Ok... will post about LLTC. But, i will only post certain parts of it.On the first day of LLTC, we had to walk from SJI to SPS. It was rather hard. We took 3 hours to get to SPS. The walk, however, made my group bond very closely together. That was the highlight for the first day. On the second day, the highlight was the ropes course at ITE Simei. It was rather scary. I had to face my fears of heeights and in the end, finally did it. Had 7 habits which was rather boring until Bro Mike told us to sip water throughout the lesson. My group bonded even better in the second day. On the third day, we went for dragon boating. It was really fun as we got to splash water at the other boats. My boat also won the race. We also rocked the boat such that water was coming over the sides. Thankfully, the boat did not capsize. I was drenched afte rhtat, but had a good time. On the fourth day, we went to a home near my school. I saw Bro Jovita there!!! We cleaned the windows and the swing. We barely talked to the elderly people. After visting the home, we went to junction 8 to eat. Lunch was extremely fun especially when Dickson, the facil attached to my group, hit his hand on chili sauce, ketchup, barbecue sauce and sweet chili sauce in an attempt to trick Brendan, a member of my group. On the last day, we did not do much. We had a very interesting closing ceremony. Overall, i really liked LLTC.
Saturday, June 23
Will blog about my second half of my day. Served the sunset mass and novena. Was the only server thank goodness the communion ministers helped me with the offerings. Went for dinner with my uncle after mass. Ate at Hog's Breath in Vivo City. The ribs were okay. A bit of a rip of though. Had to pay for chili sauce etc. Went to Hagandaz for ice cream. Had fondue and a latte. Was nice. Then went to my uncle's offcie which is at keppel tower. Was super nice. He had his own office. The lights were also automatic. Had a nice view from his office down on Sentosa. Went to the chairman's office and it was also nice. Went home after that.
Saturday, June 16
~Ivor~
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Today is the Immaculate Heart of Mary. So i woke up early to serve the morning mass again. Was expecting Fr Romeo to say mass but instead Fr Damien sayed the mass. This morning, i could not slack as the Sisters put all the items, Chalice etc, on the table behind me so i had to serve Fr everything. After mass, had breakfast with Fr Damien. Second time having breakfast with priest this week. Had toasted bread with coffee. Made my coffee bad again, dont know where i went wrong. Seriously need to perfect the art of making coffee. So after breakfast, went home, played Wow. At around 12.30pm, i went to Bukit Permai to get my lunch. Played Wow after lunch and now here i am blogging. Going for mass again tonight. Fr Romeo saying evening mass and Fr Damien saying Novena.
~Ivor~
Friday, June 15, 2007
This is the top 5 priest i know and of course like:
Friday, June 15
~Ivor~
Friday, June 15, 2007
Well, today is Friday, which means hospital visit day again. Woke up at 6am to serve mass in church. Was rather slack as Fr Romeo did everything himself as the table was next to him. Fr Jean Baptiste Con-Celebrated the mass. By the way, Fr Jean Baptiste is a French priest who is just visiting Singapore. Mass went smoothly. After mass, i had breakfast with both of the priest. Got to know Fr Jean Baptiste more and he told me a lot of facts about Europe. He talked about the change in technology and some other stuff over breakfast. He is leaving Singapore for France tonight. From what i heard from Fr Romeo, and later confirmed by Fr Jean Baptiste himself, he, Fr Jean Baptiste, is or at least was the vicar of the Mission Etrangeres de Paris aka M.E.P.That means that he is second only to the Superior General of M.E.P. A friend of my churches' parish priest, who is also part of the M.E.P. So after breakfast, i went to Fr Romeo's room to find han yu pin yin for some Chinese words but that gave me a headache since all the Chinese words were in "normal" Chinese. So Fr Damien came down for hospital visit then we left. Was pouring! So he dropped me at the sheltered area then i took out an umbrella from the boot and apprantely, i did not close it properly! So Fr only noticed it when he parked the car and so had to get out of the car with a small umbrella to close it. Naturally, he was drenched! I was waiting unknown about this in the hospital. So, i received a phone call and was told to go back to the sheltared area where he picked me up and we left the hospital. So we did not really do our hospital visit. Anyway, we were left with 2 choices, to go back to church and most probarly hear Fr Romeo laughing at us or got to the East. We went to the East. First stop was Fr Damien's cousin's house which i have to say was rather messy. Fr had to bless the house but could not find the crucifix. We looked high and low for it and finally, after 45min of searching, we found it. We cleared many things out of the house including some cooking spices and well, basically junk. About 5 or 6 plastic bags went down the garbage shoot. We still had 2 bags and a box of junk to bring down! So after blessing the house, we went to Haig road i think to get fishes and then to eat. After that we went back to the car which was at Fr's cousin's house void deck. By chance, we stumbled upon the cleaners clearing the garbage shoot. If i am not wrong, Fr asked them to clear mattresses which were in his cousin's house. He loaned $10 from me to pay the workers. Seems that he ran out of money. So after that, we went to the bank at Joo Chiat Complex so that he could withdraw money and pay his insurances. On the way, we passed the president's house which was tightly guarded. Fr asked me if i wanted to see the First Lady, which i think is the president's wife. According to Fr, he knows here rather well. So we went to Joo Chiat Complex to do some banking stuff then we went to buy pots as Fr complained that 2 pots were broken. So he bought a pot, 8 tea spoons and half a cruitte. Which was basically 1 vinegar dispenser, or something like that. So after that, i was sent home. And here i am now...
~Ivor~
Monday, June 11, 2007
Sigh, today was my churchs' servers movie screening. The server met in church at 10am and then had the rosary before having spiritual input by Father Damien. Next we had a practice. I did not attend it as i was busy photocopying paper for servers who always lose their files. So after my so called ordeal was over, i went into church to watch the practice before preparing for the funeral mass at 1pm. SO had lunch at 12.45 with Father Damien in the kitchen and rushed off to change into my cassock for mass. Mass went rather smoothly, got an Ang Pao, went to the ********* to watch Shrek 3. By the way, the ******** bit is not suppose to be revealed. So after the movie, we had tea. The core group members, including me, had to figure out who vomited outside the church as no one owned up. After tea, which was nuggets and apple pies from mac donalds, we played some stupid and really irrritating games. We played a sadistic game of Dog and Bone. I hated it. We had to crawl, hop, duck walk, run, jump, "wheelbarow" and even roll on the floor to retrive a ball in the center. I was really outraged at this, most probaly because i had to do it myself, and even wanted to quit the servers. After that we went for mass sweating and smelly. After mass, some people went into the sarcristy to play DOTA. 2 Laptops were used and they were playing and making noise inside the sarcristy!
Monday, June 11
~Ivor~
Friday, June 08, 2007
Well, today is Friday and what i always do on Fridays during holidays is to go for a hospital visit with a priest. I reached church at 9.30 am so i could learn some basic chinese prayers but to no avail. We left at around 10.30 and we finished at around noon. Me and Father Damien visited about 6 patients. So after the hospital visit, we went back to church to pick Father Romeo up and went to Vivo City for lunch. Went grocery shopping after lunch with the 2 priests and then we went back to church where i sorted out the SJII Arts Week photos taken by Fr Damien. At around 2.30pm, me and Father Damien went for a wake at Clementi. Met Father Valerian there. After the wake, we went to Holy Cross to see the church together with Father Valerian since he is one of the priest there. Anyway, i also found out that Holy Cross is under renovation and that now, no more than 5 cars can park within the churches' compound.
Friday, June 8
~Ivor~
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Had class outing yesterday. I woke up at 6am, went for morning mass with my parents and then went to eat roti prata for breakfast. Played a little GB for a while agt home before leaving the house to go to Pasir Ris. I was there too early! Met Jian Bin at the MRT station and shortlly after, met Gabriel, Paul Wong and Scott Lim. They played a small fool inside 7/11. We moved to White Sands when Daniel came. Me and Daniel bought ice creams and bought the Shrek Ears. When Mr Justin finally came, we took a walk to Pasir Ris Park to rent a bicycle. We cycled around Pasir Ris for about 1 hour and stopped at the playground to play. Unfortunately, it started to rain heavily. So some of us were stuck at a small shelter. When the rain subsided a little, we decided to charge to a nearby coffeehouse where the rest of the class were. I was soaking by the time i reached the coffeehouse. We were stuck there for about 45min and then when the rain subsided, we decide to cycle back to the kiosk. Halfway there however, the rain stopped so we decide to just roam around for about half an hour. After returning the bicycles, we walked to Downtown East to eat. After lunch, we played a few games in the arcade before walking to the MRT station. I only had mashed potato for dinner and after that, i went to sleep.
Tuesday, June 5
~Ivor~
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Friday was the last day of school. The day started off bad as i woke up a little late and had a very quick shower. That was the worst part of the day i guess. We had an extended assembly in the hall. We celebrated founder's day which was late by 2 months i think. After that we had a short tutor group where we got a LaSalle wallet and a holder of some sort. We had PE next. We took a short stroll to Toa Payoh and only ran for like 5 min to a playground. Mr Justin was completely lost. We walked back to school and played basketball until PE ended. Then we had science. Mr Z was not happy as a lot of people did not do their homework. I did mine of course. After that was English. Mr Z took us again and we just read our books and he read Private Peaceful. We had a university talk during lunch. I really hope that the speaker was not a lecturer as she was a little monotonous and soft spoken. I could not really hear her. After lunch was Math. This was our last math lesson with Dr Marc Van Loo so we just did 3 sms and then he let us watch movies and i learnt a French vulgarity. I left school immediately after the bell rang as we had to leave school by 3.30pm thanks to the SJI scouts. Tried to get the refund from my all ezlink card but i had to wait 7 working days. Then had gelato before going home. Than rounds up the last day of school for me! 5 Weeks of holiday to go!
Sunday, June 3
~Ivor~