Monday, December 15, 2008

CTC 2008

Guides and Rangers from our school attended this year's Combined Training Camp which was organised by 8th Georgetown (South) Sea Scout Group. It was held from 9th to 14th December 2008 at Penang Free School.
The were 4 patrols which were:
1. Quixotic - PFS Scouts and SGGS Guides
2. Morpheus - PFS Scouts and CGL Guides
3. Novelty - PFS Scouts and CLS Guides
4. Infected - 0 Scouts and PCGHS Guide

This camp may be called Combined Training Camp but there were definitely no boys in our patrol. Our patrol consisted of Guides and Rangers only. Girl Power! And guess what? Even though we didn't have any Scouts in our patrol, we won the Overall Trophy!

Our patrol members were:
1. Kok Yuen Lin [PL]
2. Ang Cai Yun [PS]
3. Ong Ming Li
4. Loh Jing Yi
5. Chuah Yi Pei
6. Lim Sheng Hui
7. Ng Jin Pei
8. Lau Jing Yi
9. Loh Yan Jin
10. Chin Xi Mann
On the first day of pre-camp, Piyi came to help us and we managed to finish building at least 4 gadgets in one day.





The next day, Lihui came to help and we finished nearly all the gadgets. The members and EXCO Tzee Yunn stayed until 11pm at night for these first 2 days to finish building their gadgets. These are the end products.



On the first day of camp, the participants reported in at 8am and they started preparing for their ship, float, banner and flag presentation which was held later in the afternoon. The other members that were not involved continued to tie and improve on their gadgets.






The judges were all impressed when they saw our patrol's float and ship as they were built without help from any of the scouts. Except the TL, Adrian, who helped them start on the ship.











After the explanations, we played some games for Fun Time. I'm sorry but I didn't take any pictures of Fun Time. We had fun playing tug-of-war though. Our patrol nearly won but we ended up losing in the final match with SGGS. (I think. Please tell me if I'm wrong.)

That night, auditions were held for Camp Night. Our Patrol performed 3 dances, a sketch of Snow White and The 7 Dwarves and an advertisement.





The next day was the second day of camp and after reporting in, the members got ready for Morning Inspection. After that, they spent time practising their dances for Camp Night which was to be held that very night. That night, they would also be doing a fashion show and cosplay outfits as well as a song performed by Lim Sheng Hui.

A lot of people came to support us, including many of Rangers and Guides from our school. At the start of the night, the participants gathered around to hear a pep talk from TL, Adrian.


Then, they scrambled to get dressed.

The campfire was lit and everybody sat waiting for the performances to start.


The night started off with dances by the EXCOs. There was a couple dance and an all-girls dance. Then, the MCs, Chris and Julia introduced the first performances.




There were games in between acts and the participants actively joined in.


All too soon, the night was over and everybody but the scouts went home.

The fancy and silent drilling competition was held on the 3rd day of camp. Only Infected patrol and Novelty patrol participated.
The Modern Cooking competition was held after that and while the poor participants were slaving over their hot stoves.........

The EXCOs had a photo-taking session!

After having fun crawling all over the EXCO gateway, the EXCOs were hungry and went looking for food.

Now that everyone had finished eating and clearing up, it was time for cabaran!
PCGHS EXCOs were in charge of the stations outside the scout den (aka Pokemon Centre) which were Electric Fence, Blind Leading and the best station of all....... MUD CRAWL!


The water was so dirty and it contained leftover food from the Modern Cooking competition, oil, eggs and flour. Everybody had soooo much fun at that station!

Tze Bey and I (Myra) even put our legs into the deepest hole.


After washing up (Infected finished all the stations 1st), we got ready for Barbeque night. Everyone got busy, trying to start their fires.

After eating, the PA system was open to dedications and Infected Patrol's PL, Yuen Lin dedicated a song to all of us. 给我一首歌的时间. Of course, that song made people emotional and start crying. Among the crying people were our very own PL Yuen Lin, EXCO Tzee Yunn and member Yi Pei.

Then everybody gathered in front of the stage and started singing together. We knew it was our last night at CTC 2008 and we wanted it to last forever. However, all good things come to an end and we had to leave.
The next day was the last day of camp. When we arrived at our campsite, we saw that all our gadgets were already striked down. Everybody was shocked and angry because even though we knew the scouts striked their gadgets at midnight, we didn't know they would strike ours! We had no scouts in our patrol so we thought we could go on the last day, take more pictures on the gadgets, then only strike them. But the other scouts just tore them down, leaving destruction in their path!

Tzee Yunn got really angry and cried because we were the ones that put all our effort into the gadgets and we wanted to take them down ourselves. But nothing could be done. The gadgets were already down and all we could do was clear them away. I know the scouts meant well when they striked our gadgets, I know they thought they were saving us the time and effort so we could clear up faster. But they were wrong. And as the wise TL said, what's done is done. We just have to deal with it.
And so, we cleared away all the rubbish. But our sadness didn't last that long. We revived ourselves by shouting our Infected slogan to anyone who walked past us. Wanna know what the slogan is?

We are Infected!
Wa to zai lu pian wa eh!
It's an inside joke so don't worry if you don't get it.

Then it was time for Final Inspection.
We reported out and the prize-giving ceremony started.

The results are as follows:
Best Modern Cooking - Infected
Best Banner - Novelty
Best Flag and Flag Pole - Novelty
Best Logbook - Novelty
Best Fancy Drilling - Infected
Best Tower and Gateway - Morpheus
Best CTC Idol - Novelty
Best Sketch - Quixotic
Best Cosplay - Infected
Best Dance - Novelty
Best Advertisement - Infected
Best Gadget - Morpheus
Most Spirited Patrol - Novelty
Most Outstanding Guide - Koe Shu Wern (Novelty)
Best Patrol Second - Tan Li Ann (Morpheus)
Most Outstanding Senior Scout - Teik Min (Quixotic)
Best Sea Scout Junior - Jason Teoh (Morpheus)
Best Patrol Leader - Shawn Oh (Quixotic)
Best Float - Quixotic
Best Ancient Ship - Quixotic
Best Patrol - Quixotic
Best Overall - Infected
Next, the EXCOs were given tokens of appreciation and after that we got onto the bus and headed to the beach!
We had fun and even threw our PL into the sea.

And so ended our journey at CTC 2008. We learned a lot and gained a lot of memories too. According to my sources (please correct me if I'm wrong), this is the first time PCGHS has won the Overall in CTC in 6 years.

So I just want to tell all the members of Infected, be proud. Be very proud of what you have accomplished. Not many people could have done what you did. You not only completed the entire camp, you even proved yourselves to be the best! You won the Overall without any scouts in your patrol. You represented our entire school when you went to that camp and you made us proud. GO, INFECTED!!!!!
ps. I took a video of Infected's dances but I couldn't upload them. I'll try again next time.