Christmas/New Year Party! (30-31 Dec 2009)

Dates: 30 - 31 Dec 2009
Time: Anytime from 3 pm on 30 Dec 2009 onwards
Venue: Cranwell Bungalow 2 (CB2), Aloha Changi

How to get there:

Take the east bound train to Tampines MRT station. Transfer to SBS bus no. 29. There's a bus stop directly opposite our bungalow (click on map below). Last bus from Tampines is at 2345.

OR

Take the east bound train to Pasir Ris MRT station. There is a shuttle bus service commuting to & from Pasir Ris MRT station (taxi stand facing the main road near MacDonald's).

Shuttle bus timings from Pasir Ris MRT to Aloha Changi Reception: 0915, 1415, 1515, 1615, 2115

Shuttle bus timings from Aloha Changi Reception to Pasir Ris MRT: 0950, 1030, 1450, 1550, 1650, 2145

SGB Deliveries on 19 Dec 2009

Last parade of 2009! It will be a whole day event.

Time: 1000 - 2100
Attire: Full BB Uniform
Report at BLSS; dismissal from BLSS

Bring water bottle and a pen.

End of SGB Duty @ JP2!

Our 7 days of duty @ JP2 are over! Hope you all managed to collect lots of gifts and donations, and fulfill lots of wishes!

Well done to everyone who was on duty! :) Only 1 Boy was absent in the entire week, but he made up for it on another day. I received some complaints about improper attire (e.g. no chevron) and hair though. Do make sure your uniforms are ok the next time you wear them.

The next date for SGB duty is 19 Dec 2009. We'll be doing deliveries, so you'll get to see for yourself where all the rice, cooking oil, biscuits, canned food etc. end up!

Posted by:
Mr Tay

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT COURSE 2 (FOR SEC 3s)

Reporting Time: 5 Dec 2009 (Sat), 0830 hrs
Dismissal Time: 6 Dec 2009 (Sun), by 1800 hrs
Venue: BB/GB Campsite, Sembawang*
Attire: Full BB Uniform
Participants: Jordon, Sin Yew, Wei Liang, Elton, Siong Guan, Jonathan, Junsheng, Yue Long
Cost: $60 per Boy (you pay $12; Company subsidises the rest). Absentees will have to pay the full amount back to the Coy.

*Take SMRT Bus service no. 882 from Sembawang Interchange and alight at Sembawang Park bus-stop at the end of Sembawang Road where the bus makes a round-about turn.

Your Course Company and squad numbers will be made known to you on reporting.

There will be a written assessment for all trainees. Please re-familiarise yourself with the basic BB knowledge that can be found in pages 7-11 and page 27 of the Seniors Programme Handbook for Boys (Feb 2005) as well as lessons on LDC I (Pre-Course reading material in the website below).

In addition, you will also be assessed on your performance as the Camp by all trainers.

Boys must also report in proper haircut, which is defined as hair that is not dyed, and does not touch the ears, eyebrows and collar.

For more information (including packing list), go to:
http://www.bb.org.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=11765

SGB Duty @ NTUC Xtra JP2 (28 Nov to 4 Dec 2009)

Date: (see calendar above)
Time: 1045 - 2100 hours
Attire: Full BB uniform
Venue: NTUC Xtra, JP2

Points to Note:

• Report to the Duty Officer outside NTUC Xtra at 1045 (Sat and Sun: Mr Shaun Goh; Mon and Tue: Mr Chong Wei Liang; Wed and Fri: Mr Lin Minghao; Thu: Mr Desmond Yuen)
• Each Boy on duty will be given $10 allowance per day.
• Be friendly and polite to members of the public. Take the initiative to talk to them about SGB.
• Boys on duty will be split between the Gift Box and the Wish Tree. You will be given 2 coin tins for each place.
• Take turns to go for your meals / to the toilet.
• Do not use your handphones, listen to music or play with PSP while doing duty.
• Some BB officers that you may not know will come to collect the gifts and coin tins in the afternoon/evening. Make sure they are wearing an SGB pass before handing anything over to them.
• If you need help, call the SGB hotline (1800-BBSHARE), BB HQ (67370377) or the Duty Officer.
• When you leave at 9 pm, make sure the place is clean and tidy.

Posted by:
Mr Tay

Parade No. 25 (14 Nov 2009)

Date: 14 November 2009, Saturday
Time: 0900 - 1400 hours
Venue: BB HQ
Attire: Brigade Attire
DO: Mr Adrian Tay

Programme:
0900 - 0915 Fall In @ BLSS
0915 - 0930 Briefing on Sharity Gift Box
0930 - 1000 Bus journey to BB HQ
1000 - 1300 Sharity Gift Box Training
1300 - 1330 Lunch
1330 - 1400 Dismissal

Remarks:
Breakfast will not be provided.

Posted by:
Mr. Tay

Photos from Coy Expedition 2009

82nd Coy's Expedition 2009 took place last weekend (7 - 8 November).

Phase A was a 10 - 15 km hike (depending on how lost the hike groups got!) that brought us through:

• Bukit Brown Cemetery
• Caldecott Hill
  
• Toa Payoh
• Potong Pasir (for the Sec 2s and 3s only)
• Kallang

Caldecott Hill... Home of MediaCorp

The Most Competitive Group

Thought this was cool...

Dining in style by the Kallang River, against the Singapore skyline.

From Kallang MRT, everyone got to take an SBS bus to East Coast for Phase B, which involved cycling 16 - 20 km (the Sec 1s had a shorter route) to Pasir Ris Park, our campsite; and then 5 km to Changi Beach Park the next morning.

This Sec 1 group had to have a late dinner on the beach at East Coast Park.

Our bikes

The Sec 1s stretching before cycling.

I think it was way past 2 a.m. by the time the last groups (the Sec 1s) reached Pasir Ris Park - and they still wanted to go prawning!!! They were amazingly enthusiastic and energetic throughout the day, but I felt they needed a well-deserved rest. We'll go prawning some other time!

Room for three...

Phase C was a short hike around the Changi Village area on Sunday morning. The whole expedition was topped off with lunch at Changi Village.

I told the Boys that the expedition would be a test of five things:

1. Skills (e.g. map reading, basha pitching)
2. Physical endurance
3. Mental strength
4. Friendship
5. "Survivability"
   

I'm glad to say that everyone who took part in the expedition passed with flying colours!

Any thoughts on Coy Expedition 2009? Do feel free to post a comment - this is YOUR blog!

Posted by:
Mr. Tay