Nalanda

23 August 2014

It’s time to invite everyone!

The Nalanda ‘Family Fun Fair’ is finally here tomorrow!  Do invite your family and friends to come for a fun-day out while supporting a noble cause.  Funds raised at the Fair will go towards the on-going Building Expansion Project and to support educational programmes of Nalanda Institute, Dharma School, and Free School.  Your support means a lot to the community!  Thank you and mettā.

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23 August 2014

Final rallying for ‘Family Fun Fair’

Earnest and energetic organisers of Nalanda’s ‘Family Fun Fair’ held a few final rounds of meetings and briefings before the big day tomorrow.  The stage is set to welcome thousands of visitors to Sri Serdang for the largest ‘Fun Fair’ ever held here – with more than 160 stalls offering a wide range of delicacies, household items and merchandise.

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23 August 2014

Youthful support for ‘Family Fun Fair’

Throughout the past weeks, Nalandian youths have been working quietly to support the upcoming Nalanda ‘Family Fun Fair’.  The youths are very much at the forefront of this fund-raising event – volunteering to operate stalls, handle visitors, and arranging logistics. Many of them are in fact ‘veterans’ of the ‘Fun Fair’, having been involved in this annual event since their Nalanda Dharma School days.

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22 August 2014

Nalanda Centre Expansion Project – 100 days on!

Today marks the 100th day work began on the Nalanda Centre Expansion Project!  Work is progressing rapidly on the upper floors of the building, with plumbing and M&E components catching up.  With the current rate of construction, we are optimistic that the project can be completed on schedule in another 80 days.

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22 August 2014

‘Selamat pulang’, MH17

Today, we receive the remains of 20 fellow Malaysians who perished on MH17 on their most poignant journey home.  We are united as a nation and people in prayer for all casualties and their loved ones.  May they be at Peace – ‘Santi’.

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21 August 2014

The most poignant journey home

Whenever a Malaysia Airlines flight from overseas lands at KLIA, there will always be that welcoming and reassuring on-board announcement – “…and to all Malaysians, ‘Welcome home’”.  For many citizens, that simple but familiar greeting never fails to warm our hearts.

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21 August 2014

Workshop on ‘Embracing the Beginner’s Mind’

On Sunday 10 August, Sis. K. C. Chiang, ‎an accountant-turned-clinical psychologist, conducted a workshop on ‘Embracing the Beginner’s Mind’ at Nalanda Centre.  A ‘beginner’s mind’ is an essential attribute for the cultivation of ‘Learning’, one of Nalanda’s Eight Core Values.

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20 August 2014

4 days to Family Fun Fair!

The Nalanda ‘Family Fun Fair’ is just 4-days away!  It’s time to invite our family, friends, and contacts to come for a fun-day out while supporting a noble cause.  Funds raised at the Fair will go towards the on-going Building Expansion Project and to support educational programmes of Nalanda Institute, Dharma School, and Free School.  Your support means a lot to the community!  Thank you and mettā.

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20 August 2014

Inaugural Meeting of “Nalanda Education Team”

On Sunday 17 August, the newly-instituted “Nalanda Education Team” (N.E.T.) held its inaugural meeting at Nalanda Centre, Sri Serdang.  The team gathers all divisional and departmental heads of Nalanda Institute, Dharma School, Free School, Pustaka Nalanda, and Youth Centre – those involved directly with Nalanda’s educational programmes – in one committee to discuss pertinent issues involving the implementation of our Educational Philosophy.

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19 August 2014

Nalanda Free School Exam-Preparation Seminar

On Saturday 16 August, 220 students from five secondary schools in Seri Kembangan and Kajang attended an informative and inspiring SPM Chemistry Examination Preparation Seminar at SMK Seri Kembangan.  The full-day seminar was jointly organised by Nalanda Free School and SMK Seri Kembangan to equip students with a more thorough understanding of the subject, in preparation for their upcoming SPM examination.

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