Sekapur Sirih by Chief Coordinator

Here we go, straight from him...

Sunday 28 Oct 2007 was a memorable day to the Batch of 88. On that special day we received the mandate to organize the next Staroba Old Boys Weekend for 2008. A hot seat, whispered some. The first celebration into the 2nd half of the century, towards our centennial celebration.

The first one will always be difficult but crucial, it will set the phase and direction to an exploration into uncharted territories guided only by the stars, hopefully. The first step towards the next phase, will always be full of doubt. But we are the children of the independence, we were born out of Laporan Razak 1956 to fill the vacuum following the independence. The independence that our old folks fought for, with everything they owned, blood, sweat & tears!

We did pretty well in the first half of the century. And the next century, will be for us to dance on the world stage. Yes, we are going for the next level. Therefore as the first step towards world class, our vision is to bring everybody to focus on the same target, talk the same language, walk the same path and visionize the same sweet taste of glory, hand in hand, we shall break the barrier!

In line with that aspiration, first we would like to invite all STAROBAs, teachers & students to share the vision of making STAR produce students of world class excellence. By coming together celebrating the OBW2008, we hope to build a strong bond between these parties to be more committed towards achieving the vision.

Coming together will be the first step, and to test the bond, we would like to introduce the OBW Challenge Trophy. By introducing OBW Challenge Trophy, we hope the students, supported by oldboys and teachers, will compete against teams of higher levels. To win the competition is not the ultimate goal, but to mount a serious challenge, that is extraordinary for a boarding school standard is what we are expecting. The world standard is not something penetratable overnight, we would be happy if the challenge produced talents that will further pursue glory in the world stage and the event to become an everlasting tradition of excellence!

Together for Glory

Mohd Shamshul Othman
Chief Coordinator
STAROBA OBW2008