200th post!!!
this christmas is C-R-A-Z-Y crazy!!! spent quite a lot on gifts and stuff like that. but this year less returns hahaha. but still its amazing to bless and to be blessed.
went carolling on the 23rd and 24th despite the continual rain (thank God we had cars) haha. was quite fun and it was delicious cos there's just so much food!! but on the second day a bit dying already. all of us were really tired. christmas day itself was a killer. dunno why but after like one year of anticipation, christmas day itself just didn't seem too interesting at all. it was in fact kinda boring. and this time the exchange of gifts and all that were done in such a rush that it felt kinda weird. had the im-exchanging-gifts-for-the-sake-of-doing-it feeling. hmmm.
These are the presents i received (in random order)
a mini pen
a milk bottle(precious moments)
a fila shirt
an interesting moisturiser cum shower gel.
pair of earrings
face mask
some chocolates
and many cards.
These are the presents i gave out (in random order)
4 handmade notebooks
4 'embroided' towel
12 kinder surprises
and many cards.
the post one year ago was definitely longer. haha. no la not trying to say that i dun have presents or what. but anyway maybe im passed the age of receiving presents (though im still very happy when i receive them) cos that day i was at orchard after celebrating da nua's birthday. was walking down and enjoying the festive mood along orchard road with all the lights and performances. and was thinking about how beautiful christmas is. im comparison to the death of Jesus, its such a beautiful thing, like such a beautiful moment. but then again, the birth and death of Jesus is so closely related. like,
"Jesus was born to die"
How ironic. you see, its not death that matters. its to be able to live then die. i mean God could've just spared Jesus from His birth so He would never have to come to earth and go through death like us. But He made Jesus the Son of Man. what a great God we have..
had cell retreat just now at margaret's house. Once again, its another cell time full of ups and downs. it was great fro all of us to finally open up and share about our problems (though we usually end up in tears) haha which reminds me, duracell-ers are very much big weepers. haha. even the guys.
ok 3 more days in work. shall do my best!!!
11:01 PM
blessed.