14th April 2007 - Company Parade

* This should be below the previous post... =P

On this day, I had my piano exam in the morning. After that, I received an SMS from Sgt. Lim requesting to swap duties for Sgt. Major. I was already running late, so I rushed home, polished up my uniform and headed for YMCA. I arrived about half an hour before band practice was over.

During squad meeting, attendance was not very encouraging, but for Parade, the attendance recorded is:

Present: 97
Excused: 15
Absent: 29

Before that, during squad meeting, only about 40-50 boys were downstairs for squad meeting. There seemed to be a certain lack of urgency to attend uniform inspection (sq. meeting) , or the boys are just afraid of the scorching sun. However, this attitude cannot be tolerated and should not be repeated in the future.

After an opening parade in unusually hot weather conditions, we moved into the hall for singspiration, followed by announcements .Then, we were split up into our separate sessions for Golden Jubilee practice.The band went down to do some marching practice, the juniors had their singing practice, while Cpl. Soo taught the recruits BB Knowledge component for their Target Badge. Then, the basketballers, creative drillers and recruits had their respective practices. Today, there was a bit of time wasted in between sessions partly due to the rain, the lack of urgency mentioned earlier and also partly due to the fact that the boys were not yet used to the new timetable for Golden Jubilee Rehearsals and needed some time to adjust.

After rehearsal was Drill time for seniors and then closing parade at around 5.40 p.m.

-Sgt. Darryn-

21st April 2007 - Company Parade

Present: 103
Absent: 25
Excuse: 14

OIC: Mr. Jason Khoo
Duy NCO: Sgt. Lim Han Sheng
Squad Duties: C2

Well for today, the day started as early as 7.30am at Pathways. SMK Taman Desa drill team members had a camp the day before as preparation for the coming inter-school competition this coming week. The morning training lasted till around 10am and off to YMCA for band.

The weather was fine until opening parade at around 2.30pm when the showers began. All officers were present except for Mr. Tan and Mr. Lawrence who were up north in Penang for the Brigade Council Meeting (BCM). Mr. Yong was present for a while and had to leave because his newborn baby girl was sick (please pray for her). Opening parade was extended till around 3.05pm today due to certain habits such as being late/slow, leaving cups behind hoping that it walks to the dustbin and certain amount of lost and found items.

C2, the squad on duty led singspiration. A few announcements were made before we had another singing session. This time it was led by our very own Mr. Joe teaching our finale song for the Golden Jubilee Celebrations ‘I Just Can’t Stop The Music’.

Next was band for the seniors and dancing for the juniors. As for the recruits it was Target Badge class for them. SMK Taman Desa drillers had their run again while Sgt. Hooi led the remaining members during drill. Juniors had a short drill before going off for sports.

At approximately 5.35pm, the company had closing parade. The rain poured again just after 5 minutes the company close. The band council meeting was the last program for the day which started at 7pm.


by Sergeant Lim Han Sheng

SMKTD drill practice

MUAHAHAHA time for another dose my dear readers of another blog entry from Kent =D

Well first things first... SMKTD DRILL TEAM YOU STINK!!!!

have I got your attention yet? okok the statement above is just a joke =P so dont belasah me when you see me ^^". Aite.. first of all goodjob and congratulations SMKTD drill team upon completing your drill sequence *whoo hoo giv em a round of applause*. I'm awed by your determination and perseverance, not only the NCO's but also certain members of the team displayed great leadership and cooperation essential to the team's success.

Let us all thank pvt Wong Hoe Shing for single-handedly coming up with all the formations *I salute you!!Long live privates!! =P* not to forget L/cpl Ng Jiehan for taking attendance every practice without fail, and to L/cpl Ho Yew Hon for helping on commanding at certain times, and not to forget all the corporals for encouraging words to the team and for running the show, not to mention Corporal Steve Ong and Sgt Lim Han Sheng for coming and helping the drill team, and of course thank ME la duh!! *kidding haha*. Despite 3rdKL's members are famous for being unpunctual and always late to send in something, I believe that the drill team has done outstandingly well and has finished the formations ahead of schedule *now all that's left is to polish up on timing and basic drill*.

Even with rain beating down, the drill team continued practicing *dont worry la I was in the rain with em XD* an impresive display of perseverence and the will to complete the sequence as soon as possible, the determination to make a mark at the zon-bangsar competition, the encouragment from each other to fuel the desire of the victors cup. This is... ladies and gentlemen the mighty band of brothers and these boys have been practicing real hard... and guess what? they have FUN doing it. They know even if they dont win, they have something much better then the trophy, they still have each other, the strong bonds of brotherhood in Christ and they also have ME!! joking la XD I meant NEXT year.

But on the downside *Corporals please take-note* attendence is never 100% and some members just dont know when to be playful or serious. Not to mention the occasional bickering amongst the NCOs.... OKOK photos time ^^".




YEA that's the spirit practice hard!! Dont mind the rain ;)

Members working along with NCOs very good cooperation

Erm... I did mention that we have fun rite?..rite??

A salute to you guys and once again welldone and goodluck. To all those people wondering why a person with high drill qualifications *chey.. XD* like me isnt joining in... well I have reasons of my own of which I rather keep to myself ;) until next time....

oh ya and 1 more thing... smoking kills ;)

Cheers

Kent

7th April 2007 - Company Parade

Attendance

Officers: 4 present
Senior - 45 Present, 12 Excused, 8 Absent
Primers - 4 Present
Junior - 27 Present, 9 Absent
Recruit - 18 Present
Total: 98 Presents, 12 Excuses, 17 Absent

Duty NCO - Cpl. Soo Jie Cong
Squad Duties – B2
Officer in Charge – W/O Joe Wong

Parade Report

The band started late because of miss communication among leaders that’s no band practice because of SMK Taman Desa Awards Day, and the person in-charge did not bring the band room key along.

After opening parade we had our singspiration lead B2 squad leader Cpl Ong, he sang me a birthday song(TQ?) but I get beaten up by 50++ members.

After that, we have award briefing by W/O Ng, and a reminder about we already pass the deadline to pass up our membership fees & form.

Then we have drill practice, as usual SMK Taman Desa School Drill had their own practice but everyone looks blur. I would like to give a big thanks to Lcpl Tay & Cpl Tiang for helping me up to train the recruits for drill while I need to go for GJC creative drill.

We had our closing parade after drill section at 5.45pm.

Personal Opinion
Any person also should not get beaten up by any people some more BB members likes to hit the birthday boy just because he is birthday, didn’t give any present some more hit that person, what kind of discipline is this 3rd KL boys !? … for 7 April 2007 is ok but future I will make sure this kind thing will not happen anymore!! Because this is not the right habits and its show BB members not discipline at all.

Extra

Some of the members went to Dataran Merdeka for the Kuala Lumpur State School Band Competition after BB parade.

Attached are some of the picture:

Report by,

Cpl Soo Jie Cong