Total Company collection
Seniors top 6 collectors
Seniors who met target ($150)
Seniors best average squad collections
Juniors top 4 collectors
Juniors who met target ($100)
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
BB Week 2009 Results
Thank God for His provision.
Total Company collection
Seniors top 6 collectors
Seniors who met target ($150)
Seniors best average squad collections
Juniors top 4 collectors
Juniors who met target ($100)
Total Company collection
Seniors top 6 collectors
Seniors who met target ($150)
Seniors best average squad collections
Juniors top 4 collectors
Juniors who met target ($100)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Who Am I by Casting Crowns
This is the Song of the Month (SOTM!) for April. Watch this video to learn how to play this song from Casting Crowns themselves!
Here's the video for the full length of the song. May we find our identity in Christ and honour and glorify Him in this vapour-like lifetime.
Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning Star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.
Not because of who I am.
But because of what You've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who You are.
Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord You catch me when I'm falling,
And You told me who I am.
I am Yours.
I am Yours.
Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who am I?
That the voice that calm the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.
Not because of who I am.
But because what of You've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who You are.
Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord You catch me when I'm falling,
And You told me who I am.
I am Yours.
Not because of who I am.
But because of what You've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who You are.
Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord You catch me when I'm falling,
And You told me who I am.
I am Yours.
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cuz I am Yours.
I am Yours.
Here's the video for the full length of the song. May we find our identity in Christ and honour and glorify Him in this vapour-like lifetime.
Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning Star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.
Not because of who I am.
But because of what You've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who You are.
Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord You catch me when I'm falling,
And You told me who I am.
I am Yours.
I am Yours.
Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who am I?
That the voice that calm the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.
Not because of who I am.
But because what of You've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who You are.
Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord You catch me when I'm falling,
And You told me who I am.
I am Yours.
Not because of who I am.
But because of what You've done.
Not because of what I've done.
But because of who You are.
Chorus:
I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still You hear me when I'm calling,
Lord You catch me when I'm falling,
And You told me who I am.
I am Yours.
Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
'Cuz I am Yours.
I am Yours.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
17th Girls' Brigade Company
The 17th Girls’ Brigade Company, which was also based at the Shuqun Secondary School and sponsored by Jurong Christian Church, had a thanksgiving programme in church this afternoon. The Shuqun Secondary School has decided to discontinue the CCA, due to various reasons. The thanksgiving was an opportunity for the officers and girls, both past and present, to reflect upon God’s goodness to them all these years. A group of us from the BB joined them – Captain, MDM, mdm, Yifeng, Joshua, Meng Huat, Ming Huan, Jun Rong and me.
After that, the group proceeded to the Lotus Garden Restaurant for dinner. Ting Cheng, Chee Kiong and Agnes and their 2 kids, and Jim joined us too. The girls and ladies were busy taking pictures through the night, in between eating the food. Here’s a picture we took together as the BB Group.
After that, the group proceeded to the Lotus Garden Restaurant for dinner. Ting Cheng, Chee Kiong and Agnes and their 2 kids, and Jim joined us too. The girls and ladies were busy taking pictures through the night, in between eating the food. Here’s a picture we took together as the BB Group.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Drill Results
Dear Boys,
As promised, here are the results for our Drill stages 1 & 2.
We did not do too well for our Drill this year. For those of you who failed to meet the mark, do not be dismayed. We will be conducting drill sessions in July and August and will be reviewing your results again after these sessions. We will consider the results on a case-by-case basis.
For those of you who passed, well done and keep up the good job! You performed well during our Target & Drill Camp.
Please call me for any clarifications.
Regards,
Officer Dennis
As promised, here are the results for our Drill stages 1 & 2.
We did not do too well for our Drill this year. For those of you who failed to meet the mark, do not be dismayed. We will be conducting drill sessions in July and August and will be reviewing your results again after these sessions. We will consider the results on a case-by-case basis.
For those of you who passed, well done and keep up the good job! You performed well during our Target & Drill Camp.
Please call me for any clarifications.
Regards,
Officer Dennis
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Combined Seniors-Juniors Outing 11 Apr 2009
We had a combined Seniors-Juniors Outing to Mount Faber-Henderson Waves-Southern Ridges-Forest Walk-Hort Park today. The weather was good – there was no rain, but it was hot.
The gathering point was Shuqun Primary School. The coaches were more than 30 minutes late – not sure why, whether it was our fault for not confirming the booking or some other reason. Pte Xavier went to Shuqun Secondary School instead, and officer Leon had to take a cab there to fetch him to the Shuqun Primary School. Junior Eugene did not tell his father about the outing. So, the father sent him and his sister to school at the normal time for the parade, which was after 8 am. Good thing the coaches were late.
The Juniors were divided into 4 groups, and each group was attached to squads Philemon, Ephesians, Solomon or Corinthians. It was good to see the Senior Boys taking care of the Junior Boys and talking to them. At the Hort Park, the Boys gave the refreshment kiosk a lot of business, buying snacks, drinks and ice cream for themselves.
Nothing much to post about, except to put up some pictures here. There were 2 strange sights to behold – our Junior Boys reading a book (Varden reading Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach) and doing their assessment book (See Hung working on his English assessment book). Look at the pictures below.
Group pictures
Varden reading
See Hung working on his English assessment book
Miscellaneous
The gathering point was Shuqun Primary School. The coaches were more than 30 minutes late – not sure why, whether it was our fault for not confirming the booking or some other reason. Pte Xavier went to Shuqun Secondary School instead, and officer Leon had to take a cab there to fetch him to the Shuqun Primary School. Junior Eugene did not tell his father about the outing. So, the father sent him and his sister to school at the normal time for the parade, which was after 8 am. Good thing the coaches were late.
The Juniors were divided into 4 groups, and each group was attached to squads Philemon, Ephesians, Solomon or Corinthians. It was good to see the Senior Boys taking care of the Junior Boys and talking to them. At the Hort Park, the Boys gave the refreshment kiosk a lot of business, buying snacks, drinks and ice cream for themselves.
Nothing much to post about, except to put up some pictures here. There were 2 strange sights to behold – our Junior Boys reading a book (Varden reading Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach) and doing their assessment book (See Hung working on his English assessment book). Look at the pictures below.
Group pictures
Varden reading
See Hung working on his English assessment book
Miscellaneous
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Adventure Quest [Team 1's Story cum Experience (2)]
Hey everybody! Ricky Here!
Let me share with you guys my AQ experience.
(Since our dear Clement mention what happen i shall not repeat)
So let me start from the 2nd Check point of leg one, Fort Canning Park.
As GLM mentioned 'Fort Canning was really messy and complicated, having to navigate an additional map of the park to clear 4 mini checkpoints there. The park has many stairs which really drained our team of energy.' but we took this opportunity to catch up with the teams who started the race 'CHIONGING'
by jogging consistently, we manage to clear this checkpoint rather smoothly..
We continued to Jog(non-stop), upon arriving the Singapore Flyer we get to Jog on the F1 Race Track! Isnt it cool?! But we took a short break by Brisk walking, as we were a little exhausted. And i happen to find 4 EZ link cards with $20, when i looked at it i wanted to leave it there but i still took it up, ran to the 'mam'(madam) further upfront(thus kinda waste my energy) and passed it to her..
We got to kallang(2nd Leg) and split in to two's to take kayaking and soccer.
We were at the top 40 teams to arrive for Kayaking, KokYong and i left there as soon as we plotted the next checkpoint. Kokyong, not wanting to waste Boris and Boon Hwee's time we ran(I felt really tired at this point) not wanting to let KY down i ran with him. when we got to the place we hesitated as we couldn't find the check point! though alot of the teams are travelling in the direction we are suppose to head, we check the map again and again, and kept on orientating. I didnt want to waste anymore time, we blindly followed and to my surprise they were right! Later on i realised that the checkpoint we were finding so hard did not exist, well it does exist AS A GUIDE, its a checkpoint with no officers that why..
After completing the soccer we walk/jogged back, when we did, Boon Hwee and Boris were no where to be found! I was anxious, 'Could they have left without us?!!' I thought a loud, after searching for them for 20mins and checking with the officers(who wasnt much of a help!) i sat down and was dismayed.
After 45mins, Boon Hwee's figure appeared , with thanksgiving in my heart i waved and yelled at him to hurry up! But boris was still lacking behind(way behind), when he got to where we were he mention he had a sore on his ankle, but i kept rushing him(which is kinda wrong) and after apply the muscle cream, we carried on running. Boris kept apologizing, but as a leader i cannot encourage the 'Blaming Game' so i told him it was not his fault.
What happen was that he 'forgot' how to kayak! It was partly my fault too, i did not look at the checkpoints ahead before making the decision of whose going to kayak and whose going to run..
Nevertheless we got to the archery checkpoint, thinking that we can take this opportunity to make up for our 'loss'.. But we Re-Qued 5 times..wasting a total of 3and a half hours! So we dropped all the way to the 80th position(+ -)
I was VERY VERY VERY Depressed.. My heart sank, all the way to the bottom..i felt like crying but i remember that we must still finish the race(Captain and officer Wen Wei mentioned) we packed our bag way ahead of the other teams who looked more depressed, and got our CUT OFF stamp and we ran to the Bike checkpoint, there the teams that was behind caught up, but we finished plotting :)
KY led us in this leg, we never stop for this leg as we were far behind time.
My leg muscle was hurting but i cant hold my team back so I persevered.
There were a number of stops were we were required to lift our (somewhat) Heavy bikes up the overhead bridge, and I have a larger load, Carrying BORIS's bike.
I could even taste salt(Literally) out of my sweat as we finish our bike Journey, Meng huat and Daniel was in front of us at the Bike drop off point(It was some what of an encouragement). Daniel followed us and he helped to push the restless boon hwee, you could tell from his face that he was totally exhausted, he wanted to call it quits, he even yelled 'Cannot liao lah' in Chinese and everyone was feeling tired and down..
Therefore with little energy we walked to Springfield Sec(daniel found another EZ link card) and then ran in with Daniel with every little energy we have left..
All in all, i am glad that we, as a team manage to complete this race with much teamwork.. And that is what we should want to achieve out of this Adventurous Race, teamwork and perseverance. Though the positioning is important, staying together completing the race as a team, is more valuable than that of our positioning.
I also want to take this opportunity to thank all who spent their time/effort/money for this AQ training and preparations.
Ricky, Signing OFF!
Let me share with you guys my AQ experience.
(Since our dear Clement mention what happen i shall not repeat)
So let me start from the 2nd Check point of leg one, Fort Canning Park.
As GLM mentioned 'Fort Canning was really messy and complicated, having to navigate an additional map of the park to clear 4 mini checkpoints there. The park has many stairs which really drained our team of energy.' but we took this opportunity to catch up with the teams who started the race 'CHIONGING'
by jogging consistently, we manage to clear this checkpoint rather smoothly..
We continued to Jog(non-stop), upon arriving the Singapore Flyer we get to Jog on the F1 Race Track! Isnt it cool?! But we took a short break by Brisk walking, as we were a little exhausted. And i happen to find 4 EZ link cards with $20, when i looked at it i wanted to leave it there but i still took it up, ran to the 'mam'(madam) further upfront(thus kinda waste my energy) and passed it to her..
We got to kallang(2nd Leg) and split in to two's to take kayaking and soccer.
We were at the top 40 teams to arrive for Kayaking, KokYong and i left there as soon as we plotted the next checkpoint. Kokyong, not wanting to waste Boris and Boon Hwee's time we ran(I felt really tired at this point) not wanting to let KY down i ran with him. when we got to the place we hesitated as we couldn't find the check point! though alot of the teams are travelling in the direction we are suppose to head, we check the map again and again, and kept on orientating. I didnt want to waste anymore time, we blindly followed and to my surprise they were right! Later on i realised that the checkpoint we were finding so hard did not exist, well it does exist AS A GUIDE, its a checkpoint with no officers that why..
After completing the soccer we walk/jogged back, when we did, Boon Hwee and Boris were no where to be found! I was anxious, 'Could they have left without us?!!' I thought a loud, after searching for them for 20mins and checking with the officers(who wasnt much of a help!) i sat down and was dismayed.
After 45mins, Boon Hwee's figure appeared , with thanksgiving in my heart i waved and yelled at him to hurry up! But boris was still lacking behind(way behind), when he got to where we were he mention he had a sore on his ankle, but i kept rushing him(which is kinda wrong) and after apply the muscle cream, we carried on running. Boris kept apologizing, but as a leader i cannot encourage the 'Blaming Game' so i told him it was not his fault.
What happen was that he 'forgot' how to kayak! It was partly my fault too, i did not look at the checkpoints ahead before making the decision of whose going to kayak and whose going to run..
Nevertheless we got to the archery checkpoint, thinking that we can take this opportunity to make up for our 'loss'.. But we Re-Qued 5 times..wasting a total of 3and a half hours! So we dropped all the way to the 80th position(+ -)
I was VERY VERY VERY Depressed.. My heart sank, all the way to the bottom..i felt like crying but i remember that we must still finish the race(Captain and officer Wen Wei mentioned) we packed our bag way ahead of the other teams who looked more depressed, and got our CUT OFF stamp and we ran to the Bike checkpoint, there the teams that was behind caught up, but we finished plotting :)
KY led us in this leg, we never stop for this leg as we were far behind time.
My leg muscle was hurting but i cant hold my team back so I persevered.
There were a number of stops were we were required to lift our (somewhat) Heavy bikes up the overhead bridge, and I have a larger load, Carrying BORIS's bike.
I could even taste salt(Literally) out of my sweat as we finish our bike Journey, Meng huat and Daniel was in front of us at the Bike drop off point(It was some what of an encouragement). Daniel followed us and he helped to push the restless boon hwee, you could tell from his face that he was totally exhausted, he wanted to call it quits, he even yelled 'Cannot liao lah' in Chinese and everyone was feeling tired and down..
Therefore with little energy we walked to Springfield Sec(daniel found another EZ link card) and then ran in with Daniel with every little energy we have left..
All in all, i am glad that we, as a team manage to complete this race with much teamwork.. And that is what we should want to achieve out of this Adventurous Race, teamwork and perseverance. Though the positioning is important, staying together completing the race as a team, is more valuable than that of our positioning.
I also want to take this opportunity to thank all who spent their time/effort/money for this AQ training and preparations.
Ricky, Signing OFF!
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Adventure Quest (Experience)
Hi, Clement here.
Here's what we had gone through for the AQ.
On Friday evening, we went to the very comfortable hotel room. Though the 10 of us had to squeeze in just one room, the cool ambiance in the room plus the nice view quite satisfy us judging our volume of laughter at some jokes till we need to remind ourselves not to disturb the neighbouring guests. We then continued to slurp our 'cup cup noodles' (杯杯面) while taking turns to enjoy the shower. Sleeping came easy for some of us while the rest had to lie, roll, talk a while before our slumber. Lights off at 8.30 pm.
It was Joshua's phone that woke us all up except for Joshua (...). Lights on at 2.10 am on Saturday morning. After which we quickly ate our breakfast and packed our bags.
BBHQ was still blocked off from entry of teams as registration have not began. At arrival, we saw quite a number of teams there waiting already. Got our AQ kit and started plotting our map while discussing some strategies.
The flag off was near Zouk, along the Singapore river. Checkpoints of leg 1 were Fort Canning park, G-Max, Singapore Flyer and Kallang Basin. To my team, we arrived at Fort Canning behind other teams. Fort Canning was really messy and complicated, having to navigate an additional map of the park to clear 4 mini checkpoints there. The park has many stairs which really drained our team of energy.
I had also diverted other teams in the wrong direction: Our team was in front, with them catching up. There was a split road ahead of which only the one on the right can lead us out of Fort Canning to G-max. I went ahead to the left instead and suddenly, someone from another team who had trailed me shouted,"I know, I know, it's this way", pointing to my direction. He then ran full speed ahead of me with his teammates also running. A handful of other teams also followed but of course we continued on the right path. They soon realised they were wrong and quickly U-turned, by then, we were quite far from them.
Passing by G-max, we trailed back to the Singapore River on our way to Amphitheatre and the Flyer. Samuel was right when he said we wasn't near the Flyer though we thought we was as the Flyer as so big. Other teams that were also making their way there were very inconsistent, we managed a brisk walk while they sprint and slow down repeatedly. They also ran the uphills but walked down the downhills for reasons we don't know.
At Kallang, we need to split up into two's to take on kayaking and soccer.
Kayaking was a long wait as Joshua and Samuel had to wait for other teams to finish their kayak lap. We also had to complete a sudoku with only 10 blanks.
Next was archery, where we saw the familiar teams that overtook us earlier near the Flyer. There was a whole big bunch there as many teams cannot pass the required three hits within 6 shots. We were lucky as we cleared it on our first try and managed to beat many teams.
East Coast Park was next where we picked up our bikes and cycled all the to Bedok with stops in between to cross roads, overhead bridges ( :( ) and underpasses. Joshua led us in this leg and had often slowed down so that the rest of us can keep up.
At Bedok, Samuel had a slight cramp in his right leg while I was complaining about my abrasion.
The finishing point was near and we pushed ourselves forward.
We made it close to the top half and I personally am very proud of our team especially Samuel who did not gave up and lasted all the way. Thanks to Joshua and Ivan as well for the team effort. AQ this year will definitely be remembered for a long time.
Also thanks to the Company for being behind us all this while, and to help us train and prepare for the AQ.
Clement
Here's what we had gone through for the AQ.
On Friday evening, we went to the very comfortable hotel room. Though the 10 of us had to squeeze in just one room, the cool ambiance in the room plus the nice view quite satisfy us judging our volume of laughter at some jokes till we need to remind ourselves not to disturb the neighbouring guests. We then continued to slurp our 'cup cup noodles' (杯杯面) while taking turns to enjoy the shower. Sleeping came easy for some of us while the rest had to lie, roll, talk a while before our slumber. Lights off at 8.30 pm.
It was Joshua's phone that woke us all up except for Joshua (...). Lights on at 2.10 am on Saturday morning. After which we quickly ate our breakfast and packed our bags.
BBHQ was still blocked off from entry of teams as registration have not began. At arrival, we saw quite a number of teams there waiting already. Got our AQ kit and started plotting our map while discussing some strategies.
The flag off was near Zouk, along the Singapore river. Checkpoints of leg 1 were Fort Canning park, G-Max, Singapore Flyer and Kallang Basin. To my team, we arrived at Fort Canning behind other teams. Fort Canning was really messy and complicated, having to navigate an additional map of the park to clear 4 mini checkpoints there. The park has many stairs which really drained our team of energy.
I had also diverted other teams in the wrong direction: Our team was in front, with them catching up. There was a split road ahead of which only the one on the right can lead us out of Fort Canning to G-max. I went ahead to the left instead and suddenly, someone from another team who had trailed me shouted,"I know, I know, it's this way", pointing to my direction. He then ran full speed ahead of me with his teammates also running. A handful of other teams also followed but of course we continued on the right path. They soon realised they were wrong and quickly U-turned, by then, we were quite far from them.
Passing by G-max, we trailed back to the Singapore River on our way to Amphitheatre and the Flyer. Samuel was right when he said we wasn't near the Flyer though we thought we was as the Flyer as so big. Other teams that were also making their way there were very inconsistent, we managed a brisk walk while they sprint and slow down repeatedly. They also ran the uphills but walked down the downhills for reasons we don't know.
At Kallang, we need to split up into two's to take on kayaking and soccer.
Kayaking was a long wait as Joshua and Samuel had to wait for other teams to finish their kayak lap. We also had to complete a sudoku with only 10 blanks.
Next was archery, where we saw the familiar teams that overtook us earlier near the Flyer. There was a whole big bunch there as many teams cannot pass the required three hits within 6 shots. We were lucky as we cleared it on our first try and managed to beat many teams.
East Coast Park was next where we picked up our bikes and cycled all the to Bedok with stops in between to cross roads, overhead bridges ( :( ) and underpasses. Joshua led us in this leg and had often slowed down so that the rest of us can keep up.
At Bedok, Samuel had a slight cramp in his right leg while I was complaining about my abrasion.
The finishing point was near and we pushed ourselves forward.
We made it close to the top half and I personally am very proud of our team especially Samuel who did not gave up and lasted all the way. Thanks to Joshua and Ivan as well for the team effort. AQ this year will definitely be remembered for a long time.
Also thanks to the Company for being behind us all this while, and to help us train and prepare for the AQ.
Clement
Enrolment 2009
Today was our Enrolment Day. As usual, we had an Enrolment Parade followed by Enrolment Service in Jurong Christian Church. Mr Aldophus Tan, principal of Shuqun Secondary School, was our Guest-of-Honour. Our other guests were Mr Samuel Soh, vice-principal of Shuqun Primary School, and Mr Poh Leong Berg, Vice-President of the Boys Brigade in Singapore.
Besides the usual awards presentation, including badges earned, best attendance, and promotions, we announced the Best Squad for 2008, which went to Squad Corinthians (yea! my squad!). We also presented the Best Boy Awards to Sergeant Ricky and Sergeant Clement.
Here are some pictures from this morning - including the group pictures. More pictures will be posted in the blog later.
Junior Section
Combined Junior and Senior Sections
Senior Section
Best Boy Sergeant Ricky with the Mr Aldolphus Tan, principal of Shuqun Secondary School, and Captain
Best Boys Sergeant Ricky and Sergeant Clement, with Mr Poh Leong Berg, Vice-President of the Boys Brigade in Singapore
Captain presenting tokens of appreciation to Mr Aldophus Tan, Mr Samuel Soh and Mr Poh Leong Berg
Besides the usual awards presentation, including badges earned, best attendance, and promotions, we announced the Best Squad for 2008, which went to Squad Corinthians (yea! my squad!). We also presented the Best Boy Awards to Sergeant Ricky and Sergeant Clement.
Here are some pictures from this morning - including the group pictures. More pictures will be posted in the blog later.
Junior Section
Combined Junior and Senior Sections
Senior Section
Best Boy Sergeant Ricky with the Mr Aldolphus Tan, principal of Shuqun Secondary School, and Captain
Best Boys Sergeant Ricky and Sergeant Clement, with Mr Poh Leong Berg, Vice-President of the Boys Brigade in Singapore
Captain presenting tokens of appreciation to Mr Aldophus Tan, Mr Samuel Soh and Mr Poh Leong Berg
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