WAKE SERVICE
8.30pm on 19 April 2011 (Tues)
FUNERAL SERVICE
10.00am on 20 April 2011 (Wed)
VENUE
Petaling Jaya Gospel Hall, 1A Jln Gasing, PJ
Monday, April 18, 2011
CONDOLENCE
Our Deepest Sympathies to BBGSian Brenda Boler on the demise of her beloved mother, the late Mrs Yvonne Margaret Boler, our former BBGS teacher.
WAKE SERVICE
WAKE SERVICE
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
A COLOURFUL BBGS REUNION @ SYDNEY - Open for Booking NOW!
BBGS OGA
Sydney Reunion
Calling All BBGSians – wherever you are ...
The Sydney Chapter of BBGS OGA is happy to announce that the event will take place at Sydney in September 2011. There has been encouraging expressions of interest from BBGSians to participate in this get-together.
EVENT
BBGS Sydney Reunion
DATE
17th September 2011 (Saturday)
TIME
6:00 pm
VENUE
Botoli Restaurant
66A Burwood Road, Burwood, NSW 2134
THEME
Come dressed in your House Colours
PARTICIPATION FEE
Participant | Early Bird Rate (Payment by 30 June 2011) | Standard Rate |
| Per Person (AUD) | AUD45.00 | AUD50.00 |
| Per Person (RM) For Visiting Malaysians Only | RM135.00 | RM 145.00 |
Kindly contact Bebe Sim for registration and payment details.
eMail: bebe_sim@yahoo.com
Mobile: +61402-046 574
Now, start making or shopping for something to wear in your House Colours. Will it be …Red, …Green, …Blue, …Purple, …or Yellow ?
Come On – Come to Sydney to renew old friendships and make new ones.
Bebe Sim & Janet Chong
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Miss Yeap is on the way to full recovery!
Good News! Miss Yeap is now recuperating and starting physiotherapy treatment in an extended care hospital in Shah Alam.
VENUE: Room 95, Columbia Asia Extended Care Hospital, Lot 2, Jalan Baung, Shah Alam, Selangor
VISITING HOURS: 7am -9pm
NOTE: In order not to tax Miss Yeap’s energy at this time, please go in a group and keep your visit short. Try not to ask Miss Yeap if she can recognize you as it will put a strain on her memory. Simply identify yourself by telling Miss Yeap your name and the class you were in. Above all, be positive!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
ALL ABOUT NISI DOMINUS FRUSTA
NISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA ON THE DOORPOST OF THE TOWER OF LONDON CHAPLAIN'S RESIDENCE..
KimMei Ng sent this to us via Facebook and we thought we should share this photo with BBGSians who do not have a Facebook account yet...
Residence of the Tower of London's chaplain. Above the door is the phrase Nisi Dominus Frustra - 'Without God All Is In Vain' which was also my school's (BBGS) motto - KimMei Ng
By courtesy of BBGS OGA Facebook Friend,KimMei Ng
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THE ORIGIN OFNISI DOMINUS FRUSTRA
Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum in vanum laboraverunt qui aedificant eam nisi Dominus custodierit civitatem frustra vigilavit qui custodit.
Unless the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Unless the Lord keep the city, he watcheth in vain that keepeth it.
By courtesy of BBGS OGA Facebook Friend,Yuslina
Facebook discussion on Nisi Dominus Frustra
- Bbgs Oga Anyone knows how to say this in Latin?13 hours ago ·
- Bbgs Oga Any technie knows how to access a website that allows us to hear this in Latin?12 hours ago ·
- Aikwan Chong Unfortunately, Latin is a dead language. This might help:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070419 181729AASla3D 11 hours ago · - KimMei Ng This phrase is also found above the door of the chaplain's residence in the Tower of London. I have a photo of it but not sure how to share it here...2 hours ago ·
Surely, Shirtliff Was a Dynamite!
Miss Shirtliff was surely a DYNAMITE to have a house named after her without being a headmistress. There was also a controversy if her name should be spelt with or without an 'e'
Initially, we had the perception that our Sports Houses were named after our headmistresses. However, in paying a tribute to the amazing pioneers and headmistresses of BBGS, we realised that Miss Shirtliff's name was not found among the list of BBGS headmistresses.
But then, Cooke House was not named after Miss Cooke (surprise! surprise!). And Miss Glasgow did not have a House in her name although she was a BBGS headmistress. Some super seniors have confirmed that Miss Shirtliff was never a BBGS headmistress.
Yuslina Haji Muhamad, a Shirtliff dynamite, did some investigative work and found some useful information at this site:
"Five Brethren missionaries left for Malaya in 1898. Four of them were single women: Miss Dron and Miss Shirtliff from Nelson, Miss Davies and Miss Reeve from Palmerston North.
Davies, a nurse, and Reeve, had to return within a few years for health reasons. Elizabeth Dron was only 22 when she left New Zealand. Although not a trained teacher she taught in a very isolated situation in Penang until 1902 when she married British missionary George Wilson and with him helped establish an orphanage and school in Ipoh.
Sarah Shirtliff began a ministry to leprosy patients near Kuala Lumpur. Apart from a few years in India she remained in Malaya till 1947. Four of her sisters, Bessie, Clare, Kath and Julia all became missionaries, serving in Malaya and India. Miss Hankins from Wellington went to Singapore in 1900 but after only a few months died of cholera.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Happy Women's Day - A Tribute to BBGS Pioneers and Headmistresses
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hApPy iNterNaTioNaL wOmEn's DaY 2 aLL oUr bEaUtiFuL BBSGians!
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Nisi Dominus Frustra
To celebrate International Women's Day 2011, BBGSians would like to pay a tribute to these special ladies of different nationalities who made BBGS unique ...
BBGS is a good example of how women of different nationalities throughout the ages blended their uniqueness to establish a school of excellence and nurture generations of girls to "take our place"
in society.
Celebrate Our Uniqueness!
Celebrate Women's Power!
- Pn. Ainul Zaharah bt Abdul Rahman 1996-1998
- Pn. Norma bt Hashim 1998
PS: We have contacted the BBGS Museum at SMK Sri Bintang Utara for the photographs of Pn Ainul Zaharah bt Abdul Rahman and Pn Norma bt Hashim. We will upload the photos as soon as we receive them. More to come...please stay tuned!
PS: Please note the hearts comprise the colours of our Houses. The women of BBGS certainly add colours to our world.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
MEI-LING ROUTLEY REFLECTS ON THE LONDON REUNION
This article is used by kind permission of BBGS OGAEU Branch
At the end of each year, as I heave a sigh of relief that our family has survived another 365 days without too many upheavals, my thoughts turn to the year ahead. In thinking about New Year resolutions, the level of my ambition has gone down as the number of white hairs on my head has gone up.
Joie de vivre
A list of 20 ostensibly achievable resolutions when I was 22 was reduced to 10 when I was 33. This has whittled down to just the one now I am 44. However it is a significant one, designed to stop boredom in its tracks and to add some joie de vivre in a world that is increasingly competitive, complicated and unpredictable. In 2011 my one resolution was to do something or to eat somewhere or to meet someone really interesting every week.
The advantage of living in London is that you are never at a loss for things to do, places to eat or people to meet. However, I did not imagine that this would take the form of a BBGS reunion.
Instantly recognisable
How I came to be invited to the first BBGS reunion in Europe was itself very interesting. I attend All Souls Church in Langham Place, and in January I was asked to give my testimony. Immediately after the service a member of the congregation came up to me and said, ‘are you by any chance from BBGS?’
There was no need for a particular type of walk, a wink of the eye or a funny handshake. The beauty, if I may say so, of being a BBGS girl is that you are almost instantly recognisable by another BBGSian. Boey Moo Ling introduced herself and informed me that there was a BBGS reunion taking place in February. I contacted Doreen Craig who organised the event to say I would be attending and asked if I should wear my old school badge!
Mrs Abraham’s tongue twisters
On 27 February, 12 of us gathered in Central London where Doreen had hired a private room in a Moroccan restaurant. The dim lighting was perfect as we did not have to be under too much scrutiny (I was not the youngest there). Everyone was very chatty and found someone else to talk to. Bits of other people’s conversations drifted around - the ais kacang machine, toasted sambal sandwiches, Mrs Abraham and her tongue twisters. Declaring who your headmistresses would have given an indication of your age but no one cared because we were far too engrossed in talking about our present lives and what brought us to London and to Europe.
Singing the School Song
The moment of reckoning came when we were asked to sing the school song. Not only to sing it, but to have it recorded and uploaded onto Facebook. I cannot imagine what my children will say when they find out. I left BBGS in 1983, but am very proud to say that I remembered the tune to the song. Since the lunch I have even managed to sing the first verse in my head without having to refer to the words.
Nisi Dominus Frustra
In singing the school song again after such a long gap, I hope any BBGSian would agree with me that the words, once embedded in our memories if not our hearts, have made us who we are – loyal women, who are able to call on God for help, able to shoulder burdens and who delight in simple things. If I have gone this far in life, it is not due to my own efforts but the efforts of the school in instilling in me a sense of duty and responsibility in all that I undertake, and in underpinning that duty with the understanding that everything is sustained by God. As the year goes by whether we have one or 100 resolutions, the school motto still holds true: Nisi Dominus Frustra - Without God All is in Vain.
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