Heyo

Let's continue with Day 3 of the DPCC 2008.

Basically, I woke up at around 7am again, thus I had to rush through with the washing up as well as the flag break. Although, I guess the participants didn't really feel anything missed out.

So camp development judging begun, the judges were roaming around, checking for cleanliness, practically, stability and safety of the campsite. We reminded the participants again and again of their campsite hygiene as well as safety. I hope they understand what we meant so far.

As camp development was longer than expected, the pioneering portion was being pushed back for about an hr or 2. Thus, we decided to proceed with the pioneering section and co-currently have the lunch and dinner sections too. I was baking under the sun, basically from about 9am onwards.

No complains, as safety of the participants were the priority set out by the committee. We taught of doing a shower parade with a hose, however it was kinda difficult to do so. Thus WK decided to take the watering pot to 'water' each participants on their heads.

Honestly, they were very reluctant to do so, at first. Who in the right mind, would want to get wet for nothing? Until we told them the logic behind it, they became crazy to ask for more and more. I guess I still owe the Eagles a shower parade, right?

Yeap, thus after pioneering, the scouts went for their First Aid written and practical section. Honestly, I was very shag by then. I was fighting to stay awake by walking around, as when I tried sitting down... I would have dozed off. And I spotted one of the scouts drooling on the First Aid paper. I woke him up and showed him that puddle he created, he then turned to me and gave me that sleepish smile. I was laughing in my heart, how silly.

Day 3 was basically smooth running and simple to handle... Day 4, would be the horror day!!

Anyway back to my life...

I went out with Cottontail, 2 R.Bs, Wombat, Waiman, Wisdom Keeper and Jonne to experience the walk around Mt. Faber. It was a really fun outing, with lots of talking, laughing and sharing of new scouting ideas.

Dinner was great at S11 (Tampines)... We ate a heavy dinner before setting off. After completing most of the walk, we decided to go for supper, thus we ended up at Bukit Timah where we ate 32 sticks of chicken satay, mee goreng (Thai), mee goreng (Indian), Kebab, Mutabuk and a few more items. It was a really crazy supper.

After supper, we thought of going for a drink, so we drove to East Coast Park, where we witness a fight and set at the cafe before deciding that drinking wasn't ideal. Thus, we ended up at the infamous Red Light District, to have bean curd. We really had a crazy time eating "you tiao" while playing the "pokey game"

Our last pit-stop was at Wombat's workplace to watch a bit of Greece v.s. Spain before deciding it was time to end the day. All was well, all was tired as well. However, we all did have fun.

I'm happy to see brothers like 2 R.Bs and Wombat being enlightened by WK and being more into the zone. Cottontail, was being in a daze as usual (wake up wake up!!). Waiman, trying to feel comfortable among us, as well as for Jonne. For WK, he lives up to his name... there's more to learn yet more to share as well. I'm glad.

To all participants, name me 10 of your best buddies in your life?
Now, among the 10 buddies, how many of them are from scouts?

Well, suicide partner, glad that you have a calm and peaceful heart and mind. I thought of something unrelated. In life, are there 3 scenarios to friendship? Similarly, to market intrusion... an entry strategy, an exit strategy and an on-going strategy. Haha, weird eh.

Yeap, it's not that I do not have a life... Scouting is MY life.