Batch Meeting

Today for act we had batch meeting. When I arrived at the Gym Hall with my other RE people, we found out that we had 3 new members joining 01 this year, Ziheng, Kenneth, and Amos, and all of them going to join the VU. From having an undersized batch to an oversized batch was no mean feat, but it was made possible thanks to our ambassadors Hiok Yang and Sup.

Anyway, since it was batch meeting, those who had scout uniform went to change before reporting in for horseshoe. Even after the horseshoe, some members were still coming in, so they were considered late. We went on to pump for a while with the PLs, before the J1s announced the PT I/Cs for the SU batches. After horseshoe, the ventures went to get their writing materials for batch meeting, and proceeded on to meet with our VTLs, which proved to be a cunning task.

We went wandered around the first 3 levels of the Raja block, due to some weird miscommunication between our dear CCAL and VTL. Joel joined us then, as he finished his prize presentation rehearsal. After quite awhile, Zhixuan finally revealed his hiding spot, which was in RJC.

Zhixuan designated the generic meeting spot for everyone in RJC, which was less than 50m from the linkway between RI and RJC(or RIJC). We spent awhile forming the horseshoe shape, which turned out pentagon, and got down to the meeting proper.

The batch meeting seemed more fruitful than any other batch meetings we had, and the scout uniform really helped in making the atmosphere more formal. Topics we touched on included our reflections on our sec 3 journey in 01, our goals for our venturing year, and our job scopes.

Before I forget, our VTLs got us up to participate in a lame circular activity. Quite obvious what it was from the start. It started out with a backrub, and I got to massage the shoulders of the bony god, before changing direction and massaging Firdaus. Due to our wealth of knowledge and experiences in batch bonding activities, we guessed what was coming next, and we guessed right. We sat on each others' lap in a circle, and the whole idea of the game was that if we did it right, we wouldn't really feel the weight of the guy sitting in front of you.

Anyway, Chee Yeow got Zhong Jun to draft out a rough timetable for future Pioneering Acts, in order to gage the time needed per act, so as a helpful co I/C, I closed one ear on the meeting to help out with estimating the manpower and time needed.

When the meeting was going to end, the VTLs passed around a stack of coloured paper for each of us to choose from. It wasn't really important, as they collected it back after the batch meeting ended as there wasn't enough time. -.-

We were running out of time, so our VTLs decided to dismiss us, and maybe continue with the coloured paper activity another day.

End of story.

Amos