After yet another rather wet night, the day began bright and sunny with a weather forecast of 3°C - 13°C. This morning it was a very very cool 7°C. The 136 Japanese Cubs arrived with 8 Scouts, 31 Leaders and 23 Parent Volunteer Scouters. As we gathered for the Flag Break and Welcome ceremony, they removed their coldwear and some were clad only in their shirt and tiny shorts! They were braving the cold while the Singaporean Cubs were rubbing their hands to keep them warm, even in their jackets.
A short chat with some of the leaders, we found out that the autumn this year is unusually cold. The Japanese Cub Scouts are young, energetic and very used to being exposed to the cold. Their usual school uniforms are also short.We all had to remove our coldwear for a few minutes as we raised the flag and listened to Yoshio San, and Madelene San give the welcome and opening addresses. Both parties were glad to have this chance to spend two days together in a Japanese camp and were all eager to begin the adventure activities.
More updates coming up soon... we're also trying our best to provide more updates on and photos from the last two days' activities which were done outside of camp where we did not have any internet connection. Do scroll up and down the blog to ensure you don't miss out anything, as we will put them up in chronological order!
