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Sunday, November 2, 2008

hHope everyone's having a great holiday!

On Saturday 4 cadets represented our unit in the Inter-Unit Bowling Competition held at the Chervrons
Our participants were SSG Frederick, SSG Timothy, SGT Firdaus and CPL Timothy


The team managed to make it into the finals which consisted of 8 teams
And our CSM SSG Fred got 4 strikes in a row!
The power of the CSM!

Unfortunately we didn't win but hey, at least we got into the finals!
Well done to the team

And this is our beloved CSM

Announcements
Sec 2 Leadership Training will be every week on Wednesday's and Friday's from 2pm-5pm
Attendance is COMPULSORY

The training will be held for 3 weeks
If you want to be a future leader, be present at these trainings

That is all for now.
Have a HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

-SSG Timothy

Sunday, August 17, 2008

From LTA (NCDCC) Hozefa's Desk...

Dear Cadets,

In less than a week, we will have our most important event of the year, the Annual Montfort Secondary School NCDCC Unit Investiture Parade 2008.

This week will be full of practices and we will have lots of work to do to polish up our drills on the parade square to preparing the logistics required for the parade.

Most of you will be receiving badges and awards. Your parents have been invited to the parade and the officers look forward to meeting them.

Please work hard to make this parade the best one possible!

I would also like to inform you that Mr Vincent Wong will be joining our unit. Some of you may have seen him at the last Saturday's training. Let us all warmly welcome him into the NCDCC family.

I will be away at Bangkok till the 22nd of August representing Singapore in the East Asian Youth Leader's Forum. Please do your best while I'm away and look forward to seeing a perfect parade when I see you guys at the camp on Friday.

Regards,
Hozefa
ANNOUNCEMENT

The Sec 3 SNCO's have been assigned their posts
They are,
SGT Frederick: CSM, PTI
SGT Timothy: ASM, Head Training, Bravo Sqaud IC
SGT Sheng Yong: ASM, Head Ops, Charlie Squad IC
SGT Amen: Logistics, Delta Squad IC
SGT Douglas: Administration
Also, all 5 will recieve their Staff Sergeant rank on the 23rd of August
Congrats to them!

-SGT Timothy

Sunday, August 10, 2008

From LTA (NCDCC) Hozefa's Desk...

Dear Cadets,

Firstly, I would like to wish all of you a very Happy National Day.

5 Cadets form the Charlie squad did the unit, the school and NCDCC proud by representing NCDCC together with cadets from other schools in the National Day Parade 2008 by being part of the NCDCC contingent in the parade.

These five cadets, LCP Dzul, LCP Zhang Lin, LCP Arjun, LCP Han Jie and LCP Jie Ying worked very very hard over the past few months, sacrificing their time to attend the rehearsals and practice their drills over and over again together with personnel from other contingents. After many rehearsals, NE Shows and Previews, they performed magnificently together with the other NCDCC cadets during the NDP itself. Here are some photos:

Our cadets with their 'weapon', the umbrella. They formed the red letters using them.

Our cadets with their Instructor, SWO Rosly Tanjung.

Chilling out after a hard day's work!

I hope that all you you realise the significance of National Day. Our forefathers have worked very hard to make this country a home for us. It is our duty to ensure the survival of Singapore and make Singapore our best home. All of you, being members of the National Civil Defence Cadet Corps, play an important role in Total Defence in Singapore. You cadets are are important part of Civil Defence, spreading our message of readiness to your fellow countrymen.

When you put on your uniform, put it on with pride and utmost respect as the uniform signifies your service and contribution to the nation. Being a NCDCC cadet is no small thing. We are actively contributing to the nation and ensuring our survival. On this National Day, let us commit ourselves to our country and the defence of its people.

Once again, on behalf of Cpt Pang, Lta Irwan, Ms Ong and myself, Happy National Day!!!

Regards,
Hozefa

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Today a group of 7 Montfortian NCDCC cadets truly lived up to the motto of the school by being men for others. They sacrificed their Sunday and precious free time to be part of a charity event, "WAFF: The Carnival". WAFF: The Carnival is a novel fundraising charity carnival that aims to educate the public about craniofacial conditions and raise funds to help children with such conditions. This is a collaborative project between students from the NUS University Scholars Programme (USP) and Operation Smile Singapore in aid of the Kandang Kerbau Hospital Cleft and Craniofacial Centre (KKH CCRC).

The NCDCC cadets from our unit provided first aid support for the event held at the *Scape Youtn Park. Starting as early as 8am in the morning till 8.30pm at night, these cadets did the unit proud. Their dedication and selflessness won praise from the event's guest-of-honour, Mr Teo Ser Luck, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Community, Youth and Sports. He was pleased to see our cadets hard at work and being part of a worthwhile effort.

Our cadets shaking hands with Mr Teo Ser Luk, Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of Community Youth and Sports.

Our cadets posing with Mr Teo Ser Luk.

Mr Pang and Sgt Sheng Yong setting up the First Aid Tentage.

Looking through the first aid supplies.

The sec one cadets who volunteered with Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa.

The sec one cadets who volunteered with Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa and Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Obama.

Reported by:
Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa Aziz

Sunday, June 22, 2008

This blog is finally being updated by someone other than LTA Hozefa
Yesterday was the very first training the sec 3's organized after going through SNCO course
Training was not really tough but more on the fun side
We started of with a very non strenuous PT
Then it was time for some activities
There were 2 groups. Both had a mixture of sec 1's and sec 2's
Mike and Whisky
There were altogether 4 stations
2 in school and another 2 in Punggol Park
In school there were the Trust and rescue stations

The Trust station was basically guiding your fellow squad mates while they're blindfolded over a series of obstacles

In the rescue station, the sec 2's were given and opportunity to practise their leadership skills by demonstrating the different rescue techniques
2 sec 1's would be casualties and the sec 2's had to demonstrate how to rescue them before the sec 1's attempt it
This allowed the sec 2's to have early practice of teaching and the sec 1's to have early exposure to Rescue techniques which they would be learning next year

On to Punggol park

There were the Fitness and Teamwork stations
In the fitness station the cadets did push ups, sit ups etc
In the Teamwork station, they really had quite a difficult time
There were 13 boxes, each made of masking tape placed on the floor

The whole group had to cross over these boxes in a specific path while holding hands (Yes the sec 3's made them do it)
Only 2 feet could be in 1 box at anytime
So they really had to rack their brains. Especially at the "Junctions"
There was a round 2 where they could not communicate at all

At the end of the day, everyone was tired but had fun

The groups were being graded and the winning group was Mike

And the runner up was Whisky

The sec 3's hope that everyone learnt something and that relations between the sec'1 and 2's improved

Ciao
-SGT Timothy

Friday, June 6, 2008

Hey cadets!

Hope you guys are enjoying your holidays. I think many of you have had the opportunity to participate in many exciting civil defence, leadership and adventure activities over the last few weeks through ncdcc.

Some of you were part of the very exciting 'Exercise Northstar'. This exercise simulated a scenario where a cruise ship was on fire and a mass casualty event occured. Many of you had related to your officers how much you had learnt seeing SCDF officers working with many related agencies to ensure that the 'casualties' were evacuated quickly and that many many lives were saved. For those of you who had missed this exciting opportunity, not to worry, NCDCC will provide many more such exciting opportunities ahead!

Six sec 1 cadets went for the Adventure Challenge organised by HQ NCDCC at the HomeTeamNS Bukit Batok Adventure Centre. I'm sure they had a lot of fun their pushing their limits, overcoming their fears and making many new friends with cadets from other units.

Last week, a 2-day 1-night leadership training camp was organised for selected sec 3 cadets who were earmarked for promotion to Staff Sergeant and to become the new leaders of the unit. The camp was organised by Cpt Kevin Pang, Lta Hozefa, WO Caleb castro and WO Johnathan Ng. The trainees went through team building activities, a scenario based exercise, footdrill training, MOI and a night hike.

This week, the cadets that were trained in the leadership training camp attended a 5-day SNCO course organised by HQ NCDCC at the Home Team Academy. There they learnt about being a better leader by inspiring their cadets to greatness, footdrills (Gold badge), MOI and many various aspects of being a good SNCO. They were awarded their certificates of completion by Commandant NCDCC, LTC Lim Kah Seng.


For the cadets from Bravo and Delta, if you aspire to be SNCOs just like your seniors, work hard over the next 1-2 years and one day you will emerge as leaders just like them!

Happy Holidays!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Dear Cadets,

I have uploaded the photos of our ROD ceremony online. You can access them at this address:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=37832&l=88061&id=501560676

You don't need a facebook account to access the photos. Pleasee tag yourselves if you see yourselves in the pictures and feel free to leave (sensible) comments.

All photos have been taken by SGT Timothy Ang who is turning out to be quite a good photographer.

Regards,
Lta Hozefa

Saturday, May 17, 2008

From Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa's Desk...

My Dear Cadets,

I would like to thank all of you for making yesterday's sec 4 ROD ceremony a successful one. The attendance at the parade yesterday was very good. It was almost full attendance and I could see that all of you had really put in a lot of effort into making your uniforms look smart for the ROD ceremony and parade.

The speeches you all gave in appreciation of your seniors were very touching and well written as well.

I am sure that the Sec 4s are very thankful for the effort that you have put into showing your appreciation to them.

With this type of enthusiasm from all of you, I am sure that the Montfort NCDCC will soar to much much greater heights. The sec 3s will be taking over the unit soon. I trust all of the Charlie and Delta squad members will give them their fullest support.

Regards,
Hozefa

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

From Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa's Desk...

My Dear Cadets,

This Saturday, our pioneer batch of cadets, the secondary 4 cadets will be passing out and Montfort NCDCC unit will conduct its first ever ROD parade. The ROD parade will signal the end of the sec 4's service as cadets and will allow us to say goodbye to them and show them our appreciation for all that they have done for the unit and for us.

For the sec 4s, I hope that all of you will be able to come down for the special ROD stayover this Friday night. It will definitely be an amazing experience.

For all the other cadets, I hope that all of you will make the effort to come down this Saturday. It would be nice to show your appreciation to the sec 4s for all that they have done by simply coming down and being present. Your SNCOs in particular have done a lot for you. Please do be there. I'm sure when you pass out from NCDCC, you will also want your juniors to be there to show their appreciation to you.

Please pass this message to all your fellow cadets.

Thanks,
LTA (NCDCC) Hozefa Aziz

Friday, April 25, 2008

FOUDNER'S DAY IS FINALLY OVER!!!
YAY XD

Today we marched in our no.1's and showed Montfort the standard of Ncdcc
Mr Simen personally said we were amazing to Mr Pang
And the V.P Mr Lim has been very supportive of our unit during the months of preparation
surprisingly our Hormat was great
Commandant of Ncdcc, LTA Colonel Lim Kah Seng came down to watch us and so did Major Howard Tan, our ex-OC
well its all over now and right now we have to concentrate on exams
There won't be training till exams are over which is the 17th of May
sadly that's the day of the P.O.P
Well after the parade we had a little fun XD
Pics!!! My dad took all of these
Encik Caleb the parade commander
Our G.O.H contingent
Inspection of our G.O.H contingent
March Pass
Sir Hozefa promised to cut his hair G.I style if 5 others did the same thing
Well actually 9 others did
Band of G.I's LOL
FUN SHOTS!!!

-SGT Timothy

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Founder's Day Rehearsal!!!
Just a few more days and it'll be al over
lets give it our best XD
We finally got to wear our no.1 uniforms in front of everyone on Tuesday
Our uniforms were as white as ever
Our golden nipples(LOL) were as shiny as ever
and after rehearsal there was an exclusive photo-taking session with...

the one...

the only....
*Drum Roll*
SIR HOZEFA!!! WOOOO
*Crowd goes wild*
LOL

I only got a few pics
any contributions are welcome
WOOOO LOL(Oops bad lighting)


-SGT Timothy

Sunday, April 20, 2008

From Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa's Desk...

From Lta (NCDCC) Hozefa's Desk...

My Dear Cadets,

In less than a week, our unit will have the honour and privilege of being the Guard-of-Honour during the parade segment of Montfort School's Founders' Day. It will be the first time in the short history of our unit that we will be forming the Guard of Honour on such a special occasion. Obviously, the expectations are high and the responsibility given to us is large. We will be representing not only the unit but also the whole school in front of the special guests, VIPs, parents and other stakeholders in the school. It is essential for us to understand this honour and responsibility that has been given to us as we march onto the parade square in our whites.

You guys have been nothing but amazing. The amount of effort that you have put into this is commendable. You guys have put in sweat, tears and blood into ensuring that not only will you not let the school down but also make the school proud that it has such an amazing NCDCC unit. You guys have sacrificed every Tuesday and Thursday morning, coming down to school really early in the morning to go through tough training. Every Saturday you had longer training sessions with our drill Instructors from NCDCC HQ. Not to forget the 2 days you sacrificed during the March holidays to go all the way down to HTA to learn how to do drills with the water mist gun. You guys have not only survived, but you have have thrived and the other officers and myself are very proud of you. You are truly Montfortian Gentlemen and Monfortian Giants!

However, you know as well as I do that the journey is far from over. In fact, we will now go through the last and toughest part of the journey. In the run up to the Founder's Day, our training will intensify. More effort will be required on our part. We are so close to our goal of being the best GOH that Montfort has ever seen. We cannot give up now. We have to push ahead and ensure that nothing can deter us from achieving our prize, nothing can stop us from our final destination. I know that all of you are up to the challenge and I know that all of you will give more than your very best in the days to come.

A few tips to help you in the days ahead:
(1) Drink lots of water
People keep forgetting to hydrate themselves. Drink a few glasses of water at night to clean your system. Keep drinking water throughout the day. At least 8 glasses of water and more on the days that you are training.
(2) Start polishing your boots
Do not polish your boots at the last minute. Keep the last minute strictly for resting. Polish your boots now so that you only have to do a bit of touching up on the day itself.
(3) Get enough sleep
Ensure that you guys sleep at least eight hours a day. Do not stay up late over the next few days especially on days when you have training. This is important for you not to fall sick. Your exams will be coming after Founders' day and you don't want to be ill for them.
(4) Get your uniform ready in advance
For the same reasons in point 3.

NCDCC, let's go do this! See you on Tuesday.

Sincerely,
Hozefa

Friday, April 18, 2008

1 MORE WEEK TILL FOUNDER'S DAY!!!
Today's training was tough but we managed to pull through
Well our marching was'nt perfect but i'm sure we can improve

Sir Hozefa asked me to convey this message(not his exact words):
You all have been working hard and I can see that you all have been putting in alot of effort.
The finish line is near and you all need to now accelerate towards the finish line
there's just 8 days left

so let's go all the way forward together and give the best GOH Montfort has ever seen!

thas it lol

Today after Founder's Day rehearsal, Mr Pang announced who will be going for the SNCO course in June
Congrats to the following cadets:
SGT Alex
SGT Amenuddin
SGT Douglas
SGT Frederick
SGT Firdaus
SGT Sheng Yong
SGT Timothy (Me)

Hopefully we all pass XD

-SGT Timothy

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

This blog hasn't been updated for a while so I'll update it now

Last Friday, 11th April was NCDCC day
unfortunately we had no parade cos of the heavy rain
We wore our uniform with pride for the whole day and even during the founder's day rehearsal after school.



As you all know founders day is less than 2 weeks away
So just endure a while longer and it'll be all over
i think NCDCC will be the best G.O.H Montfort has ever seen :D
Lets work hard to achieve that goal

G.O.H group photos
Enjoy!

-SGT Timothy

Saturday, March 29, 2008

We were on first aid duty(as usual) yesterday during sports day
All first aider's did a great job and especially SGT Frederick who was the I.C for the day
Casualties were not very severe and almost nobody fell down XD
Good job in safeguarding the lives of our fellow montfortians

TODAY
We had the honour of Encik Haramian and Encik Firdaus(from the police force who helps out with SYF) in school to help us today during training
Although training was tough, we persevered through (Although i almost fainted XP. My fault for not drinking enough water)
To all cadets, continue working hard and we will achieve our goal
XD
Bravo squad
Part of Alpha Squad

Seniors

This is a remade blog
now any sec 3 or sec 4 can have access to it and post about training, schedules, events e.t.c
just ask me for the log in information
Contact me: timang93@hotmail.com

-SGT Timothy