working at spize. i mean annual camp

Somewhere along Day 1 of Annual Camp they told us old boys to come in and interact with the cadets for some time. Supposedly it was some kind of way to make better use of the free time they had. Trust me, "interaction" with the old boys was never an activity to look forward to. In fact, the last thing you would want in Annual Camp is your sometimes harsh but most of the time reasonable NCOs to go away, and leave you vulnerable to the attacks of the always harsh and never reasonable creatures called old boys. I bet we had so many other names to call them by.

So while interaction with the old boys used to mean things like:

1) Holding the push-up position on the ground that's been made slippery with powder
2) Crawling from one end of the corridor to the other
3) Changing from one ridiculous uniform to the other again and again
4) Getting your bunk trashed and treated like a wasteland
5) Running here and there with no specific reason

or maybe just you trembling on all fours while they mindf*** you with all their bullshit,

today it has turned to something like this

The traditional four-man stand exercise.
This activity can be used to implement teamwork and also trust.
You'll have to trust your body weight on the person behind you
and trust that the person behind you, in turn, trusts the person behind him.
Only then would your 4 man team be able to master the position.
It's actually really easy. But Part B only managed to have one group
do this thing right. Lots of room for improvement.


There are many names to this game. Poison River would be the simplest.
It's also variable in many ways but the way i do it,
make them list down a few qualities that are essential to a team. (Communication, respect, teamwork etc). Have them find an item that represents each of these qualities.
Place them in a random order in an empty space.
Blindfold 1 person and have the other person direct the blindfolded one,
from one end of the room, towards him. They cannot touch any of the laid down items.
This team building activity focuses on communication and also trust.


My personal favourite, Helium Pole.
An extremely difficult game, but very fun to watch.
Everyone has to put a finger below the pole, in this case, a bamboo stick.
From chest level, they have to lower the pole all the way to the ground.
However, if anybody's finger were to lose contact with the pole, they restart.
It sounds simple, but since you must always keep touching the pole,
someone will inevitably, unintentionally, be pushing the pole upwards.
The rest will have no choice but to follow, since they must also
maintain contact with the pole.
Hence the pole will seem to rise for no reason, as if it is filled with helium.

You will definitely be seeing people scolding and blaming one another.
This is when their team spirit is put to the test.
This game is so straightforward, yet there are so many values and lessons to be learned.
I'll have you find them out yourself.

These games were so simple that I feel bad for not being able to plan something more extravagant for Part B. But i love simplicity. It's not complicated, and I hate complications. How's that for simple reasoning?

So Part B, hope you all keep all the things you learned that day in mind. It might help you in the near future.