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PANDU PUTERI PLATUN 3 PENGAKAP PLATUN 1 UNIT BERUNIFORM PENGERUSI : MISHALII A/P RAJASEKAR NAIB PENGERUSI : SITI NUR ZULAIKHA ASYIQIN BINTI MUHAMMAD NAZIM SETIAUSAHA : FARAH IZZATI BINTI FIZANUDDIN NAIB SETIAUSAHA : FARA ANISSA BINTI HAMIZRUL HISHAM BENDAHARI : ALIEYA MAISARAH BINTI AMIRRUDDIN NAIB BENDAHARI : NUR RUSYIDIAH BINTI RAJUDDIN PAPAN KENYATAAN NURFITRI SYAHRIAH BINTI SHAIFUL ASRIY JURU AUDIT NUR FATIHA AINA BINTI MOHAMAD FAZIL AJK TING T1 : NUR HUMAIRA INSYIRAH BINTI ABDULLAH T2 : ADLINA HAZIRAH BINTI MAHADHIR T4 : AIBAMARIA A/P SONY PENGERUSI : NORADILA BINTI EL VANNA NAIB PENGERUSI : WAN NURUL QAMARINA BINTI WAN KHAIRUDDIN SETIAUSAHA : LEONG ZHI YING NAIB SETIAUSAHA : LEONG ZHI YING BENDAHARI : FARAH LIYANA MOHD NAIB BENDAHARI : FARAH LIYANA MOHD PAPAN KENYATAAN MAANOSHKUMMAR A/L ANANTHAKUMAR JURU AUDIT AHMAD MUHAIMIN PUTRA BIN AHMAD ZUNAIRI AJK TING T1: AMIRUL AMIN BIN MUHAMMAD ROZI T1: SAVISHA SRIY A/P GANESH T1: AMIRUL AMIN BIN MUHAMMAD ROZI T1: SAVISHA SRIY A/P GANESH T3 : THEVATHARSHINI T3: RISHANTHI A/P SIVAN T3 : THEVATHARSHINI T3: RISHANTHI A/P SIVAN 52
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Badminton Platun 1 Pengerusi: NADIA HAZIRAH BINTI NASIRUDDIN Naib Pengerusi: NURUL NURKAMILLA BINTI MOHD ZUBRI Setiausaha: MOHAMAD ADAM NAUFAL BIN MOHAMAD ZUKI Penolong Setiausaha: SWARNALATHAA A/P KANAN Bendahari: AMIRAH BASYIRAH ALYA BINTI BASARUDIN Penolong Bendahari: LACKSHITA A/P KRISHNA GHANTH Papan Kenyataan: FATIN AZYUNI BINTI FAIZUL ANUAR MUHAMMAD LUQMAN BIN SHAFARUDIN Juru Audit: SITI ALIA NATRAH BINTI MOHD ISMAIL THARSHANAHARINI A/P PARANJHOTY A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) SHANKAR A/l SIVANESAN T2) UMMI UMAIRAH BINTI MOHD AMIN T4) AHMAD RAFIIQI BIN ZAHARI Pengerusi: NOR AISHAH BINTI ABDUL RAHIM Naib Pengerusi: WAN NURUL QAMARINA BINTI WAN KHAIRUDDIN Setiausaha: NUR MAIZURAH BINTI KHALID Penolong Setiausaha: NUR HANISAH BINTI ROSDI Bendahari: NUR ELLIYA NATASHA BINTI SHAMSUDDIN Penolong Bendahari: SITI KHADIJAH BINTI MOHD ALWALIK Papan Kenyataan: PUTERI SAFURA BATRISYIA BINTI RAZMAN NUR ALEESA BINTI AZMI Juru Audit: NADIA UMAIRAH BINTI MOHD ANUAR Platun 2 A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) RAHIMIN RAFIQH T2) NUR FARAH DIANS BINTI MAZLAN T3) MOHAMAD DANIY ASYRAF BIN ABDULLAH T4) JEVASHINI A/P SUNDARAMOORTHY T5) NORADILA binti EL VANNA 65
bola baling Platun 1 Platun 2 Pengerusi: AINNIL KHAIRRUL ALIEYYAH BINTI FAIZZUL Naib Pengerusi: NATASYA BALQIS BINTI KHAIRIL JOHARI Setiausaha: MISHALII A/P RAJASEKAR Penolong Setiausaha: MOHAMAD SHAHRIL AIMAN BIN PARID Bendahari: NOR ‘JANNATI BINTI NOR SAIMI Penolong Bendahari: NATASYA AQIRA A/P BAH UDIM Papan Kenyataan: JIONAHAZMIMI A/P BAH JU MIA A/P MAHAMUD A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) FARISHA AZZRINAZ HAZIQAH BINTI MOHD YAKHUSNI T2) CHEH KHA CHOON T3) AMSYAR WAFIQ BIN UBAIDILLAH T4) ZULAIKHA BINTI ABD RAHIM T5) NUR ALIAH FATIHAH BINTI HADDY Pengerusi: TENISHA A/P GNANAPRAGASAM Naib Pengerusi: NUR HIJANAH BINTI KHAIR AZAHAR Setiausaha: NURUL ZUNUR'AIN BINTI MOHD IDRIS Penolong Setiausaha: NUR HANEESHA QARMILA BINTI MOHD SHAHRIZAN Bendahari: AHMAD NAZMIE BIN AHMAD NAZERI Penolong Bendahari: ANISAH HUDA BINTI ABU HASAN A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) MUHAMMAD PUTRA FIRMAN BIN MOHAMAD FIRDAUS T2) NUR AQILAH BINTI MD ZAIPOL T3) NOR AZUWA BINTI MUSTAKIM T4) RESHLINAJIT KAUR A/P MARJED SINGH T5) NURSAZRINA NAJWA BINTI BASRI Papan Kenyataan: EZREENA EISYA BINTI EZRALDIN Juru Audit: NOR A'ISYAH NABILAH BINTI AHMAD NIZAM 66
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bola lisut Platun 1 Platun 2 Pengerusi: IRFAN NAIM BIN MOHAMAD SHAMSUL Naib Pengerusi: SITI NOORMASLIANA BINTI ABD MULOK Setiausaha: ALIAH MAISARAH BINTI MOHD HASRUL HIZAT Penolong Setiausaha: NAJIHAH INSYIRAH BINTI ZAIRI Bendahari: SYARIFAH MAWADDAH SOFEA BINTI SYED MOHD FAHITAR Penolong Bendahari: DURRATUN NAJIHAH BINTI AHMAD RADZI Papan Kenyataan: NUR FARISHA BINTI AHMAD FUZI Juru Audit: AHMAD SHAZZANIE BIN NOR AISMAWEE A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) AHMAD SYABIL BIN SAZALI T2) NUR ALLYSSA BINTI ANUAR T3) MUHAMMAD ALIF HAZRIQ BIN MOHD AYYUB T4) RAYNE CORNELIUS T5) SITI NOORMASLIANA BINTI ABD MULOK Pengerusi: NUR DAMIA HANNAH BINTI ABDUL RAMZEE Naib Pengerusi: SITI NOORMASLIANA BINTI ABD MULOK Setiausaha: NORFARISA BINTI AHMAD SOFIAN Penolong Setiausaha: AIN NURAISYA BINTI AHMAD SHAHRIZAL Bendahari: SITI NUR FATHUL HAYATI BINTI HASSAN Penolong Bendahari: IMA NUR ZAHRAH BINTI MOHD YUSRI A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) KHAIRUN NISA' NABIHAH BINTI KHAIRUL AZNI T2) MUHAMMAD DINI ASYRAAF BIN EMI SHAM T3) SYED IQBAL HAQIMI BIN SYED SHAFFRIZAL AL- YAHYA T4) FARAH IZZATI BINTI FIZANUDDIN T5) SITI NUR ZULAIKHA ASYIQIN BINTI MUHAMMAD NAZIM Papan Kenyataan: SITI NUR FARIHAH BINTI MOHD JELANI NUR ZAHIRAH BALQIS BINTI IBRAHIM Juru Audit: MUHAMMAD AZRIN BIN MOHAMAD ALI 68
Platun 1 Platun 2 catur Pengerusi: SITI MAISARAH BINTI SHAHRIL AZWAN Naib Pengerusi: NUR ALIA ATHIRAH BINTI AZAHARI Setiausaha: NUR ALIA QISTINA BINTI RIZAL SIMANJONTAK Penolong Setiausaha: QURRATUAINI AQILAH BINTI ZULKEFLI Bendahari: CHEN KOK FONG Penolong Bendahari: ZAHRA BINTI FADJAR MARTA A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) SANGEETHA A/P MANI SARAVANAN T2) NURUL FATIN ASSYIKIN BINTI ZULKARNAIN T3) NUR HIDAYAHTULHUSNA BINTI SHAHARUN T4) MUHAMMAD ZIKRI FARIS BIN RASHDAN T5) MUHAMMAD ADAM HAKIM BIN HAMDAN Pengerusi: MUHAMMAD IMRAN HARITH BIN SHAMSUL ALI Naib Pengerusi: AHMAD SUBHANI BIN MUHD NAZZIRI Setiausaha: NURUL HIDAYATUL FATEHAH BINTI NISAM Penolong Setiausaha: SYED IRFAN HADI BIN SYED SHAFFRIZAL AL-YAHYA Bendahari: NURIN NADIATUL HUSNA BINTI MOHD RAYHAN A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) NUR ALEESYA ZULAIKHA BINTI ZAHARUDIN T2) KAVISHA A/P BALAMURALI T3) AMIRATUL NAHARA BINTI MOHD RIZZAL T4) KAMALLRAJ A/L NAGENDRAN T5) MUHAMMAD ZUL NAJWAN BIN ROSLI Papan Kenyataan: RAJA PUTRI ANIS BINTI RAJA AZMI AKSHERRYAH A/P PANIRSELVAM Juru Audit: MUHD ASYRAF BIN ROSMAN 69
petanque Platun 1 Platun 2 Pengerusi: JAMILIA A/PJALIL Naib Pengerusi: MANOSHKUMMAR A/L ANANTHAKUMAR Setiausaha: NATASHA ADLIYANA BT SHAIFUL AZWAN Penolong Setiausaha: FARHANIS ZULAIKHA BT MOHAMAD YUSNI Bendahari: NURUL NASIROH BT ZAMRI Penolong Bendahari: NURUL BALQIS BT AZUAN Papan Kenyataan: NORFARISHA BINTI MOHD FIRDAUS NUR SYAZANA BT MUHAMMED ANUVER JURU AUDIT: MUHAMMAD AIMAN AHDA BIN MOHD ZAINI A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) NURHANANI HUSNA BT RUSLAN T2) MUHAMMAD NUR AFZAN BIN AZMI T3) ANIM SOFEA BT ALANG T4) NUR MAYZARA BT MOHAMMAD KHAIRUL T5) SITI FARHAINI BT MOHAMMAD HAIRUL Pengerusi: NURUL NAJWA BINTI FIZANUDDIN Naib Pengerusi: NUR QISTINA BALQIS BINTI SHAHARIMAN Setiausaha: NURUL SHOLEHAH BINTI TAN SALI Penolong Setiausaha: THEVENDIRAAN RAAM A/L ANBALAGAN Bendahari: NUR ASHIRA ATASYSA BINTI MOHD ABDULLAHSHAH Penolong Bendahari: NOR BALQISH BINTI MAZLAN A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) IJLAH BATRISYIA BINTI AHMAD SALEHIN T2) NURUL AINA SYUHADA BINTI MOHD IDRIS T3) NURUL IZLIYANA QAISARA BINTI MOHD AZUAN T4) ALIEYA MAISARAH BINTI AMIRRUDDIN Papan Kenyataan: NUR ALIA NASREENA BINTI KHAIRUL AZMI Juru Audit: NURIJAZATI HANA BINTI REGAN 70
sepak takraw ping pong Pengerusi: MUHAMMAD SYAIFUL ASHRAFF BIN KHARULNIZAMA Naib Pengerusi: MUHAMMAD FARIS BIN SHAHRUL HAFIZ Setiausaha: MUHAMMAD FAQRUL IMAN BIN MD ISA Penolong Setiausaha: IDYLL A/L NASRA Bendahari: ZULFAKRUL HISHAM BIN ZULKEFLI Penolong Bendahari: MUHAMMAD IRFAN BIN SHAHRUL NIZAM Papan Kenyataan: MUHAMMAD AMSYAR HAZIM BIN MOHD RAZALI JURU AUDIT: AIMAN A/L RIYAN A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) MUHAMMAD HANIF ADHAM BIN HAIRUL AZUAN T2) NAVIN A/L NATHAN Pengerusi: NUR IZYAN IZZAH BINTI KAMAL Naib Pengerusi: PUTERI NURBALQISH FATEHAH BINTI RAHIZAN Setiausaha: YUMIKO CHOW YEE QIAN Penolong Setiausaha: TABITHA ANTONIA A/P DOMINIC ANTONI Bendahari: KAVITHAASHREE A/P KANNAN Penolong Bendahari: LEONG ZHI YING A.J.K Tingkatan: T1) MUHAMAD IYAD WAFI BIN MUHAMAD YUSUF T2) PUTRY NURULIMAN BATRISHA BINTI ABDULLAH T3) NIA DAYANA BINTI MOHD GHAZALI T4) MUHAMMAD ADAM HARITH BIN HAMDAN T5)THINES A/L RAJARAJAN Papan Kenyataan: PUTERI NUR SYAKIRA BINTI MAHALI AMIN Juru Audit: TISHAANY A/P SIVANESAN 71
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SYAIR HARGAI MASA Oleh : Fasha Nurisya binti Mohd Syarafie (3B) (Tempat Kelima pertandingan deklamasi Sajak Peringkat Daerah Karnival Bahasa Melayu Batang Padang) Dengarkan semua rakan dan taulan Syair dikarang jadi tauladan Peri yang elok ditinggal jangan Jadi panduan masa hadapan Masa berharga ibarat emas Peganglah pesan jangan dilepas Jadikan iman sebagai alas Jangan terlalu mungkir dan bebas Moleklah kita tepati masa Pasti menjadi insan mulia Orang yang mungkir pada janjinya Munafik dan fasik akan gelarnya Solat di tunai di awal waktu Hidup barokah sudahlah tentu Jangan berlengah jangan menunggu Kelak dimurka Allah yang satu Masa itu tajamnya pedang Kias ibarat nenek dan moyang Jika terlalai dipotong dicincang Menjadi rugi masa mendatang SMKBA - 2022 Sang Pencinta Yang Terluka Atmanya Oleh : Siti Hajar bt Wahid (4 Bestari) (Naib Johan Pertandingan Mengarang Sajak Karnival Bahasa Melayu Peringkat Daerah Batang Padang 2022) Ku persembahkan puisi luka ini Ketika tasik kedamaian di racun tanpa belas Ketika belantara di tarah berdarah Ketika unggas di rimba terbakar hangus sayapnya Ku persembahkan puisi resah ini Tentang dedaun bertukar warna Kupu-kupu kehilangan madu Tanah yang merah merekah Bersatu dalam lumpur kala hujan mencurah Siapa si pencuri damai? Tiadakah tersisa akal dan budi? Apabila kemanusiaan sirna renjana Hipokrasi dan korupsi meratah modenisasi Wahai langit Kau dengarkah bisikkanku? Lagu kedamaian yang pernah kita dendangkan dulu Semakin sumbang melodi dan nada Aku sang pencinta damai mencari diri Dalam timbunan sampah egoistik Insan tenggelam dalam kelam suramnya alam Pada epilog cinta ini Ku deklamasikan puisi ketika atmaku hampir mati Ku ukirkan bahasa doa di awan Agar bumi dan manusia kembali berdamai. SMKBA-2022 98
Time or Money? Money can’t do everything but without money you can’t do anything. Everyone from the younger generations of today to the old, are aware that money and time play an enormous role in a human’s life.Often this would tend to make one lose the other. All a toddler could ever want is to spend time with their parents, or the parents who would want to have a hearty meal together with the kids which is harder to ask for these days. From working days to barely getting any time to rest, waking up early morning with just a cup of coffee and take outs for late night dinner, that is how time goes. People’s top priorities are more towards growing wealth and making more money, so they can have a better life in the future. There were days where I would look back and and tell myself that no matter what happens time will heal everything but it sure does leave a scar behind. Each person is given 24 hours in a day no more or less and trying to use it to the utmost with family and friends will definitely be a challenge. But once a person loses time, they will never get it back not even a second of it. I can’t express how sad I felt when some of my family members couldn’t be with me at the happiest moments in my life. At that point money was my biggest enemy. People talk about it,think about it and worry about it more than anything. Countless times have I heard of accidents and injuries happening caused by tiredness, so were my parents since they worked very hard and constantly had back problems and so much more. My heart ached every time I got to hear about it and words will never describe how I felt for them. On sleepless nights I would want to let them know how worried I was and tell them nothing in this world could make me happy as I only wanted them to be close with me. Soon I grew older, the importance of money started to grow on me.I understood the sacrifices that had to be done and why priceless, precious time was left without a word.I would think twice before spending on something to calculate how I will earn it back and get a good use out of it. I don’t think that spending time earning money is a bad concept in life but it is important not to make it our purpose of living and understand that we can’t use money to get our lost time back. This will eventually make time more precious than money or any other thing in the world. I really hope that more people are aware of the consequences to their actions. A human deserves to pay more love and attention to their surroundings.They need to learn how to set boundaries from their personal life and work. Family dinners, vacations and movie nights may seem small but the joy it brings is unimaginable. BY: Hosanna Faith Victor 3B Precious An old adage that goes, ‘great oaks grow from little acorns’ entices my introspection. I may not have grown as a great oak yet, but honestly I do hope I can. I strongly believe that my roots as in the growth of the oak tree, is strong. My grandparents are the ones I mean. They have enslaved their time and energy in raising me since I was in the cradle. They spent each minute of their old age not in yoga or tai chi, not in travelling or laughter congregation with old buddies but, solely in nurturing me. Soiled pampers, disgusting vomits, days of sleepless nights entertaining my cries and tantrums exceeded the suffering of any young fit parents. Although being septuagenarians, my grandparents are still the most active, jubilant and empathetic ‘ living-angels’ I have ever seen. My grandmother is always funny and her laughs are so infectious that it always gets me bursting into hysterical laughs. Amazingly, this shields me from missing my parents who work overseas. She is also a skillful cook and does organic gardening. She spends literally hours in the kitchen and in the garden. She has somewhat a mystical hook that I always hang around her. So, effortlessly, these activities give me the dopamine boost and make me stress free. My grandfather, on the other hand, is a very sensible and a knowledgeable person. Although he looks stern but he has a soft heart. He has never failed to awe me with his skills on repairing, making his own furniture, transforming waste to useful recycled products and so much more. I watch him and I automatically learn. No textbooks teach me all these skills that easily. He seems to have a solution for almost everything . He is the precious old MacGyver of the family. What else can I ask for - when other teenagers like me complain for the lack of parental attention, I am simply blissful under the care of my grandparents. These two incredible and ingenius people have guided me throughout. My grandparents have been there for me through my thick and thin, in every milestone I took, from the learning of how to walk and talk, to creating a principle in myself to walk my talk and to get multiple awards for various feats. I can’t express how grateful I am to them for sowing the seeds of values and life’s skills in me. All their loving deeds are in my treasure trove of precious memories. Despite this, my heart tears apart to realise that my grandparents won’t be able to deny death one day. My heart sinks even to think of that reality. I really pray hard that they will be by my side to witness more of what I’ll be achieving in the future. No gemstones studded crown or even a gold or platinum made throne can ever match the sacrifices and love of my grandparents. They are simply so precious to me Leyna Stephen a/p Logeswaran 3B 99
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