06S20 Gomes

ahha. ok. so yes, i've gotten in to Chem-Bio-Maths, econs. aka.. bio class. haha.
mrs tang would be proud of me! :)

bascially.. wad i was excitied. was to see my house. ahha. somehow. my new CG grp.. abt not v enthu. really different from dsa-cum-appeal students. haha. ok. 20 girls, 5 boys. hahah. other classes had gd mix, and also.. the 17-9girls thing. wierd way of mixing the college.

well. it'll be for 1st 3 months. hopefully it gets better.

no. 20. significant huh. haha. if i was in 19, i would have ended up as HOSE. blue,.. a closer colour to black! and its my fav kind of navy blue! :) haha. wanted VENN inititally. but Venn is purely physc-chem-maths ppl. Romanis is the arts fac. hah.

as for my OG.. goona miss them. love them alot. most of them gg 06S10. yea.. that combi. haha. i think kenna LoyFatt.

today, whole day lectures. so i spetn my whole day in the CC w/o food. late for trng. signed up for guit esseble, spoken to the tchr..

bowling tngs is on wed and SAT! screwin liao. haha. jia lat. dance have to shift.
guitar is on wed and fri... the coach only comes on fri.. wed is prac time. so i told the tchr that i had 4 yrs experience with classical.. so juz need to come on fri.. :).
mon have fitness.
Saints for Christ is i dunno when. but i wanna serve the sch through music and leadership in case SA team have much better bowlers.



today.
DSA AND APPEAL students got it from the discipline comm. coz, its an HONOUR to be in SAJC, true lar.. so standards are higher. =) i'm still loving it. ppl all around.. includin Pastor Dennis has been telling about Ms Kay. haha. and today, i've met her. really man. Strict. discipline all around her face. but seriously, no one can ever replace Mrs. Sng. i do want to honour her for who she is. Mrs Sng is my most respected tchr. haha. seriously. ook.

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School History

Perhaps the beginning of St. Andrew's School could be traced back to the 1850s when a private institution was set up in Chin Chew Street by two Anglicans - Mr Sim Quee and Mr Tye Kim. As a result of the sermon on Whitsunday 1856 by Rev Humphreys, a group of laymen formed themselves into a committee for the spreading of the Gospel in the then 37-year old Singapore.

One of the steps taken was to seek a missionary and this resulted in the arrival of the Rev Edward Sherman Venn in 1861. The private institution of Chin Chew Street had no connection with the Anglican Church at that time - this was only brought about on 8 September 1862 when it was adopted by the Anglican Church because of the work and influence of Venn. Thus St. Andrew's School was founded on 8 September 1862 by Venn.

One year later, on 10 September 1863, the School moved to Upper Hokkien Street because of the need for a better building and more space for the growing School. Soon after, Mr Cheok Loy Fatt was appointed the Headmaster and he proved to be the excellent choice.

For some years, the mission had serious financial difficulties, resulting in their withdrawing its financial support for the School in 1866. The School suffered an even greater loss with the passing away of her Founder and friend. In spite of these losses, Loy Fatt carried on managing the School by himself.


In 1872, the Colonial Chaplain Canon J.A. Beccles successfully applied to the Government for financial aid. Thus, on 22 May 1872, St. Andrew's School became a grant-in-aid institution.

In the same year, Canon Beccles was succeeded by the Rev George Frederick Hose as Colonial Chaplain. Meanwhile, the growing School shifted to Victoria Street. Hose did a great deal for the School. One of his first acts was to invite the Rev William Henry Gomes from Borneo to act as School Superintendent. Under the wise and capable guidance of Gomes from 1872 to 1902, the School prospered and grew.



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haha. ok. ramdomly. aim by ok ok june. 2 chin-ups. haha. supposedly to be end of this yr.. but like abit too long ar. haha.