Today class.......

Today Bro Chan came in for the class.(For you information, Sis Khoo went to Jakarta)

The main topic we discussed today is Food Fair.

Bro. Chan told us that this food fair is a great chance for us to learn.It let us open up ourself,learning speaking skill, gain confidences.He also taught us some living soft skills.....from his own experiences.

In life, one of the point is to be a good listener.By having a good listening skill, we can understand others, and can act according to instructions.When we developed our skills to a higher level, besides learning,we can take down the keywords,interprets it and dissolve...in our stomach.

Bro Chan also stressed on systematic works.A systematic work can determine how is a person.This plays a big role in the future......

SO back to the point.....
for the food fair,our class is in charge of 3 items.That is

Porridge

• 2 tongs
• Price not stated
• Cindy as project manager

Ice cream

• Quantity not stated
• Price not stated
• Cher Yi as project manager

Buns

• max 500 pieces
• Price not stated
• Tian Hao as project manager

So basically here is the information about it.Will keep update ......

Happy Fathers Day!!!!

Today , KSDS had a Father's Day celebration.

After puja, Sis Ong read to us a poem written by her when she did her PhD.It was about a farmer's life.This farmer had three children but then,after they was sent to school they no longer want to be farmer.Either the farmer's or the father's life is tough......

Then is a sing a long session by sujattha class students.They say 2 song--"Hao Ba Ba" and "Shi Shang Zi You Ba Ba Hao"

Follow up is a writing session .Students are given papers and pencils to write down their best wishes for their dad and they were given some beautiful wrapped starts which resembles the triple gems to give to their father.
The, the best parts of the day...cake cutting session.

Meanwhile,in the kitchen we had........"PAN Mee "for our lunch.This was mad by Bro Tor family and Asaji class.
So, here from Dhammaflmame wish all the dad's in this world be well and happy always.Happy Father's Day!!!!

Helen The Baby Fox (14th Jly)

For this week , we had a Japanese movie entitled: Helen The Baby Fox.This was a 2006 film, written by Minoru Taketazu and screened by Masako Imai.
The story is about,

Leaving school for the day, seven-year old Taichi finds a baby fox alongside a road in rural Hokkaido. The two bond, and Taichi decides to leave the fox with the police as a lost item. The policeman on duty takes a reluctant Taichi and the fox to the local Yajima Veterinary Clinic. It turns out that Taichi has begun to live with Ko, the vet, and his teenage daughter Misuzu after his free-spirited mother Ritsuko has gone to Micronesia to work as a photographer. Many people have abandoned animals with Ko, and paying customers are few with most of his income coming from frequently boarding a friendly dog that is almost part of the family. Taichi feels abandoned as well, and clashes with Ko when the vet sees the new arrival as a burden, especially after discovering that the fox is deaf and blind. However, Taichi names it Helen after Helen Keller and attempts to bring her back to full health while teaching her about the world as sort of a young Annie Sullivan. Even though Taichi gets her to eat, Helen suffers increasing fits stemming from her damaged brain. Written by Brian Greenhalgh

Taichi effort and never gives up spirit encourage the little fox,Helen to continue her life.Instead of 3 days, the little fox had lived up to 3 weeks. It might be short, but for Taichi and his family....this period is like between spring and summer, leaving each others the best memory.

Sometimes, cares are the best medicine.

A Beautiful Mind(7th July)

On 7th July, we had movie sharing session.On that day we had shown the movie --A Beautiful Mind
This was a 2001 movie, directed by Ron Howard.

Story is about:

At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today. Written by rmlohner

To success, first thing we need to do is to overcome ourself. John Nash with the help of Alicia, he finally get out from his "own world" and getting the Noble Prize, become a great mathematician.

To know more, you may go to look for the movie.It is quite meaningful, but you need to get a subtitles one.

Wesak Day

Wesak dawn has paced in softly.....
Again, for Buddhist to celebrate this very sacred day.Wesak is a day where Buddha borned as a prince, Buddha gained enlightenment, and the day Buddha passed away into Nibana.Wesak day has a great meaning for every Buddhist.

Wesak day is a yearly event for BMSM Kajang.In such a sacred day, we celebrate the day by remember the teaching of the Buddha. Besides that, this is a day for us to transfer our merit to the passed away, and not forget victims of Myanmar Storm and China Earthquake.

Like last year, we had oil lamp donations.But the difference is we had fund raising for the coming 4 storey building.So following is some activities we had done for the wesak eve and wesak day itself.

~YB Lee giving a short opening speech~
~Brick donation stall~
~Building bricks(Complete one will be upload shortly)~

~Performance by kids~
~Public speech by Bro. Sanjay~
~Performance by Ananda class"We are the leaves of one tree"~
~Moment of silence for those victims of disaster in Myanmar and China~
~Bhante leading in oil lamp lighting ceremony~

~Puja and chanting~


~Oil lamp~

~Mini procession~
So basically that's all for the activities.
*More images will be upload soon*

Graduate Lunch

10th May....
Today Sis Khoo brought the SPM graduates of ananda class for a lunch at the Curve,Empress Cafe.To celebrate our hard work after 12 years of study and for our whole new turning point of life.
Besides experienced some special and delicious foods, we had some small discussion together.About our future.....
Like what teacher used to said last time....The world is so big, there are lots for us to learn.Just about the difference in foods .It did remember us about the seven wonders in the world.Besides the "seven",there are still lot of wonders around the world that we dont know......so we must not stop learning
Besides that, we must have a good EQ.Useless for us to study to a high level but get lost in the communication skill.
Graduated from form 5 is another turning point inour life.Follow up is the new challenges,totally different things......A lot of decision to be made ...by ourselves.

So....graduates...all the best !!!!!

*p/s: due to off track in the post, the latest post will be on Wesak day.

April movie sharing session-- Fly Away Home

19th April 2008

In conjunction with April movie sharing session, we had shown the movie "Fly Away Home".

The story is about Amy (Anna Paquin) , a young teenager when she loses her mother to a car accident. Because of it, she moves in with her father (Jeff Daniels). Amy finds her new life absolutely miserable, until she finds abandoned goose eggs from when the developers tore up the forest behind her home. They soon hatch and Amy becomes their "mother" and takes care of them. Winter quickly arrives, and the geese must go south. But who will show them the way? It is up to Amy and her father to make sure that the young geese find their way, and with the assistance of her father's invention, they do just that

This indeed is a touching and inspiring movie.

So we have a short sharing session by Bro. Chook.Back to the point of nature, we as a part of nature really needs to do a lot for the others livng organisms in this world.As shown in the movie,the hunters are killing the geese just for their own desire.

Bro. Chook also mention about carbon-credit.Where people are doing sorts of activities to balanced back the carbon dioxide they make each days.

To adapt to a certain environment and weather, sometimes animals need migrate to other places.For examples are birds, aquatic animals......so,we as a human should protect and reserve the environment for the others so they will not extinct and continue livng.....