MERRY CHRISTMAS!

sorry for the late greetings folks, but i've been busy of late... lotsa things on my mind plus a really insidious cold that seems to be dying, but not quite there yet. anyway, i just wanna wish everyone out there a really merry and blessed christmas season. thank you all for the past year of laughter and tears, ups and downs and everything in between. seems just like yesterday when i was still in gedong, then my stint at work, then school... 05 has shot by like a blur.

ok, i'll save the yearly reflections for sunday. thanks to everyone for your wishes as well as those who've been checking up on me and my folks. it sucks that i have to spend this christmas with a really dark cloud hanging over our heads, but i'm confident all this is in God's big plan. come what may, i'll just have to steel myself for it. thanks again, everyone, for your support, well wishes and love. just remember, that the reason for all this was because of that little boy who was born in a manger. that little boy, whose name meant "God is with us". Jesus.

I'M ALIVE!!!

to put it in the words of mark twain, the reports of my death were greatly exagerrated. ok, i did concuss on the floor after tumbling over to stretch under the influence of 9, 10 glasses (i lost count...) of red and white wine. my body was already weary after going through the night of playing civilisation iv (note: civ4 is BLOODY addictive.) and it didn't help that i played till 7am with basketball practice at 9. o well. i shall catch up on my sleep for the next 2 hours i guess... have a retreat later on... see you all again after friday! =)

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Pinch Me
Barenaked Ladies

It's the perfect time of year
Somewhere far away from here
I feel fine enough, I guess
Considering everything's a mess
There's a restaurant down the street
Where hungry people like to eat
I could walk but I'll just drive
It's colder than it looks outside

It's like a dream you try to remember
But it's gone
Then you try to scream
But it only comes out as a yawn
When you try to see the world
Beyond your front door
Take your time, is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile
When you realize that a guy my size might take a while
Just to try to figure out what all this is for

It's the perfect time of day
To throw all your cares away
Put the sprinkler on the lawn
And run through with my gym shorts on
Take a drink right from the hose
And change into some drier clothes
Climb the stairs up to my room
Sleep away the afternoon

Like a dream you try to remember
But it's gone
Then you try to scream
But it only comes out as a yawn
When you try to see the world
Beyond your front door
Take your time is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile
When you realize that a guy my size might take a while
Just to try to figure out what all this is for

Pinch me, pinch me, cause I'm still asleep
Please God tell me that I'm still asleep

On an evening such as this
It's hard to tell if I exist
If I pack the car and leave this town
You'll notice that I'm not around
I could hide out under there
I just made you say "underwear"
I could leave but I'll just stay
All my stuff's here anyway

Like a dream you try to remember
But it's gone
Then you try to scream
But it only comes out as a yawn
When you try to see the world
Beyond your front door
Take your time is the way I rhyme gonna make you smile
When you realize that a guy my size might take a while
Just to try to figure out what all this is for

Pinch me
Try to figure out what all this is for
Pinch me
Try to see the world beyond your front door
Pinch me
Try to figure out what all this is for.

as red as a lobster, but grinning like a wolf...

man, it's days like these that makes you wonder if freezing in the antarctic wasn't such a bad option. basketball training plus an absolutely unforgiving sun equals a very very red me with a terrible singlet line. ah well. i hope my useless brain of mine managed to pick up some of the tactics discussed today, but i'd like to focus your attention on my white friend up there you saw whilst coming in.

yup. for those of you whom i've been asking to choose between killer whales and wolves, this is the reason why. i made a trip to town after training to drop off my lenses, but not before i picked up my wolves calendar. to me, a wolf is a symbol of nobility and shrewdness. power and cunning into one little grey package. i hope you enjoy these photos, cos i think they're absolutely awesome and gorgeous. pardon the blurness, i ain't exactly the best digital cameraman in the world.

man, with a workload and schedule like this, who needs holidays? =)

wow. reflecting on the one week that has passed, it's hard to think that i'm actually in the holiday season. just imagine, immediately after exams comes an exco retreat, preparation for christmas party, visiting the archbishop, more prep before the party proper, basketball practice before setting up the party, the party itself, and then a day in town for an eye checkup and to meet up with the council gang. gee whiz, i've hardly been home much!

i can't say how relieved i was to see the christmas party go so well. so much hard work, so many days spent away from home for it... i'm glad for ppl like sarah and peter that their worries have past, and that we all enjoyed ourselves as much as the rest of the csa community. i dunno what i did to earn myself the humiliation of having being called up for one of the best dressed as well as to be dressed up as old father christmas(i suspect God's handiwork and twisted sense of humour there... guess that what i get when i complain i'm feeling old and for leaving the 15th to do that song...), but i really enjoyed myself. it couldn't have been a longer day for me, but in the end, all the toil, sleepless nights and running around paid of. the buzz of the evening which kept me awake till 5 even though i should've dropped dead by then should tell you guys how glad i was it all went so well. even with me complaining of all my problems i took away from bball practice =)

but definitely, without a question, that this is the way life should be. i would have it no other way. there's no greater sastisfaction than slogging so hard for an event and then see it pass through without a hitch. i wanna say a heckuva big thank you to my beloved 15th: i can't wait for you guys to come back(though i guess the feeling won't reciprocate haha =) and start working on next sem! it's been a real joy and privilege to have you guys around, and i feel truly blessed by God to have this great honour to serve with you all. the challenges ahead that lead up to our handing over will test us, but i'm sure we will grow from strength to strength and surpass them together and end our term on a high. thank you for being the wonderful and lovely people that you are.

o and for the rest of us who are still here, we still got stuff to look forward to and carry out. we will prevail. *grin* and i can't wait for the joint uni mass and retreat!

and to my also beloved 27th, it was great seeing your faces again. we've all been busy with our own individual commitments, but i'm glad that we were all able to gather and enjoy a great night out. i've missed you guys so much, and i hope we'll get together again during this holiday period like we did. 'tis a pity the black one's going back to indo, but i guess that's cause to celebrate eh? *grin*... you know we still love you dod... you guys have been my family outside of school and home all these years... and i wanna say a big big thank you as well.

and lastly, but definitely not least, i'd like to thank the upstairs management as well, for He has been my help and my guide, as well as the one responsible for gifting me with a loving family at home and a really wonderful bunch of friends whom i can call family as well. with God, anything is possible.

take care everyone, and may God bless and keep you in all that you do in the coming week ahead. =)