Tuesday 25 December 2007

Merry merry Christmas

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I was mesmerised by the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kota Kinabalu for their performance of Christmas Cantata on the 24th December 2007 when they performed carols of all time favourites, before the mass. One of their best performance was this carol called "Twelve days of Christmas". I didn't know it was a religious caroling song until I checked the web when I reached home. The choir leader even introduced to us the meaning of this song and each stanza. Let me put to you the song and the lyrics first. Enjoy~


Twelve Days of Christmas



On the first day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
A partridge in a pear tree.

On the second day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!


It transpires that (text copied from http://www.appleseeds.org/12_days-christmas.htm )the song is very meaningful indeed.

The "true love" mentioned in the song doesn’t refer to an earthly suitor, but it refers to God Himself. The "me" who receives the presents refers to every baptized person. i.e. the Church.

1st Day:
The partridge in a pear tree is Christ Jesus upon the Cross. In the song, Christ is symbolically presented as a mother partridge because she would feign injury to decoy a predator away from her nestlings. She was even willing to die for them. The tree is the symbol of the fall of the human race through the sin of Adam and Eve. It is also the symbol of its redemption by Jesus Christ on the tree of the Cross.

2nd Day:
The "two turtle doves" refers to the Old and New Testaments.

3rd Day:
The "three French hens" stand for faith, hope and love—the three gifts of the Spirit that abide (1 Corinthians 13).

4th Day:
The "four calling birds" refers to the four evangelists who wrote the Gospels—Matthew, Mark, Luke and John—which sing the song of salvation through Jesus Christ.

5th Day:
The "five golden rings" represents the first five books of the Bible, also called the Jewish Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

6th Day:
The "six geese a-laying" is the six days of creation.

7th Day:
The "seven swans a-swimming" refers to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit: wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord.

8th Day:
The "eight maids a milking " reminded children of the eight beatitudes listed in the Sermon on the Mount.

9th Day:
The "nine ladies dancing" were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control.

10th Day:
The "ten lords a-leaping" represents the Ten Commandments

11th Day:
The "eleven pipers piping" refers to the eleven faithful apostles.

12th Day:
The ‘twelve drummers drumming" were the twelve points of belief expressed in the Apostles’ Creed: belief in God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, that Jesus Christ was born of the Virgin Mary, made man, crucified, died and arose on the third day, that he sits at the right hand of the father and will come again, the resurrection of the dead and life everlasting.

"So the next time you hear "the Twelve Days of Christmas" consider how this otherwise non-religious sounding song had its origins in keeping alive the teaching of the Catholic faith. "

Let us not only think of huge fancy celebrations and parties. Today, we celebrate the birth of Christ which is a beautiful gift from God so that we may be saved. Shalom and Rejoice!

Sunday 16 December 2007

Christmas Care Campaign

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On the 8th December, once again, my college's Christian Fellowship had organized a Christmas Care Campaign as part of our reaching out programme and to share our love with underprivilege children. This time, we had invited 17 children from Rumah Sayangan, Taman Billion, Cheras to celebrate Christmas with us.


The theme was "The Gift" as God has given his only begotten Son to us in order to give us Salvation (John 13). While we had this special gift given to us, we must also spread the joy of it, and hopefully by God's grace, others will receive it as well. Our color theme was purple (the royal color) and that's why you are seeing so many purples in the picture (my favourite colour too).




With Esther, Josephine, Ye Ling, Maisie and Janice


Field Trip

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The last time I had a field trip with my fellow classmates were.........................erm.........I CANT REMEMBER. It must have been a long long long time ago until I totally forgot about the idea. Well, lucky for me this time where CLP class of 2007/8 got their FIRST ever field trip organized by the college. Wow! This trip was held on the 6th December 2007.

Furthermore, majority of us who have just recently graduated were extremely thrilled and excited to go on a tour together. But before you are more excited than I am, let me tell you, we went to the Courts at Jalan Duta, Ibu Pejabat Kontingen and Brickfields Police Station. Anymore 'wow' effect? Of course, who wants to miss such a rare opportunity because after this trip, how else do we know when we can travel together again, eventhough it's within KL. Some of us in the future may meet frequently in courts or police station, but it's certainly different to go to these places in a different capacity.



Library! Search for a true nerd


Eligible young 'tongue twisters'


I shall spy on your whereabouts! Hehehe


Besides all these, my day has ended with a magnificent view of KLCC.. Please admire my artwork.


Tuesday 11 December 2007

Convocation 2007

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26th November 2007 was my auspicious day. The day I finally rejoice on the completion of my LL.B and can proudly call myself a Law Graduate (Not yet an Advocate/Solicitor). The event was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Plenary Hall 1, 6pm which was then followed by a Gala Dinner at the ballroom.


Very grand ?


Proud parents with their daughter (Me)


With current CLP lecturers, Mr Joseph and Ms. Amy


With Adrenne, Serena, Ye Ling and Joshua


With Jovinia (used to share room with me during LLB days)
Now with Dom


Flanked by 2 beauties, Candice and Bee Teng (I'm the shortest!)


With my juniors from East M'sia (Arlene, Ye Ling and Janice). All dressed for performance for the Gala Dinner (Leng Lui also ya!)


With Joshua, Jessica, Serena, Prof. Wayne Morrison, Dom and Andrew
during the Gala Dinner (count your beauties here)


Flanked by more beauties from my IP class 2007 - Mei Ying, Claudia and Jia Yin


Another beauty, my cousin - Gloria


Junior from SFC - Audrey (another sumandak a.k.a. beauty)


With Suzannah, Ivan and Josephine (2 more beauties)


I wished i had more time to take pictures, although I didn't upload all that I took on that day. Time was very rushed and I barely ate my dinner during convo. Guess what, I paid RM160 just to run around and take pictures with friends and family.

Now life is back to normal and it's time to concentrate on CLP!

p/s: Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. No request for contacts.

Tuesday 4 December 2007

2 years

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Nowadays when the assignments, notes and classes are picking up their momentum, it's hard to even find a minute for me to sit down and blog. Civil Procedure and Bankruptcy assignments itself demands more than 20 questions to complete! It's suppose to due by 30th November, however due to my slow brain function and hand movement, I'm still working on it.

Glad to have found one fine day to enjoy my 2nd "romantic" anniversary with Dominic. Here we are at some place away from busy KL.

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