Trybe Life Coaching Programme

Do you have what it takes to guide people?
Do you enjoy hanging out with teens?
Are you keen to help the youth and see them succeed?
Is it in your interest to help them discover their potential?
Want to share your life experiences?
Can you help instill a vision for their future?

If the answer is ‘Yes’ to any of these, we’ve been waiting for you*

The Trybe Life Coaching Programme allows you to influence and
impact the lives of teens, in a fun and interactive small group setting.
Thousands of teenagers are in need of this guidance, whether they know
it or not. You can be the difference-maker.

For more details, call +65 67841481 or email volunteers@trybe.org

*Requirement: You must be above 18 years old to be a Trybe Life Coach.

Who's your 'facis'? NUS High Camp

The last weekend spent with NUS High School participants at the YLMP Camp was truly a memorable and enriching experience!

As facilitator of group 4, I’ve had lots of fun with my team and have learnt much from them too. It’s inspiring to see a Year 2, Pan Chuen, taking up leadership responsibility and lead the team in many activities to great success. It was also impressive to have the rest of the team, students from Year 2 to Year 5, to listen to the suggestions of a younger person and give constructive feedback throughout. This demonstrates that the group has great respect for one another, and the maturity to listen and speak at the right place, at the right time.

During our Community hunt, the group showed great unity and a healthy competitive spirit. When some members of the group had to stop to catch their breath while running from point to point, those who are running in front would stop and wait patiently for them. And Royston, our Team leader, never fails to encourage the team and keep the enthusiasm of the team high.

I’m really touched by the Thank You card my group has made for us at the end of the camp. Your kind words of gratitude and encouragement made us feel that all our hard work put into this camp was well spent. On a side note, the short form of the word for ‘facilitators’ used by most SMU students is ‘facis”. I laughed really hard when I saw that I was being addressed as a ‘facist’ in the card. Hahaha! Thank you for really wonderful experience

Loh Wei
aka (Royston No. 11)

Battle of the Toys

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat."

~ Theodore Roosevelt

The King's Birthday!

Happy ??th Birthday!


Please post your reply at the comments: "Guess how old is the King?"

恭祝李大爷

福如东海
寿比南山
不再三三
愿祝成双
(*Translation provided upon request at $1 per word)

Staff Induction "Balut Club"

A 'Balut' is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell. They are considered delicacies of Asia and especially the Philippines, China, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Popularly believed to be an aphrodisiac and considered a high-protein, hearty snack, baluts are mostly sold by street vendors at night in the regions where they are available. They are often served accompanied with consumption of beer. The Filipino and Malay word balut(balot) roughly translates to mean "wrapped".

Jason from Hua Yi Sec

Maybe most students won’t achieve ‘success’ in 4 hours at a You Can Do It programme… But one student made a choice to take the ‘successful’ route … That guy’s name is Jason. There were 8 classes total. At the end of the programme, each class was supposed to have one student come up on stage to share what they’ve learned. No student came up to share… except for one brave soul… Jason. Representing 1E5, He came up on stage and shared his heart on what he learned that day, how he’ll be able to carry on this refreshing mindset of ‘Success’ and live by those standards for the rest of his life. Here’s to Jason, who’s decided to take the success road, where hopefully more will travel by.

Posted in behalf of Eric V

Monfort Sec School YLMP Camp 2007

This is dedicated to my class team because you are the "Team!"

Day1:
This group of young men had so much potential in them. They are smart, street-smart and very active. I wanted to let my class know that I saw them as a soccer team. That every player has a role and even if the reserves don't show up their team is not effective. My main goal for them in this camp was to make them see that with each other, they will become successful in every area of life.

Day 2:
I fell ill, and could not go on the Island Hunt with my guys. I was so sad, because I knew they wanted me to join them.

When my class came back from the Island Hunt, I was so shocked how they had transformed from being individuals into an united team. 1) They became a team that defended each other. 2) They cooked for each other. 3) They served the volunteers before having dinner themselves. All the facilitators were amazed at the team and commented on their positive changes during our debrief that night.

I was glad that I had seen a group of different men, become one team that showed camaraderie, love and support for each other.

Day 3:
It was so sad to see my team pack up and get ready for home. My team had become so united and strong that when I shared at the end of the camp I was very passionate. One of the students had a fear of heights during the Confidence Extreme Course. However, he took the leap of faith and overcame his fears.

I shared, "This is much like our lives. We don't know what is in store for the future. But little steps will help us get there. We just need to believe in ourselves and know that because we have accomplished in our past, we can accomplish for tomorrow. So never give up trying, and always take the next step."

These men, my men, are a team I'll never forget. As a Trybe volunteer I know that I will have classes after classes go through my experiences. But, my ultimate goal is: "No matter what class, no matter what year...I will do my best to insure each of them achieves a goal during the camp!" - To my 2AB Monfort Men, "Go team Go!" Kern Lee