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

Parade No. 24 (7-8 Nov)

Date: 7-8 Nov (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 0945 (Sat) - 1400 (Sun)
Venue: BLSS & Expedition Area
Attire: Blue BB polo , PE shorts & watch

Company Expedition 2009

0945-1000 Fall in
1000-1100 Expedition Briefing & Preparation
1100 (Sat)-1345 (Sun) Expedition
1345-1400 Dismissal

Remarks:

Expedition Packing List

In one haversack / backpack (NOT sling bag!):

1 roll of toilet paper
1 short transparent ruler
PE T-shirt, shorts, socks and underwear in 1 ziplock bag
Torchlight with extra batteries
At least 1 mess tin
Fork and spoon
TWO 1.5 litre water bottles
Raincoat / poncho
Insect repellent
Powder
Toothpaste and toothbrush
1 extra set of clothes and towel
Extra ziplock bags
EZ-Link card
ALL of the above items are COMPULSORY

Medication / inhaler (if necessary)
Tommy cooker and solid fuel (optional)
Track pants/jacket (may be cold at night)
Money for 1 lunch (hawker centre)

Each group must have:
Sufficient food for 1 dinner, 1 breakfast and 1 lunch (to buy on your own)

Group items from Company store:

2 maps per group
2 compasses per group
2 permanent markers per group
2 stoves per group
2 fuel cylinders per group
2 lighters per group
1 trash bag per group
1 groundsheet per person
1 basha pole per person
3 tent pegs per person

Posted by:
Mr Shaun Goh

HIKE GROUPS

This year's Company Expedition will involve a combination of hiking and cycling, with a surprise activity along the way... Hope you are all looking forward to it!!!

Here are the Hike Groups:

Sec 1 Group A

OICs: Mr. Chong Wei Liang and Primer Teo Boon Siang

1. Eden Chow
   
2. Ryan Ang
   
3. Yeo Jia Wei
4. Tay Chin Loong
5. Stefan Teng
   

Sec 1 Group B

OICs: Mr. Lin Minghao and Primer Zheng Jinrong

1. Su Jit Sheng
2. Ng Yeh Kai
3. Alan Chua
4. Ong Jin Ding
5. Ang Chee Seong

Sec 2 Group A

OIC: Primer Matthew Cheng

1. Kelvin Leong
2. Yong Shang Zheng
3. Nigel Wee
4. Hou Wei Feng
5. Cheong Chin Ho

Sec 2 Group B

OIC: Primer Ling Ting Kai

1. Boey Zhihong
2. Ray Ng
3. Justin Tan
4. Clement Koh
   

Sec 3 Group A

OIC: Mr. Desmond Yuen and Primer Benjamin

1. Yeo Wei Liang
2. Chua Yue Long
3. Toh Sin Yew
4. Jonathan Weng
   

Sec 3 Group B

OIC: Mr. Shaun Goh and Primer Zhihong

1. Kevan Tan
2. Elton Lim
3. Ooi Junsheng
4. James Salvador Emmanuel
   

Posted by:
Mr. Tay