Sunday, March 22, 2009

Proud to be part of the BIG organisation.....SCOUTING.

Scouting for boys.......the famous phrase I'm familiar with ever since I joined the movement 44 years ago.I'm not a boy anymore...but...somewhere deep inside, the same phrase still exists and I am proud to be part of the BIG, BIG movement.I'm proud and I'm not ashame to have that word 'boy scout' to be tagged to my name.Why should I?

Last night I was having a discussion with my fellow scouters (9W2BPT and 9W2JPT, licenced ham operators)....scouts' dicussion.Then came a couple of friends who are not scouts. We discussed about the oncoming King Scouts' Standardisation Camp to be held next weekend.My two friends were stunned listening to the many different camps each scout had to attend before being accepted to the standardisation camp.....so, we gave a briefing on 'how to be a King Scout'.

Tough and challenging....mentally and physically....especially for those at the age of 16+ having to be decision makers, planners, solo campers, craftsmen, ........gadjets....you name it.....better than the carpenters when it comes to producing camp tables and chairs, chefs...oh yes...singers, dancers, first aiders...........and the list goes on and on and on making my two friends rather suprised, puzzled.



Some of the activities



Discipline through marching drills



A scout erected this bivouac all by himself



.......go on a 40km hike....


.....no nails....and tall....


.....and even taller.....


.......and the tallest......

Congratulations Shiang Yang Scouts.....the tallest scouts pioneering tower in Malaysia by Guiness Book of Records
40.26 metres


What is the 'thing' that makes this ordinary youngster tough mentally and physically strong and commited....my two friends wondered.

I guessed, its the true understanding of the Scouts Promise and the ten Scouts laws.The BP Spirit lives......Once a scout always a scout.....

Kursus Ketua Patrol

Suatu perkhemahan di mana anak-anak pengakap diajar pelbagai kemahiran pengakap dan hal-hal yang berkhaitan dengan pengurusan kumpulan serta patrol.Ianya diadakan pada setiap tahun di peringkat negeri.Bilangan penyertaan setiap kali .....ramai......tak kurang dari 700 orang dan kadang-kadang hampir 900 orang.Kalau dicampur dengan pembantu dan tenaga jurulatih.......lebih kurang ........1000 orang.Tempoh....4 hari, 3 malam.Tempat.....tapak Kem Kota, Layang-layang kiri, Bota, daerah Perak Tengah, bersebelahan dengan Sungai Perak.

Amat memenatkan, tetapi...seronok, puas hati.

Di dewan terbuka....kawad tongkat


CPR

Pertolongan Cemas




Tali temali......letih tapi......senyum je lah......



Tapak kem perempuan



Tapak kem lelaki


Pengisian kem sepanjang kursus adalah:

1. Ceramah Sistem Berpatrol serta objektik berpatrol.
2. Ciri-ciri seorang ketua dan tanggungjawabnya.
3. Majlis Ketua Patrol dan peranannya.
4. Perjumpaan mingguan dan perancangannya.
5. Skim latihan.
6. Simpulan dan ikatan.
7. Membaca peta, kompas, dan pengagakan.
8. Buku log, pengurusan buku log.
9. Pengembaraan, format log pengembaraan.
10. Pertolongan cemas, tindakan kecemasan, pernafasan bantuan.
11. Tapak perkhemahan dan gejet.
12. Malam pengakap.
13. Kawad dan kawad tongkat.
14. Cara membuat rambu.


TAHNIAH KEPADA JURULATIH-JURULATIH.

Friday, March 20, 2009

My hometown, Taiping Bandar Warisan and around it.

Just to fill the 'in betweens' of the activities during the school holidays, I took a few shots with my camera of a few places nearby.....



Bukit Merah Lake Town



Thursday, March 19, 2009

Kem Ujian Lencana Kepandaian Pengakap Muda 2009

Beberapa buah sekolah telah menyertai Kem Ujian Lencana Kepandaian Pengakap Muda bagi melengkapkan skema mereka baru-baru anjuran Unit Program Pengakap Daerah Larut Matang dan Selama di Taiping Bandar Warisan.


Sekolah-sekolah yang terlibat:
SMK St. George
SMK Bukit Jana
SMK Dato Hj. Hussein
SMK Dato Kamaruddin
SMK King Edward VII
SMK Darul Ridzuan
SMK Sri Kota
SMK Hua Lian
SMK Jelai



Semoga mereka berjaya dalam usaha ke arah mendapat anugerah Rambu Pengakap Muda.