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2009-09-06T18:22:00.000-07:00

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2009-09-01T08:55:00.001-07:00

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Festival Wind Orchestra 2009

2009-04-29T00:15:00.001-07:00

Official Result of Festival Wind Orchestra 2009 (Inter SBP & Cluster School) Preliminary Round Competition held at SEMSAS on 16th, 17th and 18th April, 2009:-

Division 1 Results:-

Gold & Finale Finalists - Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman, Malay College Kuala Kangsar, SM Sultan Abdul Halim, Sekolah Seri Puteri, Sekolah Dato' Abdul Razak, Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Tunku Kurshiah College, Ave Maria Convent.
Gold - SM Sains Machang, SM Sains Kota Tinggi, Sekolah Tun Fatimah, SM Sains Raja Tun Azlan Shah.
Silver - SM Sains Sultan Mahmud, SMK Penang Free.
Bronze - SM Sains Dungun & SM Sains Tun Syed Sheh Shahabuddin

Division 2 Results:-

Gold - SM Sains Selangor & SM Sains Kuching
Silver - SM Sains Muzzafar Shah & SMK St. George
Bronze - SM Sains Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Convent Bukit Nenas, SM Sains Tuanku Syed Putra, SMK Abdul Rahman Talib, Sekolah Tuanku Jaafar, SMK Tinggi Perempuan Melaka.

Note:-

The Finale will be held at Putrajaya International Convention Centre on 21st June, 2009.

Bronze Medallists from Division 1 will be demoted to Division 2 whilst Gold Medallists from Division 2 will be promoted to Division 1 for next year's Wind Orchestra Competition.

Congratulations to Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) Wind Orchestra aka The Renaissance ensemble for bagging the Division 2 Gold Medal and earning yourselves a well-deserved promotion to Division 1 next year with your perfect performance of the highly mystical song `Ireland: Of Legend and Lore'.

SBP & Cluster School Wind Orchestra Competition 2009

2009-04-14T06:29:00.001-07:00

SBP & Cluster School Wind Orchestra Competition 2009

The Inter SBP Wind Orchestra Competition 2009 will be holding its preliminary round competition this coming Friday & Saturday the 17th & 18th April, 2009 at SEMSAS (formerly Sekolah Menengah Sains Pahang).

Come and watch premier SBPs like MCKK, STAR, SDAR, SSAS, TKC, SSP, STF, SERATAS, SMSS, SEMSAS, MOZAC, SMSD etc. compete in this glitzy annual event. This year will be more interesting with the addition of Cluster Schools.

We will be there to support Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor Wind Orchestra (SMSSWO) aka The Renaissance. The up and coming ensemble has improved by leaps and bounds and will perform two songs i.e. the melodic `Siti Payung' and the highly mystical `Ireland: Of Legend and Lore'. Watch this space!!

PMR 2008 SBP Ranking

2009-02-28T17:00:00.000-08:00

1 SM SAINS HULU SELANGOR
2 SM SAINS SELANGOR
3 SM SAINS TUANKU SYED PUTRA
4 SEKOLAH TUN FATIMAH
5 SEKOLAH SULTAN ALAM SHAH
6 SM SAINS TENGKU MUHAMMAD FARIS PETRA
7 SM SAINS MACHANG
8 SBP INTEGRASI GOMBAK
9 SEKOLAH SERI PUTERI
10 SEKOLAH DATO` ABDUL RAZAK
11 SM SAINS TENGKU ABDULLAH
12 SM SAINS JOHOR
13 SM SAINS RAJA TUN AZLAN SHAH
14 SEKOLAH TUANKU ABDUL RAHMAN
15 KOLEJ TUNKU KURSHIAH
16 SM SAINS TUANKU JA`AFAR
17 SM SAINS SULTAN HJ AHMAD SHAH
18 SM SAINS SULTAN MAHMUD
19 SM SAINS MUZAFFAR SYAH
20 SM SAINS KUALA SELANGOR
21 SM SAINS KOTA TINGGI
22 SEKOLAH SAINS SULTAN HAJI AHMAD SHAH
23 SM SAINS PASIR PUTEH
24 SM SULTAN ABDUL HALIM
25 KOLEJ MELAYU KUALA KANGSAR
26 SM SAINS POKOK SENA
27 SBP INTEGRASI RAWANG
28 SM SAINS SULTAN ISKANDAR
29 SM SAINS MIRI
30 SM SAINS SULTAN MOHAMMAD JIWA
31 SM SAINS DUNGUN
32 SM SAINS SABAH
33 SM SAINS TUN SYED SHEH SHAHABUDIN
34 SM SAINS LABUAN
35 SBP INTEGRASI SABAK BERNAM
36 SM SAINS LAHAD DATU
37 SM SAINS TELUK INTAN
38 SBP INTEGRASI KUBANG PASU
39 SBP INTEGRASI JEMPOL
40 SBP INTEGRASI GOPENG
41 SM SAINS KUCHING
42 SBP INTEGRASI BATU RAKIT
43 SBP INTEGRASI TEMERLOH
44 SM AGAMA PERSEKUTUAN KAJANG
45 SBP INTEGRASI SELANDAR
46 SBP INTEGRASI PEKAN
47 SM AGAMA PERSEKUTUAN LABU
48 SBP INTEGRASI KUANTAN

SMSS Wind Orchestra aka The Renaissance

2009-01-11T02:19:00.001-08:00

Sweet Saxophonist

Daniellia & her Alto Sax

Another Saxophonist in action

The Tenor Saxophonists in action

The Renaissance Girls

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2008-12-17T08:49:00.000-08:00

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Habis Pantang aka Out Of Confinement ...

2008-08-25T22:48:00.000-07:00

Daniel Zarfaiez Firdaus ~ 40 Days ...

Daniel Zarfaiez Firdaus ~ 44 Days ...

Daniel Zarfaiez Firdaus bin Mohd Zaim Al-Amin

2008-07-20T00:56:00.000-07:00

Naluri Medical Centre, KLSC...

Baby's still inside...

Baby's already out...

Mama is A-Okay...

Bros and Sis waiting anxiously...

SMSS Wind Orchestra aka The Renaissance (The R)

2008-07-08T23:54:00.001-07:00

Pictures of the Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) Wind Orchestra aka The Renaissance (The R) during the Preliminary Round of SBP Wind Orchestra Competition 2008 held at SEMSAS, Kuantan recently. The two songs which they performed then earned them the Gold Medal Award. Congratulations!!

Pictures courtesy of http://orchestrasmss.blogspot.com

SMSS Rocks Again!!!

2008-06-24T07:37:00.001-07:00

Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) is in CHAOS!!

2008-06-21T01:24:00.000-07:00

Pada 16 Jun, 2008 yang lepas, lebih kurang 20 pelajar Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) telah mengalami histeria. I was one of them...!!!

Mase tu time kitorang tengah prep. Then, tibe2 je warden suruh balik awal. Kitorang pun hairan jugak la...Lepas naik dorm, kakak-kakak suruh ambil air sembahyang dan suruh baca Surah Yaasin dalam dorm. Hurm...Makin tak faham la kitorang jadinye...
pastu, dorm-mate gua masuk and dia dalam keadaan yang agak pelik dan merisaukan. Dia terus baring kat katil sambil nangis-nangis. Kitorang teruskan bacaan Yaasin...

Tapi makin lama, makin ramai pulak yang menjerit! So, kakak-kakak cadangkan supaya kitorang bace Yaasin secara beramai-ramai di court bola keranjang Asrama Puteri.

Haa...Mase ni la gua pun terlibat jadi mangsa...Mase tengah baca Yaasin, gua ternampak bayang lelaki berbaju putih, tengah duduk di celah-celah beberapa orang murid lain yang juga sedang membaca Yaasin. Ahh...Itu imaginasi gua sendiri je kowt, fikir gua...so gua pun ignore jela benda tu and just continue bace...

Pastu, kawan gua kat belakang suruh gua pandang bulan yang tengah mengambang penuh masa tu...(maybe die nak maksudkan yang hantu memang banyak mase bulan mengambang)...

Sedang gua pandang2 kat bulan tu, tiba-tiba mata ni terpandang la pulak kat atas sebuah pokok berhampiran. Saat inilah baru gua sedar bahawa lelaki yang berbaju putih tadi benar-benar ada dan bukanlah hanya khayalan gua semata-mata...

Apa yang gua nampak, pada mulanya lembaga itu seperti sedang memerhati kami semua yang sedang membaca Yaasin. Tapi secara tiba-tiba sahaja matanya memandang tepat ke arah gua lalu gua terus tidak sedarkan diri...

Bila gua sedar, tengok2 gua dah ada kat dalam Dewan Budiman...(semua yang `kena` pada malam tu dibawa ke dalam dewan besar berkenaan). Setelah gua dipulihkan, Ustazah Shima call father gua di Ampang and tak lama kemudian my Dad pun sampai. Lebih kurang sejam kemudian my Dad bawa gua balik ke rumah kami di Taman Bukit Indah, Ampang...

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Keesokan harinya, gua balik ke hostel semula kerana yakin keadaan sudah OK. Tapi, rupa-rupanya pagi itu ada lagi lebih kurang 20 orang telah diserang. Ada yang sampai cuba mencederakan diri sendiri. Then, mase on the way nak naik dorm, makhluk tu ade lagi and kali ni dia memandang ke arah gua dengan muka yang marah dan pandangan yang bengis. Pahal lak dia nak marah?!?

Gua pon ape lagi...dah takut sangat macam tu nangis jela yang mampu...Tapi gua still try kuatkan semangat nak pegi class petang tu sebab tak nak ketinggalan pelajaran...

Laaaaa...Mase gue tengah jalan kat blok akademik, nak pegi class, gua nampak benda tu lagi.. Ni yang tak tahan ni coz dia macam nak ikot gua plak...Gua nangis lagi...dan terus menangis sampai la Cikgu panggil. Gua cerita semuanya kat Cikgu.
Cikgu pun dah tak tahu nak buat apa agaknya and terpaksa call my Dad again. My Dad pun datang semula fetch gua and sampai hari ni, 20 Jun, gua ade kat rumah lagi.

And menurut information yang diberi, semalam pun still ada lagi students yang kena gangguan makhluk-makhluk halus tu...lain orang nampak lain jenis makhluk. Ada yang nampak makhluk berbadan hitam dan berbulu, ada yang nampak makhluk bermata merah, ada yang nampak perempuan cantik. Makhluk yang gue nampak tu muka dia pucat lesi macam mayat...

Last sekali gue dengar cerita SMSS dah keluarkan arahan supaya murid-murid balik ke rumah sehingga hari Ahad ni...

So nampaknya kena tunggu jela sampai semuanya dah ok...hopefully soon...!!!

Kejadian ini ada dilaporkan di dalam Harian Metro 19 Jun, 2008 (mukasurat hadapan & mukasurat 6) dan 20 Jun, 2008 (mukasurat 12)...

Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) - Harian Metro 20/06/2008

2008-06-20T09:35:00.001-07:00

Pelajar Terus Diganggu

Oleh Mohd Jamilul Anbia Md Denin dan Mohd Fauzi Abdullah
am@hmetro.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR: Kejadian histeria yang menyerang pelajar Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS), Cheras di sini, terus berlanjutan apabila beberapa lagi pelajar dilaporkan masih diganggu makhluk halus selepas empat hari kejadian aneh itu berlaku.

Seorang pelajar sekolah terbabit yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Siti, 16, berkata dua rakannya turut terkena histeria malam kelmarin selepas secara tiba-tiba menjadi seperti orang hilang ingatan.

Menurutnya, kejadian terbaru itu menimbulkan kehairanan di kalangan pelajar selepas berpuluh-puluh rakan mereka yang terkena histeria sejak Isnin lalu, sudah diarahkan pulang ke rumah masing-masing.

“Saya antara pelajar yang diarahkan pulang ke rumah selepas terkena histeria kelmarin. Saya sangkakan semuanya sudah berakhir, namun beberapa rakan lain terus menjadi mangsa.

“Saya dihubungi seorang rakan sekolah malam kelmarin yang memberitahu, dua rakan lain tidak sedarkan diri selepas terkena gangguan terbabit. Keadaan ini pastinya akan menyebabkan pembelajaran kami di sekolah terganggu,” katanya ketika ditemui semalam.

Katanya, dia sebelum ini turut terkena histeria apabila tiba-tiba tidak sedarkan diri di dalam kelas sekitar jam 10 pagi.

“Saya tidak tahu apa yang berlaku terhadap diri saya, namun ketika itu saya terpaksa diusung ke dewan sekolah bersama pelajar lain yang dirasuk,” katanya.

“Sebaik saya dipulihkan, ada rakan yang memberitahu saya menjerit dan meraung akibat dirasuk tanpa saya sendiri menyedari apa yang berlaku,” katanya.

Menurutnya, pihak sekolah perlu melakukan sesuatu bagi memastikan keadaan kembali pulih bagi membolehkan pelajar menumpukan sepenuh perhatian terhadap peperiksaan penting tidak lama lagi.

Harian Metro semalam melaporkan, hampir 30 pelajar sekolah terbabit dilaporkan diserang histeria sejak Isnin lalu apabila ada di antara mereka mendakwa dibayangi makhluk bertubuh hitam dan bermata merah yang masuk ke kelas.

Akibatnya, kebanyakan pelajar terbabit terpaksa bermalam di surau asrama sekolah terbabit bagi mengelakkan gangguan berkenaan yang sukar dikenal pasti puncanya.

Jurucakap sekolah yang dihubungi berkata, satu laporan berhubung kejadian itu sudah dihantar ke Bahagian Sekolah Kementerian Pelajaran di Putrajaya untuk langkah sewajarnya.

Sementara itu, jurucakap Pusat Rawatan Islam Darul Syifa, Bangi, berkata beberapa orang pakar perubatan di pusat itu sudah dihantar ke sekolah terbabit untuk memberi bantuan malam Isnin lalu.

Katanya, bacaan Yasin dan sembahyang hajat sudah dilakukan bagi menghalang gangguan berkenaan terhadap pelajar sekolah itu.

“Kejadian histeria boleh diatasi sekiranya pelajar sendiri mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan dengan melakukan perkara diwajibkan selain menjauhi larangan-Nya.

“Amalan membaca ayat Kursi dan tiga Qul termasuk zikir boleh menghalang makhluk halus ini dari meresapi minda pelajar,” katanya.

Katanya, pihak Darul Syifa yang sering dipanggil bagi tujuan sama mendakwa kejadian berkenaan mungkin ada kaitan dengan kegiatan kurang manis dilakukan segelintir pelajar yang boleh mengundang kehadiran syaitan atau iblis mendampingi mereka.

Mufti Selangor, Datuk Setia Mohd Tamyes Abd Wahid, meminta pelajar memperbanyakkan ibadat bagi mendekatkan diri dengan Allah sambil menyifatkan kejadian itu berlaku disebabkan iman yang tipis membuatkan mereka lemah semangat.

“Kadang-kadang kita terlalu leka dan lupa kepada tanggungjawab kepada Allah kerana asyik dengan perkara yang mendatangkan keseronokan,” katanya.

Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) - Harian Metro 19/06/2008

2008-06-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

Dirasuk Makhluk Bermata Merah

Oleh Mohd Jamilul Anbia Md Denin dan Salman Hamat
anbia@hmetro.com.my

CHERAS: Sebuah sekolah menengah berasrama penuh di sini `huru-hara’ selepas hampir 30pelajar lelaki dan perempuan diserang histeria apabila tiba-tiba meracau, menjerit serta melukakan diri sendiri dipercayai dirasuk makhluk halus.

Serangan histeria itu dikatakan bermula Isnin lalu apabila seorang pelajar lelaki tingkatan lima di Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS), Cheras, tidak sedarkan diri dan rebah tanpa diketahui puncanya.

Kejadian itu berjangkit kepada beberapa pelajar lain menyebabkan sesi pembelajaran terganggu.

Seorang mangsa yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Mohd, 14, berkata sebaik kejadian itu berlaku, beberapa lagi insiden aneh menyusul dan menyerang pelajar lain.

Menurutnya, dianggarkan hampir 30 pelajar diserang histeria menyebabkan keadaan menjadi huru-hara sejak tiga hari lalu.

“Apa yang saya tahu, pelajar pertama yang terkena histeria mula meracau selepas waktu Zuhur sebelum berjangkit kepada pelajar tingkatan lain, termasuk saya.

“Saya sendiri yang ketika itu berada di kelas tiba-tiba berasa lemah badan sebelum ternampak puluhan lembaga hitam bermata merah melayang masuk,” katanya ketika ditemui, semalam.

Dia selepas itu menjadi kaku dan tidak mampu bercakap sepatah perkataan atau meminta tolong.

Mangsa hanya tersedar sejam kemudian selepas dibawa guru ke bilik rawatan di sekolah berkenaan.

Sebaik tersedar, kata Mohd, dia terdengar bisikan suara lelaki di telinga yang memberitahu sekolah terbabit akan huru-hara.

“Saya sendiri tidak pasti siapa yang bercakap kerana ketika itu tubuh saya terlalu lemah dan ketakutan,” katanya.

Menurutnya, guru menghubungi ibu bapanya dan meminta dia dibawa pulang berikutan keadaan di sekolah terbabit kian tidak terkawal.

“Ketika itu ramai pelajar lain turut pengsan, malah ada yang meraung dan menjerit tanpa diketahui bahasa dituturkan.

“Mereka meracau hingga ada yang menyepak dinding serta melukakan diri sendiri. Saya sempat melihat seorang pelajar tingkatan lima berdarah di kaki akibat menendang objek keras di kelas,” katanya.

Dalam kejadian Isnin lalu, katanya, kebanyakan pelajar terpaksa tidur beramai-ramai di surau asrama kerana bimbang gangguan berterusan.

Ketika itu, tokoh agama terkenal, Datuk Haron Din dipanggil datang ke sekolah untuk membantu menghentikan gangguan histeria itu.

“Saya dan pelajar lain yang sedang membaca surah Yasin di surau terkejut apabila seorang pelajar perempuan tiba-tiba bangun dan menjerit.

“Dia yang hilang ingatan berlari ke luar dari surau sebelum dikejar beberapa guru lain. Pelajar itu akhirnya dapat ‘ditangkap’ sebelum diberi rawatan di surau,” katanya.

“Selain terkena rasukan, ada pelajar mengadu tiba-tiba terasa lemah badan tanpa sebab,” katanya.

Selepas tiga hari gangguan terbabit masih tidak menunjukkan tanda berhenti, pihak sekolah menasihatkan ibu bapa membawa pulang anak masing-masing sehingga Ahad ini.

Difahamkan, arahan ‘bercuti’ itu hanya dikenakan kepada pelajar yang terkena histeria dan mengadu lemah badan.

Seorang kakitangan sekolah yang enggan namanya didedahkan, berkata kejadian sama pernah berlaku kira-kira lima tahun lalu.

Menurutnya, serangan itu dipercayai ada kaitan dengan projek pembinaan sebuah sekolah baru yang bersebelahan tapak sekolah menengah itu.

“Ada kemungkinan tempat itu diganggu menyebabkan pelajar sekolah ini menjadi mangsa,” katanya.

Tinjauan Harian Metro semalam mendapati beberapa ibu bapa datang di sekolah terbabit untuk mengambil anak masing-masing.

Sementara itu, jurucakap sekolah itu yang dihubungi, berkata satu laporan berhubung kejadian itu sudah dihantar kepada Bahagian Sekolah Kementerian Pelajaran di Putrajaya untuk tindakan lanjut.

Menurutnya, pihak sekolah sudah mengambil langkah sewajarnya, termasuk mendapatkan khidmat tokoh agama untuk memulihkan keadaan.

Ibu bapa pelajar yang terkena histeria juga dinasihatkan membawa pulang anak masing-masing semalam.

Of Birthdays & Anniversaries...

2008-05-28T18:28:00.000-07:00

(taken from my Dad's blog)

Happy Birthday to Daniellia Zainisya (17th May), Happy Wedding Anniversary to Zaim Al-Amin & Nina Norfaizah (20th May), Happy Birthday to Nina Norfaizah (23rd June) and Happy Birthday to Daniellia Zetrisya (29th June). Remaining Birthdays would be Hilmi Firdaus (26th September), Zaim Al-Amin (28th September) and Iqmal Firdaus (30th December). New Baby Boy expected to be born on 20th July, Insyaallah. Name to be announced later...watch this space...

Happy Mid Year Holidays!!!

2008-05-23T18:33:00.000-07:00

Selamat Bercuti aka Happy Holidays to all Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS)

Students and Teachers. I am already back in Bukit Indah, Ampang and will Balik Kampung to Johor Bahru tonight and to Teluk Intan next week. To all 0812 students, take care and see you all when school reopens!

Daniellia Zainisya binti Mohd Zaim Al-Amin
Form 1 Maju, Rumah Panglima
Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor

Ex-SMSSian, Ahmad Izham Omar, CEO 8TV

2008-04-14T01:43:00.000-07:00

Pain Builds Character
by Ahmad Izham Omar

"Last week I was called back to Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) to give some words to the students during something called ""Makan Beradab - Homecoming"". I did not know how big this thing was until I arrived. I walked into the dining hall when they announced my name and suddenly the whole hall cheered. And I mean, really cheered. Let me tell you, I was close to tears.

Anyway, soppy story aside, I gave a speech about how lessons in life are found not just in class, but in the things we do and the way we interact with people outside of class and I think the students found that refreshing. Well, at least they were not sleeping or throwing food around. (I think the teachers were a bit apprehensive though).

But I don't want to write about how great it was to be received so well in SMSS. (But I just did! Hehehehehe).

Something else struck me that night. During Maghrib, before the whole thing started, I decided to walk into the dorms to go to the surau. I walked into the dormitory blocks in twilight, and the normal sounds of a boarding school during dusk filled up my ears like a long-lost friend. People humming and singing going to the bathrooms, people performing their Maghrib prayers, familiar Arabic phrases murmuring in the background, the sound of crickets in the background, a background filled with pre-pubescent stories of horror, mischief and paranormal legends, generally the soothing familiar sounds of boarding school life.

It was really great to be back. Back to where most of my life began to take shape. I found my music on that dusty old out-of-tune piano in the school hall. Some of my best friendships were founded right here. My character was built in this hallowed place so many years ago, a character that have helped me get through life.

But you will never understand the importance of your teenage life when you are a teenager: the people you meet, the friendships you built, the values you accumulate and fashion to make sense of the world around you. It's only when you're thirty-something and losing your hair and your wits and your patience that you suddenly realize how important secondary school was.

It was so good to be back.

Will I ever re-live my boarding school days? With no hot water, mosquitoes, ghost stories, constant harassing by teachers and prefects, hard-to-come-by TV.....yeah right. "

Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) ~ Annual Sports Day 2008

2008-04-01T22:13:00.000-07:00

Good luck to all students of Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) for their annual sports event to be held tomorrow (Thursday, 3rd April, 2008) at Stadium Bolasepak Kuala Lumpur. Go Rumah Panglima!!

Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) ~ SBP Wind Orchestra 2008 Preliminary Round

2008-04-01T20:58:00.000-07:00

Congratulations to The Renaissance (SMSS Wind Orchestra) for bagging the Gold Award in the SBP Wind Orchestra Competition 2008 at SEMSAS.

The Renaissance - SMSS Wind Orchestra

The SMSS Wind Orchestra New Logo

Full Official Results:-

Division 1 (D1)

Gold Medal Award

1. Sekolah Seri Puteri (SSP)
2. Tunku Kursiah College (TKC)
3. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah (SSAS)
4. Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK)
5. Sek. Men. Sains Sultan Azlan Shah (SERATAS)
6. Sekolah Dato Abdul Razak (SDAR)
7. Sek. Men. Sains Sultan Abdul Halim (SEMSAH)
8. Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR)

Silver Medal Award

1. Sekolah Tun Fatimah (STF)
2. Sek. Men. Sains Machang (SESMA)
3. Sek. Men Sains Dungun
4. Sek. Men. Sains Tunku Syed Sirajuddin

Bronze Medal Award

1. Sek. Men. Sains Sultan Ahmad Shah (SEMSAS)

Division 2 (D2)

Champion

1. Sek. Men. Sains Kota Tinggi

Gold Medal Award

1. Sek. Men. Sains Selangor (SMSS)
2. Sek. Men. Sains Kota Tinggi (SAKTI)
3. Sek. Men. Sains Sultan Muzaffar Shah (MOZAC)

Silver Medal Award

1. Sek. Men. Sains Tengku Jaafar (STJ)
2. Sek. Men. Sains Syed Putra
3. Sek. Men. Sains Kuching

Best Improved Team Award

1. Sek. Men. Sains Sultan Abdul Halim (SEMSAH)
2. Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR)

SMSS is well known even in Brunei Darussalam

2008-03-12T01:46:00.000-07:00

Taken from a Brunei Rugby website:-

The kids in the Rugby Playing Nation took up the game when they were toddlers still in their diapers. The kids in Asian rugby nations took up the game when they were 12-13 whilst in Brunei, most of them took up the game at the age of 16. So when the boys in Brunei are still trying to figure out whats the difference between ruck and maul, it is already a second nature for their peers in New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, England, France etc. Thanks to guys like Johannas ‘Hans’ Hickey, Ben Peacocke, Tladi Small, Simon Harris (and more), now we can see boys in Brunei taking up the game at 6 or 7 years old. The boarding school that I went to has a rugby tradition. We have all the collections of State and National Champion trophies in our Trophy room. So, by default, rugby is the No.1 sports in that school.

We want to create that tradition here in Brunei. In Malaysia they have Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK), Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman (STAR), Royal Military College (RMC), Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) and King Edward School (KE). In Singapore they have Anglo Chinese School (ACS) and Raffles Institution whilst in Thailand they have Vajiravudh College (VC) and King’s College. I am happy to see boys from SOAS college, Sharif Ali and Awang Semaun are creating that culture here.

Well done SMSS. We are proud of you.

Happy Mid Term Holidays!!

2008-03-06T17:04:00.000-08:00

Selamat Bercuti aka Happy Holidays to all Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS)

Students and Teachers. Selamat Mengundi kepada yang balik mengundi dan kepada yang bertanding, Selamat Bertanding.

I am back in Ampang and will Balik Kampung to both Teluk Intan and Johor Bahru. To all 0812 students, take care and see you all when school reopens!

Daniellia Zainisya binti Mohd Zaim Al-Amin
Form 1 Maju, Rumah Panglima
Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor

Letter From A Student To His Dad And His Reply

2008-03-05T10:25:00.000-08:00

A student wrote a letter from school to his Dad:

Dear Dad!

This $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. Here, Mathematic$, $cience and Engli$h are the $ubject$ of the day which I like mo$t. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything more I need, $o if you would, you could ju$t $end me a po$t card, a$ I would love to $ee $ome word$ from you.

$end it to me $oon,

Your $on.

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A week later he received a letter from his Dad:

Dear Son!

I kNOw that NOthing else will distract you since those subjects are eNOugh to keep an hoNOurable student like you busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and always remember that NO one could ever learn eNOugh.

Love,

Your NOt so kNOwledgeable Dad

From Dad's Blog

2008-03-04T18:19:00.000-08:00

Of Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor, or, So Long, Daniellia...

I never knew that it would be this difficult. I mean, this was what I've always wanted. What we have always wanted. And when you scored 5A's in your UPSR, we knew that it would just be a matter of time before we have to send you to a Fully Residential School. It was then just a matter of where and when. Between KYS or any SBP or MRSM.

When you got that offer to go to SMSS, I was very happy for you. It's an excellent school; well known for its academic consistency, sports excellence and fine leadership and character building. Plus it's near to us. On one hand, you get to go to a fully residential school. On the other, we could come visit you as often as we'd like to. It's like getting the best of both worlds.

Yes, my daughter, I'm happy for you. Being an ex-boarding school student tells me that you will never regret following in our footsteps. The school itself is fantastic; with its hostels nicely perched on a little hilltop, overlooking serene gardens and lakes. And I was glad to see that you've instantly made some new friends. I know you will make waves here, the way you always do. You go, girl.

But there's undeniably that underlying feeling. A tinge of sadness; of emptiness and loss. For once, I begin to understand those tears streaking down my mother's eyes when the whole family sent me to study at MCKK exactly 28 years ago. My father, of course, solemnly maintained his composure, and that stern look certainly fooled me then. Today, I found myself trying hard to maintain the same composure. No, I shall not shed a single tear. I have to appear strong to you, and to your siblings.

And as we left you standing there trying hard to hold back your tears, and at the same time struggling with our own, only one other feeling was equally intense, and that is our pride of having such a wonderful daughter like you. We really hope that your other siblings will take the cue from your success. Even if that invariably means more goodbyes like this one.

So long, Daniellia. We will surely be missing you.

~ Dedicated to our beloved daughter, Daniellia Zainisya binti Mohd Zaim Al-Amin ~

Love and kisses from:-

Bapa (Zaim Al-Amin)
Mama (Nina Norfaizah)
Adik Hilmi (Hilmi Firdaus)
Adik Zetri (Daniellia Zetrisya)
Adik Iqmal (Iqmal Firdaus)

Daniellia Zainisya ~ SMSS 0812

2008-02-29T03:20:00.000-08:00

Yes, that's right. I am officially a registered student of Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) batch 0812. Am in Form 1 Maju and in Rumah Panglima. Go Panglima!!

It's a nice school, with the hostels nicely perched on a hilltop. The boys' are luckier to have a panoramic view of the Permaisuri Lakes. Mine is overlooking the hill, but still with very nice greeneries.

The school is also awesome in academic (2nd best SBP in the whole country for SPM 2005, best SBP in KL for PMR 2007) and sports (SMSS rugby still amongst the top 3) and also in leadership and co-curriculum. Can give any SBP (or MRSM) a run for their money.

The students (including the seniors) are great! I'm already beginning to really love this school so much!!

Catatan Dari Seorang Senior SMSS 0408

2008-02-18T18:04:00.000-08:00

Tingkatan Satu SMSS Tahun 2008

Pelajar-pelajar Tingkatan Satu Tahun 2008 Sekolah Menengah Sains Selangor (SMSS) telah pun masuk pada awal bulan ini. Berbagai-bagai riak muka yang dapat dilihat pada wajah mereka. Ada yang ceria, ada yang ketakutan dan ada juga yang 'blur'. Tak kurang juga yang menangis kesedihan. Itu semua hanyalah untuk hari pertama sahaja, menjelang seminggu mereka semua umpama telah lama berkenalan.

Program Minggu Orientasi diadakan selama seminggu bagi memperkenalkan pelajar-pelajar Tingkatan Satu ini kepada persekitaran sekolah yang masih baru bagi mereka. Mereka dibawa melawat ke setiap pelusuk Blok Akademik, Asrama dan Padang Permainan. Program ini juga bertujuan untuk membantu mereka dalam proses perkenalan sesama rakan. Ini amat penting bagi memupuk semangat batch yang amat berguna pada masa akan datang.

Minggu Orientasi pelajar Tingkatan Satu SMSS 2008 berakhir dengan aktiviti Malam Bakat. Pemenang akan menyumbang mata untuk Rumah Sukan masing-masing. Setiap kumpulan pelajar dikehendaki membuat satu persembahan nyanyian samada nasyid, boria dan lain-lain. Keletah mereka dapat dilihat pada malam tersebut.

Keputusan pertandingan:-

Johan: Pahlawan (Boys)
Naib Johan: Perwira (Boys)