Zone Meeting Impression - Hong Kah Zone

Reflection: The meeting was quite good but the only part which wasn't really good would be the part where we're introducing who we are. Most people seemed kinda shy and there wasn't much communication among the members. I would suggest that we should actually have more ice breakers instead of simple introductions. My favorite part of the meeting was the first game which we needed to hold each others hands and somehow untangle. I hope in other meetings would be better in such a way that the members have more interaction among one another. So that in future, the new members will not be coming alone but with friends by their side. Overall i find the meeting a success, well its good to see quite a number of people there! :) I hope tat more members would join us and there would be more fun to have more frens and games!

By: Jing Shun

Zone Meeting Impression - Jurong Zone

Impression of February FD meeting

I felt the meeting was quite a success as it managed to carry out its intended action plan smoothly. The skit, puppet show and sharing were quite well done and the message that it wanted to bring across was seen to be successfully passed down to the students, who were seen laughing and responding with interest. :D That’s great!

When it first started out, I/Cs were bringing students in by batches and I could tell that we still don’t know each other that well yet. The game helped in letting us get to interact with each other, but it didn’t really let us know more about one another. HOWEVER, the group sharing session we had at the end of the meeting had a round of introductions that allowed us to know more about one another :D

Overall, this meeting was rather quiet, and maybe we could introduce games that allow students to interact and communicate more. Even though the meeting brought across its messages from the gosho, some students still came as strangers and left as strangers. Maybe bonding games could be played to allow students to have more interaction!

Nevertheless, it was a meeting with substance, and the program was its biggest highlight, packed with all sorts of interesting tidbits and information on Nichiren Daishinin’s Buddhism.

By Eunice chong!

1st Youth For Peace Interfaith Symposium

"Humanizing Religions, Creating Peace"

Speaker: Mr George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Date: 16 March 2008, Sunday

Time: 3 - 5pm

Venue: Singapore Expo Hall 4

Enquiry By e-mail : jinhaw@ssabuddhist.org

By phone : 65137809 (Ms Li Jin Haw)

The Youth for Peace Interfaith Symposium is an initiative of the Youth Division of Singapore Soka Association to raise awareness of young people to the importance of promoting peace and harmony, and to encourage youths of religious organizations to be more proactive in interfaith relations and collaboration.

Besides the lecture by Minister George Yeo, youths representing different faith organizations will present their papers on "Youth and Peace" in the context of the different religious teachings, and together draft a Resolution for Peace.