SJI Renaissance - it was actually quite disappointing, especially when you expected much more from the band's 50th Anniversary. The main band was really not very impressive but I guess the Alumni band made it much better. Somehow, the school spirit which made us outwardly proud of our school was absent that day. Felt quite paiseh, especially when I told people like Steph, Elaine and Rachel that they will witness the best school cheer and spirit around. Nonethless, I was a good gathering of old friends, some of which I have not met in years and also, it was nice meeting up with the teachers again.
The 3 Artz Holiday CG summarizes what I wanna say about this hols. CG1 - Relationship with God, CG 2 - Relationship with Family and CG 3 - Seeing God in our Friends. Attended the past 3 CGLs workshop conducted by Ben C and his team. It was really enlightening. I thought that being a CGL will be quite easy and similar to teaching catechism but I guess that is really not the case. Totally different roles and different approaches. We discussed about our fears of being a CGL and it all seem so real to me. Really have no idea how CG is gonna be like for next sem, whether we can outreach to more catholics on campus, the Year 1s and connecting with them. But I guess He has his own plans for everything and I should just leave it all up to Him. The Artz CGLs decided to take turn to plan the 3 respective CGs. I have came to realise the importance of having CGs during the hols - it is an avenue of bringing people like me back to God, otherwise I will be immersed in all the social activities day and night without realising that I am falling into spiritual dryness. It has also helped me to question myself if I have taken my family for granted.I remember typing an entry about taking family for granted a few months back. And when I look back now, I think I really didnt put in much effort in spending more time with my family. And now that hols are coming to an end, the same old routine of school will begin again with term papers, term tests, projects and family will not be my focus again. Time to do something about it - but the inertia is just so great, even though it is evident that my family care so much abt me. Friends - I must say that I am very blessed to have my family and also a fantastic bunch of friends - from primary school right up to CSS. The Bishop of Cebu celebrated mass in my parish yesterday - and in conclusion to his sermon - he said that 'There are no accidents in life'. And I believe it makes sense, everything that happens is not an accident - family, friends and daily happenings...
We had our final Artz Comm Meeting last week also - the 11th meeting. A year being in Artz Comm have come and gone. I am actually very thankful to the seniors in Artz Comm - Steph, Fel, Moses, Ade, Brian and of cos of SD - Fr Val. Right from the first meeting, I felt damn welcomed and it has definitely been a major stepping stone in bringing me closer to this CSS community. Though Steph said that she was a slave driver (perhaps all of us will agree.. haha), I think we all enjoyed ourselves being in this comm.. with all the laughter and nonsense. So just wanna say a Thank You. :)
Moving on to social activities - July is really a bad month to stay in Singapore. There are just too many birthday babies - from 1st July right up to the end of the month. I have celebrated and tasted more than 10 brithday cakes last month. I am sure Lyanna will agree with me. :) But it was great fun planning a massive CSS birthday celebration together with Moses and Lyanna on the last week of July. We wanted to just have a small birthday celebration but more and more birthday babies were adding on the list and so we did it - a massive birthday celebration for 14 July babies. And the latest social activity was the Dim Sum Buffet at Dragon Gate Restaurant - it was actually quite cheap and the food is reasonably good. Lotsa Year 1s joined us that day for the buffet, followed by CG at Cher's place. And yes, the SJI boys did one of the best cheer - Hail, Hail - at her place. Even the gals were impressed by us man - Ora Et Labora
The 3 Artz Holiday CG summarizes what I wanna say about this hols. CG1 - Relationship with God, CG 2 - Relationship with Family and CG 3 - Seeing God in our Friends. Attended the past 3 CGLs workshop conducted by Ben C and his team. It was really enlightening. I thought that being a CGL will be quite easy and similar to teaching catechism but I guess that is really not the case. Totally different roles and different approaches. We discussed about our fears of being a CGL and it all seem so real to me. Really have no idea how CG is gonna be like for next sem, whether we can outreach to more catholics on campus, the Year 1s and connecting with them. But I guess He has his own plans for everything and I should just leave it all up to Him. The Artz CGLs decided to take turn to plan the 3 respective CGs. I have came to realise the importance of having CGs during the hols - it is an avenue of bringing people like me back to God, otherwise I will be immersed in all the social activities day and night without realising that I am falling into spiritual dryness. It has also helped me to question myself if I have taken my family for granted.I remember typing an entry about taking family for granted a few months back. And when I look back now, I think I really didnt put in much effort in spending more time with my family. And now that hols are coming to an end, the same old routine of school will begin again with term papers, term tests, projects and family will not be my focus again. Time to do something about it - but the inertia is just so great, even though it is evident that my family care so much abt me. Friends - I must say that I am very blessed to have my family and also a fantastic bunch of friends - from primary school right up to CSS. The Bishop of Cebu celebrated mass in my parish yesterday - and in conclusion to his sermon - he said that 'There are no accidents in life'. And I believe it makes sense, everything that happens is not an accident - family, friends and daily happenings...
We had our final Artz Comm Meeting last week also - the 11th meeting. A year being in Artz Comm have come and gone. I am actually very thankful to the seniors in Artz Comm - Steph, Fel, Moses, Ade, Brian and of cos of SD - Fr Val. Right from the first meeting, I felt damn welcomed and it has definitely been a major stepping stone in bringing me closer to this CSS community. Though Steph said that she was a slave driver (perhaps all of us will agree.. haha), I think we all enjoyed ourselves being in this comm.. with all the laughter and nonsense. So just wanna say a Thank You. :)
Moving on to social activities - July is really a bad month to stay in Singapore. There are just too many birthday babies - from 1st July right up to the end of the month. I have celebrated and tasted more than 10 brithday cakes last month. I am sure Lyanna will agree with me. :) But it was great fun planning a massive CSS birthday celebration together with Moses and Lyanna on the last week of July. We wanted to just have a small birthday celebration but more and more birthday babies were adding on the list and so we did it - a massive birthday celebration for 14 July babies. And the latest social activity was the Dim Sum Buffet at Dragon Gate Restaurant - it was actually quite cheap and the food is reasonably good. Lotsa Year 1s joined us that day for the buffet, followed by CG at Cher's place. And yes, the SJI boys did one of the best cheer - Hail, Hail - at her place. Even the gals were impressed by us man - Ora Et Labora
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