23rd: Went for Xmas service, they invited the orphans from Indo to come over for choir performance. They were so adorable!! But I think they look younger than what they are. They sang with much emotion and joy on their faces. =) Something they said in the vid was true, like its rather sad to conduct those interviews about their broken past, about their unhappiness that they tried so hard to leave behind. They lived with so much looking after one another and all, and they must go through the memory trips again. Sigh..... =(

Then Elder Jeffery spoke! He's so cute! He tends to clamp his hands together, grasping the mic, so cute! His main theme was God's love. He started off talking about Human Love and how they fail.

First was Self-Love, narcissistic behaviors, and all the benefit seeker. In a away, most of us is full of self-love, do we really seek opinions of others before deciding on their needs? This also includes the NIMBY attitude.

Second was Eros, the lustful nature of romantic love. Its sad when nowadays people no longer make love, but they make porn, they have been infested with much fantasy and delusion about the act. It's supposed to be a pristine and harmonious act when they are "vulnerable" to each other, and be made as one.

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

Third was Friendship, can we really trust friends? Who are our friends? Due to the nature and personality of humans, sometimes I guess we do not mean to disappoint someone, but somehow or another we still fail to meet the expectation. Friends do disappoint. Sometimes I feel that too. Sometimes I do admit I have high expectations of the people around me, that I often felt disappointed. 

Forth was Kinship, who are our family? With the inadequacy of parental capabilities of modern parents and all, its really a big question as to make makes a family? What is an ideal family? One of strong bonds, gender equality in division of labour, sense of family responsibility, committed to strive for the best for the family... etc? Family fails too.

24th: Went to JB with Jor and DQ with Serb family. Thankful for J for being with me most nights this week. We chat alot this week, I even had a long list of thanksgiving for him on one of the nights, and some "follow up" listed at the following night haha. He is perhaps someone I can totally trust, no holding back, discuss anything and everything freely about. I asked him for a favour to perform academically too. Oh btw he could Jukebeat too!! Wow and can attain A at lvl 8 difficulty in that lousy machine, though he still consider himself rusty.

And lastly!!!!

Soooooo happie my parents sent me a Xmas video~~ while im at malaysia cuz they thought they could not stay up to 12mn...... MERRY XMAS MUM DAD!!!!!! They seldom sent greetings~~