Sanctus choir and sir in service

I was accidentally appointed Chief of Sanctus choir @GKY Kebayoran Baru, and here are pics of today, Dec. 2, 2012, service at KU 2/ 2nd General Service @GKY Kebayoran Baru, and one last pic on the funeral service (last Friday nite) of our senior respectful member, Mdm Fanly Irawan. Well, enjoy the pics and nuances.

7 photos (part 2) of July 24-27, 2012 visit to Westwood & 3 extra pics

(Above) Principal Sandra Gwee explains about Educational pathways of Singapore and later about Westwood school, also its CCA (below).

List of Arts/Aesthetics CCA.

Math teacher Mr Chan in action with "Geometers sketch pad"

Math lesson in one of 4 ICT laboratories.

(Above) Example of argumentative writing class with mind-mapping (sec.3 express class) with very inspiring sound teaching by Mdm Rakeezah (see below with my colleagues).

2 sets ordered for math: solids (to be delivered on Saturday)

With Dion, my nephew, in dinner.

Day by day, getting slimmer in slimmer with brisky walks at MRT & once swinging uncontrollably due to loose gripping for Blackberry phone bbm, hitting "gently" a grandpa's face on his glasses. Gee. Lucky me it was just dawn, and the grandpa hadn't completely snoozed from his sleep. Shame on me. A westerner guy even helped to grab my hand at the end of the swing.

pics (part 1) of July 24-27 in SG, mostly @Westwood Sec., Jurong

My 2 colleagues, Vice-Principal for Administration/Procurement affairs Patricia Tumilisar (center right), Math teacher Catherina Tirta (center left) and I with Westwood Secondary Principal Sandra Gwee (center),HOD National Education Mr Nandakumar (far left), HOD Business Studies Diana (2nd from right), and HOD Math Melissa (far right).

Day 1 lunch (see school canteen menu) hosted by Vice Principal Mr Noah Ong. So tasty!

Blow instrument orchestra, silver medalist in 2011 Singapore National competition.

Amazing idea of Westwood cafe--part of entreprenurship efforts, where students sell and serve, and also can relax there.

Durian! Sin$5/pack, but sin$10/3packs. Delicious to the last crunch :p Its fingers lick'n good, lah.

Discussion with 3HODs English, Math, and I.T. (Right) on class observation results & later presentation of ace-learning.com.sg used in Westwood for all more than 1,000 students.

Biology books for SMAK Gading Serpong, purchased at Bras Basah bookstore (well, 1 teacher's order)

Joy & Sorrow in June 2012: enJOY aje, ya gak?

An unforgettable villa stay in Canggu, Bali (above) during my bro's wedding celebration, June 23-26, 2012

Below are my relatives in Bali during celebration of my bro's wedding at Arika villa, Canggu, Bali




And (below) June 27, 2012 swimming session with office buddies.








(Above) with family @Bali villa.





Above:
June 3rd, 2012: SIDI (adult baptism) @GKY Kebayoran, South Jakarta.
Below:
June 16th, 2012: My younger bro Kiki weds with Sandra






Some treatments/acupuncture for my Bell's Palsy since end of May to June 2012, with Bong Tjong (Jembatan Dua: 6-7 sessions).








Above is Andreas Rudy, M.D., helping me with the Bell's Palsy recovery, below is how he also did the acupuncture to my right arm besides the left face. Some nerve-crossing, I heard.





Next is cardiologist Antono Sutandar (Siloam Kebon Jeruk, also a guest cardiologist at Raffles hospital, Singapore) helping me with heart treatment, esp.caused by diabetes & hypertension.






(Above) 1 of the food packages (packet 4) fr D'Cost for farewell event from me to most of the PENABUR Jakarta secretariat boss/staff last June 27, 2012, and (below) one Admission/Public relations dept (Humas/PPSB) gave me a surprise from the lift! Miss you all.







Next is a birthday treat by SMAK 1 (ex/active) teachers Cu Hong, Lionie, Melissa and me @Clover Palace, Central Park, May 26, 2012 with the famous Madame Dian (fr America), teaching Bio till 2010 (standing, far left)

Memories/ 5 photos of June 3rd, 2012 baptism @GKY Kebayoran, South Jakarta

Wish me to be able to serve others as having been done in Sanctus choir, like the one on April 30th, 2012 service on GKY Kebayoran's birthday below.

pre-baptism into GKY Kebayoran; June 3rd, 2012

2012 cathecism at GKY Kebayoran
before June 3, 2012 baptism/"sidi"






Sir's active involvement in GKY Sanctus choir:







5th Winner on 14th GKY Kebayoran birthday, 2012, photo competition.

My baby kitty's @heaven!

"Kitty's Legacies: An ode"
By Teguh Santoso



Kitty's returned home,
leaving me alone @apartment.
Can't believe my kitty's gone to heaven,
where its god Felix reigns.


8 days ago catching a cold,
and wearing a respiratory mask,
I found a helpless kitty
near a Tanjung Duren canteen.



No hesitation did I bring
Kitty to my home apartment
though I had given its mom,
a second chance she wasted
3hours later.



Day by day passed,
sleepless and restless have I been.
Yet I kept thinking of you, Kitty,
and skipped some lunch time to milkfeed you.



Colleagues at the swimming pool gazed,
relatives mocked this Kitty's daddy,
kids at school adored you,
friends at choir baffled for your meow,
I myself have wondered why I raised you.



Then, yeah, it paid off.
Kitty, you taught me some mothership values:
Cares, feeling upset, worries, smiles.
Yes, I felt slimmer, restless at nite,
missing your cries to wake me up.



Once my faith was even shaken,
on that day 3 morning,
praying to God to give you
the best place and babysitter--
you're with god Felix in cats' heaven now--
as I used to have nauseas & murmurs,
for getting up and down for your thirst.



Well, Kitty, now the game's over.
Life must go on. You're there,
watching me with a baby pet bottle,
still lukewarm for this Tuesday supper,
to practice what a veterinarian taught,
how to milkfeed, and now I don't have
a kitty to feed with my SGM LLM milk.



Poor you, Kitty, or ...poor me,
being left in this lonesome world.
Meow ... meow ... did I hear it
from the styrofoam box?
Just my imagination, ...
And why on earth should you
return to this cold world?



Sayonara, Kitty. Au revoir.
I'm in grief, but happy for you,
and for my new life,
for the lessons I gained,
from an 8-day-old male Kitty.

A poem: "My heart will go on", not

HEARTLESS?

So restless dawn,
the chill aroused,
starving for cure,
can I still keep my heart?

Hey, I am in a tunnel now,
it beeps, and beeps, and beeps,
a white wingless angel emerged,
freeing me from the machine.

A time leap lands me now
in a giant apartment pool.
Brown bodies engulfed in blues,
A towel so yellow falling from the sky.

Ooops! Life has never felt
so close to heaven.
Once life is uprooted,
who else can replant it?

Teguh Santoso,
@the edge of a heartless life

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Sir part 1