Jacket Designs

Hi all,

Voting for RIRC Jacket Designs is now live!

These designs have been done by members of RIRCb59.

You can vote by following the link here.

Thanks and good luck with EOY preparations! XD

Don't get addicted!

Make sure all you MouseHunt players mug for your EOYs!

Photo of the Week

Boss!

NewSpaper Collection

Hi all
News about Newspaper collection! (pun not intended)
Funds raised by Newspaper collection, codenamed NSC, will reach our school in a cheque tomorrow!
In total, we raised $320! More specific information has been sent to your inboxes already.
Thanks to everyone for their effort in raising such an amount!
Please continue to come for future CIPs!

:)

Newspaper Collection

Group 1 + 2
and a Yan Tyng sir

Thank you to everyone who had made the effort to come down for Newspaper Collection yesterday! Mrs Maas is waiting for The Company to get back to us regarding how much we're raised (apparently the collection guy's scales weren't functional...hmmm...) so stay tuned :P

50 more days to accreds deadline and ~2 weeks to EOYs. Time to wake up and begin mugging, hurhurhur.

Excuse Letters

Hi all,

For those who did not turn up for the newspaper collection yesterday, please submit your excuse letters/MCs to the sickbay letter racks by Wednesday. No excuse letter/MC = no attendance = pon. Unless your excuse is really valid then we MIGHT decide to be nice :P tuition/mugging not included.

Alternatively, you can just find Jason sir (92387467) and pass it to him directly.

Thanks and enjoy the rest of the weekend :)

Newspaper Collection Consent Form

Hi all,

If you haven't gotten your consent forms, please download them below:



Get your parent/guardian to sign and bring it tomorrow.
I think your parents wouldn't want to be bothered by a call so just make it easier for them by bringing the form :)

Everyone who is free, please do go for the collection. And it's in the afternoon, so you get to sleep in. Yay!

See you tomorrow!

Newspaper on collection on 26/9

Hi all,

You all should have collected the forms for the newspaper collection from the sickbay letter rack by now. If not, please do so tomorrow. Just to remind you about the details of the Newspaper Collection:

Time: 1.30 pm - 5.30 pm

Venue to meet: JB Atrium

Dress Code: PE Attire

Things to bring:

1) A 500 ml waterbottle

2) Poncho

3) Cap (optional)

4) Hand phone (in case of emergency)

5) Consent form

See you all on Saturday!

Bday

This is a Feng Yu Hui (oh yeah we're leaving his full name here so someone can Googlestalk him).

When badly translated from Chinese, his name reads "Wind Fish Meet".

...never mind o.O

Happy 15th Birthday Yu Hui! :D

Evacuation in the Real World

OH YEAH!!!

Congratulations to Deodatus for correctly guessing the random origins of AON! (+20 to Iota)

Photo of the Week

Saravanan

Newspaper Collection

Hi all,
Yu Hui here
Please reply the email i sent out by monday 6pm
Or else brace yourself for a rude handphone assault in the night
If anyone DID NOT receive the email, PLEASE inform me AT ONCE
Thanks and have a nice long weekend:)

AON 2009

Definitely look forward to it :) Keep those days free, and ask your parents to set your holidays in December. :D Thanks!

Selamat Hari Raya!

Here's wishing all Muslim RIRC peeps a Selamat Hari Raya!



May all our wrong doings and mistakes be forgiven, especially by you guys...we're not that bad right?

haven't we been nice XD

To non muslims, jia you mugging for your EOYS! LOooong weekend to...mug o.0

Beach Story

Batch 57 at the beach

Wah, Sheng Yang sir so tall liao

Had enough of seniors harping on "batch unity"? Have you been pondering about what it's like to be in a batch?

What is a batch anyway?

We've asked ourselves these questions too when we were cadets. There is no definite answer (this isn't Physics RA!), and all of us can only arrive at a conclusion after some reflection and thought...

What is a beach?

This is the spoof that we came up with when we too were faced with the question of being in a batch. Apparently, it seemed that we were rather dismissive of this entire "batch" business. We hope that everyone (Batch 59 and Batch 60) can get together and work as a batch and as a UNIT!

Who's "we" anyway? We are Batch 58, and we have our fair share of new experiences to learn from. We trust that you too will have much to learn from, cherish and remember in your years in RI, and RIRC.

Here's some interesting stuff related to beaches, while we're here o.o

----

While walking along a beach, an elderly gentleman saw someone in the distance leaning down, picking something up and throwing it into the ocean.

As he got closer, he noticed that the figure was that of a young man, picking up starfish one by one and tossing each one gently back into the water.

He came closer still and called out, “Good morning! May I ask what it is that you are doing?”

The young man paused, looked up, and replied “Throwing starfish into the ocean.”

The old man smiled, and said, “I must ask, then, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?”

To this, the young man replied, “The sun is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they’ll die.”

Upon hearing this, the elderly observer commented, “But, young man, do you not realise that there are miles and miles of beach and there are starfish all along every mile? You can’t possibly make a difference!”

The young man listened politely. Then he bent down, picked up another starfish, threw it into the back into the ocean past the breaking waves and said, “It made a difference for that one.”

(Taken from http://andrew-ong.com/2008/02/06/the-starfish-story-you-can-make-a-difference/)

~treasuring the moments with the people you care for and love

More stuff

Hi all,

We forgot to thank two very important groups of people in the previous posts, endless apologies for that ;x

Anyway, thanks to those who were doing first aid duty at the marathon/basketball games, as well as everyone who came down to support. Wouldn't have been possible without you guys :)

Cheers!

UNITY and other matters

Wear your UNIT-TEE with pride!

Once again, THANK YOU to Batch 57 for coming back to participate, as well as everyone in the unit who has come down to participate in and support the half-marathon/basketball competitions :)


Even though this race is over (well so is basketball o.o), there will always be other "races" to run, such as FACOM2009, and the ominous countdown timer to beat (it's in the sidebar) =O

Remember: All cadets promoted in principle must clear the required accreditations for full promotion by November 17, otherwise their "in principle" ranks will be voided.

Let's do it! Once again, good luck for your EOYs. If you need help and advice, you can always email Batch 58 at the email at the top of the sidebar.

BRING IT ON!

Q

Hi all,

Thank you to all participants for both Inter-UG Half Marathon + Basketball, we really appreciate all the efforts you put in. As promised, we will allocate platoon points for those that participated. For those that participated in both/ran double for the marathon, more points will be awarded.

Half Marathon(those who ran double are indicated with a *):
1. Deodatus* Iota +20
2. Han Sheng* Omega +20
3. Wei Yang* Iota + 20
4. Zheng Wei Omega + 10
5. Qi Jing Iota + 10
6. Kai Yen Omega + 10
7. Gabriel Epsilon + 10
8. Zi Qi*
9. Jeremy*
10. Joel*
11. John
12. Ke Yuxuan
13. Jason
14. You Sheng

Basketball:
1. Hui Jun Epsilon + 10
2. Li Hong Omega + 10
3. Ryan Epsilon + 10
4. Qi Jing Iota + 10
5. Ching Wai Iota + 10
6. Wei Yang Iota + 10
7. Kenneth Omega + 10
8. Darryl Epsilon + 10
9. Kai Yen Omega + 10
10. Gabriel Epsilon + 10
11. Shen Chen Epsilon + 10
12. Xirui
13. Yu Hui
14. Ke Yuxuan
15. Clive
16. Joel

Special mention goes to Wei Yang, who ran 2 rounds for the half-marathon and also participated in the interug basketball. The total points added for each platoon is stated below.

Iota: 80
Omega: 70
Epsilon: 60

That's all for now. Jiayous for EOYs everyone!

Good Job!

Hi all,

Well, probably we did not succeed in today's mission of getting at least top 3. However, let the Sec 3s share our experience and comments of today. Firstly, no matter what, we still tried. That's what matters most. Yes, I know winning is the most important thing but you know something even more important than that?

UNIT-Y. You can go see the other UGs' performance today at the basketball tournament. They were shouting at each other for not catching the ball, not scoring, etc, etc. We as RIRC however, only encouraged. We cheered our hearts out for our players and even if we did something wrong, we just ignored that and went on with the game. We were not biased and just choose Sec 4s and Sec 3s and spam them in the tournament like what the other UGs did. We gave a chance to every Sec 1 who was there, even those who just finished their run in the marathon.

No matter what, we are still the best unit even though we are not that good in fitness. We have not been given opportunities to show to the school our talent in other skills such as FA, Evac and FD. Even if we cannot show them to our school, we can definitely show it to other RC units. That's why let's aim higher. We are more well known as RIRC than a UG. So, let's compete with other RC units and show them who we are! First mission, FACom. So, let's wish the best of luck to the FACommers and hope they become champions.

(Extra note: Due to the recent loss in the marathon or tournament, other UG people might start teasing us and so on. If that happens, just be calm and ignore that person. Those people do not know about the EUA and CSA which we got for 9 years. Those people do not know that we are the champions of Arts Fest. Those people do not know that if not for us, there will be no one to treat his injury. Though we might want to argue against him, we have to accept defeat. So, just be calm and do mug for your EOYs and beat Jeremy sir.)

Lost and Found

Hi everyone
Yu Hui here
anyone lost a thumbdrive with the name of EINSTEINFAN during POC please look for me
i can be found in class 3A, thats the second last classroom on the 4th story of Raja block but i probably won't be there cos of dmp
anyway thanks!
oh and thanks everyone for cheering/running/bballing today! platoon points will be awarded!

Show them who we are!

Hi all,

As you all know tomorrow is the inter-UG half marathon and the basketball tournament too. In case the Sec 1s do not know, last year we only came in within the top 6 for the inter-UG half marathon. This year we should at least be in top 1. Surprised? Well, why not? Aren't the other participants humans too? Aren't they from secondary level too? Think about it. Okay, okay, to make it more fair, we should at least be in the top 3. We should own the other UGs in both the half-marathon and the basketball tournament.

Everyone should regret for thinking that RED CROSS was a weak CCA. They should regret throughout their lives on the great mistake they did in thinking that we were useless. SHOW THEM WHO WE ARE and tomorrow the championship is ours.

EOY Bonus

After EOY Calender of Events are on the right side of this bloggy, go check it out if you're lost!

Woohoo! there's actually something good that comes out from eoys! And thats free platoon points! wheeeee!

Below is the list of points u can get if u pwnzor ur overall GPA(final progress report)

3.6 and above - 10 points
3.8 and avove - 30 points
3.9 and above - 50 points
4.0 - 100 points
Beat Jeremy - 30 points

Please note that the points do not stack so u can only apply for one if you have a 4.0 score!

For those that unfortunately have some evil subject pulling ur overall GPA down, theres also points for you!

For each individual subject, 4.0 - 10 points each

We will ensure that there is fairness among the 3 platoons, since your platoon strength are all different, no worries.

So sit back, relax, mug hard and remember to have enough sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Good luck for your EOYs!

November Event Calendar + Upcoming Events

Hi all,

As mentioned during training today, we have a packed and fun-filled November! Yay!
For those that missed out something or did not come for training for some reason, here is the Event Calendar for Novemeber:



Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009, Inter-UG Half Marathon
Good luck to those taking part in both the Half Marathon and Basketball and gaining glory for our UG =) everybody is required to come down, if not running, to support and encourage, attendance is compulsory. Report as per normal training (i.e. Raja Foyer at 3:30pm.)

Take note of the following CIP Dates:
26 Sept (1pm-5pm)
31 Oct (8am-1am)
It is undecided whether the former will be a Home visit or a newspaper collection. More info will be given soon. Teachers are still deciding :S

Sec 2s interested in RCYC
the first Contact Session will be on 12 Dec, and the camp will be on 17th-20th Dec. It is a super fun camp, and the top 10% will even be awarded with the lanyard! Woohoo! You can even interact with others from other units! For those interested, you can approach Saravanan or call him at 82302600 or email him at riwarrior@hotmail.com.

As mentioned in the earlier post, the attendance today was very good, with Sec 1s achieving full attendance. Keep it up! However, for those that did not come for the Games Day last Saturday due to reasons other than parents not allowing your to come, please hand in your excuse letter/MC into the sickbay letter rack or pass it to Jason on Wednesday. The same goes for Monday's training.

That's all for now! Remember to check back often!

T4W1

Hey guys, today's the start of Term 4!

Whoohoo Batch 60's attendance today rockz0red! Keep it up:)
By the way we'll be updating you all soon on the schedule for Term 4, so that the ppl who didn't come today dun have to copy their friends' notes.

Also, we won't be calling you all Sec 1s or Sec 2s anymore, we'll start calling you by batch number to reinforce batch unity. Yay!

Also, hope everything that Hadi sir said today left an impact on you to strive for the best, all-champions is not an impossible task if we work together! Whatever happens in November Camp will decide what happens to RIRCC005 for next year, and this Nov Camp will definitely change you forever! From what we saw from this training, it looks like everyone is going, so mark this date on your calendar and don't let anything block it out: 24-26 November 2009 - the best three days of your life!

Also we're gonna have a "Photo of the Week" posted every week somewhere between Mondays and Wednesday so that our blog won't so "texty". We've added a new section on the left "Categories" section too so you can just click on the link to see the latest photo.

Here's this week's:



Haha

Hope to see you guys up for a rocking start after the EOYs:)

Good luck!

Games Day

Hey guys,wasn't todae fun? like so FUN
you all got to see girls of course not the primary school ones la
and of course, we say KYX being rili rili nice to us
lets all say awww to KYX. and guess who his partner from SMSS was erhem.

ANYWAYS,
we really hope you guys had fun today and made some new friends from other schools (dun end up stalking them).
during this games day, everyone was split into groups and they had fun playing games in the amazing race which was so amazing that everyone won something in the end!
So everyone went home with prizes (you can ask those people what they got) so for those that didn't go ur missed out on the prizes and lots of fun XD

ohyea! lets look at sum photowotoes!


wah all so shyshy dun talk to girl


see! this is the correct example! woo hui jun!


ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ


COME TO MY TREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


lalala rearrange!


colin dun get lost in the maze!


big brother is watching you from above hurhur


buai everyone!

well we got a hell lot more!
Go see Album 2 above to see more!

if you have anything to tell us to give us more skills, please feel free to give us your feedback
Thanks for coming!
rili hope u luv todae... hehe

Consent from parents to attend Games Day

Hi all,

Apparently, there were some difficulties faced with obtaining the consent form from the school administration. Therefore, the Sec 3s, most probably the PMs would be calling you all to obtain consent from your parents. Please keep your parents around and make sure that you are contactable through your handphone or home phone. To prepare yourself, before the PMs call you, ask your parents whether they allow you to go. If they do not permit, then the Sec 3s will talk to them.

This is the only part which has been changed. Otherwise, the games day tomorrow goes on as usual. Refer to the previous post on the games day for details.

Any questions or queries, post on the tagboard or call Jeremy/Saravanan.

Term 4 Week 1 Events

On Monday, 14 Sep 2009, we will be having our second round of photoshoot, this time it is first aid. This only applies to Sec 2s and 3s. Sec 3s please report in RC Uniform, Sec 2s in unit t-shirt and pe shorts. Sec 2s, you will be casualties, so get ready to get dirty (make-up ^^). Report in Junior Block Atrium at 3:30pm. We will still have training, so Sec 1s please report at the same time. This will be the last training until the end of EOYs. For Iota and Epsilon, your week off has to be rescheduled once again as there is only 1 training this week and we do not want to shortchange you.

On Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009, Inter-UG Half Marathon will be held, so those who are interested in running for and gaining glory for our UG please take this holiday to train up =) everybody is required to come down, if not running, to support and encourage, attendance is compulsory. Report as per normal training (i.e. Raja Foyer at 3:30pm.)

That's all the updates we have for Week 1 Events. Any queries regarding photoshoot can be directed to You Sheng, while those with questions regarding Inter-UG Half Marathon, please look for Jeremy.

Games Day

Hi all,

As mentioned previously, the Games Day with SMSSRCY (St. Margaret's Secondary School RCY) and Mayflower Primary School will be held this Saturday, the 12th of September.

Venue to report: S.Rajaratnam Block Foyer

Time: 8am - 1pm

Attire: PE attire

Items to bring: Nothing

Any other queries, please approach the Sec 3s and a reminder that we will be interacting with other schools, so do not fool around. You can have fun but maintain the discipline standard.

Hillary Challenge

Hi all,

Our very own RIRC members Zi Qi and Joel have emerged as part of the champion team in the Singapore Round of the Hillary Challenge, which was held from 5-7 September 2009. Their team comprises students from 7 UGs (01 and 02 Scouts, NCC, Red Cross, Boys Brigade, Girl Guides and Girls Brigade) from RI and RGS. The team will be representing Singapore in the original Hillary Challenge in New Zealand in May 2010.

Congratulations!

Term 3 Results

Hi all,

Here are the results for OA IPC from Wednesday, in case some of you didn't come for POC...
E 157
I 173
O 86

Good work to all of you!

After adding up all the scores,
E 687
I 433
O 351

Congrats to Epsilon!
For Iota and Omega, don't be to disappointed, there's still Term 4 and next year. Work hard!

CommChart + Games Day

Hi all,

Firstly, THANK YOU b57 for your hard work and effort for the unit! We will always remember you guys :)

Thanks also go to all the Sec1s and 2s who have put up items for POC and parents who took time off to attend the ceremony - we appreciate your presence! Congratulations to all cadets who have been promoted as well.

Below is the 2009/2010 Committee Chart for your reference.



On a side note, please note that the combined Games Day with SMSSRCY (St. Margaret's Secondary School RCY) will be held on Saturday, the 12th of September. Please assemble at the S. Rajaratnam Block Foyer by 8am. The activity will end latest by 1.30pm. The consent form for the activity will be uploaded soon.

Have a good rest over the September Holidays!

POC

Hi all,

Tomorrow is the Passing Out Ceremony, and it marks the sad day where the Sec 4s will leave our unit. Cry if u want to, but one thing for sure is that we will all miss them =(

Below are the details

Parade Rehearsal
Time: 2pm - 4pm
Venue: Parade Square
Attire: PE Attire (full-dress rehearsal will be after 3, so please get ready your uniform for changing)

POP
Time:4pm - 4.30pm
Venue: Parade Square
Attire: RC Uniform

POC
Time: 4.30pm - 7pm (Dinner will be provided, you can stay for it if you want)
Venue: AVT
Attire: RC Uniform

For those without the full RC Uniform, just bring whatever you have, we will be giving out your missing uniform parts to you. For those that have parents coming, they can park their car at the school carpark.

If you have Merit CCA clashing with any of the time slots, try to give it a miss as this event will be the last farewell for our dear Sec 4s, so we really need as many people as possible to make it a success.

If you have any more questions, please feel free to post on the tagboard.

See you there :)

Hi all,
here's the information regarding tmr's FA duty

1. Team 1 - Canteen
2. Team 2 – Clock Tower
3. Team 3 – Basketball Court

each team needs to have 6 people manning
but if someone needs to leave for an event, it is ok
as long as there is still 4 people there.
thanks
yu hui
ps> any queries pls direct to me @ 91878949

Popular Pair

Hey people,

The voting line for Popular Pair will close at 2.00pm on 4 September 2009, before POC, so continue to have your votes coming in before that. Response has been ok so far. Most of you probably have not voted yet, so just vote! =)

Remember, you can vote as many times as you want to, a person is NOT restricted to one vote.

You can click HERE to make your choice or refer to the link on the sidebar --->

So what are you waiting for? Vote NOW!!!! XD

First Aid duty on House Carn

Hi all
here are the teams of FA duty

Team 1:
Puneeth
Jie Hui
Deo
Hui Jun
Kai Yan
Jee Kinn

Team 2:
Singaram
Ho Yu Xuan
Vatsal
THC
Brendan
Soe Lwin

Team 3:
Xi Rui
Nicholas
Zheng Wei
Li Hong
Han Sheng
Colin

House Carn is 4 Sep (this Friday before POC) during school hours so don't say that you're not free or anything.

Keep your eyes open for more details!

Feedback of OAIPC

Hi all,

Hope you all enjoyed today's IPC. Could see that some of you all could become OA specialists. However, still, there are some of you who have to buck up on your OA skills... We understand that you all have some comments about the IPC. Please share them with your platoon mentors (during platoon time probably) so that the Sec 3s get feedback on how to improve on IPCs. Otherwise, good job and keep it up!

OA IPC

Hi all,

There will be OA IPC tomorrow (Wednesday) so don't pon.
Remember to practice and mug. :)

Do remember to submit the stuffies for the RIRC Yearbook