Today was Hwa Chong's Annual Cross Country meet. This was supposed to be held last year as well, but due to H1N1, it was canceled. Therefore, this year was my cohort's first Meet, along with the Sec 1s. I shall first give a brief events outline:
1) Flag Raising
2) Competitive Run
3) Non-Competitive Run
4) Prize Presentation
5) End
The whole duration was from 8 - 10 am, about 2 hours. I was not actually running, as I was marshalling for the runners. Please forgive me if the last few lines sounded slightly stiff, as I could not think of any other way to put this across. Moving on, the HSC had planned several things for today, not that they all went well. Wellfare initiatives that succeeded included the one where they sold isotonic drinks for tired runners. However, their attempts at trying to encourage people failed, mainly because some people simply had a bad attitude and did not want to run. However, I think that overall everyone enjoyed themselves as the HSC also played music throughout the run. Moreover, I feel that the Secondary 1s were very enthusiastic and almost nobody in their cohort walked.
As this year was the first year that we were marshalling for Cross-Country, the manpower allocation was not well done. However, since this is the first year, such mistakes are natural, and I am sure that we will all learn from them. That more or less sums up this entry, as I cannot think of anything noteworthy to say about today. However, I will be updating the timing of my next post which was supposed to be posted yesterday, so do watch out for that. That's about all.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
HCI Council Day
Today was Council Day. what this basically means is that we have to wear our council uniforms for the WHOLE DAY, even in lessons. I know, that kind of sucks, because Council Uniform is Long-sleeved,, so it gets hot after a while. Like, after 5 minutes when the sun is up. Pant pant pant...
Anyway, we had an iLeague match that day with 1I1, so I had to bring a change of attire. For obvious reasons. (On a side note. we drew 1-1. Disappointing) As I had a March Camp OT Meeting, I had to change back into Council Uniform and report to Space. I shall not disclose the details of the meeting, but let it suffice to say that the meeting lasted until 4:20. With enough time to gobble down my lunch, I went to the poolside cafe to grab a bite to eat. When the HSC meeting started at 5:15, I was already full and contented. And no, I did not sleep during the meeting.
During the meeting, Timothy talked to us about the importance of wearing our Council Uniform for the whole day on Council Day. Namely, it was for the school to recognise us as councilors as they would otherwise not do so. (Note: I did not say this.) Basically, the different consortiums had their presentations on what they were doing for their consortium's welfare. Timothy also talked about how we were supposed to refer to ourselves as "I'm from iSpark (or respective consortiums), part of the High School Council..." this was to make us seem more united and not split up into different 'factions'.
This main point of the meeting was to brief us on what was going to happen tomorrow, on Cross-Country Day. (Basically, look at my next blog post :D) We spent over an hour deciding on the eventual price of the canned drinks, which was settled at 70 cents a can, at a rock-bottom price. All proceeds went to the HC Needy Pupil Fund. Then, the meeting adjourned because it was getting late. That just about sums up Council Day.
Anyway, we had an iLeague match that day with 1I1, so I had to bring a change of attire. For obvious reasons. (On a side note. we drew 1-1. Disappointing) As I had a March Camp OT Meeting, I had to change back into Council Uniform and report to Space. I shall not disclose the details of the meeting, but let it suffice to say that the meeting lasted until 4:20. With enough time to gobble down my lunch, I went to the poolside cafe to grab a bite to eat. When the HSC meeting started at 5:15, I was already full and contented. And no, I did not sleep during the meeting.
During the meeting, Timothy talked to us about the importance of wearing our Council Uniform for the whole day on Council Day. Namely, it was for the school to recognise us as councilors as they would otherwise not do so. (Note: I did not say this.) Basically, the different consortiums had their presentations on what they were doing for their consortium's welfare. Timothy also talked about how we were supposed to refer to ourselves as "I'm from iSpark (or respective consortiums), part of the High School Council..." this was to make us seem more united and not split up into different 'factions'.
This main point of the meeting was to brief us on what was going to happen tomorrow, on Cross-Country Day. (Basically, look at my next blog post :D) We spent over an hour deciding on the eventual price of the canned drinks, which was settled at 70 cents a can, at a rock-bottom price. All proceeds went to the HC Needy Pupil Fund. Then, the meeting adjourned because it was getting late. That just about sums up Council Day.
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