Traditional Christmas Fellowship

Brother Ben, the CKN Chairman

Weeks earlier, the Chapel group leaders were arranging meetings to plan for a 2009 Christmas Get-together. The effects of their plannings climaxed that 25th December morning after the 'Katigis'-led Christmas Chapel Service.Speeches were the 1st order for the occasion. When one veteran Chapel goer was asked to speak, the only invited guest speaker for the occasion, the organizers might have been disappointed for this speaker did not take the opportunity to put forward any tangible message, the like of a plan for any social or material betterment relating to the immediate society. There were numerous aspects to mention, in fact. But, he only took the opportunity to extend his Christmas Greetings on behalf of himself and Household and extended his New Year Wishes to all residents, present or otherwise. He especially wished all that 2010 might provide for them prosperity and the true meaning, as they each could perceive, of the adapted John10:10 quote of Jesus' own words when He said in the year 33 or thereabout.....'I have come so that you might have life, and life in all its fullness'.

The CKN Chairman was full of seriousness and purpose when he gave his speech. He had to. After extending his Christmas and New Year Greetings, he took the opportunity to put across his message for a gathering of like that did not happen often.The pot-luck lunch part of the fellowship was fun to all the food adventurers. The typical kampung dishes appealed them.The lucky draw was fun too. The prizes were all donated and the proceeds from tickets sale, for a good Chapel facility purpose.The fellowship started with an Upholding the day to Baby Jesus and it ended with A Thank you to Him late in the evening.

Christmas Carols 2009

Tintap Farm was visited by a Combined Group 1 and 2 of the Chapel Kristus Nokotungag Carols Teams 2009. This 21 member combined group was participated by the youths of CKN. Among them were two speech-challenged, a brother and sister pair, who were always willing to be among the rest of their kampung friends in nearly almost all the Chapel activities they performed. Like those two, the rest in the group were either brothers or sisters, cousins or aunties and uncles to each other.During the fellowship that followed it was audibly wondered whether a sign language-teacher could be hired to better inform the interested others in the used of the sign language.Another notable capabilities of the group were that they were all motorbike riders, the younger ones being the pillion riders.They sang beautiful Christmas Carols although they were rather economical with their numbers.

....the number of hymes they sang.

A Concerned Individual

Jondi's family visit together with his sister-in-law

When one suddenly fell so terribly sick, an unexplained sudden sickness to the point of one wondering if death was looming and could be the next thing to happen, even a visit from a complete stranger was most appreciated, welcomed and indeed thanked for.

RM150 per Person Fund Raising Meal

Mae can very well be at ease alone for a while

Matthew, Alice, Tania, Mae, Marvel, Fenella, Joe, Abel and Aaron Paul joined host, Datin Seri Panglima C Jinu, at table on 4th December, 2009, at Putera Theater Ballroom, Bukit Padang. When the invitation was conveyed by means of the easy way-out SMS social facility, the mindful individuals invited preferred not refuse. They must have been pondering along these lines...'Ah, it is Big Sister inviting ... must give her honor...'. What made some invitee cancel other plans was her additional notes, released as if in passing. It would be such a waste of good food if the whole evening was simply forgotten. It might not have been a suitable day, date and time for her usual friends for none of them could come. One glaring but simple coincidence was that it was on a Friday, a 1st-Friday too. It was a dinner and had to be in the evening, bah. Encik Ampal entertained everyone with his spontaneous wit on stage. The staggered three-stage lucky draw was under his charge. Table 87 with the 086- series ticket was not lucky. No one from that Table went home with an expensive Nokia from China.

An Uninformed Perceptional Effects of Aging in Body and Mind.

It was generally believed that he was born in October, 1918. Despite of his advanced age, his memories of past domestic as well as local and national happenings are very intact but chronologically a bit disorientated especially with dates and order. Most of the things he wishes to do, if ever he could do them again, the things he had done but wish to redo them differently, if ever he could get another chance to prove himself with such efforts, he turns then into some sort of fantasies. He is aware that many of the things he says are wishful-thinking. He therefore used to conclude whatever he would be saying by a reminder, .."but, that is according to my prediction..." A famous quote from him. Emmanuel Tangit Kinajil in his earlier years was an initiator. If ever the word 'found' could be metaphorically used for him in any way, then he founded Kampung Babagon and virtually turned it into a place as perceived now. He started the school in Kampung Babagon. As an NV(E)S and due to the general lack of facilities and teachers, he was the first teacher of that then school. In a little later time then, as an elected District Councilor of Penampang District Council, he requested for allocations and saw to the completion of the school buildings of Kampung Terian, Kampung Buayan and Kampung Longkogungan. He started those schools too. He wishes to see at close range his Kuala Penyu land where gas and kerosene oil are constantly sprouting wastefully out.