The Scout Law

not many of you know this, but i'm a scout leader with yeung ching scouts open group.

our little cub scouts have recently won the top prize in a lion dancing competition.

yes, our scout group does lion (and dragon) dance.

alas...this year has been quite the roller-coaster ride so elmie and i haven't had the time to train together for CAI QING this chinese new year.

we finally met yesterday at the scout's founder's day dinner where my boys performed their winning lion dance formation!

it was nice to be able to hug elmie and ernie tight for a while.

not many of you may know that my snuffy hubby is/was a scout too.

he was even a president's scout during his school days, and when you've been bestowed such an honor, you immediately gain the respect of most in the scouting community.

so yesterday when snuffy hubby and i attended our first scout outing together, it was rather amusing.

firstly, his friends around our table asked him why i knew so many people in the scouting community (because i was running around the whole hall schmoozing with the bigwigs).

secondly, the bigwigs i introduced him to all asked if he was a scout.

and when he said he was, they all nodded in approval. =)

thirdly, they all asked me where i've been hiding him because it's the first time they've heard of me being attached and then suddenly announcing my impending marriage.

to a president's scout, no less.

of our scout invite list to the big day include:

hong leng - snuffy's ex-scout leader from ACS
noel hon and wife - president of the singapore scouts (and our justice of peace)
nicholas tang - chief commissioner
mr yeo - serangoon district commissioner
andrew - can't quite remember his position but it's big
malcolm tan - east area commissioner and ex state coroner

encik yatiman yusof would also be on the list.

he was such a fatherly figure for all of us in tunisia, even when he was our accompanying minister.

he loved gwizzly like his own teddy bear and was always there to offer a handshake of comfort or just a smile to brighten up the morning.

what a fantastic and personable minister.

everytime the lot of us attend a scout event, we'd reminisce about tunisia.

and nicholas pointedly told us not to have babies anytime soon because he needs me to do the next bid for the world scout jamboree to be held in japan!

all in all, i'm glad snuffy hubby's a scout, a salsa dancer and a geek.

because i'm all of the above too. =)