We had a car wash this year to raise money for our job week. We were supposed to be asking our teachers to support us by letting us wag their cars. However, most of that work was done by our scout leaders. I feel that we should be more initiative and participative when it comes to such activities as it is our job week and not our leaders'.
Before we started the car wash, we were briefed to not pour the water over to car to get rid of the soap. Instead we were told to rinse our rags and then wash off the soap. Unfortunately, this rule was broken by many of my fellow scouts as they were playing with the water. When we carried out this activity, we were in the middle of a dry spell and the need to conserve water was extremely high. I feel that we should be more responsible in conserving water, a precious resource, and not waste it as Singapore has limited resources and there could be a day when we might have a lack of water.
Many of us were playing as we washed the cars and were not serious in our work. In my opinion this is a very selfish behaviour. This shows that we do not care for things that do not belong to us. If we put ourselves in the shoes of the car owners, we too would not wish for others to damage our precious belongings.
I also learnt the power of teamwork through this activity. When we worked together, we were able to get the job done quicker than working in separate individuals in order to simultaneously wash the cars at the same time.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
HK scouts exchange programme
My thoughts about the programme:
First of all when we arrived at Telok Ayerand went to the temple. Un fortunately, our facilitators were unfamiliar withe route and we got separated with the first half of the group and got lost. Furthermore, it did not seem that they were sure of their end destination. The movement of the scouts was very disorganized and had to conastantly stop for various reasons.
The transport was also not ideal. I know it was requested by the Hong Kong scouts to take the MRT, however, it was very troublesome - the HK scouts had to buy their cards everytime we rode the train. Adding on to the inconvenience of taking the public transport, when we stopped at a hawker centre, wasting a few hours there and missing out on a few activities. If we had taken a coach, it would be able to pick us up regardless of the weather and we would not have to cancel the activities. Even if we did not take a coach, I suggest that the HK scouts make use of the extra time and plan for what they wanted to cook for the cooking competition later instead of just sitting down there and then not knowing what to buy inside the NTUC, thus wasting time and overcrowding the NTUC.
I also feeel that the waiting time between activties was too long.
In my group, the Singapore scouts and the HK scouts were separated and the interactions between us was little. I suggest that we had a few icebreaking games on the first day to help us know each other better and increase the chances of interaction between us.
First of all when we arrived at Telok Ayerand went to the temple. Un fortunately, our facilitators were unfamiliar withe route and we got separated with the first half of the group and got lost. Furthermore, it did not seem that they were sure of their end destination. The movement of the scouts was very disorganized and had to conastantly stop for various reasons.
The transport was also not ideal. I know it was requested by the Hong Kong scouts to take the MRT, however, it was very troublesome - the HK scouts had to buy their cards everytime we rode the train. Adding on to the inconvenience of taking the public transport, when we stopped at a hawker centre, wasting a few hours there and missing out on a few activities. If we had taken a coach, it would be able to pick us up regardless of the weather and we would not have to cancel the activities. Even if we did not take a coach, I suggest that the HK scouts make use of the extra time and plan for what they wanted to cook for the cooking competition later instead of just sitting down there and then not knowing what to buy inside the NTUC, thus wasting time and overcrowding the NTUC.
I also feeel that the waiting time between activties was too long.
In my group, the Singapore scouts and the HK scouts were separated and the interactions between us was little. I suggest that we had a few icebreaking games on the first day to help us know each other better and increase the chances of interaction between us.
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