Monday, October 01, 2012

Responsorial Psalms ~ St Francis of Assisi (Selangor, Malaysia)

Text Only. This website seem to follow the text of the Sunday Missal for the for the Responsorial Psalms in Singapore. Very good reference. 

See also 'Responsorial Psalm (Text as in Sunday Missal)'... very useful for cross referencing purposes.

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Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Selangor, Malaysia)
7th Mile, Jalan Cheras, 43200 Selangor, Malaysia

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26th Ordinary Sunday (Year B) 
Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 18)

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The precepts of the Lord gladden the heart.

V1
The law of the Lord is perfect.  
It revives the soul.  
The rule of the Lord is to be trusted, 
it gives wisdom to the simple.

V2
The fear of the Lord is holy, 
abiding for ever.  
The decrees of the Lord are truth 
and all of them just.

V3
So in them your servant finds instruction 
great reward is in their keeping.  
But who can detect all his errors?  
From hidden faults acquit me.

V4
From presumption restrain your servant 
and let it not rule me.  
Then shall I be blameless, 
clean from grave sin.
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Games ~ Court-Martial (a variation of HANTAM BOLA)

As a kid in primary school (7-12 years old), I've played this game in St Michael's School (SMS) in Singapore. Here's a description.

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Games ~ Court-Martial (a variation of HANTAM BOLA)

Court-Martial (a variation of HANTAM BOLA, but a little more organized). Does anyone remember? I've asked people outside SMS but nobody seem to have played this game... but I remember playing it in SMS... so it may be our very own legacy. 

Let's see if I can remember how it was played. Any amount of people can play the game. All you need is a HANTAM BOLA or Tennis Ball, a tree root above soil (to stop the ball rolling to far), with every player having his own dug-out hole (big enough to hold or hole the ball) in front of the tree root, and a circle drawn around all these to mark and area called 'HOME'. A player rolls the ball and if it lands in your hole, you KENA PASANG and you grab the ball to hit someone while everyone else runs away from 'HOME'. 

If you haven't hit anyone yet... you stand in the HOME and wait because everyone will try to make it back to HOME without being hit. If you throw the ball to hit someone and miss... you have to leave HOME to retrieve the ball and everyone will try to make it back to HOME while you're away. Anyone hit will have a MISAI (Malay for 'mustache') drawn at your dug-out hole. Ten MISAIs = 1 JANGGUT (Malay for 'beard') and this is to aid in counting later... and we learn a lot from this without even knowing we're learning. 

At the end of the game, the one with the most JANGGUTs and MISAIs will kena Court-Martial-ed by standing at the wall to KENA HANTAM by the BOLA. How many times will depend on his JANGGUTs and MISAIs.

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I searched the internet and came across this one solitary article which mentioned this game.

Website Source Link: Click HERE or this URL:

Source: Oral History Centre
Project Title: Communities of Singapore (Part 1)
Interviewee: MILNE, Ronald Benjamin
Reel/Disc No: 63
Total Reel/Disc No.: 64
Format: MP3
Recording Language/Dialect: English
Copyright: OHC
Running Time (hh:mm:ss): 00:23:25
Transcript Available: Yes

Synopsis:
Games he played during breaks in school. Description of how different types of marble games were played. Description of tops and how a game of tops was played. Other popular games like `chap teh', `hantam bola'. Games he played at home like hoop-race with bicycle rim, seven stones or court martial,`lambong tin'.

Accession No: 000447
Access: Open Access

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HCC ~ Christmas Cantata 1991

These nostalgic files of mine have found a new home. The Multiply Website that I use to host these files is coming to the end of its run so I have to post it here. Anyway... this BLOG is more public so most of you are able to come here.

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HCC ~ Christmas Cantata 1991

Christmas is fast approaching. The singing & recordings here are not of high quality and will mean nothing to most. However for those who were there & for those who are able to identify with the NOSTALGIA, these recordings are worth a lot.

I joined the Holy Cross Choir (Singapore) somewhere in 1980. From my perspective, 1991 was the year we were most active, musically. From then on, some of us where moving on to new chapters with our lives. To all the friends I’ve made, thanks for the memories & to all who are listening --- Merry Christmas.

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