Initiation Day 2008
It was once again, the welcoming of the new Secondary Ones to our unit after a fruitful orientation on 4th January. This year, we received a higher intake than that of last year of 14 cadets. In conjunction to welcome our fellow new Secondary One cadets, the initiation day is indeed successful and unforgettable.
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On the day of initiation, the 4 Secondary 3s who are in charge of giving instructions have planned the whole event. The Secondary4s and 2s and the newly joined sec1s were jumbled up and hence forming a circle at the concourse. We started self-introduction one after another. The person next has to repeat the names of the people before her. This is the activity that was particularly challenging as we are a big and warm family of 46. the Secondary 1s were relatively shy and soft but they are trying their very best to memorize their seniors’ names. We then separated into two groups. In each group, two Secondary 3 cadets are holding a piece of plastic sheet to block us. Each group had to select one person to sit in front. When the plastic sheet is let down by the Secondary 3s, the two girls from each group has to shout out each other’s name. The faster person will win, and the loser will join the winning group. The girls’ spirit was so high that screams and laughter can be heard every now and then. Group 2 also came out with an intelligent idea of crowding around the person in front either to confuse or to scare the rival's team.
After this activity, we proceeded to the exciting spider web game. Most of the sec1 girls are scared of being held up and transported to the other side. After the seniors’ encouragements, they experienced being supported safely and cross the spider web! Finally, after everyone has gotten into the web, the sec4 seniors even motivated our Mervyn Sir to give it a try.
Playing captains’ ball without having a ball but a sponge, to see which group can gather more water in a designated bucket. The sponge is soaked inside water so a lot of the girls got wet during this game. Although we are girls, we did play violently because the sponge split into 3 after the game! The two water guns and a few pails became our weapons to sabotage each other; at the end of the water games, everyone looked like they had just bathed!
The fun games seemed to be over, but it was then time to test our team cooperation, and four groups of girls were made to run around the school to look for clues to search for “money”. The seniors take care of their juniors during the running and every group managed to come back on time. With ample “money” to buy delicious food, the Secondary 1s have had their first experience of outdoor cooking. The seniors taught them patiently; and after the filling meal, every face looked contented.
The Secondary3s, who had planned the whole initiation day’s events, agreed that this is enjoyable and worthy to see all the smiling faces after been through so many difficulties and doubts.
- SSGT Wang Jian Qiong, edited by SSGT Ng Ray Seen
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On the day of initiation, the 4 Secondary 3s who are in charge of giving instructions have planned the whole event. The Secondary4s and 2s and the newly joined sec1s were jumbled up and hence forming a circle at the concourse. We started self-introduction one after another. The person next has to repeat the names of the people before her. This is the activity that was particularly challenging as we are a big and warm family of 46. the Secondary 1s were relatively shy and soft but they are trying their very best to memorize their seniors’ names. We then separated into two groups. In each group, two Secondary 3 cadets are holding a piece of plastic sheet to block us. Each group had to select one person to sit in front. When the plastic sheet is let down by the Secondary 3s, the two girls from each group has to shout out each other’s name. The faster person will win, and the loser will join the winning group. The girls’ spirit was so high that screams and laughter can be heard every now and then. Group 2 also came out with an intelligent idea of crowding around the person in front either to confuse or to scare the rival's team.
After this activity, we proceeded to the exciting spider web game. Most of the sec1 girls are scared of being held up and transported to the other side. After the seniors’ encouragements, they experienced being supported safely and cross the spider web! Finally, after everyone has gotten into the web, the sec4 seniors even motivated our Mervyn Sir to give it a try.
Playing captains’ ball without having a ball but a sponge, to see which group can gather more water in a designated bucket. The sponge is soaked inside water so a lot of the girls got wet during this game. Although we are girls, we did play violently because the sponge split into 3 after the game! The two water guns and a few pails became our weapons to sabotage each other; at the end of the water games, everyone looked like they had just bathed!
The fun games seemed to be over, but it was then time to test our team cooperation, and four groups of girls were made to run around the school to look for clues to search for “money”. The seniors take care of their juniors during the running and every group managed to come back on time. With ample “money” to buy delicious food, the Secondary 1s have had their first experience of outdoor cooking. The seniors taught them patiently; and after the filling meal, every face looked contented.
The Secondary3s, who had planned the whole initiation day’s events, agreed that this is enjoyable and worthy to see all the smiling faces after been through so many difficulties and doubts.
- SSGT Wang Jian Qiong, edited by SSGT Ng Ray Seen
