Attandance

Hi everyone

It has come to the teacher-officers and my attention that some of your are not submitting the MCs.

Now that we have more manpower, i will clamp down this issue.

Pls be warned that with immediate effect, your can only submit your MC or parent's letter to Mr Duncan Hiew. He will collate the MC/parent's letter every monday morning.

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND HIM PERSONALLY TO SUBMIT YOUR MC/PARENT'S LETTER.

Failure to do so by stipulated time (ie monday morning) will mean that we will taken action and give demerit points.

Please pass the word on.
 
Regards
Mr Bay 


Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden. It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.
SOURCE:  Clyde Francis Lytle

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Hmm...if u r losing hope...think again

Hi

I hope the people who needs to see this actually see this.

If you are feeling discouraged because you are not promoted, please be assured that it because that you are either

1. lack of attendance in parades

2. lack of general discipline/conduct (in school or parade)

3. lack of badge work requirements (yes we moniter if u pass or fail ur badge work)

*Pls note that this is only up to the rank of SGT. SSG and above will be more stringent.

*And too many parent's letters will not speak well of you either.

So, if you continue to skip parades, then you are failing your OWN parade attendance. Which means that you will not be eligible for the next round of promotion.

And if think that it's because you do not have any responsibility, then my stand is that you have to be consistent in parades before responsibility can be given to you. Show me that you can be consistent and be of good discipline.

You have to start taking charge of your own parade attendance and be disciplined about it.

To those who are consistent and those who have been more consistent, i am aware of who you are. Dun give up.

Mr Bay

SHINE!, RTC/LDC and Next Parade on 30th Jan 2010

Hi everyone (inclusive of instructors and officers) :)

I am writing this from my bed (coz i am sick), but nevertheless, i try to make full use most of my post.

2010 is going to be an exciting year. Xinmin is celebrating it's 65th and BB is celebrating it's 80th. It's going to be an busy year ahead, isn't it? I believe by now, most of your would have heard that the RTC/LDC has actually crashed with SHINE!. Now, it's something problematic, isn't it?

I understand that some of your have been called to perform, participate or help out in some way or another. Some of your may want to buy tickets to support your peers. Some of you, graduating students, may want to 'connect'' with the school one last time.

Please be assured that i am kept-informed of all these (with the help of 2 capable teachers as well as the school administration team). We will try to tweak the camp dates so that your can have the opportunity to catch one of the two shows. To those who are being asked to be involved, please go ahead, and contribute your talent to make SHINE! a success.

Now, if i were to challenge you by making SHINE! a BB outing (ie we all go for the matinée) that is led by Boys, seniors, will you be glad to spearhead this effort? Juniors, will your make it a point to attend together with your BB friends? Will you ask those who have left xinmin for one point or another to go to you as well?

Will your make platoon 1 welcome this way (by asking them to watch SHINE! with you)?

We want to develop you to be contributors to the society and the school as well. Hopefully, when you have graduated, you will decide to come back and help out in one way or another.

Now back to company camp and parades.

RTC/LDC dates will be revised. Please note that we will release information on 5th Feb.

30th Jan (sat) parade will be as follow:

Your CSM will post on the blog/notice board/both about your reporting time. Please report in your PT attire (BB Polo and XMS shorts).

Do note that we will be conducting inline skating for you (don't worry if you don't know how to skate). It's an introductory lesson (ie teaching you to wear your gears and basic skating rules) so just come with an open heart to play and have fun.

We will be collecting $4 from you (for the rental of skates). Please note that we catered for the whole company so even if those who were absent, you will have to pay.

The parade will end latest by 12.30pm.

Let's continue to make 45th a happening place, a place you want to be in!

Mr Bay

SGB Reflections

heyall, how has school been?

Thanks to all who have completed and passed up their reflections. I really enjoyed reading every single one of them ;) I have also gained new insights about SGB, the Boys and also what improvements can be made in the future...

To those who havent hand in, please hand in ya asap as I will be keeping track of those who handed in or not...

Congratulations to the 3 winners and it is all posted below! They stood out among the rest because I can really see that they put in effort into the reflections and also described some significant events that occurred that you guys would wana read about ;) The winning enteries are in no particular order...

cheers and havefun people!!!!
cheekit

Winning entry #3 by Ashley

Being the first time that I participated in the SGB, I had no idea what to expect. Being paired up with the CSM on the first day meant that I had quite a bit of expectations to fill which made it a bit stressful.

Surprisingly, it was relatively easy to manage. I enjoyed my time there and even learnt new things such as the CSM's nicer side and how to make 'plastic ketupats'. Throughout the day, we received all sorts of donations, from food to clothes and even mock exam papers. I wondered to myself, if they mistook us for rubbish collectors, taking in any type of stuff even though we wanted mostly food items. The afternoon was rather boring and I spent the time either watching the same scene from Terminator:Salvation at the video shop or day dreaming. At the end of the day, I went home tired but happy that we helped the poor.

The second shift surprise me the most as I was the only who came! I thought that I had come to the wrong place but when Instructor Chee Kit came, I knew that I was at the right place. I thought to myself "How am I going to mend the booth alone?" Thankfully, Instructor Chee Kit called for help and 3 more people came: Randall, Chengyou and Marcus. Now with 5 people, the booth became rather busy. This moment was most memorable to me as I understood how my seniors would sacrifice time to help out their juniors.

Overall, I have learnt a lot more about SGB. Previously I thought it would be easy to do it, just like on television. However, it was harder and more tiring. Also, I discovered that people would still be willing to help even during a recession. I was pleasantly surprised by this as I thought people would be more selfish. I hope people will continue to donate generously.

Ashley Tan

Winning entry #2 by Ian

"Ecstatic" was the word that could describe my feelings during the 2 days of SGB. It was indeed an unforgettable experience during the hours and hours of tending to the counter at Hougang Mall. Most importantly, I not only learnt the true meaning of giving willingly, but also how blessed we are to have a family and parents who can easily provide for us. Needless to say, the event which I will definitely remember the most vividly, occurred during the evening of 1st December, when a woman donated a trolley case full of 5kg bags of rice that was in its original box.

Initially I was kinda astounded at the generosity of her actions - the donations was approximately 180 bags of rice. Then I thought of myself, that if I was in a situation, would I be selfless enough to do such an act of kindness? It dawned upon me that I would not be willing enough to do so yet, I felt a sense of gratitude in my heart because she ultimately taught me a life lesson - which is I believe, that we must cherish our present as today is a gift and tomorrow's mystery, hence we should contribute and bless others what God has given to us. Furthermore, when we can share with others what God has given to us, we would feel a sense of pride and joy in blessing others with whatever we have.

Personally, I am thankful that the people who donated to our cause share the same view as us. They rendered their help unconditionally to us by purchasing the items, like the elderly who would approach us in the morning to hand us some daily essentials for the needy. Additionally, it was heart-warming to know that although some could not donate just yet, they would ask us for more information on our later collection dates.

I felt that my seniors really helped me in carrying the heavier items such as ricebags. My seniors, Jeremy, Daniel and Randall, have given me valuable advice as to how to make more space for more food stuff and where to put the plastic bags of food. Apart from that, I enjoyed conversing and understanding them more during those 10 hours at the stall. I feel that I can now hand this advice to my juniors and lead by example.

Ian

Winning entry #1 by Daniel

During my first day on duty, I arrived 15 minutes early, only to be greeted by the sight of 2 full cages in the storage room. I soon found out that the movers had failed to come to collect the goods for 2 days and the NTUC manager demanded that I ask the movers to collect them since their stock was arriving that evening. After obtaining an extra trolley for our collections, Ivan and I carried the super heavy donation box out together. I felt kinda cheated as the box last year had wheels. While at the booth, we kept trying to call the BBSGB hotline, but no one answered and when they did, they merely gave us empty promises. The following day was no better as the collections kept flowing in and without more cages, we had to use their trolleys.

One memorable incident was when a young boy walked towards us with a dollar in his hand. However, instead of donating it, he ran back to his mother, pointed towards "Jian Yan" (Jeremiah) and shouted scared in Chinese. It was an interesting an hilarious experience as he was really scared of one of us. Perhaps it was just our uniforms which made us look like a policeman which was somewhat scary to him.

On another occasion, when it was around 9pm, my senior wanted to buy sushi since it was half price after 9. He dragged me and my platoon mate with him since we had all agreed to buy together. However, we did not realise that by doing so, we had left our sec1 junior by himself at the booth. I feel that we should not have done so as it was irresponsible and selfish. As seniors, we should put our juniors before ourselves.

Through this SGB, I have learnt to be more responsible and selfless. I now realise how important it is to put my juniors before myself. I have also leant that that to lead by example is much more effective than to just issue instructions. I have realise that my juniors will carry out the task better if I take the first step. On the whole, I enjoyed the SGB experience and I look forward to next year's experience.. ;)

Daniel Ling

SGB attendance

Hi Boys

I realized that this is the 1st post for 2010. hehe :)

1st and foremost...a warm welcome to 2010. I am sure all of your are 1 year older...and you should be more responsible.

I have attached a copy of the SGB attendance. Please look through and vet your attendance.

Those who did not come for at least 1 session will be deemed to have failed the Community Service badge even if there is any MC or parents letters.

For those who have missed the Captain's address. The slides can be found here.

Mr Bay

Note: The SGB attendance file and a copy of my address can be found in the box.net widget.

SGB Reflections

heyall please download the SGB reflections.doc as seen in da box on your right...

EVERYONE has to complete it, even those who did not turn up for duty...

Please follow the instructions as indicated in the document and please hand up to me or your NCO council by 16 JAN...

Top 3 posts would be given a small prize and their posts would be uploaded here onto our very own blog ;)

cheers and enjoy ya school people!!!!!
and to those planning CCA bazzar, all the best and hope that we would be able to get more Sec1s than ever !!!!

cheekit ;)