PTE Meragang Student Magazine : 2014 Issue

The coaches and I have been through

good and bad times together and

faced many problems but we

managed to go ‘through the wall’. We

were trained very hard and at the end,

everything was worth it and ‘priceless’.

PTE Meragang celebrated its Sport Day on 26th of

April. PTE Meragang sets its Sport Day every two years.

There are .Sport Houses involved in the event which is

Indera Mahkota, Indera Wijaya, Indera Putera and Indera

Pahlawan. Many sport activities were organised on that

day. The day started with a march past from each sport

house. After the principal of PTE Meragang, Hjh

Hashimawati binti Hj Mohamad gave her speech, each

sport house made their own field performances. The

situation was quite exciting and was given a great response

from the students and the teachers. After that, the show

continued with 100m, 400m, 4x100m and 4x400m races.

Lastly, there was also an invitation to another school which

was Maktab Sains, Sayyidina Abu Bakar Secondary

school, Pap Masnah Secondary school and Pehin Datu

Seri Maharaja Mentiri secondary school to compete with

us. Finally, prize giving and medals were given at the

closing ceremony. Indera Pahlawan was declared the

champions

By Nur Haffiana Binti

Omardani, B15

Almost all of the schools, colleges and ministries participated in the event including our school. As a coach, I experienced many things. I learned how to be responsible, respect other people and how to work as part of a team. The most important thing I learned was how to be a good leader. I got to know many people, even if we didn’t have the same religion but we were united as one.

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Pusat Tingkatan Enam Meragang was the host of

the ‘Dikir Syarafil Anam’ on the 26th June 2014 and

PTEM students managed to get the Second place.

Seven students were selected to perform the ‘Dikir’.

They made their preparations about two weeks

before the competition. They were supervised by

their Syariah Teacher, named, Shahrul Aminan Bin

Haji Mohiddin. He said that the students were weak

at first but after they practised it every day, they

managed to perform beautifully and he is so proud

of his students. The purpose of this competition was

to show that the students of PTEM are able to

perform well in any competition not just in their

academic work. The first place for the ‘Dikir Syarafil

Anam’ competition went to Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran

Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and the Third place went to

Sekolah Menengah Arab Lelaki Hassanal Bolkiah.

By Nawal Syazwana Binti Haji Junaidi

The CCA Badan Dakwah is opened for all students. The information from the lesson was taken mostly from the Quran.It tells us the story and advice of our Prophet Muhammad SAW (Peace be upon Him). The aim of this CCA is not only to produce proactive

students who can score high results in traditional school

subjects, but also in their religion.

Left: Three students showing signs of Muslim Behaviour

(JagaNafsu, JagaMulut&Jaga Mata)

On the 11th June this year, just before the

second term holiday started, the Meragang Sixth Form Centre’s Care Club launched Red Day. The campaign was held to raise awareness of hungry children and also for the students to be aware about the importance of foods and not wasting the food. The staff and students of the Meragang Sixth Form Centre wore Red T-Shirts to show their support for the event. A few stalls opened during that day, some of which sold food and some other things red in colour. The money raised was used to buy food and the food was then given to underprivileged students at some of the public schools in this country.

By Umi Hidayatun Nazrinah B7

By Muhammad ‘Arif Asyraf Roslan [B9]

The Meragang Sixth Form Centre (PTEM) has been conducting Tazkirah Belia Islami for these past six month. The Tazkirah Belia Islami has been organized by the Religious Department from both Student Council and Peer Support Group (PRS) and also PTEM’s Counseling Unit. The purpose of doing so is to spread and remind Muslim students in PTEM about the good value of Islam. One member of TBI, Nur Fatin Faizah Binti Jaya of A24 believes strongly that this will help everyone in uplifting their spiritual and inner self with hope that the messages delivered will increase their spiritual well-being and be a motivation of practising Islam on a daily basis. There were five talks delivered by the organizers, “Rukun Islam”, “Mengingati Mati”, “Ubati Hati”, “Cinta Allah, Cinta Rasuldan Cinta IbuBapa” and “Kesihatan adalah Anugerah”. The latest talk of Tazkirah was entitled “Kesihatan adalah Anugerah” or Health is a Gift, by Awangku Amirul ‘Ammar Safwan bin Pengiran Omar. The next topic will be about “Ramadan Al Mubarak” by Mursyedah to celebrate the fasting month.

Before the talk, the organizers plan and research thoroughly in books including using the internet medium and filter the slideshow before presenting every Tazkirah and they also do a check after Tazkirah. Other than that, the audience will be given a survey to give their feedback, comments and also suggestions for the next Tazkirah so that the organizers can analyze and improve it.

In the future, the Tazkirah will be held every week to give opportunities to the Junior Student Council and also the Peer Support Group.

By Faizulaiha Binti Haji Md Ja’afar A5

The first women’s night touch rugby was organized by

‘Wildfoxes’. It was held on 30th May

2014, at the Royal Brunei Recreation

Complex (RBRG). The tournament

prepared open and interschool

categories. In the open category, 7

teams participated and the winner for

this category was the Knights while the

runner-up was the Tasmanian

Ruggers. The ‘Most Fair-play team’

award went to Iddatul Akmah Hj Ismail

from the Hammerheads and Wan

Syahmimi Alya’afilzah Zulkiflee from

the Knights with both players scoring 6

tries. In the inter-school category, 8

teams participated and the winner for

this category was PTEM Lions A while

the runner-up was PTEM Lions B. The

‘Most Fair Play’ team award went to

team award winners PTEM Lions A

and PTEM Lions B. The top try scorer

award winner went to Roslin Begam

Syed Sirajudeen from PTEM Lions B

and Siti Nur Kamaliah Mahali from ITB

Night Fury with both players scoring 6

tries. PTEM Lions A and B coach was

Mr Oscar. Team leaders for PTEM

Lions were Nur Zafirah Ibnul As and

Syazana Rossiman.

By Nurul Amirah Syafinah Binti Arshad

B22

Training on almost every single school day in the afternoon, PTEM’s Netball Team made their first attempts to score in the finals against MSPSBS at Sekolah Mentiri on 7

th June 2014. With PTEM’s

supporters who were willing to come and fill the hall of Sekolah Mentiri powerfully with their screams and cheers, PTEM’s netball team with all the energy they had, scored 28-19, beating MSPSBS by 9 points. The Team’s Coach Nur Haziqah Nabilah Bte Muhd Ali of A15 expressed her happiness with the results and how proud she was of the team with their hard work and teamwork to become champions. In addition to the great surprise, Nuriyah Binti Suhaili of A22, also the team’s captain was awarded for being the best player in the tournament.

UFO FRIENDLY

MATCH AGAINST

SPARTAN &

TYRANTS By Nur’ Nadzirah ‘Afifah Binti Hj Awang

Mohiddin. B6

A few members of UFO, PTEM’s Frisbee club

Thursday, June 5,2014 – An Ultimate Frisbee Friendly match was held at Pusat Tingkatan Enam Meragang Field

on Thursday afternoon. The Friendly match was organized by the UFO, Pusat Tingkat Enam Meragang, Team

President, Sheera Ariffin. UFO PTE Meragang Frisbee club invited the Frisbee team from Maktab Duli Pengiran

Muda Al – Muhtadee Billah, Tyrants and Spartans, Frisbee team from Senior of PTE Meragang. The match

kicked off 2pm. The first match was UFOs against Tyrants. UFOs won against Tyrants by, 4-3. The second

match was UFOs against Spartans, where Spartans were leading with 5-2. The purpose was to help the newbies

(L6) prepare themselves for upcoming tournaments.

On 26th April 2014, Pusat Tingkatan Enam

Meragang made a special event. Before the

event started, Zumba people were ready to do

a performance which was to warm up their

bodies and muscles and all the students

including the principal and the teachers also

followed in their steps. I also participated in

this performance. It was good weather and the

participants all enjoyed the activities. This was

healthy and it is an exercise that should be

played with music to ensure the people having

fun with it. It is only lasted for about 45

minutes and all of us were already sweating.

The performance ended with applause from all

the students and teachers.

By Nur Izzaty Qurattul Nawwarah bte Haji Hairman, B24

PTEM’s Vocal Harmony club recently took part in Brunei’s Choir Festival “Big Sing” 2014 at Jerudong International School in April. We attended the festival and sang our hearts out for three consecutive days. The songs that were sung were mostly top hits and evergreens such as “Let It Go” by Idina Menzel from the blockbuster movie Frozen and “You Raise Me Up” by Westlife. next year We also sang a Traditional Bruneian song “Chabok Chabok Bertali Rambai” and performed an acapella cover of “We Are Young” as an individual performance at the festival taught by our very

own Vocal Harmony teachers Miss Sheena and Mr Ben. Our parents as part of our audience were thrilled to be there to support us on the last day of the festival. We gained so much knowledge from this event due to the fact that all of us were and are passionate about singing. Not only that, we also learned how to boost our confidence level and overcome our stage fright. It was a great experience for all of us. We had a blast and we hope to come back By Siti Rafhanah bte Nor Hasnul B12

A total of eight teams represented Pusat Tingkatan Enam Meragang for the Science InIslam

Project Exhibition for Cluster 6 which was held from 22nd

April 2014 until 24th April 2014 at Maktab

Sains Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan. The purpose of the exhibition was to highlight and elaborate Al-

Quran verses that had been scientifically proven. More than 30 teams were involved from six different

Sixth Form Centres which included Pusat Tingkatan Enam Meragang, Maktab Sains PSBS, Maktab

Duli PMAMB, Pusat Tingkatan Enam Sengkurong, Sekolah Menengah Sayyidina Ali and Pusat

Tingkatan Enam Tutong. The exhibition was judged mostly based on the accuracy of the Quran

verses and the relevant scientific facts. The exhibition was open to the public for three days.

The purpose was to deepen the knowledge of Bruneians especially among the youth about the

importance of Al-Quran in the exploration of scientific facts. It was also to increase awareness among

Bruneians that Al-Quran is a reliable source of knowledge and guidance since Al-Quran was sent

down to Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu Alaihi Wasallam over 1400 years ago, before it was

scientifically proven by humans.

By Dayang Nurbarieah Farhanah binti Awang Ibrahim: A5

The club members of

the Japanese club

wanted to do

something for the

Deputy Principal at

PTE Meragang. She

was not feeling well,

so the Japanese club

members decided to

make the 1000 cranes

as a gift. In Japanese

culture, it is said that

if you make 1000

cranes you will get

one wish to come true. This idea was a

good example to give as a gift for the

Deputy Principal. They started the work as

soon as the idea of making the 1000 cranes

came up. They had all the members to

make the cranes and it was a good

teamwork activity. Once the 1000 cranes

were finished, they presented the gift to the

Deputy Principal and she was really happy.

By Muhammad Hamdi Bin Awang Naim

한국

As for PTEM, we performed a dance medley which included EXO’s Moonlight and Marry Me by K-

Hunter. We really had fun on stage and met new friends. In addition, for the encore stage, all of the

performers were told to go to the stage to perform Gee by Girls’ Generation altogether. Dinner was

also served after the performances. At the end of the night, we were gifted with souvenirs from the

Korean Embassy. By Amal Safwanah A.Sapli, Nurfarahin Osman, AmirolHazmi, & Syiqin Nabilah

Our Korean Culture Club has 48 members and is lead by Miss Lim Pau Lin. The Korean Embassy hosted a gathering among all the KCC from various institutions in Brunei with the theme “K-Dream Night: When Brunei Meets Korea”. The event was held in The Songket Ballroom, Rizqun International Hotel on 22

nd June 2014.

The Korean Ambassador, Choi Byung Koo, welcomed us and the other KCC performers with a speech before starting the performances. KCCs from

The anti-drug event was open for the

public at the airport mall shopping centre.

It was held by the Narcotics Control

Bureau, in cooperation with law

enforcement agencies, locally and

overseas, in efforts to stop drug

smuggling issues. The anti-drug event

has been celebrated every 26th of June

since 1987. This year theme was, “What

You Don't Know Could Kill You" In the

event, some other schools also

participated. PTEM students were able to

attract the public with their banner and

quizzes. The banner was full of quotes

and signatures by the public and students

that came by. Some participants also

were able to win a cap from the PTEM

booth by answering the quizzes related to

drugs. The PTEM team was headed by

PTEM Super Senior Wong and helped by

the AICT students.

By Muhammad Rafiee Bin Haji Mohd Effenddy B7

On the 28th of May 2014, the PTEM

Dance Club held a modern-style dance

battle between the members of the

club. The members were selected at

random to be put into one of four

teams, and then were picked by each

team's seniors based on the styles of

dance they were doing, from K-Pop to

Lyrical Hip-Hop/Funk. Judges were

assigned to decide which team was the

most creative, the most synchronized,

and the best executed. The results

were: 1st place: Team C, 2nd: Team A,

3rd: Team D and 4th: Team B. "Even

though we were hoping for first place,

third place is good for us", said one of

the members of Team D, "at least we

gained a new experience and we had

fun along the way, and I'm looking

forward to our next battle". According to

one of the seniors of the dance club, the

battle was held in order to help its

members overcome their 'stage fright'

and also to help gain and increase their confidence and experience in such an activity and to have fun

along the way.

By Muhammad Taufiq bin Zaini, B1

On Sunday, 8th June 2014, the class

of Cikgu Lim Kim Cheng’s Business Studies and B7 had a wonderful excursion to Agro Park. The trip

was organised by Mohamad Nur Farihin Abu Bakar, Md Diyaul Fahri Hj Achmad Dhofir, Dk Amal

Lailatul Amirah Pengiran Anak Ishaq, and Fauzah Mardiyah Hj Md Asri. The aim of this trip was to get

to know each other more by socializing outside school. ‘You don’t talk often at school so all of you

need to socialize with each other to get closer,’ said Cikgu Lim Kim Cheng to her students. In the

morning the students had breakfast together then this was followed by an ice breaking session

between in each classes. There were several games played such as relay runs, ripping off name tags

and throwing water balloons. In conclusion everyone had fun and became much closer than before.

By Mohamad Nur Farihin bin Abu Bakar, B7

Team D in the PTEM Dance Club modern-style dance battle

consisting of members (from left to right): Muhammad Taufiq,

Nursyahidatul Ehsan, Hajah Dina Qistina, Muhd Ihsaan, Hazimah

Azma and Ehsan Jeffry (Missing: Fathin Amirah).

Lower Six Art & Design students learn to use the grid

method, which is common in creating photorealistic

paintings. We also got to improve our skills in using

acrylics on canvas. Our lesson started off with learning

the history of photorealism, the definition, and

identifying leading photorealist artists within this genre.

We were then given photorealistic paintings by famous

artists to imitate. The project lasted three weeks. Here we

were taught how to create interesting composition and

accurate proportions. Photorealism is an extremely

realistic style of painting where the art work is based

entirely on photographs, giving it a wow factor. At the

same time, we were then assigned a group project called

The Sandwich book. We were grouped in teams of five to

create a perfect sandwich using just recycled materials. All

the teams’ sandwiches were then displayed at the lobby

where the whole school got to vote on their favorite

‘sandwich’ based on quality, creativity and the realistic

look of the Sandwich book

Dk Nurul Syazwina Bte. Pg Mohd Roslan B5

The moment you step into sixth form, you are automatically a member of The Unlimited-Supply-of-Stress Club. We, as A-level students, face stress and an immense workload on a day-to-day basis. It is indeed a tiring part of your life. However, for one of our students here in PTE Meragang, it is just a minute part of all that she has to go through. She is just like the rest of us but with a little twist—she has cancer. Early this year, my friend Dk Seti Suzana Bte Pg Othman was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Stage 2, but the doctors were able to provide a treatment, thankfully. She has since gone through 4 cycles of chemotherapy after undergoing surgery earlier this year. She is now going through her radiotherapy treatment in Singapore. Through her entire battle, her friends and teachers here in PTE Meragang have been incredibly supportive helping her fight through all of this as much as possible. Regardless of her inability to attend her classes regularly and take her exams, Suzana makes occasional visits to school. During these visits, she goes to her classes and tries her best to catch up. She is still very keen and hopeful for her future. It is honestly very motivating to see a student suffering from such an illness have so much emotional strength and determination. She says it is due to the support and loving environment that exists in the school and at home. Everyone here in PTE Meragang wishes Suzana a quick recovery and a very bright future ahead. Stay strong, Zana.

By Mashiath binti Mahabub A22