What: weareone: our eighth chapter celebrations
When: 12 November 2016
Where: Function Room
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What: Annual Giving (Volunteering) – Art Jamming
When: 12 November 2016
Where: AWWA
Participants: Allan, Bi Hui, Candice, Ernie, Jiamin, Joanne, Jolie, Jonah, Junqi, Lixian, Madeline, Phyllis, Shuwen, Rui En, Xin Jie, Xinyi, Yanling, Yeeling
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Ernie, Participant:
Prior to the event, I have not painted on canvas before. I was not sure what to expect. Luckily we had trial runs and it wasn’t too difficult.
During the events, kids were allowed to draw anything they wanted. And kids being kids, where latest fads catch on them, majority of them wanted to draw the characters from Pokemons, such as pikachu, mega charizard and the likes.
I didn’t want to influence their train of thoughts so I let the kids assigned to me draw anything they want. I was more than happy to mix the paint colours to whatever they want – brown, peach, lime green and so on.
While waiting for the paintings to dry, we played bingo. What started as calm turned into chaos when everyone started shouting “Bingo!”
We ended the event by giving out their paintings and goodie bags. It was a tiring but fun event!
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Xin Jie, Participant:
Frankly speaking, I was hesitant & filled with apprehension when I first signed up for the event. I didn’t know what to expect for art & me don’t go well together. I can’t draw for arts and just the thought of having to draw during the art jamming session or draw alongside with the kids drove me nuts.
Came the day which I didn’t know what to expect. However, we were time tight and everyone was doing the best to be efficient to get everything ready. I forgotten all about my “drawing fears”.
Then came the time when the kids arrived, I was introduced to the kid I would be partnering with. I soon found out from him what he wanted to draw: tables, and he wanted to paint in his favourite colour; orange. I had a great time watching him art jam & gave slight help when needed. Sure, there were moments when coaxing him got a little trying & I couldn’t manage well in that aspect. However, what matters more though was we both had fun during the art jamming – he was all smiles & laughter when he did an abstract painting with his favourite colour, orange.
This is my first time in an art jamming event (with RBKD). Being able to interact & bond with children through a drawing-painting session is a unique & refreshing experience.
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What: C.L.I.F. 4 Screening
When: 27 August 2016
Where: MES Theatre @ Mediacorp
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Xinyi, Club President:
The C.L.I.F. 4’s premiere was our first experience at MES theatre and it brings back a lot of memories as this was Rui En’s third C.L.I.F. project.
I recall how we envied the actors involved in C.L.I.F. 1 because it was so awesome seeing SPF (Singapore Police Force) going all out to support a local police drama. Many of us were big fans of this theme, if only Rui En could be in it too.
And our wish came true in C.L.I.F. 2. Watching C.L.I.F. 4 was like a journey that we have been through with the characters, it’s almost like we were part of the team as well. Enjoyable, certainly.
Not to forget the very generous and interesting collaterals, especially the magazines and posters. Till the next!
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What: Badminton IPC
When: 16 July 2016
Where: Ngee Ann Poly
Participants: Bi Hui, Clarence, Edith, Ernie, Rebecca, Shu Pei, Suwei, Vanessa, Yanjun, Yanping, Yeeling, Yvonne
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Rebecca, Participant:
The recent IPC Badminton session was one that I have been looking forward for a while. As someone who is a huge fan of watching badminton games, I also enjoy playing on court.
Almost everyone who went for the IPC badminton event played like a professional player. From the way they smashed and served the shuttlecocks, I could foresee their chances of winning national competitions hahaha.
The courts at Ngee Ann Polytechnic were located at a humongous indoor sports hall and it is probably one of the more conducive environment to hold a proper game.
The funniest moments that we had on court were the moments when someone got smashed by the shuttles. (Not once, but multiple times. Hehehe)
To sum it up, I definitely enjoyed my time at the session and will be looking forward to the next IPC event.
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Edith, Participant:
It has been a long time since I have touched my badminton racket. When I was searching for my badminton racket, it was in the corner of my room collecting dust and I was thankful that luckily the strings are all intact hahah.
During the badminton game, I could feel my muscles straining with each smash. It was also slightly challenging to block the opponent’s smashes as the shuttlecock was flying across the air like a rocket. However, to my surprise, I have caught most of them and i realised that my reaction was pretty fast too.
During the game, we were trying all types of funny rules. For example, playing with our left hand and serving the shuttlecocks in many different ways.
I really enjoyed my time at the IPC event and I cannot wait for the next one.
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What: RBKD Orientation 2016
When: 18 June 2016
Where: Balestier
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Suwei, Participant:
The dinner after orientation was pretty much what I anticipated the most after a long day of team building activities. The buffet was awesome, the restaurant had lots of variety of food and seeing that really perked me up.
The company of good friends definitely made the dinner more enjoyable. During the dinner, we were talking about lots of different topics and there was laughter everywhere.Â
Some of the topics revolved around school life, adulthood and travel experiences. Personally, I feel it was pretty heartwarming to see everyone having a common topic.Â
Nonetheless, I hope to join in for dinner again next year.Â
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What: RBKD Orientation 2016
When: 18 June 2016
Where: Toa Payoh
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Celest, Participant:
It was my first time playing the mahjong paper game. Hence I was totally clueless about how to start the game. Fortunately, someone in my team discovered the trick of folding the mahjong paper inwards and we began advancing together with our feet on the mahjong paper. Our mahjong paper started to tear along the way, but we continued to move forward, undeterred.
I enjoyed playing the game with the members as well as with the new fans. On one hand, I had a feeling of closeness from being united with the members. Whereas on the other hand, it was a display of excellent team spirit with the new fans. Impressively, with some many of us standing on the mahjong paper, we stayed vigilant by holding on tightly to each other so as to ensure everyone’s safety before reaching the finishing point.
On the whole, it was a refreshing orientation experience for me this year at a neighbourhood park. To me, it is definitely a great place to have fun away from the crowds and attention. Â
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Weijen, Participant:
I look forward to Orientation every year because it is a day when members get to bond with each other through activities and games 
and that helps me to know other members which I was not previously familiar with (well RBKD is not small right 
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I always tell my friends and parents that I am in Singapore for a team-building day for Orientation - indeed it is. It is a day when you need to spend almost whole day (or at least half a day) with a group of team members. Throughout this, I will need to remember their names, get to hear their basic intro (3+1) and talk to them personally. I always love team sports/games so I really appreciate the hard work put in to organise these activities by the organising committee – mainly Rebecca and Edith! Kudos to you guys for the hard work! *clap*
Once again, I look forward to more Orientation memories (best if amazing race because it will be really fun to hear someone saying ‘the distance I covered at amazing race is the longest distance I have ever covered in my life’
Mahjong paper game
Ok, talking about this, there are 2 rounds for this game at the Orientation: 1st round is the 4 teams (Resilient, Boundless, Knitted & Dedicated) going against each other and 2nd round is Non-members vs Members. I HAVE TO MENTION THAT MY TEAM, TEAM KNITTED, WON THE 1st round!!! hahahaha. Why? because our team worked with a strategy. And the strategy is: to follow the advice of the experienced members (who have played this game before)!! Simple and effective! haha. Credits to Ying Mei and Zhi Qing for Team Knitted’s hard-fought victory!! but of course, we couldn’t win without our fantastic teamwork because in this game, we need REALLY CLOSE body contact among the team members and to support/hold/carry each other constantly 
2nd round comes with a twist because on paper, Members team have an advantage as most of the team are experienced in this game (of course la, president and orientation organising committee are in the team ma ) so there are more challenges for our team e.g. holding 2 cups of water compared to 1 of Non-members. Although embarrassingly we lost the round eventually to the Non-members, it is the 1st game I ever experienced at an Orientation being with all members in a team! The feeling is really different and fun as 19-20 of us were cuddled together, making jokes and taking wefies all the way, it is truly a member-bonding activity *likes*
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What: RBKD Orientation 2016
When: 18 June 2016
Where: Toa Payoh
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Edith, Organiser:
Double whacko is my favourite game in every year’s orientation!!! It’s not because I can play this game very well but because I really really can’t play this game. So it’ll get very funny as I’ll always fail to protect my partner (it’s not on purpose!) I think everyone hates being my partner for this game but for me I love double whacko hahaha
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What: RBKD Orientation 2016
When: 18 June 2016
Where: Toa Payoh
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Allan, Participant:
The game was fun and interesting when we could only use one leg to play soccer, it was a good experience for me.
I have never been for school orientation, so RBKD’s orientation ever year for me feels like going back to school
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What: RBKD Orientation 2016
When: 18 June 2016
Where: Toa Payoh
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Junqi, Participant:
It was the first time we are having this game, so most of us were a little lost at the start, not knowing the trick to completing the task… but i guess that was also what made it interesting.

Each team was given 4 items – a rubber band, balloon, key and chopstick. With each member holding on to at least one end of a rafia string, we had to transport the items across the playing area and place them on the corresponding letters – R, B, K and D – on the floor. Naturally we thought that it was R for Rubber band, B for Balloon… etc. but turns out, we were very wrong haha xD
It was only until the end that it was revealed to us, how each object signifies the corresponding team name. Even though it was a simple game, I was really impressed by the amount of thought that went into it and how the game was eventually linked back to RBKD.
So kudos to the organising team!

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What: RBKD Orientation 2016
When: 18 June 2016
Where: Toa Payoh
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Zhiqing, Participant:
It was my 5th Orientation with RBKD. As usual, I had a lot of fun meeting new people and knowing the older members better.
One of the activities that I enjoyed most at this year’s orientation was the Structure Building Game. We had to build a structure using recycled materials that is able to withstand the weight of three of our bags and tall enough for a group member to crawl through. Initially, we felt like it was almost a mission-impossible as the newspapers were too flimsy and we did not have much resources with us. Luckily, after some brain-storming, we figured that we could use our water bottles as the base and build a ‘cover’ for our structure to place our bags on.
To be honest, I did not have much confidence in our structure as it didn’t look as stable as we had expected it to be. However, we do have a very positive Team Leader who had so much faith in our structure and was constantly encouraging all to press on. Thanks Weijen! Through this activity, our team managed to become more bonded. Even though it was a simple activity, all of us had great fun together! 
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Yeeling, Participant:
Every year’s orientation games would be somehow similar as most of the games require team spirit, but some of this year’s games gave me quite a surprise.
To highlight some of the games below:
Firstly, the structure building game was CREATIVE, a piece of ART and SAVE THE EARTH! WHY?
Save the earth – we had been using recycled items to create obstacles,
Creative – we needed to create an obstacle where it can carry the weight of the bags with a person crawling through underneath,
and an Art exhibition – each group had to display their obstacles.
Every group was laughing at other groups’ obstacles but most of us enjoyed ourselves.
Next, the spider web unity game:
At first our TL told us that we could only use a rafia string to transport the items on the floor. I was thinking how we were going to transport it? But one of our group mates suggested to do something like a knitting pattern with the string and when we started walking, the item did not drop down easily. I was surprised, IT WORKED.
Next, the mahjong paper game:
First time playing mahjong paper with all members and it seemed that we were very united by helping each other. Although, we lost but it was fun.
Lastly, I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all organisers, who organised a fun and challenging amazing race. I just want to shout out to my team – Dedicated!! Thank you everyone for putting great effort in it and also to my TLs and ATLS too. Although our team might be the smallest than other teams, but I really enjoyed myself and did not know Toa Payoh Park had such a great place.
Cheers to next orientation!!
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