Scouting is...
....one of the oldest youth organisations in the world, based on B-P's belief that the spirit of adventure may be spread to boys all around the world on its establishment in 1907 in the island of Brownsea

....being in the hot sun the whole day, getting your body sunburnt in the process, and feeling all the blisters on your hand as you continue to tug away at the manila rope to tighten the wooden pole that you are going to stand on next

....taking down the tower after you stare at it with pride in your achievement

....about making friends, establishing and maintaining harmonious relations, even though at
times the relations seem distant, unfulfilling, or non-existent

....about learning when and when not to tolerate, when and when not to speak when spoken to

....about trying to behave not like gangsters in front of the Girl Guides and not like sissies in front of your Brothers

....about everybody.

Nobody is alone. We are a Scout GROUP for a reason, a MOVEMENT.
And even sometimes, in the darkest moments of Scouting, when it appears that there can be no other hope but to exit from the most populous youth organisation in the entire world, one should always look back and ask himself, "What has Scouting given to me and what can I give Scouting back?"

The question is easily answered...For me Scouting has given me a sense of adventure, nurtured me to have an insatiable drive even at the toughest times, trained me to become a better person, and I am proud to say that
YES, I AM A BETTER PERSON TODAY BECAUSE OF SCOUTING.

Quitting? Who hasn't thought of quitting?

In Sec One, I joined Scouts because i was a cadet and I loved the way of being a Scout. I thought that i was hoaxed into believeing that Scouts was a CCA without much Physical training. I wanted to quit. But i hung on and didn't.

In Sec Two, there was only one more year to promotion, I knew that i could not make any mistake. If i do, the post i always wanted will be gone down the drain. I had many stress. Even wanted to star preparing for next year June Camp. I even had the thought of giving my sec1 patrol training but I didn't want to give them stress. I had many heacdaches over that. I wanted to quit. Buti didn't

In Sec Three, when promotion loomed near, I wanted to lead my patrol to the top and show people that looked down on me that i could be the top.

In Sec Four, I would want to lead those 12-15 year old, giving them all I could. Helping them all the way to make sure they make no mistake.

Not just to make sure that it did not happen to them, but to me too.

Even if they did make those mistakes, I wanted to be there to encourage them, to tell them that 'I did it before... and I'm still here.'It is definitely much more important to learn from our mistake than to succeed.

Scouts love to EVALUATE. What went right? What went wrong? What have I learnt? I've learnt that to get something right, you would inevitably have to make some mistake along the way.

Being the weakest Scout when i joined, I wanted to be stronger. Everyday I stared admiringly at those with big chest muscles and overwhelming large biceps. I couldn't even do a single pumping. For the 1st 6 months of Scouts I trainined hard together with the brothers finally, begin what I am now.

Don't give up. Taking a shot means you have a fifty percent chance, but giving up would mean zero.