Not knowingly, I have reached the fifth day of my holiday from research. Yesterday after attending mass, a group of forty plus souls headed for a steamboat meal at Mutiara Rini. It was my best time with all those BEC members and St Paul youths as well as MCG buddies. Pointless it would be if one group of people gathered together celebrating for nothing. We are, of course, having this special gathering to celebrate the success of our Sunday School Annual Camp entitled 《花样少年少女》要理班生活营. I would also suggest that this was our pre-Christmas celebration. When it comes to blogging, I’m always the first or second person in my community to cover these events. Another prominent blogger to be acknowledged here is Anna. While her articles are mostly Chinese-based, mine would be on the contrary English-based. This is another present for you, hoping that you will able to get more traffic to your blog.
Some of my MCG buddies suggested that I would definitely be bored to death during the university semester holiday. Contrary to their expectations, I am doing fine until now. Had I not joined the camp, I would have not get any closer to this group of BEC members and St Paul’s youth. We filled seven tables. Since I was with a bunch of youngsters aged between 14 to 23, we ate the most! Fr. Paul Wong, our parish priest also joined us for this celebration. At the end of the steamboat session, we performed “Deck the Halls” in front of the shop. Amazing! Today Chin Loon told me he enjoyed spending his quality time with kids and youngsters. I have to agree with him because when I look at them, I can feel the youth inside me. Besides, you can learn a lot from their view points and interests, while they can also learn from us young adults. I believe this is due to the not-so big gap in our age.
“There’s no point in being a grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes.” ~ Doctor Who
Another crazy idea sprung up and with a blink of two eyes, we were at Danga Bay. Danga Bay or Teluk Danga is the largest recreational park in the city of Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. It is located near Istana Bukit Serene. There will be a Christmas countdown tonight (Christmas Eve) at Danga Bay. We strolled along the waterfront for two hours talking craps and sharing laughters. The night wasn’t so windy although its supposed to be a beach area.
Having said that Christmas is about to come, it also marks the fact that I better gear up my effort for my research when the new semester comes. I sent my Kelisa for a service this morning. Since the lady told me that I have to wait for approximately one and a half hour, I decided to have a drink at Starbucks, Jusco Taman Universiti. Lucky me for bringing along my notebook. I enjoyed my cup of Iced Caramel Macchiato and a piece of banana walnut muffin. Yummy! Time to concentrate on my work again!