Dinner at Sushi Tei with my son! Sushi, sushi and more sushi!!!
The boys.
Cooperative games Or modeling?Hi 4 Commitment.
Please go to website http://mrgomezblog.blogspot.com/ for the latest blog.
Cheers
Mr.Gomez
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Latest Blog
Dinner at Sushi Tei with my son! Sushi, sushi and more sushi!!!The boys.Cooperative games Or modeling?Hi 4 Commitment.
Please go to website http://mrgomezblog.blogspot.com/ for the latest blog.
Cheers
Mr.Gomez
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Xishan Floorball 2007
Senior Boys and Girls.
Senior Boys
Senior Girls
Junior Boys training
Great Sportsmanship.
Whoosh! Off they go!
Sabri assisting in training
Yes, we did it! Xishan 6 Pasr Ris 0
Is Aidah asking for help from above?
The Game.
Our Goalkeeper in action after a good save!
Face-off! Go Amirah!
Natasha, is listening! (For once!)
4 Commitment and Senior players. Great support!The National Interschool Florball championships ended on Friday 18th May 07. It was a hard long season for our schools' competitive Floorball players. We trained hard and worked together as a team and a school to bear some fruit and bring 'Xishan to fame'.
The Senior Girls came in 4th.
The Senior Boys runners-up.
And the Junior Girls won the Championships.
The Junior Boys were Quarter-finalists. They did us proud too.
One For All, All For One,!
Xishan Floorball
Since 1994
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Jasenites Hockey
Jansenites is the hockey club that I'm involved in. My father was the first Jansenites captain in 1957 when they played in National Hockey League Division 3. I started playing hockey only at 17, while at Catholic Junior College. All along I played competitive Badminton and Football. My passion for coaching hockey started at Xishan in 1993. We sent our first Xishan team to the Nationals in 1994 and surprisingly won the Senior Girls and Junior Boys! Now, I'm doing more Floorball coaching at Xishan. Hopefully, we will be as successful.
Xishan currently has 4 National Hockey Players. They are Saiful Seftu, Samuel Nee, Sabri Yuhari and Johnson Sivalingam. The two ex-Xishanites in the Ladies National Hockey team are Toh Li Min, Hazlin Husni and Chua Xinyi. They all play for Jansenites in the Premier League. All 7 of them will be participating in the Arafura Games in Australia in May 2007.
The joy I get out of coaching is seeing players picking up basic skills and getting more confident in their ability and self. The players also learn about being disciplined. They learn about time management and being self-disciplined.
50 and still going strong
The Jansenites, one of Singapore's oldest hockey clubs, will turn 50 on Monday. LIM SAY HENG explores the history of this 'kampung' team.
Newpaper Article
April 28, 2007
NO field, no clubhouse, no facilities - only human resources and a tremendous spirit and vision.
There can be no better way of describing the Jansenites than this phrase by Richard Gomez, one of the founding fathers of the hockey club.
The 'kampung' club, which has seven teams playing at different levels in the local leagues, has come a long way since its humble beginnings playing in a backyard.
But not just any backyard. That yard belonged to Percy Pennefather, considered to be Singapore's founding father of hockey.
'We were all living in the Jansen Road area then. The Pennefather family opened their home and we played in an area about the size of three badminton courts,' said Richard, who was a teenager when the club was formed in 1957.
'We used to share the pitch with the dogs, the chickens and even a monkey, which was chained up. About 40 of us would play on the field and there was no formal coach then.
'When the field got too crowded, Percy would go: 'You, you and you - get out',' added the 68-year-old over a steaming cup of tea opposite the Co-Curricular Activities Branch headquarters in Bukit Timah.
NO field, no clubhouse, no facilities - only human resources and a tremendous spirit and vision.
There can be no better way of describing the Jansenites than this phrase by Richard Gomez, one of the founding fathers of the hockey club.
The 'kampung' club, which has seven teams playing at different levels in the local leagues, has come a long way since its humble beginnings playing in a backyard.
But not just any backyard. That yard belonged to Percy Pennefather, considered to be Singapore's founding father of hockey.
'We were all living in the Jansen Road area then. The Pennefather family opened their home and we played in an area about the size of three badminton courts,' said Richard, who was a teenager when the club was formed in 1957.
'We used to share the pitch with the dogs, the chickens and even a monkey, which was chained up. About 40 of us would play on the field and there was no formal coach then.
'When the field got too crowded, Percy would go: 'You, you and you - get out',' added the 68-year-old over a steaming cup of tea opposite the Co-Curricular Activities Branch headquarters in Bukit Timah.
HONED THEIR SKILLS
Two years after they were registered officially as a club, the Jansenites entered a team in the Singapore Hockey Association (SHA) Third Division Championships and played competitively in the 1961-62 season. The players, who honed their skills under Pennefather, shone and, after two seasons, the Jansenites found themselves in the First Division.
From there, the club grew in strength and in the 1960s and 1970s, they produced numerous national players like Derrick de Silva, Bastine D'Cruz, and the Gomez brothers - Vincent and Richard. As with any great teams, the Jansenites had their ups and downs. The club suffered a decline in the late 1980s and in 1990 were relegated to Division 2 .
But Richard's appointment as the club president upon his return from his lengthy overseas postings sparked a revival of the club's fortune, along with a timely sponsorship and a sound talent scheme. 'S Thavaneson came in with Umbro and gave us $50,000 in 1994,' said 41-year-old Hector Gomez, the current club president.
'With that money, we started the JUST programme - Jansenites-Umbro Sports Trust.'
The programme provides scholarships for deserving young players who are playing for schools 'adopted' by the Jansenites. 'We have a few feeder schools, where our players and coaches coach the hockey teams,' said Hector, a teacher in Xishan Primary School, one of the schools linked to the club. 'Most players from Xishan and Peixin Primary will go to Northland Secondary School, where our coach, Gary Fidelis, is at.
'After that, some of them go to Nanyang Polytechnic, Anderson Junior College or ITE Yishun, where other Jansenites are coaching.' While the JUST programme is funded by an external sponsor - and they have just secured a jersey sponsor this season - the Jansenites are still predominantly a self-sufficient team, as far as finances are concerned.
'In the past, we passed the hat around when we needed money to join SHA competitions,' said Richard, who is one of the generous financiers of the club.
'These days, we still pass the hat around, and old timers will finance the club's activities. But we are trying to remove that dependency by bringing in more sponsors,'
While their fortunes on and off the field have fluctuated over the years, one thing has remained constant - the Jansenites are still nomadic in nature, without a clubhouse to call their own.
'After the Pennefathers moved out in the late 1950s, we used to play in the front yard of my house,' said Richard. 'But when my father built a badminton court in the front yard, we moved to Rosyth School and Parry Avenue Primary School.'
But since the early 1990s, the Jansenites have been been training on the astroturf pitch in the historic Bukit Timah campus, where the CCAB headquarters is now situated.
However, even without a clubhouse, most of the Jansenites keep in contact with each other, through informal or formal gatherings. 'We used to have regular end-of-the-year gatherings in the past. But after a while, everyone got busy,' said Richard.
'Nowadays, we gather once every five years,' Hector chipped in.
An estimated 200 Jansenites will attend Monday's 50th anniversary dinner at the Serangoon Garden Country Club, representing different eras of players bonded by the club's simple but meaningful motto: Play the Game.
Two years after they were registered officially as a club, the Jansenites entered a team in the Singapore Hockey Association (SHA) Third Division Championships and played competitively in the 1961-62 season. The players, who honed their skills under Pennefather, shone and, after two seasons, the Jansenites found themselves in the First Division.
From there, the club grew in strength and in the 1960s and 1970s, they produced numerous national players like Derrick de Silva, Bastine D'Cruz, and the Gomez brothers - Vincent and Richard. As with any great teams, the Jansenites had their ups and downs. The club suffered a decline in the late 1980s and in 1990 were relegated to Division 2 .
But Richard's appointment as the club president upon his return from his lengthy overseas postings sparked a revival of the club's fortune, along with a timely sponsorship and a sound talent scheme. 'S Thavaneson came in with Umbro and gave us $50,000 in 1994,' said 41-year-old Hector Gomez, the current club president.
'With that money, we started the JUST programme - Jansenites-Umbro Sports Trust.'
The programme provides scholarships for deserving young players who are playing for schools 'adopted' by the Jansenites. 'We have a few feeder schools, where our players and coaches coach the hockey teams,' said Hector, a teacher in Xishan Primary School, one of the schools linked to the club. 'Most players from Xishan and Peixin Primary will go to Northland Secondary School, where our coach, Gary Fidelis, is at.
'After that, some of them go to Nanyang Polytechnic, Anderson Junior College or ITE Yishun, where other Jansenites are coaching.' While the JUST programme is funded by an external sponsor - and they have just secured a jersey sponsor this season - the Jansenites are still predominantly a self-sufficient team, as far as finances are concerned.
'In the past, we passed the hat around when we needed money to join SHA competitions,' said Richard, who is one of the generous financiers of the club.
'These days, we still pass the hat around, and old timers will finance the club's activities. But we are trying to remove that dependency by bringing in more sponsors,'
While their fortunes on and off the field have fluctuated over the years, one thing has remained constant - the Jansenites are still nomadic in nature, without a clubhouse to call their own.
'After the Pennefathers moved out in the late 1950s, we used to play in the front yard of my house,' said Richard. 'But when my father built a badminton court in the front yard, we moved to Rosyth School and Parry Avenue Primary School.'
But since the early 1990s, the Jansenites have been been training on the astroturf pitch in the historic Bukit Timah campus, where the CCAB headquarters is now situated.
However, even without a clubhouse, most of the Jansenites keep in contact with each other, through informal or formal gatherings. 'We used to have regular end-of-the-year gatherings in the past. But after a while, everyone got busy,' said Richard.
'Nowadays, we gather once every five years,' Hector chipped in.
An estimated 200 Jansenites will attend Monday's 50th anniversary dinner at the Serangoon Garden Country Club, representing different eras of players bonded by the club's simple but meaningful motto: Play the Game.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
SA 1 is around the corner! Urghhh!
Beautiful Nature.
Nikko, Japan. June 2006. I visited Japan with my family last year
during the June Holidays.
Hi,The SA1 is around the corner(coming soon). We will be doing lots of revision and finishing Unit 4 of the English Text. Today we heard a few famous pieces of poetry. I love the one about the Golden Daffodils. The word 'inner eye' in that poem refers to our imagination. A child's imagination is great. 4 Commitment pupils must express your imagination through your own blogs. In it you can write, draw, use pictures and videos to showcase your creativity.
We have to enjoy life and be appreciative of what we have. Singapore in spite of being a 'concrete jungle' has a lot of trees and nature. All of you are encouraged to take photos of yourself in nature and submit them to me. The photos can be either in digital or print.
Please send in your photo by 28 June 2007. I'll post some examples for you to see.
On Friday, while you are blogging at Comp Lab 4 (Level 4), I'll be giving you an oral examination to prepare for the Examination. You are also encouraged to do your own Compositions next week. I'll mark the scripts, with you next to me, after school, during reading time. I have a set of Composition questions that I'll distribute on Monday. Please hand in the Composition with your mind map.
Xishan Floorball is doing very well in the opening rounds of the National Interschool Floorball Championships. The girls beat Fengshan 19-0 and CHIJ OLN 12-0. While the boys beat ACS Primary 9-1 and Huamin 5-3. I hope that both the teams make it to the top 4 of the Nationals and if possible win the Championships.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
4 Commitment: Sports Day & Water, Water Everywhere But None For Me To Drink Powerpoint Project!
Sports Day 2007
Sports Day
Water Project!
The Water Project is about the pupils siting in the United Nations representing their country to come up with a project to save their country and the world from a water shortage. The pupils have to present their PowerPoint presentation to the rest of the class. The best project will be showcased at our school's Anniversary celebrations. And the best group will win a tub of ice cream.
Kampong Glam
Farhan, with the Glam Tree in his background. The Glam Tree is renown for its medicinal value. 
Isn't the mosque beautiful from this angle?
The visit to the mosque taught us about some of the practices of our Muslim friends. We learnt about the 5 pillars of Islam and their prayer timing.
The Palace Grounds.
At the Sultan's Palace.
On the road again.
Remember, DON'T STAND IN THE BUS!
I love my hat!!!
Can you spot the Raffles statue?
Our class had a great time by the Singapore River and at Kampong Glam. We visited the place where Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore, landed. The buildings were so 'colonial' and yet they had a modern touch. My favourite building is the Victoria Memorial Hall. It looks so majestic! We took some nice photos with the scenic background.
At Kampong Glam, we visited the Sultan's Palace and a mosque. What I enjoyed most was the delicious Nasi Padang that I had at a street corner restraunt. The sambal belachan was 'pedas'!I hope that many of you learnt about Malay Culture from this Heritage Tour.
We smelt some perfumes.
Tasted some food.
Felt some Malay/Arab fabrics.
And saw many buildings like the mosque and palace!
And saw many buildings like the mosque and palace!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
22 Mar 2007 4 Commitment BLOG
Hi 4 Commitment,
The first week of school has flown by! I enjoyed the English lessons that
Ms Amy gave. Your work on the petals and what your groups thought and presented was interesting. I was amazed at some of the reasons that you gave for keeping a diary. It was interesting that some groups felt that a diary was a great outlet for them to pour out their true feelings. I feel that it is always good to express yourself to you friends, family and even teachers. Keeping problems to ourselves is not the best way to deal with them. Sharing problems with adults or mature friends can result in very good possible solutions being suggested.
On Friday we will be having our first day of blogging. We will try to set up your email addresses and blog sites. Please remember the guidelines that I gave in our first Blog.
Today is my daughters birthday. She just turned 8.
Her name is Mona Hanae Gomez. We celebrated her birthday at home with a dinner. On Saturday her friends will be coming over for tea. I'll be organizing the games.
Her name is Mona Hanae Gomez. We celebrated her birthday at home with a dinner. On Saturday her friends will be coming over for tea. I'll be organizing the games.
I hope that all of you have relook at your academic effort and how you are studying. If you need help please ask for help.
Maths Remedial restarts on Monday from 1.15-2.15pm. This is followed by English Remedial from 2.30-3.30pm. On Wednesday's there is Maths Supplementary for our high fliers who did very well in CA1 and are aiming to get Band 1 for the SA1. Every Friday will be our blogging day. We will be using the blogging platform to improve your writing. Please bring a dictionary for the session as it will come in handy.
Cheers
Hector Gomez
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