Pertandingan Pancaragam Sekolah-Sekolah Menengah Peringkat Negeri Sarawak 2009

The marvelous competition was held at SK S.E.D.C in Sibu, Sarawak two weeks ago. Due to my hectic schedule, I only managed to blog about it today. =S



This years competition was indeed very different compared to the past. We stayed at a Pastoral Centre in Sibu which a very wonderful place where we have 16 dogs to guard the place. ;)

This year, before we enter the field for competition, I could say that 90% of the SJSMSB members cried not because of sadness or regretful of something but we felt something. When the instructors & teachers told us that we have supporters from all around Malaysia & also London, we were so touched that we cried & indeed we performed a superb show that caught all the crowds around SK S.E.D.C.





After our performance, I felt very relieved because I have done my best. I am sure the others felt the same way too. I told myself after the performance, "I have done my best. Even if we don't win this year, it's okay because we had performed a tremendous show. It is also quite impossible for us not to win. =.="

The results are as below:

"Result of the 9th Sarawak State Level Marching Band Competition 2009

Gold
1st - SMK St. Joseph, Kuching (76.50)

Silver
2nd - SMK Chung Hua, Miri (69.45)
3rd - SMK St. Joseph, Miri (64.15)
4th - SMK Green Road, Kuching (61.80)
5th - SM Riam Road Middle School, Miri (61.40)

Bronze
6th - SMK Bintulu (49.75)

Participartion Certificate
7th - SMK Tung Hua, Sibu (37.10)
8th - SMK Tiong Hin, Sibu (33.80)

Best Percussion: SMK St. Joseph, Miri
Best Color Guard: SMK St. Joseph, Kuching
Best Drum Major: SM Riam Road Middle School, Miri
Best Preparation: SMK Chung Hua, Miri


Proudly present, 2009 State Champion, Saint Joseph High School Marching Band!
A total of 7.05 marks difference, winning all the criterias which were judged.
Furthermore, we also won the Best Colorguard Award. :D"

copied from http://jasonyks87.blogspot.com/ ;)



I am sure what we had practiced before was fruitful. After the competition, we had a short session with the judges to hear about their comments on our show. I am sure we had to work hard & improve after this.

On the night of the day of competition, a parent from our SJSMSB sponsored us to a dinner at Kingwood Hotel & we really had fun that night. It was full of surprises that was unexpected.

After the competition, we came back to Kuching the next day & we had another performance in our very own school. We performed to our school mates & even visitors(primary school students from Singapore).





I had no comment about the performance. Haha. Overall, SJSMSB improved a lot since 2006 & we improved every time when we run through the show in Sibu according to our instructors. ;)

What's up? We will go to the Nationals which will be held in Johor Bahru in July(according to public sources). SJSMSB might also go to Wonju, Korea to join The 1st Asia-Pacific Marching Bands Championship Wonju 2009.

I would like to thank everybody for their continuous support towards SJSMSB especially our parents, teachers, instructors & supporters. THANK YOU. I would also like to thank all the readers of my blog & I really hope that you will pray for SJSMSB so that we can end our season in Wonju or even KLWMBC 2009. THANK YOU

GOD BLESS !! ORA Et. Labora !

Kuching Blogger,
Jordan Wee.

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What should I blog about today? It has been quite some time since I last wrote properly in my blog & that was since 11^th February. =.=

 

My life as a Josephians is rather hectic due to the daily schedules. Lolz.

 

Right now, I can’t even remember what I went through for the past days till I have to refer to my ‘diary’ to blog. So much for a forgetful 15 years old boy like me. Lame me. =.=

 

After 11^th February, it was Valentine’s Day. ;) Did not do anything much on that day except attending band practice & went for the “Valentine Talentine” organized by the SJS Prefectorial Board & the Red Crescent Members. That event was indeed very terrible for me as I did not imagine that it was like that. I thought it was something like Band Idol 2009 but it proved me wrong & I can say that it is far worse that Band Idol 2009. No offence to those who were involved. =S

 

A week after V-Day, it was the prefect interview. The interview was the same day as the Performance for the Tourism Ministry. What a coincidence. Sad to say that I was not selected to be the school prefect. So this gives me an opportunity to be more reckless. Not. The interview was kind of cool for me as it was the second interview of my life after an interview at PC Image that I did not went through too. Sad for me. ;’(

 

Days past as usual till the first Band Camp of SJSMSB where we actually stayed-in for 4 days & 3 nights. The camp was something unforgettable for we completed half the show for 2009 in just 5 days. Cool huh? I can still remember the hot sun. My skin burnt badly & today you still can see the effects of the sun towards my skin. It’s peeling off slowly dad by dad as if I have skin diseases. =.= The other band members were like “pure Indians” after the camp but I was more like a crab being cooked. During that camp we learnt a lot. We watched videos. I mean Band Films not the one which is in Blue. I don’t watch those like some of them did. Sigh. There was treasure hunt too & also “Band Idol” where band members have to perform for our parents. It was an event of great laughter seeing what band members can “produce” from the camp.  I hope we can have another one like this soon. ;)

 

That was Band Camp. I did not go to school on the next day. I declared my own holiday at home. =.= If I was not mistaken that was the second time I did not go to school for being tired or lazy. The first time was on a Friday where I woke up at 7am so I decided not to go to school. I am so lazy right? Please do not follow me. Lolz.

 

After Band Camp, we students have to go to school for four days but it was three for me. After that, there comes the first term school break. Before the school break, our band still managed to hold a practice. Yeah, it’s tough but we made it through. ;)

 

During the school holidays which includes today, my days were not so free as I am a choral speaker & the school’s choral speaking team had practices everyday. I was supposed to be an intensive practice but you know, sometimes people are not responsible enough to be present for the practice. What a waste & it is so disappointing. (What’s the point? If we practise without the others? Why leave a hole there? We are a team, we do not leave anybody behind. We shall never let anybody walk alone. =.= Remember, you only have one chance so do not lose it. Give in your best for everything you do. Everybody is important. Do not let your own team mates down. Together everybody achieves more.)

 

Monday will be another Mufti Day & this will be my 4^th. To those who do not know what this is, it is a day where students & teacher are allowed to wear “anything” for FREE to school. It is some sort of “fashion day” for those who are vain. But it has been the Josephian culture to have a day off for not wear the school uniform. To all Josephians out there, on Monday, let’s dress smart & let us not try to be “sexy”.

 

Examination is just around the corner. It is just four days to go. I have not started my revision yet not completing my assignments. Sigh. Somebody please help me. To those sitting for the examination, all the best & do study smart. Do not be like me. =.=

 

There is something. Which do you think is better, Blogger or Facebook? =S I just got a Facebook account so do add me. My name is my full name. =.=

 

I guess that’s all. Even if there is anything to blog, I think I better keep it to myself. =.= “I need some privacy”.

 

Till next time. I hope my English is correct in this post. ;) I wrote this since yesterday evening & it takes me around 24 hours to post this up. =.= Hope you enjoy reading. Thank you.

 

GOD BLESS !! ORA Et. Labora!

 

Yours truly,

Jordan W.

Facing the Giants in Life

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

 ¹ I lift up my eyes to the hills—
       where does my help come from?

 ² My help comes from the LORD, 
       the Maker of heaven and earth.

 ³ He will not let your foot slip— 
       he who watches over you will not slumber;

 ⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel 
       will neither slumber nor sleep.

 ⁵ The LORD watches over you— 
       the LORD is your shade at your right hand;

 ⁶ the sun will not harm you by day, 
       nor the moon by night.

 ⁷ The LORD will keep you from all harm— 
       he will watch over your life;

 ⁸ the LORD will watch over your coming and going 
       both now and forevermore.

Matthew 19:26

Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Wordle

"Happy V-Day!"

It's all about LOVE.

Four(4) types of LOVE:

Storge - familial love (eg. the warm afflection that parents have towards their child)

Eros - the desire to draw out all that is good, beautiful & true (motivated by need)

Plilia - friendship love (Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13)

Agape - GOD'S LOVE (Selfless, sacrificial love - in which nothing is asked in return)

LOVE

Love is: patient, kind

Love does not: envy, boast, delight in eveil but rejoices with the truth

Love is not: proud, self-seeking, easily angered

Love keeps no record of wrongs.

Love always: protects, trusts, hopes, peeseveres

(1 Corinthians 13:4-7)

"And now these three remain: faith, hope & love. But the greatest of these is love."

(1 Corinthians 13:13)

Message:

God's promise for us is in John 3:16.

"For God so loved the world that he gave his one & only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

God died for us on the Cross for our sins when we were still sinners. His love for us never fails. The Lord disciplines those he loves. God has said clearly in Hebrews 13:5.

"Never will I leave you;

never will I forsake you."

The Lord is our helper, WE shall not be afraid. What can man do to us?

For those who are searching for an answer, the time has come. Speak to the Lord and he answer your questions. "Ask & it will be given to you; seek & you will find; knocked & the door will be opened to you." (Matthew 7:7)

So, take "V-Day" as a day to not only be focused totally on our "spouse" but rather to remember what the Lord has done for us on the Cross.

Thank you. "Happy V-Day!".

GOD BLESS !! ORA Et. Labora !

Writen by,

Jordan W ;) 

*12.52am-1.33am 14/2/09*

Additional Mathematics

It has been quite some time since I last proper wrote a post so I decided to write one tonight before 12am but I am not sure whether I can finish this in time or not. =.=

Tonight, I went to my aunt's house to have tuition with her & my cousins from 8pm-10.30pm. It was the first time in my life for me to go to her house to truly work otherwise I'll just go there to visit my aunt & my cousins.

I did 7 Additional Mathematics' Questions for the whole 2 1/2 hours. Talk about me being lengthy. ;) It was indeed an unforgettable occurrence for me as I had obtained more proficiency in my studies. xD

I didn't know precisely on what to write so before I end my post I would like to tell everybody chiefly to all the readers of my blog, don't be afraid to ask if you have any problems. I am sure there is always somebody there to help you especially our God in Heaven.

Till then, do go for an Evening Worship with Planetshakers. I am sure you don't want to miss it. Be happy & make it easy-going. Don't take it to austerely.

THANK YOU

GOD BLESS !! ORA Et. Labora !

Your Kuching Blogger,

Jordan W.

*i finally clicked on the "Publish Post" button at 12.21am* =.=

Make Me Happy!

February 11, 2009 

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Greetings friends,

We hope you find the secret to true happiness.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

Make Me Happy!

Most people really do want to be happy. Our definition of what it means to be happy, however, is one important variable in that goal.

We sometimes think that if we had a million dollars we would be happy—but others who have the million have proven that the money alone does not make people happy. Sometimes we think if we had a more understanding mate we would be happy, or if we lived in a different part of the world—and so on and so forth.

We in America live in one of the most blessed nations on earth. People from other lands seek entry by desperate means—just to be here. We have freedom, plenty, peace and opportunities of all sorts. But the truth is, nothing will “make us happy”—that is something we choose to be by learning to be thankful and appreciative of our blessings (Psalm 100).

Johnson Oatman Jr. once wrote in a hymn, “Count your blessings, name them one by one; count your blessings, see what God hath done!” Happiness is a choice—and it’s up to you.

Further Reading:

“Happiness and the Secret Path”            

An Evening Worship With Planetshakers

// Friday, 13 February 2009, 7.30pm

// Association of Churches in Sarawak, Kuching @ Christian Ecumenical Centre (the hall behind Maybank, 2 1/2 miles)

// Launching Youth & School Alpha

// Tickets are only priced at RM10

-do go for it & I am sure you don't want to miss it ;)

GOD BLESS !! ORA Et. Labora !

*for non-Muslims only*

Redeeming the Time

February 9, 2009

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Hello readers,

The clock is ticking.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

Redeeming the Time

The apostle Paul warned us to “walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:15-16), which prompts an interesting question: How much time do you and I have left to redeem?

The subject of death is never a pleasant one, but sooner or later we must accept the fact that “it is appointed for men to die once” (Hebrews 9:27)—and that this includes ourselves.

We may have anywhere from 60 years to 60 seconds left to live. Regardless, our focus should not be on how much time we have left, but how we’re spending it. Are we making good use of it? Are we walking circumspectly? Are we redeeming it?

The best way to answer yes to all three questions is found in the next part of Paul’s warning: “Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (Ephesians 5:17).

There is no better starting point.

Further Reading:

The Future Is Now!

Band Idol 2009

Band Idol 2009 was held on the 6^th & 7^th of February 2009 & it has all ended. Band Idol 2009 was indeed a great success as each and everybody worked together as a TEAM to come up with such a great event.

 

I would like to congratulate Daniel Balan for winning the Solo Category for the night. His performance really caught the crowd’s attention.

 

Not to forget, our own SJSMSB percussions who emerged Champion for the Ensemble Category. “Suthi Downgraded”, that is what they called themselves and they had put up an awesome show for the night.

 

Our 1^st runner-up, “The Geeks” had also put up a great show but unfortunately they did not managed to grab the Champion title. Don’t give up, work harder next time.

 

As for the 2^nd runner-up, “The 3A1’s” did a great performance but again I am sorry I don’t know what to say about them as I was not there when they perform.

 

Congratulations to all winners. To all who didn’t manage to pass through Audition, Preliminary Round, or didn’t win any award, don’t give up and do work for the next Band Idol in years to come.

 

Thank you Stage Crew(s) for your support on the stage and thanks a lot to those who had contributed directly or indirectly to the favourable outcome of Band Idol 2009.

 

THANK YOU.

To Serve or Be Served

January 26, 2009 

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Dear readers, 

There is a huge contrast between how man rules and how God rules.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

To Serve or Be Served

Many men lust for power and control. When they attain it, however, they seek after more still. There is truth in the saying that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This has become evident over and over again in the lives of despots.

The terribly sad part is that, although the lust for power seems to be insatiable, it is all too often equaled by the inability of those wielding it to use it wisely and for the benefit of all.

The world teaches that the more one exerts control and influence, the better he rules. God’s way teaches just the opposite—that our greatness is proportional to our service to others (Matthew 23:11), not the service of others to us.

It is not man’s inclination to do things God’s way, but His is the only one that works. Love and service are qualities far more essential to our lives than the world’s version of power—qualities we need to start practicing.

Further Reading:

Learning Leadership Through Service

The greatest among you will be your servant.  Matthew 23:11

Best Wishes

Happy Blessed Chinese New Year!

Wishing you & your family a great start to the New Year!

*Do Not Look Back / Pu Yao Hui Tou Kan*

alldabest ! GOD BLESS !! ORA Et. Labora !

What Are Your Hands Saying?

January 23, 2009 

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Hello readers, Life is easier with our fists unclenched.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

What Are Your Hands Saying?

A unique part of the human body is the hand. With the hand we can reach out to help, we can express an emotion, we can greet people and we can give and take things. Indira Gandhi was quoted as saying, “You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.”

Her observation describes the difficulty that people and nations have in solving problems when anger, hatred or the desires to hurt and fight are present. A clenched fist is for fighting. The one who has this stance is not ready to negotiate and talk–they are ready to fight.

A woman of great value is one who uses her hands wisely. Proverbs 31:19-20 tells of hands that work well and are ready to help the needy. Hands that express friendship and respect say as much as a hundred words ever could.

Further Reading:

Personal Growth: Extending the Right Hand of Fellowship  

In her hand she holds the distaff 
       and grasps the spindle with her fingers.

She opens her arms to the poor 
       and extends her hands to the needy.

Proverbs 31:19-20

Faster Than a Speeding Rumor

January 21, 2009
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Dear readers,
It’s much safer to walk in the light of truth.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

Faster Than a Speeding Rumor

Washington, D.C., is said to be the only city in the world where sound travels faster than the speed of light. Rumors and gossip have a speed all of their own—the especially destructive ones reaching speeds that boggle belief. Good rumors, on the other hand, take longer to travel from one place to the other.

Humans seem to yearn for gossip, even if they know that what they hear is untrue. No good comes from passing on rumor or gossip (though evil certainly can, as we read in Ecclesiastes 10:20). It is better to bring things into the light of truth than to conceal them in the darkness of rumor.

Further Reading:
My Name Is Gossip

Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, 

       or curse the rich in your bedroom, 
       because a bird in the sky may carry your words, 
       and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

Ecclesiastes 10:20

Enemy Number One

January 19, 2009 

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Dear friends,

You can be a better you—we all can.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

Enemy Number One

Once we reach adulthood and are able to make decisions on our own, we have a responsibility to search out hindrances to a happy life that may lie in our way. Enemy number one (for almost everyone) stares back at us from an unlikely hiding place—the mirror.

We choose what to do and where to be. We choose to remain in sorrow and self-pity or search for an escape. The first place to look for the source of any woes we may have is within ourselves.

Paul encouraged people to examine and test themselves (2 Corinthians 13:5). This is easier said than done. None of us wants to find the warts and bumps we carry, so they go ignored and untreated.

It is easier to blame other people, circumstances or things for our woes. That never brings a solution—it is like discarding the mirror.

Rather than do that, our first response should be to take a good, long, honest look in that mirror and be willing to change the flaws we see—otherwise, our enemy wins.

Further Reading:

What's Wrong With Our Human Nature?

All Things in Moderation

January 16, 2009
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Dear readers,
Let us not forget the value of temperance.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

All Things in Moderation

Obesity is a problem in the Western world. Unhappiness is also a problem there. Our societies seem to be rushing to and fro seeking contentment while giving in to every supposed pleasure. The result is what Adam C. Powell Jr. termed “a world of contented bodies and discontented minds.”

Giving in to all our wishes does lead to discontentment in time. Solomon had a thousand wives and did not find one that made him happy (Ecclesiastes 7:28). More is not always better—especially in the areas of food and entertainment.

Contentment includes both a healthy body and a healthy mind. Excess does not lead to happiness. In our search for meaning and joy in life, we can often unwittingly add new troubles. Obesity is often one of our own making. There may be physical reasons and causes, but we should seek help to correct them.

Happiness is a direction we can choose by being “temperate in all things” (1 Corinthians 9:25).

Further Reading:
Keys to a Long, Happy Life

Obstinacy: Not a Virtue

January 14, 2009
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Greetings friends,
”Stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry,” Samuel said (1 Samuel 15:23).

 

Clyde and Dee Kilough

 

Obstinacy: Not a Virtue

 

Some hold extreme points of view in religion, business or politics. Their points of view, however, in one sense are not as objectionable as the fact that extremists are often unwilling to hear the other side.

 

We all arrive at certain points of view, and the path there may include errors that will be corrected in time. The real problem arises when a person takes a stance so strong that other information is not even considered. Those with new facts or information are viewed as enemies.

 

“A fool has no delight in understanding, but in expressing his own heart” (Proverbs 18:2). Closed-minded arguments are often a mask for foolishness.

 

Further Reading:
Becoming More Like God

 

For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
       and arrogance like the evil of idolatry.
       Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
       he has rejected you as king."

1 Samuel 15:23

 

A fool finds no pleasure in understanding
       but delights in airing his own opinions.

Proverbs 18:2

 

Iniquity – great injustice or unfairness

Obstinate – refusing to change your mind or stop what you are doing / hard to deal with

Virtue – behavior showing high moral standards / a good or useful quality

Stance – the way in which someone stands / an attitude or standpoint

Rebellion – an act of rebelling / opposition to authority or control

Divination – the use of supernatural means to find out about the future or the unknown

Arrogance – behaving in an unpleasant way because you think that you are better than other people

Airing – expressing an opinion or complaint publicly

Is Nothing Certain?

January 5, 2009 

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Hello dear readers,

God does not change—all else does.

Clyde and Dee Kilough

Is Nothing Certain?

Life teaches us that everything changes—including ourselves. Our bodies age, ocean waves lap at the shores, forever changing them, and nothing stays exactly the same.

While it’s true that there is no such thing as total security on this earth, Jesus spoke about laying up “treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal” (Matthew 6:20). Here we see that the most important treasures lie beyond this world—in perfect security.

When we search for opportunities in this life and grasp those that become available, we place ourselves in a position of security that does not depend on hoarding what we have. But the greatest security of all is to be pleasing to God—for our future depends more on Him than on life itself. Of that we can be certain.

Further Reading:

Financial Security and Peace of Mind