-BISDS Youth-

"The Fool and The Wise"

2009-03-29T21:20:00.002+08:00

Dear friends,

Come and learn the Dhammapada Commentarial Course - "The Fool & The Wise"

The Buddha counsels us to avoid associating with fools and to keep company of the wise. But who exactly is a fool? And who can be considered wise? If you are eager to find out the answers, come and join us for this 3-hour commentarial course –

BPS141 Dhammapada Commentarial Course "The Fool & The Wise"
Speaker: Bro. Dr. Tan Ho Soon
Date: 19 April 2009, Sunday
Time: 3.00 – 6.00pm
Venue: Buddhist Maha Vihara (BMV), Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur

The course is free, there is no registration and participation fees. However, prior registration is needed. You may register through:
KINDLY REGISTER WITH BMV OR NALANDA.

The Closing date is 5 April 2009, or upon reaching 300 participants whichever earlier.
Sign up now for a lively session of compelling story-telling through which the ancient sayings of our Lord Buddha are brought to life!!

Please come 1/2 hour before the course starts. Bring along your own stationery. Registration and collection of the Dhammapada Booklet will be at 2.30 pm. Full name, contact phone /or hand phone and e-mail address is needed for registration.
Light refreshment will be served.

Hey people, like the previous one, please do come and join if you're free. I'm hoping more people can benefit from talks like these. And abit about the speaker.

Bro Tan Ho Soon is a well-known friendly, approachable and knowledgeable Dhamma speaker. He is also very active in Nalanda Institute. He has a PhD in Pali Studies. Some of the stuff I know about him.

You know every week we chant, "Imina punna kammena, mame bala samagamo, satam samagamo hotu, yava nibbana pattiya". In English, "May we never follow the foolish, but only the wise, up till the time I attain Nibbana."

So it is an aspiration we make and the more we keep away from fools, the better. Please do make it if you're available.

Thank you.

With Metta,
Sui Yuan.

Basketball get-together

2009-03-14T22:38:00.001+08:00

Anyone up for it this Saturday or after Sunday School on Sunday ? Just wana see the response before I plan anything. Cherio !

Buddhist Principles of Leadership and Governance

2009-03-05T23:15:00.002+08:00

Dear friends,

Warmest greetings from Nalanda Institute.

On next Saturday, 14 March, the Institute is offering a 3-hour short
course on the Buddhist Principles of Leadership and Governance.

The details of the course are:

LMS 271 Buddhist Principles of Leadership and Governance
Instructor: Mr. Vijaya Samarawickrama
Date: 14 March 2009, Saturday
Time: 3 - 6pm
Venue: Nalanda Dharma Centre

"Leadership is a process of leading people in the right direction in
order
to achieve common goals. It concerns with change which is inherently
value-based; Governance is a process of decision-making and the process
by
which decisions are implemented (or not implemented)."

The course is open to all. If you are keen to explore this pertinent
topic with the instructor, please email us to register. Kindly include
you name (as in IC), hp no. and email add.

Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.

With metta,
Santi

Would like to invite all youth EXCO members to the above course. Sis Vineeta has personally requested for us to be there. Anyone free on that day, please register yourselves with me. Its the start of the school holidays so I hope that those still in school would take this day out to spend time together learning something beneficial.

The speaker should be familiar to all of you and if you should have heard of him. Uncle Vijaya has been around for a long time giving good advice and his thoughts on this issue will help us alot.

Hoping for some good response.

Thank you.

With metta,
Sui Yuan.

PS : Bring anyone else who is interested. The more people who benefit, the better.

Recap on Previous Activities 2008

2009-02-13T14:44:00.005+08:00

Click on the images below to enlarge it:

With metta,
~Ngiap Kim~

Youth Ex-Co @ Secondary Committees 2009

2009-02-13T13:35:00.020+08:00

Below are the Youth Executive Committees for year 2009 - The moo year:

Chairperson
Sis. Geetha A/P Valaidum

Vice Chairperson
Bro. Lim Sui Yuan

Vice Chairperson
Sis. Cheong Hvey Jci

Secretary
Sis. Kelly Tan Yik Yoong

Treasurer
Sis. Ong Hui Li

Assistant Admin
Sis. Jusryn Ee Zui Tze

Project Team
Bro. Suan Ngiap Kim

Project Team
Bro. Lim Sui Lun

Project Team
Sis. Lim Shu Mei

Public Relationship Team
Bro. Kevin Liew Tuck Weng

Public Relationship Team
Sis. Lim Shu Xian

Public Relationship Team
Bro. Koh Mun Wai

Support Team Manager
Bro. Justin Lee Kin Hei

Below are the Secondary Committees for year 2009 - The moo year:

Bro. Tan Yu Ming

Bro. John Wong Wen Jie

Sis. Ong Xuan Zhi

Sis. Lim Wei Gin

Sis. Cheah Yan Leng

With Metta,
~Ngiap Kim~

Happy Chinese New Year

2009-01-29T00:30:00.002+08:00

Moo MOoo~~is the OX year

sorry is kinda late, but I'm here to wish all the Youths out there a Happy Chinese New Year!!!

may all be blessed with love, luck, health and happiness.

Do come and join us on 7th February for caroling..the more the merrier..n.n

With metta,

Kelly

A New Year, A New Look

2009-01-18T22:56:00.002+08:00

Ok from now on, being the co-creator of this blog (dear Kelly was the other one), I decided to revamp it a little and give it a darker, stronger look.

From now on, I'll be posting at least monthly on what activities that will be held in the following weeks.

So far, the only confirmed activity is the next few weeks is the CNY Caroling. I'll post up the practice times, so check back here. The details of the caroling will be posted up later but just to let you guys know (how the hell did you not know yet ?) that the date is 7th February, Saturday.

Please keep that day free because we estimate the whole thing will take the whole day, right from morning till dinner time. Lunch will be provided.

Oh ya, if you guys, any youth in the Sunday School would like to post your thoughts, comments, suggestions etc. please do email them to bisdsyouth@gmail.com. I'll moderate them and post them here.

For a start, I'll like if anyone post their experience of the 7th Youth Camp. I'm sure you guys had a blast. Or if you did post it on your blog, email me and I'll link you.

Thanks ppl.

Have a great 2 weeks off. Finally some Sunday mornings to sleep. And Happy Chinese New Year !

Cheers
Sui Yuan

Get-Together

2009-01-15T19:03:00.003+08:00

Dear BISDS Youths,

You all are welcome to the Get Together session. As you know the song "the more we get to gether the happier will be". So come and join us. We'll have some fun activities and lunch together. Is the time where u get to know more people, get to make more friends.

Date :18th January (Sunday)
Time :1.30pm.
Venue : Sri Dhamma Hall

Ask your other friends along in BISDS. We hope to see u there!!!

With metta,
Kelly

Appreciation Night Video

2008-11-07T23:52:00.003+08:00

Good news to all those who missed the video on Appreciation Night year 2008 and to those who want to watch the video again...
Firstly, sorry for the delay uploading the video due to some circumstances that cannot be avoided but the video has been uploaded into youtube with the following links:

1) Appreciation Night (part 1):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsDB8yyVn_Y
2) Appreciation Night (part 2):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvv2lxwhl_I

Once again, sorry for the delay and hope u guys enjoy the video.

~Ngiap Kim~

volunteers needed!!!

2008-10-29T17:12:00.005+08:00

Dear youths, as you guys know, this saturday is our Appreciation Night..
some of you have been assign to be part of it, but we need more, specially for servers.
So, to all my dear youths, if you all have any friends or family or cousin, any BISDS students or outsiders that are willing to help, PLEASE do ask them to come.

Volunteers have to reach by 4pm on Saturday(1st Nov).
Anyone that is interested, please do let us know, thanks.

You guys can let me know, by sending mail to me.
bisdsyouth@gmail.com

Kindly inform to others that don't know about this.
Thanks,
with love.

-kelly-

Basketball

2008-10-28T08:51:00.000+08:00

Hey, calling all BISDS boys AND girls ...

There will be a basketball friendly hangout on the 9th of November. Details are as follows :

Time : 2 - 4 pm (go straight after temple)
Date : 9th November 2008 (Sunday)
Place : SS3 covered basketball court

Anyone can come, its just to hang loose and of course to play some ball. Bring your friends if you want. There's currently transport in 2 cars, those who don't have transport please contact me.

Hope to see you people there !!

Sui Yuan

it shall not be dead

2008-09-12T21:39:00.000+08:00

well this blog is sooo dead..so i shall update something in it, which is not related to the bisdsyouth group..i would like to share something interesting here..
so to all my dearie youths, if u wanna share something to all ur other friends, like some funny jokes or any other things, of course respect abit lah don't post some negative things here..then email it to me..and i shall post it up here..is good to share things with ur friends out there..u guys should know right sharing is caring..so care for ur friend, share something here..n.n

ok some of u guys might have seen this before, bt still i have to share to the others that haven see..so this is abt this year's sand castle's competition..is damm cool!!!!

well to the youths out there, i bet those that have seen this some of them will go "wah", "geng", "whoa they are dammm good" and some different kind 1..cz when i see this i also have the same thing..so this shows tat how many hardwork they have put in that competition, and is like how u guys have been so hardworking to go for practise for the nalanda's competiton...and thats the result u get....so ppl like some ppl say there is no free lunch, u have to work hard for wat u want

p/s: the other purpose i post this thing is to shows tat halo we youths aren't tat boring..WE ARE YOUTH PPL!!we shall let ppl know tat we are active..and i shall not let this blog to be dead..so as you guys...

take care.

loves

-kelly tan-

note*oh ya fyi, those who wants to send this to their friend, let me know...i'll sent it to ur mail..so u can foward it to ur friend...n.n

Thanks Ya.....

2008-09-05T16:12:00.000+08:00

Dear Staff, Teachers, Youth Members and members from Sariputta Class

Warmest greetings!

On behalf of BISDS, we would like to extend our grateful thanks to each and every one of you, your friends and family members for your support and active participation in the opening of the Bodhi Structure and 2nd year memorial service dana of our late chief.

Let us appreciate the bonds we have renewed whilst working together based on mutual respect and understanding. Let us recollect the good deeds performed during this event and appreciate all the blessings showered upon us.

Once again thank you for all your support and participation.

We look forward to serving you and the Buddha-Sasana……..

With metta
Vineeta Serisena

@ttention Youth

2008-08-22T19:05:00.000+08:00

ATTTETION 2 alll YOUTH!!!!

BISDS is going to coordinate 2nd memorial service dana in memory of late chief rev....
so the school need our support in making tis dana a sucess....
please confirm ur attandance wit bro Sui Yuan as soon as possible...
and attend a short briefing this sun (24th August) at 1.30pm at the auditorium...

ur cooperation is most appreciated.....

Thank you in advance for your support.

~xuanshan~

Message for choir members

2008-07-29T22:30:00.000+08:00

Hey My Dearies,,,,

This is a GENTLE REMINDER,,,, NO PRESSURE ya !!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

COMPETITION and PERFORMANCE is in....... *jeng jeng jeng*
3 weeks - 23rd AUGUST 2008

You guys are already there.... but we have to master and polish up a few elements ya...and also DISCUSS and DECIDE on somethings!

also to MASTER - "Start of Something New" in 3 weeks! please do your homework... sing in the toilet shower room while sleeping... wherever whenever,,, just practice!

So pls come for extra TRAINING and PRACTICE and TEAM MEETING

Saturday 2nd August 2008
7-9.30pm /10pm @
PH HENDRY HALL
and also the normal practice
Sunday 3rd August 2008
12.00 - 2 pm@
ASOKA HALL

PLEASE BRING
YOURSELF
YOUR LOVELY VOICES
HAPPY SMILES
CHOIR FILES
WATER
PENCIL

We will then need to proceed with a meeting to seriously discuss
Competition and Performance COSTUME!!!!! (it has to be re-discussed to get everyones agreeable views, SERIOUSLY)
Performance and Competition Strategies ( Presentation)
Logistic for the 23rd August 2008
Special Annoucements and give outs!
Dun be late and pls apread the word... put it in ur blogs... shud sumone not read my email..hahahha should there be anything else or if you can't make it ( i hope not) pls call me on my mobile or email me!

Warm regards, with metta and Lotsa Love
Sis Vanessa

10th CFC Reunion: DA WALK OF FAME!

2008-07-03T19:40:00.000+08:00

Eyes on da leng chai! Geetha's boyfren aka Sui Lun getting DA MOST RELIABLE COMMITTEE

justin aka xiao mei mei signing our best boy participant, ji wen's book.. Justin got DA MOST PLAYFUL COMMITTEE

yu ming's our FUNNIEST COMMITTEE! U CAN SEE HOW FUNNY HE CAN GET

Da sot lou on da left is Kai Cong... haha he's DA MOST FIERCE COMMITTEE... =p

da blurrest but yet dun wanna admit.... Jusryn: DA BLURREST COMMITTEE

to da right... to da right... everybody look to da right! Xuan Shan getting her MOST RESPONSIBLE COMMITTEE AWARD

on da right again is Xuan Zhi being the MOST CARING COMMITTEE

look at da guy n u'll no he gives u da serious looks.. haha.. Mun Wai receiving his MOST SERIOUS AWARD..

Camp's HOTTEST COMMITTEE N A GREAT HELPER DURING CAMP! shu mei!

petite lil Suelyn getting her MOST QUIET AWARD...

FOCUS ON DA RIGHT! DAT'S ME! Hvey Jci receiving her MOST ORGANISED COMMITTEE AWARD

Look to da right! u have Nicole..... DA MOST POLITE COMMITTEE!

look right again! Dat's DA LOUDEST COMMITTEE! NGIAP KIM! His voice can boom across da Asoka hall fr 1 end to the other!

Miss Geetha cutting her belated bday cake is DA MOST INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE.. N ALSO DA big BOSS!

our MOST LOVING COMMITTEE... Yee Wan!

here we have, sui yuan being the MOST RELAXING COMMITTEE.. N he really tak puas... =P

Next, we have John aka Da Jie jie... DA MOST TALKATIVE COMMITTEE

our pretty lady, Shu Xian got da MOST HARDWORKING COMMITTEE

our ever popular and cute voiced + chang kai Kelly in handling da award thingy... DA MOST FAMOUS COMMITTEE.

our pole dancer of da year... Ultraman koh koh aka oommhh banana aka Kelly's proud bf aka Kai Yuan... DA MOST FORGETFUL COMMITTEE..

I'VE LEFT OUT A FEW.. CUZ I DUN HAVE UR PICS.. SO GIVE ME 1 AND I'LL GET U FAMOUS HERE!

10th CFC Homemade Video

2008-06-22T01:02:00.000+08:00

Dear committees/participants,

There is a homemade video being created from most of the pictures of the 10th CFC camp. If there is anyone interested to wacth it, it can be obtained by two ways...

I) Burn into CD (my prepared CD which costs RM3 for it)
II) Transfered into a portable device (eg: own CD, pendrive)

If anyone interested, do e-mail me with nk_suan@hotmail.com. Give me the details either the choices above and please do insert your name.

By the way, the video cannot be send through mail because the mail can send file size max only 10MB while the video consists of 160MB. Sorry for the inconvenient and thank you for your patient.

From,
Bro. Ngiap Kim
10th CFC Photographer

ATTENTION!!!

2008-06-13T23:51:00.000+08:00

People, please finish the forms and bring it on this sunday!!!
and to those of your other friends, or those who haven't get the form yet, PLEASE!!!get it from me on this sunday!!!....you guys can come and look for me at BAKKULA 1.

THANKS!

~kelly~

Change of venue

2008-06-13T12:57:00.000+08:00

We no longer have our reunion in the auditorium.
The LATEST venue is the Sri Dhamma Hall.

So far, only these people have confirmed with me what they are bringing for reunion's potluck

Xuan Shan, Xuan Zhi, Tong: Keropok Lekor
Justin: Fried Beehoon
Nicole: Carbonated drinks
Shuh Chin: Agar agar

Please confirm with me your attendance and what food or drinks you are bringing by 18th June 2008 if you have yet to do so.

Remind those who are still oblivious about this reunion and refer them to the Bisds Youth blog. Thanks

The outline of our reunion's agenda should be something like this.

6.00 pm: The arrivals of all VIPs of the reunion and their food too

6.30 pm: Arrangement of food stuff

7.00 pm : Dinner and talk all you can

: Slide show of all the pictures during camp

8.00 pm: Committee Awards!

(Dress to kill! perhaps you'll win an award and get to be featured in our blog. =P )

8.30 pm: Games and dance!

9.45 pm: Clean up and tapau food!

10.00 pm: End of our GRAND 10th CFC Reunion

~Hvey Jci aka Kei~

10th CFC Reunion

2008-06-09T20:49:00.000+08:00

ATTENTION TO ALL OF THE COMMITTEES OF 1OTH CFC!

OUR REUNION'S THIS 21st OF JUNE 2008!
SO U BETTER COME BEFORE I START CHOPPING HEADS!

Venue: Auditorium
Time: 6 pm till 10 pm (probably start earlier for some games)
Style: Potluck

Things you need to do and bring:

Bring yourself here and make sure other committees are here too!
bring FOOD (solid healthy food or snacks or cakes and etc)
bring DRINKS (can drinks, 1.5L bottled drinks and etc)
Your own cups, plates and cutleries ( we're trying to save the earth here. So NO PAPER CUPS OR PLATES OR PLASTIC SPOON AND FORKS)

You can choose to bring either any food OR any drinks for 15 to 20 stomachs.
There's 42 of us, if everyone bring too much, there'll be a waste of food.
Please confirm with me what you wish to bring latest by 18th June 2008 and TEXT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

0163493952

SPREAD THE MESSAGE AROUND TO THOSE WHO'S STILL BLUR ABOUT THIS!

First come first basis. eg:if A already confirmed with me earlier to bring fried rice, B have to think of another food if B also wants to bring fried rice.

Vanessa's getting us satay as she promised!! SO YOU MUST COME!!

Please cooperate with me alright!! Thanks alot!
~HVEY JCI~

Photos & Videos...

2008-06-03T23:22:00.000+08:00

Dear Committees/Participants,

If anyone wants the photos and videos of 10th CFC, there are few choices to obtain them:
I) Burn into CDs (1 CD for Photos & 1 CD for Videos) - 1st CD for RM3 @ 2nd CD for RM5
II) Transfer to a portable device for free (available during sunday school at 11am-1.30pm)

If anyone want to order for CDs, make sure to send me a mail to inform me at nk_suan@hotmail.com. Please do include your name and the details mentioned above..

By the way, sending photos through mail wasn't a bad idea but max only 10-15 photos per mail and only 10 mails per day. For your information, there are more than 800+ photos which consists of 600+MB excluding videos which consists of 600+MB and the videos cannot send through mail cause mail max only 10MB. Please do considerate, TQ...

Pss: I apologize to you all cause late to inform you guys about the photos and videos due to the fact that I fall sick for few days. Sorry again for the delays. My bad...

Written by,
10th CFC photographer, Ngiap Kim

Mail form Sis Vineeta

2008-05-30T23:37:00.000+08:00

Dear BISDS staff, teachers, youths and students

On behalf of the Buddhist Institute Sunday Dhamma School, I would like to express our gratitude for your help, arrangements and assistance in ensuring we had a very successful Wesak.

I know all of you worked in a very hectic schedule to ensure all planned programmes for WESAK was a success.

Indeed it was! The exhibition, the colouring competition, performances by the dance, harmonica, youth choir groups, sketches by Subuthi 2 and Tissa 1 were all well received and very entertaining. Excellent! Team leaders keep it up.!!!!!!!!

Fund raising
In spite of the long weekend we managed to raise a bit of money from the sales of candles and t-shirts. We will communicate the amount raised at the next Exco/Staff meeting. The combined efforts from each and everyone both staff/teachers and students have enabled us to achieve the targeted amount.

We have decided that proceeds from the sales of bookmarks made by our students from Mahinda 1 & 2 will be channeled for the cyclone and earthquake victims in Myanmar and China thru BMV.

Procession
We need to improve in this area as the participation of BISDS staff; youths & students were not encouraging.

Our Appreciation
We are very honored by your kind intentions and we thank you for the wonderful assistance you have rendered. What we are doing is just a drop in the Ocean, but the ocean would be less because of this missing drop…! In this life, we cannot do great things; we can only do small things with great love…. Let “Peace and Love” prevail.

Staff Sanghika dana – 25th May 2008
I would like to invite all of you to participate in the Staff Dana on 25th May 2008 at BMV. Please bring along cooked food by 11.00am ( Vegetarian and non veg dishes would be preferred/fruits,desserts and etc) Approximately 30 monks wud be present. Since the cook is on leave we need your presence early to prepare and set-up. Please liaise with Sis Koh Yik Siang or Sis Shirley Wong to inform them of the food items that you wish to offer for the dana.
Please come along with your family members.

10th anniversary – Youth CFC – 26th May 2008
The BISDS youth group have extended an invitation to all staff & teachers. They will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of the CFC on 26th May 2008 at 8.00pm at the Asoka Hall. Your presence will be appreciated.

May the blessings of the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha be with you and your family always.

With Metta
Vineeta

Thank you all !!

2008-05-30T17:57:00.000+08:00

Thank all of you for helping out in the 10th Children's Fellowship Camp !! All your effort and time have gone to a good cause and I'm sure each and everyone of you made many many friends.

Thanks to Hvey Jci, Kelly and Shu Mei, the programmers who planned activities to keep the children entertained. I sincerely thought it was better than last year's activities and the games kept them having fun. Both the opening ceremony and the talent night were handled very well and I think it had a record number of parents turning up. Keep it up !!

Thanks to Leon, John, Yu Ming, Shu Xian, Ai Ling and Hui Li for preparing good food and ensuring the canteen was clean. I didn't know what you guys did until the 3rd day when I spent more time in the canteen and knew your job is as important as any other and without you guys, I don't know how we would survive.

Thanks to Ngiap Kim, Xuan Shan, Mun Wai and Pei Wen for sacrificing your sleep and making sure that everyone else was warm at night. Thanks for making sure the children bathed quickly and always there to help out any other committees. Another department whose job cannot be underestimated.

And definitely thank you to all my facilitators !!! Charmaine, Suelyn, Chee Keong, Lynn, Jusryn, See Tho, Xuan Zhi, Zhe Yoing, Shuh Chin, Kai-Yuan, Ying Phin, Li Wah, Kai-Cong, Zhen Whei, Yin Qin, Yu Feng, Yan Leng, Zhu Shaun, Justin, Ong Tong, Sui Lun, Sze Mei, Nicole, Mike T, Rebecca and Yee Wan !! You guys were absolutely great and I'm very happy to have been able to lead you. I know all you guys had fun and made many new friends. Haha, I hope I didn't neglect any of you and took care to all your needs. Hope the lozenges helped your sorethroat.

And of course, thank you Geetha for organizing the camp and giving us all the opportunity to learn so much. Even if I'm a senior in this camp, I know that I've learned alot too. The memories will stay with us always.

So youths, do continue to support the BISDS Youth Group and join in all our activities. And for the memories :

People !!

2008-05-13T22:27:00.000+08:00

Hey I nearly forgot about this blog and noone reminded me, which only means one thing --> noone is checking back.

Anyway, last few Sundays have been really busy for all of us especially with Wesak Day coming up and the 10th Children's Fellowship Camp too !!

Its all gonna be so exciting and I would like to ask the youths to give their full support. So far you've been great, but I'm sure you can be great for the remaining 8 months too.

Anyway enjoy your week and good luck to those having exams. Happy Wesak Day too !!

Sui Yuan
BISDS Youth Group

CHOIR

2008-05-07T21:14:00.000+08:00

Hey Dears!!!!

I know its exam period for all your guys........... so i just want to wish you all

GOOD LUCK and ALL THE BEST

May you all succeed in your exams and in everything that you do!!!!
Enjoy the stress and the process, for i am sure you will all obtain mega great results!

Next, ppl........ Don't forget this weekend is MOTHERS DAY so pls remember to atleast give ur mummy a big kiss and a huge hug to thank her for everything, for if it wasn't for her, you will all not be here today and you will all not be who you are today! and i also won't get such good and dedicated singers like you all.... heheehehehehe.....so be proud of your MUMMY'S they are the queen in your heart.......

Lastly, i still have to mail you all on this so reminder my dear choir angels and hero's :)

Sunday - 11th May 2008
Meet at 7.45am latest 8am @ Room 6&7, pls dun wait downstairs and come straight upstairs pls!!!!! Get ready for performance and we will perform the whole day from 8.30am till 1.30pm, and i will let your teacher know to exempt you all from class. Pls gather back at Room 6&7 after every performance we have all in 6 rounds = performing 6 songs ( Performace times are 8.30, 9.30,10.30, 11.00, 12,00,1.00) take this day as a rehersal / practice and just do your very very best .... don;t be nervous ya! i know you can do it!

Saturday - 17th May 2008
Choir Practice at Sri Dhamma Hall from 7 - 9.30pm. It is compulsory for all to be there on this practice ok... as it is one of our last practices! bring lotsa Water and pls pls pls dun eat curry / fried stuff before you come! drink lotsa water and BRING YOUR SONG SHEETS... remember we don;t wanna kill more trees and Sis Vineeta will come by at the end for you all to present all songs to her! *dun fret! i know you will all be able to reach deep to her heart and melt it with your voices*

Sunday - 18th May 2008
Rehersals and final preps at Monggalana Class room / Asoka Hall (venue to be confirmed) from 9.30 -11.45am.

Monday - 19th May 2008, WESAK
Meet at Room 6&7 at 7.30am wearing BLUE JEANS and BISDS T-SHIRT! we will be singing live on stage twice and 2-3 times on the streets! its OUR big day! :)

From now till then.... pls pls pls
-DO NOT EAT ANYTHING THAT WILL HARM YOUR THROAT
-DRINK LOTSA WATER AND EAT LOTSA FRUITS
-LOVE YOURSELF AND YOUR VOICE..... as i love you all
-BRING WATER TO EVERY PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE
-TRY TO REMEMBER YOUR LYRICS
-PRACTICE ALOT AT HOME
-SLEEP WELL
okok... thats almost all from me! sorry to spoil your eyes and spam your mailbox... pls take down the dates and time and pls pls be there! I thank you all once again and on behalf of the BISDS.... SADHU to all! take care and ... THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart as well. May you all enjoy this experience as much and gain more memories for your life time!

SING YOUR HEART, TOUCH THEIR HEARTS, OWN THE SONG, OWN THE STAGE!

CONTINUE SINGING AND SMILING

With buckets and buckets of Metta and Thanks!
Sis Vanessa Lim

posted by,

kelly

BISDS YOUTH CHOIR PRACTICE

2008-05-01T15:06:00.000+08:00

Dearest Brothers and Sisters

Kindly be reminded that there will be an extra training session this
SATURDAY - 3RD MAY 2008
@ 7pm- 9.30pm @ BMV.

I sincerely hope that you will all be able to attend this session as you all know that we are running out of time. I understand that you all have exams, assisgnments, work commitments and some even parent / transport problems! However, i just hope that you all will try very hard and your very best to try and make it just for this 2 in a half hour practice this Saturday and also try to committ for the rest of the sundays from 9.30 -10.30 and 11-11.45am

We have approximately 2-3 more weeks to wesak and just a mere 1 week to mothers day! and i really really wish and hope that you can all make this sacrifice for Wesak! I believe you would all try your best to make the neccessary arrangements to help make this performance a huge success!

I , on behalf of the BISDS would like to THANK YOU in advance for your dedication, time and effort put in

May you all continue to sing with joy and share the joy with the rest of the world!

I SINCERELY LOOK FORWARD AND HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON SATURDAY

With Metta
Sis Vanessa Lim

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kelly

CFC Meeting

2008-04-06T23:41:00.000+08:00

Dear committees,

There'll be a meeting this Sunday, 13th April at 1.30pm for CFC. Please be there and those who can't make it, please contact me as soon as possible. CFC is coming very soon and we need to finalise things fast. Any facilitators are welcomed to join the meeting too.

Thanks

Sui Yuan

2nd Youth Outing(edited)

2008-03-27T21:19:00.000+08:00

hey everyone...okay this is the 2nd Youth Outing and is actually falls on 30th March, but is postponed to 6th April.....

This time we're going to 1 Utama, the main activities that we will have are pool, bowling, arcade and maybe baseball!!!

Meeting place:-

Venue: Mcdonalds (old wing)-ground floor
Time: 11am

This time we're gonna have lunch all together..remember, ALL TOGETHER!! we're not gonna seperate groups okay.
Besides that, one important thing...

Only YOUTH COMMITTEE members are allowed.!! Any outsiders (eg, classmates) would have to seek permission from our "dai lou" bro. LIM SUI YUAN 1st.

Other information will be update soon....

Thanks,
Kelly n.n

Youth Outing Update

2008-03-04T22:25:00.001+08:00

Ok, the details are as follows :

Date : 9th March 2008

Day : Sunday

Time : 10.30am SHARP at McDonald's Lower Ground Floor, Midvalley till around dinner time. Those going back earlier pls inform me.

Activities : Movie (10,000 BC), bowling, maybe pool, lunch, dinner

Please confirm your attendance with either Yu Ming, John or Justin by THURSDAY (6 March). And this outing is COMPULSORY. If you can't make it, please tell me personally thru SMS or phone call at 012-2549185.

If you haven't confirmed your attendance by then, I will call you personally, and you don't want that to happen.

Anyway, no worries la, I just want all of us to go to have fun. No point I say its up to you and you guys will have other plans. By the way, its an important activity to create a close bonding among ourselves, only then can we push BISDS Youth Group forward.

Thank you for your kind cooperation :)

Sui Yuan
Vice Chairperson

BISDS CNY Caroling

2008-03-04T21:17:00.000+08:00

hey sorry everyone, is 1 month already since CNY caroling. Really sorry for the late update.
On that day, the BISDS youth group had went to 5 houses and 1 old folks home. I hope that everyone have fun and enjoy the singing together. And i think these are those pictures that u guys have waiting very long ago..hope u enjoy

thanks to everyone who join the caroling with us. Hope that u guys will join next year too

Sadhu~x3

-Kelly Tan-

BISDS Youth Outing

2008-02-26T20:39:00.000+08:00

Firstly, thanks to everyone who helped out last Friday and Saturday. I'm sure although we were tired, we had a fun time. By the way, we got to do good deeds and accumulate merits.

On the 8th of March, there'll be a youth outing. I hope all youths would be able to make it. Not sure about the details yet (I'll put it up soon), but just to inform you guys so you can make yourselves available.

9th is a BISDS holiday so no worries k, we can stay out till evening.

Cheers
~Sui Yuan~

PS : Who have pics on CNY caroling, pls send to me. Thx.

Ajahn Brahm talk and retreat

2008-02-20T21:59:00.000+08:00

Just in case some of you received an sms or were requested to help out, there is a talk by Ajahn Brahm this Friday evening (22/2) and a one-day retreat on Saturday (23/2). Help is needed by Vanessa who is in charge.

Help will be needed from 5.30pm to 10pm on Friday and 5.30am to 12pm on Saturday.

Any youth willing to volunteer please confirm with Xuan Shan or Vanessa or just post a comment and I'll inform them. Any assistance given will be appreciated.

Cheers
~Sui Yuan~

CNY Caroling

2008-02-11T20:39:00.000+08:00

Happy Chinese New Year to all and may the Year of the Rat bring you happiness, good fortune, excellence in your studies and so on, so forth.

But here we are, not seeing each others for more than a week due to the BISDS school holiday. But this Saturday, there will be a caroling coming up and we'll be visting 6 houses, all the way from Batu Caves to Subang Jaya. Those interested can message me at 012-2549185 or Geetha at 012-6262758.

We will be meeting at the temple at 7.30am (pls be there earlier) and will probably reach back around 7pm. It will be a good chance to have fun, visit houses and promote the spirit of Chinese New Year.

Hope to see you guys there !
Cheers

-suiyuan-

ADDITIONAL:
please wear BISDS t-shirt for your attire, and if u like to bring your camera to take pictures you can but please make sure don't lose it and send those photo to us

Happy Chinese New Year to all, hope to see you guys there n.n

Sadhu x3

-kelly-

New year, New beginning

2008-02-03T18:38:00.000+08:00

Hi, as the newly elected vice chairperson, I'd like to wish a very happy new year to all youths from BISDS.

Today we had our AGM for 2008. The committees are as follows :

Chairperson : Geetha
Vice Chairperson : Sui Yuan
Secretary : Xuan Shan
Treasurer : Hui Li
Asst. Administrator: Ai Ling
Project Team : Hvey Jci, Kevin, Li Wah
PR Team : Kelly, Ngiap Kim
Support Team Manager : Leon

Secondary Committee :
Sui Lun
Yu Ming
Mun Wai
John
Shu Mei
Shu Xian
Pei Wen
Jusryn
Xuan Zhi
Charmaine

We hope we'll be able to work together as a team and bring BISDS Youth forward. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank the youths for giving us support and to continue to do so in the future.

I hope this will be a year to look forward to and when it is done, will be a memorable one to look back on. May the year of 2008 be a life-changing one for all !

Cheers
~Sui Yuan~

PS : Happy Chinese New Year to all !!