Manjusri Secondary School
Buddhist Interact Club
文殊中学佛学会
Birthdate
6 April 1983
Mission
To nurture Buddhist youths to become future leaders
Vision
To promote and inculcate Buddhist values in students
To provide opportunities for members to be responsible and compassionate leaders
Day of Activities
Every Thursday 3 - 5 pm
Regular Activities
Sign language songs
Dharma Discussion
Movie Screening
Drama lessons
Tea appreciation
Outings
CIP
Camping







Teachers-in-charge
Mrs Cheng
Mrs Yeo
Ms Gan
Chairman
Elysia tan
Vice-Chairman
jiahui
Members
Sec 5: Su Hiang, Ziyi, Jin Jie,
Sec 4: Yan Ye, Yeat Yuan, Claudia
Sec 3: Jia Hui, Pei Ching,
Meng Kuan, Amanda, leona,
Ren Fang, Mei Hua,
Elysia, Zee Yee,hazel
Sec 2: Wen Shi,Regine, Daryl,
Javier, Willis, Wen Feng
Sec 1: Xinti, Jia Xun, Zhi Yin
Blog maintained by
Jia Hui
Pei Ching
Senior Members who continue to give us support
Billy, Alex, Qiu Hui, Wan Qing, Shu Hui, Yan Ling, Yixiang, Patrick, Vicent ,Yeow Chong



performance outside school
2006 - NLB for Book Launch of Mr Tan Swie Hien
2007 - Competition at Tzu Chi Foundation
2008 - Orchard Vesak Celebration
2008 - KMSPKS Gratitude Concert
2008 - KMSPKS 大悲心大愿力 Concert
2008 - SHINE Official Launch
2008 - Competition at Tzu Chi Foundation (26 July)
2009 - Orchard Vesak Celebration



sign language songs from Tzu Chi
温暖满人间
一家人
生命圆舞曲
让爱传出去
more....


Sign Language songs competitions
- 2 Silvers Awards (2007)
- 1 Silver Award + 1 Consolation Award (2008)

National Day Inter-CCA MTV Competition 07
- Special Mentioned Award

Vist to Jamiah Children's Home
Cleaning the Beach
Distributing Flyers for collection of old newspapers
Folding stars for Charity - SHINE Project

Buddhist Stories

Buddhist Tales

佛典故事之世尊的诞生到涅盘

Links

Manjusri Secondary School

S'pore Buddhist Federation

SBM Youth

Buddhist Fellowship

Kmspks Youth Ministry

Tzu Chi Teenagers

Young Buddhist Chapter

NTU Buddhist Society

Credits

Blog created by Elaine Soh
Skin edited by

Jiemin

. All the pics collected from

DeviantArt

. Edited by

Adobe Photoshop

.

Today we practised aerobic dance and viewed 2 videos on 阿嬷的小看护 and 快乐的小天使. The aerobic dance was very interesting and the videos set us thinking. Members gave a lot of good and interesting ideas on how to carry out the sessions for next year.
Members present: Mengkuan, Jiaxun, Zhiyin, Elysia, Hazel, Wen Shi, Regine, Wen Feng, Javier, Clive

Next meeting:
Thu 12/11/09 - 2 - 3.30 pm
Fri 13/11/09 - 1 to 2.30 pm

Vene: IT Learning Room

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Dear members,

We have a few important announcements here:

BIC will be made the first CCA next year (Yeah! Yan Ye has announced the news earlier than us.). This means that we will be able to recruit new members at the CCA exhibition.

We have a few important and big missions next year. As such, we need to meet next week to work out the framework. Please meet at the IT Learning Room 1 on Monday (9 Nov, 2 to 3 pm), Thursday (12 Nov, 2 to 3 pm) and Friday (13 Nov, 1 to 2.30pm).

BIC will not achieve its status without our committed members, seniors and friends who spent a lot of time and effort in every event that we carried out. We hope to turn BIC into the training ground of Bodhisattvas who helps the needy people. All of us must try our best to improve ourselves and give positive influence to all the people we meet. We have the power to bring out harmony and happiness!

For those who have not signed up for SBM camp, please do so ASAP. This is a fun and nurturing camp. Do not miss it!

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Amanda, Mengkuan, Wen Shi, Regine and Elysia spent the whole afternoon on Thursday, 22 Oct, to do up the noticeboard and finally CCA Open House was held successfully on 28 Oct 2009. Due to the Sec 3 NA Elective Programmes and Lower Sec post-exam activities, only Elysia, Wen Shi and Regine volunteered to help out on the actual day. The three of them formed a very strong team and presented BIC activities rto 150 Maha Bodhi and Eunos Primary School students. Well done, Elysia, Wen Shi and Regine! You can see their hard work in the photos below.

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Time: 2.30 to 4.30 pm
Venue: 3A classroom

Agenda:

1. Confirmation of members to man the BIC booth on CCA Open House.
2. Confirmation of members to attend SBF Opening Ceremony.
3. Sec 1 Buddhist Camp 2010
4. Sec 1 and 2 Jing Si Yu Project 2010
5. Preparation for CCA Open House

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Our seniors Kai Wen, Pearson, Yeow Chong and their teammates will be coming to our school to publicise their annual camp from 9 am to 3 pm. Do give them your support and sign up for the camp if you have not done so. Please encourage your friends to sign up too before all the vacancies are taken up.

Venue: School Canteen
Time: 9 am to 3 pm

Reminder: Meeting on Thursday, 22 Oct 2009, 2.30 pm @ 3A classroom

In addition to our members' help in the flag day for victims of the South Pacific Tropical Storm on 18 Oct 09, our school YEP team will be conducting a donation drive to support Mercy Relief's humanitarian efforts for the victims of Sumatra Quake Relief this Friday. Please participate in this good deed. You may visit Mercy Relief Website to appreciate the efforts they put in: http://www.mercyrelief.org/

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This post is from KMSPKS Youth Ministry:

Hi Everyone,

Hope all of you are doing well.

This year has been a turbulent year, with recession and incidents happened within the Buddhist community. We would like to Thank You for Sticking with us all this while.

On 24 Oct, we are having an Empowerment Series workshop that is specially designed for you.

Do come and share with us your thoughts and feelings towards learning Dharma in the midst of all the things that are happening around us.

Let us continue learn Dharma together with strong spirit and passion! Cheers! =)

Ci Hui


kmsYM Empowerment Series Presents:

Dealing with Differences in the Buddhist Community

All of us started serving the Buddhist community with great aspirations, but why do some of us end up feeling frustrated, angered and helpless when differences arise within our community?

If such issues are not managed properly, negative feelings towards others arise. Worse still, we might lose sight of our initial goal and our faith in the Triple Gem can be shaken.

Facilitated by Brother Zenon Teh, this interactive workshop helps you to process these issues and seek solutions, while strengthening your confidence in the practice of the Buddha-Dharma.

Date: 24 Oct 09, Saturday
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Venue: Classrooms 5 & 6, 1st floor, Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall
Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

About the Facilitator
Zenon Teh has been curious about the truth of the universe and purpose of living since young. Brought up in Catholic schools, he was engaged in Christianity. After he came into contact with the Buddha-Dharma in the early 1980s, he took refuge from Sakyapa Tibetan gurus. In the mid '90s, he learnt about the Pureland Teachings and embraced Amitabha Buddha recitation, seeing the aspiration to be born in the Pureland as his highest goal in life.

To register, email youth@kmspks.org or call 6849 5346 by 22 Oct 09

Labels: Dharma Workshop at KMSPKS

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There will be an urgent meeting this coming Thursday, 22 Oct 2009. Please be punctual.

Time: 2.30 to 4.30 pm.

Venue: Sec 3A classroom.

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Dear all,

Hope that you have done well in your exams. :)

There will be an Open House for P6 students and their parents on 28 Oct 2009 from 8.00 am to 12.30 pm. We need to have a meeting for the Open House after the EOY Exam. Date to be confirmed.

SBM will be having a camp after the GCE "O" Level Exam. Our BIC members are strongly encouraged to join the camp. The camp master is our senior Kai Wen. Please let me know if you are interested to go. I may be able to get some subsidy for you.

We will be helping Mercy Relief on their flag day on 18 Oct 09 to raise funds for victims of the Typhoon Ketsana and South Sumatra Earthquake. Elysia, Hazel, Wen Shi and Xinti have signed up for the first shift from 9.00 am to 12 noon. Thank you for prompt compassionate response. For those who want to give donations, please check details from http://www.mercyrelief.org/

That's all for today.

All the best to you in the EOY Exam. :)

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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tomorrow will start end of year paper again
wish all of you good luck
all the best for exam..
jiayou!!
try your best in your exam..
and get flying colour for your exam..
good luck everyone..
jiayou!!jiayou!!

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Good news for those who are interested to learn more about meditation and the Dharma. This is an email from Satipatthana Meditation Centre (SMC):

Dear Brothers & Sisters-in-the-Dhamma,

We are happy to announce the following courses conducted by Sayadaw U Sejjanalankara at SMC, 40 Jalan Malu-Malu. All are welcome to attend the courses. Please register for the courses (course, name, HP contact, email) by sending email to sati_patthana@yahoo.com.sg or on the notice board at the centre, by 19 Oct 09.
(http://www.smcmeditation.org/Metta_DhammaPoster_Oct09.pdf)

1. GUIDED METTA MEDITATION SESSIONS CUM DISCOURSES (English)
Date & Time: Every Thurs 7.30 pm & Sat from 7 pm, 22 Oct to 17 Dec 09 (17 sessions).
Fee: Free

Metta (Loving Kindness) meditation refers to the repeated cultivation of metta in our own hearts and minds to make it firm and strong. With this practice, we develop a genuine wish for own happiness and the happiness of others. Metta cultivation is an effective means to overcome anger, to build up the required concentration base for the development of insight and for healthy relationship with every living being, which is very important for a happy family, society and world.

Course outline:
1. The Spirit of Metta & Introductory Discourse
2. Metta as a Spiritual Path
3. Preliminary for Development of Metta Spirit
4. Nurturing and Developing the Metta Spirit on a Personal Level &
Witnessing it as a Wholesome Spiritual Force
5. Practical Transmission of Metta Spirit
6. The 11 Benefits of Metta as described by the Buddha (Metta Sutta)
7. Metta as a Complimentary Practice leading to Nibbana
8. Metta as a Foundation of Four Modes of Holy Living (Sanhitta Sutta)
9. Metta as a way to Heaven
10. Metta as a Social Path for Peace, Harmony & Progress (Saraniya Sutta)
11. Uniqueness of Metta as said by the Buddha (Velama Sutta)

2. SUTTA DISCUSSIONS (English)
Date & Time: Every Mon & Fri 7.30 pm, and Sat 3-5 pm, 19 Oct ? 18 Dec 09. 24 sessions.
Fee: Free

We invite you to come and learn the Buddha's teachings from Venerable Sayadaw U Sejjanalankara, a highly learned monk. "Hard to gain is birth as man; hard is the life of mortals; hard to get is the opportunity of hearing the Ariya Dhamma; hard it is for a Buddha to appear." -Dhammapada Do not miss this opportunity to learn the Dhamma.

Course outline:
1. Ten kinds of Blessings everyone wants (Itthadhamma Sutta)
2. The Voice of Angel (Pancapubbanimitta Sutta)
3. Is Spiritual goal achievable in this very life?
4. The way of Enlightened Saints (Ariyavasa Sutta)
5. Buddha?s Superknowledge which can see Divine Beings in 8 Gradual Steps
6. Six Superknowledge of the Buddha only unique to the Buddha
7. Loka Sutta
8. Satu Vesarajja Nana
9. Nine Gradual Living Modes in Advanced Consciousness (Anupubba Vihara Sutta)

( And more topics to announced later.
Please check http://www.smcmeditation.org/CourseSchedule.pdf)

Venerable Sayadaw U Sejjanalankara is the Chief Abbot of the Dhammasukha Monastery in Los Angeles , USA . He holds the title of Dvipitakadhara, i.e. he memorised, studied and passed the exams of Dvipitaka - Vinaya Pitaka & Suttanta Pitaka. In addition to obtaining his Sasanadhajasiripavara Dhammacariya degree, he memorised five volumes of the Vinaya and passed his Vinayadhara exams when he was still a samanera. He had also undertaken intensive meditation in the Mahasi Meditation Centre from 1973 and also learnt anapanasati under other teachers. Since May 1995, Sayadaw is based in United States where he has established a Buddhist temple in Southern California . Presently Sayadaw conducts Vipassana meditation retreats, Buddhist studies, Pali grammar courses in Canada , California and Florida .
( http://www.smcmeditation.org/Sejjana_Biography.pdf )

We welcome you to join us in our activities at our new centre at 40 Jalan Malu-Malu (behind Sembawang Shopping Centre). For bus/MRT/driving directions to our new centre, please refer to http://www.smcmeditation.org/SMC_map.htm .

If you wish to receive regular updates on our SMC activities via SMS, please email us your name, HP and email contact.

Thank you. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!


With Metta,
Satipatthana Meditation Centre
http://www.smcmeditation.org/

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Yeow Chong came back to visit the Dengmi booth manned by Mengkuan

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'Buddha Collapsed out of Shame'

Movie Review 1:
A look into post-Taliban Afghanistan through the eyes of a child (click to see the full review)

By Lidia Louk
Epoch Times New York Staff
Sep 25, 2007

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Buddha Collapsed is set in Bamian, a small historic town in Afganistan ravaged by the Taliban's bloody rule. The violence has led to a complete destruction of precious historical and cultural relics, including the dynamiting of two priceless Buddha statues each over 100 feet tall that were carved into the Bamian cliffs 2,000 years ago. The tragic emptiness of the cliff openings' void where the statues used to preside serves as a backdrop for the most climactic and violent scenes of the film.

The story is a reflection of war and the seemingly unbreakable cycle of violence in children. Baktay (Nikbakht Noruz)—the main character, is a little girl in Bamian, who is obstinately trying to go to a recently opened girls' school across the river. In the process, she has to overcome her own family's poverty, her mother's indifference, and finally face ruthless boys who take her as a victim when playing a war game. The little girl's long and arduous journey provides numerous cultural references to modern day Afghanistan, and its attempt to return to normalcy following the Taliban's rule; including poverty, illiteracy, the need for reconciliation and reintegration in society.

Since the cute little Baktay serves as the narrative guide on this journey, it is very easy for the viewers to empathize with her aspirations and disappointments, despite the very basic dialogue. The purity of the child and her struggles illustrate the very core of Afghanistan's problems and challenges, as the audience experiences first-hand the ruthlessness of the Taliban via the boys' war game.

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Movie Review 2:
Buddha Collapsed out of Shame: Using Kids to Discuss Adults' Shameful Acts
Posted by jugu (from India's 1st Cinema Portal - Dear Cinema, click to see the full review)

This is an unusual film, though not one that can be considered a major work of cinema. It gains importance because it shows how children can be used as a tool to discuss serious social and political issues. The film is about a young Afghan girl who yearns to read and write as the boys of her age. The film provides a chilling account of the Taliban’s intolerance of girls attending school, of women using lipstick and stoning of women to death for trivial reasons—all reprised through games of children imitating the disturbing adult actions.
...
The most valuable part of the film is that the criticism is indirect as perceived from a child's perspective. A lovely, persistent, young girl child wanting to learn to read and attend school, makes intelligent use of her mother's lipstick and four eggs taken from her home to attain her aim in life. Her mother is away, working. (I guess here shades of director Hana Makhmalbaf's personal aspirations are mirrored, though she led a much better life than the Afghan girl.) The film is a wonderful example of use of kids in world cinema. What credible performances!

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some posters about friendship. Hope you will like them (:

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hello everyone, here to update about today's event:
we had a tea session today,and all of us were having fun and enjoyed ourselves through the games and interaction.
here are some photos...
and thank you yixiang for coming back.hope that there will be more ex-seniors coming back to join us (:

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Dear all,

The blog has not been updated for quite some time. We may need more people to post to bring more life to it. Mengkuan's suggestion is very good, thank you.
Please all meet at BIC room this Thursday (at 3 pm) at BIC room. We will have our tea session and please bring some snacks with you. We will review on this year's programmes and hope to draft out some interesting plans for future activities. All suggestions are welcome.

Please take note that we will have an open house for P6 parents and students on 18 Nov 09.

Amanda, Zhi Yin, Elysia, Hazel, Wen Shi, Regine, Kai Wen, Ms Tan Ai Hua and I will be watching the movie "Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame" on 19 Sep 09 (this Saturday) at Lido 1, Shaw House, 4.30 pm. Tickets will be given to those involved on Thursday's meeting. The tickets are sponsored by Dharma in Action ($81) and BIC ($14). We are very grateful to Dharma-In-Action for their generosity in giving us this opportunity to view the movie.

Here are some info about the movie:

Closing Film:Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame (PG)

• 19th September
• Saturday
• 4.30pm
• 84min

Language - PersianSubtitles - English

Awards

• 2008 Berlin International Film Festival
• Crystal Bear – Best Feature Film.
• Peace Film Award
• 2007 San Sebastian International Film Festival
• Special Prize of the Jury
• TVE Otra Mirada Award
  

Directed by Hana Makhmalbaf.


In the village of Bamiyan in Afghanistan where the Taliban destroyed the two giant Buddha statues in 2001, there lives a little little girl who envies her neighbour, the boy next door who goes to school. With a heart of a lion and an entrepreneurial spirit, she sets off to earn herself the proper stationery and a place at school.

Sadly, rejected by social norms, and the very teacher she wishes to learn form, she learns the hard way of a woman’s place in society. Worse still, our heroine gets ambushed by a band of boys play-acting the Taliban. What will they do to her and her notebook? The empty sites where the Buddhas once stood watches in silence

You can watch the trailer at http://www.thisfilmfest.com/films.html#bc

That's all for today. See you on Thursday.

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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The tickets are running out. The normal price per ticket is $11. Now we can only book for Mekhong Full Moon Party and The Dhamma Brothers. Which one do you want to watch? Please act fast before they are sold out again. Pls sms me by this Thursday so that I can book the tickets for you.

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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Dear members,


Those of you who want to watch the opening or closing movies during T.H.I.S Buddhist Film Festival please sms to Mrs Cheng ASAP. Our Dharma friends from Dharm In Action are sponsoring part of the ticket price, please take this opportunity to appreciate these good movies and appreciate the kindness of our Dharma friends. For more details about the movies, please click the link below.



http://www.thisfilmfest.com/films.html

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there will be no bic tommorrow..as there will ve oral exam going on..and those who going to Metta school,please report to Mr Gui outside the general office..and remember there will be sharing on friday,please bring along your friends..(:

the O level chinese it out,and our senior have done it well,and keep in out..and jiayou for your other paper..(:.and to yan ye,the N level paper is coming soon,so bic wish you all the best for you N level,jiayou!!!to suhiang,you really did well in your chinese paper,that shows you really put in alot of effort,and achieve your goal,so work hard..jiayou..all the best for your O level(:

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some pictures taken on friday.

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i dont know why I can't put up the picture,so i put up a short video..(:

and wish all of you enjoyed yourself today in bic,and very happy to see many people turned up today..(:

and last, but not least, we welcome zheng lao shi to be part of bic's team of teacher-in-charge..welcome you..hope you will enjoy yourself with bic members..and i will try to upload the pictures too..(:..

may all be well happy and free from suffering...(:

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some pictures taken today(:

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Haha.. we will have Aikido session this coming Thursday at 3 pm.. Remember to wear T-shirt and track pants. Don't be late, except for Elysia and Hazel who will come after their lessons. I am sorry that I can't join you as I have to attend the training course for Youth Expedition. Mrs Yeo is on Medical leaves for light duties. She won't be able to join us. Mr Fauzi has kindly agreed to help me, please co-operate with him.

Hope you will like the session.

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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here are some picture take during bic today

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO QIU HUI
may you be well happy and free from suffering(:
wish:
achieve your goal
have a succerful life
dream come true(:

happy birthday zhu you
happy birthday zhu you
happy birthday qiuhui
happy birthday zhu you

HAPPY BIRTHDAY(:

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Hi everyone,

Finally, we will see each other again at our BIC activities. Please be punctual. Ven Chuan Guan will be with us this coming Thursday. We will also welcome Mrs Yeo-Chan Fong Yee to join our BIC family. With her around, we will be able to explore the other areas that will bring BIC to a new height. Yeah! Please bring the book "What Buddhists Believe" when you come for the session.

Venue: Reflection Hall
Time: 3 - 5 pm

As I will be on course on 24, 25, 30, 31 July 09, I need your help to assist Ven Chuan Guan and Mrs Yeo-Chan (I told Mrs Yeo that our BIC members are very capable, I sincerely mean it!) Our photographers please help to take some activity photos.

Will let you know more details after I discussed with Ven Chuan Guan.

There will be a Video Competition again this year. Those of you who have learnt video editing please help to gather our members and think about how to make a BIC Video for this year's National Day. The details are as follows. You'll only have 2 weeks to work on it.

Mission Possible?

For this year's National Day, the NE Committee has decided to organize a Video Competition for the students. The theme of the competition will be ‘My Pledge’.

The participants will have to come up with their visual interpretation of the national pledge in a short video clip of not more than 3 minutes. It could be inspired by one sentence, a combination of sentences or the whole pledge.

Please note that unlike past years' competition, the video clips must be made using handphones or video cameras with the students involved appearing in the video clips. Sec 2 members in your CCA groups are the best people to work with in this area. They have done a video in their Semester 1 IPW project and this will be a good opportunity for them to show off their talent! Powerpoint presentations with music will no longer be acceptable. This is to allow the students more opportunities to exercise their creativity.

The competition is open to all students and not only to the CCA groups. The deadline for the competition 31st July 2009.

That's all for the time being. All the best to you :)

Mrs Cheng

Labels: BIC Resumes on 23/07/09 and Video Competition

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there will be no bic this thursday again
thus to the H1N1
so people please take good care of your health..
drink more water that the weather is getting hotter nowaday(:
and please remember to read "WHAT buddhist believe"(:

and i will update again the future news about next week thursday have bc or not
and if im not wrong there will bic next week,so be perpare that there will bic next thursday
and those who going to have presatation on 23 july,please remember show mrs cheng your slides (:

wish everyone will be well happy and free from suffering(:
and have a nice day(:

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there will be no bic on this thursday
and people who going to have presentation to 23 july,please remember to show mrs cheng your power point slide before your start present it to bic members
and people who going to present are hazel,shengyang and meihua
and the topic is 4 Noble Truths
last please take good care of your health
that drink more water and do regular exercise(:
and will update your when is next bic start..(:

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Dear members,

Billy has requested the book "What Buddhists Believe" on our behalf. Everyone gets one. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! Thank you Billy :D. Please collect it from me on Monday after school. As all CCAs will be suspended next week, there will be no meeting next Thu and Fri. Please read the first two chapters of "What Buddhists Believe" to prepare for our discussion at our next meeting.

P.S. Mdm Tay Mui Keng was very happy that all BIC members who signed up for SANA flagday today turned up as promised. This is another great job done by our members! Hope to see their photos soon.

with metta,
Mrs Cheng

Labels: What Buddhists Believe

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Hi BIC,

I feel very happy when I read BIC blog, on reflections of Amanda, Hazel and even Elysia. And indeed they make me feel so proud of all of them. Having seen and hear about their involvement in Camp Lion, BF camp, PTC as Group Leader and even YBC camp, I find that they had built up their own confidence, beside making more Dharma friends and learning more Dharma knowledge. Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!

It is good that you realize that there is a need for more Dharma knowledge so that you can share with your peers.

I would like to recommend two books for beginners: “What Buddhist Believe” by Venerable K. Sri Dhammananda and the other book is “Be a Lamp upon yourself”, a free distribution by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery.


Billy

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I forgot to mention in my previous post that a group of BIC members, mainly made up of the Sec 1 and 2 juniors, who helped out in METTA Charity Walk as volunteer helpers. Tomorrow, another group will be helping in SANA Flagday. Our members may be young, but their hearts are great!

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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Through this camp I realised that being a group leader is tiring but fun. At times we needed to pacify the kids, yeah it’s tiring but in the end we had so much fun with them. I also realised that we cannot pamper the kids too much, if not they cannot grow, mature and learn.


It’s really fun when I played with them; I felt that I was of the same age as them! However as a group leader I had an extra duty which was to look after them and make sure they didn’t get into any mischief or trouble. They, as any other kids, were really mischievous and playful. Hence they liked to climb around in the bunk, so we had to make sure they that didn’t fall or hurt themselves.


I felt really nice and comfortable being with them. They treated me like their friends. They shared their secret book with me. However, they lied to me, the secret book was just a page of drawing, and in the end we laughed and laughed and had so much fun. Being with them made me feel relaxed and comfortable.


Everyday with them was fun! But at the end of every day I got real tired. But this gave me a good night sleep. Thank you Mrs Cheng and SBM for giving BIC so many opportunities to lead and gain new experience. I want to thank the campers too. Lastly, I love this camp!


THANK YOU.


LOVE,
ELYSIA (:

Labels: Elysia's Reflection on PTF Camp

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Throughout the camp, I have observed that there are many different ways to look after a kid. Many differ according to their personalities. For example, kids who are way too hyperactive will not listen to you if you go soft on them, instead, you have to be firm and make your stand. Kids who are more pampered and mild must be spoken to in a soft and calming way. I also learnt that you need to pay utmost attention to the kids you are looking after or they will definitely get into mischief. Overall, I believe the kids had fun and many could not bear to leave on the last day. It was heart warming when the kids ran to me and gave me a big hug and said ' You are my big sis.' It definitely made my day and all the hard work paid off.

I spent most of the time in the camp looking after a 6 year old girl named Celeste. She was a group member in my group and so being the youngest member in the camp, I placed more attention on her to make sure she was okay, eventually, the kids in the camp took the role of big sisters and big brothers to look after Celeste. It was another heart warming experience. Little Celeste was definitely adorable and she made me her best friend. The sense of achievement is indescribable. I attended the camp feeling sceptical. I was unsure if I could handle the kids especially because I felt that I would not have the patience. As the days progressed, I realise I could actually manage the kids and enjoyed the experience thoroughly. Now that the camp is over, the children's names would occasionally pop out in my head. Their innocence and intelligence has truly touched me. If I have a chance, I would love to work with children more often in future.

Lastly to sum up, I think this camp has been a great learning experience to all BIC members. It was not easy taking charge of playful young kids. However, I definitely loved the time spent with the kids and would love to do it again. I believe the BIC members had an eye-opener and now understand more about dealing with children. Mrs Cheng, thank you for giving us this opportunity.

Hazel

Labels: Hazel's Reflection on PTF Camp

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This is an unusual June holidays. Our members have done BIC proud. They participated enthusiastically in the LIONS Camp and showed their leadership in PTF Camp. We have 5 members attended LIONS Camp, 6 members went for PTF Camp, 2 members participated in YBC Camp and 1 member joined BF Camp. Amanda wrote a very good reflections on what she learnt from the camps she attended. The others' reflections are on the way.

I am glad to see that many of you felt inadequate in the knowledge of the Dharma. This is true, but it is not true that you know nothing about it. All the BIC sessions are conducted with underlying Buddhist principles. We learnt to love and care for ourselves and others - this are loving-kindness and compassion. We feel happy for our friends who excelled in different fields - this is Appreciative Joy. We are taught to let go of the negative emotions and learnt to manage stress - this is Equanimity. These are the FOUR IMMEASURABLES - we will gain immeasurable merits if we take good care of our thoughts, our speech and our actions. We are taught not to kill, not to steal but to be responsible for our acts and not to shout at or speak harshly to people around us - these are the precepts that all Buddhists should observe. Although you may not know the actual Buddhist terms, you are all taught important Buddhist values and most importantly - you are already practising them. This makes me feel very proud of you.!

Now that you are ready, let's go for proper Dharma lessons. Cheers!

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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Today, we went back to school for BIC meeting and to bid farewell to Su Hiang, our graduating senior. We had come up with many plans for the coming Term 3. I hope that our plans work. Stay Cheerful!!!! Smile Always!!!! =D


All the best to you, Su Hiang!

Mrs Cheng presented BIC badge and a beautiful and meaniful bookmark made from Bodhi leaf to Su Hiang to remind her to do good deeds to refrain from doing bad deeds no matter how tiny the deeds are.

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Dear members,

Please be informed that the outing on 18 Jun 09 (Thu) will be cancelled as quite a number of our members will be helping out in SBM Preteen Camp. This is a good opportunity for members to learn to lead and care for the younger campers. It is through the participation that you will grow in your maturity and skills in leadership.

In order not to overtax you. We will only have 1 meeting this holiday:

Date: 15 Jun 09 (Mon)
Time: 10am to 1 pm
Venue: BIC Room
Agenda:

1. Sharing from those attended CAMP LION
2. Roles and duties of members
3. Events in the second Semester
4. Farewell and Blessings for our graduating seniors
5. Any other issues

Attire: BIC Tee or school Tee and school pants or culottes

You may bring some food/snack to share with the others.

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Labels: Some photos of Camp LION

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hello everyone
here are some of picture take during thur(:

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There will a meeting this Thursday from 3 to 5 pm at BIC room. We are going to discuss about some important admin matters.

Amanda and Elysia will be going for the gathering this Sunday (Pls refer to the previous post). Who else want to go?

The following students have been submitted to Mdm Tay for CIP:

(1) Metta Charity Walk volunteers:
TEO WEN SHI
FOO JIA YIN REGINE
HO SHENG YANG
ANG ZHI YIN
TEO MIN WEE
NG XIN TI

(2) SANA Flagday (12 To 4 pm shift)
TEO WEN SHI
FOO JIA YIN REGINE
WONG MEI HUA
YEO REN FANG
TEO MIN WEE
CHAN YAN YE
HO SHENG YANG
NG XIN TI
FANG JIAHUI

Amanda and Pha Ying (both take 2 shifts: 12 to 7 pm)

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Dear members,

We are invited to the Buddhist Youth Synergy Get-Together Session. It is to conclude on the Vesak Celebration at Ngee Ann City. Please inform Elysia and Jiajui if you can make it. We need to inform the organising committee how many of us are going. Please refer to the email below for details.


Fellow Institutions of NEW HAPIness!

Labels: Buddhist Youth Synergy Get-Together Session

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Students who signed up for SANA flagday on 27 Jun 09:
12 - 7pm Pha Ying, Amanda, Jiahui, Pei Ching
12 - 4 Ren Fang, Mei Hua

More GOOD NEW !

(1) We can send 5 members for First Aid course (21 hours spread over 3 days). The dates are not confirmed yet, but likely to be in the first week of the holidays. Those who are interested please let Mrs Cheng know. First come first served!

(2) Metta Welfare Association is a charitable organisation that provide care services for the elderly and disabled and special education for students with special needs. (The sandwiches that we ate on the way for Vesak rehearsal was bought from the cafeteria at Metta School).

They are organising a Charity walk on 7 June 09 to raise fund for their activities. Many volunteers are needed for Metta Charity Walk in the following areas:

> > > 1) Traffic control
> > > 2) Security
> > > 3) Flyers distribution
> > > 4) Environment
> > > 5) Distribution of goodie bags
> > > 6) Any other ad-hoc duties

Please sign up for volunteers to do good deeds and earn CIP points.
You can also encourage your friends and family members to take part in the walk. $10 for charity and that includes a T-shirt and a goodies bag.. $5 per pax if we have a group of more than 20 pax.

Labels: First Aid Course and Volunteers for Metta Charity Walk

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Young Artist Club The YAC is a platform to groom talented and passionate youth as performers for the Buddhist community. Members of the YAC undergoes performance-training under professional-instructors designed to bring out the best of their talents as-well-as learning new skills.

Be One of Us if you are between 15 - 35 years old, is passionate about performing arts and would like to be trained as a performer and contribute to the making of a more vibrant Buddhist community, is willing and committed, don't hesitate, JOIN US.

July Intake 2009

Date: Every Friday starting 3rd July 2009
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Venue: 1st Floor Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall
Course Offering: $240.00 per year for 2 terms
Registration and Enquiries: CALL 6849-5346
SMS: 8100-3587
EMAIL: arts[at]kmspks{dot}org
Closing Date: 1 June 2009

Orientation on 5th Jun 2009
Come prepared with a 2 minutes performance - it can be a song, monologue, skit, dance or any performance piece that can help us know you better. Successful applicants will be joining our structured performance-based training programme which will be conducted over 2 terms in 2009.

To view the poster, visit: http://www.kmspks.org/culture/yac2009.htm

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Our CCA will resume on 21 May 09 (Thu), please meet at IT learning room at 3 pm to discuss on our programmes for next semester.

There are many activities lining up after MYE pls sign up if you are interested:

1. Free Comics Workshop @ NYP (20 May 09, closing soon)
2. 《我们的歌大家唱》We Sing Our Songs (23 May 09, check sistic website, sing along with 3000 people, $18, discount for group of 10)
3. BF Vesak Vesak Vesak Concert (24 May 09, book by tomorrow)
4. BF Mid-Year Holiday Camp (29 - 31 May 09,)
5. National Buddhist Leadership Camp (6-9 Jun 09, for leaders age 16 and above)
6. SANA Flag Day (27 Jun 09, Sat)

Anyone like to do this good deed on SANA Flag Day? Please refer to the poster of BIC noticeboard.

Building a Drug-Free Singapore Together!
> SANA Flag Day 2009

> Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association appeals to you and your school to join us in our fight against drug abuse. We are pleased to hold the SANA Flag Day 2009 on the 27th June (Saturday), in conjunction with the International Day Against Drug Abuse, which falls on the 26th June. There will be anti-drug campaigns running from 29th June to 3rd July, thus it will prove to be a meaningful event should your school wishes to participate with us.

> We hope to raise the students’ awareness for drugs abuse through this event and some information for them to share among their peers. Kindly support us to help reach out to as many of our fellow Singaporeans as possible, and spread the anti-drug message to the youth community.

> The proceeds will go towards our community outreach projects and events, and every dollar raised will help us to reach out to one more person with the important message of living a drug-free life.

> We would like to invite your students to participate in this meaningful event as volunteers and CIP points will be allocated. For selection of two sessions, a certificate of participation will be awarded. For selection of three sessions, a token gift will be awarded (A poster with details of the timing, locations and sessions is attached for your kind action). We will send our thanks through our website (www.sana.org.sg) and our official newsletter (SANA News).

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Dear members,

Buddhist Fellowship has kindly invited us to their concert on 24 May 09 at Jubilee Hall Last year we enjoyed their performance,do you remember? Who wants to go for the 3 pm show (8pm show is too late for us)? Please let Mrs Cheng know tomorrow so that she can book tickets for us .
.

Labels: BF Concert on 24 May 09

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We had our first session of Students' Heart Corner Programme. The response was good. The participating students learnt how to cope with stress, how to be self-aware and how to better understand one-another. It was very interesting when we described our mood with diagram and it was fascinating that different people can interpret differently. All students participants felt understood and were more relaxed than when they came in. See you next Friday. We have more interesting programmes ahead....

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kmsYM: Esplanade Presents: A Tapestry of Sacred Music (1 May Tranquil Buddhist Chants)

Dear Dharma Friends,

This coming Labour Day, make your way down to Esplanade Outdoor Theatres and be pleasantly delighted to see more than 50 Sangha members from Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery & The Buddhist College of Singapore share the beautiful melody of Buddhist chants!

Open our eyes, minds and hearts to the pure, simple beauty of the day.
Refresh yourself with daily morning and evening sessions at the Esplanade Waterfront. At 6.30am, come breathe in the fresh early morning sea air, take joy in the sunrise and awaken to life with Call of the Dawn. Later in the evening at 6.30pm, return for Sunset Sojourn to clear your mind of the day’s stresses and wind down.

Date: 1 May (Fri)
Event: TRANQUIL VERSES TO QUIET THE MIND
Synopsis: Buddhist chants (6.30AM & 6.30PM) by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery Monastery and The Buddhist College of Singapore
Venue: Outdoor Theatre
Ticket: Free
(For more info http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/sunrise_sojourn_call_of_the_dusk/index.jsp)

Labels: Esplanade Presents: A Tapestry of Sacred Music (1 May Tranquil Buddhist Chants)

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We will be putting up a skit and 2 sign language songs performance from 11 am to 12 noon (with MJR CO and Choir), 12.15 to 1 pm and 3 to 3.30 pm at Ngee Ann City Celebration. We will set up a booth to promote our school and Buddhist values. Do come and give us your support. We will appreciate it very much.

See you there ....

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Here are three new announcements:

1. We now have another Teacher-in-charge of BIC, Mr Ng Choon Seng, our Chinese Teacher. Let's welcome Mr Ng to our BIC family.

2. We have a new built-in cabinet in BIC room. The room will look much better after we tidy the mess.

3. Pre-ordering of New Hapi T-shirt:
An email has been sent to all our present members (we do not have the email address of our senior members) about the ordering of the T-shirt as the T-shirt design is in pdf format and could not be shown here. For those of you who are interested to get one please email or sms Mrs Cheng. She has to place order by 4/4/09. The cost of a New Hapi T-shirt is $18. It is not BIC T-shirt, but to support the New Hapi Campaign. We want to find happiness!

Please refer to our previous post for details about New Hapi Campaign.

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Dear members,

BIC will be putting up performances (2 sign language songs and 1 skit) at 2 time slots on Saturday (25/4/09) : 11 am to 12 noon and 3 pm to 3.30 pm.

We will be having a booth on 25/4/09 and 26/4/09. Members who are interested to man the booth please tag your response so that we can arrange you in shifts.

Details of Vesak celebration at Ngee Ann City will be as follows:

This year, the theme Buddhism Benefits You and Me, aims to highlight the benefits of Buddhism, and introduce all the different youth groups/societies/wing to everyone!

Name: Singapore Buddhist Federation Vesak Celebrations 2009

Date: Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2009

Time: 10am to 8pm, 9am to 5pm respectively

Venue: Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, Orchard Rd

Theme: Buddhist Benefits You and Me

Other than the usual exhibitions, food fair and stage performances, a new platform, The New Hapi Campaign will bring together the entire Buddhist youth community and share with the public, what happiness is and how they can discover happiness by becoming a Buddhist youth.

Some of the highlights of The New Hapi Campaign include:

Institutions of New Hapi

Consolidated effort to showcase of active Buddhist youth groups in Singapore, including a youth directory, outreach table and poster display.

The New Hapi Campaign

Interactive handicraft booth for public to create their very own DIY hapi bunny, learn about 4 new ways to define hapinesss and poll on their favorite!

Reclaim Your New Happiness - Panel Discussion

Hear from Mediacorp Artiste Bryan Wong, Venerable Bodhi, Sean Bear and young working professionals on how anyone can unfurl real and lasting happiness to achieve your goals in good and bad times, hosted by Radio 100.3 DJ Huang Wen Hong.

Hence we hope your youth group can be involved in The New Hapi Campaign and together our synergy will make a difference in this year’s SBF Vesak Celebrations and inspire more youths to practice Buddhism.

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Our members Jiahui and Amanda took part in National Youth Business Challenge together with three other girls Pha Ying, Joey (from 3A and 3F) they won a Silver Award for our school. Hooray!



Here are some photos taken at Compass Point Shopping Centre:

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hello everyone..
remember that on 21 march bic will be going held a bic outing
so please be free on that day..
oh ya
please top up your ez card
and please meet at 11am at school
and it will be whole day outing
because there will be BBq AT 6pm
and the bbq will be from 21 march to 22 march..
(:
more up date will post here soon..
(:

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our programmes this year are:

• every thursday - Dharma lesson and discussion
• every friday - drama lesson..

and we have some new members
and they are our sec1 students..
and really happy to have them
and now bic has become more and more united
and has more and more members
(:
and sometimes bic will have sharing
and i think it was good to have that..
because we can learn somethings from it.
like this thursday's session..
we had a sharing in which our members tell us what they know about our strengths and weaknesses.

and from this..
we get to know what our public images are
and what others think about us
so how we can make changes to become a better person..

At the end of the session, many of us wanted to change..
it was really good..
wish that we can all change to the better..
(:
and i really wish to have more sharing..
so that we can learn what we don't know
(:
okay..
end here..
(:

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Dear Friends of kmsYM

Happy New Year! It has been a wonderful and fruitful year with the support of you in our many activities to bring Buddhism to the youths. The Chinese New Year is finally here and hence, we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to a lunch gathering in KMSPKS.

kmsYM: Chinese New Year Lunch Gathering @ Tea House

Date: 01 February 2009 (Sunday)

Time: 11am (Lunch will start promptly at 11.30am, End approximately at 2pm)

Venue: Tea House, Level 1 of Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall

Address: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

88 Bright Hill Road Singapore 574117

Please RSVP to Billy, not later than 30 January 2009.

Have a good day.

Labels: Invitation to Chinese New Year Lunch Gathering

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Hi, More photographs here.... The camp was very successful because we had a team of very experienced organisers, a team of very dedicated GLs and a group of fun-loving campers. Thank you everyone for your contributions! Hip! Hip! Hooray!

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Sec 1 Buddhist Camp held on 10 Jan 2009 was a great success. We have to thank SBM Youths, KMSPKS and MJR for the support we have. It was full of fun and laughter, tiring though. Enjoy the photographs taken. More to come....

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Reporting time: Sec 1 Campers - 8.30 am
Group Leaders - 7.30 am

Reporting Venue: Amphitheatre (the circular structure in front of the lift)

Attire: Sec 1 campers - School P.E. T-shirt, shorts and shoes (not sandals).
BIC members - BIC T-shirt, shorts and shoes.

Things to bring:

• Water Bottle
• An extra set of T-shirt (dark colour), shorts and sandals (you may get wet in some activities).
• Stationery (a pen and a note pad/exercise book)
• a pair of slippers/sandals
  

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I painted my dreams at 12:01 AM

Happy New Year to you!

Last night, we attended spiritual countdown at KMSPKS. I went there late and missed out the Da Ma Code activities, not sure what it was about. There was a mini-food fair that sold delicious food. We offered flowers and light to the Buddha, enjoyed the wonderful performance put up by the youths and were led into a blessed 2009 by 108 chimes.

We offered light to the Buddha on behalf of all of you in BIC. We wish that BIC members and our school staff be blessed physically and mentally. After that we went back to the Formless Hall to do our circumambulation of the Buddha (walk round the Buddha's statue slowly in clockwise direction).

Offering of flowers reminds us of impermanance, Offering of light reminds us to overcome ignorance and to develop wisdom, Circumambulation helps us to focus our attention and it is a form of respect. All these practices helps us to grow spiritually and to do it wholehearted, we gain merits.

In 2009, may all of us be Well and Happy.

Labels: Spiritual Countdown to Year 2009

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Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport.

We were driving in the right lane (the fastest lane) when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver ofthe other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.

So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so..... 'Love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't.'

Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it!

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This is a one day camp from 08 30 to 05 00 organised by Buddhist Interact Club with support from Singapore Buddhist Mission Youth (SBMY) and Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery Youth Wing.

The camp will be packed with fun activities. Participants will have opportunities to get to know more about our school culture, basic Buddhism and make new friends.

Registration will be open on 2 Jan 09.

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HELLO! this is hazel. just to provide more info. on the CAMP! yay!

the roles :
camp mistress - hazel
vice camp mistress - jiahui
camp fire - ex bic-ians
games + skit - zeeyee(oic) , leona, wenshi, meihua,peiching
logistics - amanda, elysia
group leaders - mengkuan (oic) , renfang, tbc*
misc. - suhiang (oic) , ziyi jinjie
dharma - tbc

theme : the turn about.

for more info, please approach jiahui or me. thankyou.

if we left out your name, or you would like to be involved in our camp, please inform jiahui or me.



tbc* : to be confirmed.


thanks. hazel (:

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There will be an urgent meeting for all members on 24 Dec from 9.30 am to 12 noon @ BIC room. We need to discuss on matters regarding our booth at CCA orientation on 5 Jan 09 and the one-day Buddhist Camp for Sec 1 students on 10 Jan 09.

Please be punctual. Come in school u/t-shirt.

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Dear Members,

Last night, I attended the camp fire, it was a night with joy and laughters. I met the happy faces of Wen Shi, Hazel, Elysia, Amanda, Leona, Zee Yee, Yan Ye and quite a number of our MJR students' too. The camp was very successfully organised - it was packed with fun and activities. Not only the campers were happy, the parents too were pleased to see their kids dancing at the camp fire. Some could not help but took the photos of their happy children.

Look at the Camp Master Hanqi and GL Kai Wen, I feel so proud of them and I am very grateful to SBMY that provides opportunities for youths to develop their responsibilities and leadership. Three out of four of the founders of the youth wing are our seniors Ang Hwee, Boon Chai and Liang Jian.

In BIC, we aim at nurturing our members to be responsible and caring leaders. So, all of you will follow the foot steps of your seniors. They can do it, so can you.

We will organise a one-day Buddhist Camp for Sec 1 students on 10 Jan 09 (Sat, 9am to 4 pm). It is a good opportunity for you to build up your teamwork and leadership again. I will update you with more details soon.

In this holidays, I am very touched by you who voluntarily offered your time and effort to help packed and unpacked the stuff in BIC room, designed the noticeboard and gave suggestions for next year's programmes. Thank you very much. I am very pleased to have a team of committed members who always strive to do the best. Our 2 awards from the Sign Language Competition are now on display at the General Office. The more you do the more you will reap. It has been a very fruitful year for all of us.

Christmas is coming. Hope that all of you have a wonderful time in the holidays. Hope that Jia Hui will get well soon.

May you be well and happy :)

With metta,
Mrs Cheng

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Dear members,

I still have some tickets for spiritual countdown 2008. Five tickets will be reserved for Yeat Yuan, Wen Shi, Jia Hui, Meng Kuan and Pei Ching who indicated that they wanted to attend the Spiritual Countdown. If any of you like to have a blessed new year, you can get the tickets from me. You may bring your family members and friend along.

The details of the programmes are given below.

With Metta,
Mrs Cheng

kmsYM: Joins us on 31 Dec at Spiritual Countdown 2008 – Blessings for One and All

Celebrate the first moments of the New Year with us, begin you journey into 2009 with Blessings from within!

31 Dec 2008 – 1 Jan 2009

6pm | 3GEMS Hunt - The Da-Ma Code

8pm | Mini Food Fair

9.30pm to 1.30am | Spiritual Countdown 2008

3am to 6am | Late Night Chanting & Morning Puja

FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

You can also get your EARLY BIRD DOOR GIFT coupons at the following locations starting 18 Nov 2008!

|Awareness Place @ 231 Bras Basah Complex #01-63 Tel 6337 7582

|Awareness Place @ KMSPKS 88 Bright Hill Rd Tel 6452 1732

|KMSPKS Reception Office @ 88 Bright Hill Rd Tel 6849 5300

Enquiries | 6849 5346

Website | www.kmspks.org

Email | youth@kmspks.org

Brought to you by Singapore Buddhist Mission (Youth) and kmsYM, Youth Ministry of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

To view the attached poster, please visit http://www.kmspks.org/youth/scd2008.jpg

Labels: Spiritual Countdown 2008

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This afternoon, Hazel, Elysia and Amanda worked with our senior Billy and Graphics Designer Niki on the design of our new BIC noticeboard. It is heartening to see them offering their time in the midst of doing all the holiday assignments and projects. We need all the other members help to put up a good design. Please give us your best support!

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Amanda, Elysia, Leona and Wenshi attended a youth gathering on 6 Dec 2008 at Khoon Chee Vihara together with about 30 youths from other Buddhist youth groups. The programmes include the talk on "How to be Happy" and "The benefits of being a Vegetarian" by venerable Mujin from Switzerland and BBQ.

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Dear members,

There will be a meeting cum gathering on 2 Dec 2008 (Tue) at new BIC room from 10 am to 12 noon. We will do the last bit of tidying up (Mengkuan, Jia Hui and Pei Ching have put in a lot of effort to unpack the stuff last week) and discuss about next year's programmes together with our tea session. You can bring some tip-bits to share with the others.

Please tell us whether you are coming...

Hope to see you next Tuesday :)

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Anyone signed up for the Youth Camp organised by SBM Youth? Below are some good stuff to share with you. Do check our blog regularly to get update of our activities and sharing of thoughts. :)


From The Daily Enlightment email (To subscribe to it, email thedailyenlightenment-subscribe@yahoogroups.com)


Quote of the day:
Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional.

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Let's log on to Youtube video that showed our activities at Vesak@Orchard. You can now show to your family members what we did at Orchard. The URL is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjnB3xpq-CI

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So far, 6 members (Yeat Yuan, Wen Shi, Jia Hui, Meng Kuan, Pei Ching and Amanda) have replied that they want to attend the Spiritual Countdown. You may bring your family members along. Would you like to put up a sign language performance?

The details of the programmes are given below:

kmsYM: Joins us on 31 Dec at Spiritual Countdown 2008 – Blessings for One and All

Celebrate the first moments of the New Year with us, begin you journey into 2009 with Blessings from within!

31 Dec 2008 – 1 Jan 2009

6pm | 3GEMS Hunt - The Da-Ma Code

8pm | Mini Food Fair

9.30pm to 1.30am | Spiritual Countdown 2008

3am to 6am | Late Night Chanting & Morning Puja

FREE ADMISSION FOR ALL

You can also get your EARLY BIRD DOOR GIFT coupons at the following locations starting 18 Nov 2008!

|Awareness Place @ 231 Bras Basah Complex #01-63 Tel 6337 7582

|Awareness Place @ KMSPKS 88 Bright Hill Rd Tel 6452 1732

|KMSPKS Reception Office @ 88 Bright Hill Rd Tel 6849 5300

Enquiries | 6849 5346

Website | www.kmspks.org

Email | youth@kmspks.org

Brought to you by Singapore Buddhist Mission (Youth) and kmsYM, Youth Ministry of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

To view the attached poster, please visit http://www.kmspks.org/youth/scd2008.jpg

Labels: Spiritual Countdown 2008

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Dear members,

Our new BIC Room has got its new flooring done up already! We are very grateful to Senior Billy and the KMSPKS who gave us all the support (KMSPKS paid for the flooring). Yesterday, our senior Billy brought a vendor to measure the room and put the new vinyl sheets in our room. It was very labourious work. Without Billy's help, we will not be able to get it done so quickly. Thank you very much Billy! :)

Our cupboards and tables are still in the old campus... will be sent to the new campus on Monday morning at about 11 am. I will be there to receive the furnitures. Anyone of you who is available on Monday from 11 am onwards are welcome to render your help to unpack the boxes in BIC Room.

This afternoon we have a hall full of ex-students and teachers who came back for the Home-coming cum Farewell Tea. It is an afternoon of laughters and all our fond memories were recalled. I am very very happy to see so many of my ex-students and colleagues came back. What's happier for me is to see that they are well and happy. Some students whom I worried a lot told me that they started to appreciate Maths more when they see its application in life. The good foundation they got from MJR helps alot. Hope to see the photos in our school website soon.

Mrs Cheng

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A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked. "Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you - but first, let me do this."

He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked. "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air.

"Well," he replied, "what if I do this?" He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

"My friends, you have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20. Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless; but no matter what happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you. The worth of our lives comes, not in what we do or who we know, but by ...WHO WE ARE.

You are special - don't ever forget it."


You are what you are and you are a unique individual, nobody is the same and that’s the beauty part of life.

Labels: Your Value

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Today Yan Ye and Yeat Yuan volunteered to help moved all the boxes to Room 107.

They moved more than 20 BOXES altogether from 12.30 pm to about 2.30 pm.

It must be very tiring for them (those of you who helped in packing would know how heavy the boxes are).

Thank you very much, Yan Ye and Yeat Yuan!

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We will be moving the BIC stuff to the new campus on 29 Oct (Wed). We would appreciate it very much if anyone of you could turn up on 28 Oct (Tues, at about 10 am) to help bring the boxes (on trolley) to Room 107.

Labels: Moving BIC stuff

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Dear members,

Thank you very much for your help this afternoon. Now BIC Room is about 90% ready for the move to new campus.

Our senior Billy asked whether BIC will like to be involved in Spiritual Countdown 2008, this event will take place during 31^st December 2008 in Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery and will be an overnight event. We can join as participants or having a segment of the stage program.

Spiritual Countdown (SCD) has been running for a few years by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery Youth Ministry. The purpose for this event is to provide Buddhist Youths a platform to usher the New Year in a wholesome way, doing reflection on the past one year and make aspiration for the upcoming year. There will be fun through music and performance.

For this year, Singapore Buddhist Mission Youth (SBMY) and a few other Buddhist Youth Groups are invitied to co-organize this event together, to bring Buddhist Youth together and celebrate the New Year together.

Is anyone interested?

Labels: Spiritual Countdown 2008

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Dear members,

Anyone (including our ex-students) interested to participate in this meaningful activity to help the needy people?

Please register with Mrs Cheng by next week.

Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic Flag Day 2008

The Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic is a charitable organization providing highly subsidized healthcare services for the public, regardless of race and religion. Medical treatments are given totally free of charge to senior citizen and those unaffordable. The rest of the patients are charged one-dollar registration fee for each treatment. For the past 36 years, over 10 million patients have been attended to SBFC 6 branch clinics, at an operating cost of more than 2.3 million dollars every year. Please refer to SBFC website for more details http://www.sbfc.org.sg/.

All collections will be used for financing the operating cost of the six branch clinics so as to maintain the medical services to the sick and needy.

EVENT DETAILS

Date: 18 Oct 2008 (Sat)

Reporting Time: 8.00 am

Dress code: Flag Day T-shirt (will be provided) , Long Pants/Jeans, Shoes/ Sports Shoes

Rules:

• Collections should be made at locations with high pedestrian traffic.
• No distribution of personal flyers and sale of commercial items.
• No solicitation of funds is allowed at the Woodlands Check-Point (Immigration Department), Changi Airport, Railway Station, hospitals, MRT stations, hotels and places of worship.
• Be friendly towards the public and thank Donors for their donation.

Labels: Singapore Buddhist Free Clinic Flag Day 2008

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Labels: BIC Camp 2008

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BIC Camp (3D2N)

This is the camp requested and organised by our members. To enjoy the cosy night at our beautiful school garden will be a fond memory to all of us. To get all the fun, you have to participate fully. Those who have not submitted the parents' consent form please do so by Friday. Do not bring too much money for the camp. Please check out on things to bring at the pack list given in earlier post.

Our programmes outline will be as follows:

30/8/08 (Sat)

7.15 am - 11.30 am Nature walk from Henderson Wave Bridge to Alexandra HortPark

• Henderson Wave is the highest overhead bridge in Singapore. It is beautifully designed.
  
• HortPark is a one-stop gardening hub that brings together gardening-related, recreational, educational, research and retail activities under one big canopy in a park setting. The Park size is 23 hectares.

• meet at school gate in BIC T-shirt and jeans. You can wear sandals or shoes. Pls bring your water bottle, snacks, umbrella and insect repellent.

12.00 to 1 pm Lunch at Sims Drive market (at your own expense)

2pm to 11 pm Games and bonding activities

31/8/08 (Sun)

• Morning exercise, Dharma Talk, Games and bonding activities

1/9/08 (Mon)

• Celebration and clearing up
• Break camp!
  

List of Campers:

Girls: Yeat Yuan, Mengkuan, Leona, Jiahui, Elysia, Hazel, Amanda, Pei Ching, Wen Shi, Qiu Hui, Yixiang

Boys: Yeow Chong, Kai Wen, Billy, Zee Yee

Teacher: Mrs Cheng

Shifu: Ven Hao En

Labels: BIC Camp Programmes in brief

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Hey, 3GEMS (our BIC T-shirt designer is from 3GEMS) will be organising a temple tour to Bright Hill Temple. Although we have been there quite a number of times, but we didn't really get to tour around it with a guide explaining to us of its history and culture. Is any one interested in going? If many of you are interested, we can register as a group. You may bring your family members along. There will be no transport provided. You have to go on your own. Please let Mrs Cheng know how many of you are interested. The details are given below:

kmsYM: 3GEMS Tour of Bright Hill Temple on7 Sep 2008

Situated at Kong Meng San (“Bright Hill”), Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery (KMSPKS) was the forest traditional Chinese forest monastery in Singapore. With a history of 87 years, it’s currently the largest temple in Singapore and one of the most significant and renowned Buddhist monasteries in Southeast Asia. The building structures are an interesting and unique combination of Chinese art, aesthetics and Southeast Asian architectural styles. For the past 20 years, more than 6000 people from all walks of life have taken refuge in the Triple Gem here. Come and explore this haven for yourself and discover why it has a special place in the hearts of many Singaporeans – Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.

Date: 07.09.08, Sunday

Time: 10am - 12pm

Dress code: No shorts & low-cut tops

Tour will be conducted in English

Strictly by email registration only

Register with your full name, Hp, Email, total no of participants

and tour destination (eg. Bright Hill or Wat Ananda) to

3gemstour@gmail.com

Meeting place:

KMSPKS Temple, Ven Hong Choon Memorial Hall,

Level 4 (In front of Hall of No Form)

Buddhist Guide Service:

Free of Charge

Organised by 3GEMS

Supported by kmsYM, Youth Ministry KMSPKS (www.kmspks.org/youth)

To view the image below, please visit: http://www.thedailyenlightenment.com/temp/012.jpg

Labels: Tour of Bright Hill Temple on 7 Sep 2008

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Dear members,

Please submit your consent form and $10 payment tomorrow. Students who do not submit consent forms will not be allowed to join the camp. Please wear BIC T-shirt for outing on Saturday. We will meet at the school gate at 7.15 am.

Pack list

• 3 sets of clothing (include school T-shirt and BIC T-shirt)
• Torch light (optional)
• Plastic bags for your wet clothing
• Personal items (soap, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste…etc)
• 2 sets of undergarments
• Sandals/slippers
• Water bottle
• 3 pairs of shorts
• Personal towel
• Sleeping bag/light blanket
• 1 dark coloured shirt for wet games
• Plate, mug/cup for hot water
• Insect/mosquito repellent (optional)
• 1 pair of shoes (for wet games)
• Socks (sufficient supply)
• Tissue papers

NOTES：
No fanciful, cartoon, expensive shirts
Do not bring more than $10 (in addition to the camp fees)
You can bring your handphone but the teacher will not be held responsible if you lose it.

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BIC CAMP!!!(3 days 2 night)
-nature walk from henderson wave to alexandra hortpark
-dharma talk
-games and bonding activites

camp will be at 30 august to 1 september
($10 per person)
30/8 please be in school at 7.15

pack list wil be up here soon...
:)

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people who going for youth symposium:

pei jin
mengkuan
jiahui
leona
yeat yuan
yan ye
amanda
wen shi

Pls be reminded that we will meet be at raffles place MRT at 8am!!mrs cheng will be there..please don't be late..:)

the place is at NTUC...1 Mrarina blvd(level 7)
see you there!!

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Dear members,

This week we will have our last Drama lesson with our drama teacher. See you at 3 pm @ MRL. Remember to bring your long pants, don't be late, ok?

Labels: Last Drama Lesson

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Labels: Sign Language Competition

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REMINDER

tomorrow meet at Dance room before 10am.

Wear clean and neat school uniform with tie and white socks and shoes.

And please hand in your consent forms to mrs cheng.

Latest update from TZU CHI:

1)participants to tie your hair,be in neat school unform BEFORE arriving at TZU CHI

2)bring your waterbottle

and jiayou...do your best...:) smile...relax yourself..and enjoy...

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Dear members,

The performers are to have practice at Dance Room this Saturday from 10 am to 12 noon, followed by lunch break. The bus will set off at 1 pm sharp. All performers must be in school uniform with tie and white socks and school shoes.

Due to space constraints, late comers may not have a seat in the hall. Once the hall is filled up, the audience will be led to the other rooms to watch the competition on screen. Mrs Cheng has given the total number audience to the organiser. Those who did not make up their mind earlier will not be given a place due to the limited seats available.

Labels: Competition on 26/7/2008

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hello..
you really did well in today's rehearsal..
all of you will surely put up your best performance next saturday..

just do our best..and put in our best effort..and enjoy when doing the hand sign..
and take good care of yourself..
please drink more water..
don't let yourself fall sick this coming week..
:)
okay..
all the best for next week competition..
jiayou!!jiayou!!

Pls hand in your parents' reply letter to Mrs Cheng by Monday.

The other members who want to support us on 26 July 08 please let Mrs Cheng know as the seats are limited. The teams are stronger this year.

Labels: Rehearsal for Sign Language Competition

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reminded that remember to be in school this saturaday at 8am...
please don't be late,that we need to be there at 8.30
and remember to do your best..:)
and please coming to practice in time...
that we really have not enough of time..
and please remember to hand in the consent form to mrs cheng by tommorrow,later will be saturday
okay...
jiayou!!!
all the best!!:)
and must reach for our goal...


"everyday,in every way we're getting better and better"...:)
so, don't give out easily...

I painted my dreams at 9:25 PM

Dear members,

Extra Practice for 生命圆舞曲：15/7/08 (Tue, 3 to 4 pm) at the CABIN
Usual Practice: 17/7/08 (Thu, 2.45 to 5 pm) at MRL, bring T-shirt and long pants for Drama.
Rehearsal : 19/7/08 (Sat, 9 to 10 am)Pls be at the school gate by 8am, in bic T-shirt and jeans.

Don't be late, put in your best! Jia You. :)

The following members signed up for the Youth Symposium on 23 August 2008 (Sat).
1.Amanda Low Yen Ling
2.Lim Kai Kai Xin Leona
3.Fang Jiahui
4.Liu Mengkuan
5.Chua Yeat Yuan
6.Chan Yan ye
7.Chua Pei Ching
8.Teo Wen Shi

The cost will be sponsored fully by our Alumni. Thank you our Alumni seniors :)

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