Waiting for you...i'm waiting for you...

Here is the report for the last meeting which we had at YIH canteen:

(1) For the database, we will first target the handover files which we had from our previous MC experience. We will stop the publicity through weekly email and emails to seniors. Only Bein Siong replied us and sent us CEP files. So, we do our parts first before approach the people who we think can help us in setting up the database.

(2) For the library system, the MC actually approached us to help. We hope to help them fix it after final exams.

(3) For Dharma camp, we discussed it briefly. We hope to organise Dharma Camp for the juniors in the future by helping to plan the programmes. Execution will still be the responsibilities of the MC.

(4) We have started the music interest group. Sea Ming managed to come out with a R&B Ehipassiko song. Cheerios!!!

(5) As seniors, we should progressed ourselves to become speakers. We could even organise public speaking course for our members and alumni in the future.

(6) This DharmaRoundTable(DRT) meeting is to help us in our personal growth. Besides, it will act as a support group. We can invite seniors to join our monthly meetings by meeting up for meals, this may help to shorten the generation gap. We have to support each other by bringing a group to attend activities, like welfare or fellowship.

(7) We have identified people that can contribute in this fellowship, like Si Ling, Wenyan and Sohan.

Any mistakes, please correct me. (i knew it's hard to correct, because so long already, oops...)

NAKED!

Hey guys,

Happy Chinese New Year!

How's everything? How's the Ang Bao business?

I'm one week behind time for thesis + assignments + tests because i had been mysteriously cursed with the CNY spell.. which apparently put me in inertia. :P

Anyway, I wonder if anyone read Naked i by Campus Crusade? If you haven't, you must be hiding in a hole somewhere because all lectures and tutorials and walkways are flooded with the campus crusaders' magazine!

How did you find the magazine? I actually found it quite an impressive piece of work. Though I am not agreeable to everything's that's written in there, I thought that CC did a great job for the mag because

1. the topic ties in with the upcoming V-day
2. the content, if you realise, is a good steer from the usual preachy mode. It has more relevant stuffs which may be able to attract non-christians. People would not be turned off by it and go "oh, not again". For eg, to discuss about why pre marital sex may not be the best activity for dating couples, they actually discussed about how sex works psychologically, blah blah (my brain is abit dead, so please read their article on "are u sexually satisfied?")
3. attaractive cover and name for the magazine
4. real life experiences

What do u think of the mag?

Any learning points for us? (things tt we can pick up or avoid)

Other reflections?

I know no one is really reading this blog (yes, i'm not a regular reader too) but please throw in ur views about the magazine if u have any. Better still, if u suddenly have a weird/interesting/creative dhammaduta idea popping out after readng the mag.

i'm super brain dead now. 3 hrs past my orh orh time!

oh yes, the BAW panels r cool! :D have u chked them out?

D-Box 17 Jan 08

Thursday 7.00pm - 9.00pm LT3

Feedback

1. Brother Chee Wei, Wei Quan, Rui Qi, ETChan (Ern Theng), Chea Choon and Sea Ming attended.

2. Everyone is interested in learning guitar and enjoy music! WoOHOOO!

3. Everyone contributed ideas on the objectives. ET and Bro Chee Wei and SM highlighted on the need to train people who can lead song sessions.

4. Bro Chee Wei mentioned that we must choose a few songs so that we can concentrated and practice, pop songs also can. The new songs maybe we can listen first, choose one and concentrate on practicing, instead of just listening and not doing anything. (yes, we only really learn when we have hands on rather than ears on)

5. ET said we must set when to perform the song practiced so that we will be forced to practice and perfect, eg Dharma Circle (ya, to prevent us from becoming tofu in the end). He also suggested to print lyrics/scores for everyone or email everybody

6. Can also develop on keyboard? Hmmm

Official email address

dharmaroundtable@nusbs.org.sg

username: dharmaroundtable
password: dharmaghosts (previously is dharmaghost)

Take note of it and check when you are free to collect any resources that are directed to you.

Thank you.

Next Meeting

Alright, thanks to Kwek for reminding me. Last time, we set our meeting date on 25th Jan 2008, after Dharma Circle. However, next week, there will be no DC, because the MCs are having 8 Precepts Observance Day.
So, i would like to suggest to have the meeting on Friday, lunch at YIH canteen, 1200pm, then we can proceed to work area for meeting if it is too crowded.
Ok everyone?

Oh yeah, another thing is, the email sending out to ask for resources to build up our database. Sorry everyone for the delay, it's supposed to be in this week's weekly email, but because this week has too many events, i decided to post it after mid-term break in weekly email. Now, we will forward the mail ourselves to our contacts. I will email you all shortly. Hope you all can help to forward to BS friends as well as alumni.

We have a great start, thanks to Sea Ming for initiating the hymns singing group. Hope we can move on with this database project and make it a success. Sadhu.

Next meeting up

I confess that I'm so busy with FYP that I haven't been able to do anything!

So when are we next meeting up? supposed to be end january right? Everyone got their time-table already right? we just meet for dinner or lunch and chat...

let's post our available times.

I only have lessons on Wednesdays 10am-2pm.
Thurs nights I go Poh Ern Shih for a meditation group practice (anyone wants to come??). Can skip lah, but preferably not muahahha...
Fridays Dharma Circle. Did we say we'd meet after Dharma Circle?
Saturday nights I'm at Kwan Yin Chan Lin.

Knights of the Dharma Roundtable = Dharma Ghosts?

To say that we are Dharma Ghosts, is correct!

Although we 阴魂不散 in BS (means we still linger around although we are off our MC posts),
but few of us are also invisible (in this blog)!!

Hahahaha.. Just kidding, don't haunt me about that okay?
Just want to 'heat' up this bloggie a bit.