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January 09, 2006
Christmas!!
We went to church in the Christmas morning. After the service, Sin Yi spotted two cute little kids wearing formal clothes outside the church. It was an instant hit. See how 3 of them smiled sweetly :) (The kid in the middle looked less enthusiastic; probably because Sin Yi's long mane covered half of his handsome face :P)
December 25, 2005
Rev. Wyn Hughes is, by Jemima's personal account, a timid pastor, but when he took the podium that day his voice boomed. It's a mighty enthusiastic service he gave. He plucked one verse from the bible and evangelized on the meaning of Christmas. I was thinking.. he managed to give intricate accounts of the wise men traveling to ?? (I can't remember the place, but King David was the ruler there) without refering to the Bible at all. Well, I know the main gist is not about how they travel but about how they found Jesus in the end and worshipped Him.. I was just wondering, did he conjecture what happened or did he have reference somewhere else? Coz I'm pretty sure the Bible didn't say the wise men argued about following the shining star or going straight to ?? Just wondering... Anyway the service was a refreshing experience, and I don't mind going again.
We had a smashing Christmas dinner comprised of stuffed turkey, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, brussel sprouts, pork sausages, yorkshire pudding, bread stuffing and turkey sauce. It's THE traditional meal and it's really nice.
We spent the whole afternoon chatting and watching tapes. After the evening service (yes, I went back to the church again! Twice in a day!), we hang out in Jemi's friend's apartment, had some roasted chestnut and played the pretender game. We're supposed to pretend to be something like 'angry' or 'sick' or 'rich man/woman', and the person picked to guess the adjectives had to see our actings and make conjectures. It was soo funny. What i remembered best was ben's cue when Yan Ling tried to figure out what were we doing. "the word starts with an F and rhymes with pickle." It's obvious enough, but her brain took a few minutes to register. Then she complained, "the word is not salient!" We all laughed.
It was not long before we bid Yan Ling goodbye and went back to sleep.
To be continued>>
Posted by peixin at January 9, 2006 01:48 PM