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Saturday, December 25, 2004
12/25/2004 11:47:00 AM

today is christmas eve over here...my time now is 10:49pm in the night....while spore is 11:50pm....heard that pple in my church are having service...guess after this blog entry then me will call them and talk to those back there...miss ya all alot too!!...hehe...miss spending christmas in spore too..other than having a "white" christmas here...i dun see why canada can be better than spore in terms of spending christmas....with it being so cold during christmas day...cant even go out...while in my case....not many friends yet...

something very important to update abt...my hp no. in Canada is 416 880 0798....ppls in singapore can call me at this number by adding a 1 in front of the phone number to dial...for pple that wanna like buy calling cards or share calling cards...see the instructions on the calling card..its abt 10 dollars in spore for a calling card....can get more ex..but at least 10 dollars lar....i dunno how many hours lar...depends on different cards de...some are better, some are not so gd....the "416" of my hp no. is the area code....while "1" is added to call the country...which is the country code lar....880 0798, of course is my number lar....if u are just using ur house phone to call, if u have parental permission first lar...but not advisable, cos quite ex...but if really that urgent...the number to dial is 1 416 880 0798....but if u using calling cards...the calling card will have instructions on the back...just follow...for yfers, if u dun understand how to use...maybe can call meiqi to ask how to...cos she always use with my bro de...=x...if any questions, just email me or comment in my blog abt it k?...i've 24 hour incoming call free...but pls, if its during january....pls call at spore time morning...which will be my night...or else i will be at sch...

its u call u pay...i call then i pay...the receiver of the call will just pay normal rate of telephones....and if got incoming call free with ur hp even better...dun need pay...thats y i ask u all call me...or else my calling card will suffer...my calling card i will use to call specific pple de...for sharing of cards...just take down the pin number of the calling card...which will be on every card de lar...different card different of course...then remember how its done, then the card not important le...but must remember what number to dial also lar...sharing of calling cards is advisable as i dun wan u all parents to come scolding me for making u all pay so much for such things wor...k...all explanation done....

today i'll try not to talk too much abt what i did today but focus on one part...i went to my childhood friends' church today....anyways, their name is fiona and betty...one is my bro's age while the other is one year older than me...so u should know how young i feel among them..hehe...

they were having a christmas eve event today....i still have a hard time making friends here...u all should know i'm perfectly friendly in spore...but come here...i think its my mentality...i feel its so hard to not use singlish here...and i feel like a lower class when me keep on like using singapore slang...which shouldnt be...guess its time i just try to be myself...and slowly talk english and not singlish...then making friends will be a breeze manz...hehez

i wanna focus on the meaning of christmas to a better point of view...i know everybody reading this will be like "oh....again???!!....i already know the meaning"...of course i know u all know the meaning....maybe some of u are santa claus believers while some truly believe that jesus is born on this day...but its more than that....i dun wanna go on the same procedure and describe christmas using the events of how jesus was borned...but a different view that i just got to know from the church i went to today....i think i wanna share this..its real meaningful...

many of u may think, christmas is just a day for celebration...celebrating the birth of jesus....just having the idea that hope of salvation has come...a day where presents are exchanged...a day where love is displayed in the sharing of gifts and everything....a day to have fun...a day for service at church?....a day just to be happy cos its CHRISTMAS....sale is on and everything is cheap...which is not true...cos if u really know...one mth b4 christmas...all sale prices go up first..b4 coming down on christmas itself....

pple are so busy having to buy gifts and prepare for a christmas party bash....pple just think..its a season to share and show ur love for one another....but have u ever thought....how abt the one that is born?

imagine a scene....u are born on a particular day...everybody celebrates when u r born...but the focus is not on u...but just abt the celebration and the fun in all of it...while u...supposedly "the star"...gets neglected...

the church used this scene....a bday party....everybody comes for the party....doesnt know who the party is supposedly set for....doesnt know who bday is it...the presents are distributed among themselves...they forget abt the bday girl...neglects her and just have fun themselves....totally cos its the party they came for...have fun until they forgot the main reason they are there for...

its similar for Christmas manz....everybody shares gifts...gives gifts to one another....but how abt Jesus, "the star" on the day....what does He get?....maybe u will think "no wat....at least He is happy that we are happy...."...i know God is not a god that expects much....but at least put urself in His position...He doesnt expect much...but does He deserve this?....after all He has done for u that u dun even deserve?

the christmas eve thingy at the church also emphasised something abt giving gifts...but leaving the biggest gift for God....remembering what He did for u on this day...truly, its a day to celebrate God's victory over the wages of sin for us....but still have to fast forward and think "what did He come for?"....He lived to die...His purpose was to come to first, convince pple of God thru Himself....then die horribly on the cross for us...when He was actually above all....having all authority put down just for the sake of us...SINNERS...

okay...i'll leave this thinking process for u all...any questions...feel free to ask me abt it...but deeply...i was shaken by this truth and by this realization that thats really what we do for Christmas...buy new clothings....buy gifts for each other....everything is Me Me Me....Us Us Us....where's God in the picture?...

just hope that all of u will take this season seriously...play hard...have fun...but dun forget...remember God....think of what u wanna give God....thats what new year resolutions are for...for God...now i realise why we yfers always do new year resolutions settings every year end...to prepare a year... a year to give unto God...giving self to God....i guess thats the biggest gift u can give to Him....cos He wants u....everything He did was for u...for u to be His child...what He made u to be....

anyways, a very merry Christmas to all of u...sorry that i kind of cut the crap today to make it sound more serious....but i guess its really a gd sharing i wanna do with all of u...maybe u all heard of such advices and stuff b4...but reminders arent so bad right?...sometimes pple need to be reminded...just like how i get stunned when someone tells me an advice with a verse that i know...but never thought would mean so much in my particular situation....

just went to a christian bookstore today..bought a devotion book as those at home back in spore...are either finished or passed down by my siblings to me..which i may not really like...cos its not personally chosen by me....the book is called something like "a guy's guide to growing up with God...BOOM"....i dunno what's the BOOM for lar...but i'll find out later...b4 i go to sleep...and do devotion..lolx....

going to join a youth fellowship here...not in my childhood church that i was in here back when i was young...but in a church of my childhood friends de....fiona and betty de....gotta email them and find out more abt their "special event" next week...they gave me their email to find out more abt their yf....

my bro will be going to the childhood church de....so i'll be going to a different de....so gotta start being independent and used to socialising with pple here le....i guess it wont be a problem..its just that i have to start adapting to the place here and feel comfortable first....

since i'm joining this church...i guess i'll be playing drums for this church loh...cool manz...their sunday sch were very enthusiastic de...i dunno abt their youth yet lar...but seems quite interesting and lively..hehez...guess i'll have to turn to "bu yao lian" mode le...but slowly ba....dun show my TRUE COLOURS yet..hehez...

anyways i'll end here today....no crap today and not many jokes that i emphasised on..sorry for the pple that like to see my blog for laughter...hehez.....i promise i will give some tml k?...lolx :P...k lar...i pen off here le...bye "diary"...(read by so many pple de...more like event reflection...hehe)

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