WHAT ALL SABAH SCOUTS SHOULD UNDERSTAND BEFORE PUTTING A BLAME ON ANYONE..

2 Woodbadge Courses will be held come this November 16th till 18th, 2007.

What a headache. All the course presentations and materials must be ready by then. Huh..it all came back to add to my nightmares..

How I wished there are Scouts in Sabah who would offer to assist me in completing those presentations.. My hands are all tied up with reports that has to be made by this 30th Oct.

I also had to endure typing, mailing and faxing all the invitation letters to respective Districts commissioners. I've sent a handful of sms'es on my own expense which is equivalent to one whole months of my earnings, in which I'm not entitled to claim from the Scouts. Still, I received dissatisfied remarks from numerous leaders claiming not to receive anything..what they didn't knew was that even all my outgoing sms'es were recorded in my laptop, ready to be printed anytime. So, realizing how much the cost of printing, mailing and messaging took its toll on a voluntary individual, scout leaders please, I MEAN PLEASE LAH..spend a bit more time online where message relaying is much more cheaper and sometimes free of charge. What's happening today is our leaders demand for written letters, invitations, notifications etc..which in its absence, they refused to get involved. I understand about the few who requires it to be presented to their respective employers..but how about the other 'free' leaders who shared this same attitude? COME ON..you're a leader in the highest level of our organization, you should know more about your association, how it is being administered, and it is your duty to KNOW what's happening and execute your duties. Do you realize that most of you are better off financially and knowledge-wise from those who are forced to run it for your sake and reputation?..And do you realize how much does it costs financially for the working few themselves to even produce one single printout just to fill up your alter-ego? All this while, we are using lesser (or even none at all) resources from the Scouts because it is indeed limited.

But for the benefit of many other Scouters, we lived on. Scouts are living on the code 'sincere'. We are sincere in giving our services so that future generations will have the opportunity to experience all that ourselves lived through. My weakness..I don't really master 'the art of asking favors and help' from other fellow Scouts. What I did was solely based on my love for the Scouting Movement. I was born, raised, laughed and cried around scouting life. So, whenever other leaders just sat idly despite being appointed on a handful of duties, my heart aches seeing and thinking that THIS is not what or how Scouting have been training us all these while. I as part of the State leaders have to fill in a number of shoes being left empty by a number of leaders.

So, leaders, please remember WHAT YOU PREACHED all this while..If you personally lacked the respect towards certain other leaders..think of the Association..think of the children of today and tomorrow..SCOUTING has reached an amazing age of 100 years today..but if you don't change your mind-setting, you will be the few who will end ITS legacy pre-maturely.

I don't care what people are saying or thinking..I'm not monopolizing anything..just filling the empty slots created by 'irresponsible' leaders in Sabah Scouting world of today. One need not go very far to see this instances..just read through the remarks left by fellow scouts and the general public in the Official Sabah Scouts Webpage Guestbook. It sure is hard to satisfy everyone. Know that all the 'seen' works or effort by leaders are purely done VOLUNTARILY by the 'hardcore' scout leaders on their own expense (time, ideas and even money). We are not being paid at all..so whenever there is any space, our scouting spirit took over. We, alone could not make a success out of any programme..we need support and aid from all scouts to make things happen. Don't just drop a hammer on us and deny our right to explain ourselves and also to receive your support.

OUR HOPES? I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU HARDCORE SCOUTS ALL OVER SABAH WHO LOVED OUR MOVEMENT AS MUCH AS I DO. COME UP SHOW YOURSELVES AND SHARE YOUR IDEAS, TIME AND ENERGY (WHENEVER YOU'RE FREE) WITH ME..I NEED ALL THE SUPPORT I CAN GET FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR BELOVED SABAH SCOUT.