We’re Not Stupid After All

R ock The Earth: “We are living in the age of stupid”, was the

theme of the concert. So far, the best concert I’ve seen in

my four years at SJII. If I had to describe it in one word, I’d

use “Epic”. Combining the raw display of quality talent with

quantity made it really worthwhile.

The night began on the beat of our resident Deejay (DJ) and mixer,

Jonathan. He warmed up the crowd, and prepared the audience for the

intense evening ahead. There were a dozen bands performing their

hearts out that fateful night. To name a few; there were the Tofu Fight-

ers, Shyk4n, CuSO4 and Surprise Surprise! Included are a few other fa-

miliar faces and several newcomers into the SJII music scene.

The Audio, Sound and Stage crew, in collaboration with the per-

formers , made sweet music together in perfect harmony. With the cool

effects such as the dry ice and other individual aspects made the whole

show a little better. For every paragraph in an English essay there has

to be a Topic statement, as to how, they were our unique emcees for

the Rock show. They honestly deserve more recognition.

Even though the concert was three hours long, it felt much shorter

than watching Lord of the Rings. In other words, it was really enjoy-

able and entertaining. Adults were head banging, we were ‘Moshing’;

wiki definition “the activity in which audience members at live music

performances push and/or slam into each other for fun and in a non-

hateful way” . I guess it’s just a ritual of affection for one’s fellow man.

The Environmental Council and Music Council weren’t gentle in

their approach, and I like that very much. They wanted to get the mes-

sage across the best way they could. That was through this concert.

Overall the concert was fuelled by the support of friends, the Environ-

mental Council and teachers, which made this event a complete suc-

cess.

Are we living in an Age of Stupid? If so, how’d they organise it.

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We’re Not Stupid After All Page 1

Fifth Issue: May - June 2010

A student publication of SJI InternationalA student publication of SJI InternationalA student publication of SJI InternationalA student publication of SJI International

Editor’s note

As the term comes to an end, it’s time

for our juniors to step up to the plate as the

Grade 12s will be stepping down to deal

with our upcoming exams and the overall

workload of IB. This issue is dedicated to

our founder, St John Baptist de la Salle,

whose our founder’s day’s assembly and

dinner was held recently.

The June holidays are fast approaching

and we bid adieu to the school workload

for a while. These holidays also mark the

end of our editorial leadership within the

newspaper, and we wish the Grade 11s all

the best in keeping up with events in

school and crafting a newspaper that not

only informs but entertains the student

body. We had a good time covering events

that make this school a better place, and

hope you had an equally enjoyable time

reading it as we had producing it.

Founder’s Day Dinner Page 4

An Evening with Darth Vader Page 6

Passing on The Passion Page 5

Senior Council Retreat Page 3 By Scott Nathaniel Lim

2 One Voice: A Student Publication of SJI International

By Ivor Tan

3 Fifth Issue: May - June 2010

The newly elected Senior Council went on retreat

to Desaru at the beginning of May to reflect and to dis-

cern the roles each would play in the Senior Council

for the next year or so. The Senior Council’s main role

in the school is to care for the welfare of the students

in the Senior School, and to plan and organise events.

This role was clearly fulfilled very well by the previous

Senior Council, who ran this year’s Welcome Week for

the current Grade 11s, which was an astounding suc-

cess.

So the newly elected council headed to Desaru on

a Friday, and returned on a Sunday, filled with a mis-

sion and a plan for each of their different departments.

Although there were many highlights during the re-

treat itself, probably the most important event that

happened during the retreat was the voting of the

president and the vice president of the Senior Council.

This process required a candidate to have at least 70%

of the votes before being named either president and

vice president, and this took nearly 2 hours, and

stretched into the wee hours of the night before the

president and vice president were finally named. In

the end, after a long and emotional voting process, Ivor

Tan was elected as the new president and Joshua

Prashad was named the new vice president. They take

over from Bradian Muliadi and Amanda Ang respec-

tively. The other roles of the council were also set that

night, and are as follows:

SENIOR COUNCIL RETREAT TO DESARU

Administrative Secretary Louisa Quek

Arts Secretary Gerard Lee

Communication Secretary Lim Dao Kai

Faith Secretary Glen Koh

Service Secretary Perry Kwan

Sports Secretary Forlando Tambunan

Special Projects Secretary Maria Arulraj

Student Welfare Secretary Vincent Tanutama

As heard by incoming president, Ivor Tan from

his speech during the Founder’s Day Dinner and Sen-

ior Council Investiture, he envisions the council to be

one for the students and to do the best it can for the

students in the Senior School.

Of course, the retreat was not all work and no play,

with lots of free time, the councillors managed to bond

better with each other, such as going to the sea to-

gether and having a relaxing swim. But

through all that, all the councillors

were asked to examine them-

selves and they learnt how to be a

better leader to those around

them. So let us all support the new

Senior School Council as they em-

bark upon a new journey through

their term, and say good bye to

the old one, which left behind a

legacy!

4 One Voice: A Student Publication of SJI International

Founder’s Day Dinner

Bye Old Council, Hi New Council!

Reported by Petrus Bosa Layarda

The Founder’s Day Dinner took place in the Glass

Hall on the 14th of May 2010, with more than 80 stu-

dents donning their formal wear to the event. Our very

own Ricardo Seah acted as the emcee for the dinner,

which included a handing over ceremony from the

2009/2010 council to the newly-elected 2010/2011

council. However, the event wasn’t only limited to SJII

students, but to schools such as SJI, St. Patrick’s Insti-

tution, Hwa Chong Institution International, Anglo Chi-

nese School International and Catholic Junior College.

The school rally was sung to start off the dinner,

followed by Mr. Brian Christian, Principal of High

School giving the opening address and introduced

Brother Thomas Lavin, Brother Visitor and Acting

Brother President of our school. At the end of his

speech, Brother Tom enlightened the audience about

the three Lasallian values: Faith, Service and Commu-

nity, and shared his experience living in Hong Kong

and Nigeria before appointed the Brother Visitor of the

Penang District.

Of course some enjoyable entertainment was es-

sential, with the icing on the cake being the Glee Club

starting off the series of performances. Other perform-

ances followed at intervals throughout the evening,

ending off with a break dancing act. At 9pm, the induc-

tion ceremony of the new council began. Bradian Muli-

adi, former President of the Senior Council, gave his

last speech before introducing the ten members of the

Grade 12 Senior Council. This was followed by the

presentation of the new ten members of the Grade 11

Senior Council who received a collar pin from Brother

Lavin as a symbol of commissioning the task they were

about to undertake. The outgoing councilors put the

blazer on the incoming councilors as a symbolic ges-

ture of handing over the responsibilities.

To conclude the dinner, the guests were invited to

sing Glorious Patron and joined in the chanting of SJI’s

Hail.

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An Evening with Darth Vader Reported by: Ivor Tan

At the appointed time, Darth Vader walked down the

aisle of the school hall, brandishing his trademark red

lightsaber. He took his place at the head of the orches-

tra and was greeted by three other lightsaber wielding

characters. The Movies and Musical night kicked off

with Darth Vader conducting the orchestra to play the

20th Century Fox Fanfare with his red lightsaber as his

baton. After this, Darth Vader revealed himself, and it

turned out to be Mr John Venables. Although these the-

atrics were used only for this one song, the rest of the

Movies and Musicals Night was truly an eventful and

pleasant one. The orchestra thus proceeded to play

songs from the hit movies Jurassic Park and E.T.

Next up was a guitar ensemble which played

“Stand by Me”, followed by Darth Qi Qi, AKA Amanda

Ang and Gabriel Woon, dressing up as the wicked

witch and the good witch respectively, and singing the

song “Defying Gravity” from the famous musical

Wicked. This was followed by the SJI International

choir singing “A Whole New World” from Aladdin and

“When You Believe” from Prince of Egypt, with various

members of the band, dressing up as different charac-

ters from different movies. Examples would include

Daniel Lim dressing up as Tony Stark (Ironman), with

a homemade “arc reactor”, Glen Poi dressing up as

Rambo and Joshua Rebeira as Aladdin.

Right after the choir, came the Jazz Band, which

played numbers from the classic movies such as Ti-

tanic, The Pink Panther, The Beauty and the Beast and

Finding Nemo. The song they played from Titanic, “My

Heart Will Go On”, was further enhanced by the vocals

from Lee Si Ying. Just like the choir, many members of

the band, such as Mitchell, who dressed as a pirate,

Ryan, who came dressed as Indiana Jones, and Vincent

and Shaun, who came dressed as the Men in Black, fur-

ther enhanced the spirit and the atmosphere of the

night. Our very own principal, Mr Andrew Bennett,

was present in the Jazz Band, playing the saxophone.

After this, Cassie and Jeremiah James graced the stage

and sang the song “The Prayer” by renowned singer

and song writer Andrea Bocelli.

The night ended off with a blast, with the orches-

tra once again playing. This time, they played their

trademark songs from the Pirates of the Caribbean and

from Star Wars. And this truly was a fitting way to end

such an awesome night, with the extraordinary skills

of the orchestra shining in their last songs of the eve-

ning.

Overall, the Movies and Musicals night could be

seen as an absolute success, as it showcases the talents

of the people in our school, both teachers and students

alike. Therefore, with this in mind, we look forward to

more musical extravaganzas in and around the school,

as they’re not to be missed!

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ARTS WEEK 2010 HIGHLIGHTS

OneVoice TEAM

Chief Editors

Co-Editors

Reporters

Rebecca Ou |

David Lee |

Daniel Lim |

Alphonsina Chikwashi |

Petrus Bosa Layarda |

Scott Lim |

Kathryn Stevenson |

Alexandra Kris |

Wong Minying |

Yeoh JiaYi |

Yvette Tan

Vincent Tanutama

Paul Samuelle

Ivor Tan

Rishi Ray

Patrick Ren

Emilie Cunnington

Victoria Goh

Joshua Wong

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