I'm totally excited!. Are you excited?

This period of time brings me back memories of what I my seniors experienced the previous year, having ITP and working hard for the committee that I am leading for YOUcampaign, and I took the time to arrange a photo-video using the photos I have collected from the events that led to YOUcampaign last year.

It brought back many wonderful memories that i have experienced and it constantly encourages me to let the people who are involved in this campaign to have a wonderful memory and experience. Experiencing the wonderful moments together as a family!

Hathaway Teo

Its time to Slimdown!

Girls usually say that they are fat and they want to slim down right? Guess most of you all nodding your head right? Haha... I think I am just one of them and I know it is super hard to do exercise because of laziness and lack of determination. What is the killer of all? To eat buffet! Due to the holidays I had quite a few of buffet and that is bad! One hand I am saying that I want to slim down and on the other hand I cannot resist the temptation of the food and eat so much at a time.

Luckily after mentioning that I want to slim down, I started on my first exercise this Wednesday(6.1.10). It is none other than the training for DE tribe run. I had the first training with the other NYAA participants and for that training we had to run 4km each. It was really scary to run like 4km immediately after resting from such a long rest ever since poly 50. However, I managed to complete it after some time and it really felt great to be able to attain the goal of that day. Even though I am still far away from my 10km aim, but I know that it can be done as long as I believe it and also with the trainings that I am going through.

Having to start the whole run again, it makes me excited to want to continue to run with all the primers peeps. It is not only about burning my fats but also the time that we get to meet one another in the busy schedule and just experience the time we spend with one another.

How do I define SP. Primers’ Primer?

Before I go into the point that I was to share, I thought it is nice to give a rough history of how am I related to SP.Primers.

I was a proud BB Boy from 32nd BB Coy from Damai Secondary School. I entered SP as a Chemical Engineering student and I generally spend my 1st and 2nd year of SP traveling thri and fro Dover MRT and Bedok MRT just to serve in 32nd Coy then. I was a Primer then and that time, Primer was merely a extension of my time serving in 32nd. It was fun serving in 32nd of which I find it exceptionally comfortable mingle with my juniors and imparting knowledge and I really enjoy the mad rush every Friday that I need to perform every Friday from FC2 to Dover MRT to Bedok MRT and finally walked all the way from the MRT to Damai Secondary (because I don’t have bus concession). I was a Primer, doing what I have being doing since Secondary 4, training my juniors.

Then, when SP.Primers comes into the picture for me when I was in year 3, a different type of Primers Programs was exposed to me. Firstly, there were hardly any more uniformed drill sessions. In fact, there isn’t any drill sessions. But I told myself, since I am studying in SP, why not support the Primers activities over there. Even though SP.Primers did not have any events for me to participate in my Poly Year 1 and 2, when there is an event called AGM, I went there. Strangely as it seems, I entered the EXCO as the Administration Head and the size of the EXCO (Officers included) was the size of the club. Hard to imagine that now, we have such a healthy strength of 8 EXCO and 70+ regulars of which we known each one of them as Primers. Then after graduating from SP, I entered Army, come out of NS and returned as an officer of SP.Primers.

So, what is a Primer in SP.Primers and how does it differs from a Primer elsewhere?
As a SP.Primer, you would bear some of these noticeable traits.

1) You have high tolerance to phone calls, especially when your designated caller calls you for attendance for upcoming events.
2) You are exceptionally patience with fellow Primers especially to those whom are running the events even if it caused you to wait real long.
3) You tend to dance and act well enough to perform to fellow Primers especially during Camps and just to mention a few dances SP. Primers have come out since 2005; “YOUMEWEOUS” “Captain Planet” “We all in these together” “Nobody but you” etc. (And do I need to mention the creative skits Primers produces?)
4) You tend to visit Primers Room real often especially during your free time and often, you will find people you already know waiting over there for you.
5) Your common pet phrase will be “加油!” especially during MSTs and Semester Exams.

Sounds familiar? Then you are a proud SP.Primer! SP.Primers taught me how to care, share and wait for one another, not by speech alone but also through actions. In my first event (SGB@SP 05), I was cared for so much by Primers that I may have the motivation to carry on even thought there were much difficulties for an inexperienced me. In my days in the Army, SP.Primers shares with me their feelings, thoughts, joy and worries as I visited them in their events no matter whether they know for a long time or short. In the days before I was release from my National Service, She waited patiently for my return and welcomed me back with open arms. Thus, I can testify that SP.Primers is a truly a Family that cares, shares and wait for one another.
So, is this enough to differentiate between a normal Primer and SP.Primer? I do hope you have a picture of what I am trying to paint. There is no need for one’s blood to be blue (meaning: You need not have a lot of Boys’ Brigade background) to be a SP.Primer. All it takes is for you to indentify is to take a peek and observe at that someone and look out for the qualities that I have mentioned. I wouldn’t be surprised if you can identify a SP.Primer straight away from a bunch of SP Students.

With this, I leave you with one question to ponder. “So, am I a SP.Primer?”
Leong Hoong Sheng

My Journey in Primers - Ben Lee

As I looked through some pictures from the first NDP NE Show, I cannot help but feel a slight sense of irony - We seemed to have more fun during and after the rain than we did before the heavens opened. Let me illustrate with an example.

Before:


After:


And it was not just my group.. Even as we waited to return to the F1 Pit area, there were groups singing despite some of us feeling ill after being exposed to the elements. This spirit was evident throughout the show. As the rain started pouring just before the reciting of the pledge, not one motivator around me reached for his/her poncho. Mainly because we were not issued any =) but I doubt it would be any different if we did have ponchos in our fun pack because no one flinched, ran for shelter or even complained. Of that I cannot help but to feel a sense of pride.

I feel this can be attributed to the the unity that we share in Primers, the essence of "Care, Share, Wait". After building bonds through POC and the first few weeks of NDP rehearsals, we were all doing our part to bring up the spirits of those around us. Keeping up our duties as motivators because not doing so will be letting down those whom we have labored with for the past few weeks. Logically we should be wet and miserable but instead the opposite happened.

As Saturday approaches again, I'm sure everyone wants to end the day without getting wet. But even if it did rain, I'm sure all of us will continue to give our all because we will be doing it together.

Ben Lee