75th CIBTC D08 Flashback!

CI Course - NRC (6th of D08) & RC2 (9th to 12th of D08)

Let me introduce to you... ...

This is DELTA!

After NRC and we're out here with a picture of momento! !
Delta is special. We never fail to turn up late that day together.
Ok.. Some of us maybe.

I knew I shouldn't have but I still wore an inner wear with a strap across my neck hoping it won't be seen. How foolish~ See la.. Got told off again.

I got more hands-on on flag stuff and many more 'on the spot thinking'. Like when the malina is really long after extension, we can use chain knot. I also learn half butterfly knot to end the guy lines. =D

This was the day we had jetty jump. I had to wear the green long sleeve shirt. ergh.. #.# That GREEN does not suit me. Anyway, thanks to Li Er for lending me.

It was fun but risky because I risked the safety of my injured right foot. A few minutes before the safety briefing is conducted, This Careless Foot of mine had to make itself known. No doubt its injury, I still went down. Splash! What a cooling sensation. Zhi Yin was very funny. When she was swimming towards the ladder, she kept saying,

"I'm not moving! I'm not moving!"

The instuctor have to repeatedly tell her, "Yes, you are moving just that the girl behind you is moving faster."

It was a long way out from Camp Resilience to the jetty. I limped my way out trying every possible way to pace myself with the rest. Ohh.. It was painful alright. I didn't know it would cause more injury to my foot. Behind me were Cheryl and Jun Hao. Every few minutes, Jun Hao will ask, "You ok anot? Sure? Sure?"

I was in pain but still ok. Finally, I went the furthest I could and Cheryl grabbed my Corporate bag from me. HA!

06-Dec-08

And here are... ...
My BUNK MATES of BUNK 7

This picture was taken on the last day of RC2!
We couldn't find Zulaikha. =(
But we had to take a photo before the ma'ams appear and we'll have no chance!
The packing of the bed sheets, pillow cases and blankets were done in our room and we are the singing group. While waiting, we sang many camp songs. Philo and Jia Tian ma'am came in and smiled. We reported the numbers and it was DONE!

Again I felt very blessed because our bunk is the ONLY female bunk that is on ground floor. It is easy to assess and it helps us safe time climbing up the stairs when we're in a rush.
However, our bunk would be the first to get inspected. Changes of the arrangement of the bunks therefore would not reach us as quickly as the others.

I must say I like the bunks especially the pillow and the fans. The pillow is really soft and fluffy, much more soft and fluffy than the one I have at home. The fan is super strong on the ceiling which could quickly get our hair dry before we turn in to bed.



For RC2, I did not manage to hand in my individual assessment on drills. (//_//)
What the crap.. .
I couldn't join the squad in drills or pt because of my leg. .. .

09-Dec-08 to 12-Dec-08

CI Course - RC1 (1st to 5th of D08)

BAck from RC1.
Quite a huge sum of information bombarded at us and a lot of intake.
One question that was posted which I remembered most was
"Why am I in this course?"
I wrote down a couple of things:

- Well, firstly, Mdm Wong encouraged me to, my mom said it's a good opportunity to learn and get to know how others work.
- to better my leadership skills during execution?
- to better interact with people around me which I seldom am good at
- strengthen my unit's cadets
- come out of my comfortable zone, which is just to do the back work instead of really speaking up
- think flexibly
- be a good testimony or role model
- LEARN as much, SHARE as much, BRING BACK as much, CONTRIBUTE as much

I realised that there is a reason for every decision made by NPCC and it is reasonable. Like why are the lashings or knots tied in a certain manner, why things are carried out in this order. In NPCC, everything is done in such an orderly manner and I like it.

Then, it's like I have to ask myself "Am I going through motion?"
I have yet to answer that.


Debriefing is something I am not sure how to go about doing. Here I learn that we should catogorise our debriefings. (eg. Posture, professionalism, preperation, partnership, classroom management, how to summarise a lesson, how to clarify when wrong things are being taught, etc.. so much more.)

I remembered volunteering to check the uniform for the girls and when briefing them on their mistakes, I can't organise the pointers in my head and it was so messy, I need to write it down to brief. It was kind of heart-thumping.

Teaching of knots was easy as it was more flexible than during drills.
I got a feeling I am not going to do so well for my first assessement on radio com and footdrills because I didn't manage to study.




On 4th December 2008, THE GREATEST MISTAKE I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE.
It was the simplest thing I should have done - pin up my fringe.
Great, because of this, I got shouted right at my face. I remembered when I was collecting the attendance list from other squads. I was thinking to go to ma'am first of to get my clip. I made a wrong choice. Anyway, it's over! -.-


Through this first 5 days, I met DELTA! Marvelous bunch of people.

We have our very own notebooks!
(Faiz the genius! haha~)

Spending most of the time eating with them and being the outstanding ones almost everytime in HTA. We had quite some time finding a place in Long John Silver on 5th DEC and I saw AKID working there.

A lot of jokes,
a lot of crap,
which made my life there more joyous and interesting.
Stressed at first, but less stress when Delta occupied my life. =D

01-Dec-08 to 05-Dec-08