Be Prepared!

"BE PREPARED (BP)" the Scout Motto as Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouts movement explains;

BP which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your DUTY.

Be Prepared in Mind by having disciplined yourself to be obedient to every order, and also by having thought out beforehand any accident or situation that might occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment, and are willing to do it.

Be Prepared in Body by making yourself strong and active and able to do the right thing at the right moment, and do it.

"To do the right thing at the right moment" can be extreme:

"Where a man has gone so far as to attempt suicide, a Scout should know what to do with him."

"BE PREPARED to die for your country if need be, so that when the moment arrives you may charge home with confidence, not caring whether you are going to be killed or not"

Heard from the jamboree crowd, it was a shame that the Third Scouts International Peace Jamboree in melaka recently was turned into a Malaysian political platform going by the speech of the Government leaders officiating the recent event in Melaka calling for support for Barisan Nasional in Permatang Pauh.

The honorary president of the Malaysian Scouts Federation certainly wasn't prepared when someone from the crowd shouted "Hidup Anwar!" referring to the support of the de-facto Opposition Leader of Pakatan Rakyat. Honorary President was caught pants down!

That surprise call had left red faces all around the event and a lesson to the Government leaders not to politicise such events! It's a wake up call to BN leaders that they are no longer able to seat comfortably and rake it the benefits in their pesonal capacity.