Roaring Waves of Leman

Dear All,
Just a brief write up about our new explored wave surfing trainings ground at Leman.......


picture showed FS cruising the waves from 200m away from shoreline...............

FS enjoying every moment that she had, riding the waves... long stretch shallow water and wide beaches....

We slept at this new wonderful resort somewhere in Leman...

With beautiful supporting facilities like pool , showers which is ideal for our purposes...

A beautiful pool, which you can wear shirt and long pants .... cheap and affordable costing is alway a priority so that everyone can join us...

At night, these folks gathered .... pictures is set to blurry so that no one knows who actually is 'God of Gamblers'

With our usual 6 meals per days ....

At this cooling hut operated by ST, our generous tour operator...

We practice running in shallow water for the first day....

Below picture show how a tiger/cat leaped into the water from shallow to deep water...... he burned his finger whilst trying to fire others from behind..... ouch! ouch! ouch!!!!!

We also do our usual surfboard and ski paddling...

Our body boards with fins proved to be very popular with the newbie...

also, rescues using Perry Rescue lines.... learning this rescue skills will be useful when we go up to Taiwan for swift water rescues....

Leman has beautiful wide sand area for beach flag and sprint... beri beri wide and long...

On our last day, the fiery SCS blew her top and push the waves higher to about 2 m, pounding all the newbie hard and challenge them to come and surf the waves...

Our newbie been encouraged by our old birds and seniors, try their best as to conquer the SCS challenge.

End of the day, all have a wonderful time learning new skills in lifesaving, challenging the waves under the watchful eyes and care from all the seniors....

And it was time to bid good bye to the Roaring Waves of Leman, our surfboards and body boards have serve us well and also deserve to have a well tender care by all by cleaning and polishing it up again ..... ready for the next challenge.

As we gathered for group pictures.... the South China Sea raise it 'voices' again with huge continuous waves from 300m and challenge us to ride on her.....but we have to go as our transport is waiting for us..............next year folks...

On our way back, we stop at this traditional copi tiam and some have big paus...huge big paus

Amazingly, this new generation does not know who is Amy Yep, whilst they are holding hers... and open their big mouth & bite some more...

What a wonderful moment for all our NUS Lifesaving people to gather and have a wonderful time learning new skills and exchanging ideals for their future and hope for lifesaving in NUS and Singapore.....

Despite the irritating sand flies and agar agar tentacles,, where many learn to overcome and endure with the help of the caring old birds and seniors lifesaving peers of NUS.

Thanks to all the old birds and seniors who understand the need of going through the sequence again and again for the continuity for our lifesaving newbie to learn new skills and the growth of ULC.

Shen Lau Shi

Annual Christmas Party

The Annual ULC Christmas Chalet will be on 16th Dec to 17th Dec 2011!! It would be at

HometeamNS @ Bukit Batok, 2 Bukit Batok West Avenue 7 Singapore 659003

Time to reach: 7.00pm-7.30pm

Please indicate your attendance for the chalet, as well as the food that you would be bringing for the potluck so as to prevent repetitions of the same kind of food available :)

Please RSVP via the google form below :)

The link to the form:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dHpkZVJrOXFoejVNSG55ekJiVENPeUE6MQ#gid=0

Below is also the form for everyone to see what they would be bringing to prevent repetition (DO NOT EDIT THE FORM PLEASE)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amc4OwrPaU-qdHpkZVJrOXFoejVNSG55ekJiVENPeUE

Not to forget, there would be a secret Santa game~~~ Everyone is to bring a gift with a nominal value of SGD 5.00 for this game :) We hope to see you there :)

In case you are lost, please contact Qixuan (85184389) or Linus (97679819)

What the Crab and What's next - part II

See for yourself, we love it and wanna you all to join us...
All ULC people, please do join us...




Thanks
SLS

What the Crab and What's next?

Dear All,

Thanks for attending the celebration dinner with loads of crabs…. All enjoy munching the shelled creature, think, only KCL avoid it as he might turn into 101 Dalmatian, but there were other food for him too.. Many pictures were taken at the tables…together with all the CBs, original branded CB is not there..

Also, with the men team…thank PY and all for the BIG and small photographs…
What next…
Of course surfing the huge waves at the Big Horse Land – Desaru…
What we will be doing….

We wil be doing a lot of jumps…

Jump Ship…

Jump ....ULC

We also do the Welcome Jump with the Roaring Waves sweeping from SCS (South China Sea) behind…

Not forgetting the 6 meals a day sumptuous food!!!

There are just so much more to highlight.........., beside the normal surfing with paddle boards & kickboards, perry rescues, tube rescues, jet skiing, shopping at Sungei Ringgit etc.
Only left 6 vacancies..please sign up asap.
The trip is open to all ULC people, including the committee, competitors, BM and LS 123 trainees.
Hurry, need to settle all admin stuff with the tour operator by end of next week.
Thanks
Shen Lau Shi

JUST FOR YOU

DON'T SAY YOU ARE NOT LOVED!

So many photos of you, just for you....

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And I realised LRJ also rushed back to study for a test after Nationals so he isn't in the header photo above... so this one's for you ;)

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Haha. Never fails to crack me up~

NORTHWEST SWIMSAFER CARNIVAL

This year’s North West SwimSafer Carnival was truly an unforgettable experience. Held at Woodlands Swimming Complex, with about 250 participants, it is the first large-scale event for members of the North West SwimSafer Clubs who were equipped with swimming and survival skills through the National SwimSafer program. Competitions as well as a mass swim attracted participants including members of the public, who were inspired by the concept of active living.

Some certified lifeguards from the National University of Singapore Lifeguard Corps (ULC)
were invited to demonstrate a few basic lifesaving skills, including Talk, Reach, Throw, Swim and Tow. The lifesavers also introduced some useful techniques to assess dangerous situations in order to come up with a better rescue procedure.

The Guest-of-Honour was Mayor of North West District, Dr Teo Ho Pin. And the National SwimSafer programme was initiated by Dr Teo. In describing his vision for this program, Dr Teo said:” By demonstrating basic lifesaving steps at the North West SwimSafer Carnival 2011, we aim to equip members with additional knowledge that will enable them to react appropriately during difficult water conditions.”

Besides this, NUS ULC has devoted a lot more in the community. We are featured on CNA.

NUS Sports Awards 2011 - Lifesaving - Sports Team of the Year

Dear All,
Hurry, hurry….
Please sign up and LWR know how many seats to book for the celebration dinner.

Some of you were not with us at UCC, so this time round, please join us….

Our girls won the merit award and our men team won the sports team of the year for 2010.
So glad that many turned up for the event in which we were honoured by our senior management, not forgetting TWQ, ........his pocket is full for the whole year..
Photo: Courtesy of Mr. Henry Fung

When the ceremony ends at 6.30pm many seniors came but didn’t see NPY and LWR, only CS, Lyk and ZO were around.
PY was busy in her office talking to ‘residents of West Coast’…

TYR, our tallest guy was in uniform guarding the interest of our nation, somewhere in Singapore guarding the gate,

MT was very busy…

many are overseas-- BMW, LYW, EW, YKJ,

where is lazy CG? Told NN that I can see her even she is in Bedok..

and also there is no cockroach at site/sight, don’t know why he, the big size man is unable to be around… and those not present…

EL, TT,NN,NT, NAT, WQX, Linus, Martin, Kevin, Wei Zheng, and fellow committee members were there to support….

CKM, SK and PKR sneaked out of camp just to be with us,

PYJ with his usual ‘smell of ang moh RLSS shirt’,

EC came from Changi, ferry by kunda,

WFJ came with his stories about his experience inside the fortress….

NH came with his tired feet..talked very little probably without his usual HL milk.

FS came late to join us for the photo shoot,

LT came even later just to join us for daily scoop at Holland.

What you have missed out….
All the CBs that ULC have when they all dressed up for the evening, LWR looked 4 inches taller, and I have to remind her not to eat prawns!! But she ate soootooong and misplaced her ‘can me lah’….you all know what is CBs?…ask NPY.. There is 1 stout girl (not from our team) uses dark coloured neck ties, rifle slings, ribbons for her night dress… sorry, no picture of her…
There is 1 guy that resemble Junyu (the one who wore a ‘欠扁‘spectacle which NH has 1 too)

TWQ with his nervous speech… thanking all …

The opening video which resemble Stephen Chow Shaolin football (周星馳的少林足球) starring all the sports grants recipients including TWQ and beautiful CF.

NAT non-stop head nodding… with his verses…finally, finally, finally, finally … after all these years… 等了這麼多年，終於等到了。。。
--To take note that the success of this year are the efforts by all, especially the seniors who toiled hard for the past 29 years, after all, every years is a success in its own unique way.
The array of food, kebabs....

The roaring applause that we received when we went up on stage ….

The never ending laughter that we have, not just that night but for the past many years…
When I went up to receive the trophy from my boss, he said “ Sim! Well done ; Keep it up” ..... Just to say... Thank you bosses, your support is crucial. The awards are for the recognition and appreciation that our University gave to us and also to remind us to keep up the good work on what we are doing and not just about beating others to be the ultimate champion!
Take pride, you belong to teamNUS.

Cherish your winning trophies, cherish your team mates, cherish your equipments, cherish your other teammates from our teamNUS sports teams like Aquathlon, Swimming, Canoe Polo teams that we have rub shoulders, it was with their understandings that we have ample training slots, cherish your worthy, honest opponents that have stick to you all in good and bad times.
*thank you to all for giving me the mini figurine, luckily my kids are grown up otherwise they might have nightmare…. Thanks
Shen Lau Shi

Beach Introduction, another day of adventure!

On 15 Oct, 2011, our annual event, the Beach Introduction, was successfully held at Sentosa.

This year, we had SIM Lifesaving team to join us. We introduced open water to our new batch of lifesavers. A wide range of open water lifesaving techniques were introduced, including beach sprint workouts, flags, rope throw, basic board paddling, skis, board rescue etc... It was truly a full day of joy and fun.

Many thanks to Mr Sim and previous batches of lifesavers who had made this event both successful and fulfilling. Here's a few pictures that captured those wonderful moments:

1. Group photo of NUS ULC

2. Basic board paddling

3. Beach sprint workouts

4. Demo of landing the casualty

5. Rope throw

6. Mr Sim introducing the flag language

NUS Sports Awards - A day for us to gather and rejoice -part 2

Dear All,
If you move around campus, you will find this serious Ah Boy holding a rescue tube charging at you at LT 29....
TWQ is a nominee for 'Red Packet" - NUS Sports Grants and also as the Men team captain representing our wonderful Lifesaving Men team vying for the prestigious ' Sports Team of the Year' award.

We need your applause at the UCC theatre...

Move along to old admin building just somewhere near Engineering, opposite the bus stop, you will see this Ah Girl wearing slipper (same like the one TJK wore in Ipoh in 2007), holding a rescue tube over her shoulder.

Women team captain, LyK is representing our wonderful Women Lifesaving vying for the prestigious 'Sports team of the Year' award.

We too, need your applause at the UCC theatre....

Although the awards that we have for the past 28 years are choking up, but it always never enough.....

Awards are given to people who have worked hard for their passion and love for their sports and the things they're doing..... of course very well and well done... ---no half done..

Whether we win or not... we are always the best ...for our team mates, our diehard effort in promoting our lifesaving education and sports in NUS and Singapore.

Many have won champions and top awards, but they do not have what we have...the team spirit that we possess for everything we do for lifesaving... be it in competing, organising, helping, teaching, lifeguarding and DWFing.... we are always in 1 piece.. in good shape, we are mud but not loose sand, just a drip of water, it will gel together and work wonders..

So, don't forget this coming gathering at UCC.

Friday, 28 Oct 2011...

Awards winners... 2pm to 3pm ....must report!!!

Supporters ... 4pm to be at UCC as door open at 4pm ...

Those very busy seniors, please be at UCC at 6.30pm for the dinner and photo taking session....

See Ya.

Shen Lau Shi..
*Looking forward to Desaru... 9 -11 Dec