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

Poly 50 photos

POLY 50 - Just Run!

But above it all, it was a fruitful experience and I’ve made new friends along the way

This is my first time running poly 50 and i enjoyed the run as it was fun while it happened. It has been a year since i last ran and i struggled in the race as i had cramps in my legs as i ran the race.

Poly 50 is a competition where the contestants ran as though that they have gone crazy! There is pushing and yelling at the checkpoints and several of my teams mates fell down as they are being pushed when they passed the cards at the check points.

Its was very messy and hectic as we are unsure of where we should stand as there is insufficient information and most of us are lost at the beginning of the race.

The space that we can run at the checkpoints is very much limited and we have to be alert to find our team mates and be aware that people are behind us to prevent us getting pushed by them

I felt that a briefing should be given to everybody so that instructions could be better. Thankfully that we have some 2nd and 3rd years and hence thing would not be so messy.

But above it all, it was a fruitful experience and I’ve made new friends along the way :DDDDDDDDDD

Chong Boon
Team 3

RIOcamp Contest

Hey Primers! We would be having a series of mini-contests from 2-8 of August be sure to check out the SP Primers Facebook page as all the contest questions would be held there.

Contest release dates
1st Contest : 2nd August(Sunday, 9pm)
2nd Contest : 4th August(Tuesday, 6pm)
3rd Contest : 6th August(Thursday, 6pm)

Contest Results would be released on 10th September 2009 and there are attractive prizes to be won!

How to take part in the contest
Questions would be posted on the SP Primers Facebook page and to take part in it, type in your answer entry into the wall post to take part in the contest.

The big event coming up after the Exams