self initiated co-curricular activities




i started two ccas on my own initiative when i taught at balestier hill secondary school. that i was the assistant sports secretary did help the process of having the activities endorsed by the school. the first was the school bulletin - technospect.

i roped in the top students in secondary three to help in the publication. they were the editors, reporters, artists, cartoonists and contributors. we tried as far as possible to make it a monthly item. those days using the duplicating machine was a messy affair. we had to type or write on stencils and the machine seemed to give us endless problems. either the stencil would tear or the machine would leak and it meant delay to our production.

i was very glad to know that when i left the school, they carried on the tradition of publishing the bulletin.

the other cca i initiated was race walking. we decided to field a team for the inaugural new paper big walk. as it was held during the off season for cross-country running, i got my cross-country runners to train for the event. we did our training along thomson road, whitley road, dunearn road and chancery lane.

we emerged champions in the section for schools, in the process beating raffles institution. the following year, we finished second. we even organised our own inter-class race walking competition. the cca was scrapped when i left the school.