News.

Well, I've been rather busy.

SJAB National Comp.

Recently, the HCI SJAB AC team made it to the National Competition, so most of us went down to support them @ Nan Hua Primary School. It was very exciting, and there were separate components, for each prize. The components included Transportation of Casualties, CPR, Footdrill, First Aid Long Case, and First Aid short case. (PS, It was on Sunday, 11th July, for pretty much the whole day.)

It was quite interesting watching the Footdrill, and certainly a good experience. The First Aid Long Case was also interesting. For one of the cases, a woman was worrying over her son, and was hindering the first aiders, but she was very resistant although they tried to get her to calm down. In the end, she became a casualty due to hyperventilation. However, I must agree that the casualties were very good at acting, and very convincing! It sent chills down my spine watching the woman trying to stay next to her son, as it was very realistic.

In the End, we swept the National Champions for AC and First in each category!! :)

http://www.hci.edu.sg/ViewBreakingNews.asp?BID=226 Yay!

A Bunch of tests.


Hmm... Another Reason why I took so long in posting this was that I have a lot of tests.

1. 13th July- Maths Test on Inequality and Statistics
2. 14th July - English ICAS
3. 15th July - English Comprehension -40% of Term 3 LA marks.

And many more to come...

Racial Harmony Day.

As you might or might not know, I am in the Bukit Panjang Government High Exchange Program.

So, for the first part of the year, the BPGHS people came to HCI for some activities:

1. Dumpling Making
2. Calligraphy
3. Dragonboating (I didn't go coz I was ill :( )
4. Lantern Making.

Then, it was our turn to go to Bukit Panjang:

1. Kueh Making (I brought mine home for my family. Sadly, the results were inconsistent. For example, when we bit into the kueh, sugar would occasionally spurt out, or you might get a mouthful of dough, of pandan flavoured dough, but still dough all the same.)
2. Batik Painting
3. Gamelan Practice

Gamelan is quite fun, and it is a form of traditional Malay or Javanese Music. The instruments are very varied, including a gong, some xylophone like instruments, drums, and stringed instruments.

We are performing on Racial harmony day. We must wear a traditional Malay costume which our friends @ Bukit Panjang have kindly provided. Being the first time I have performed to so many people, I am very excited and frightened.

Also, we had to go for another Gamelan practice today, so I had to miss my CCA.

Track and Field Finals, as well as other News

Track and Field Finals

The 100 plus Track and Field Finals were held at Choa Chu Kang Stadium on Wednesday, 14 April. Our Class (and 7 others) were chosen to support Hwa Chong there. Some of the councillors were in charge of leading the cheers.

Although it was a bit boring at first, the competition soon heated up when the running started. Soon, we were directed to "Squeeze" in the middle of the space which Hwa Chong was allocated, where cheers were started. At first, several people were not cheering, but soon, everyone was cheering at the top of their voices.

Finally, Hwa Chong won the B and C boys titles. (An achievement held for 10 and 20 years). The activity was very fun as we do not always get the chance to support our school at a sporting event. (We also supported Hwa Chong during the Water Polo Finals). The school spirit was almost tangible...

There was also a 100 plus man, (like the Milo Van at HCI Cross Country) there were about 3 of them, walking about with large 100 plus tanks on their backs. They would actually hand out cups of 100 plus while walking around the stadium.

Also, I saw some of my other friends from RI.

However, most of us reached home very late, as we were dismissed at about 7.20, and those who took the bus back to Hwa Chong, (like me) generally reached home at 2100.

We also got a half day on Friday, where school ended at 11 am. Yay!

SJAB Promotion Parade

We had a SJAB Promotion Parade today. Since Sec 1s do not take part in the Parade, we simply stayed in "Senang Diri" (At ease) position. It was a interesting experience as I had never seen a promotion parade. After the parade, there was a reception, and there was photo taking. Finally, we headed back to the Cadets Room to collect our Uniform parts, before being dismissed.

CCA allocation results... are finally out!!

Hi everyone!!

The CCA allocations results were out last Friday, 19th Feb.

The results were brought to the class before the reading period and pinned onto the noticeboard. Everyone swarmed around the noticeboard as they (frantically) tried to read the results. Soon, cries of "Yes!!" and groans were heard throughout the class. While some were joyful and proud of their allocation, some people were unhappy. Some of my friends (from other classes as well as 1I3) were planning to appeal.

You may be interested to know what CCA I got into. I got into a uniformed group... St.John's Ambulance Brigade.I also found out that two of my classmates were in SJAB (Short for St.John's Ambulance Brigade) with me.

After receiving the allocation results, we had to report to our respective CCAs later in the afternoon, at the respective times. Although I was a little disappointed with the results of my allocation, I decided to try out SJAB first before coming to a decision. There were 27 Sec 1s there on Friday. We learnt about Foot drills (we learnt two foot drills) and we also had the opportunity for some recreation, later on during SJAB. We went to the field to play Soccer. Although it was quite tiring (SJAB ended at 6.30) it was still very fun. I am not going to appeal as I like SJAB.

Bye!

Jonathan

P.S We had a cross-country practice. We will be having the real thing Day After Tomorrow (Wednesday 24 Feb)