Having tided over the worst, things are slooowly starting to picking up – social life, Buloh and the outdoors, and that jobhunt.
Pink-necked green pigeon and other critters at the Lower Pierce Reservoir…
The Singapore Fireworks Festival and the famous Merlion (my first shot of it after all these years)…
Scouts campfire at VS…
Other than the wildly successful bid to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010, there is a lesser-known bid that Singapore is trying to win: WSJ 2015. The Singapore Scouts played host to the Chief and senior Commissioners of the various National Scout Organisations (read: countries) over the weekend, bringing them on a social [...]
One thing I learnt last Saturday was that the cheer really goes “Oggy oggy oggy! Oi oi oi!” and not the “Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!” that my ears have automatically been trained to pick up on and respond to, and which I found sounded out of place when I first heard it being [...]
I’ve heard of guide dogs for blind people (’seeing-eye dogs’) but not of hearing dogs before. Aye, shame on my ignorance.
We had visitors today during Cubs – a representative from the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, as well as a lovely hearing-impaired lady and her even-lovelier hearing dog. Very impressed with them dogs… they’re [...]
The one in the middle’s the official Scouting centenary badge for Singapore – it’s the only one in the world with four languages on it (for those so inclined and uninformed, it’s Tamil, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, and English). Uniquely Singapore indeed. UK’s on the left, HK’s on the right.
On the morning of the 1st of August I joined the Singapore Scouts at their HQ in a simple ceremony in renewing our Promise. Little did I expect scouts from other countries – UK and Australia – to be present as well, and in their uniforms! Had a chance to talk to the Chief Commissioner, [...]
Scouting centenary celebrations don’t come any cooler than in the form of a street party / adventure activity day hosted by the Prime Minister. I went with my Group’s Beavers (the really young ones) to Downing Street for some good fun. While I was preoccupied with making sure that the kids didn’t spray paint into [...]
Playing Warcraft till 5.30am in the morning, while knowing that the following day I had to look after a few dozen screaming children, was rather unwise. It was the Beavers’ and Cubs’ activity day up at Gilwell Park/UK Scout HQ, where they’d have a go at archery, rolling rock climbing, grass sledging and crate stacking. [...]
Just like the last time when I first visited the island with the Linsteadians three years ago, I had no luck yesterday with the elusive red squirrels. What we did manage to see were a great many ‘wild’ farm chickens, all plump and fluffy and strutting about the fields, some pheasants, and a man in [...]
I had met with the Scouts county development officer last October and nothing had come of it since, for I had been busy with my studies. But now… I’m trying to get back into uniform once again, this time as a leader. So I’ll be the ACSL, and I had the chance to interact with [...]
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