Henry Park Pelican (Cub) Scout

Written by: Dylan Tay, Sixer 2012-2013 & Guest Scribe At any time, I was going to fail. The prized bowling ball which I had thrown would slide off the oil-slicked track into the catastrophic gutter, rendering my turn useless as I would be unable to hit any pins. “Ohhhhh!” my friend Justin shouted in excitement as the ball curved… Then... YES! The ball did a spectacular curve and hit the only pin left. A spare! The P6s were at the Superbowl bowling complex in Jurong as part of the post-PSLE activities. After we had worn our bowling shoes and had spilt up into groups, we began to bowl. The rules were pretty simple. Roll the ball to hit as many pins as possible to get the highest score! Some people (like me) had a hard time even trying to get the ball on track. So you could imagine my happiness when I got a spare! Soon, we had finished the first round and it was clear (in my group) who was the winner. It was Ethan Lau! Good job! In this manner,...

Written by: Justin Kong, Senior Sixer 2012-2013 and Guest Scribe Time: Sat, 19th Oct, 2.15pm-5.15pm Place: NTU SHOOTING RANGE Bang! Bang! Bang! I held the pistol in quivering hands. Bullet shots rang out through the air. The band of bloodthirsty bears was standing there, month open, hands out-stretched, saliva dripping. Thick red blood was stained on each of their brown thick pelts. I reloaded my pistol as the Commando barked out orders. “Hit the head! Hit the ring, hand, leg and…er…tail!” he yelled. How was it possible to hit the tail? Beside me my teammate Bryan accurately hit the head and hand. Ethan stood on my other side grumbling that he had not hit any part. The bears moved towards the shooters with rifles, who seemed to be enjoying themselves. Uh oh, I thought. The bears were advancing. Wait. Aren’t these pokemon? “Okay game over!” the shooting instructor said. We were snapped back to reality. I put my shooting fake pistol down and prepared the next ...

Written by: Caleb Liow, Sixer & Scribe Striding down the corridors of Hwa Chong Institution, my younger brother and I could hardly contain the excitement in us. It was the day of the Akela Award Presentation Ceremony, and 8 cub scouts from our pack would be receiving this prestigious award . The Akela Award is the highest form of recognition that a cub scout can receive, and it is no mean feat. Stepping into the auditorium , I was greeted by the incessant chatter of the families and cub scouts that were present. The ceremony started with a scout band playing the bugle to announce the commencement of the ceremony. Very interesting!      The MCs started by recalling the past 88 years of Singapore scouting , reminiscing when the first few scout packs started . I learnt that CubSEC (cub scout executive committee) is a organisation in Singapore that organises engaging activities for cubs , including the sixers training course , partnerships with Disney , and a basic uk...

Written by: Andrew Yeo, Assistant Senior Sixer & Scribe Today was the last scout meeting for the year 2013! Saddening as it was, there was a pinch of happiness mixed in. I was happy because I could see all the participants of the Akela award 2013 with their new badges on their jerseys. We started off as usual as the previous meetings. After that, instead of doing what we usually did, we played two games! We ran a lot! For one of the games, we were required to push toilet rolls with sticks. The other game taught us how to navigate using the four main directions-North, south, east and west. All of us enjoyed the games, and had an enjoyable time. Before we ended today’s meeting, Mrs Koh also gave all of us special treat!   Home-baked snacks (cornflakes coated with honey and butter, and were sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles). Upon looking at them, I immediately knew they would taste delicious. Everyone could be seen gobbling up the snacks after our meeti...

This is the 8th Amazing Trail! Instead of having the participants record their amazing trail experience in a scrapbook like previous years, we used  tumblr.  to blog the trail. Participants blogged on the fly via smartphones or tablets using its mobile app. The judges could even do some preliminary judging duties on the blogs' contents while waiting for the sixes to report back to school. Here are the links to the sixes' individual blogs: Team Sunbeam Bilby Echidna Emu Kangaroo Koala Kookaburra Platypus Possum Wallaby Wombat 1 Wombat 2