To kick of today, two aunties-namely Ah Hoon aunty and Eu Ing Aunty ( my mum la... hehe) started preparation for cooking. Hihihiihhi... i climbed onto a plastic chair to take this picture ok, hehe... lol.. i was initially helping in open-air kitchen as well, but later Ah Hoon aunty asked me to decorate the Christmas tree... not too bad, it was fun, heheheh ,so happy to see my own masterpiece, hahahah...!! oh well, it looked much better when the sky turns dark and the glittering little light bulbs were lit on!! After that, i proceded back to the kitchen, doing nothing much other than cutting the spring onions, papaya and watermelons. Mmm, wanna tell u all a secret.... that is, aunties here always eat while they cook... hahahahah....!! like, the papaya... after placing the nicely cut papaya into plates, aunties started taking piece by piece to eat while they talk and cook at the same time. Same fate goes to watermelons, lol....!!!
Ya Pin Aunty in action...!!!! kihkihkih.. she was one of the most hilarious anuty i've ever talked to. When i showed her pictures from my camera, she told me her eyes is from Private Limited Company "you sien gong si"...... i went blank not knowing what it meant... then she burst out into the contagious kind off laughter....!!! aah.... rupa-rupanya she meant that her eyesight is limited.... apalah.... hahahahahahaha....
Curry => and that was my mummy's pair of hands... hihihi, my mummy cookis rlly well, in most occasion she has always been the main chef....!!!!!!! well, eventually prayerfully i'll inherit her skills, nehnehnehneh........!!!
by 5pm, kids started arriving in church vans, cars and motorbikes (adults driving la, of course).. before events started, kids crawled on the floor la, teased each other la, chit chatted la, and run around, hehehehe... we then had prayers, worships and games, hehehe, the kids participated and laughed. and this is the pic where the teenagers were hosting games. kids had fun time...!
Rev.Wong arrived rathre early and hence, lol.... became one of the contestants in the games... aiyo, hahaha..
Rain started to pour down heavily not long after, but it didn’t damped the kids spirit, they run around happily, seemingly oblivious to the fact that it was raining heavily out there, unlike adult. A valuable lesson to learn from kids...
the kids all gazed at this smartly dressed uncle, eyes tailing him as he made his way to the front of the crowd, hehe.. the kids must be wondering who’s this uncle, he’s so handsome and smart- he’s our pastor la!! Rev.Wong...!!!! applause...!!!!!! Pastor was funny too, like when he said no one else in the place look more like Santa Claus other than him cuz hes got the tummy but he forgotten to bring his fake beards, hehehehe.... He also said Christmas ( in Chinese) doesn’t mean chicken laying eggs, but it means the birth of our saviour King, Jesus Christ.
anyway, we had fried meehoon, fried mee, curry chicken, fried hotdogs, nuggets and all sorts of fishballs. Papaya and watermelon as desserts and Ribena as drink, hhehehehe...!!! to make things easier, we sorted out the food into plates so the kids wont have to wait long before getting everything on their plates, hihihi.. sometimes, kids can get quite messy, u know, hihihihi..
Our lovely cute Rev.Wong having fun time with the kids. all the kids were looking up to him cuz he said he looked the most like Santa Claus with his big belly protuding out... =P Rev.Wong is very funny with kids.
Oh ya, wanna introduce to u this cute boy, hehehehehe... i like him very much....!!!!!!!!!! he’s so cute...!!! what makes him so cute..?? everytime other kids are eating the food prepared for them, he wont eat them but rather asks for biscuits... YaPin aunty said, this kid never eat anything that was prepared, regardless how sedap the food was-like Chinese bun, sandwiches, fried mee, curry, buburchacha, etc etc etc.. he’ll say “aunty, i want to eat biscuits” .. hihiihhi... and btw, he’s the loudest kid among the whole bunch, loudest to pray and loudest to shout.. talkative, lol... hehehehe, so cute, tiny body but loud spirit and loud voice, i mean how loud can kids be, it’s funny hihiihihihh... i actually was secretly taking his picture, but the camera flash attracted his attention to my direction, and he looked at me blankly as the camera took his still picture, looking straight into me... woosh, paiseh-nyer.... got caught red-handed, stealing picture of a cute boy.. heheheheheh... and because he eats only biscuits, the aunties refered to him as the “biscuit boy” or in Chinese “ping kan zai” ....!!!! so cute...!!!!!!!!!!! ah, i really like this kid....!!!!
Me, went around taking candid pictures of the kids^^
See, kids admiring the christmas tree =>. glad to see them liking it. when i was young, i didnt have the opportunity like them, but it's alright =>. decorating one and let the kids admires it was more that fulfilling =>.
Yup, this is the one i decorated, it's not very big. but it's so pretty...!!! haha..
The group of energetic and vibrant teenage people who willingly and gladly sacrificed their time and effort to help make this kids celebration a success....!!!!! hihihihi....! some as dancers, some as MCs, and some as kids best friends. well, all were kids best friends...!!!
The Heroins of the day...!!! clap clap clap....!!!From left: Ya Pin Aunty, Ah Hoon Aunty, Yu Ing Aunty @ my mummy, Mei Siu Aunty.
Mmmm, so ends the day with us packing up and cleaning the place. Every one was glad, the kids were happy to recieve gifts and met santa claus, the teenagers were happy to serve, aunties were happy to do mass cooking and spending time together and i was happy to be photographer and helper.
At the end of the day, the question was what's the true meaning of Christmas..? to me, it is the joined celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ by people of all ages. What i've experienced for the past many years in Chin Hock meth Church clearly shows how joy was passed from one to one, from adult to kids and from kids to adults. maybe kids are not able to understand yet when teachers said, Jesus was born into the world, but i believe in thier mind, Christmas will always be a time of great celebration of One's birthday, and a time of great joy and peace and time when they see angels wearing all white and singing carol songs from house to house.
Lord God, may You always teach me to have a pure heart, and to be as naive as the kids, not to doubt or question, but to rejoice in You and all that You have provided. Thanik You Lord for giving me Joy this day. Amen.
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