Report : Crash Course

Date : 4 April 2009
Time : 8.00 am - 12.oo noon
Venue : SMK Damansara Utama

On 'teaching duty':

• Serenity Jedidiah
• Ng Zhi Yung
• Grace Tan
• Toh Kar Tong
• Nikita Nair
• Aaron Lim Jie-Liang

Little helpers for the day:

• Davinia Sivagami
• Laveenyah Preetha
• Kishani Shan
• Aris bin Sufian
• Khoo Yeon Xern

About 50 recruits turned up :) A relatively good turn out.

First, recruits learned about the First Aid Kit and what you find inside it.

Second, a short Theory session comprising the basics like Making a Diagnosis, Pulse Rate, Breathing Rate as well as Wounds and Bleeding. Recruits also learned a little bit about Scalds and Burns and Shock.



Next up, some fun! Bandaging! Recruits got the chance to get some hands-on experience and practice their bandaging (wrapping skills, ha ha) on their friends.



Then, we moved on the CPR. DR. ABC, kids!



Finally, Transportation! Recruits were especially excited to see the stretcher. Right?



That concludes the First Aid Crash Course 2009. We hope you guys had a blast!



Pros:

• Very productive; we managed to teach a lot and the recruits managed to learn a lot
• It was fun!
• We had lessons in classrooms so it wasn't hot and uncomfortable like it is on Wednesdays
• Juniors were incredibly responsive
  

Cons:

• School doesn't allow too many Saturday meetings :(
• Stay in St John too long and you find yourself looking more and more like our Training Apparatus :P eg.

Ha ha, just kidding :P

little helpers!

Yup, that's us! :)

Essential First Aid Examination 2009

Dear Recruits,

The Essential First Aid Examination is coming. Details are as follows :

Date : 25 April 2009
Day : Saturday
Time : 7.30 am - 12.30 pm
Venue : SMK Damansara Utama
Attire : School PE Attire
Bring : Stationery, Water, Triangular Bandage


The exam will cover the following topics :

• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Fractures and Bandaging
• Transportation
• Theory
  

Reasons to sit for the exam :

• If you pass, you get to wear the beautiful uniform
• You will be a qualified member of St John Ambulance Malaysia
• You will be able to go for public duties and render aid to the community at large
• :) Sit for the exam, pass it, and you'll find out more!
  

Study hard, guys!

Report : Division Camp 2009

As promised, here's the Camp Post you eager-beavers have been hounding us all for :) We're sorry it's so late. But we hope it was worth the wait! Enjoy!

Date : 20 February 2009 - 22 February 2009
Venue : SMK Damansara Utama

Division Camp is held annually and is usually carried out in school.

This year, Camp was led by :-

Camp Commander

Ong Xin Xiang

Assistant Camp Commander

Aaron Lim

Camp Treasurer

Lim Yi Jean

Camp Secretary

Tan Hong Ling

Activity Coordinators

Devinia Sunshine and Derek Chan

Camp Disciplinarian

Manoj Nair

Camp Quartermasters

Nikita Nair, Joyce Wong, and Hashveena

Cleanliness Inspectors

Lee Hsu Zen and Ng Chia Seng

DAY 1, 20 February 2009

Campers started coming in as early as 6.45pm, just as the Afternoon Session was dismissed.

Registration of all you awesome campers was carried out by the Camp Secretary Hong Ling and Camp Cleanliness Inspector Hsu Zen.

Campers were given colour-coded name tags.

Registration

The Macho SLs and Camp Committee helped campers carry their luggage to the Luggage Room. When everyone had registered, campers gathered at the Assembly Groud. They were welcomed and briefed on the Rules and Regulations by the Camp Disciplinarian Manoj.

Then, squads pitched tents together!

Halfway through tent-pitching, Mother Nature decided to give us a break from the recent hot weather.

Yes, you guessed right - it started to rain.

However, the rain did not dampen our Camp Spirit!

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Once tents were pitched, campers moved to the Activity Room for Ice-breaking; Squad Introductions!

All squads showed such creativity when delivering their Squad Names and Squad Chants.

And despite the pouring rain, campers were as lively as ever!

And guess who decided to drop by? :)

Ah, none other than our Beloved Board of Directors 2007/2008!

Our Board of Directors 2008/2009 were also present!

Once all the Squads were properly introduced, we moved on to the second part of ice-breaking.

Hey, isn't camp all about getting to know other members? ;)

The rain eventually subsided and we carried out our next activity. Instead of the regular "Operasi Burung Hantu", the Camp Committee of 2009 decided to play a new card - 'Night Treasure Hunt'.
ooohhh..ahhhh..

Squads were once again tested on their ability to work together and brainstorm on mind-boggling clues.

After the squads have managed to discover A.C, supper was served in the Activity Room.
All the campers were greeted with hot, steaming choco milk and a couple of crunchy Tiger biscuits prepared by our lovely Quartermasters; Nikita, Joyce and Hashveena.

Due to the rain, some tents experienced minor floods. Campers were given the choice to either sleep in one of the few dry tents or in the classroom.
The campers that had guts chose tents, of course. ;)

Lights out ; 12.30 am.

Night shifters were placed by our Camp Disciplinarian.

Day 2, 21 February 2009

Campers who decided to sleep in because they were exhausted from the previous night's activities {*wiggles eyebrows*} were greeted with this lovely baybeh.

Hee. As warned. :)

Then everyone gathered at the assembly ground for the first activity of the day; Morning Exercise!

Awesome stuff, really.

It was lead by the camp Treasurer, Yi Jean!

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After working up an apetite, breakfast was served.

Ample of time was given after breakfast for the campers to wash up and get themselves propped up for the Opening Ceremony.

After all the formalities, everyone changed back to tees and tracks and started back-wooding.

The traditional backwoods menu - fried rice. :D

Starting of the fire was demonstrated by the men of the Camp Committee.

Squads began to light their own fires soon after.

Smoke was everywhere.

After that tasty meal, QMs had to clean up while campers had some free time before the next activity.

Isn't the circle just so perfect? ;D

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After that, campers were briefed on the Obstacle Race.

There were 8 stations altogether.

#1 Walking on Ropes

Campers were required to complete their "journey" from one end of the rope to the other.

# 2 The Chair and Cup Race

Campers had to transport the water from point A to B by using two chairs and two man power.
Surely this is an opportunity to build up team work, no? ;)

#3 Mud Crawl

Didn't you guys just love this? :D A free mud bath. Woot~

#4 Flour and Sweets

Campers definitely had an awesome and also free makeover! ;)

#5 Find Your Tokens.

Didn't the handwash feel good?

#6 Egg and Armpits.
hohoho, doesn't the name itself disgust you? XD

#7 Ping-Pong Ball Float!

It was definitely a moment for the guys to show off their sexy bodies *winks* ;)

During their 6th station, SL of each squads were "kidnapped" by our very own committee leaving the ASL's in charge. At the final station, the squad members together with their ASL's had to save their SL's from the "injuries" left behind by our evil committee. x)

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After all the squads have finished their course, time was given to wash all the flour and the mud and the oil and other unknown things.

But lo-behold, the boys' toilets water supply was shortened. =x

And the girls' too had the same problem.

But just in a matter of time, everyone managed to clean up and start feeling the MK jitters.

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MK started at 8.30pm.

The emcees for the night were Yi Jean and Devinia Sunshine.

All squads were creative with their performances.

Some were very sporting and others were LOL-rated.

Then, the campers were surprised with a lil something that the camp committees cooked up - a beautiful campfire. :)

Sang some campfire songs and danced around it.

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Members soon got tired after that. Lights out; 12.15.

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DAY 3 aka last day. D:

The blow-horn was (unfortunately) out of use that morning. =x

Campers woke up around 6.30am.

The Camp Disciplinarian and the Cleanliness Inspectors pumped the members for clogging the toilets (it caused a flood!) and those who were supposed to be on night-shift duty and failed to turn up!

Then, breakfast was served. Yumm.

Everyone has a lil last bonding session with their members as it was the last day of camp. :'(

Soon after, everyone washed up and got ready for our annual camp marching competition.

Congratulations to everyone for working so hard to please our judges for the day, Manoj Nair and Aaron Lim.

After everyone was done strutting their stuff, they all got changed for the next activity ; Clean Up!

Each Squad and Squad Facilitator was put in charge of an area.

Then, everyone was gathered in the hall for a multi-media presentation by Lim Yi Jean.

The presentation showed pictures that our papparazzi on duty, Yi Jean and Hong Ling, snapped throughout the whole camp.

We hope it brought laughter and smiles. :)

Then came the most crucial part of the camp, the long-awaited Prize Giving Ceremony.

Results:

Best SL : Daniel Devan

Best ASL : Calvin Ewe

Best QM : Davinia Sivagami

Best Squad : Squad 3

Best Camper (Ambulance) : Aaron Luke

Best Camper (Nursing) : Lim Fang Min

Best MK : Squad 6

Best Backwoods : Squad 7

Most colourful : Squad 1

Most Entertaining : Squad 8

Best Newcomer : Mahadhir

Congratulations, to you all! :)

Everyone's a winner. Why?

Because you guys managed to rock camp. And there's no losing point in that.

After all this, our QMs served the last lunch.

They had really good and addictive cordial. ;)

By the time everything was settled, the campers' parents arrived to pick them up.

Because of that, we didnt get a proper camp picture together.

But this will have to do.

Besidess, who needs pictures when you have memories to hang on to?

and that wraps up our SJAM DU Division Recruit Camp 2009.

See you guys next year!

xoxo

Camp Committee 09.