Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Bring a can opener for camp

Hi,

We sincerely apologise for the late notice, but each platoon should bring at least one can opener for camp. Please try to bring at least one. If you're really unable to do so, we can provide a few.

Thanks, and hope to see you excited for camp tomorrow! :D

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Performance Night and reminders for camp

Hi,

For those who went, we hope you enjoyed PN! And of course, our dear Samuel's *ahem* performance. I personally think it was a better idea to get dance pros to teach us the dances instead of us coming up with them ourselves. Saves us the effort of chereographing too.

Anyway, this is just a reminder that each platoon must bring its flag for camp. It's extremely important. If you don't bring it, well, there will be lots of fun stuff happening to you.

Just a final reminder - camp starts at 8am on Wednesday, 30th May. Please be there on time.

And if you haven't started packing, tomorrow's a good time to start. Don't do last-minute packing only to realise you need to rush out to buy something.


Friday, May 25, 2012

Himara camp packlist and consent form

Hi all,

Here's the consent form for Himara.


This is a link to the camp briefing slides:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ocjzooqh7miiz6b/Pack%20list%20and%20contact%20details%20%28shortened%20version%20of%20slides%29.pptx

Do note that two items have been added to the packlist - a sleeping bag and an army poncho.

EDIT: Sorry, sleeping bag was already in the packlist. So it's duplicated. Sorry about that. You only need to bring one, of course.

Please remember to bring your signed consent forms to camp.

See you in a few days' time!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Ace Star Camp--Reminders

Hi All
         We have already briefed you on the upcoming Ace Star Camp and are rather happy with the enthusiastic response. For all those who have expressed your interests but have yet to gain confirmation or approval from your parents, please do so by this Wednesday's training (which is also the last training before your June Camp).

Additionally if you are facing any difficulties or problems in terms of fully committing to the whole camp event but would still like to participate, please send your details and particulars to Alfonse IC (csyalf0328@gmail.com) so that we can resolve this issue quickly.

*We'll only be able to post confirmed details about the camp (i.e packlist, locations etc.) once we are able to resolve all administrative issues related to the participating cadets, and hence we seek your cooperation in terms of notifying us of your problems as soon as possible.

Thanks and have a nice day :)

Saturday, May 19, 2012

CIP (21-24 May)

Hi guys! If you are still not aware, there will be a compulsory CIP event for all Year 1s to 4s next Monday to Thursday during your break times from 9am to 2pm. It is a collaborative project with several students from the JC side, and it will involve the setting up of a booth in our canteen to collect learning materials from RI students for My Library, Luang Prabang, and The Learning Project, Laos.
We have allocated you based on your class' recess and lunch timings, so please check your class' allocated timeslot here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgZWsbb-B28XdFFNdUFvX1dQVnM2akdIYTNwOGVJLVE#gid=0

Please remember to come down to the canteen during your allocated timeslots to man the booth. You may eat while manning the booth. CIP hours will be awarded accordingly, so please remember to sign in and out in the logbook which will be provided at the booth. If you have any questions or have spotted any mistakes regarding your class' timing in the Google Doc, please feel free to ask on the tagboard, or alternatively send an email to rircb60@googlegroups.com.

See you there!

For more information please visit their Facebook page here:
http://www.facebook.com/LearningMaterialsForLaos

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Open House

Hi,

As you'll know, there is Open House this Saturday, 19th May.

Here are the people selected for Open House Road Marshall duty, which will take place in the afternoon:
Sec 2s
  1. Jia Cheng
  2. Forster
  3. Si Qi
  4. Sakthivel
  5. Reeve
  6. Adam
  7. Jun Wei
  8. Tianyi
  9. Andrew
  10. Kelvinder
  11. Gavin
  12. Xinghao
Sec 1s
  1. Benjamin
  2. Saha
  3. Harish
  4. Kuan Yang
  5. Yu Chen
  6. Fang Yuan
  7. Randy
  8. Aloysius
For those who have Road Marshall Duty, please meet at the Marshall Block 2nd floor at 12 pm sharp in your school uniform. You will receive instructions from Mr Pang there. Also, please take note of Wei Yang's number, 97846827, and Ryan Lim's number, 94743113. If you run into difficulties, do give us a call. 

Here are the people that are selected to tend the Red Cross booth
Time
Names
9am-12pm
Rayner
Yi Cheng
Joash
Mahesh
Yu Jun
Qi Jing
12pm-2pm
Jeremiah
Vincent
Jack
2pm-4pm
Amos
James
Brandon
The attire will be Red Cross Uniform for sec 3s and 4s. As for sec 2s, please wear your RIRC Unit Tee. Sec 1s will wear pe. Absolutely no slacking is allowed. If you've nothing to do, think of ways to 'advertise' and publicise RIRC, eg. by carrying a casualty on the stretcher. No horseplay allowed too, remember you're representing the school and more importantly, RIRC.

Evac(S) Results


Hey Cadets! The results for the evac accreds are here!

Cadets who passed prac:
Kelvinder
Tian Yi
Fintan
Shawn
Adam
Forster
Siqi
Yujun
Cadets who have to retake prac:
Jun Wei
Reeve

The other cadets will unfortunately have to retake everything, so make sure to study up and do well in the re-accreds!

~ Batch 61

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

May/June Hols Events

Hi all!

Here's a summary of the 3 awesome events lined up for you during the May/June Holidays! :

26 May (Saturday) - Performance Night
Meeting Place: 10am @ Raja Block
10am-5pm - Ice breakers with other schools and Dance Training
(If you have to leave halfway/come late, inform Darryl Sir during training next week)
6.30pm-9pm - Actual Performance Night

If you're asking why dance?



There will be a total of 6 dance crews battling, each crew consisting of Sec 1-3s from RIRC and cadets from other schools, and most likely your platoon points are at a stake (each platoon split into 2 groups)
So do your best during this Night!

More details will be given on Wednesday's Training next week.
(If you can't come for the entire event, inform Darryl Sir as well, as attendance is compulsory)

30 May (Wednesday) - 1 June (Friday) - RIRC June Camp Himara
Meeting Place: 8am @ Raja Block


This will be a very important camp for everyone as you will the rich history of RIRC since 1952, and most importantly gear yourself up for the challenges in Semester 2. It's always been Iota winning June Camp, so lets see who will win this year.


The inaugural Passing Out Ceremony will be held on the last day of June camp too, where we will witness the handing over of positions from the Sec 4s (B60) to Sec 3s (B61), and reveal your new leaders, from Platoon Mentors to the unit Chairperson. 


Camp Briefing will be held during next Wednesday's Training.
(If you have to leave halfway/come late, inform Samuel I/C during training next week)

9 June (Saturday) - 11 June (Monday) - Ace Star Camp
Meeting Place: 8am @ Raja Block


I know that you're already going for RIRC camp, and may not wish to go for another one, but this is a camp you would not want to miss.


Trust me, many Red Cross units from other schools in Singapore are dying to join this camp, and this opportunity is given to you. Only 12 sec 1s, 2s and 3s are invited to participate in this camp. As I've said, 4 badges await you, and you will be 'competing' with 9 other schools who will be taking part in this camp too. The programme has been lined up to show you how the subjects in RC are intertwined and how the World of Red Cross is a lot bigger than you think. These are activities that you will never encounter during your regular unit trainings or your unit camps, as most of the activities are planned by VIs and myself.


Don't worry if this camp is new to you, because you will be grouped amongst your RI people. In any case, this camp will be a great exposure for you, and it'll open your eyes to the world outside RI, and who knows, you might become a stronger, much more confident person than before!


We have about 5-8 slots left, so inform Jian Xing I/C during next training if you're interested to join!

Use your June Holidays well guys! See you next training! :D

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

World Red Cross Day!

Hi guys!

Just in case you guys didn't know (or notice), World Red Cross Day was on 8th May, but you guys were having your MYCTs and the like then. Hence, we will be having an internal celebration (similar to what NPCC did today) tomorrow morning, and we will be reciting the RC promise (if you don't know look it up lol), so do make sure all of y'all recite along with us.

Just some info: WRCD is to commemorate the founding of the International Red Cross, and it's date 8 May, coincides with the founder, Jean Henri Dunant's, birthday. Now I'm sure y'all would have learnt about it for RCK, but we wouldn't be here without his contributions and the small initial idea of creating a neutral organisation to wounded soldiers. So if you're planning to emulate some famous guy in the future, don't emulate people like Albert Einstein, emulate Jean Henri Dunant! :D What can be better than being credited with founding an organisation that has since saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

Here's a video regarding the founding of Red Cross, starring Jean Henri Dunant in it: (Watch it to the end, there are english subtitles throughout)

With that, do reflect on our CCA, RIRC, and be aware that it is part of whole much bigger movement, dedicated to helping the sick and the suffering :D

Signing off,
Your Chairperson, Kai Yen

P.S. Dunant received the first ever Nobel Peace Prize in 1901. This was the speech dedicated to him:
"There is no man who more deserves this honour, for it was you, forty years ago, who set on foot the international organization for the relief of the wounded on the battlefield. Without you, the Red Cross, the supreme humanitarian achievement of the nineteenth century would probably have never been undertaken."

Monday, May 14, 2012

Evac (S) Re-accreds

Hi sec 2s,

Next monday, there will be an Evac(S) re-accreds for those who did not pass the previous accred. As such, there will be a evac lesson next training in preparation for the accreds. Please read up on your evac notes before the lesson so that you can come to the lesson knowing which techniques you are not so sure of.

For those who have already passed, treat this lesson as a refresher course in preparation for camp. You guys will definitely need the skills during camp

On a side note, good luck for your MYCT results :)
Hey Cadets!

For those who needed the emails of the IC's who briefed you on POC today, they are
hethav12@yahoo.com and allanzhouyang@gmail.com .

If you need to ask anything about POC, please do it by private email to those emails, because all of the actual content has to be kept secret from the sec 4s.

Thanks!
~Batch 61

Collection of library materials to set up a library in Cambodia

Hi sec 1s and 2s,

Sec 1s, we've already briefed you about this, so those who still have yet to inform us of your recess timings, or who have realised any mistakes in their recess timings, please email our batch group as soon as possible. Our email is "rircb61@googlegroups.com".

Sec 2s, the Red Cross Youth Chapter from RJC is organising a charity event in which they are collecting library materials to set up a library in Cambodia. I believe they'll probably announce more details during upcoming morning assemblies. As such, they need our help to man the booths during recess times. Thus, could all of you send us your recess times for Monday to Thursday. The booth will be open next week. Our email is "rircb61@googlegroups.com". If you have classmates who are in RIRC also, just choose one person to send an email and state on whose behalf you are sending the email.

Thanks. Please do inform us as soon as possible because the sirs are rushing us for it.

People interested in CAC

Hi, this is David.
Anyways, this applies for all those who indicated interest in signing up for CAC
Please email me at david_wwj@hotmail.com, with the following details

1) Name
2) Contact details (phone numbers, main email that you use, etc.)
3) Your other commitments and the days that they fall on (like third lang and electives)
4) The tentative dates on which you're free during the june holidays
5) Which category you want to join (either shield cat or drama cat)
6) Whether or not you want to go for the EHL camp

Thanks.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Open House road marshalling duty

Hi,

The sirs have chosen the following people to go for Open House road marshalling duty:

Sec 2s
  1. Jia Cheng
  2. Forster
  3. Si Qi
  4. Sakthivel
  5. Reeve
  6. Adam
  7. Shawn
  8. Jun Wei
  9. Tianyi
  10. Andrew
  11. Kelvinder
  12. Gavin
  13. Xinghao
Sec 1s
  1. Benjamin
  2. Saha
  3. Harish
  4. Kuan Yang
  5. Yu Chen
  6. Fang Yuan
  7. Randy
Please meet Mr Pang at the Yusof Ishak Block Atrium after House Carnival tomorrow (Monday).

If you are unable to go for the meeting or Open House, please email the Year 3s' batch group as soon as possible. 

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Reminder that there is training next Monday and Wednesday

Hi sec 1s and 2s,

This is just a gentle reminder that there will be training as usual next Monday and Wednesday.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays, before results are released!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Reminder about HIMARA (June Camp) and excuses

Hi sec 1s and 2s,

This is just a reminder for you that June camp is from 30th May to 1st June (Wednesday to Friday). If you don't already know, this is during the first week of the June holidays.

However, if you are going to miss June camp (any part of it), please submit your excuses to us by next
Wednesday (16 May). We will not accept any excuses after that unless you can prove to us that you were not informed of the event that clashes with camp before 16 May. So holidays and such are not a valid reason unless you have already booked tickets.

That said, we really hope that you try your best to make it for camp because while the camp will definitely be tiring, but we hope it'll be enriching and enjoyable as well.

On a separate note, the Passing-Out Ceremony (POC) is coming up soon. It'll be on the last day of camp. For those who don't know, it's a ceremony where the Year 4s formally hand over the unit to the Year 3s (us). It's also a ceremony where the Year 4s look back on their years in the unit and for us to thank them for their contributions. This year's POC will be even more special, because it's the ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of RIRC.

As a tribute to the Year 4s (Batch 60), both Batch 62 and Batch 63 will have to make a video to recognise and thank them for their efforts over the years. So while the details are not finalised yet (we'll post them on the blog when they are), we hope you can start thinking about ideas for your videos (since you're so free after the MYCTs...) and perhaps how you'd like to thank each Year 4. The deadline for the video will be 21 May (next next Monday).

Good luck, and see you next Monday! Hope you've done well for your MYCTs!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Dance Video of the Week, Season 2 Episode 4

And Dance Video of The Week is back again for moar aw50m3 videos. Hahahahahhahhahahahhaa.
Anyways, there's (happily/sadly, depending on how you look at it) been a change of plans for Performance Night -- Sec 1s and 2s, you don't have to choreograph a dance anymore. That doesn't mean you're not performing, however :) Hooray for that

In any case, DVOTW will still be continuing, because, well, even if there's no PN, it's good to have some fun and darn cool stuff on the blog so you can destress and rewind on Saturdays and gasp in awe and amazement and all that after watching these videos. Yes.



This is taken from ABDC's (America's Best Dance Crew) seventh season, week 4. ABDC is basically a dance competition kind of thing with lots of highly skilled people (as the title suggests) duking it out to win the title of America's best dance crew, and has seen many great crews like Jabbawockeez, Poreotix and all that. So yeah since your exams are pretty much over, go and watch the crews dance. It's worth the time.

Have fun with slacking! (Or rushing projects and all)