6Pak Race

Though camp has ended, the 6Pak race is never over. Hope you all strive to improve your fitness and get a 6Pak! Engage yourselves in more exercises and return to Red Cross trainings in Term 3 as a fresh and fit person. Improve your SSS - Strength, Stamina, Speed. Take note that your own initiative to develop your fitness matters a lot.

As we trailed various paths in Singapore including Ubin, we have learnt a lot in this journey and have had several new experiences. Reflect on these experiences and you will learn how enjoyable they were. These will always remain as unforgotten memories throughout your life. The teamwork you put in to plan for the hikes, the care you all showed for each other during the hike itself, the hardwork you put in for the victory of your platoon - they all are aspects to be praised and RIRC is proud to have such involved cadets.

Even though there was a winner, there never was a loser in the 6Pak race. All of you put in the effort and that is what really matters at the end of the day. If there are any comments or feedback about the camp, you can raise it in the tagboard.

On a side note, all the best for the three ULP participants - Colin, Vatsal and Hui Jun who have their ULP camp on Friday.

Finally, though the Sec 3s and 4s did not come up with an official slogan for 6Pak, there was a popular term used by you all quite often during the camp. For those who don't know, here it is: 6Pak - Chiong Ahhh!!!

6Pak

The 6Pak race is almost upon us.

See you tomorrow at 7.30 am, and do remember to get enough rest.
(7.30 am is the finalised reporting time.)

Camp Consent Form

Hey guys,

The camp consent form has been uploaded, and you can get it from this link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gvmthm1l0yy

Please remember to sign it and bring it during camp! Those without consent forms shall... find out what happens.

Good luck with your camp preparations!

Holidays

Hello everyone!

Hope you're enjoying your holidays, but do remember to get yourself prepared for camp :) the camp consent form will be uploaded soon, so do remember to get a copy if you don't have one, especially Sec 2s!

On another note, all the best to the 3 Unit Leader's Programme (ULP) participants (Vatsal, Colin, Hui Jun) for their first contact session tomorrow!

A Note

Hi RIRC,

Here's wishing the Secondary 2s (Batch 60 cadets) best of luck in your upcoming Malaysian Montage! Enjoy yourselves, sleep earlier (i.e. don't stay up playing cards all the time; you need your rest) and do help your sick/injured batchmates (especially those who are holding the First Aid Kits, you have a responsibility to take care of your friends). Hope to see you guys around soon (there's 6Pak coming up anyway)!

Apart from this, we'd like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following people for passing their Standard First Aid (SFA) test last Friday (21st May):

Justin Tan

Foo Jia Ming

Sathya Selvakumar

Lim Zhi Jie

Deepanraj

Secondary 1s, do bear in mind that you will be working towards your SFA at the end of the year too - do keep your FA standards up to scratch!

In addition, we'd like to shout out a big THANK YOU to the following people who have dedicated their time on Saturday to man RIRC's Open House booth:

Darryl Lee

Justin Tan

Ryan Lim

Chua Ching Wai

See Wei Yang

Ryan Chiong

George Lin

Colin Tan

Ng Zheng Wei

Chan Hui Jun

Daniel Siew

Jason Chia

Tan Yan Tyng

S. Saravanan

...and, last but definitely not the least, our Open House ICs Ho Yu Xuan and Feng Yu Hui. We appreciate your hard work in preparing the booth!

Best of luck in the week ahead - holidays are coming!

Preparation for 6Pak Race

Hey guys!

Here's something you can do every 3 days during your freetime, only takes 8 minutes ;)



Prepare yourself for 6Pak Race!!

6Pak

The slides are here: http://www.mediafire.com/?ltjyeaj23ya

Additional information has been added, so please read carefully. Share all information with your platoon mates - all these information is crucial.

Reporting time will be 7.30 a.m.

Any questions should be directed at the tagboard or the B58 email.

The 6Pak Race.

All the best!

IPC Scores

Hi all,
Here are the raw scores from IPC!
Omega: 346
Iota: 545
Epsilon: 390
These scores are added directly to the Platoon Scores on the left.
Dont be discouraged if your platoon is not the first, 6Pak carries much more points than IPC, so race hard in camp and your platoon will become the first platoon!
The first platoon after adding scores obtained from 6Pak will earn themselves one week off from training in term 3, so do your best!

SFA

Hi all,

This is a reminder that the SFA retest for those affected is on 21st May, this Friday. The details are as follows:

Time: 1.30pm - 6.00pm (latest)
Attire: PE Attire
Venue: Main Atrium (we will go over to HQ after meeting)
Items to bring:
1)Two Bandages
2)Writing Materials
3)Passport sized photo
4)EZ Link Card

We will be going over to HQ which is located at Dhoby Ghaut using the MRT so please remember to bring your EZ Link Card. We will be having a short revision before setting off.

You will be dismissed from the HQ itself.

To prepare you for the retest, we will be having an optional short lesson tomorrow after school. The details are as follows:

Time: 2.30pm - 4.00pm
Venue: Main Atrium
Items to bring: Two Bandages

See you on tomorrow and Friday!

Attire for IPC

Hi all,
Please take note to report in mufti at 1530 sharp for tomorrow's IPC FA/EVAC!
Please also remember that training will end at 1815 instead of 1800 tomorrow, so do make the necessary arrangements with your parents!
Sorry for the late notice regarding attire!
See you there!

Performance Night Details

Hi everyone!

Performance Night details have been sent to your emails. If you have not received it, or have any queries, please direct them to the Batch 58 email as seen in the sidebar.

Good luck for your last papers tomorrow :)

Trainings

Hello everyone!

There will be no training on 17 May. So training starts only on 19 May (Wed).

Take note that it's IPC FA/Evac (theres no need to mug if you have been paying attention during training and have been practicing hard :) )

Camp briefing will be held on that day too. Hence, since we're nice to not give training on Monday, training on 19 May will end at 6.15pm. Do inform your parents.

Tata, and go MYEs!!!!

MYE

It's coming...
Mid-years are coming...

Good luck for your MYEs!

Word Red Cross Day Message

Hi guys!

Here is the World Red Cross Day 2010 message from the Chairman of the Singapore Red Cross Society, Mr Tee Tua Ba. Do share it with your family members and friends, and may they too be inspired by the efforts in serving humanity. :)

Happy World Red Cross Day peoples!

WRCD

Hello again!

Here's a big THANK YOU to all who came down in RCU for the commemoration today!

Have a happy World Red Cross Day and happy mugging!

WRCD commemoration

Hello people!

All Sec 2s to 4s are to report at the canteen on Thursday morning, 0705 hrs in their FULL RED CROSS UNIFORM as part of the WRCD commemoration procedure. Further instructions will be given then.

This is a COMPULSORY event and those absent without valid reasons will be dealt with appropriately. (I mean, come on, you'll be in school anyway ._.)

For Sec 2s without a full Red Cross Uniform, please inform the Sec 4 that will be calling you to confirm your attendance.

See you there, and hope your revision is coming along fine!

New Unit T-shirt Design

Hello everyone

June Camp is on 7-9 June. (Mon-Wed)

We want to show you the new RIRC tshirt design, since our Phoenix design has been around for at least 5.5 years.

The teachers wish that we have a huge Red Cross sign so that when we go do first aid duties in our unit tshirt, people will be able to recognize that we are from Red Cross, even from afar.

And of course, who wouldn't want their shirts to be nice and wearable outside trainin?

So combine Big RC logo and cool t-shirt and "can wear to Orchard", here's the design draft 3.

Front

Back

Feel free to give comments, or suppliers that you know will provide great prices.

FYI, it will be dryfit, and the RIRC logo in front will be sewn. Other designs will be printed.

June Camp 2010

Hi all,

Please be informed that the dates for June Camp have been confirmed to be 7 - 9 June.

Sec1s and 2s, there will be a Sec3 calling you today, should you not be available during that period, tell him the reason.

If you did not receive any calls Sec3s, please send an email to rircb58@googlegroups.com.

Please note that only overseas trips and other confirmed camps (you can be excused for Church Camps, but not Merit CCA camps since RC has a higher priority over merit CCAs) are valid reasons to not be present for camp.

For clarifications, please feel free to send an email to rircb58@googlegroups.com.

Just to give you a heads up, we will be racing in various parts of Singapore, and implementing the new platoon system into this camp onwards. It will be a camp which we have never ever conducted before in the past years of RIRC, and the experience will definitely be awesome. :)

Oh yea, we're not staying in school. XD

All the best for your Mid Year Examinations!

Photo of the Week (Guess Who?)

The first Sec 1 or Sec 2 to correctly guess the identity of the person in the photo will get +25 pts for their platoon.

It's all about capturing the moment...

Soe Lwin:

Inside, he's laughing hysterically...

Nicholas:

*Whispers*

Zhi Jie:

"Okaayyy..."

Ms Chloe Lee:

*Stares*

Mr Jeremy Lim:

"UHHHH..."

Ryan Tia:

"Huh?"

Guess who?

Ans: Ryan Chiong

George earns +25 pts for Omega

Posted on 28 Apr 10, 18:44

Just look at Mr Lim's face...

CCA Standdown

Hi all,

There will not be any trainings from Week 6 - Week 8 due to CCA Standdown for the Mid Year Examinations. Training will resume in Term 3 Week 9 Monday (17th May).

Feel free to approach any Sec 4 for help. Hope you use the time well and study for the examinations!

Good Luck for all of your tests!

Home Visit

Hi all,

This is a reminder that there is a Home Visit this Friday.
Below are the details.

Reporting Time : 1.15pm
Reporting Venue: Main Atrium
Attire: PE Attire
Dismissal Time: 6.00pm
Dismissal Venue: From Bishan Home

Sec1s, this is your first CIP, and we hope that you take this CiP with an open mind. We hope this experience will teach you to be grateful and appreciate what you have.

See you there!

Photo of the Week (Guess Who?)

The first Sec 1 or Sec 2 to correctly guess the identity of the person in the photo will get +25 pts for their platoon.

Guess who?

Ans: Jason Sir

George earns +25 pts for Omega

Posted on 20 Apr 10, 21:51

Downloads

Hello people!

Two new downloads have been uploaded recently and can be seen in the sidebar, here they are for reference too:

Unit Contact List - http://www.mediafire.com/?djignymt5ym
Calendar of Events - http://www.mediafire.com/?n3tiuzom2ni

The contact list is password protected to prevent any unwelcome stalkers from making traumatizing calls. The password should be obvious if you look around, but in case you can't figure it out, just drop an email to rircb58@googlegroups.com, and we'll send you the password :)

Remember to finish your homework too!

Bring it on!

T2W5 Trainings

Hi all,

Just a reminder about next week's trainings.

Time: 3.30pm - 6pm
Venue: SR Block Foyer
Attire: PE attire (for Sec 1s) (Sec 2s refer to below)

There are re-accreds for both batches on Monday.
For Sec 1s, there is the OA Bronze Re-Accreds for theory ONLY.

For Sec 2s, there is the Evacuation Silver Re-Accreds. Those affected have been informed last trainings. Please report in your trackpants.

The link to the notes can be found in a post below. Good luck for your accreds!

Arts Festival 2010 Videos

Watch in HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H89NxTG68J0

Can I make it anymore ob-Bious?

Choreographers:

Deo, Hui Jun

Team:

Deo

Hui Jun

Sara

Daniel

Yu Hui

Zheng Wei

Jee Kinn

Han Sheng

Soe Lwin

Wei Yang

Special thanks to: Hadi, Joel, Clive and everyone who came down to help and give us their support!

Just ignore the watermark ._.

To check out other ArtsFest 2010 videos, go to The UnI Channel @ Facebook

Muster Parade

Hi all
There is muster parade tomorrow, please bring and wear your uniform!
Put your bags in Junior Block atrium, then report at parade square BY 1530.
As its the last muster parade of the term tomorrow, please put on your best behavior!
Thanks!

T2W4 Trainings

Hi all,

Just a reminder about next week's trainings.

Time: 3.30pm - 6pm
Venue: SR Block Foyer
Attire: PE attire (for Sec 1s) (Sec 2s refer to below)

There are accreds for both batches on Monday.
For Sec 1s, there is the OA Bronze Accreds. Please bring the following:
1) Mess tin
2) Utensils (fork and spoon)
2) Stove (if you have)
3) Solid Fuel (if you do not have get your batchmate to bring for you)

For Sec 2s, there is the Evacuation Silver Accreds. Please report in your PE shirt and trackpants.

The link to the notes can be found in a post below. Good luck for your accreds!

Sec 1 OA Lesson

Here are the points awarded for the Sec 1 OA Lesson on Wednesday.

1st Epsilon: 23 raw pts

= 50 pts
2nd Iota: 20 raw pts

= 25 pts
3rd Omega: 18 raw pts

= 10 pts

Sec 1s please remember to practice for your OA Bronze accreds next week.

Photo of the Week (Guess Who?)

The first Sec 1 or Sec 2 to correctly guess the identity of the person in the photo will get +25 pts for their platoon.

Guess who?

Ans: Yu Hui Sir

Wei Yang earns +25 pts for Iota

Posted on 6 Apr 10, 16:57

Link to OA Bronze Notes

Hi Sec 1s,

below is the link as promised for the OA Bronze notes. Just select the OA Bronze Notes under the Outdoor Activities Section and press download. Have fun!

http://www.redcross.org.sg/cadets-cadets-teachers-officers.phtml

Sec 1 OA

Here are the points added:

e -> 90
i -> 110
o -> 25

Makeshift tent. Iota had speed, but epsilon had quality. both scored same marks. and of course, iota was faster in putting back their shoelaces into their shoes. The trick here is to help your friends once you are done with yours :)

OA accreditations coming soon, so mug hard! We might one day put you in a jungle area to live for 24 hours, see which platoon comes out alive and well-fed. nice idea right? XD

ArtsFest + FAD

Hi everyone,

Here's the consent form as promised. Click on the picture above, right click > "Save Picture As", save it to your computer and print =P

Supporters are to report @ RI (Main Atrium) at 12.15pm on 3rd April 2010 (that's this coming Saturday!). We hope to see you guys there! =)

Batch 61 RC people, look out for further updates regarding World Red Cross Day coming up on 24th April (yep, another Saturday). WRCD is an induction ceremony of sorts for new members of RCY, and will be held at Bendemeer Sec this year. Try to keep that date free!

In addition, THANK YOU to all b60 - b58 RC people who did First Aid Duty on XCountry! We hope you've realised the role we play in our school as a provider of FA.

Enjoy the long weekend, and good luck to all ArtsFest participants!

CAC Trainings

Hi all,
For those who are interested in joining CAC 2010, please come for a 1 hour short talent profiling Tomorrow from 2pm to 3pm at Raja Block Foyer.
For those with 3rd language, we will arrange another session in due time, alternatively, come down at 130 to find vatsal at Raja Block Foyer.
Thanks!

IPC FA/EVAC Term 2 Wk 1 Results

Here are the results people!!

Omega: 106 (you left your envelopes at certain stations, hence lost points for losing them lol)
Iota: 100
Epsilon 80.5

We will be doubling the points and adding them to your raw points. Woohoo congrats congrats!!!

Looks like you guys will need to buck up more for your FA/Evac..like that epic fail newspaper stretcher lol..but its ok you guys will learn veery soooon!

Watch out for IPC FA/Evac TWO!!!

Photo of the Week

The first Sec 1 or Sec 2 to correctly guess the identity of the person in the photo will get +25 pts for their platoon.

Guess who?

Ans: Hadi Sir

George earns +25 pts for Omega

Posted on 23 Mar 10, 20:24

IPC FA/EVAC Song

Hello everyone!

You will have to learn this song WITH the actions by this coming wednesday. Singing and dancing to this song as a platoon together will be part of the IPC, so do start practicing.

To the sec 1s, 15 checkpoints are the various parts of the bodies that you need to check when doing a body survey to check for any kind of injuries that a casualty might have. The order and the parts are crucial, so hopefully through this song, you will be able to memorise the song.

Scalp, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, face, neck, chest, collarbone, arms, back, abdomen, hips, legs toes.

Note that FATS are not part of the 15 checkpoints lol.

Enjoy, and all the best for the Interplatoon Competition. May the best platoon win!

T2W1 Trainings

Hi all,

Its a new term :D
Hope you have finished all your holiday homework if not its a good time to start lol (I haven't too)

Just a reminder about trainings next Monday and Wednesday.

Monday
Reporting Time: 3.30-6.00 pm
Attire: PE attire
Reporting Location: SR Block Foyer

Wednesday
Reporting Time: 3.30-6.00 pm
Attire: PE shirt + trackpants
Reporting Location: SR Block Foyer
What to bring: Bandages (must bring)

In case you have forgotten, IPC First Aid-Evacuation will be held on Wednesday during training, so please do brush up on your stuff!

May the best platoon win =)

Ignite Your Soul!

Obstacles crossed. Quests completed. Challenges overcome.

The ultimate mission for the search of the flame (FIRE) has been completed. The flame is now no longer burning as a candle. It is burning as each of the platoons in RIRC. Your souls have been ignited. It's time for you to unleash your power and show what power really means!

No matter whether you had fun in this camp or not, we just want you to remember ONE word - OHANA.

March Camp Consent Form

Hi all,

here is the March Camp Consent Form. It has also been sent to your email (for Sec 2 and Sec 3s).

Hope to see you there tomorrow!

Those Without RC Uniform

Hi everyone,

For those who DO NOT have their full Red Cross uniform, please bring your FULL SCHOOL UNIFORM WITH TIE. ONLY for those without full RCU - this includes Sec 1s. No other substitution is allowed.

Cya in camp!

FIRE - March Camp 2010

The Three Platoons have come a long way, crossing obstacles and overcoming challenges through the generations. A new challenge awaits, with new members and new experiences. With the parting of the Sec 3s, the path ahead may seem hazy, but bursting with new vigour and courage, the platoons are going to go all out fighting for their platoons this March Camp!

3 different platoons. 3 separate paths. ONE common goal. Fight as ONE. Win as ONE. You all have the flame burning inside yourselves - but it's time to add fuel to that flame and make it stronger.

FIRE - Ignite the soul!

Once again, click here for the camp briefing slides.

For those without Microsoft Powerpoint 2007, you can find the 2003-compatible document here.

Photo of the Week (Guess Who?)

The first Sec 1 or Sec 2 to correctly guess the identity of the person in the photo will get +10 pts for their platoon.

Guess who?

Ans: Jason Sir

George earns +10 pts for Omega

Posted on 8 Mar 10, 21:52

Unit Contact List

Hey everyone!

For those who have been needing one, here's a contact list with everyone's numbers and email addresses inside. Basically, everyone you need to call/email in RC this year should be inside.

Click HERE :)

Cheers!

March Camp

Hi all,

Please add the following items to the packlist.

1. Can opener (each platoon to bring one)
2. Solid Fuel
3. Matches

For those who have not downloaded the powerpoint, please refer to the post below titled "march camp briefing".

Thanks!

FD COM support

Thanks to the following people who went down on saturday and cheered our FD com on!
They are:
Yi Chen
Ryan Tia
Deodatus
Zheng Wei
Brendan
Colin
Ching Wai
Allen
David
Yi Ming
Rayner
Zi Jun
Jian Xin
Samuel
Qi Jing
Nicholas
Jia Ming
Yue Howe
Nirmeet
Justin
Qi Wei
Ryan Choing
Chong Ching
Amos
Kian Guang
Kenneth
Bryan
Ho Yu Xuan
XI Rui
Sean
Yu Hui

FDCom 2010

We fought. We entertained. We won.

Every drop of sweat that our bodies have profusely exuded for FDCom'10 will be remembered by our homeground. Our homeground knows how much pain our minds have gone through just to stay alert and ignore the salt in your eyes, how much pain our feet have gone through marching all around Raja Block Foyer and the Parade Square under the scorching sun, how much pain our arms have gone through trying to achingly keep up with the precise 90 and 45 degree arm-swings. Though these are not known by the judges, we know. We gave our best, did our best and showed them who we are.

We know how much money we have spent on drinks just to hydrate yourselves and refresh your mind. We know how much practice you all have done to perfect your moves. We know you sacrificed your free time for the unit.

Anxiety, Relief, Exuberance: These ARE the emotions we went through on 6th March 2010 - all to aim for the Championship trophy. Though our dreams were not fulfilled, at the end of the day, look at the path we have passed - you will get a sense of satisfaction. Do not think we lost to another school. Know that we won, we've won 3rd place. Same concept of whether you consider a glass half-full or half-empty.

Soon, we will be having ArtsFest'10. So, keep your spirits high and show the other schools who we are.

FACom'09 : 2nd runners up

FDCom'10 : 2nd runners up

ArtsFest'10 : Champions

FDCOM

We have bought countless drinks, we have sweat more than one would guess. We have swung, we have banged, we have saluted.
(And we have KYX!)

Now we're here. We're here to give everyone a show that they won't forget.

Just relax and focus, give it your all, give it your best.
Have fun.

No matter what happens, if we've done all we could, I think we'd all be satisfied.

Tomorrow.

As KYX says: PARTYTIME!

We'll see you there, and we're not going down in our home without a fight.

March Camp Briefing

Hey everyone,

Here's the link to the camp briefing slides, as it doesn't seem to be showing up in the sidebar :(

http://www.4shared.com/file/233492063/b6af8b38/March_Camp_Briefing.html

For those without Microsoft Powerpoint 2007, you can find the 2003-compatible document here.

Attendance Matters

Hi everyone,

This is for those who have not turned up for trainings and not submitted their excuse letters/MCs to any of the Sec 4s yet. Please submit them latest by next Wednesday (10th March) to Jason sir, or any of the Sec 4s. After this deadline, we will not be chasing for any more proofs of excuse and you will be marked as "absent" for the relevant trainings.

This is especially important for Sec 2s and 3s who have not been promoted during AON (last year's November camp), as we may be factoring in recent attendance records for the upcoming March camp promotions.

For those who have always turned up for trainings, good job and keep it up :) for those who haven't, just put in that little more effort to come as well.

Hope to see everyone down this Saturday!

BRING IT ON

Photo of the Week (Guess Who?)

Since platoon points haven't been given out for a while, the first Sec 2 to correctly guess the identity of the person in the photo will get +10 pts

Guess who?

Ans: Chee Tat Sir

Darryl earns +10 pts for Epsilon

Posted on 1 Mar 2010 7:18pm

Some Thoughts

Hey everyone,

This post isn't only targeted at the Sec 1s, but also anyone else who might be feeling that RC life is getting a little too dry for them.

Well, here's my 10 cents worth, you can choose to read on if you want... (I know this is going to sound like a post from theUNIchannel but here goes)

Once upon a time, not too long ago, I was a Sec 1 just like how all of you are/were. Back then, we had 8 CCA choices - 2 MGs, 4 sports, 2 UGs. I'm not really updated on the current system now, but I think it's not too different from what my batch had, except now there are 9 choices.

Anyway, back then, I had put RC as my 7th (yes, SEVENTH) choice. Reason being, I hated the sound of UGs back then - drills, PT, etc. Basically, there really wasn't anything that made me interested in them. Furthermore, I was personally inclined more towards music (although then having little musical background), and didn't see how UGs would make a difference to me.

Hence, when the CCA allocations were released, I was pretty disappointed to be honest. I wanted to make an appeal to change to another CCA (my 1st choice happened to be RIGE). That never happened simply because I was too lazy.

And so I stayed in RC. Back then, the training style was much tougher than how it is today (and even tougher before that). Just ask anyone from B59 and before to testify how life was like when B56 and earlier batches were holding the reins. Won't dwell too much on that in case it turns you off or brings back traumatic memories :P

Time passed by really quickly. Perhaps just yesterday I was in that Seminar Room listening to Mrs. Ang go on and on about how RC wasn't as bad as it sounded. And now, we're a mere 1 week away from FDCOM 3 years later when everyone's really trying to put our best foot forward.

You're probably going to ask, what did you actually gain from RC? I'm not going to give you politically correct rubbish or a smoked answer. I'm just going to answer with what I personally feel.

In RC, you get to meet all sorts of people - slackers, hardworking people, pessimists, optimists, visionaries, people with attitude problems, heartless people - the list is endless. You'll eventually have to deal with everyone in one way or another - whether as seniors when you're cadets, batchmates, as cadets when you're NCOs, or even teachers. Many people hate working with people who don't click (yes, I admit sometimes even I do), but face it, you're going to be stuck with them for quite awhile. Likewise in the real world, you can't fire your boss you don't like, you can't fire your colleague whom you think is an idiot, you can't fire an employee just because you hate how he works. You'll see that RC in a way really emulates the situation out there, and of sorts prepares you for the real world, opens up your mind.

Then there's the 6 core subjects. I'll just bring up FD this time, because if I carry on too long I'm going to be late for training ._.

FD at first glance may seem boring and dry and regimental, but if you look deeper, you'll begin to see how it really brings out the trust between every single squad member as well as the commander, and how tight the squad has to be with regards to teamwork. A truly good FD squad would be able to place enough trust in the commander that they blindly execute any command he or she gives, knowing that it will be correct. Likewise, the commander can give any correct command knowing that the squad will execute it perfectly and without any mistakes.

Don't worry, I'm ending soon.

Look beyond the simple things, look beyond short term gains. Perhaps you won't get it - I didn't when I was Sec 1, Sec 2 or even Sec 3. However, now I do.

RC is more than a CCA - it shapes people, it makes people better. Many of us aren't going to remember or use polynomial functions when we're out there - it's more of how we're able to adjust ourselves to each other, how to accommodate each other, how we work as a team, whether now or in the future.

But I'm not going to force this on your thoughts, because that's just how I feel :) don't worry too much about it.

I'll leave it to you to guess who I am, but if you do find out, don't spoil the surprise for others :D

Cheers, and see you in 30 minutes time.

Trainings next week

Hi all
Thanks for giving up a few minutes of sleep and going to flag day on sunday!
We can all make a difference by starting to do a little bit and start caring!

Training continues as per normal next week
Please be on time on Monday and Wednesday, 3:30pm
Report in PE attire
IPC FA/Evac is coming up in week 10, so be prepared!

Flag Day

Hi all!
Heres some instructions regarding flag day:
1) Meet at CHIJ Tao Payoha at either 730am or 1pm,remember to bring your water bottle Student Pass, EzLink Card and consent form.
2) If you have RC T-shirt, please do wear it as thats what differs us from other RI ppl from various CCAsif you do not,pls wear PROPER school attire i.e. PE attire or sch uniform
3) visit www.gothere.sg if you do not know how to get there.
Thats all, hope to see you there!
Thanks!

Sec 1 Notes and March Camp

Hello sec 1s!!

Welcome to the bloggy. Here's the video on the founding of RC, the one you saw just now during the lesson.

Anyway, you can download the notes for the topics (History of RC + Red Cross Song/Motto/Pledge) above using the download application on the right column. (RCV Bronze Answers)

To everyone, please note that the March Camp dates are from

15 March (Monday, 8am)-16 March (Tuesday, 2pm)

Sec 1s please note of the dates, I think Hadi sir told you guys the wrong dates just now..oops

To all, please ask your parents if they allow you to do dragon boating, as we will be dragon boating during the camp, under the Singapore Dragon Boating Association, held at Kallang River. Fee is $10, all of us must pay. So ask your parents, and get back to us next training.

More information for camp will be released soon!

All the best to FDcommers!!

Photo of the Week

Dancers of ArtsFest'10 and... their shoes!

SFA

Congratulations to the following RC dudes for passing SFA!

Ching Wai
Qi Jing
Gabriel
Kai Yen
George
Darryl
Kishore
Ryan Lim
Sean
Kenneth
Li Peng
Wei Yang

For those who haven't passed, don't be disheartened! We'll do some more FA drilling to make the RCTC instructor ever regret doubting your skills XD

It will take a while for HQ to give us another SFA slot though, so do take the time to improve your skills and prevent making the same mistakes =)

As for the rest, while you are eagerly awaiting your SFA certs (even b59 hasn't gotten theirs >_>), do keep your FA knowledge in mind - it's what makes us who we are!

For the Batch 59 people, do remember to thank THC for helping you guys with your learning...I'm sure all of you tried your best - just seize the next chance to get your SFA, yeah?

Have a greaaaaaaaaat weekend!

Training Updates

Ohai!

Just a review of what happened today:

Sec 1s learnt Human Stretcher, advance and halt, plus the definition of Evacuation.

"Transporting a casualty from a place of danger to a place of safety"

Played a game called E-pac-uation, where they run around in a maze with a casualty against each other to touch a mobile guy labeled "Safety", while running away from a mobile guy labeled "Danger".

Did 50 push ups at the end to train up muscles for evac. Sick =D

Sec 1s also learnt Basic Immobilisation of the legs for fracture cases.

Sec 2s prepared for SFA. Good luck to you guys!! This Friday's the day!

SFA 2010

Hi everyone,

If you're looking for some SFA papers to prepare yourself for this coming Friday, do try the resources at this link.

Good luck!

RC Flag Day

Hi all,

Just a reminder that the RC Flag Day is in Week 8, on 27th February, Saturday.
Do keep those days free! If you are unable to come and haven't told us, pls tell us ASAP =)

Rest well!

T1W7 Training and SFA

Hi all,

Hope you had a good rest and had fun over the CNY break :D

Just a few things coming up for this week.

1. Training on Wednesday
- 3.30pm as usual
- In PE Attire
- At SR Block Foyer

2. SFA (for all those involved)
- Meet at Main Atrium at 1.45pm
- PE Attire
- Bring Bandages + writing materials + passport sized photo
- Mug!

Thats all! Hope to see you guys tmr!

Photo of the Week

Buy our fragrant special healthy golden royal dragon white rice!

Chinese New Year!

Heres wishing all cadets an auspicious Chinese New Year! (even if you dont celebrate it)
Hope that we can soar to greater heights in the year of the tiger!
Take time to relax in this 4 day long break!~ :D

SFA Materials

Hi Sec 2s (and anyone else taking SFA on the 19th)

The SFA materials will be uploaded tomorrow instead, due to some technical difficulties. Sorry for the late notice!

Do have a good break during the holidays, but remember to revise your stuff when you can :)

FDCOM Training

Hey all FDcommers,

Remember there's no training tomorrow :) kind of common sense but in case you didn't know. Training will resume next Friday, 19/2. The after-training runs are still there though :P

Happy CNY in advance to everyone!

FDCOM

Hey everyone!

Just in case you still don't know, FDCOM is held on 6th of March (Saturday), on our very own Parade Square.

For the Sec 1s info (and those who still do not know), FDCOM stands for the National Footdrill Competition, held once a year in Term 1. There are 2 rounds to this competition: Round A, the preliminaries, and Round B, the finals.

In Round A, the commander will have to maneuver the 15-man squad in a designated area using a set of 30 commands, and any additional commands if required, to end up at an allocated spot in the same area. The 30 commands consist of various commands from Footdrill Bronze to Gold.

In Round B, the squad (including reserves if needed) will have to display a full set of self-choreographed open-array drills, with the aid of any song from 3 to 5 minutes.

This year, there are a total of 31 Red Cross Youth units from all over Singapore participating. Each school will send 16 to 21 representatives, consisting of 1 commander, 15 main squad members, and up to 5 reserves.

The list of our participants is as follows:

Ke Yuxuan (squad commander, chief trainer)
Jason Chia (assistant chief trainer)
Jeremy Teoh
S. Saravanan
Tan Yan Tyng
Daniel Siew
Wong Li Hong
Lim Han Sheng
Ng Jee Kinn
Chan Hui Jun
Nyan Soe Lwin
Darryl Lee
Ryan Lim
See Wei Yang
George Lin
Gabriel Tan
Jee Kai Yen (reserve)

Do cheer all our participants on during this busy period as the competition date draws nearer and nearer :) if you're interested to see how things are done, you can just drop by the parade square after every training, while getting a drink at the canteen.

For Sec 1s, your chance will come next year, so do work hard at your footdrill skills when the lessons finally begin!

What do we see? We see a throng of RIRC people, uniform-clad or not, gathered on our very soil with the champion trophy and challenge shield in the middle. Yet, it is not the trophy that truly matters, but the fact that our blood and sweat for three months will finally have paid off.

We're nearing there guys. Just a little further. Let's do this.

BRING IT ON!

Video of the Week

Need ideas for dance? Check out how the best dance crew does it!

Your VIs

Yay for 3 new Vis from RI lol

cant find a picture of Xin Yan, too far away at the back

Woo RI Vis ftw! Hanif(b55), Clarence (b52), Qiwen(b55), Guo Zhong(b54) absent. By da way the guy that you don't know in the picture above is Zaidi, chairperson of b52.

thanks to his ideas and vision, RIRC stops running the strict regimental style, and he was the one who initiated the idea of the platoon system. Becoz of him, we are who we are now.

Well I hope i can get him to come down for the upcoming Performance night, June camp and POP. sayonaras!

project rice

Hi all
For those who did not come for the training today
heres the updates concerning project rice
Meet at 0915 in school atrium, then we will proceed to Bishan CC for the actual event where we will be further briefed by volunteers
will be released at around 5pm.
Please collect the consent forms from Yu Hui Sir on wednesdays trainings if you are available on the day of collection
attire is still unconfirmed.
Please remember to bring the following items: Water Bottle. Ez Link card and Money( for Lunch)
Thanks!

Project RICE

Hi all,
Please remember that project rice is this Saturday, 6th of February
from 10am to 5 pm, please report in mufti attire
More details will be released on Wednesdays training
Stay Tuned!
Thanks!

Super Spam FA scenario

Hi guys! To sec 2s, lets just recap the mini competition:

1. Casualty in prone position

2. Upon supine position, he was found with:

a. forehead bleeding, deep wound

b. vertical incision on right palm

c. left thigh fracture.

Correct procedures (1 aider)

0. take off specs (omega -10 for this)

1. use overturning (thats evac bronze lol)

2. bring to sitting position using cradle movement

3. support his back

4. pressure pad on forehead and palm

5. scalp bandage

6. open palm bandage on palm. ask casualty to elevate on his own first

7. let casualty lie down on the ground

8. immobilize (ankle, knee, above, below)

9. bring casualty back to sitting position

10. tie elevation sling to elevate palm

TADA

and for that:

1st: Omega: 30 (50-20 for mistakes)

2nd: Iota: 20

3rd: Epsilon: 5 (Gosh Gabriel work on your scalp bandage!

Anyways, here's a list of bandages which you should have learnt by now. Please ask Saravanan or your platoon mentors if you're unsure of any. They will report back to Saravanan so that he will take note of your bandage amnesia the next training.

1. pressure pad and bandage

2. immobilization of fractures

3. scalp bandage

4. eye bandage

5. neck bandage

6. shoulder, elbow and knee bandage

7. chest bandage

8. elevation sling

9. arm sling

10. open palm bandage

11. close palm bandage

12. figure of 8 (for ankle immbilization)

13. jaw bandage

hmm looks like you haven't learn ring pad yet. soon soon. :D

jia yous to dancers and fdcommers!

Video of the Week

Omega's flawless performance from AON 2009!
This video will replace this week's POTW.

Oh and by the way, Phoenix Supervenio, the Phoenix has landed.

New Photo!

Hi fellow RIRC members,

The school has recently replaced the photograph posters that is representative of each CCA in RI. Here's a picture of ours to share the joy =D




You can always click on the image to view it in its full glory (or whatever upper limit of glory my camera can handle).

Enjoy your weekend! =)

T1W4 Training

Hi all,

for next week's training, only Epsilon and Omega will be required to attend it.

On Wednesday, the following people will have their Footdrill Bronze Accreds:

1. Sean Wong
2. Chong Ching
3. Lionel Loi
4. Kenneth Ng
5. Qi Jing
6. Kishore (uniform inspection only)
7. Zawad (uniform inspection only)

These people are to report to training in Red Cross Uniform regardless of their platoon.

Those who have missing uniform parts please inform us ASAP. Thanks!

Hope to see you next week!

platoon CIP

Hallo Sec 2s!

Please finalise your various CIP plans and channel it to your FDcomm sec 2 people. These peeps will inform us of your various plans during FDcom training this Friday (22 Jan) to the sec 4s.

Remember who we're donating for. It's not just for anyone.

Each cent really makes a difference to people's lives out there...

Haiti Earthquake

An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale struck Haiti on 12 January. It has primarily affected the capital Port-au-Prince and other areas in the West Province which has an estimated population of 2.2 million.

The Haitian Red Cross volunteers have been working around the clock since the quake struck, despite the personal losses that many of them have suffered. More than 400 Red Cross and Red Crescent staff from other countries have arrived in Port-au-Prince since the earthquake.

So far, almost 80 tonnes of Red Cross Red Crescent aid has either landed at the Port-au-Prince airport, or has been sent overland from Santo Domingo in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.

Red Cross Red Crescent emergency appeal seeks 105 million Swiss francs (103 million USD/73 million euro) to assist 300,000 people for three years.

And that is why, we need to do out part guys. Read the post after this one. XD

"...and to join others all over the world, to help the sick and the suffering."

Little Challenge

Hello Sec 2s!

I guess now that you guys are all slacking around at home, (except for omega lol) you might have noticed the RC posters circling around the school...the suffering and unhappiness, while here we are reading this blog and enjoying your chairs and computers and feeling the mouse or mousepad or wtv.

Lets do something for the world!

Gather up your platoons and come up with a CIP which you can do in school. All proceeds will go to various charity organizations in Singapore

Budget: $0.

Duration: 2 weeks maximum during Term 1.

Participants in your CIP: Your platoon, your Platoon Mentor and some sec 3s and 4s

Ideas for inspiration:

Create cool Tshirt designs and sell

Sell bubble tea

make a performance and collect donations

sell craft work

do chores for the neighborhood

Think through of what you wanna do, and tell us during this upcoming training. For epsilon, send a representative at 3:30pm to talk to us about your idea.

Once approved, we will handle all the necessary work for you and we will start the CIP!

Get to work guys! And work together as a platoon! For the community and for the sick and the suffering! XD

"The world needs you. Are you there?"

Photo of the Week

Scandalous!

Trainings next week

Hi all
For trainings on W3, only Iota and Omega will be required to attend it.
Chong Ching please come on Wednesday.
Thanks!

Freebies whee

Final answers will be revealed during training for better explanation. But for now:

Qn 1 4 5 6 - Kai Yen (Omega + 45)

Qn 2 3 - Ryan (Epsilon + 10)

Qn 7 is still on! and its not aadvark or anteater or wtv lol.

Freebies

Ohai!

Freepoints to be awarded so that we don't see a zero for all platoons lol.

First to post on tagboard with the correct answer for each question given below will earn them 5 points for their platoon. You can answer any question you want in any order, or you can spam all 5 answers at the same time. Have fun! (Only for sec 2s lol)

You have until 15 Jan 11:59 pm :)

1. Which aider gives the commands to the evacuation team when executing 4-aider human stretcher?

2. When evacuating casualty on flat ground, head first or leg first? Why?

3. What is the timing for reverse outward turn?

4. What is the order of tying of swathes when immobilizing a casualty with a fractured left thigh?

5. What is the order of treatment for a casualty with the following injuries?

- Heatstroke

- Fractured right forearm (bent)

- Cuts on both knees

- Severe bleeding on forehead

6. Give the full treatment procedure for the above scenario. (Send your answers for this question to editorial.rirc@gmail.com) [worth 30points lol]

7. Which animals are gray and have a trunk each? Elephants and __?__ [10points looool]

Sec 2 Stuffs

Heyho sec 2s!

Please take note of the following thingies to bring for all trainings from Wednesday onwards:

1. A Blue file(the plastic ones that you can put notes inside)

2. 2 triangular bandages with your name

3. A waterbottle. any kind. any size. as long as you got water in it.

Just to sum things up for trainings and for Iota peeps:

1. Be professional and move fast always. Dont Drag. Your dear sec 1s are coming in soon. So be a role model...

2. For first aid lessons, fall in in 2 rank. Front guy is casualty, back guy is first aider.

3. Team Leader will be selected every training (something like a Day IC). He is in charge of:

- Giving instructions passed down from Sec 4s

- Checking strength

- Get everyone organized, like sitting arrangement, pushing chairs to the sides, asking for permission to enter classroom, greeting sec 4s as a group etc

Remember, you're not the juniors anymore. So start acting like a senior. Its cool to be a senior if you know how to be cool like us. Cool maanzz!

By the time the sec 1s come in (around week 5), the Sec 4s and I will ensure that you're pro enough to lead a group into missions with the proper skills and professionalism. But it won't happen unless you wanna improve yourselves too!

Think about it ;)

See you on Wed! - Hadi

Photo of the Week

Extreme proof!
Now guess who...

Training Matters

Hullos all!

Please take note of the training on 11 Jan (Monday):

Sec 2s: Compulsory for Omega & Epsilon to come. Iota peeps you can choose to come if you wish.

Bring 2 bandages with your name written on them, and your writing materials.

Sec 3s: all to report.

Note that those who are attending school but unable to come for training must find either Jeremy (91158545) or Saravanan (82302600) during school time, or call them. You can do so a few days before training as well.
No SMSes are allowed, unless you cant find or contact them.
If you fail to do the above, your attendance will marked as absent, even though you have a valid excuse.
2 times of this and the teachers will step in. Thats quite scary. And definitely no one wishes to have the same rank as the sec 1s :S

Sec3s, if you're absent without a valid excuse, or if you have an excuse but do not adhere to the procedure above - well you know what will happen to you.

So lets not lead a sad life and be happy XD Simple procedures to follow lor.

Let's start 2010 with a good bang bang boom and see you tomorrow! Trust me, things have changed..for 2010. Yeaman!

AON! BRING IT ON!

FDCOM Trainings

Hi all FDcommers,

Please remember to come down for FDCOM trainings on the days below:
- Tuesday: 1430 to 1800
- Friday: 1330 to 1800
- Saturday: 1300 to 1800

All FDcommers are expected to turn up for ALL trainings unless you have a valid excuse. Any FDcommers not going for trainings should inform Ke Yuxuan or Jason before training starts. Ponners will have fun :)

If there are any changes, it will be posted here. Please remind your batchmates to go for training too, if you happen to talk to them.

See you there!

RIRC FA Syllabus

Hey all,

our internal FA syllabus can be downloaded via the 4shared box-thingy on the right.

Just an overview of the whole thing:
FA (B) covers basic bandages as well as really simple theory.
FA (S) is an extension of the SFA syllabus - with scenarios thrown in! If you can clear this SFA shouldn't be a problem.
FA (G) is close to FACOM standard; also, it'll teach you how to teach FA.

So for Sec2s, you'll be taking Bronze and Silver sometime in Term 2.
Sec3s well you'll find out later.

Do note that this being an internal thing, there is no HQ equivalent thus don't go around telling all your friends from other units about it.

Happy reading!

N.B. the individual syllabi for each level of proficiency will be uploaded soon/eventually/when I feel like it.

Raffles Trail Manpower Allocation

Hi all
heres the manpower allocations that we discussed this afternoon
thanks!

Room
1430~1500: Justin, Lionel
1500~1530: Ryan, Justin
1530~1600: Ryan, Chong Ching
1600~1630: Li Peng, Wei Yang
1630~1700: Kai Yen, Ching Wai

Raja foyer:
1430~1500: Darryl, Kenneth
1500~1530: Qi Jing, Gabriel
1530~1600: Qi Jing, Gabriel
1600~1630: George, Kavin
1630~1700: Sathya, Jia ming

Please remember to bring the RC Uniform, even if you do not have the full thing

Photo of the Week

Face!

Trainings

Hi all
Yu Hui here~
Now that schools started, it's time for trainings again!
Training will officially start in T1W2 Monday (11th), timing is as usual, 1530~1800
However, Ms Ruhana will be talking to B60 (sec2s) on T1W1 Wednesday (6th) from 1530~1545 at JB atrium, please bring a set of home clothes on that day.
Attendance IS compulsory and those who failed to turn up please give your excuse before 1st training or will be demoted.
so please keep your afternoon free...we may ba having some fun after that :D
as for the off trainings, b60 Iotans get training off for T1W2 and T1W4 while b60 Epsilonians get training off for T1W3. This is to ensure that we have at least 2 platoons at any training...
B59 will take your "off" trainings at a later date. A fun guy will tell you all about it after training resumes...^^
Enjoy the new school term!
thanks,
yu hui

Photos

"To infinity, and beyond!"

Batch 60 (2011-2012)

Album 1

Batch 59 (2010-2011)

Album 1

Batch 58 (2009-2010)

Album 1

Album 2

Batch 57 (2008-2009)

Album 1

Downloads

Click Here for the Notes from HQ

Memories of 2009

Hi everyone :)

As this year is coming to a close, this week's Photo of the Week section shall be expanded!







And a few videos for your viewing pleasure :)





Enjoy the last day of 2009, and here's wishing everyone Happy New Year in advance!

Merry Christmas!

Here's wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!

Enjoy your holidays [or what's left of them], and we'll see you guys next year!
Take care, have some fun before school reopens, and get yourselves all set for the year ahead!

oh and one last thing:
DO NOT NEGLECT YOUR CHINESE HOLIDAY HOMEWORK - IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO START NOW!

Merry Christmas! =D

Photo of the Week

Red Cross Power!

RCYC Results

Hi all,

To the RCYC participants, welcome home from the 4D3N camp :D

Congratulations to the lanyard holders:
Jeremy, Yu Hui, Hui Jun, and Zheng Wei!

Anyone who wishes to question the results should direct those questions to Hadi.

To the rest who didn't get the chance, your turn will come next year so get ready for it when the time comes, especially for Batch 60!

And enjoy the rest of your holidays :)

Photo of the Week

Khasnavis Krishnakanth Puneeth

The Trophy

"The trophy doesn't reflect the winning. The trophy reflects the huge amount of effort put in by each individual for the competition. It reflects the fusion of these efforts. It reflects the team spirit. But most importantly, it reflects the tenacity, altruism and the close friendship and trust each person has with the other. Winning together after a long hard journey of sweat and tears...it's definitely an unforgettable moment.

Watch the full video and you might understand, although no one will until he goes through it himself.










This happened before on 3 March, 2006. Lets make it happen again on 6 March 2010. Homeground. FDC 2010.

Bring it On people!!"

Yours Truly
Hadi

Photo of the Week

FDCOM Trainings

Hi FDCOMmers :D

There will be training on the following dates in December:
7th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th, and 18th, same time same place.
Basically Monday, Wednesday and Friday for the next 2 weeks.

Those involved do remember to turn up (you should know who you are by now)

Cya there!

AON 2009 Photos

The photos from November Camp have been uploaded!

Click "Album 2" to see the photos, ^^^^
or simply click on the images below to access their respective albums.



Day 1 (Part 1)



Day 1 (Part 2)



Day 2

Enjoy!

Lost Generation

If you're a staunch pessimist (I hope not), try watching this instead: