Estelle Goh
CHIJ Secondary TP
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1. Improve and sharpen my Dance Techniques
2. Book Vouchers, so that I can buy lots' of em
3. Pick up a new skill during the holidays
4. Spend more time with God
5. Carolling with the Llamas again!
6. Picnics, sleepovers, shopping with the Sixsomes & Llamas
7. Catching up time with friends
8. Christmas with the folks in malaysia
9. Become a better person

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Earlier this day, as I was rushing to go to church with my hands holding onto a 1kg cake, I was basically struggling to flag a cab and to answer Alex's call, but thankfully a really nice taxi driver stopped by to ask if I wanted to hop in (:
Later this day again, I was not rushing but just breezely waiting for a cab to go to church to attend 6pm mass this time, I met this friendly taxi driver who shared with me a few things about the pride of his life, his kids. He was a malay man, his skin tone was slightly charred, and was pretty hip, seeing that he was tuning into 98.7, singing to " Me Love"?
Yes so anyway, the first thing he said when I hopped on was " Going to meet your boyfriend ah?" HAHA, wait till he finds out the real reason. " No, Uncle I'm not meeting my boyfriend (smiles)"
" Then why you go to Serangoon Gardens for what? Down there is all the makan makan so I thought you going there to pat tor (sp?)"
" Hahaha, I'm going to Church, Uncle for mass "
Instantly his face changed! HAHA, he turned behind and looked at me and said
" Aiyoh sorry sorry sorry, sorry Miss sorry Miss, I didn't know, you know old people like me ah like to think that you all like to go out dating luh "
" It's alright Uncle (: Youngsters do go out to date, so you're not wrong "
" So Miss, you're working now or studying? "
I'm like huh? Do I look that old?
" Err, studying (: CHIJ TP "
" HUH!!! Miss, your voice is very mature luh, sorry ah Uncle very paiseh keep saying the wrong thing "
" HAHA, it's okay"
And then the convo ended because we reached the destination already (:
Teehee, today's encounters with the taxi drivers was so uncalled for.

Mass today was by Fr Ambrose Vaz, a guest priest ;) another Fr Bosco.
The readings from the gospel and all were like signs from God to me, that's what I thought because they answered my questions and doubts.
That's the thing about going home to God, when you seek solace you'll find it.

Cathechism, the topic for today's lesson was about Death.
As usual you'll have people sharing about how they lose someone and the immense pain they go through to deal with it. Just like how I told someone, with birthdays, there would be deaths.. Max's birthday today, Bennett's Grandfather's death.
Before B's Grandfather died, he was a staunch Buddhist, until that very last part of his life, he decided to give himself up to God, and join the Catholic faith, those were the most peaceful time for him, Fr Kevin Koh would come into the ward and speak to him in Teochew share the word of god and prayers. Today at 11, Aunty Belinda called her kids to rush to TTS Hospital while they were on their way to church, their dearly beloved grandfather's heart had just stopped beating.
I was just trying to place myself in that position, what if suddenly one of my grandmothers died? One's thousands of miles away from me, while the other's so close but I don't visit her often. I'll miss them, cry... haha you know the usual emotions someone would feel.
But we've to ask ourselves, why do we cry at wakes? The reasons may differ for the person whom you're attending the wake may or may not be close to you.
If I were at my friends, I'd probably cry cause I'd miss them so much, and I'll be happy that they're going home.
But if it were my loved ones, my family members, then... the tears would be because I'm selfish and I dont want them to leave me, and the fact that they wldn't be there anymore when you need them.
The most painful part of the funeral, would probably be when they roll your loved ones into the furnace, I think that's the part where everyone would cry like crazy haha.
We were told to do this activity also, where we had to write what we wanted to be remembered of, and what we wanted on our tombstone (:
This is what I wrote :