Oh boy...what a relief! Now that my IE is back to normal, its time for me to give all of you a lil'...
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Soaring Into The Horizon...
Happy Diwali to all my faithful readers and beloved rangers out there!
Yes...I know you're complaining...where's The Boss and his updates, rite? Well, now that I managed to get the virus out of my PC (I think), the best part is...something's not right with my IE, cauz I'm not able to upload any pics into the blog posts!! Arghh...how disappointing! So please bear with me, while I entertain you with words...cauz words are all I have to take your heart away...:)
Well, good news...RR IS RESUMING SOON! How cool is that??? Imagine this...you guys get to torment your commanders (and vice-versa) all over again starting this Sunday, 2nd November 2008! Yup...its been a while since we got together for an amazing time during RR Outpost meetings! Do spread the word around and make sure EVERYONE knows about RR this Sunday ok?
A big shoutout to Cmdr. Daniel Seliong who celebrates his 20th birthday today! Wohoo!! You're almost a man now, bro...almost. :) Just give it another year and you can fully celebrate your man-ity. Haha! Have a good one...and see you at the party later! May God continue to use you to kick the devil back where he belongs...!
Got another testimony from one of our leaders who survived NTC...and this time it comes from Cmdr. Jayson Phuan of the Explosive Eagles patrol! Sometimes when I think back, they look more like the Terrorist Eagle Bombers...with TNT and dynamite on their patrol standards! Anyway, read on and be blessed!
"...and as I wait, I'll rise up like the Eagle..."
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I’ve been in the Royal Rangers Ministry from Buckaroo’s until now and I got to say that this NTc camp is the toughest training camp I’ve ever experienced throughout my years in Royal Rangers. As I look back on the camp, it made me realize how important our role as the commanders of our respective age group can affect the lives of the younger rangers under our care. We can be the ones that either make them or break them. If we don’t disciple them in God’s way, they will be stagnant in their spiritual walk with God. On the other hand, if we raise them up properly, they will become leaders that will continue to lead others to Christ. It shows me how much we as a commander plays a role in affecting the spiritual walk of the younger ones.
As I started of the camp, I have already the high expectation of the camp from the past comments given by those that have gone for NTC. I was prepared for the worst but turns out that it wasn’t that bad after all. I expected it to be scolding, yelling,and drilling under the rain kind of situation but it wasn’t to my surprise. Instead it was a ‘relaxed’ camp where mental, physical and spiritual challenge takes place where we are needed to build gadgets with the given time frame and also with such short notice. I really thank God that I went for this camp also because I learned that the patrol system is something that is really challenging yet bears fruit at the end.
My patrol consists of 6 commanders which are William Ong, Benjamin Yee, Andrew Ong, Kah Yun and Wei Sern. When we got together as a patrol, we are like strangers but as the camp goes by, we learn to tolerate each other putting our differences aside and work together as a team and it did show good fruit at the end as we did our gadgets and just by looking at it, we are so proud of our teamwork and the commitment of each of the commanders.
This camp really challenged me to go the extra mile in the Royal Rangers ministry as well as my spiritual walk with God. Without a doubt, this camp has shown me what I am capable to do in Rangers as well as sow into this ministry where lives can be touch and talents of the younger boys can be molded.
Thanks!
-Jays-
Friday, October 24, 2008
Memoir of A Bruised Eagle, Who Soared Once Again...
Hey everyone.
I guess its also about time I actually pen(type) something down for my testimony. NTC, ….. I guess NTC is so unique in a way that though all of us went thru the same things for 4 days, but each of us came out learning different things. Things that only we ourselves understand and benefit.
4 days in a training camp! : not exactly the idea I have in my mind on how to spend my public holidays, since holidays are kinda rare now. ( just like all the other working peeps) . The only motivation for me to go for this camp is to actually complete the requirement for my LMA. Honestly, that was the reason why I was there. But you never can know just what NTC can do to you!
The most significant thing that I learnt during this camp is not the camping/ranger skills or anything related to the outdoors, but I learnt and felt the importance of having a support group.(in this case, its my patrol members and fellow Sel 6-ers) and also learning to get comfortably uncomfortable. Many instances during the camp, I wanted to call it quits. Though after going thru JLTC, I roughly know what to expect for NTC and was mentally prepared for it. So I walked into NTC with my eyes wide open and yet I almost yielded.
Each time I wanted to call it quits, this thought will come into my mind. ‘”What about your patrol members?” … “why are you giving up on them when they did not give up on you ?” rather depressing and the weather did not help at all..hehe.…
I looked at my patrol members, they are all busy about getting things done and being so co-operative, some (1) was even so nice just to hold a torchlight for me when I was washing the utensils at the river in the dark Haha. I was really encouraged . And because of my patrol members, I pushed on and thru. Just like everyone else have said, the patrol system works, its true. But another thing that also work, is having friends around you to support you.
Each time when we have rotation classes or parade, we manage to catch bits and pieces of what is happening in the other patrol, familiar faces and people of same frequency, knowing that I’m not the only one going thru this ordeal and I’m not going thru alone indeed was an extra dose of strength for me.
I was encouraged to see Jays, Ben and even William laughing at the fact that their uniform was wet! ( I had mine wet too) hehe. William even stood under the sun after the morning parade alone , just to dry his uniform. Haha. That really made my day in camp. That little ‘act’ woke me up and told me to look at the bright side of everything!. So what if my uniform is wet? .. just dry them.. So what if my sleeping bag is wet ? DRY them!.. So what if the kitchen is not done ?just get it done!. So what if bakau is tough to chop/saw ? JUST CHOP IT!. Or ask someone stronger to do it!... Its all NO BIG DEAL! Haha .... the idea is not to let circumstance arnd you affect you negatively.
Also..Many times, without us realizing, We as cmdrs, we tend to frustrate our rangers by getting them to do things OUR way. Well, I had go thru this myself in the camp for me to realize that. Only by putting yourself in your rangers shoes that you will see things the way they saw.
I started by saying I was in NTC because I wanted to complete my LMA, but now I think … God wanted me to be there to teach/remind me of many many things. He just used LMA to make sure I was there.
I just thank God for all that has happened in the camp. Every single bit of it .. I thank God. Also, personally wanna thank ‘Councilmen Eric’ for constantly checking on me making sure that I dun give up. Hehe...( ei...he says if I walk out of camp… he will follow behind! Haha …so I got no choice but to stay!.. if not ...everyone got no food dey! Hahaha )
After having gone thru everything, my moments of inspiration came when after we graduated, and we were all gathered by the side by Reuben as Selangor 6. I looked at us, we are all from different background, different walks.. different profession… but we all had one thing in common.. NTC.
Having said that , this one month break is probably my time to re-orientate, re-charge, re-fresh, re-focus for another year ahead starting from Nov 2008!
Cheers!
4 days in a training camp! : not exactly the idea I have in my mind on how to spend my public holidays, since holidays are kinda rare now. ( just like all the other working peeps) . The only motivation for me to go for this camp is to actually complete the requirement for my LMA. Honestly, that was the reason why I was there. But you never can know just what NTC can do to you!
The most significant thing that I learnt during this camp is not the camping/ranger skills or anything related to the outdoors, but I learnt and felt the importance of having a support group.(in this case, its my patrol members and fellow Sel 6-ers) and also learning to get comfortably uncomfortable. Many instances during the camp, I wanted to call it quits. Though after going thru JLTC, I roughly know what to expect for NTC and was mentally prepared for it. So I walked into NTC with my eyes wide open and yet I almost yielded.
Each time I wanted to call it quits, this thought will come into my mind. ‘”What about your patrol members?” … “why are you giving up on them when they did not give up on you ?” rather depressing and the weather did not help at all..hehe.…
I looked at my patrol members, they are all busy about getting things done and being so co-operative, some (1) was even so nice just to hold a torchlight for me when I was washing the utensils at the river in the dark Haha. I was really encouraged . And because of my patrol members, I pushed on and thru. Just like everyone else have said, the patrol system works, its true. But another thing that also work, is having friends around you to support you.
Each time when we have rotation classes or parade, we manage to catch bits and pieces of what is happening in the other patrol, familiar faces and people of same frequency, knowing that I’m not the only one going thru this ordeal and I’m not going thru alone indeed was an extra dose of strength for me.
I was encouraged to see Jays, Ben and even William laughing at the fact that their uniform was wet! ( I had mine wet too) hehe. William even stood under the sun after the morning parade alone , just to dry his uniform. Haha. That really made my day in camp. That little ‘act’ woke me up and told me to look at the bright side of everything!. So what if my uniform is wet? .. just dry them.. So what if my sleeping bag is wet ? DRY them!.. So what if the kitchen is not done ?just get it done!. So what if bakau is tough to chop/saw ? JUST CHOP IT!. Or ask someone stronger to do it!... Its all NO BIG DEAL! Haha .... the idea is not to let circumstance arnd you affect you negatively.
Also..Many times, without us realizing, We as cmdrs, we tend to frustrate our rangers by getting them to do things OUR way. Well, I had go thru this myself in the camp for me to realize that. Only by putting yourself in your rangers shoes that you will see things the way they saw.
I started by saying I was in NTC because I wanted to complete my LMA, but now I think … God wanted me to be there to teach/remind me of many many things. He just used LMA to make sure I was there.
I just thank God for all that has happened in the camp. Every single bit of it .. I thank God. Also, personally wanna thank ‘Councilmen Eric’ for constantly checking on me making sure that I dun give up. Hehe...( ei...he says if I walk out of camp… he will follow behind! Haha …so I got no choice but to stay!.. if not ...everyone got no food dey! Hahaha )
After having gone thru everything, my moments of inspiration came when after we graduated, and we were all gathered by the side by Reuben as Selangor 6. I looked at us, we are all from different background, different walks.. different profession… but we all had one thing in common.. NTC.
Having said that , this one month break is probably my time to re-orientate, re-charge, re-fresh, re-focus for another year ahead starting from Nov 2008!
Cheers!
Cmdr. Kenny Chin (the middleman in the Chin Muskateers!)
*** The End ***
On a separate note, a very happy birthday to our dear friends who celebrated their birthday this week. Here's the birthday babies!
i. Daniel the 'Long-Walking' Pua (21st Oct)
ii. Jayson 'The Indestructable' Phuan (22nd Oct)
iii. 'The Bottled-Ginnie' Wong Tzi Li
Hope you all had a good week and an absolutely fantastic day! God bless...
Happy Deepavali to each one of you...I have extra oil and coconuts if you need em'...
Friday, October 17, 2008
Goldilocks and the 7 dodgy Bears...
Happy Friday, friends!
Yup...that's the latest celebration in town. Its called 'Happy Friday'...only celebrated by the working-class community, school kids and college kids. For those still bumming around and being a grape fruit (penganggur), they basically celebrate every day of the week! :) Aren't you glad that today's Friday? Woohooo....the weekends are back, bay-beh!!
Everytime I go wandering about in facebook, I'm constantly hounded by traumatizing memories and thought...with the latest one being the Huggy Bear's patrol song during the recent NTC! Haha...these Beary-y (and not quite hairy) patrol members came out with a patrol song...that kinda' sticks to your head, if even you dont really fancy the song! Well, they basically took the tune from one of my all-time favourite song, Country Roads...and turned it inside out and added in some whacky and nasty lyrics...:)
Anyway, have fun listening to them perform the song and yell...hopefully it'll put a smile on your face this Friday afternoon...Cheers, mate!
Hugggyy bearr
so much hair
everywhereeee
you don't haveee!!
if you want hair
we can give youuuu
our armpit haiiirrrr
we can shareeee!
Have fun singing along with these crazy bears...oh btw, just for your info...guess what was my patrol name during my NTC experience almost 7 years ago? Yup, you guessed it rite. HUGGY BEAR!!! Great minds DO think alike...
Also, a very Happy Birthday to Cmdr. Jason Ponniah and Cmdr. Stephen Ponniah who celebrated their birthday on Oct 15 and Oct 16 respectively. God bless them both as they continue to serve the Lord faithfully in the RR ministry! Also, congratulations to all our Form 3 students who managed to survived the week-long stressed-filled PMR exam week! Now all that awaits you guys is the results!! Haha...well, like I mentioned in a blog post previously...better faster enjoy, throw parties and celebrate the night away before the results are out! Never know what might happen once its OUT...you'd probably be kicked OUT of the house too...haha!
God bless...and Seize The Day, rangers...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
A Tribute To Our Gold Medal Achievers...
Well well friends...How you guys and girls doing on a Wednesday night? Enjoyed the rain? Got yourself...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
NTC Tales...A Cougar's Story!
Hi all,As for me, NTC reminded me of the fun I had when I was in Rangers as a ranger boy. It was a long...
RR Sel #6 Best Rangers 2008...
Good morning, good afternoon, good evening...wherever you are, and whatever you do!The time has come...
Friday, October 10, 2008
Cookarama 2008 Champions...
Happy Friday, friends and rangers!Yup...its the last day of the working week, and let's make it one...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
RR Selangor #6 21st Anniversary 2008!
Greetings friends of Ranger-land, Boleh-land and Cyber-land!Now that the Raya hols and holiday mood...
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