Feliz Navidad

Feliz Navidad



What would christmas be without carolling?



After rushing home from the booklet vendor's office which could give Ben Gates a run for his money (Talked about often, hard to find, and has an ancient artefact - The Pentium 3 computer), I quickly bathed and change into formal wear and made my way to church.



I missed most of the practise, but then again, with my kind of voice, there really is no need to even try. I'll just stand at the back and make like any MTV performer. In other words, mouth along.



After a short service, we took no delay in breaking up to our 3 carolling groups. I was in the one led by Andy, and when you have Andy in your group, there is no way that things will be boring. Throw in Yu Xiang, Daniel and Kai Shi, mix well, topped off with the recent 十二月•想 and we have blog post material, hot from the oven.



We went through the procedure on our way to the first stop, and apparently, my voice will have to be heard, whether anybody likes it or probably not, because I'll be reading a scripture. The first house went pretty smoothly, and we all pretty much had fun. Especially with the pronounciation of "Chen?/Cheng? Li Church" and whether to sing 十二月•想.



The journey to the second station started off with us singing random songs, some carols, 十二月•想, and 阳光宅男. After a while, I decided to spread the evils of the thumb guessing game to the people in my group, and it caught on pretty quickly. Although there was one slight problem, where even though it was only 7 people playing, for 10 minutes nobody was able to get a single one correct.



After the second station, we met up with the larger group to share the bus, and set off for our last station, which is probably the highlight of every single year of carolling. Will elaborate more soon. I was a little tired from singing around then, which I once again found to be surprisingly fun. Christmas was the only time of the year when I would wholeheartedly enjoy singing.



It was around then which I decided to go on a mass sms spree, sending early Christmas Grettings. Guess some of you might have recieved, but I have a feeling that some of them weren't sent out because the phone wanted a holiday too and didn't send them properly.



We reached the third stop much earlier than we expected, as most years we'll be there around 11.15, and for a good reason too. Will explain later.



So we went through the usual procedure for carolling, ending things off once again with Feliz Navidad, a general favourite. The next hour was spent chatting and eating, as we waited for the clock to strike 12. There were also random things going on, like doing the dances yet again through the wonders of technology and handphones, and people standing in for Yan Xiang in 精舞门.

Then the "auspicious hour" approached. For those who do not know, Dominic is a 17(?) year old boy in our church, who happens to be a Christmas baby. Our last stop happens to belong to Timothy's grandfather, who does not seem to mind having people thrown into a pool which they happened to have. Which happens to happen every single year.

And so, when you hear the splash from the pool, that marks the end of the annual night of carolling. So it'll be next year, same time, same place, same person. Merry Christmas!