) Taste of food /10

5) Cleanliness of preparation and cooking areas /10

Look out for practice and discussion dates on the guide notice board!

=[ Have fun and enjoy yourselves ]=
Thank you!

For The New Campers: Your Guide To What a Guides Camp Is!

2004-05-25T08:46:00.000+08:00

FOR THE NEW CAMPERS!

Camping outdoors is an experience and since it is rare that the opportunity to camp out comes along, we hope that you’ll bring along to camp a positive and enthusiastic attitude and spirit. Trust us, your attitude will rub off on your fellow campers.. so to make it a wonderful experience for all let’s work together and cooperate with each other so that everything will be smooth and easygoing for everyone! =D

Essentially, there are the basic things we prefer that you all familiarize yourselves with. Be it the terms and names of different aspects of the camp. We’ll expect that you have at least a rough idea of what will happen during YOUR camp so that we don’t have to explain so many things to you all at once and leave you all stunned with the overload of information.
Below are the things I’ll cover so as to help you a little more in your preparation for your 1st ever Guides Camp!

1. Pack list
2. Timetable
3. Setting up of camp
4. Meal/ Meal ring/ Elevenses
5. Duties
6. Kitchen Shelter/ Cooking
7. COH
8. Morning Exercise
9. Colours
10. Camp Inspection
11. Strike Camp

1. Pack list
Basically, the pack list is there to tell you the essential things you need to bring to camp. If you choose to not bring anything that is in the under the “Personal” column, the consequences and inconveniences are yours to bear. Things under the “Optional” column, as we all know, ARE optional.

2. Timetable
This has been distributed to all of you, so please go through it on your own and BRING it to the camp!! You won’t like being in a camp and feeling all blur about what’s next and what’s next after next.

3. Setting up of camp
This involves TENT PITCHING, GADGET MAKING as well as setting up of the KITCHEN SHELTER and WASHING AREA. To make life a lot easier, look pages 150-183 of your Guides Handbook. Be familiar with the sequence and instructions. It’ll save you a lot of time (and that usually means less time spent in the hot sun).

4. Meal/ Meal ring/ Elevenses
Meals are to be prepared by the cooks and served by the orderlies. A meal ring is a ring of plastic sheets (we call them Sit-Upons). Everyone sits in the meal ring at meal times and the etiquette is that no one (except the Orderlies) should step out of the meal ring during the meal and only until everyone is done with her meal, can the ring then be broken.
In case you already studied your timetable and wondered what Elevenses is, it is like a teabreak, at around eleven in the morning (no prizes for the right guess).

5. Duties
Duties are assigned to every patrol and you will follow the Duty Roster which will be put up on the 1st day of camp. Please know your duties and carry them out responsibly! If you have any doubts in carrying them out, PLEASE ask! We’d be glad to teach.

6. Kitchen Shelter/Cooking
A kitchen shelter is basically where all the cooking will be done (In the outdoors!!). and cooking will be done by the patrols on Cooks duty that day.
There are some notes regarding the kitchen shelter and cooking pinned on the notice board. Please check it out!

7. COH
This is a meeting for the Patrol Leaders, Camp Commandant (CC), Assistant CC and camp helpers.

8. Morning Exercise
This will be carried out be the patrols on Health duty. Work together to plan a simple stretching routine and workout. You can also carry out a short game e.g “Dog and Bone”, “Squirrel, Hunter, Fire, Earthquake” etcetc. It’s up to you guys!

9. Colours
Colours is like a flag-raising/lowering ceremony where, the World Flag will be used. The patrols doing Wood will be in charge of this.
There should be colours every morning and evening.The flag may be hoisted or broken.It is usual to have all campers at morning and evening colours and all Guides will stand at attention as the flag is broken or lowered.

The colours is to be carried out with dignity and respect in a simple ceremony usually with the company standing in a horseshoe formation. Campers should be neat and tidy wearing shoes and not slippers.

In the evening, it is usual to have the flag lowered by the colour party alone, with a whistle blown so that everyone stands at attention when it is lowered.

10. Camp Inspection
This time is when the campsite and YOUR tentage site will be inspected. You should maintain the cleanliness of the site and also take this time to adjust loose runners.

11. Strike Camp
Striking camp involves packing up, returning and clearing camp stores, taking down gadgets, bringing down the kitchen shelter and also striking down the tents.

Well that is all for now! Hope this has been useful information to you. Feel free to print out your own copy so that you can remember what you've just read. If you have any questions, just drop us a mail/comment and leave us your contact. We'll get back to you as soon as we can.

Have fun at the camp! And oh, don't forget your Health Forms!!!

first post

2004-05-24T19:54:00.000+08:00

hey guys.. first post of our mg girl guides blog.. yep..

the purpose of this is to update you guys on stuff that's going on.. and we'll provide cool links for you to visit and yep.. we'll even have a tagboard so you can shout out your opinions k? do email us if you want..

shirin: shoejones@hotmail.com
wella: wel_ong@hotmail.com