Inter Unit Competition 2009

Well, its been a week since this event started, so might as well as blog it out to exercise my fingers. The Penang Free School Unit 25 Red Crescent Society organized (and participated) in the Inter Unit Competition year 2009. Its a state-level competition, having schools all over Penang to participate. Heng Ee, Peng Hwa, Union, St. Xaviers, MGS, and henceforth.

Do I participate? Heck NO! How in heaven's mind could a member that just took his First Aid exam and not even sure if he passed, participate in a state level competition with other schools, and kept Unit 25 its glory for keeping the trophy for so many years? Chill lads, I'm just an usher this time, dragging them to places for their tests. Easy? Yes, for my job, yes for my marks, NO for all the waiting I have to uphold.

The competition is divided into 4 categories;

1) Marching
2) Theory
3) FAIC (First Aid In Community)
4) Teamtest

Marching, as well, all of you all know, and theory is just a simple test like out monthly exams in school. FAIC and Teamtest is more or less a real situation. FAIC is a person suffering from Hepatitis B (Cholera is suppose to be the real test, but somehow it got leaked, so its changed), and Teamtest looks like a real accident scenario. Each team had 6 members, all must participate, except for FAIC and Teamtest which requires only 4 members to participate.

I was suppose to be in charge of one team, but because ONE usher couldn't make it to the duty, Linges and I have to swap turns to take care of 2 teams at a time. I took care of the CDK group, while Linges took care of PFS Team B, and we took turns for Peng Hwa.

1st event, Theory Test. It was suppose to be uniform inspection, but the officers were running late, so they had to delay it.

Speeches before test...

Front page, contents seem hard, no?

2nd event, Uniform Inspection. All were to go down to the basketball court. During the inspection, I got a sneek peak on their marching quality, and I gotta say, I was wowed by St. John's marching.

Afterwards, marching. No pictures though, as Linges took all the team down.

After marching, lunch time. They served fried rice with sausage. It is so 'filling' that we decided to go to a food court to 'bloat' our stomach even more. Went there, had ice kacang, and received SMS from Gahjen saying the ushers want us to meet in the Usher's room. My ice kacang haven't even been prepared. Ah, screw it. If they want us there, they could have informed us earlier, or AT LEAST, when we were eating the fried rice DIRECTLY IN FRONT of them. Hot soup? I don't think so. I have my M-60 ready if they were ever to even raise their voices at me. Who cares about this anyways its 12 hours of work and only considered 1 duty. I've done 5 duties already for this year.

Went back to the Ushers room about 15 minutes late, and suprisingly, they didn't even say a word, and minding their own business that I felt I shouldn't have hurried with my ice kacang and had brain freeze a couple of times.

Marking papers...

Thina went to buy a cake for Gahjen as it IS his birthday, and he had to come to this horrid place to do duty. What a celebration....

His cake, eaten halfway and was stopped by me for photo, hehe...

Next, FAIC and Teamtest, held simultaneously. All ushers are to hold responsibility to 1~2 team per event. I escorted 2 teams to FAIC,

and one team to Teamtest...

Afterwards, I got a call from mom saying I had to attend a dinner, which NO ONE told me. Got scolded for not being told about the event.... Sweet family.... I could have asked them to arrange my jobs so that it would end sooner if they would have AT LEAST tell me about it...

Whatever it is, I am not elaborating much on that or this will be a place full of anger itself. Happy thoughts, happy thoughts, HAPPY THOUGHTS!

Signed off,
Teng Aun.