Hanya Sebutir Harapan

1: Music Exploration Journey

2026-10-22T13:41:08.227+08:00

Last 12th-19th August 2026, I had the chance to join IMMEA Orff Level 1 Course in Shenzhen, China. It was my first experience to join a music training which was purely on Orff Schulwerk. My previous experience was joining early childhood music education that had Kodaly, Orff and Dalcroze approaches used together.

My understanding towards Orff before joining the level course was just on basic stuff, I know there are Orff instruments which are very interesting to incorporate in our music lesson, some terms used in Orff - ostinato, bordun.

Before the course started, we were asked to read a book, Looking at the Roots: A Guide to Understanding Orff Schulwerk by Wolfgang Hartmann. From the book, I learned that the root of Orff was about "play" which was a child's nature. From play, it evolved to music, movement, dance, speech and instruments playing. Yet, I have not finished reading the book.

Before moving to level 2, there's a prerequisite for us to participate in 20 hours of related Orff workshops or training to deepen our experience and knowledge. I'm looking forward to learning and experiencing more in Orff. At the same time, join available webinars and find related teaching resources and reading notes for self-improvement. The second book I'm reading is Teach Like It's Music: An Artful Approach to Education by Doug Goodkin. IMMEA organised a book club session on - what are the important points that we need to take note while teaching a music lesson. From there, only I get to know the author Doug Goodkin and search up on him. I learned that teaching Orff is an experience that you need to constantly reflect on your teaching journey to be better. I also stumbled upon his blog while searching about him hence gave me an inspiration to also keep a writing reflection throughout my music teaching journey.

I'm still learning, processing all related information and experiencing different topics. I'm fascinated on how so many different topics that can be related to Orff and develop in a bigger topic and picture where not only in the world of music but also different topics such as the nature intertwined together.

As I was clearing my phone photo album, I saw my reflection for my level 1 course. I would like to post it here too later, for my own collection and memory to look back on later days.

2026-04-22T15:40:00.001+08:00

Apabila orang menghadapkan kamu kepada majelis-majelis atau kepada pemerintah-pemerintah dan penguasa-penguasa, janganlah kamu kuatir bagaimana dan apa yang harus kamu katakan untuk membela dirimu. Sebab pada saat itu juga Roh Kudus akan mengajar kamu apa yang harus kamu katakan.
(Lukas 12:11-12)

2026-04-20T22:24:00.000+08:00

Tetapi Roh dengan tegas mengatakan bahwa di waktu-waktu kemudian,

ada orang yang akan murtad lalu mengikuti

roh-roh penyesat dan ajaran setan-setan oleh tipu daya

pendusta-pendusta yang hati nuraninya memakai cap mereka.

(1 Timotius 4:1-2)

2026-04-16T08:38:00.000+08:00

Tetapi hendaklah kamu menjadi pelaku firman

dan bukan hanya pendengar saja;

sebab jika tidak demikian kamu menipu diri sendiri.

(Yakobus 1:22)

2026-03-29T22:10:00.002+08:00

Besar kekuasaannya,

dan damai sejahtera tidak akan berkesudahan

di atas takhta Daud dan di dalam kerajaannya,

kerana ia mendasarkan dan mengokohkannya

dengan keadilan dan kebenaran dari sekarang sampai selama-lamanya.

Kecemburuan TUHAN semesta alam

akan melakukan hal ini.

(Yesaya 9:6)

10: 09pm, 29/3/2026

2026-03-29T22:05:00.001+08:00

Sebab Allah berfirman:

"Pada waktu Aku berkenan,

Aku akan mendengarkan engkau,

dan pada hari Aku menyelamatkan,

Aku akan menolong engkau."

Sesungguhnya, waktu ini adalah waktu perkenanan itu: sesungguhnya, hari ini adalah hari penyelamatan itu.

(2 Korintus 6:2)

28/3/2026, Sabbath service

2026-03-26T09:27:00.006+08:00

"Carilah pengajaran dan kesaksian!"
Siapa yang tidak berbicara sesuai dengan perkataan itu,
maka baginya tidak terbit fajar.
(Yesaya 8: 20)

26/3/2026, 9.27 am

2026-03-25T12:28:00.001+08:00

Sebab itu Tuhan sendirilah yang akan memberikan kepadamu suatu petanda:
Sesungguhnya, seorang perempuan muda mengandung dan akan melahirkan seorang anak laki-laki,
dan ia akan menamakan Dia Imanuel.
(Yesaya 7:14)

12:28pm, 25/3/2026

2026-03-24T09:34:00.000+08:00

Lalu kataku:

"Celakalah aku! aku binasa!

Sebab aku ini seorang yang najis bibir,

dan aku tinggal di tengah-tengah bangsa yang najis bibir,

namun mataku telah melihat Sang Raja,

yakni TUHAN semesta alam."

(Yesaya 6:5)

Welcome back, 2026

2026-03-23T09:47:00.002+08:00

People shall be brought down,

Each man shall be humbled,

And the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled.

But the Lord of hosts shall be exalted in judgment,

And God who is holy shall be hallowed in righteousness.

(Isaiah 5:15-16)

Plans. Goals. Felt like a year of turning point.

Yet, uncertainty ahead. Fear. Procrastination. Anxiety.

We, humans, only planning it, but the Lord shall establish our steps.

Give thanks to the Lord, in all times.

Maka manusia akan ditundukkan,

dan orang akan direndahkan,

ya, orang-orang sombong akan direndahkan.

Tetapi TUHAN semesta alam akan ternyata maha tinggi dalam keadilan-Nya,

dan Allah yang maha kudus akan menyatakan kekudusan-Nya

dalam kebenaran-Nya.

(Yesaya 5:15-16)

My First Virtual Run (7.3 KM Friendship Day Virtual Run 2020)

2020-10-28T16:20:00.003+08:00

my e-certificate

received my medal on 29th September 2020

So cute right?

I bought the ticket from ticket2u.com. It is available for Malaysia and Singapore. Registration was super easy, all you have to do is to register and make your payment. Then wait till the running event period. Get your phone to track your running progress and screenshot it every time after you ran. You need to upload your run results and the system will automatically accumulate your total of run. Make sure you complete the challenge within the stated period. After the event ended, organizer will send out the medal to you.

The main reason I joined this run is because of the Winnie the Pooh and Piglet medal. I don't really run, but I definitely ran for this. Just a moment made during the RMCO period :)

Sabah Election During Covid-19 Pandemic

2020-10-11T22:01:00.000+08:00

Throwback to 26th September 2020 (Saturday), the 16th Sabah State Election was held. It was held during the Covid-19 pandemic, it wasn't the best time for the public to go out especially involves mass gathering. Everyone who went out definitely taken the risk just to cast a vote for a better future.

After the election ended, Sabah definitely is the center of attention again not only rising cases everyday but also most Covid-19 cases in Malaysia. Since 29th of September till today, few districts in Sabah has been put into Targeted Enhanced Movement Control Order (TEMCO) and Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO).

Other states are non-stop blaming Sabah for the wide spread of the virus, blaming Sabah for holding the election. We didn't want it either. As Sabahan why we did it? We voted and did our part and also risked our life just to save our homeland and all we wanted was just a good and not corrupted government to lead.

Let's pray for a better tomorrow.

Sylvanian Families - Baby Band Series

2020-09-10T21:09:00.000+08:00

Finally, complete set of the baby band series from Sylvanian Families.

In the first row starting from left we have Poppy on xylophone, Alfie blowing the trumpet and Léo playing the piano.

In the second row, we have Ambrose with his tambourine, Milo on his accordion, Crème playing violin, Jason on the cymbals and lastly Henry with the loud drum.

Let's make some music!

Sylvanian Families (Baby Band Series) Official Page
Sylvanian Families UK (Official Instagram Account)
Sylvanian Families Japan (Official Instagram Account)

#MASKED: Masking Peace with our Limitations

2020-08-06T21:43:00.002+08:00

A Community Art Exhibition
Date: 24th-26th July 2020
Venue: Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

watch my vlog to the art exhibition

Restoran Sandakan Kim Fung 2020 (山打根金鳳市) at Penampang

2020-07-13T13:35:00.000+08:00

Location:

Lot No. 1 Ground Floor,

Beverly Hills Commercial And Industrial Park,

Off Jalan Bundusan Penampang

Home Gardening Day 2

2020-06-10T23:02:00.003+08:00

10th June 2020, Wednesday

Planting new veggies in our mini garden, French bean and eggplant. Hope both of you will grow big and healthy :)

eggplant seeds

Home Gardening Day

2020-05-24T17:26:00.000+08:00

24th May 2020, Sunday

During this period of MCO, everyone is trying all kind of new stuff at home including gardening, planting vege or flowers. We are staying at apartment, therefore we don't have big space for gardening, but thanks to YouTube you can find lots of idea doing simple diy indoor gardening.

We tried planting choy sim, cherry tomatoes, tomatoes and gingko (not sure if it will grow). We used compost soil and two method of planting which is using the bottle and aluminium baking cup.

Mango Chili Relish Recipe (Sambal Manga)

2020-05-21T22:00:00.000+08:00

21st May 2020, Thursday

It's the season of MANGO! Thanks to tai q (uncle) and tai yi (aunty) for all types of mangoes, I dont know the names, I only know there are big and small ones.

There's this type of mangoes which are smaller and not ripe ones we called it manga muda (young mango), we'll be using to make Mango Chili Relish or Sambal Manga.

Step 1: Peel of the mango skin, cut it into half and remove the seed. After that grate the mango into fine pieces. (Buka kulit mangga, potong mangga kepada separuh dan buangkan bijinya. Kemudian parut mangga menjadi halus)

Step 2: Prepare all the ingredients needed: garlic, red onion, grated mango, chili paste, some sugar, and salt. (Sediakan semua bahan yang diperlukan: bawang putih, bawang merah, manga yang sudah diparut, lada, gula dan garam)

Step 3: Crush the garlic using a pestle and mortar. (Gunakan lesung batu untuk tumbuk bawang putih.)

Step 4: Add in the red onion and crush and mix them well. (Masukkan bawang merah dan tumbuk bersama.)

Step 5: Add in some salt according to your taste like. (Tambahkan garam mengikut rasa sendiri.)

Step 6: Add chili paste and mix well. (Tambahkan lada dan lumatkan)

Step 7: If you have some larger pieces of mangoes that cannot be grated, crush them and add some sugar. (Jika ada mangga yang tidak dapat diparut, tumbukkan dalam lesung batu dan tambahkan sedikit gula)

Step 8: Then mix in together the grated mangoes and add sugar according to your taste like.

Step 9: Put everything in a bowl and mix them well. You may add in more chili, salt and sugar according to your own preference. (Masukkan semua ke dalam mangkuk dan gaul hingga sebati. Anda boleh menambah lada, garam dan gula mengikut rasa masing-masing)

Step 10: Mango Chili Relish is ready to served! (Sambal Manga siap untuk dihidang)

Try it for yourself!

Phase 5 - Entering the New Norm (Day 3-6)

2020-05-18T22:00:00.000+08:00

I've decided not to post daily as I can't catching up on the momentum and also not having much to tell on daily basis. So for own ease, I'll be only posting if there's something special going on, such as trying out new recipes, going out, basically posting fun stuff only!

15th May 2020, Friday

In the afternoon, had class with two girls, practicing their playing on hymns.

Wiwin

Elviera

Friday Evening Service was led by Elder Stephen Tham with sermon titled Ya Allah, Janganlah Engkau Bungkam (Keep not thou silence, O God) for the bible verse recorded in Psalm 83:1, interpreted by Dn. James Kieu.

Friday Evening Service

16th May 2020, Saturday

Happy Sabbath Day! Morning service was led by Pr. James Yapp with sermon titled Penderitaan-penderittan Umat Kristian and interpreted by Bro. Lee King Shen.

Sabbath Morning Service

Afternoon service was led by Pr. Yairus Insing with sermon titled Empat Model Keluarga and interpreted by Bro. Stefanus Kieu.

Sabbath Afternoon Service

After the service, I had online lesson with my junior keyboard group. Honestly, I'm still struggling teaching group lesson via online, there's just so much going on, especially it's hard to keep them focused.

Junior keyboard group class

17th May 2020, Sunday

Had class with Hazel and also replacement for Warren

18th May 2020, Monday

Had class with Wei Xi and we tried out the drawing feature music notes on Zoom, something nice to explore and trying another approach of interactive lesson via online.

Online piano lesson on Zoom

Phase 5 - Entering the New Norm (Day 2)

2020-05-14T22:41:00.000+08:00

14th May 2020, Thursday

Entering second day of the new normal but I'm still staying at home for now. Finally managed to arranged few more online class :)

I continued my decluttering journey this morning. I also practiced ukulele and learned some new techniques through YouTube.

YouTube & ukulele

This evening I've been trying to reorganize my two YouTube channels too. I wanted one channel mainly for my music classes, travelogue and cooking, where the other channel is for church choirs presentations. Feel free to subscribe to my channel here:

Kimberley Yapp (main channel)
kimyky (True Jesus Church choir presentations)

Phase 5 - Entering the New Norm (Day 1)

2020-05-13T22:30:00.000+08:00

13th May 2020, Wednesday

Let's enter the new normal starting today, so it will be day one. I guess today a little miracle happened and gave me a little motivation to kick start again. I've been thinking this for quite sometimes. Thank God, finally I managed to do it. Few more to be done by tomorrow, at least it was a good start.

I cooked instant miso noodles for breakfast. Mum told me there was some pork meat left, so I mixed it with an egg and fried it like an omelette. It was the perfect combination! Bro said it was some kinda of Korean inspired food ^^

breakfast of the day

And I'm still on my decluttering journey. Too much to filter out which one to keep or not to keep. But mostly are in the recycle bin, hooray!

Tonight's evening service was led by Pr. James Yapp with sermon titled Penderitaan-penderitaan Umat Kristian (The Sufferings of Christians).

Wednesday Evening Service

Phase 4 - Stay at Home (Day 56)

2020-05-12T22:30:00.000+08:00

12th May 2020, Tuesday

Today marks the end of MCO and now we're on CMCO with SOP to anywhere that we go. Nowadays my routine has been a bit different, most of the time being on the laptop, either doing work or decluttering it. There's still so much junk even though this was one of my plan to achieve when the MCO started. Looks like I failed it, but I still continue doing it. Hmm, really not much. I hope everything will be fine soon and back to normal. I guess busy gets me more motivated and less anxiety.

Phase 4 - Stay at Home (Day 55)

2020-05-11T22:00:00.000+08:00

11th May 2020, Monday

It's Monday again. Actually we're on Condition Movement Control Order (CMCO) since the 4th of May but Sabah Government is not implementing it so we're still on MCO until the 12th May. But on the 7th of May Sabah Government announced that will be allowing few sectors to open with certain Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to follow. So yeah, I'm still staying home as my job which involves children and school are not allowed to open yet and I'm still teaching from home.

Mum cooked watan ho for breakfast which filled with so much ingredients; fish cake, egg roll, pork meat, mushroom, eggs, and carrots.

watan ho

After that, I went to my laptop sorting out some work then rest a bit before I had class with my student at 3.00 pm.

That's all for today!

Phase 4 - Stay at Home (Day 54)

2020-05-10T22:30:00.000+08:00

10th May 2020, Sunday

Happy Mother's Day! I was supposed to have class today but the student's mum requested to postponed it to tomorrow. So I had the whole day for baking and cooking! I baked Chocolate Chips Cupcake for mother's day. The recipe that I found on Youtube was simple, no fuss and yummy.

some cupcakes for a church sister staying nearby

We didn't buy anything for mum actually. She hand crafted the flower bouquet by herself ><. She did it for fun, as she always said no need to waste money on flowers as flower bouquet are quite expensive on special occasion. Yeah, just cupcakes for my mum!

For dinner I made wedges. It was quite easy too and it's my first time making it. I followed a recipe from Youtube and improvised a bit.

First, clean and but the potatoes into wedges bite size. Soaked in water.

Second, boiled the potatoes adding 1 tablespoon salt into it. Boil it for around 5 minutes until it is 50% cooked and soften. Then strain the water and let it cool aside.

Third, prepare the coating for the wedges. 1/2 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of corn starch, 1 teaspoon of salt and curry powder (to own liking). Add water and make it into paste but not too watery.

Forth, pour it into the potatoes coating all of it.

Fifth, fry it until turns golden brown and it's ready to be served!

Fried wedges pair with wasabi mayo

Mum's chicken chop

Wonton soup

Mother's Day dinner :)

Phase 4 - Stay at Home (Day 53)

2020-05-09T23:00:00.000+08:00

9th May 2020, Saturday

Happy Sabbath Day! Saturday routine as usual, woke up early, had breakfast and get ready for morning service. The morning service was led by Pr. Lemuel Leong with sermon titled Beribadah dalam Bait dan Rumah and was interpreted by Sis. Chin Yen Yen.

Morning service

Had a quick nap to recharge before continue for afternoon service. The afternoon service was led by Pr. Thomas Kam in Malay with sermon titled Imanuel interpreted to Mandarin by Sis. Wong Shen Shiang.

Afternoon service

After the service finished, I had my junior keyboard group class with my 4 cuties. So excited to see the complete 4 of them again. This time, I was less nervous, prepared simpler and easy to understand lesson for them to learn and to enjoy. Thank God, the lesson went well and finished on time.

Junior keyboard online lesson

Tonight as usual, our Saturday night routine for now, spending time talking with my dear :) Just normal phone call worked well for us, as we're not really used to video calls. Thanks love!