March insitutional meeting

Hi npsdians, finally, its the holiday period.*yeah!!!*Hope that all of you have exerted your best in your examinations and congratualtions as all of you will move on to your next acadmic year in the poly.

Till the release of your results, the only thing that you can do now is to chant for what you desired. As the exam u take will only be check by the staff and lecturers, let's really pray that there will be no marking error and if really there is one, the error actually gives u addiontional marks. Details in this sense is very important and if we want to achieve something, we should not leave anything to fate but try to challenge fate with daimoku.

Another thing i like to highlight is the upcoming March insitutional meeting. This will be the first insitutional meeting/gathering for npsd so let's make a determination to be there. Your attendance will surely be an encouragement to another person as Ikeda sensei says this of the soka gakkai,

"It is one of the sad ways of the world that when things are going well, people gather around you, but as soon as you find yourself in difficulty, they abandon you. They will even slander and criticise you, making a bad situtaion worse.
But the way of life of those of us who practise the Daishonin's Buddhism is the exact opposite. We are committed to warmly supporting and protecting those who are suffering, those who are earnstly, struggling to overcome hardship and adversity. We encourage them so they can feel hope for the future and triumph over their present situation. We advance together in a spirit of unity."

With that in mind, every apperance in the meeting is of paramount importance. Some attend a meeting like a meeting whereas some attend a meeting , treating it a turning point in their lives. Our attitude towards attending a meeting is therefore, crucial. Attitude begins and change only from one's determination. It is a battle with ourselves alone.

In conclusion , i like to end off with this poem, once again from our mentor who is 80th this year.

"People cannot escape themselves.
Attempting to change
the enviroment,
without changing oneself,
changes nothing.
To win happiness and accumlate
good fortune and virtue,
we must choose the way of
human revolution."
Daisaku Ikeda

2gether we win!!

Ocean of Harmony 2008 !!!

Our dearest Chingay participants!
(Siew Yoong, Jie Ying, Suet Yieng, May, Zi Jing, Jaymie and
of course, not forgetting Kok Sheng behind)



Hee.. With Me & Huiling included
(Thanks Jefferson for taking the picture!)



The YMDs: Kok Chuan, Jefferson and Kok Sheng



With the corals: May & Jaymie



Jie Ying, Suet Yieng and Siew Yoong in front of our float



Full view of our float (It's very beautiful, isn't it?)

Lastly, would like to thank you all for making Chingay 08 a great success! Guess you all must have enjoyed yourself and made lots of friends in the process. This whole process definitely will remain as beautiful memories in our youth. Let's continue to keep in touch with one another and move on from here. =)

Chingay

Hello all npsdian. I just like to wish all that had been taking part of the chingay performance despite of your exam a big, thank you. Really thanks you for all your efforts and please bring the most wonderful performance to the whole of singapore. We will all sit tight and watch the performance that you all had been training for months.

As Leonardo da Vinci says,
" A a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well used brings happy death",

i am certain that this experince in 2008 chingay that you all had, will bring upon a smile when you all recall back in times ahead.

Take care and once again, thanks.

Gandhi, King, Ikeda

The sequence of the video is as follows: Top(part1), Middle(part2), Bottom(part3)

From SSA times issue 309

Behaviour and integrity are the True measure of a person's worth.

Allow me to share some other quotes of Goethe:
" He who remains true to himself and to others has the most attractive quality of the greatest talents.
Search inside yourself, and there you will find all.
I believe that[ the virtue of ] humanity will triumph on the end."

Please become people with big hearts and big aspirations- people who shine. First-rate indiviuals stand out from the crowd in even the smallest things,such as the way they greet others. Behaviour and integrity, not looks or clothes, are the true measure of a person's worth. No one has ever become a great person without personal integrity. Integrity is the ultimate aim of every philosophy, the light illuminating our world.