Time Flies~~~~~~

Oh my gosh! One week left only, 7 short days!! T.T
I'm going to miss a lot of things here, a lot of food here, a lot of places here, a lot of ppl here, some ppl especially~~~
This is so damn depressing........... >.<

Christmas Season xP

I just LOVE the Christmas season so much every year... I anticipate it the most every year, cuz it's always the most meaningful time of the year for me... It's the time where everything seems so magical, the Christmas songs played r so heartwarming... i get to hang out with frens and join in church activities which r all so interesting and meaningful... It would even be much more special if we had winter here in Sibu, haha...
However, we shud never forget the real meaning of Christmas while going through this fantastic season... Christmas symbolises the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ... On this holy night, we shud give thanks to God as our Messiah was sent down to us approximately 2000 years ago... Praise the Lord! Alleluia!! =D
As for the Christmas season this year, as expected there's a lot of activities for me, mainly church ones of cuz... I joined the christmas procession last Saturday night... yesterday we had christmas caroling  for the whole night, it was indeed a very meaningful night for me... tonight is the christmas eve mass, tomolo christmas... and so on and so on.... haha... hope i'll be able to enjoy this season as much as i can this year... xP

There Is None Like You

There is none like You.
No one else can touch my heart like You do,
I can search for all eternity Lord
And find, there is none like You.

Your mercy flows like a river wide,
And healing comes from Your hand.
Suffering children are safe in Your arms,
There is none like You.

Adventus Rally~~~

Yesterday was such a tiring day lo!! I was the rally coordinator for this Adventus Rally... it's like a one day church camp... 200 ppl registered for this, so it was quite big... but in the end, only 150 came... everything was planned quite ok at first, we did all the decorations, planned all the activities...
But the biggest problem came..... The P.A. System was too lousy! The sound was too soft, ppl at the back cant hear at all, haiz... this reli spoilt a lot of our adventus rally in the end... if that's not enuf, many of the participants were just too childish and ignorant, never listen to our orders one... haiz... becuz this was an one day camp, we can't punish them oso... So in the end, we can't do anything oso...
However, overall the Adventus Rally went on smoothly, our time management went off schedule a few times, but we managed to pull the time back everytime oso... Thank God as most ppl enjoyed a great time yesterday! After the Adventus Rally, we went for the christmas procession at Towns Square Sibu at night... All the youths were so high, haha... Lastly, we had a dance performance for 'Joy to the World' in front of the Sibu crowd, it was reli great...
All in all, although yesterday was reli a tiring day for me, I must admit this is the best holiday I had so far in Sibu... most meaningful and most high... haha.... I can't wait for Youth Congress 2011 next year to come... XD

Hope.....less.....

I think I've grown tired of some groups of ppl in my life ady... I always thought that these ppl will be my great companions when I first got to know them... but as life goes on, slowly I realise the true colours of these ppl... oh well, they proved me wrong, BIG TIME! So, what happened actually? Is it them or is it me? Hmmm... maybe it's me...

I'm Back~~~ XD

Finally!! Home after one week camp at the catholic pastoral centre, sibu, haha... The camp was super super nice, spent a whole week of precious and meaningful time with old friends and new friends... there were a lot of super interesting activities which I'll share with u all in the next post when I get some photos to post along with them... haha... now i'm just reli tired after all that 'highing', shouting, dancing blah blah blah... I'm just surprised why not more ppl wanted to join this camp, because in my opinion, this is better than any of the Youth Congress' I joined before... haha... so too bad the others didn't come...

Anyway, as I said before, my Mufy first semester results came out while my camp was in progress, specifically on weds... I thought I wouldn't get the opportunity to know my results until I came out of camp lo... but some of the committee members brought their laptop into the camp, and they have broadband oso, yeah! Even before going into the camp, Amelia (my Methodist schoolmate, oso Mufy, but 2nd sem) and I were very nervous abt the results ady, so u can imagine how it was like for us on weds... But let me make one thing straight, she was a hundred thousand times more nervous than me, u can be sure of that... XD

Around 1pm that day, we went into the committee room to check, but the results wasn't out! Amelia was ady crying before that, and when she saw that the result wasn't out yet, hahahaha.... Then around 3pm, we asked our friend, a committee member, to check for us because we weren't allowed to go into the room anymore... he came out with Amelia's result first, then mine... Hmmm, I dunno how my fellow Mufy-ians did la, but solely looking at my own results, I think I shud be satisfied with it, haha... just hope I can do well next sem... ^^

Out for a week :(

Going to a camp called 'Discipling Timothy' starting from tomolo till saturday lo... means I won't blog for a whole week oso... haha... anyway, there's not going to be many participants this time as compared to youth congress in the past few years, but I still hope it's gonna be fun... The bad thing now is that I can't check my MUFY result on weds!!! Haiz... nervous leh... :(

The end of my teaching experience

Two weeks of being a teacher passed so quickly, it feels as though i just seen those little faces yesterday... Anyway, many things happened during this second week, I won't write out everything... What's worth mentioning is the closing ceremony this morning... Every class have to do one performance and there is of cuz the prize giving session...

For me, it was quite a hectic morning... I was the MC for the whole closing ceremony, helped with the drama performance and performed a dance (which I almost screwed up for the team, paiseh... haha) ... it was quite nice and everyone had a great time... I surely do hope I can help again next year... Haha...

Friends and Life

Friendships are moments in life, can be short or long... realistically, most friendships are short... only a few are chosen to last long, as long as u can imagine... even if they last long, r the characters involved close frens or normal frens? How do u define 'close'?

For me, close frens means frens that have a mutual relationship where both parties care abt each other at all times and there r no such word as 'secret' in their dictionary... Most ppl I'll say, have one close frens in their lives, while some r lucky enuf to have more than one... however, for some ppl, there's not even one in their everyday lives... so where do I belong then? Oh well, I guess I belong to the latter category...

For those who have close frens in their lives, I think it's only sensible for them to cherish every minute of their friendships, as compared to ppl like me who can't even get hold of one second of it... I walk alone, yes that's a fact... but one day, I believe that I won't anymore...

Being A Teacher ~~~

After a whole week of dealing with little kids, I'm quite tired lo...

For the whole of this week and next week, I'll be a teacher, teaching little kids about Christian knowledge. It's held in a primary school of my hometown, and everyday I have to be there from morning till evening. It's not that original for me la, cuz I've been a helper for a few years before. But hor, this is the 1st time I need to be the main teacher, I mean like reli teaching kids...

After a whole week of teaching kids of 8 n 9 years old, my conclusion: I'm not suitable to be a teacher at all, and thank God I'm not going to be one in future, hahahaha!!! Anyway, still got one week to go... haiz... >.<

My Cousin's Marriage

My cousin and his wife in the middle

It was a quite a hectic day for me yesterday. Attended my cousin's wedding ceremony at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sibu in the morning, then went to my aunt's house for buffet lunch straight after the ceremony. Lastly at night, attended his wedding dinner at Kingwood Hotel. Actually I'm very close to this particular aunt, so that's why I can be considered to be quite close to this cousin and his brothers if compared to all my other cousins.
However, there's something that I observed yesterday that gave me something to think about. During the wedding ceremony, I was very close to the bride and bridegroom when the priest was asking them all those 'do you' questions and stuffs, as I was an altar server (if u dunno what is that, here's a pic of me, haha!).

me serving as an altar server (not during the wedding)

As u can see, I have to be beside the priest to assist him in his works. And yesterday morning, my duty was to hold the microphone for both the priest and the bride and bridegroom. Let's get to the point then. So when it was time for exchanging rings, I held the microphone for the bride and the bridegroom as they said their vows to each other. What reli attracted my attention was the way they said it, and the way they looked into one another's eyes. Both of them were so nervous, and when they uttered the words "N., take this ring as a sign of my love and fidelity", I looked at their eyes and saw the deepest and truest love and trust they poured out to each other through those words. Although those were just a few simple English words, they contained some of the deepest meanings and feelings which not everyone will understand unless u experience it urself.
After thinking about that for a while, I came to a conclusion that marriage is something that is very sacred and meaningful. It should only happen once in everyone's lifetime. As u utter those words to ur other half, u should mean it to the fullest and keep ur promise to ur other half for the rest of ur life. As I looked at my cousin, I reli hope that one day, I'll be in his position to utter those words to that someone out there, and I promise myself that I'll utter it from the bottom of my heart and have no regrets. ;)

My Holiday Life So Far

As I'd mentioned, the reason I opened this blog is because I'm just too bored at home lo. Right now I'm actually having my MUFY semester break (those who don't know, it means Monash University Foundation Year =D). It's almost two months long, very lucky, right?
Nah... When ur back at ur hometown by urself when all ur close frens r still studying in the west, it is actually very BORING!! Everyday I'm just stucked at home with nowhere to go, so pity myself... Haha... All my other MUFY frens r so busy everyday, movies... food... outings... So envy them la... =.=
So what I do at home everyday then? Wake up every morning between 10am and 12pm, eat brunch, computer, computer, computer....... then sleep between 1am and 3am at night... how pathetic is that? Zzzzz... I just hope I'll be more busy starting next week with all the church activities coming... Haha...

My favorite song at the moment XD

Harlo!! Surprise! Surprise!

hey, everyone... ya ya, i know, it's very very surprising to see the old fashioned, boring Albert Yong starting a blog... I'm even surprised at myself too... haha... U all must be thinking what made me start blogging? I oso dunno myself lo... Just a rush of blood, I guess. Or maybe it's because I'm starting to get bored with holidays at home with nothing else to do... Anyway, now that I have started this little blog of mine, I hope I can produce something nice for u guys to enjoy in the future... Hope u guys enjoy it and dun hesitate to give ur opinions... haha! XD