Kudos!

To our dear secretary Hui Qing for undertaking the initiative to redo the gym duty listings and making it the whole gym duty listings more streamlined and easier to understand! If you guys haven't checked it out, YOU SHOULD. Its tenfolds better compared to the former one. WOO.

Excellent job! :)

Your President,

Samuel Chia

Routine Order for 31/03/2010

1530 HRS: Club members to report in gym in PE/Jersey attire; administration
1545 - 1630 HRS: Fitness Component
1630 - 1715 HRS: Sports Component
1715 - 1800 HRS: 5KM Combined Run
1800 - 1830 HRS: Debrief @ Gym

REMARKS:
J1s will be taking over Sports Components from next week's training onwards; more details during debrief

Jemimah to publicise NTU X-Physique to club (follow up with registration)

Collection of funds for Singlet is still ongoing: O$P$ to Sam

*In view of the common wet weather patterns recently, should there be rain during the sports / 5km Combined Run, the session will be turned into an extended PT session led by your respective Training Heads

Your President,
Samuel Chia

Vertical Marathon Training Review

Total of 80 storeys scaled today.

Only Male Training: 2 Timed Rounds for 1 shot 40 Storeys each

Team 1

Team Leader: Matthias

Time clocked:

04:46 (40 storeys - 1st round)

00:06 (40 storeys - 2nd round) - obviously something went wrong here.

Team 2

Team Leader: Chee Yang

Time clocked:

06:06 (40 storeys - 1st round)

06:46 (40 storeys - 2nd round)

No shit man; that one week break, and we've fallen back down. OH WELL. There's still a little under 2 months left, UP AND ON!

Your President,

Samuel Chia

Hello, just incase you did not receive the email, i've copied and pasted the email here!

OMG HOW COME CANNOT COPY PASTE.
Its okay i'll type it out again.

Hello hello!
You windsurfing dates are round the corner!

Time: 10am to 5pm.
DO NOT BE LATE (:

Suggested items to be brought
1. Waterbottle
2. Shampoo, etc for bathing
3. Sunblock
4. A set of dry clothes
5. Towel
6. Cap/sunglasses
7. Spectacle hooks if you're wearing specs.
8. A pen just incase.

Suggested attire
1. Any shirt/rashguard and any shorts/tights
Please wear swimwear inside cus cotton clothes get very heavy when wet.
You wouldnt want them to come off along with the sea currents!
2. Footwear: Booties/sandals/canvas shoes. NO SLIPPERS.

Note:
There's no need to be in school attire, own clothes allowed. Saf jersey encouraged cus it's dri fit.

Things that will happen
A mini swim test of about 50m with a life vest. No goggles needed as your head will not go underwater when you have a life vest.

Instructor name: Timothy chua teh yit
(So please do not go there looking lost).

Here are the groupings:

27March10 (sat)
1. Shaun
2. Melvin
3. Sir chow
4. Cheeyang
5. Hansen
6. Kang jie
7. Timothy chua
8. Josephine
9. Aqilah
10. Amiria
11. Raihan
12. Yunting
13. Hui qing

3April10 (sat)
1. Samuel sim
2. Edward
3. Benjamin poo
4. Benjamin lim
5. Samuel chia
6. Wei jie
7. Matthias
8. Zi ming
9. June
10. Rena
11. Candice
12. Siokhwee
13. Jemimah

*Mr pang is joining us on both days. He already knows how to windsurf.

Other details
Venue: Eastcoast park PA water venture
http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_6505/travel_site_75667/
It is in between food centre/bedok jetty, and national sailing centre. It's a short distance from the new shrub garden.
If im not wrong, buses 31 and 197 go there but it's not exactly direct.

Methods of going
1. If you are driving, it''s carpark F3.
2. Take a bus, ask the driver where to alight!
3. Walk to PA. Treat it as a morning exercise.
4. Take a cab.

Please plan and do some organising with the people going on the same day as you.
LUNCH IS NOT PROVIDED SO PLEASE BRING MONEY.

If you have any queries, feel free to contact 9299 9950.
♥ Rena.

Reflections

Heats Camp has ended, and I hope everyone had fun during this inaugural cohesion camp!

Credits are due, lets' thank the following people shall we?

First and foremost, the boss of the camp, Benjamin Lim. He has put in a hell lot of effort single-handedly to ensure that the camp moves as smoothly as possible.

Ben Poo and his logistics team: without them = no fun intraclub matches

Kai Ying - who was always around to ensure that we get all the yum yums into our tummy! Let's not forget the food team that supported her (you know how you are!)

Tim and Amira, for the wonderful PT session in the morning

Rena, for coordinating with the external vendor for the interesting muay thai session

our dear teachers ms choo and ms tan, and grand seniors berakah and joleen who have taken the time off to come and join us for the camp, providing us support at the same time.

OF COURSE, YOU (the saf member) deserve a pat on the back too; because YOU are the meat of the SAF body, and without your attendance, this camp would have been left with BONES.

A BIG BIG THANK YOU.

i hope that everyone has something to take away from this camp; no matter whether it is some new sports knowledge, or a new friend made, at the very least you find your time spent during this 2D1N camp fulfilling.

no doubt, that might've been some problems along the way, but at the end of the day, we all must accept the fact that we are ONE SAF, and ONE FAMILY. we face problems, we resolve them. we work together as a team. yes, we occasionally do make mistakes - i mean, who doesn't? no one is perfect afterall. we must learn to see things in different perspectives, and not have such a myopic scope.

no one ever said SAF was easy - whoever said it in the first place don't know a thing about how the SAF functions.

unlike other typical sports CCAs, we are not only challenged on the physical aspects, we have to take the initiative to plan activities as well - its not just a prolonged cycle of trainings. so its of utmost importance that we understand each other's position, and not let it escalate and blow up into epic proportions, because chances are, we are going to work on another project, again. whether its just a training for a team sports event, or another camp.

if we keep the hostilities rolling, isn't our club going to just corrode and fail? we wouldn't want that right.

whatever happened during the camp, take it as a learning experience. meanwhile, i'll be taking your feedback into consideration, and will be working with vice for the upcoming june camp.

i hope you guys will realise the fact that, as an individual, you can never find happiness - FACT. its as a group of close friends, people you can identify with easily and thus work together efficiently - that's when wonderful and precious memories are created. and that's what you want right, to make your stay in the SAF a memorable one.

to end of this post, i leave with you guys a quote:

Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success.
~Henry Ford

WORD.

okay, i would have posted some pictures, but apparently there are a whole lot of em, so keep a lookout on facebook yeah!

KEEP TOGETHER. WORK TOGETHER. GUYS. the end of the road, we want success and NOTHING ELSE. yes!? :)

Your President,
Samuel Chia

UPDATE:

Photos have been uploaded! Get them juicy here.

Routine Order for 10/03/2010

1530 HRS: Club members to report in gym in PE/Jersey attire; administration
1545 - 1630 HRS: Fitness Component
1630 - 1715 HRS: Sports Component
1715 - 1800 HRS: 5KM Combined Run
1800 - 1830 HRS: Debrief @ Gym

REMARKS:
J1s will only be present for administration due to their MSA. Optional to stay.

Items to cover for administration:

Heats Briefing - Ben Lim

Heats Funds Collections - June

Club Apparels Fund Collections* - Sam Chia

*due to the well-received response to the singlets, the unit cost per singlet is now $15. Ziming and Ms Tan - your jerseys unit cost is $18; funds to be collected on Wednesday as well

Your President,
Samuel Chia

Vertical Marathon Training Review

Total of 120 storeys scaled today.

First warm up: 40 storeys, followed by timed individual group scale of 80 storeys

Team 1

Team Leader: Matthias

Time clocked: 16:01 (80 storeys)

Team 2

Team Leader: Chee Yang

Time clocked: 15:14 (80 storeys)

Keep up the good work guys!

Follow-ups!

X-COUNTRY

The Sports and Fitness Club assisted in the college's Cross Country by sending volunteers *glup* for the event as route marshals.

Without them, the event would have been most chaotic with people taking shortcuts and all, so cheers to those who gave up their chances of running for the medals to contribute to the college.

woohoo!

plus ben poo, hui qing and timothy.

MOVING ON...

SINGLET / JERSEY ORDERS

yours truly have gone down to the queensway and put down the deposit for the singlets and additional jersey orders.

This is how it is right now:

NUMBER 1:
the lady has told me that the singlet cutting is unisex, and recommends that girls take XS or S. and to wear sports bra when you wear the singlet. er. okay, that's damn awkward.

so a look at the list shows that LUCKILY all the girls are S and below; but if you wish to downsize, feel free to message me to change your orders.

NUMBER 2:
currently 18 orders - per singlet cost is $18

if we meet 25 orders, the per singlet cost will be $15, so i need another 7 orders!
JUST 7 for a discount!
i need them by sunday - YOU CAN DO IT.

HEATS (March Camp)

the inaugural Heats (aka March Camp) will be held from 12 - 13 march NEXT week; i will be handing out the consent forms for the J2s on Monday after assembly at the cafe. Please collect from me, and pass to June the funds on Wednesday during our combined training. THANKS.

Things to look forward to during the camp:

1. awesome fun cohesion games

2. shocking NIGHT activities

3. MUAY THAI

4. LOTS OF FUN.

5. nice food. (if not nice, you can throw em at vice. HAHAHA.)

it ain't the june leadership camp btw, so we'll play down on the strictness, so look forward to it!
(though no doubt, there are still certain rules and regulations to adhere to, but be happy!)

That's all I have for today... AND REMEMBER TO SIGN UP FOR COMPETITIONS. that's should be the number one reason WHY you joined SAF in the first place.

CHEERS.

Your President,

Samuel Chia

Vertical Marathon Training

TODAY, we conquered 40 x 2 storeys!

the block. all 40 storeys of em.

shagged.

JIA YOU people. UP and ON. literally!

Your President,
Samuel Chia