Royal Rangers Selangor #6

Friday, December 23, 2005

RR T-SHIRTS ARE OUT!!!

Heeeeeeya santas!

Just to let you all know...the RR T-Shirts are ready for purchasing! Spread the word around...for those of you who want the shirts asap or maybe distribute them as gifts, pls let me know the sizes and quantity. Just to let you know, the sizes available are Baby-T, S, M, L, XL, and XXL.

Guess wat? We've even lowered the prices of the shirts for this festive season! Now you can get the black and white shirt for RM10 a piece!!! Ain't that amazing?

So dont wait for santa to give you one....come and get it!

Thursday, December 22, 2005

E-Rangers Christmas Lunch 2005

Hey hey! Sorry for the long winter blog-break...been busy with christmas caroling, work, youth camp preparations, music practices, life, the kids, the family....haih...anyway, as promised, the photos of the lunch gathering is available for viewing. Hopefully you'll be able to catch what happened that afternoon, based on the story for each pic. Indeed, a picture speaks a thousand words...


But before that...how's everyone doin? How's the christmas season so far? Loaded up your christmas socks with lots of toys and gifts? For those of you out there with lots of cash and no one to spend it on...I would be glad to volunteer myself to be lavished by you. I would gladly except all the gifts you'd shower me. And the best part, I'll take them all. If you're not sure what to buy for me this Christmas, just get the whole list. I wont complain...:)


Remember rangers, dont let Christmas pass us by without us even knowing about it. Take some time off to share the joy of Christmas with someone in need. You'll never know how your actions will bless that special person today...Till then, God bless!




Our usual suspects...all geared up and hungry! Trust me...you wouldn't want to be around them when they're hungry and noisy...

The van that contained the cute, cuddly males...being trailed by the female circus vehicle!


Yup, the E-rangers and the fellowship of the long table...Julian as usual...showing off his pits...Julian's Christmas wishlist : Deodorant, shaver, and shaving cream!

A glimpse of the stuff that ran down our throats and into our bellies...

Check out Lup Yan's million dollar, award winning smile...

Shaun together with Mr. Ketiak and our American Red-Indian friend, Silas 'Little Bull' Khor!

Jays, Nigel and Ben...you know they're up to something no good when they're sitting side by side together...

Ben 'The Monk' Hien...

Eric and Flyguy Kenny...together with...yea...Shaun Lim...he's like a mushroom! Popping around here and there...


The males getting it on after a hearty meal...Care for some tea/coffee with salt? Pepper? How about chilli sauce?

Pics from the other side...the crazier side of the world...


The ladies who FORCED the cameraman to take their pics...


Girls doing their thing...near the toilet...in front of a full-body mirror...believe me, these ppl can take photos ANYWHERE!


Presenting you the champion! The 'Vain-Pot of The Year 2005' winner...


Amy showing us where her brain was supposed to be...Phaik Joo looking all nerdy and studious...Lisa...well, monkey see monkey do! :)

All in all, it was a great day of fun, good food, beautiful atmosphere, lots of joy and laughter, and plenty of smiles, enjoying and irritating one another...the big happy family of E-rangers! Exactly the way Christmas is supposed to be!

Merry Christmas, rangers! And have a blast of a New Year!

With love,

Royal Rangers Selangor #6

Monday, December 19, 2005

Christmas Wish List

Hey rangers! Yup...as the song goes, its the most wonderrrrrrful time of the year! Christmas coming up....youth camp....woooo hoooo!!! Seeing that Christmas is just around the corner (to be more precise, its exactly one week away), after carefully observing and studying the behaviours of the E-rangers, The Boss has come up with a Christmas wish list for these rangers. After giving it much thought, it was found that the gift allocated to each ranger was just right for them...

1) Phaik Joo - An Indian boyfriend...:) Kau-kau India-mari wan...
2) Hui Lin - Friends who HAVE an indian boyfriend...hehe!
3) Amy Tan - An Indian boyfriend too! (a very very dark-looking one too...) Ok, before she merajuk, we better give her a basketball too...and some whitening cream for her bf...:)
4) Amy Joy - more chindians in the world....
5) Cheryl - something to help her with her laugh...cauz it sounds like a car engine starting! hehe...
6) Kevin Chin - Nokia N-gage phone...he's always playing with one!
7) Simon - Water with chilly sauce...the evil side in him appears! muaahahaa...
8) Shaun - A football...or basically anything that's round and can be kicked about...
9) Jayson - the best gift of all...Lup Yan! (They seem so happy together...)
10) Benjamin - yup....you guessed it right...Jayson phuan!
11) William - a big Lup Yan soft-toy for him to beat up!
12) Andrew - A loud hailer...cause he talks kinda' soft! (Yea right!)
13) Thomas - some silence in the world...Oh holy night...
14) Joshua - A football...enough to make him happy throughout eternity!
15) Lup Yan - seaweed, barbie dolls, salt n pepper, a turkey, king kong, and of course...Big bird from Sesame Street!

Keep a lookout for photos from the E-rangers Christmas Lunch gathering last sat on the 17th of Dec! Awesome pics...

Till then, God bless!

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Looking ahead - Week 50!

Hey rangers, boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen!

Yup, its finally here. Week 50 of 2005! That means...there's exactly 18 more days to go before we kiss goodbye to year 2005 and embrace the wonders of 2006! Has 2005 been good to you? A memorable year? A year to forget? All this will be discovered soon enough...

Just a quick reminder to all Expedition Rangers...for this saturday's Christmas lunch, please meet in church at 12.00pm sharp!!! What do you have to bring? RM10 and an empty stomach...
What we're gonna do? Eat, have fun, be merry, play with Santa Claus, make friends with his elves, pretend to be Christmas trees, sit on reindeer....the usual stuff lar. Its gonna be a blast!

Just a quick update also...for those of you out there who has not signed up for Youth Camp 2005...what's wrong with you??? Its less than 2 weeks away and what are you doin here staring at the computer screen??? Get your bottoms moving and sign up with the Youth Camp committee when you see them! You could also go directly to higher authorities...call Cmdr. Gideon or Cmdr. Kenny 'The Fly' Chin...

Of late..something very very disturbing has been bothering me...gone are the days where rangers used to name their patrols after distinguished animals...such as ox, buffalo, horse, bear, cow, monkey, ape, king kong, rooster, turkey....nowadays, rangers prefer to name themselves after irritating pests...such as kutu...and kutu...and kutu....and some even resort to calling themselves....shieldtox....and ridsect....haih....what's happening to the world....the world i knew...

Oh by the way...our missionaries from Sarawak are coming home tonight...welcome home, honey!

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

RR T-shirts! Its closer than you think...

Hey yaaaa!


I know I know...some of you must have been thinking that I forgot all about the new rangers t-shirts....well, good news is...the tees will be out very very soon! I just received a sample of it last night...comes in both black and white. Let me tell you...it looks good...its really good....or maybe its me who makes it look good! haha...


Well, the t-shirt comes in both black and white. The sizes available are baby tees (size 34), S, M, L, XL and for Collin...XXL! The price for the gorgeous white ones are RM12 a piece while the awesome black ones go for RM13 a piece. If I were you, dont bother cracking your head using up all those precious and rare brain cells of yours thinking about which colour to buy...If I were you, I'd buy both!!! Take my word for it..


For those of you who forgot how it looks like..here's the exact design of how its gonna be...


Do keep a lookout for the next annoucement regarding our very own Selangor #6 Royal Rangers T-shirt! Hmm..come to think about it, I guess it'll make a very good Christmas gift...

Keep 'em in prayer, rangers!

Hi rangers! How has the week been for you guys and girls? I'm sure the SPM students miss those lovely days of studying and burning midnight oil...hehe. Anyway, now that its over, why not take these times to do something meaningful and significant for God...even as Christmas is approaching, lets all do our part and put a smile on the faces of those who are less priviledged than us. Share the joy, spread the love, people!

This week, do keep our youths and rangers in prayer as they are away for mission trip. There's actually 2 mission trips going on at the same time. One group, led by Cmdr. Gideon, is in Sarawak...while another group, led by Cmdr. Jeffrey Lim, is up north in Thailand. There's almost 30 rangers and youths away for mission at this moment in time and pleaseeeeee do keep them in prayer! Remember, even if we can't be there for one reason or another, always remember to pray for God's protection upon them as they share His good news and also pray that through them, God will move mightily. As most of them are first-timers in missions, pray that their lives will be touch in a very special way...and that God will birth the burden for missions in their hearts!

For those of you SPM dudes who's got nothing to do right now...may I suggest a few things to do...

1) Help out in Meru Corner...for free! :)
2) Help out in church office...for free! :)
3) Help out in orphanages...of course lar for free! :)
4) Go visit an old folk's home and just make the seniors there feel loved...and to let them know that they're not forgotten...
5) Do something today to bless someone whom you've taken for granted...
6) Organize a futsal match!!!
7) Take a whole bunch of Youth Camp brochures, go to the morning market/supermarket/hypermarket/night market...and promote youth camp!


Now here's a list of what NOT to do...

1) Join Lup Yan in a cybecafe and start shooting at people...
2) Start a CS tournament with Lup Yan...
3) Try to drive your dad's car without his permission...
4) Sit in front of your computer for as long as you can till your eyeballs pop out from its sockets!
5) Be a couch potato and put on weight!

Alright guys and girls, you all have a great holiday ok? And always remember...think before you do anything! With that said, all the best in finding stuff to do to fill up your days and till we meet again...God bless!

Thursday, December 01, 2005

RR Meeting - 4th Dec 2005

Howdy' Rangers!

Just to let you all know...there will be Royal Rangers this sunday at 1.30pm! Please bring along your cousins, your kids, your nephews and nieces, your uncles and aunties who feel young...

Just an update - Expedition Rangers, this sunday we'll be completing the Wilderness Survival merit. So please bring along your Advancements books!

Adventure Rangers (boys), have fun during your hiking trip and overnight camp tmw! Always remember to watch out for yourselves and your buddies, and dont do anything your commanders wouldn't do...have a great trip!

Ranger kids, come prepared for a time of great fun and craftworks prepared specially by your 'huggy bear' commanders!

Discovery rangers, we've got a surprise in store for you...

See ya this Sunday! God bless...

Survivor Series 2005 - Part 3

Alright...we've finally come to te final 7 hours of the survival camp...and I'll be taking you through a series of events that happened in those final closing moments...

2.00 am (final day) : Everyone seems tired out after a very very trying day...so they all decided to call it a night...all of them stayed together under the leader's shelter. This was done not because their shelter was poor. In fact, they all had pretty good shelters erected. This was done with the safety of the campers in mind. Some decided to keep the fire going and continued to cook their dinner...Always keep the fire going. A very important rule in Survival Camp...and also in life!

12.30 am : In the silence of the night...all of a sudden, Cheryl wakes up and asks loudly, "What time is it, ha?" And as expected, we all shouted..."Sleeeeeeep lar!!!"

12.45 am : So far so good...everyone seems asleep...the silence of the night was broken by an eerie noise which sounded like wild boars. Those who heard it...kept silent...waiting to see if something would appear before us...to our surprise, it was Cmdr. Jeff's snore. And then another snore came from little man, Daniel. And then another...and then another...it was like...an orchestra! We have the high-pitched ones...as well as the low-bass ones...amazing. Gave each of them a whack and the kept silent...

2.00 am : I was awaken by voices nearby to where we were sleeping. Apparently, some of the ranger girls were awake..and they were trying to keep the fire going. Phaik Joo, Lisa, Cheryl, Amy Joy...they were all there...as expected. I guess they couldn't really sleep with all those noises and not forgetting...the smell of wet socks all around the camp.

2.15 am : Tried to sleep but was awaken by a comotion. Lup Yan was looking for a buddy to follow him go do his..erhmm..'small business'. Many were invited...but neither wanted to follow him as the rest didn't feel the need to. Not too sure what happened after that. But I guess he managed to force someone to follow him....threatening to pee all over the campsite.

4.00 am : Practically everyone was up...Cmdr Kenny was clearly disturbed by the noise. Heard Phaik Joo clearly saying how sad she was that it hadn't rain during the camp. She even said a prayer...asking God to let it rain...cant really blame her. After all, she hasn't taken her bath yet, played with a chicken all day long, and started to smell funny too. Let me tell you...God certainly has a funny side in Him...and those of you who thought our prayers weren't powerful....think again.

6.00 am : Thanks to Phaik Joo's prayer, it rained. And it started to rain elephant and cows! Everyone started scrambling and headed back to their shelter...desperately looking for their ponchos. The night was cold...and when it started to rain, it began to freeze. Most of them were shiverring...I was...all we could do was to wait and pray that the rain would stop, hopefully.

6.20 am : Went to check on the other campers...to see how they were doin. The girls seemed fine. The guys...not too sure. Found Lup Yan stranded in one corner of the jungle. He had no idea where his torchlight is...and thus, couldn't go very far. And so he decided to just stand in the rain, under the trees. There were supposed to be 7 guys across the river in their shelters...from a distance, I could only see 5 of them. Began to get worried. But then I realized...Daniel and Joshua were doing their 'natural camouflage' thingie...looked for them carefully, and I finally saw their eyes.

6.45 am : The campers began to start packing up and dismantling their shelters. The rain had finally stopped. Things got a bit brighter as the sun began to rise. What a comforting sight. After going through a night of darkness...finally there's light at the end. The campers slowly made their way out of the forest...all wet, but glad and satisfied that the testing is finally over.

7.00 am : Everyone's now gathered at the car park...the girls made a make shift 'changing room' using towels and ponchos. The guys...as usual...there's a tarzan in each one of them....had no problem changing in public...Now that we've changed and freshen up, we're ready to go home! Everyone loaded up into the van and car...and as we left that place, we cant help but feel that this camp has taught us many things and showed us many things about ourselves.

7.15 am : There was an eerie silence in the van...everyone was finally asleep and finally charlie's angels we're QUIET! Not bad...another golden moment in life. The drive back was uneventful. Had the usual suspects Shaun and Daniel Raj keeping me awake and entertained. Thank God for William as my co-pilot...he seems to know his way around this area quite well...

8.45 am : Reached Klang safe and sound. After much prayer and consideration...looking at our adverse condition..we decided to give ourselves a treat by going for Bak Kut Teh for our breakfast. Klang BKT...simply lovely! And after what we've been through, even the tea tasted soooooo good! Everyone ate till they could not contain any more. Oh btw, our dear Cmdr Jeffrey decided to bring home a little surprise back from the jungle...to his amazament, a huge fat leech pooped out from his shoes and decided to go for a walk after such a heavy meal. Full of blood, this leech could hardly move around freely. What a sight...

9.45 am : Reached church compound. Unloaded all the stuff back into the cabin, cleaned the van...and we were on our way back home.

The past 24 hours has been life-changing...looking at the Expedition Rangers...when they entered the jungle, they were merely boys and girls. But as they left that forest, they came out as young men and women...The obstacles they faced during the camp..hunger, stress, tiredness, giving up, stretching ourselves, going the extra mile, frustrations....these are some of the things that will continue to hinder us in our lives. But as I looked at their response, they countered all these challenges with determination, team work, dedication, a spirit of togetherness, never giving up, always keeping their spirits high, and most of all...showing the will to succeed.

I personally believe in this type of training methods. There's always something for me to learn after every survival camp I attend...it helped me become a simpler person, less complicated and most of all, it made me cherish the things we take for granted. And we constantly need to be reminded of these basic things in life. It has also reminded me time and time again, that I need God. We need to learn to put our trust in God...trusting Him in ALL things. God...He's in church on sundays, he's in rooms when we pray, and I knew for sure that He was watching over us that night in the camp. I pray that this camp will change the lives of the rangers that went through it...just as it has changed mine. Keep a lookout for the 7th edition of Survival Camp...God bless!

"Do you have what it takes to be a Survivor?"