The Last Post

Now that the dust has settled, now that the scratches have healed, now that the laundry is washed and we're all clean again - Now that you have emerged from the jungle stronger - now you should know what you're made of.

Resilience.

The initiation is over, and the Society for Modern Living declares you ready.





Good night campers.

look back and wonder

Remembrance
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I am made of my memory, and i am all the stronger for it.

one more time

i promise you one last video. Can't say how good it'll be, but i promise there'll be one.

Next sunday night, watch for it.

All Good Things (Don't End)

We're coming back to life, back to the world as we knew it, certainly the world as everyone else knows it.

Do you feel it? The feeling of disjointedness? It feels different. It's the same home, same streets, same island, same bed, but something is not the same. It's yourself. The world may not have changed in the meantime, but we have. The feeling of strangeness is the knowledge that you've seen and done so much, and now you're tougher, and the world doesn't know it yet.

But they will. They are going to know, when you wake up tomorrow and the act of eating breakfast is like a whole new world after everything you've been through.

The fact is, you've lived life at it's barest, some of you even more bare than others. There was fun, but also pain. And the tougher it was, the tougher you have become now. This wasn't camping in East Coast park, this wasn't Ubin resort - this was the jungle, where rocks are sharp and the ground is a living thing. The more you put yourself through, the more you went for it, the more you bounced back stronger. Trouble is, the world doesn't realise it.

But they will. When you pause in the middle of breaking that egg or pouring your coffee tomorrow, thinking Man, I'm not the same anymore, know this: You won't be able to hide it, it's going to show up in everything you do. It'll be in the way you walk, talk, eat and read the newspaper. It'll be in the way you sleep, drink and make decisions. After all you've seen and done - and the more you saw and did, the more true this is - none of the small stuff can get you down: no obstacle can make you give up; no problem can make you worried.

When you pause then, taking it all it in, don't forget: This is your new life. YOU are resilience.

Reprise

talking about you, and you, and you....

Day 4 Young Folks Final
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I'm talking about the young folks.

Water good time

Day 3 Ranger Jeram Besu
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from a significant height

Day 4 Explorers
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I hear you

I hear you guys - It'll be up soon, not just young folks but all of the other videos too.

Stay Tuned Please.

All good things

Hunters - Back to Basics

The Alphabet

Anxiety

Bamboo rice

Composure

Determination

Enthusiasm

Fatigue

Goggles

Heart

Insect repellent

Jolly-good time

Knapsack

Leeches

Moving Mountains

No clean toilets

Overturn

Power

Quiet time

Renewal

Screams

Teamwork

Under-rated

Versatile

Weather(ed)

Xtreme

Young folks

ZZZzzzzzzz...

Rangers - Enduring all odds

energy

sound energy

heat energy

chemical energy

conversion of energy

gravitational potential energy

gravitational energy

potential energy

kinetic energy

mechanical energy

Half complete

Even though I won't get to participate in the full camp, I still have learnt the true meaning of resilience,. I managed to cycle around 12km and not giving up halfway. With resilience, I could bear the 1st night without sleep. During the cycling, the terrain was very rough with many ups and downs. It takes really a lot of energy to go upwards. In this camp, I also learnt how to pitch and dismantle a tent. At first I thought it was very difficult, however, soon i realised that it was easier then it looks. Luckily, it did not rain on the first night or else we would have been unable to rest in pace. I also got to know many other sec 3's and bonded much greatly with those I knew for awhile. In short, the whole trip was a fruitful one, and those who did not go for it really missed all the action.

Nicholas Goh - Ranger

SMILES (Day 2)

In Touch with our fundamental emotion - SMILES...

Just so wonderful..this feeling

Reward

A Satisfying Moment...

Confidence

Triple the Joy

Discovering Within Us......

Appreciation of Life

Leading the tribe...

Scaling Heights in a single bound...

Setting off for new horizons...

From a different angle...

Moving on to the next phase...

Day 1 Resilience Camp

The First Day

Welcome Party

Savoury Fare

Twist of Fate

Pitching In

Pitched

Night Vision

Three Wishes

Significant Figures

10 hours on the road
273 initiates
25 accompanying teachers
2 immigration checkpoints cleared
4 camping grounds
7 Pictures posted for Day 1
0 Temasekians hurt

All in the right frame of mind and body. Both Man and Nature.

The Experience will be priceless.

All tribes have settled in, a roof over their heads, food in their bellies, passion in their hearts, preparing themselves to deconstruct assumptions and start over.

morning

Ready to Rock

Ready to Roll

Let's get started

A Frame of Mind

It's time - time to think a little, before we do a lot. Time to wonder - wonder whether you'll be awed, or appalled.

Are you going to spend your life clueless, or are you going to get yourself ready? Are you going to sit around and complain about stuff, or are you going to get out there and do it? You can make something of yourself, or you can sit around eating french fries and cowering the rest of your life.

In the jungle, a president is going to be the same as a pauper, a prince will be treated the same as a procrastinator. You all get a new slate, a new chance to discover yourselves.

Gather your things. Time to get your self in order.