Bush and Rice - A Hilarious Miscommunication

A most interesting script scenario of a miscommunication between Bush and Rice regarding leaders of the world.

HU'S ON FIRST By James Sherman
http://www.masteroni.com/show.php?itemId=88098232

[Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named chief of the Communist Party in China.]

Remember to turn up the volume of your speakers to enjoy the full spoken effects.

A True Leader - For the Common Good

I have the utmost respect and admiration for Winston Churchill.

Churchill was a true great leader, one who had full conviction in his beliefs and his nation even when all others doubted him, one who stared at both victories and defeats in the face and never flinched, one who was able to accept less than desirable circumstances but who doggedly pressed on for the common good, one who never wavered from duty, one who put in his very best till the very last, one who walked his talk, one who was with his men and people, one who had never lost sight of the final goal of victory, and one who never once lost faith. Indeed Churchill was one who rose to the challenge of the hour and rallied his nation to the cause.

The leader of his generation, Churchill was the last of the Greats who exuded style, sacrifice and selflessless. His determination and grit, his words and speeches, his optimism and hopes - they moulded and epitomised that bright shining moment of a nation. It was his and their finest hour.

Churchill is to me a constant source of inspiration for one to press on, to continue with one's duty in all challenges and circumstances till the very end, and one finally pronounces it 'Mission Accomplished ... The End'.

Catholic High School Symphony Band

AESTHETIQUE 2006

... For The Love Of Music

chssb ... one band one sound one brotherhood

Let's have a great reunion and rally the CH spirit together! Will be really great to see all of u guys again!

The concert will be held on 15 April, Sat, 7pm @Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets at $10 (Stall) / $15 (Circle), free seating. Just contact any of the band old boys in your jc, or (esp for the older batches) just sms/msn me directly to place orders.
Programme includes orchestral majestic programmatic pieces and exhilirating pop medleys. Also premiering the new band arrangement of our CH School Song, arranged by our own Wong Feiyang (class 4-7/2005). Other pieces include Festive Overture, 1st Suite in Eb, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, Les Miserables, The Incredibles, You Raise Me Up, Abba Gold, Percussion Stomp!, Irish Tune.

Their Finest Hour - Steadfast Sense of Duty

Their Finest Hour - Part 2 of a 6-part memoirs regarding WW2 written by Winston Churchill.

This is the book I am currently reading. I have always admired the staunch dogged determination and sense of duty that the British and Churchill demonstrated during the Second World War, especially when they alone stood against the full might of Nazi Germany after the fall of France.

Below are some of the most inspiring and rallying excerpts of speeches made by Winston Churchill to Parliament in that decisive year of 1940.


First Speech to the House of Commons by Winston Churchill as Prime Minister, May 1940
I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this government: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I can say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."


The famous 'We shall fight ....' speech by Winston Churchill
Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight in the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air; we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beachers, we shall fight on the landing-grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender; and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, woudl carry on the struggle, until in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the Old.
FULL SPEECH: http://www.quoteland.com/library/speeches/churchill1.asp


The famous 'Their finest hour' speech by Winston Churchill to the House of Commons, 18 June 1940 (Upon the fall of France and Britain stood alone as the sole ally powers nation free in Europe.)
What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the survival of Christian civilization. Upon it depends our own British life, and the long continuity of our institutions and our Empire. The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us. Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, 'This was their finest hour.'

Further link: http://www.winstonchurchill.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1

A Call to ALL Cath High OLD BOYS ... for a Great CH Reunion at our annual Band Concert!

Our Symphony Band is having its annual concert this April, and we just did a full programme run through in the hall today. It's really tiring to play, but most exhilirating, the entire repertoire. The feel and the mood... majestic and brilliant.

We are now selling tickets, and I am thinking that ... let's really have a Great CH Reunion of the CH old boys, and sing the School Song together again at the Band's Aesthetique Concert. We seldom really sell tics to our old boys for the band's annual concert in previous years, but this time, I really think it's time for a great rallying and coming together of the Cath High Spirit again!

So, round up your former classmates, and come relieve the CH days!

The concert will be held on 15 April, Sat, 7pm @Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets at $10 (Stall) / $15 (Circle), free seating.
Just contact any of the band old boys in your jc, or (esp for the older batches) just sms/msn me directly to place orders. Will be really great to see all of u guys again!

Catholic High School Symphony Band

ONE BAND ONE SOUND ONE BROTHERHOOD

Programme includes orchestral majestic programmatic pieces and exhilirating pop medleys.
Also premiering the new band arrangement of our CH School Song, arranged by our own Feiyang (class 4-7/2005). Other pieces include Festive Overture, 1st Suite in Eb, Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, Les Miserables, The Incredibles, You Raise Me Up, Abba Gold, Percussion Stomp!, Irish Tune.

WAYN ... Trips 1998 - 2005

Just discovered the wonders of WAYN ... I was updating the trips I made in the past 8 years since I joined teaching. Realised I had visited quite some places.

These trips are full of exciting new experiences, surprises and new friendships made. Of course, for the working trips, there would also be the stress of looking after the students, and the pressure of networking (which I absolutely dislike) and results (esp the competitions).

Personal Trips & School Working Trips 1998 - 2005
1998 Jul Scotland: Aberdeen and Royal Deeside NUS Symp Orch at Aberdeen Music Festival
1999 Dec England: London and Isle of Wight with friends
2000 Mar U.S.A Hawaii: Honolulu CH Symphony Band at Pacfic Basin Music Fest / Comp
2001 Jun China: Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou CH Chinese Orch visit to Shanghai Conservatory
2001 Dec China: Bejing Solo Exploration
2002 Nov Japan: Tenri, Nara, Osaka CH Symphony Band visit to the Tenri High School Band
2002 Dec China: Liaoning (Liaoyang City) and Shanghai with friends
2003 Dec Maly'sia: Penang Solo Sun and Fun
2004 Jun China: Beijing and Liaoning Solo, Revisit old friends
2004 Aug India: Mumbai and Pune International Baccalaureate Workshop /IP Proposal for CH
2004 Dec Japan: Tokyo with friends
2005 Feb Australia: Perth International Baccalaureate Conference / IP Proposal for CH
2005 Jul Netherlands: Kerkrade & Brussels/Paris CH Symph Band at World Music Contest

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