Saints NPCC

Adventure Training Camp
Ek Xuan Wen (Sec 2 AIC)

On 17 October 2008, our school’s secondary 2 and 3 squad including me went to the NPCC Pulau Ubin camp. It was a vigorous yet fun camp. Up to now, I can still remember the details of what happened during the camp.

Our squad took a bus to Changi ferry terminal and from there we took a ferry to our destination. It was my first time in a ferry and it was not as thrilling as I expected. Upon reaching Pulau Ubin, we had to walk a very long distance to the NPCC camp. It was very tiring as our squad needed to carry firewood and our bulky backpack. When we finally reached the campsite, we were not even given time to rest. All of us were divided into groups with other schools. Following that, we were given a briefing and then all of us had to pitch our tent. Pitching the tent was difficult and we had to rely on the seniors’ help. After pitching the tent, it was already dinner time. We had to cook our own food. As I had done this before in other NPCC camps, I knew what to do. We had icebreaking games at night and then it was time to sleep.

The second day was the toughest day of the camp. We had PT and breakfast in the morning. In the afternoon, there were three activities lined up for all of us. They were kayaking, land expedition and low ropes. These three activities took up the whole afternoon. I think the most fun activity was the low ropes. In the beginning, we had to find our way out of a maze which was so dark that we cannot see each other. Then, we played a low ropes obstacle course. For the land expedition, it was not fun at all. It was very tiring but I got a chance to see a hornet’s nest. The last activity is kayaking. It was quite fun but as it was my first time; I had some difficulties in controlling it. At night, we had a campfire. The NCOs sang a lot of songs and all the groups had to do a skit. Overall, I enjoyed the campfire.

On the last day of the camp, there were not many activities to do. All we did was just clearing the campsite. Then, we had to walk back to the jetty and take the ferry back to Singapore.
Overall, this camp is tough but it teaches me a lot of things. I enjoyed this camp and I looked forward to it next year.

Unit Structure

St. Andrew’s Secondary
National Police Cadet Corps

Officer-in-Command (OC):
ASP Roshnah Begum Mohd Abbas

Our Officers:
TO Ms. Alethia Tan
TO Ms. Nanthini Viswanathan
TO Ms. Angel Lee
TO Mr. Jasper

Our CI:
CI Brandon Ang

Squad Commanders:
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