YoReCa

Day 4 of YoReCa camp 09 EARTHQUAKE

2009-11-26T10:51:00.003+08:00

Today we had our moring exercise today. Lead by our Irwin hahahaha ;D almost the same as day 2 and day 3 moring exercise but since it's the last day so the whole YoReCa group from 1 to 5 just put in all the best since it's the last day (so sad) hahaha. After that we have our breakfast today breakfast is 'BURGER' all of us should only take one unless if there's extra Obama take two burger and he ate it during the presentations.

After breakfast all YoReCa members went to their room to pack up everything left nothing behind and gather at the learning lounge and discuss on our team presentations on 'HTA'(Home Team Academy.) It didn't went so well at the beginning because our group don't have much time but we still tried our best to make it in time everyone was so High at day 4.

We had our video flashback on the camp 2009 23 nov 09 to 26 nov 09 wow the flashback was awsome.(3 cheers and 3 cheers and 3 cheers for camera man) after the video the group take turns to perform. The good news is that our group presentation went smoothly as what we want like what OBAMA said 'YES WE CAN'

Good Job 'EARTHQUAKE'

The champion of the presentation group is the 'Hooligans' when the time the hooligans turn to perform all of YOReCa people keep on lauging not because of the perform it's because of the putting a sleeping bag inside his shirt which look like a ******* after the presentation we found that since it's the last day all group members made a lot of funny things like some boys wear skirt some of their put the sleeping bag in their shirt which makes it look like a ******.

Then we have our last Lunch with our group (so sad) can't bear to said goodbye as the 4 days was so fast over some of said why 'camp is not 10days 9nights' 4 days so short we do our EARTHQUAKE till we lost our voice. We have a lot of fun at the camp though out the 4 days.
We chat a lot of things(can't remember what we said) at day 4 all of us begin to show our talent Ken show his rock star voice wow so cool Irwin show his card magic as it shock all of us and last but not least Hakim the OBAMA 'yes we can do it'

Final Debrief we got our Certificate, total of 3 Certificate the last one is special they anyhow give we will take the cert and pass it to the correct person as it's our chance to get to know their as well one person(can't the group colour too many people walk around) he went up to the stage take the mic and said something because he can't find the person wooo good idea.

After than we have a small little game call the 'TRAIN RIDE' very fun as the train begin to get faster and faster.Left over time we chat together to find out more of each other all of us were so high even Yu xian day 1 to 3 she was a bit quiet at day 4 she's the one who is high then all of us we were all shock wow oday yu xian so high for. Deborah the most high than all of us only at night don't feel like sleeping talk here talk there :DDDDDDDDDDD. Times up time to go to the bus all YoReCa were shock when they hear the word TIMES UP.

Some of us take the bus some walk home not sure if we still can meet again some day.

'ALL THE BEST EARTHQUAKE'

'earthquake what do we want'

V-I-C-T-O-R-Y

victory,victory is our pride
earthquake,earthquake share this rock room
1,2,3 let's rock this room

'boom' share share share the room
'boom' share share share the room
'boom' share share share the room

earthquake, earthquake rock this room

2009-11-25T23:20:00.002+08:00

Day 3 in YoReCa Camp :D

Let's skip all the waking up part since all of us are in different rooms :))

As usual, we did the morning exercises. This time, we had to do 3 sets of all the exercises. For the squats, instead of "we will we will rock you" we changed it to "boom boom pow". However, the rhythm was completely wrong and we stuck with "we will we will rock you" in the end again. xD

We also had to run one by one until the whole team ran finish. Instead of running forward, we tried running backwards in the 2nd round. Seeing us do that, Cheri instructed for all the other groups to run backwards in the 3rd round. But in the 3rd round, we decided to hop backwards. :))

For breakfast today, we had Hokkien Mee with 2 fishballs each! WOOHOO! :D IT WAS YUMMY, obviously ;)

After breakfast, we had a 5-station challenge! Oh, right. We also had this group cheer thing. We kept inputting ideas and going off topic that even when Cheri came back, we had no cheer! While the other groups were cheering, we used that time to make our cheer. And i think it turned out awesome! :D It's actually a song instead of a cheer. We edited the words of Old McDonald Had A Farm. XD

It goes like this:
Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh.
And on his farm he had a "RIS LOW!", ee-i-ee-i-oh.
With a BOOMZ BOOMZ here and a SHINGZ SHINGZ there, here BOOMZ there SHINGZ everywhere LEOPARDPWINTS,
Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh.

Even though this was completely impromptu, I think we did well :D there was a good reaction from the audience as they were all laughing and cheering:)

The first challenge was the hop-scotch. After much strategising from our group, we managed to do what i felt was extremely well (heh heh) in that challenge. The highest score in that game was about 100+, but we obtained 217 points! WOOHOO! :) THREE CHEERS AND THREE CHEERS AND THREE CHEERS FOR CHERI!

The next challenge was the Acid River. Personally, I feel that this is the most difficult challenge of them all! All 16 of us had to squeeze on a few planks and bricks! In the end, we managed to collect 2 of the items in the river - the radio and the whistle. Even though we didnt manage to beat the highest mark, I felt that we did well anyway. :)) We had fun, and isn't that the main point of this whole camp? xD

After the Acid River, we went to the skipping rope challenge! At first, we tried to do it with everybody standing sideways. But in the end, we felt that facing the front was a much easier way. We even tried to skip while singing our cheer! :D That failed of course, but it was fun anyway! xD

Our next challenge was the human ladder! ((: We were supposed to transport each person to the other side using just wooden sticks. WOHOOO:D

LET'S GIVE A GOOD JOB CHEER FOR EVERYBODYYYYYYYYYYY :D

We went to Home Team Academy and the Immigration Checkpoint at Tuas. Many things were confidential and we're not allowed to type the details here :) But it was interesting overall.

TADAHHHH I SHALL GO SLEEP NOW ~ XD

BYEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

- Boomz

Day 3

2009-11-25T23:00:00.007+08:00

Day Three of YoReCa '09 Camp(:
EARTHQUAKE!

Today we had the usual morning exercise but we did three times with the guidance of King Arther:( MUSCLE PAIN!! Then we had our breakfast! ENERGY! After that, we went to took up the 5 stations challenge. For our first station, it was the "Skip Together", everyone have to co-ordinate and jump together. It was difficult even though we strategies but everybody tried their best. From this station, we learnt to trust each other and don't blame the people who didn't manage to jump.

For station 2, we played the "Human Ladder". For this challenge, we had two people to hold the wooden poles and we formed a "floating ladder". From this station, our team was determined and we persevered. We also cheered for our group members and encouraged them. These gave us the drive to move on and reach our destination, though sometimes we failed, we still pressed on!

For station 3, we played the "Moon Ball". We had to hit as many times as we could in our own group. For our team, we had two people in the middle and the others formed a circle. Our strategy was that we hit the ball to the middle people and hit back to the people in the circle. Some of us got frustrated and lost our patience but on the whole we did our best and had a score of 37! GOOD JOB EARTHQUAKE!

For station 4, we challenged the "Hotscoth". At first, our members hopped to number 5 to7 which took a very long time and we came our with a strategy that everyone will hop to number 2, cause we weren't greedy! At the end, we had quite a surprising score.(secret)

Our last station was the "Acid River". For this challenge, we need to have co-operation with each other and think of the best solution. However, the most important thing we had learnt was to have fun!

After the amazing challenges, we travelled to the Home Team Academy. We had a introduction on what the HTA does by the officer there and we headed off to some stations to learn more details about the HTA. We got to learn about how suicide bombers work and also the threats Singapore might be facing. It was really shocking when we saw a photo of a head of a suicide bomber. We also got to know how and where they place the bombs examples like letter and even a box of chocolate.

We had lunch at the HTA and travelled down to the Immigration Checkpoint Authority(ICA) to learn about the threats and challenges at Tuas Checkpoint. We learnt about how the immigrants attempted to smuggle themselves through singapore. Also, we learned how Immigraiton Checkpoint Authority ( ICA) uses latest technology to detect potential threats to the country.

ANywayz, there is no time left and the auntie is pestering us to stop blogging. Water the flower and hope EarthQuake left an impression on you. (AFtermath) :(

I LOVE YOU ALL! (DEBS) :)

Love,
EARTHQUAKE.

p.s on the side note, the quiz is glitch on some parts and its really unfair to us. Consider improving on how the quiz works cuz we got scammed.

2009-11-25T23:00:00.006+08:00

YEEEEHAAWWWWW!
we brainstormed a fabulous cheer after breakfast, it goes like this:

As we bang to the left
As we bang to the right
As we bang x2
As we bang all night,
With a horse and a gun,
And a full lassoround,
With a horse and a gun,
And we bang all down!
*stylo move*

Challenges:
Acid River, Skip together, Human ladder, Moon ball and lastly hopscotch.

Bus trips:
We went to Home Team Acad and had briefings.
We visited some stations and had our platable lunch.

We then headed to Tuas Checkpoint.
We saw how they screened the luggages and cargos.
It was interesting and refreshing.
We were all engrossed in what was in the passengers' bags lol!
Orange= non-metal, Organic.
Green= Mixture
Blue= Metallic

We then headed back to NACLI camp.
there was jam on the way but we had fun gossiping.
LOADS OF FUN.

EXCLUSIVES:

1. LingShan: (at human ladder) You sure you can carry me? I very heavy leh.
Sorry sorry. Eh, why you so short? Grow taller leh. Cannot one cannot one.
(at Home Team Acad) Oops! Why i using this spoon uh?
Alamak, this one for dessert one.
PS: She lost her bandana but found it on her bed, lol.

2. We gossiped alot of things 'bout BRANDS.
2nd Brand is from our our group! wait, same brand different model, lol.

3. Presentation on how student leaders can act during a epidemic outbreak:
Yanaa and Hadi -> Nurse & Doctor
LingShan -> Head Of Student Leaders.
Wenxuan & Lijun -> Student Leaders
Isaac -> Teacher
Mardhiah -> Fainter
ZiZhao, Feroz and Irfan -> Infected friends.
Eunice, Kaiyan and yongming -> ambulance sound effect.
Benjamin -> Narrator
Chinyee & LeeLing-> Cheerleaders

* we used the kindness movement fan as flowers, lol.

Food at the home team acad was very filling that many of us skipped dinner.
LingShan won the $10 Macdonald vouchers!! ^^v.

Tomorrow is the last day, we are planning to have further outings.
Ciaos for now. (:

2009-11-25T22:59:00.002+08:00

day 3 of camp:)

we woke up to the sound of weird animals outside our room. the morning was almost the same as yesterdays but we did more stretching. King Arthur led the "5BX" which we did 3 sets. we did till we all felt really tired but more energized! the food was full of nutrition and we filled our stomachs.
next, we had another challenge called the "5 station games". the first station that we went to was called the human ladder. everyone was very extremely cooperative and we completed the challenge in a snap ! YAY ! :D Though it was tiring and our sweat started flowing like the nigiara (sp?)falls , WE ENJOYED OURSELVES . MOST IMPORTANTLY , WE LEARN AN INVALUABLE LESSON , TEAMWORK !! :D

We then proceeded to other stations . One of which , was the moonball . It was strategised with Boss Ashique standing in the centre and the rest of the group members surrounding him with 2 helpers saving the godly ball :D Thank god we had xavier who SAVED it :D ( HAHAHAHA GET THE PUN ??? XAVIER SAVES ??? ) ;)

proceeding on , we then went on to the acid river . It tested our teamwork , as we alkali , completely neutralised it :D HAHAHAH . Yup , we conquered it with RESILENCE .
And thus the acid river became a PH7 :) CUZ THE GORILLAZ ROCKETH THE HOUSEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WE HAVE ALKALIS ON OUR HAIRY DAIRY LARRY SCARY ZANY WEARY PERRY , Whatever , fur :) ( hahahah xavier says there is too much of smilies ... it's just ah .............. {FILL IN THE BLANKS} )

So yadda yadda blah blah blah , it was finally the ROPE SKIPPING SESSION . It was really tough as we couldnt coordinate . But hey ! To err is human , to forgive divine :) :) :) :) Even though we only managed one , but a small step by the gorillaz , and a GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND !
Too bad , His majesty Dubey , only gave us 1 instead of 2 .But resilence conquered our weary-hairy-funny-danny-tanny-yanny-yummy hearts . We bounced back from our mistake like how the moonball did :) And so , the gorillaz did it again . ( Oops i did it again ! ) Hahaha sorry britney . But your song is like Boomz shingz a nong nong time ago full of leopard preens ^v^hehehehehe.

Finally , we were at our final station ! Woohoo ! The butterscotch-hopscotch ( we are just hungry btw ) was so toppy-woppy-roppy-copy-boppy-hoppy'ly Good . We had a hoppin' good t'me :) Our first plan failed , so did our second . But three time was our magic number to success ! :D Oooooooooooooooh yeah ! We were the ones who got the highest score ! ( ego , ego ) Muahahahahaha . Who says gorillaz cant be proud . Cuz we're m'ghty proud . That satisfaction was priceless . THAT is the spirit !!

So it's 11.40 now and thy shall skip the 5 stations to our field trips . Go link to other posts la !
So ICA and HTA was boomz . All the police-y stuff and drug-y explosive-y terrorist-y stuffs really made our minds WHIRL . And go boomz .

First of , HTA . All the guns , and policemen/policewomen marching in unison really blew our minds off . It was heartwarming to know that Singapore's security is really high-techish , with the GORILLAZ of course HAHAHA . The talk was borrrrrrrrring and Ashique was truly No.1 in sleeping with eyes open . The expression ... win already . Mouth open , saliva dripping , and eyes wide opened like a vampire . But his perserverance in sleeping was well worth it . We all had a good laugh . :D HAHAHAHAH :p

Then it was lunch time . THANK YOU HTA ! :D The meal was wayyy better than any we had at NACLI . Fishcake , Fried dumplings , Fried fish and veggies was ichibang ! :) The gorillaz ate like there was no tomorrow , like WHOAA :) Reason : We are gorillaz .

After that , we headed to ICA at tuas . The busride was shingz . Hellish boring to the core with Ashique's singing . He completely screamed his lungs off , completely off key . Singapore glass is expensive and btw ASHIQUE : DON'T BREAK IT !

As we are posting this entry , Mdm vati is chasing us . So gotta go , toodles :)

Day Three

2009-11-25T20:29:00.004+08:00

Another long day in YoReCa Land, but it has been a FUN day hasn't it? From visiting DSB bank to scanning objects at Tuas, and that crazy skipping rope thing...

Check out these pixs from today and yesterday. And do log on to Facebook to check out and d/l these pixs and more! :)

Day 2

2009-11-24T23:26:00.002+08:00

today is day 2 for te Main Event Mafia!

And this is for today, we had alot to go about but we have only 5 minutes to type.. Sadly.. LOL!

But in any case, whatever ever we can talk about we will, and those reading this and coming on Thursday to see our performance, we hope that you will enjoy is and have a good time yourself and along with your family!!

We ahve a great time here, SMRT and SBS Transit. Learning more about Terrorist, Terrorism and their threats activities but this is all we can talk about for today sadly.

Since most of our time were used to prepare for the performance on Thursday! And we hope one of our team members get well soon!! having low blood pressure?? Not too sure.

Just get well soon!!! ;)

And thats it for today thanks and adios!! Post more tomorrow!! ;)

Day 2

2009-11-24T23:12:00.002+08:00

Second day of YuReCa was indeed a fun experience.

We had to report to the carpark area at 7.30am to do our morning exercise, and it had really been a great workout to fresh up our body and mind for the day.
After breakfast, we proceed on to the team building game .
Firstly , we will splited into two groups , followed by , we went to different stations that provided different challenges to us . First of all , Team Challenge Rescue . Its a game about trying to carry a strecher across different obstacles . The first part was pretty difficult due to the fact that we tried it the first time . So , aft numerous try , we improvised on our idea , and showed great teamwork not onlywithin our team , but with other team too . We exchanged strecher to complete the task easily & the instructor praised us with compliments saying that we displayed great teamwork & resilience . Moving on ,
We had our Team Challenge Rescue pit .
It was a game which we had to swing over the pool with just the mere support from a looped rope .
" we were like tarzans" quoted from Yishen .
This game not only showed the brave side of some of us , it showed the "never-dying-spirit" burning deep in them . Although some splashed into the water , one was wiped out o: , but we cheered them on ! We knew it wasnt easy for some of them , but we knew they could do it . At the end of the day , everyone swung across onto the platform successfully , and lived on happily ever after .
Proceeding on , we had our nice LUNCH.
Proceeding on agn , we proceeded to SMRT . Where we learned about external threats and learnt about the consequences . We learnt pretty much stuff & enjoy a good HIGH-TEA at the depot .
Finally , we went to the last destination , which was the SBS transit . We learnt how to evacuate from the bus & learnt what to do when there is an emergency . We enjoyed a slow busride back to the camp .
The team-bonding activity of the day , would be the Key-punch . Its a game that requires the participation of different languages group , so that , we can decify the meaning of some unknown words . The champion was the EARTHQUAKE team , 3 cheers for you guys.
The last thing we had was the quiz of the day , which we had the debate as per normal . Pretty fun & we learnt many new stuff too . And now , we are sitting down here , blogging about all this . I shall therefore end my post here.

2411o9 , 2331 , signing off , Silent Boomz
Proudly done by , yishen , ken .

Second day of camp :)

2009-11-24T22:47:00.003+08:00

Second day of Camp:)

we woke up to the relisation that we had to gather at the parade square at 7.30 for our morning flag raising ceremony. flag raising ceremony is important as it instills the sense of belonging to singapore in us. the morning exercise was not the usual stuff that we always do in camp. we did the "5BX". this exercise helped as it woke us up from our sleepy self that we were when we first gathered.
during breakfast, we had a delicious breakfast and that got us ready for our 2 challenges that were coming our way.the first challenge is called the team challenge pit. the pit challenges tests us on our confidence, trust and confidence. each member of the team is required to swing across a pool of water to a platform which was partially submerge in the pool. some people could not make it, however, everyone encouraged and we didnt give up hope on one another. this taught us how to forgive others even though, they brought inconvenience to us. the second challenge we did was the challenge rescue. the rescue challenge requires the members to transport a casualty in a stretcher across a few obstacles. this challenge was difficult but fun to do. during this challenge, however, we met with a few problems. example, our plank kept wobbling and the people who were crossing were put in a dangerous position to cross. also, the supporters didnt support the rescuers well enough, hence resulting in the rescuers falling which woud have us start the game again. however, we still managed to make almost to the end of the course, when the time went up. through this game, we learnt how to work together as a team and how to take confidence in each others decisions.
after the 2 challenges, we had 2 talks on terrorism. one is from the LTA about public transport security awareness. the other is from the SMRT about community emergency preparedness awareness. both talks were interesting and made us more aware of how much we could do to help singapore be a much safer country for everyone to live in.
during lunch, we had rice, fish, vegetables and tofu. the food was awesome.
next, we had to travel to SMRT for a detrainment exercise where we learnt how the main emergency facilities works. this provided us with more understanding on how to react when an emergency happens. this would benefit all of us.

So... what's smrt without sbs ? :D Besides , they are our key source of transport in Singapore . So , essentially , we headed to the sbs head office :D AND WHOAAAAA it was awesome :D the depot was huge . Literally , it's ginormous(gigantic + enormous ) ! Complete awesome-ness :D We had a ride on a typical sbs transit bus . But with the company of our awesome groupmates , the busride was comparable to a roller coaster ride . :D Haha , exxagerating . Anyway , we had a brief on the difference of tapping your ezlink card in and out . Though it does not makes much of a difference , it actually registers on the sbs database on how many commuters actually uses the bus daily . According to the data , sbs then allocate more bus for the commuters usage accordingly . (:

Yadda , yadda ......... we returned to our campsite , NACLI, and had a scrumptious dinner :D

THEN IT WAS THE FINAL GAME !!
THE BRAINKILLERRRRRRRR !!!

but it was definitely a time we got together , AND HEY !
Now we know satu is 1 in malay :D
And sembilan is 9 in malay too !

Not bad eh ?;) Resilence camp + Multi racial language course = YoReCa !!!! :D
Yes , truly ..... Wanna challenge in INDIAN + MALAY + CHINESE NOW ?!?! HAHAHA ok ... i kid i kid :D

Hehe this is getting wordy ... but to conclude ...
From this exposure , we gained an insight on trust , perserverence
and standing up from our failures :)

Oh wellz , its 11.30 now ... Toodles :D

" To err is human , to forgive divine "
Mankind is falable . But to forgive one's team-mate is truly the key to success in a united team :D

2009-11-24T22:41:00.006+08:00

Rise and Shine!
We gathered for Flag raising and had morning warm ups.
We proceeded to dining hall and sang birthday song forrrrrrr,

MARDHIAH !!

we had SHARK FINS BEEHOON and golden nuggets.
Unfortunately, we were split up during the team challenge.
" NOOOOOOOOOO!! ))): "
There were 2 challenges:
Team Challenge Rescue whereby we had to transport 'casualties' across obstacles.
& Team Challenge Pit whereby we had to skid across a pond to land on a platform.

Trip to SMRT at Ang Mo Kio:
We reshuffled groupings.
But we remained intact.
Things were going on smoothly as we learnt the features of different emergency appliances
and we headed to bishan depot.
We were actually allowed to 'break the law' by using the emergency appliances
and EATING AND DRINKING ON THE TRAINS!!
Upon arrival, we headed to refreshments.
It was simply SCRUMPTIOUS!
There was Mee Goreng, Dumpling w vinegar, siewmai w chili, brownies&fruit tarts.
YongMing intended to 'dabao' away some for supper, but unfortunately,
we were overcame by our conscious.
Also, we were so suay the bus broke down so we had to wait for another one.
We then headed down to SBS.

At SBS, we had lectures and learnt about public security measures on buses.
We boarded a bus to have a tour around the SBS interior.
We bombed the tourguide with questions.
Then we headed back to NACLI camp.

At dinner, Ling Shan was so traumatised as she boarded the wrong bus back to camp.
She was filled with so much trepidation that she could only bring down one sea cucumber banana. We had sausages, fried chicken wings and vegetables + banana for dinner. yumm.

EXCLUSIVE:
YongMing AKA Patrick:
Upon hearing that there were leftover jellies,
he greedily smuggled a few into his bag.
JiaLe:
Overheard Ling Shan talking about the food, he went insane renaming the food:

Fried beehoon -> Sharkfins beehoon
Fruit Jelly(Longan&cherry)->
Birds nest jelly *longan = abalone. cherry=red dates.
Dessert Spoon -> Bird nest essence-coated spoon. (ZiZhao sucked for at least 1h)
Banana -> Ginseng sea cucumber banana.

Isaac AKA Sacmon:
He was 'matchmade' with Yunni and he went emo for a very long time.

Wenxuan:
Broke fork. ):

Learnt Tamil 1-10 in deactivating bomb game:
In Tamil:
1 - Wonu
2 - Rendu
3 - Moonu
4 - Nalu
5 - Anjee
6 - Aaru
7 - Yealu
8 - Yeightu
9 - Wonbodu
10 - Patu

As we've got no Indian in our group, we were highly dependent on outside friends
for help on these words. Subsequently, we noted down the procedures of the numbers
in our handphones to perform more efficiently.
Our highest record: 40.
*applause*
Benjamin was sweating like no tomorrow. LOL.

Currently, we are preparing for our final day presentation
and once again we wish Mardhiah a very HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY! (:
Stay tuned for more tomorrow!

WAHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

2009-11-24T22:41:00.005+08:00

Second Day of YoReCa '09 Camp(:

Today we asembled at the parade square and did morning exercise, it was quite interesting. After the fun morning exercise, we went to eat our breakfast, the breakfast was very delicious. We went to have our challenge 2 and 3 after that. Red team had to split themselves and joined us. It was surprising to see them working well with us since they werent in our group.

For challenge 2, we had to transport the "casulties" to the nearest "hospital". We met a few obstacles and we had to overcome it. We were given 2 planks to assist us to bridge the obstacles. It was difficult at the beginning where we had no idea what to do at all. But after brainstorming and trying out a few techniques, we realised which would work and which wouldn't.

From this challenge, we learnt that communication and teamwork is very important. And sometimes it's better to collaborate than compete as this allows us to complete the task faster and more efficiently for both teams. We realised this when we decided to swap "victims" with the other group so that we can navigate the path that we are more familiar with. This allowed both teams to reach their goals. Instead of having selfish motives, by working together, we managed to complete the challenge in the stipulated time.

Afterwhich, still glowing from our success at the previous station, we moved on to the team Pit Challenge, where we had to put our courage and confidence to test when we made use of a rope to swing from the edges of the pool to the platform in the center. Before swinging across, we had to state our goals. Reaching the platform was kinda like achieving our goals; even if we did not succeed the first time, we must always try again and that is the true road to success. Team support is also essential as it always helps to have someone cheering you on to give you encouragement and the drive to pursue the challenges. ;)

Later on, we had a talk organised by Land Transport Authority on Public Security Awareness. We learnt the potential threats that could strike our various public transport modes and how we can play a part in preventing ourselves from becoming a target.

You can save lives, including your own. ;D

After lunch, we travelled to Ang Mo Kio MRT station where we participated in a detrainment exercise. We also learnt various security features and functions of the mrt stations and how to access these features should there be a need. We were also taught to apply S.A.L.U.T.E and H.O.T when faced with a suspiciously behaving person or a suspicious article respectively.

Deb: THERE WAS MOOREEE FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! :D

Then we took the bus to SBS transit's west quarters to learn about the security challenges on buses. After a short briefing, we were brought to a "conference" room where we could see the Operating Control Station in action through a glass panel. Afterwhich, we got a ride in the bus with a friendly auntie bus CAPTAIN. :D She explained many things to us, eg. the number of CCTV cameras in each bus and explained the purposes of such security purposes. Thanks, bus capt! :D

Then we headed back to NACLI for DINNNNNNNNNNNERRRRRR! :D ATE ATE ATE. CHEERED CHEERED CHEERED. Got banana leh. xD Then we got to play a team challenge game known as KEY PUNCH, where we had to make use of our LANGUAGE resources(Chinese, Tamil and Malay) to organise numbers 1-50. At first it was challenging, but as everyone participated their 1000000000000000000000000000%, despite being kicked out of the room several times, :) we perservered on and we were the first group to complete the game! WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE~ Happiness! LOVE JOY PEACE AND HOPE AND MORE LOVE! :)

Then we had a quiz, where we kena pwned, unfortunately. Irwin wanted to fish and water the flowers. :) But then, GWEN(DOLYN) answered a question correctly and she got $10 popular voucher sehhhhhhh. Must share share hor. xD

Now we wanna sleep liao. But Irwin dont wanna let us sleep. :( Sad sad liao.

K bye.

Love,
Earthquake. :)

Day 2

2009-11-24T21:14:00.002+08:00

YoReCa-ians, it's the end of Day 2... I know it has been a very long long day with repeated HOT and SALTUE talks, but you've all successfully soldiered on to arrive with new knowledge and hopefully new experiences!

The photos for today aren't ready yet, but pls check for yesterday's photos in the facebook page. In the meantime, after all this fun, can you remember how yesterday went??? Check out these photos! :)

Day 1

2009-11-23T23:08:00.002+08:00

Our day one experience at YoReCa 09!

By Hooligans (Group 5)/ The Main Event Mafia.

We all entered this camp as strangers and today is the first day and within the first couple of hours we have gotten to know one another, not all our background fully but enough to keep one another entertaint! Haha!

The first thing we did today was headed out to the Alexander Fire Station for a field trip and find out more about Hazmat (Hazardous Materials) and about the different equipment of the Fire Fighters, from their various trucks to their various fire fighting and cleaning agents.

We had a great time there although sadly one of our teammates lost her phone, We pray she can find it soon, we watched and learn about the various Terrorist groups and what they had done to harm the world and our neighbouring countries.

When we came back to the campsite, we headed for the Learning lounge and played a game called Confidence skip. Its hard to explain as there are many stages and well... It was a very long process haha!

But from it we have learned:

-Forgiveness
-Perseverence
-Coordination
-Commication and trust.

After all of that we had many lectures after lectures after lectures and learned more of how Terrorist recuit their members and to tell the truth thats it for today!

Adios!!

2009-11-23T22:59:00.002+08:00

First day of YoReCa '09 Camp.

Hey all, we are team 3 and our group name is EARTHQUAKE. Well actually when we first reached the place we barely know where each of us come from but after the warchant game, we got to know each other better and build a bit of team spirit. After the game, we had lunch together. We were quite united as we linked the tables and ate lunch together and waited for each other to eating. After the delicious meal, we went to the Civil Defence Force Training area. We had a lecture by the officer there and we get to know more about Emergency Procedures and Unconventional Threats. It was a fruitful experience.

We had an interesting officer as he was nice and answered all our doubts very willingly. It is good to see that we have fire fighters who are so commited to their job which give us great sense of security. We tried out various things that the fire fighters did such as having experience to play with the hose. We also learnt that they need 6 to 7 hoses when a fire breaks out in the middle of the express way as there is no water hydrant. Also, we finally could differenciate the alarm of the ambulance and fire fighting truck.

We ended this amazing trip and went back to NACLI. We played confidence

Day 1

2009-11-23T22:55:00.002+08:00

Today was the first day of our youth resilience camp. At 9 am we were all unfamiliar, quiet individuals but by 10 pm, we transformed into a bunch of confident and cooperative members of an exciting group. No doubt this transformation will continue in us and make us better people, able to apply the qualities we learn in this camp to our real lives.

At first we had a fun time of the team building: The War Chant Game. '(Insert random screaming sounds)!!! DOI'N, DOI'N, DOI'N' was our cheer and we tried our best to fend of random attacks from the other teams. True, we screwed up sometimes, but in the end, we grew closer as a team and had fun (which was the main objective of the camp).

After the game was the opening address and followed by which was the room check in. We entered clean and neat rooms with really cool AIR CONDITIONING (WOOTS)! :D:D:D:D:D:DD::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D. We had really nice toilets too XD.

We then had a wonderful lunch and then we travelled to the Singapore Civil Defence Force where we received book and notes on how to manage emergency situations (such as a gas attack and a chemical leak, BOOMZ, etc, etc). We were then taught on how to cope with unconventional threats. To supplement the teaching, there was a simulation where we taped the windows with trashbags, masking tapes, leopard preens (jus kidding). We were then brought around the fire station where we were shown how the Civil Defence Force reacted to various threats around Singapore and their daily routine.

After that informative trip, we then retruned to NACLI where we had a team challenge: Confidence Skip. At first, it was hard to get past the skipping rope without being hit by it, but eventually everyone got the hang of it and we managed to clear subsequent levels very quickly and without that many restarts.

We yet again had a great meal for dinner and we moved on to a talk on terrorist ideologies. We came up with ways to prevent these ideologies from spreading like having a critical mind, watch more porn to prevent us from reaching the terrorist sites (jus kidding), avoiding radical books and materials and go consult religious leaders if unsure of the stuff we read on the internet.

Overall, it was a fun and informative day.

Boomz

Team 2 Day 1

2009-11-23T22:43:00.003+08:00

Cow boys n girls....

we consist of Lee Ling, Jia Le{Benjamin}, Kai Yan, Issac, Ling Shan, Li Jun, Irfan, Chin Yee, Men Shuen,Hadi, Mardhah, Zi Zhao, Yana, Yong Ming, Feroz, Eunice.

Today, we met everyone in the group.. It was sooooooo boring.. I almost fell asleep. HOWEVER,
Things that we didnt enjoy
--> the fire station trip
The short short 'tour guide' managed to bring the atmosphere up... He taught us how to 'pole dance', why the HMV was so comfortable and promised to bring Zi Zhao and Lee Ling to KL on the 6 stars bus-_-'''.
--> the anti-terrorism talk
Thanks to the video, i DID NOT fall asleep... :-) out of a sudden, the PA system went BOOMZ! BOOMZ! BOOMZ!

Interesting things today-->
The war game [ bang bang bang ]
We were the cow boys n girls in the game, we only got killed ONCE[unlike the other groups]
Confidence Skip
We learnt that teamwork will bring joy..
5 key learning points

TRUST
FORGIVENESS
CO-ORDINATION
PERSERVERANCE
COMMUNICATION

Another thing was the ultimate quiz.. i think it was the best because the other groups were unable to answer our questions { they went: huh? what?!}

Lastly, the best was the 5 stars ROOM. It has card key access, air con, water heater, Kai Yan's room has sea view, its just amazing!

We have body guards--> Guard house and mdm Vathi.. Haha lol..

After that was dinner, it was great with the chicken curry [ Eunice: its GREAT] [ Yong Ming: As if...-_-''']

Anyway, we really enjoyed ourselves today...

AND

Tmr is Mardhah birthday...

All the Cow boys and girls here wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY...

First day :)

2009-11-23T22:41:00.002+08:00

when we first arrived, the atmostphere was melancholiac and awkward. No one knew each other. However, after the icebreaker warchant we got to know each other better. We acted as different tribes. Afterwards we had lunch togather, soon we got on to the bus and went to the civil defence 1st divison at alexander road to learn more about singapore defences against terrorist threats. it was a very fruitful event and we got to learn many meaningful things that is important in our lives.
when we came back from the civil defence Head quarters, we played a game called the confidence skip. through this game we learnt how to forgive otheres even though their mistakes affected us greatly and that it brought us inconvenience. we also learnt how to communicate well with each other which is a vital key for students like us. even though the game was consuming alot of out time, we managed to get through the game with perseverence and recilience.
next we had our dinner. it was awesome. after our dinner, we had a lecture about terrorist and its idealogy. we discovered many new facts and how terrorist affects us. lastly, we had a quize and supper to end our day.
even though the day was short and we have just met each other, this friendship that has been forged through this day would be treasured throughout our lives.

Day one

2009-11-23T22:36:00.002+08:00

Our Day One experience:

Group reflection by BOOMZ!(Group one)

We stepped into the hall,clueless to what we were getting ourselves into. Knowing the amount of new friends we were about to make,the thought of it brightened our perspective immediately.After much awkward silence,my group,Group one(A.K.A Boomz!!) managed to break the silence with some ice-breakers.For example,all the teams played a game called "War Chant".This game had the ability to bring ourselves out of our comfort zone and open up our opinions on how the group can acheive more to "win" the "war". With our teamwork and peseverance,we became closer as a group.

In the early afternoon,we headed down to Alexandra Firestation.It was a great experience because we learnt so much more about the Firefighters in Singapore and what they have been doing to save all lives.They try their very best to make sure that our safety is assured and that everyone feels secured to live in a city like Singapore.On top of that,we even figured out new things about SCDF.An example would be,how the firefighters help save lives in car accidents as well as suicide mishaps.It is definitely a great feeling to know how much these men are doing for our citizens and our group has learnt many values that can be adopted from them.

The most important values are:

-Trust

-Communication

-Resilience

These values are essential in making a team successful especially in times of emergency.

After coming back from a tiring but eventful day at the Firestation,we took on our very first challenge;The confidence skip.Of course,such as every other challenge,there are always learning points to be learnt.The most difficult part of the challenge was how the teams crossing over to the other side were not coordinating and did not move over to the other side together. However,after overcoming this difficulty,we manage to clear everyone and send them over to the other side with much accomplishment.With teamwork,forgiveness and good communication,anything is possible :-)

The day we went through today was eventful,we had much fun getting to know each other.People from different backgrounds,cultures and interests,when being brought together..they can create...BOOMZ!:)

Smile! :)

2009-11-23T21:37:00.001+08:00

These boys obviously had a happy day!

How was your day?

2009-11-23T21:22:00.006+08:00

Yellow happy campers! It's the end of Day 1 of YoReCa Nov 09 and you've survived it ;) We know it has been a long day, but how about sitting back and thinking about what you enjoyed most about today?

I think it was quite cool that you got to see what goes on behind a fire station? I think I like the pole dancers, er I mean the firefighters coming down on the poles most! :) What about the IPP exercise? Did any smoke come into your 'HDB flat'?

Tell us about your day ok? Meanwhile, do check for photos taken during the day at the YoReCa Facebook Page. Such as this great shot! :)

Welcome all to YoReCa Nov 2009!

2009-11-20T16:02:00.002+08:00

Hello happy campers, and welcome to YoReCa Nov 09!

You are in for four days of great fun and interesting learning, in a camp like no other. Just look at what some of those who had attended the camp before say on these pages, and of course, check out the photos!

Have a good rest and see you on Monday! :)

2009-06-19T14:21:00.001+08:00

Now tat our camp has endedf....it is sad but we still keep in contact....i reali miss the camp....it was the best camp that i ever had since now.....i reali enjoyed tis camp....

Friends :)

2009-06-18T12:10:00.002+08:00

It's the last day of YoReCa campers :(
I hope u all had a good time everyone!

Miss YoReCa!

2009-06-17T23:48:00.003+08:00

Hello happy campers! After 3 crazy days, we are now on the last day of the camp :( Time flies when u r having fun rite? Well, we hope you remember the lessons you learnt and more importantly, keep the friendships you have made. On this last day of the camp, let's look at these lovely ladies of YoReCa! Are they participating in the Miss YoReCa beauty pageant??? :)

Day 3 Yoreca3!

2009-06-17T22:42:00.003+08:00

Early morning waking up at 7 am (most of us did) then we had flag raising.
Felicia was the parade commander rachel, skunk and shu yuan were the flag raisers.
After flag raising we had morning exercise as usual it was tough. [Whoo!]

BREAKFAST
After breakfast , we were split into 2 groups and we went for the first challenge which was
the plank and the acid river. Was a tough time and we needed more team work and much more resilience to get to the other side.
After which it was the second station which was the pool whereby we needed to cross over from one end of the pool AKA 'the shore' TO the 'pit' AKA (again) YoReCa Island. But first we had to make a commitment to YoReCa, like let's say 'I, (your name), commit to be more confident and open and 101% committed to the my group and for my future!' MUAHAHAHHA. =.=

LUNCH was simply..... Ohmymama sweetnessly tastily YUMMY!!!!!!!!!
Then we had a lecture (yes, lecture again. That's what the whole camp's partially about. Notice I said only ' PARTIALLY '). It was a brief one. (:

TEA BREAK! [Seriously, it was a surprise but the food was acceptable, a lot. Ohoh! Me love char siew. I ate 3 of it!]
Hoho, then we get the privilage to do the detrainment exercise. Was long, fun, crazy (due to the fogging) and we had the whole train to ourselves, not forgetting the train track, platform D too!) People were staring at us, with ENVY. MUAHAHAHAHHAA~

Then, we travelled to another location, SBS Transit. It's cool, aw-sa-ohm and the aircon was pretty nice to smell too. [No link, yeah.]
We learned a lot more on times of emergencies and how to handle it CALMLY and professionally.
Again, Practicals and all. Tada! Done.

Went back quite late, and it was the really CRAZIEST ride we ever had cos' we're laughing together as a team, and not to mention: FIVE MINUTES OF SILENCE. So what did we do? Wwe used hand signals. BIG ONES at that.

DINNER. Last dinner (sob sob) [k I made it sound so sad right?]. As usual, it's delicious. What to expect? We're in a camp with cool and hip and PRETTEH instructors right? Can't help it so the chefs also very good standard, cook until Skunk said that the vegetarian food here was the SECOND BESTEST, other than his mum.

No wash up though, cos we had VOLLEYBALL! The edited version.
Apparently, sadly, yes sadly, we lost. BUT!!!!!! We lose with fun, teamwork and had a lot of FUN! Oh yes, then we all decided toplay soccer and all aim for skunk. He has to block (he's the goal keeper mah!) and man was he good at it. I mean, two balls at a time and able to defend it off? WOW. So, being the very lovely teammates, we improved his skills by shooting ALL four balls TOGETHER. He, managed to catch one and struggled with the rest. ><

*yawn* We're now discussing for our presentations tomorrow and most of us showered (smell much better) and some are going to crash soon, so ciao~

Don't sleep too late readers.
Goodnight.

YoReCa3!!!!
MOTO-MOTO WHOOLALA!

p.s. We know WE ROCK in your heart forever right? *blows kisses*

day 3 of YoReCa Camp

2009-06-17T22:12:00.003+08:00

Today we started with flag raising, followed by morning exercise.
The routine was as followed with some new improvised jumping jack and also what we've did yesterday. We headed for breakfast, we had black noodles and nuggets :D

We went for challenge pit, it is a situation whereby every team member need to say out his/her commitment and swing from one end to another platform called the Random Island. The difficulties that we faced were some lack of confidence as the water was the obstacle and also the lack of trust among the group. BUT, we managed to make it through to the Random Island, followed by our group cheer which was also random.

After that we proceed to the team challenge rescue, it is about getting from one end to another by staying connected. We had to stand on planks and move together as a group. Our group thinks that we should have better communication and remain calm at all times during the whole game and also PROCESS IS ALWAYS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE RESULTS! Group 1 came in first with a total score of 79! Followed by group 2 with a total score of 84. :D

We had a talk by the SMRT people about what should we do during emergency. It was fun as we learnt about how to communicate to the train captain via the Emergency Communication Button (ECB), also about other kinds of emergency buttons. And where the buttons are located at the platform or in the train.

We learnt about HOT and SALUTE protocol. It is to help us to identify suspicious articles and person. We can apply it at all times, at any time, and everywhere! :D We can log on to the website http://www.safejourney.sg/ It is a website targeted at youths of our age to know more about how what precaution to take during emergencies.

After lunch, we travelled to the Ang Mo Kio MRT station and had a brief talk about what we have learnt during the earlier talk. We also went to the Bishan Depot and apply what we've learnt, by using the emergency door located at the ends of the train in times of crisis. We had a short tea break and left for the Soon Lee Depot.
At the depot, we had a talk by the personnel and viewed the control room and had a reenactment of what would likely happened when a suspicious article is being detected in the bus.

We reached the campsite about 7.45pm and had dinner before having friendly matches with other groups of a game of improvised volleyball. :D

That's all for the day, today is our last night here, and we would be going home tomorrow...SAD.
Nights for the day!

3rd day.last night

2009-06-17T22:07:00.000+08:00

HEYY!!!!!!!!
today activities was fun and very superduper fun.
we enjoy every part of the games.
we had TEAMWORK..COURAGE TO TRY OUT NEW STUFFS.
we learnt to be patients.
eventhough we lost the game,we didnt give up.
we try harder and we did it.
YEAAHH!!!!!!!!!!!
day past by so fast.
and its the last day of our night here.
we hope we could get this oppurtunity again next year.
well,friends here are great so the facilities.
HEES!!!!!!!!!!
hopefully tonight wont be the last night we had our friendship but hopefully this could continue till the rest of our life.
especially the pictures we heep on snaping.
and the conversation we keep on talking.
we played games such as volleyball,team challenge rescue and the team challenge team.
it was terribly FUN!!!!!
tomorrow we will be leaving this camp.
BUT...
WE PROMISE THIS JOURNEY WONT BE THE END!
gudnites:)
whispering:10.19pm

HORNET WE SAY 'LEH WE SAY'LEH WE SAY 'LEH
HORNET WE SAY 'O WE SAY 'O WE SAY'O.
HORNET WE SAY'LEH
HORNET WE SAY 'O
HORNAT WE SAY..
OOLLEEHH..OLLEEHH..OLLLEEHH..OLEH!!
OLEHH...OLEHH..
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HORRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!11
GYEAHHHSSS...

EACH MOEMORIES OF US BEING TOGETHER AS A TEAM WILL ALWAYS BE TREASURED.

2009-06-17T22:06:00.002+08:00

The morning exercise was longer than yesterday's. After breakfast, we were spilt into two teams and to complete various activities. The first activity we played was The Team Challenge Pit. We were supposed to transport planks of wood from one side to the other without our feets touching the floor. We were the 2ND team to finish but we scored the most points for collecting bean bags, donut, coloured balls and planks. Then the next activity we played was The Team Challenge Rescue. we were supposed to say a pledge on what we want to change after this camp and swing like a Tarzan to a platform dubbed YoReCa Island. Some attempts were unsuccessful but after the first try they got a sense of it already and their second try was successful. These two activity taught us about teamwork, communication skills and responsibility. This activity further enhanced the importance of saying out the pledge and doing it out, just like the one our group who pledge to uphold the our shared vision:Soaring High with the team.
Up next was the Land Transport Authority (Community Emergency Preparedness Awareness Talk). This talk really prepared us regarding the each and single important people who play a part by being resilience through sight, actions, hearing. Furthermore, we had lunch and some people even pledged to have less for the lunch previously at the Team Challenge Rescue. After lunch, feeling sleepy, we continued to the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit Community Preparedness Awareness Talk. It certainly was an enriching programme and it surely beefed us up in terms of being vigilant. We also had a shot at the detrainment exercise, where we exited a train through the emergency exit. Next up was the SBS Transit. We had a dry run on what we should do when there is indeed an attempted terrorist attack.We also know more about the Operation Control Centre. This gave us an insight of what should be done when such things happen.We then realised how fortunate Sinaporeans are, we have the various ministries,department and even the involvement of the public to establish a safe and secure of the nation.We all can be the builders of the safe and secure nation. We then had dinner and volleyball games. We both lost and won a match. Through this simple fun and engaging games we learn to have good communication skills, team spirit, the spirit of encouraging, never give up attitude and keep a cool head. As there a saying , your ATTITUDE determines your ALTITUDE.This is the last night and our team would like to take the oppurtunity to thanks the YoReCa camp coordinators, trainers, the MICA, People Association for giving us the chance to attend this very enriching and meaningful camps.

A long day & fun day

2009-06-17T22:04:00.002+08:00

Today , we started off with morning exercise .
After that , we proceeded to have our wonderful breakfast .
The breakfast was indeed delicious .
Then we went for our 3rd challenge which was challenge pit .
The challenge was very challenging & it requires us to have alot of confidence and believe in ourself in order to do it .
All of our group members were able to clear the challenge .
We were also asked to say out our commitment before taking the leap .
After the 3rd challenge , we went for our 4th challenge which was named " team challenge rescue "
The game is to travel from 1 end to the other end , there are also bonus points if we picked up things on the way . The rules of the game is not to touch the floor & leave our planks / pontoons on the floor by themselves . The challenges we faced were tremendous & the proccess was fun !
We had to have good communications between us in order to succeed in this game .
Overall this game , trained our team spirit & enables us to learn from our mistakes .
After that we had a land transports authority ; community emergency preparedness awareness talk . The talk boosted our knowledge upon the proccedure of the emergency and also decribe the terror of being struck by terrorist in the public transports . That enabled us to be more prepared for any emergencies .
After that , we had 1 hour to eat our lunch .
The chicken wings was very tasty and delicious .
After the lunch we had a talk by the singapore mass rapid transit ; community emergency preparedness awareness . It taught us about "HOT" and " SALUTE" which stands for Hidden, Obviously suspicous, Typical of the environment and Size , Activities , Location , Uniform , Time , Equipments respectively .
It basically reinforced what was presented in the LTA talk earlier in the morning and thus we were able to further learn about the emergency proccedures.
After the talk, we travelled to Ang Mo Kio MRT station. On the way, our group, group 2, discussed for the project. When we arrived at our destination, we were taught about the practical uses for the emergency equipments. We even got to use the emergency phone which when used, connected to called directly to the mrt control station. We found the practical quite interesting as we were allowed to practice using the emergency equipment. We were allowed to use the 'crocodile clipper' , which are used to pick fallen stuff from the railway tracks. after that, we boarded the mrt to the bishan depot. during the trip to the bishan depot, the staff explained to us the emergency equipments in the mrt, such as, fire extinguisher, emergency communication button. when we reached the depot, we were given a real scenario that included smoke seeping in from outisde into the mrt, on how to use the emergency exit and evacuate safely. all in all, we found the practical about the MRT emergency equipment uses quite useful and when there is a real emergency, we can apply what we have learnt from this pracitical to that emergency. after that, we walked to their lecture room to have high tea.
after our stomachs were full from the tea, we boarded the bus to the sbs transit bus depot at Soo Lee. at Soo Lee depot, we had a lecture about the emergency procedures of the public buses. it also used the 'HOT' and 'SALUTE' procedures to identify a suspicous article and suspicous person respectively. after the lecture, we took a bus ride around the bus depot and was taught what to do when caught in an emergency involving an article that fulfilled the 'HOT' critieria. then, we went to the control room to learn what the emergency procedure was all about and what the bus captain does.
after that, we returned to NACLI. we reached NACLI at 7:45pm and we had dinner from 7:45 to 8:15pm. Then, we went for the modified volleyball game. what we found out from the volleyball game was that teamwork was seriously required in order to win the game. the game managed to let us look at the strengths and weaknesses of our group.
After that we had a small talk by our instructors. thats all for today 17/6/2009. =)

Boy O Boy!

2009-06-17T08:58:00.003+08:00

Goooood Morning happy campers!

Let's see what the boys are up to at YoReCa 09!

Remember, for those with a facebook account, join the YoReCa group and u can download these pictures and more!

2009-06-16T22:42:00.002+08:00

well tis is d best camp....coz thr is no runnin n hard exercise...but we still hd 2 do 3 rounds of push ups n other easy 1s....i enjoy do d excercise wif my fewns...in d mrn mr alex frm d imh gv us a talk abt hw we shld behave during crisis n hw ppl we durin d hard times n hw 2 console our relatives if we encounter tis type of pblms.........i reali learned alot of tings in tis camp...coz of tis camp nw my ambition is 2 be a CID...thanks YoReCa

2nd day of YoReCa Camp 2009 (group 1)

2009-06-16T22:41:00.003+08:00

Hey people,

today was a refreshing day for all of us! We had our morning exercises and went for breakfast. Dr Alex Su was our speaker of the day, he's a doctor from IMH. He talked to us about many things like how to handle situations after the disaster and also shared his experience with us.

We then proceed to the Home Team Academy (HTA). It was BIG! We had a lecture before going to the training village. It is a place where it seems like real situation. Trainees are taught to handle the situation and know what's the right thing to do at that point of time. We went to the centre whereby the trainer taught us what to do when disaster really come. The main thing was to be CALM and BRAVE, most importantly NOT TO PANIC.

We had our awesome lunch before leaving the place for ICA. We were welcomed by a video and also a speech. We had our tour around the area and also explore the job scope of the respective duties.

hope u all view and put some comments
okie got to go
bye bye good nitez :D

2nd day of the camp.

2009-06-16T22:37:00.002+08:00

Today we went to the home team academy and the tuas checkpoint.
We learn quite a lot of new things and it is beneficial.
The place was big and beautiful.
we do our skit and it was very FUN!!yeahh!!
we also watch THE 'WITHOUt warning' video.
it was touching and some sort disguisting.
making lots of new friends and build soome friendship among each other was the most fun thinf to do.
so many great friends around.
right now,we have to plan for our next skit for the last day of the camp.
ok!!!!!!!!!11
good nite;D

we learnt to have confident ,teamwork and trust in your partner.
we reallie enjoy every games we had together.
hopefully we had more of this!!!!!!!!

2009-06-16T22:32:00.005+08:00

This morning, we got to assemble at the parade square at 7.30am for flag raising and morning exercise.

The morning exercise is tedious. We had to do

Push ups
A modified variation of adominal stretch
Crunches
Squats
Tip-toes

10 times in 3 sets! Although it was tedious, it was very refreshening and it woke all of us up.
After breakfast, we had a lecture by Dr Alex Su, psycharist from IMH. He was TalentTime champion too. :)
He talked to us about crises and disasters, and how the psycharists help to get the victims or their next of kins get over it.

We then headed our way to Home Team Academy. It was a great experience.
We had our lunch at the Mess. Once again, it was great.
After lunch, we made our way to the Immigration Checkpoint Authority.
We learnt about the challenges and threats that the officers there faced there. We saw how they check for any hidden dangerous items by the cool scanner!

Returned to NACLI,we had chicken rice for dinner! We sat in our groups and chat till the canteen was EMPTY!! haha GROUP 3 MOTO MOTO!!

Then we watched Without warning! It was horrifying!XD jus kiddin! it was nice and interesting!Ended the day with quiz and group discussion!

That's all Folks!xDDD

2009-06-16T22:32:00.004+08:00

Tis camp is totally differ frm other camps....tis is d best camp....2dae was fun..we went to places 2 learn new things...d question time was a little bit though but nice n fun.....bye gota go

2009-06-16T22:28:00.003+08:00

HI PEOPLE ! :D
this is group no.2 Operation Resilience
today ! in the morning , we had our morning exercise :D
Pushups , crunches , back riser , squattings and last but not least ,
some exercise thats sketches your calf , something like toe lift .
We did 3 sets , 1o in each set . Pretty nice workout , but everyone made it :D
After that , we break off to eat our breakfast [;
Aft breakfast , we attended a talk by Dr Alex Su , From Instutute of Mental Health ( IMH )
He shared about
-Psychological Reactions To Crisis and Trauma
-Learnt the different difinitions of a psychologist and a phychiatrist
-what mental wellness is all about : building up resilience
-Definition of a crisis : an event or situation as an intolerable difficulty that exceeds the person's resources and coping mechanisms.
- He quoted : " THE MOST POWERFUL PART OF COMMUNICATION IS LISTENING."
-Sang a song titled " IF " , pretty nice ;D

Aft the talk , we went to the Home Team Academy , aka HTA ;D
- Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprise ( SCORE ) : Helps ex-offenders to get back into society , i.e. Yellow-Ribbon.
-Key focus of the Home Team Academy : Counter-terroism training whereby real scenarios are given to develop real reflexes and competencies .
-Visited the various places around the Home Team Academy: Makeshift training areas whereby real scenarios are given i.e in a fast food restaurant , MRT cabins , etc . Walked around an exhibition which show cases the different reagents ( some examples to list : Nerve agents , Blood Agents , etc )

Went to the canteen and had a wonderful lunch [;

Aft that , we continued our outing to Immigration Checkpoint Authority , to learn about the treaats and challenges at the Tuas Checkpoint .
- ICA : Integrity , Commitment : Accountability .
- 6 blocks of clearance for departure purposes , 4 blocks for arrival purposes , and a block for decontamination purpose whereby staff whom have been in contact with any chemicals will go to this block to wash up and thereafter , an ambulance will send him/her to the hospital for a furthur medical check-up .
-In 2oo8 , more than 23 million travellers and approximately 12 million vehicles entered/left the checkpoint ( Ratio of arnd 2:1)
-However , the number of travellers is expected to increase in the coming few years for there will be a few important and major events that will be conducted in Singapore , i.e. Youth Olympic Games , Integrated Resort to name a few .
-There are 3 different types of clearance stages .
1. Pre-clearance : Visas
2.Primary-clearance : Documents checks and Blacklist screening movement is legitimate and lawful .
3. Secondary clearance : checks on baggage/vehicle .
-->to ensure that the movement of conveyances are legitimate and lawful .

*It takes about an average of 5mins to 'clear' a vehicle at the checkpoint !

- Controlling agencies :
1. SCDF
2. CNB
3. SPF
4. Singapore Customs
5. LTA
6. AVA
7. ICA

ICA's vision : INSPIRING CONFIDENCE IN ALL ! :D

16o6o9 , 11o8 .
A very goodnight to you guys , by the Operation Resilience ;D
swtdreams , aye . And yea guys , HAVE FUN ! Twees*

2009-06-16T22:27:00.002+08:00

On the second day of the camp, most people were a little exhausted. We felt drowsy in the morning but the morning exercise pumped us up. Breakfast followed and we then played a team game called Confidence Skip. We were given a task to finish all the levels in just 45 mins which we thought we could but just to clear level 1 we took 40 mins.Then we were given a chance to jump to the last level which the first row consist of 1 person followed by 2 then 4 then the rest would have 8 person per row. It was hilarious when all 8 person had to go through it together.This activity includes communication skills, concept of different people has different confidence level thus we need to accomodate one another.We also learnt that cheering people up is very useful but too much of it will backfired, leeting the person being stressed up. The next event is the Disater Aftermath: Experience -Sharing by Institute Of Mental Health. The speaker, Mr Alex Su shared with us his experience around the world. He even sang for us and his voice was great man. He also sold some tickets in public to give to charity. Next we headed down to Home Team Academy(HTA) , and we learnt about the use of HTA.The different units set up in HTA shared the same vision and mission. We even recieve a pin of the HTA emblem. HTA provided real life experience to train the new officers to get them be prepared when they graduate from there they knew what to do and not panic. We had lunch at HTA (The Mass) and were given free ice-creams.
Next we went to the Immigration Checkpoint Authority: Threats and Challenges at the Tuas Checkpoint. We understood further how the ICA works and even improved with the advancing techonology. The ICA plays an important role in Singapore's security, ensuring a safe and secure nation. We went to stations whereby the officers explained to us how they work and such. Dinner back at camp NACLI. We had the Communtiy Solving Programme Session. Videos were screened and there were questions asked and we had to answer and even prepare a skit which gives us a first-hand experience on presenting a skit which will be important on the last day of the camp. Lastly we had the quiz of the day and give the $10 Popular voucher again which our group did not win anything. Our team once again scored the maximum marks for the quiz but overall we were tied with group 3 in 3rd place. -.-. Nevertheless our team will not give up and continue to soar high which we promise to uphold in the first day of the camp.

Guess what I'm doing?

2009-06-16T20:17:00.002+08:00

Hello YoReCa campers! I know it has been a long day, but we love to hear more about what exciting things you did on Day 2 of the camp. In the meantime, guess what your friends are doing here?

For more of these pictures, please log onto Facebook and join the YoReCa group. Please note that some of the pictures are from the YoReCa 08, the camp from last year. So while you browse through your own pictures, maybe you like to get a sneak peek at what your friends did last year! :)

In the meantime, happy blogging!

Who was sleeping during the lesson???

2009-06-16T08:50:00.005+08:00

Hello happy campers! I'm glad to read that all of you are enjoying yourselves! For those who say they are tired... well... get ready for even more activities that are sure to tire you out further! :) So keep alert and remember it is all about FUN!

Please also join the YoReCa group on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) for great shots like these!

2009-06-16T08:26:00.002+08:00

Yo guys, the second day and some of us are really sluggish and tired. The morn' exercise is better than our school, i think....surfing net in the morning, looks riduckulous, but never mind , green lantern, be more random! And more active! Minghui here

2009-06-15T22:59:00.002+08:00

yay yay so hyper today...... the quiz part was so exciting~~~~ we got the least points but we had fun!!!!! SCDF trip was ok exceot that it was abit too long, some people even fell asleep. i did not manage to sleep though, having 4 cups of milo is very energizing :) But even the milo wears off and i really need to sleep( and so does Wei Ting) goodnite to all and swt dreams

Day 1 at YoReCa!

2009-06-15T22:43:00.003+08:00

Day 1

1. arrived

2. sat with our schools

3. registered

4. opening speech by the director of MICA

5. discussed aims and objectives of camp : how we should be moreaware of the terror threats in Singapore and around the world and how we should be resilient in facing these threats.

6. finally got to mingle with other school. made friends. ice breakers by Cherilyn. designing of our very own special flag! woooooo~

7. lunch. was very very wonderful (?)

8. left for Alexandra SCDF. we sat through out afew lectures talking about emergency procedures, peacetime emergencies, unconventional terror threats(both global and national). then we went to a chamber in which we had to practice our In-Place Protection (IPP) knowledge,by experiencing a first hand account of all the essential steps of IPP procedures

9. the fieldtrip was extremely insightful, especially in emphasizing the need to be forever ready to face these ever-present terror threats in Singapore. We have to come to understad in greater detail the ubiguity of such threats around the world, and the fear and tension that we may experience when we are actually caught in these situation.

10. very often, especially in Singapore, we take our safety for granted. many of us forsake the need to be prepares to save ourselves or even others. the fieldtrip opened our eyes to see the terror and devastation that could result from these threats, and allowed us to personally feel these strong pangs of fear and unease as we attempted to save ourselves in the IPP drill.

11.when we returned to NACLI, we had our first challenge - the key punch. there were two pools of bombs on the floor, with paper plates being bombs. we were informed that we had to deactivate the bombs by hitting them with a (toy) hammer, that makes this weird quak quak sound, in sequence. what we did not know was that the numbers were in 5 different languages - english, numerals, chinese, malay and pictures etc...

12. in challenge we had one 'hitter' person, who was the only authorized member of our teams who could hit the plates in the pool. through the challenge, we learned that we should never (ever) panic in the face of a terror threat. althought this challenge was only a simulation, we realizd that we have to work together as a team throught the whole obstacle. especially regarding the wide variety of languages and extremely infuriating smiley faces, we had to corroborate and help on another to spot the elusive paper plates. this is very relevant to our lives, particularly in the fact that we cannot face a terror threat on our own, and instead calmly address the problem together.

13. the evening was extremely fun as well. our group managed to bond during the sharing session, we gained more knowledge about terrorism in singapore and the psychological impacts of the media on children and youth in particular. all in all, day one of our camp was enriching and enlightening, and we found that the main purpose behind all of this is to HAVE FUN!

THE END! THANK YOU

Day 1 of YoReCa 09 (Moto-Moto)

2009-06-15T22:42:00.002+08:00

Right. We got here today and waited until like 9.00 a.m. Then we had our registration.
We played a few icebreakers and got to know each other...
We came out with a flag with our own motto and mascot. Guess what it is?
A CACTUS! BWAHHAHAHHA
And our group name? MOTO-MOTO~
It was named after the hippo in Madagascar 2. (It's African for "hot hot")
Anyway, we chose a cactus because it symbolizes perserverance and a "never give up" attitude.
And our motto for Moto-Moto (pun intended... Try saying that 10 times quickly...) was 'RAIN OR SHINE, NEVER SAY DIE' .
The cactus refuses to sway despite living in a very harsh enviroment... We kinda found it inspiring... XD
Later, we had our lunch together. The food was quite interesting; Chicken wings, vegetables and tofu. There was even a vegetarian dish for our vegetarian friend.
We made our way to SCDF @ Queenstown. The place was GINOURMOUS!
They gave us a briefing (actually it was quite long) about the Saftey procedures that can be put in place during an emergency... Hmmm... Interesting.
Later there were a few practical demos for us to have an interactive experience. We were asked to seal a room until it was practically airtight. This was to prevent a leakage of gaseous chemicals into the room. But, enough with the long words.
We went to the ground floor of the building and they showed us a few "exhibits", including an array of HazMat (Hazardous Materials) detectors. The radiation detector was LOOOOOOOONG! 4.3 m to be exact. :D
They showed us the decontamination process that is used when there is a chemical leakage. We saw the decontamination suit, also known as the teletubby suit. The whole suit weighs about 35 kilos! Imagine wearing that into the chemical leakage site! ;P Not only that, they only had one hours' worth of air supply. Talk about hardcore!
We came back to NACLI, we played a game which was really FUN and interesting, called Confidence Skip....it needed lots of teamwork, articulation and presence of mind.
We had our dinner, after that we had a talk about the topic of terrorism for about an hour.
We brainstormed about the general topic and presented our ideas at the end. It was definitely something that got our brains working... :D
Later we had a quiz about everything we had learnt thus far. we got 4 points. we're 2nd plac.. :(
Nvm we'll catch up tomorrow...
That's all we have for today
Seeya!

FIRST DAY OF THE CAMP.

2009-06-15T22:41:00.002+08:00

we make alot of new friends from different schools. They were very friendly and are still as friendly now. We enjoyed spending time with them and we hope to enjoy the rest of the 3 days with them :D

2009-06-15T22:40:00.007+08:00

Most of us came into the camp dispirited. In the morning, the war chant and ice breakers made us know each other better. Through these, not only did we had fun, but it also taught us that teamwork is vital as well. I found the opening address meaningful but long-winded. The addressee told us to ask more questions. When we checked in to our rooms, we were surprised that our bunks were very cozy,spacious and it even have air-conditions. Then we had lunch which was very good, as it was buffet style. We went down to SCDF HQ and had some fascinating lectures with hands-on. (IPP(In Place-Protection) practical). We realized that through practical we learned more.We learned how to decontaminate ourselves or rather the procedures which is useful knowledge for us when we come in contact with in real life. We gained a lot of knowledge on evacuation procedures and different threats and such.
The Key Punch activity links us back to what we have learn in the morning and how did we apply it. It was quite meaningful and interesting which further bond the strangers into a bunch of good friends.We had a competition against all the groups which had to keep us working together as a team and gladly we got 2ND PRIZE.After dinner, we continued with the lectures on Ministry Of Home Affairs ( Threat of Terrorist Ideology). We even continued with the group discussion and Lionel and Jereld presented it.We had the quiz of the day and 5 given away $10 Popular Voucher. Everyone's mood was very high that Choy couldn't take it as she was very tired after 10pm. Everyone was trying to earn points for their teams. For teams wining, we were the first team as we got a total of 5 points.But it is just the first day so we had to maintain the team spirit and keep up with the good work.Good Night... Looking Forward to your special and eventful day tomorrow... Keep me posted on more of your insights...

YoReCa- team 1 Day1 (green lantern)

2009-06-15T22:40:00.005+08:00

So yea...We just arrived today.
We took the mrt and some of us got lost.
It was a long walk and some ave to ask for directions with the people arounds.
So skip skip skip skip...
We had ice breakers for starters. So that we can Melt the big ice...Hahaha!!
We played a team building called war chant..... blah blah blah
We created our group name green lantern out of nowhere as we were random people.
We had lunch and the food ws quite nice. obviously edible and halal( add by zack)
The "TENT" was awesome!!!!! Yea There's air-con in tent...i didn't know that
So after exploring the tent. We proceed to scdf for some talks....
We learnt how to prepare ourself in case of emergency and stuff~~~
We learn how to remain calm and vigilent at all times.
Uhuh, We saw them teaching us how to wear the fireman clothes sort of...
It looks BIG and BULKY...Which was GIGANTIC!!!
Well, though it is gigantic....It help us in some ways lar...
And well...it's air tight...So it contains a gas cylinder and can last for 1 hour~!! only!!
No more air how??...Nehmind....We can connect something ...well we not sure wad it is....
Ya and after the whole tedious process. We were back in camp.
The BOMB game....Its to train our concentration and learn to be calm at all times.
We also have to remain alert at all times ...You know wad i mean.
Ya...we sort of got out of control and we were panicking.
We went crazy and had FUN... interacted with other groups to tell answers lei.
FUN is the main motive for tis whole camp~!!
Uhuh, we had dinner and it was alright...obviously better than lunch with more varieties of food.
Ohh...dun forget to wash ur hands as GREEN LANTERNS MOTTO IS clean and green~!!!
Hence, we will be alert to wash our hands at all times in order to not break our motto~!!
GREEN LANTERN was the most random team in te whole camp
We didnt have a wash up as there was a talk ...on threat and terrorist....
Opps....Confidential..~~!!
Ya blah blah blah...we had quiz and YAY GREEN LANTERN scored 4 points...lawls
We will continue to work hard and be clean at all times....
All the Other teams~~!! WATCH OUT...as we are coming for u!!!
So yea....we are bloggin and its gonna be lights out soon.
So after tis...Well i dun need to tell u my private life.... LMAO.
LIGHTS OUT!

P.S Theres gonna be another tiring and fun day tml...hahaha~!! hope i dun die
PEACE OUT HOMIES!!!
love,
Green lanterns

YOOOHOOO!!

2009-06-15T11:48:00.004+08:00

HELLO EVERYONE!
Welcome to YoReCa 2009! It's been a long time since the previous camp and I'm glad that today is the day that YoReCa is here again!

This year's camp will run from 15 - 18 June and I'm sure you guys will all enjoy yourselves immensely! New friends to meet, fun and games!
Hope that you all enjoyed the war chants! Red Indians, Tarzans, Chinese Warriors, Cowboys and Hooligans! LOL!

You'll spend 4 days at NACLI where the facilities are really good. There's beds and best of all, AIRCON!!! Who doesn't want aircon especially since the last few days have been so blazing hot? Cool, lovely aircon and beds to sleep in! It's just like a chalet! With new friends! (:

Here at YoReCa too, you'll get to learn about what to do in case of emergencies. Field trips will be conducted and you can go out of NACLI and travel to various places like SCDF, LTA and ICA! Do you know what these short forms mean? Well after going to these places, I'm sure you'll be able to recite them forwards and even backwards!

Keep an open mind and be receptive to what you're gonna learn and most importantly, HAVE TRUCKLOADS OF FUN!!! :D

P.S: remember to also visit our facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/yoreca
and join the group! You can upload your photos with your group members and write on the YoReCa facebook wall! (:

Day 4 at YoReCa

2008-11-20T09:32:00.002+08:00

Hi,

It's your last day at camp and today, you're running the show! After all the food we've been feeding you, on Day 4 you should have the energy to put up a good show this afternoon. We're really looking forward to hear what you've learnt and how you feel about the camp, and we're sure we'll be impressed!

191108 team2 (:

2008-11-19T22:14:00.002+08:00

It's day 3 at Yo-Re-Ka and we're still kickin' and alive.
They day was filled with fun, laughter and joy. Not forgetting certain values we've learnt during the activities.

Morning was the same as yesterday, we had our flag raising and morning exercise then our meal. This was followed by the SMRT Community Emergency Preparedness Training to brief us on what to expect for our field trip later in the afternoon.

We then had 2 challenges organised for our group. Both required good teamwork and communication skills. The first challenge we did was the Team Challenge Pit which required us to transport ourselves from one end of the pond to another small and pathetic floating platform which had to accomodate 2 teams consisting of at least 40 people, using a rope swing. We could see that communication skills were very important in this challenge, and that the confidence of each team member is tested. Those who were unable to make it over on their first try, perservered and eventually we accomplished our task in just 50 minutes.

Our next challenge, Team Challenge Rescue required us to transport certain "survival items" which even included a stretcher with "casualties" inside! [ which were 2 wooden planks ] there were many obstacles and overall, it was a challenge testing our honesty, team sprit, determination.

We went to Ang Mo Kio mrt station to apply what we had learnt from this morning's briefing. Then we did a detrainment exercise at the Bishan Depot. We arrived back to NACLI early and played a few team games, unfortunately, our team failed from being in first, second or third place, so ya.. we were last, as usual.

that's all for today! time to practice our dance

2008-11-19T20:40:00.002+08:00

Today 19 November 2008

we have a talk on SMRT and not only a talk but we go to the A.M.K.... we have lot of fun and we got to use the Emergency phone and press the Emergency button when we saw a supicions thing or person...

i was happy that all the game that NACLI has put up for us today was very Fun and Enjoyment for me and everyone in the camp....

learning more thing about SmRt is the best for me
i also know that what to do when you see supicions thing in the train ....
i have the knowledge about this activity today

2008-11-19T19:47:00.001+08:00

HI EVERYONE!!!

today was another good day. woke up at 7 but didn't want to leave the warm and comfy bed. that all changed when we did our flag raising and morning exercise, we sure did have so much fun! i love doing such activities like pushups and situps in the early morning. it really wakes me up! also, playing earthquake, fire, hunter helped.

after that, breakfast was especially brilliant because of the MILO :D :D :D next up was a lecture on safety issues by SMRT. it was followed by a video. both were highly informative, and we learnt many new things.

we worked as a team for the next two activities. the first was a game based on transporting our team, rations and most importantly, the casualty from one place to the other. we could not step on the grass and had to balance on logs, covering the gaps with planks. teamwork was paramount as we worked as one to try and achieve our goal. however, time ran short and we did not manage to complete the task, but it was an unforgettable opportunity for all.

we also played a second game in which we had to swing from a small wooden stool to a wooden island in the middle of an acid-filled pond. it was extremely nerve-wracking at first, but eventually, we did it! this proved we were able to trust that our teammates would be able to catch us and not let us fall into the pond. YAY

after that was lunch, followed by a trip to angmokio. it was really enlightening as we learnt about the various safety measures in place in our train stations. we even got the chance to sit on board a train and evacuate via the ramp! to top it all off, we were given a special SMRT gift pack!

when we arrived back at NACLI, we played a couple of games! one was a specialised volleyball game with the extra soft moon ball. the other was a memory game in which we recalled 30 items that had significance to the concept of resilience. at the end of the day, we did rather well for the volleyball but not for the memory game, which combined to give us 3rd place.

we'll be doing project discussions now! it's been extraordinarily fun at NACLI, and we think the organising team should consider the original 10 days camp for future years, instead of this shortened one. bye

Day 5x4-20+3 :)

2008-11-19T19:46:00.003+08:00

Hello again everyone, we are back to bring you another post with a bang, very very big bang. :) If you still do not know who we are by now, you should be very very ashamed. Haha, I kidding I kidding. We are Pablo and Alex, your friendly filipinos. :)

Today morning, our group was in charge of the morning assembly and exercises. It was pretty good, we were exercise-d after that, and after singing the national anthem. Then, we played some funny game that up till now I have no idea what its called. Haha. It has something to do with squirrels and trees, and forest fires. Sounds dodgy. :p

Then we had breakfast. It was pretty good, and we ate quite a little bit. Not bad, not bad. After breakfast, there were 2 talks that the SMRT people gave us. There's something that I have to ask the YoReCa people. How come the people from SMRT came all the way to the campsite to give us the talks, and then we go over to the MRT station? Can't they give us the talk when we're at the place itself? And one more thing, did they taking the MRT here or car? I think they should take the MRT since they are from SMRT. :P

Next, there was lunch for everyone (Once again, we were still full). :) WE then went to the SMRT place. p.s i still dont understand why they come here. but it was funnn. we walked n slept n talked and listened and learnt everything about an mrt. we learnt that it was important to be aware for terrorist attacks. kids remember it is not good to talk to strangers:) and when you fall down on an mrt track, play dead, trust us, it works. we had teatime food there, when we were still full:) Then, we got goodie bags, but many of them were spoilt. some ppl at smrt bad people:( we came back and played gameee! we play volleyball with plastic ball. but we were really good. GREEN WARRIORS KICKED BUTT! we win volleyball and memory game. we smart and strong and resilient and learnt how to be resilient. NOW after 3 days of camp, we have become super strong like e bomb. THE CAMP IS THE BOMB!

BTW just so you know again, green warriors won everything:) and 130 dollars of vouchers. hehe everyone loser except us:P After we kicked butt, we had dinner, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE STILL FULL. we had chicken rice. then then everyone had briefing by PABLO AND ALEX. not beeing biased, they were the bomb. they make people laugh with powerpack talk. everybody happy.

Now we blog time. THIS IS IS THE BOMB. THIS CAMP IS THE BOMB. oh for next year, pls make it longer and give the kids less food. that way ppl learn more and no become fat. Hope you people have learnt alot from the alex and pablo post.

THIS SHALL BE E LAST POST. if u want us back, nothing money cant buy;)

K PEOPLE PEACE.

p.s THE MILO IS THE BOMB AND AND AND GREEN WARRIORS AREE THE WINNERS!

BYE
TAKE CARE
HAVE A GOOD LIFE!

Day 3 at YoReCa

2008-11-19T10:49:00.002+08:00

Hi happy campers!

You're now into the third day of YoReCa, and I trust that you've made many new friends! Thanks for all your blog entries,but have you had the chance to read what the other teams have been saying? Take a few minutes to take a peek and maybe even make some comments! :)

Day 2 at YoReCa

2008-11-18T22:16:00.002+08:00

Hi teams!

Thanks for your great blogs about your first day at the camp. Tell us how Day 2 went - what rocked and what put you to sleepzzzz... Also share what you've learnt, what has been most fun, whether the food is enough, and about the friends you've made! :)

2 Cool For Day 2

2008-11-18T22:10:00.002+08:00

It is day 2 today, and we have Pablo Benedicto Lex Lutherin IV and Alex Fernando Garcia Lopez. BUT, you can just call us Pablo and Alex. :)

In the morning, we were supposed wake up by 7.30. So, being guys, we woke up at 7.15, and rushed down just in time. :) It was raining in the morning, so we had morning assembly and exercises indoors. THEN, we played some BOMB game, with fake bombs. IT WAS THE BOMB MAN! We had lots of fun... watching people dance. Haha.

After that, it was breakfast time, with a not so good breakfast, we still ate till we were full. :P Then it was time for we had a grand total of 2 talks, concerning RESILIENCE. It was really exciting, so exciting, till i can't really remember much. Just kidding. Haha. After that, it was lunchtime. (Even though we were still full) :)

After lunch, we took a short bus ride to the SCDF in queenstown. The place was biggggggggggg. WOW! we had two lectures there, and the first lecturer was damn funny ah! He make joke after joke and we all laugh so much, but we learn alot about earthquake and hiding. AND THENN we learned about chemical bombsss.THAT WAS THE BOMB MANNN!It was damn interestinggg. THEn we had tea time over there. The foood was great! yummmmm i can still taste the eclairs (with e lunch).

AFTER THAT we had IPP EXERCISE! but was not good exercise coz we did not sweat. BUT was very funnn! we covered windows in order to prevent ourselves from getting poisoned but we failed. this exercise thought us the need and the importance to use our newfound knowledge about taping up holes in case of a bomb attack.

AFTER THAT! we went back for dinner! (even though we were full). THE FOOD WAS THE BOMB! thennnnn. we played a skipping game and through sheer determination and a lot of luck, we managed to pull thru as group. WE ROCK! THEN WE PLAY QUIZ FOR VOUCHER AND WAS VERY FUNNN! p.s I WIN TEN DOLLARS!

TODAY was a very fun and productive day, and we learnt about the importance of resilience, teamwork and friendship. I MAKE MANY NEW FRENS! GROUP IV IS THE BOMB! SO MUCH TEAMWOREK, SO MANNY FRIENDS!

this post has been brought to you by alex and pablo, your fillipino friends. PEACE BRO( n sis) ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT:( THIS CAMP SHULD BE FOR A MONTH!

2008-11-18T22:05:00.008+08:00

Another day in the YoReCa...everything meets what is expected from all of us. We woke up in the morning and did our morning exercise and the flag raising in the honour of our country. Next was a game or challenge that is called 'key punch'..the objective of the challenge was to diffuse fake bombs made of paper plates. All the plates are numbered from 1 to 50 but written in different languages, in number form or in equation method. All the groups were doing their best but failed in the 1st few attempts. However, after discussing with the other group, we managed to accomplish the challenge. We then went to the Singapore Civil Defence Force located near Queensway. Through the talks, we learnt the threats that are threatening Singapore and ways to overcome these situations. We even learnt how to protect ourself from danger that will happen to us when the alarm or siren is activated. After the trip, we went back to NACLI and countinued our next challenge which is 'confident skip'. This activity allows us to build up our confidence. The 1st attempt which only 1 person running through the moving rope at a time. It was tough as due to their recent or past injuries, it had hindered their courage but...after the 2nd and other other attempts, we were confident enough to do it. Courage and encouragment made us carry on regardless the challenge was. At a certain time, Ms Choy asked us whether we would want to continue the programme. We repplied her that we want to do it. She let us and we tried our best in finishing it. At last we completed it and cheered. She told us that we were determined to continue and that is why we made it all the way till the end. Mr Dubey told us upon his experience that the easiest examination is his PHD. Relating to the challenge and what Mr Dubey told us, we found that it is the same and it can be related to anything in our life. Through this experience, we, as student leader, can help build up other people's confidence, becoming a good leader in leading the others to become a better youth. They also mentioned that we are the next generation in leading Singapore. Furthermore we've learnt that we as Singaporeans can make Singapore a better living place regardless of where we come from. We can say that this camp is a very great camp which may be boring at times but will be a memoriable learning camp and this can be felt by doing reflections or talks.

Team 3 TIGER (day 2)

2008-11-18T22:05:00.007+08:00

Day 2,

We started off with a rainy morning, BUT our moods are not dampened by the rain. We were unale to have morning exercise outdoor, but fortunately Team Checkmate managed to organize a fun and exciting indoor physical training. The forfeit was the best part as everyone of the team went up to stage to dance.

2 lectures were next.Both were enriching as we learnt about Singaporeans' acceptance towards other ethnic groups as well as how helpers from Singapore helped victims of the tsunami that occurred during boxing day in 2004.

Before having lunch, we were delayed by a game called Key Punch. We worked together as 1 YoReCa team towards our common goal (LUNCH). We went through numerous difficulties during the game, such as: finding out that there were missing numbers among the 50 numbers of different languages, color, size, pattern, etc. written on the paper plates. we managed to overcome the language barrier and shared infomation with other teams. We even motivated ourselves by grabbing a tin of cookies before leaving the 'bomb site'.

We had a sumptious lunch, as usual, then set off for the field trip to Singapore Civil Defence Force. Another 2 talks were given by the officers from SCDF. The 1st talk was extremely humorous and easy to comprehend. Basically what we learnt from this trip were emergency procedures during situations such as tremors and chemical leakage(IPP). Although these procedures may be simple and basic, they can actually be of large help should the crisis emerge.

After dinner, we had our 2nd challenge of the day, Confidence Skip. Everyone were to run through the rope and there were 7 stages in which each stage, the difficulty increases. Finally, we completed this task although we were behind schedule by an hour. We learnt that in life, we have to make choices and sometimes we are in a dilemma facing 2 different choices. Just like in the game, we are given the choice to stop and move on to the next activity. however, we chose to perserve and show resilience by choosing to complete all 7 levels of the game.

Now here we are blogging about the various events that occurred in this fruitful day. Look forward to our next blog post. WE WILL BE BACK!~

Day 2 YoReCa camp Checkmate =P

2008-11-18T22:04:00.003+08:00

hello :)

Second day of the week,
Second day of the camp,
Second day together.

woke up early in the morning for flag raisin today. our grp was IC for this important part of the day and also including the morning exercise.

unaffected by the rainy weather, (although the activities were) we sat for 2 talks at a go, 1 by Ms Yolinda abt racial harmony and Ms Yeo with her experiences as a psychologist in the Asian Tsunami disaster which devastated Phuket and several other countries.

the first talk was very enlightening, as we learnt abt how different races are accepted and unaccepted by others. the second talk was even better, looking at different pictures around the disaster devastated country where we were brought through the whole process where different associations worked together to achieve a common goal, helping the disaster stricken country.

after the long run of theoretical activities, there was a change of environment, in which we had a game called Key Punch.

a circle is lay out by a rope and plates are placed within it. according to numerical order, groups will have to hit the 'bombs'. as team no.1 we started first, we went into the learning lounge, where the game started. starting out, we were quite surprised by the different languages of the numbers. as the game went on, we found out abt the lacking number of plates and started taking down the initials for the different numbers.

lunch was delicious. followed by the field trip to Singapore Civil Defence Force.

sitting through the audience-engaging talk, we learnt abt emergency procedures we needed to act upon. for example, wad to do during tremors and tsunamis... afterwards, a policeman took over the speech and talked abt unconventional disasters. in an event of a chemical attack, one muat learn how to seal oneself in a room using only masking tape and garbage bags. Following this, each group was given a chance to put our knowledge to the test. We got to the training centre n practised sealing up a room. (very waste) we had to do it within 3 minutes or "poisonous" smoke would be pumped inside. In the end we all didn't die. Yay.

Our final activity of the day was a variation of the game most of us know as "skipping". Choy would give us challenges n we had to find a way to overcome it, with the promise of $1 ice cream if we completed the task. After around 2 hours, exceeding the time by 1 hour, we finished all 7 tasks, and of course did not manage to get the $1 ice cream:(. but it still was exhilarating and ended off with a BANG!

YAY

woohoo...:)

YORECA Team 1 Blog :D

2008-11-18T20:28:00.000+08:00

Today was the 1st day of camp, everyone meeting in the Learning Lounge early in the morning. The situation there was just like the 1st day of any other camp, everyone sticking to their school cliques and cluster groups. However these were quickly broken up by force and everyone had to split up.

Interesting way of getting the groups split up though, with four people exploring their own methods of finding their group mates. Nicolette chose to shout loud, and soon everyone was gathered. Team One, later known as Checkmate met for the first time.

Team 1: Alex, Liang Wei, Zhe Wei, Zheng Jie, Deela, Nicolette, Randi, Joel, Gerald, Collin, Rachel, Qurratu, Dil, Fara, Hong Xiang, Hiang Ngee, Edmond, Iky (:

Group dynamics are awesome, as was demonstrated in the War Chant game, and under the awesome leadership of Alex (in the end our Team Leader) and great newfound teamwork on our part, we triumphed. Ahead by 7 points made it a sweet victory, and I guess it built confidence in us that we were going to be a great team.

Team mascot’s a cow, with no violent objection from the team, maybe because of the previous reference of being “Cowboys & Cowgirls” in the War Chant game, or maybe because our group is udderly (mine the pun) insane. Team name’s Checkmate, again passed with no criticism, and Alex & Rachel’s bright idea. The flag turned out pretty, and our cheer, is sadly still in progress.

The trip to the place that I cannot really mention was quite insightful, the HTA, mostly because of the section where we learnt more about CBRE weapons, where the exhibits were interactive, engaging the senses. I cannot really talk much about it because I’m not really supposed to, but in short I guess it let us learn more about the threats that Singapore faces, the defenses that Singapore has to overcome these threats, but more importantly about community engagement. Quite enlightening, and of course the bonding with the group was quite fun as well.

Our mad skit depicting a nationwide blackout further explained how nutty camp was going to be with this group. With taitais and bimbos screaming away and people falling to the ground, with our himbo narrator dear Gerald, it was just great. Tomorrow’s going to be wackier.

As I type this, we’re all well fed, and the other half of the group is dancing to Chori Chori, some Hindi song which we’re all going to high to, which is quite fun I suppose. Challenging, but with our group dynamics – no problem I guess ;D

First day!

2008-11-17T22:23:00.003+08:00

Its 10.30pm now and we're still not asleep and we are so not tired. We were really
amazed by what we saw at the Home Team Academy(HTA). We'll you really gotta hand it to them (Home Team consists of 9 key government organisations,betcha didn't know that) for running things so smoothly and protectintg this Lion City every single day, without fail even when she sleeps.

Well, the exibhits were sooo cool.(But due to security concerns we can't elaborate). Lots of cool information and practical tips were shared to us during this sessions. But of course we must admit it lah, at first most of us were like expecting the typical government propaganda thingy, but at the end of the visit, it really dosen't matter, because you feel proud of the Home Team and Singapore as a whole. Not kidding, guys.

These guys contribute so much to our safety even though they aren't often given recognition. Well, even then you guys out there need to also realise that we all as a community need to help our men in uniform in being alert for threats and remain united as one People, one Nation, one Singapore,no matter what.

WE LOVE SINGAPORE!! :D

November 17 day 1

2008-11-17T22:21:00.003+08:00

Today everybody from different school came together to this camp called YoReCa...at first we mix only with our schoolmates but not others. We were then split into 4 diferent groups. Ours was called the yellow team at first. We got to know each other through the icebreakers just only the names. After the icebreakers, things just get better every minute as we played this game called war chant. Through this activity we learn to cooperate and understand the needs of a resilience person. For example we need to cooperate with the leader and support the leaders opinion or instruction. Around in the afternoon, we went to the home team academy and was brief of what the home team academy was all about. It was built to strengthen the bonding between the officers and understand each other situation unlike the previous encounters they faced for example, went there is an acccident the police and the ambulance came to the site and did thier things. Now they come together to learn each others job and hence can cooperate with each other. We then explored the facilities in the home team academy and found out that they are different people doing different jobs and they did thier best in involving the communtiy to work together to ensure th safety and security in Singapore. After all the trip, we headed back to the camp and view a video about the past riots occur in Singapore. Through that we came up with a skit and soloutions to each skits and now we are doing a blog. Through this activity we learn alot of things in just 1 day. We hope to see more things which are more interesting and enjoyable.

1st day at YoReCa

2008-11-17T22:11:00.003+08:00

Today is the first day of the YoReCa camp. We are staying at NACLI. Live was good! Food was good! The game was good! Everybody was given their respective air-conditioned rooms, heated showers and luxurious beds. Wonder which other camp offers such luxury!

Apart from the luxuries, what was more interesting and definitely beneficial was the new friendships forged. Through the icebreakers, we learnt more about each other in the team. This was exceptionally difficult for people like our friend Mubasysyir who was the only one representing his school. But above all, we were able to overcome our differences and bond together as a team.

After a sumptious lunch, we proceeded to the HTA. Only upon reaching there, we realised what a cool building it was. Due to security reasons, we are not able to disclose any information about the premise, however, in brief, the HTA conducts joint specialisation training for members of the Home Team. Simulation based training is also conducted there to enhance the performance level of the officers. We learnt how to respond during times of crisis and external threats.

Basically, that was it for the day. After a refreshing shower, we are now here blogging about our the great time we had today. haha... watch out for our next blog....=)

Hello YoReCa!

2008-11-17T10:08:00.000+08:00

Hi everyone and welcome to your blog! We hope you had an enjoyable time today, mingling with your fellow teammates and making new friends! So what are you waiting for, start blogging now! =)