Christmas!

Christmas this year been fruitful and fulfilling.

started with smooth preparations for the dinners with our extended families. the buying of presents was fun and although the dinners and presents resulted in mixed reactions from both sides, it was a good experience nonetheless.

the news of me having successfully completed my studies was a great one because it has dragged on too long and seeing it through seemed impossible. glad its over and don't need to spend any more $ and time on it.

attended cefc service with a word from their senior pastor Edmund Chen. great service and pst Edmund is a good speaker. the word wasn't about how wonderful Jesus was and how Christmas should be celebrated. nor did he attempt to evangelise heavily to the visitors of the church. he laid a foundation for the congregation as individuals
(whoever was listening) to build lives on. although it sounds like a cute little sermon with a 3 bullet points with easy-to-remember abbreviations, this one made sense and motivational. so much that when he ended, some in the congregation actually clapped. really sounded like a $10,000 a night kinda speech rally thing.