Dear All,

As the Secretary, I was given the duty of documenting the chapter activities. And so I decided to create a blog which popped up in this small little space on the Internet as of January 2013. Now that the term of the pioneer batch of YAs has come to an end (PDP was on Friday, we'll leave that to the next secretary, shall we?), I thought I could make use of this platform to do something special as well.

I have no idea how this would turn out, but let me give it a try:

Let's walk down the memory lane of 2012 again, something our Y5 YAs can't find traces of from Facebook or elsewhere. Something we've shared perhaps only through certain meetings, something we've kept in our hearts all along and also perhaps among the uncountable folders in the computer or inboxes..

In December 2011, we decided to participate in the new YA Developmental Programme launched by GGS on 1st October 2011. The four of us were clueless to what we should be doing, but we had Mdm Tan and the rest of the guiders leading us along.

In any case, we got inducted as YAs in February 2012.


What followed after were meetings after meetings, and having finalised our exco roles after what seemed like ages, we submitted the application form for the creation of a new Chapter.

On 11 Jul 2012, we met up with the YABC and finalised more details, before we officially welcomed our very own Dunman High Chapter.


Activities
We tried to get activities going, albeit they might have been very small scaled, given just the 4-6 of us. We did gadgeting, drills, cooking (we tried coconut and pumpkin vessel cooking too! no pix though) and orienteering. We also had sessions with the Edgefield guides every now and then, where we covered on skills and also planning of activities.


Then came an idea. We wanted something big annually.
Camping was the first thing that came to our minds. And we decided on that. We planned and prepared and executed and evaluated ourselves, just four of us, and our seniors Pei Shan and Kimberley joined us on Day 2. You may have heard us reminiscing all about it often, because the memory of this camp, is really deeply etched in us.

YAL Camp






Malaysia Trip
We ended the year with a Service Learning cum Adventure Trip to Malaysia with some of our then Y3/4 guides! We visited children at the Agape Home for a short session with them, dancing and folding origami. In view of Christmas, we also prepared gifts for them and our girls had enjoyed the interaction with the children there. Hopefully this had served as a good exposure to all. The adventurous segments were exciting as well - we went caving and did water activities like swift water rescue! One other unforgettable highlight: we stayed in tree houses!!!! :)


I guess these major activities concluded our chapter's activities for the year 2012. We've tried to bring in new things as we experiment and find our way through this whole new journey of being a YA. Hopefully our YAs and the new ones who will be joining us can discover more possibilities and create more fond memories with one another like we did.

We started out with such a small team, and here we are standing at the end of our journey, with 14 other girls by our side and making a promise together to us 4, that they will do their best to bring the chapter to greater heights. I am sure we have all felt the sincerity from you girls, and please do us proud like how we've always believed you girls would. :')

Remember, the chapter was, is and will always be our pride and responsibility, and now it's your turn to take over. If you ever forget what we say, remember what you've learnt from Guides still apply now. Go on, 用心去做 and keep this flame burning strong!


Yours-in-Guiding,
Leong Yik Sheng
Secretary
Dunman High YA Chapter, Pioneer Batch

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