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Mrs Tso, principle of Covenant Kindergarten, members of the kindergarten management committee, teachers and staff of the kindergarten,
Family and friends,
Good evening…
Thank you, Mrs Tso for your kind invitation to me to be here this evening, to witness the wonderful work that you and your staff are doing the lives of these precious children at a very special milestone in their lives…
And parents, grandparents, aunties, uncles, thank you for putting your trust in our kindergarten and allowing us to partner with you as we build into the lives of your children
During these formative years of your child’s life…
Time flies and your children are at the end of their pre-school education,
Preparing to go into primary school…
You know your children brings me great joy…
Sometimes when I come into the office,
I will meet your cute children along the corridor,
When they are going from one place to another,
Or waiting for the rest of their friends to finish using the washroom,
Most of the time, I can’t help but stop to interact with them for a while,
And just give them a high-5…
And it would brighten up my day…
I’m sure your children will have many great memories of this place…
Hope you spend the last few months of your children’s time here taking lots of pictures…
And talking about memories,
Bicentennial celebration
One of the biggest thing in Singapore this year is the bicentennial celebration where we commemorate 200 years since Sir Stamford Raffles came to Singapore in 1819…
And because it’s such a significant year,
There were a lot of initiatives and events this year to help us rediscover and remember our history…
These included the Bicentennial Experience at Fort Canning Centre,
Several Heritage Trails,
And there is even a series of films to talk about the origins of our food and how they are reflect our history and journey as a people!
(You can’t go wrong with food…)
And even in our very own kindergarten,
Kindergarten Bicentennial Celebration
We were very honoured to have Prince Sang Nila Utama, Sir Stamford Raffles, as well as Mr. Lee Kuan Yew join us at our national day celebration this year…
And one of the stories I’m sure you hear many times this year is the story of Sang Nila Utama,
To remind us that the story of Singapore did not start 200 years ago,
And I’m not sure how much you remember that story but let me just give you a short summary of the founding of Singapura…
And I actually went to the original source… the Malay Annals…
And according to history,
Sang Nila Utama
Sang Nila Utama was a 13th Century Palembang Prince from the Srivijaya ruling house…
On one occasion, the prince and his wife, Wan Sri Bini,
Were holidaying in Bintan, and while Sang Nila Utama was hunting,
He ended up at the top of a rock and from that vintage view,
He saw a fine place across the sea which the sands was “white as cotton”
And he enquired on where this place was
to which one of his ministers Indra B’hupala informed him that the place was the country of Temasek
having set his eyes on that land of Temasek,
he decided to visit it, and not even a violent storm at sea could deter him…
after a struggle at sea and giving up his crown,
he finally ended up on the shores of Temasek,
but it was on that shores of Temasek where they saw an animal which he described as extremely swift and beautiful,
has a body that was red in colour, black hair and white breast,
extremely agile, of great strength and little larger than a goat…[1]
After asking around for a while,
The prince discovered that it was a lion…
a Singha…
and saw it as a good omen…
it was then that he decided to settle down in the land
Temasek now called Singhpura
siṃha (सिंह), which means "lion", and pūra (पुर) means "city"
ruled over it and called it Singhpura siṃha (सिंह), which means "lion", and pūra (पुर) means "city"
which apparently in Sanskrit means Lion City
and according to our historical records,
that’s how we got the name Singapore
this was a wonderful story about a person who served in a court, went to a foreign land, encountered a lion, was not afraid and persevered…
according to our records, this incident happened in 1299,
720 years ago…
And friends, another story about a person who served in a court, went to foreign land, encountered a lion, was not afraid and persevered is much much older…
Story of Daniel
And this is the story of Daniel who lived in the 6th Century BC,
He was a person who lived most of his live in exile in a foreign land,
First under the rule of the Babylonians and then under the rule of the Persians…
And because he was wise, well educated and had good EQ,
He was made to serve in the royal courts, even though he was a foreigner…
And it is recorded for us in the bible that he was elevated to a high position not just during the time of the Babylonian rule, but also during the time of the Persian Empire…
And this was because he was able to interpret the dreams of the kings that nobody else in the kingdom was able to do…
And this, he was able to do so,
because the Lord was with him…
In fact, not only was he able to interpret those dreams,
It was recorded to us that he was given the ability to know what the dreams were in the first place,
Because we know from scriptures that the king was unwilling to share the details of the dreams…
And yet Daniel was able not only to know the details of the dreams,
but also able to interpret them accurately as the things he shared came to past…
And he was able to do so, because God was with him…
Another thing that made Daniel stand out was that he was willing to do the right thing even when the circumstances made it favourable to compromise on his values…
In the royal courts, he was offered choice food and wine,
It seems very attractive at first sight…
Why would anyone refuse that?
Well, that’s because if he would to accept those food and wine,
That would mean that he would need to participate in some rituals that were morally questionable and dignity eroding…
Rituals that would make him compromise on his principles, values and dignity…
Essentially rituals that would cause him to have a life of debauchery…
Of course, going with the flow and doing what the majority of the people were doing would be the safer thing to do…
After all, that would also mean a lesser chance of getting into trouble with the authorities…
However, Daniel thought otherwise…
He was committed and convinced that he should stick to his principles and values…
Principles and values that had been inculcated in him…
He had the courage to stand against the challenges presented to him
And to stand up for what is right…
He had the courage to stand up against the temptations,
And not bow down to the easier but less desirable route…
And these two things we learnt about Daniel came forth most dramatically during the episode when people who were jealous of him came together and wanted to get rid of him…
And this happened when there was a new empire and a new ruler over the land…
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