CNY Party
Today was a half-day of school, with morning mass in the chapel.
Organized by the YCS (Young Christian’s Society), I must commend them for a job well done on their part to uphold the school’s status as Catholic.
They collaborated closely with the Chinese staff department to work out translations for the prayers and readings. Even the songs were sung in Chinese!
Friar gave up his usual homily, to be replaced by a prominent Chinese teacher, who had just returned from China. He was to enlighten us with his sharing of the gospel and thankfully, he used simple-enough Chinese, such that even I could understand him.
Other than that, I feel that mass went very well, with crazy photographers going trigger happy (literally) and Wang Wen singing her heart out with assisstance from Jude Tan.
After mass we had our lesson of the day, which involved Mathematics. Mr Low had to think of something "fun" to do, but something educational at that. So he came up with the idea of applying the binary and hexadecimal systems to Mathematical problems, such as the Number Theory. He also showed us how to prove irrationality of numbers, which was pretty hard to grasp.
But all of that is way beyond me… For now =P
The concert in the PAC was a success, with Michael Yee and Wang Guan as well-versed and entertaining emcees for the event.
Set in a news bulletin-like atmosphere, the two emcees introduced their way through the different acts of the MLS, TLS, CLS (Malay, Tamil and Chinese Language Societies), and co-stars of the performance, such as the three Josephian Idols singing their hearts out in Chinese, with teachers like Teresa Lim, Daisy Chia, Daniel Chua and another guy whom I don’t know.
They seasoned the morning’s "news update" with a flavour that had an overwhelming aftertaste, one that you could never forget.
The concert marked the end of school, and while some headed back to their primary schools to see their ex-teachers, others went on their way to have fun and celebrate.
I was initially planning to return to St. Michael’s School, but I changed my mind after learning that no one else was going back. It would seem rather awkward if I was the only one who went back, so I went straight to the Legion party at Mr Ang’s house instead. (Well, not exactly straight there, since we waited around in the cenacle for about an hour or two…).
I had a fun day of bitching, eating, and Taboo with friends all around, all the time. I enjoyed the companionship and fellowship as well as the bonding between this Legion and its members.
All in all, I had great fun today, marking the start of the CNY celebrations.
Xin Nian Kuai Le, Gong Xi Fa Cai, Wan Shi Ru Yi, Long Ma Jing Shen, Xin Xiang Shi Cheng and all the rest to everyone celebrating the New Year!
Happy Chinese New Year,
Gab.
PS. LOM QOAS ROX =P !!!
