NHSS Open House 2004

First day as an official ex-Nan Huarian, and the first activity is the NHSS Open House 2004 held for Primary 6 students who had just received their PSLE results and have to choose the secondary schools they want to be in.

The thing was scheduled to begin at 9am, so I arrived at school at around 8.30am to get ready. I made my first stop at the Councillor's Room, where the Sec 1 and 2 Councillors (in school uniform, which surprised me as Mrs. Lim had told me and the other Sec 4 Councillors that the attire was Council T-shirt) were blowing up black and white balloons, a small reminder of yesterday's Graduation High T. I helped out a bit here, after which they brought the balloons out to the walkway to hang. Along the way, I saw the ELDDS members at their booth on the corridor outside Mr. Foo's office. I dumped my bag there (easier access to it as the Councillor's Room may be locked during the Open House) and then went to help the Councillors hang the balloons.

After a while I had told them I would be going back to my bag to get more scissors, but in the end I helped the ELDDS bring down the banner which they had initially hung in front of their booth on the metal grilles above but was found to be blocking them. In the end the banner laid "forgotten" on the stone bench outside the corridor.

After spending a bit more time at the ELDDS booth, I started my patrolling duty around the school as a Councillor - or rather, an ex-Councillor. The main objectives were to direct parents around the school if they needed help and make sure they keep to the ground floor and the hall on the second level and keep away from the classroom block. After that my time was spent alternating between patrolling and helping out at the ELDDS booth. I knocked off at about 1pm eventually.