guilt free fun
its been so long, well two years at least, since i've been able to totally enjoy my holidays, without worry of major examinations, holiday homework yet undone, or projects and presentations to prepare for the coming year.
whew. this holiday so far then has been amazingly fulfilling. no such thing as pointless days where i just stayed home and stoned. even if i was home, at least i'd be playing ps3 with bryan. haha good stuff.
just came back from the youth conference, which was somewhat satisfying and pretty well planned and executed so kudos to the organisers and pple involved. but it still left me not much more spiritually enhanced than i was on day 1. it was a bit of feeling like we were too old for. action songs, and some games that went on throughout the conference. and dont get me wrong, not too old as in like- we're too old and mature to be playing such childish games, but more like too old because we( nigel chris mandi elliot and i ) had been through most if not all of the activities, talks, praise and worship sessions, healing and stuff before.
hmm k perhaps i'd better just speak for myself in case my view isn't shared by all. for me, it just felt like hey, there's only so much serious reflection and healing and reconciliation and 'retreating' that i can take within a certain span of time and so this time i took a pass on the healing bit of the conference.
and of course praise and worship has never really been a huge interest of mine. i suppose for some, a small number, praise and worship carries alot of meaning. to me it just feels like a facade of prayer.. kinda. like once the song winds down and the music stops, there's no more " glorifying god" feeling. its like some people are content enough with jumping about, singing at the top of their lungs praising a God whom they feel they love. some do of course, some genuinely do. but others just love to use praise and worship as a means to get their spiritual high. and thats it. for some.
on a lighter note, my first and only prom was very enjoyable :) friends dressed up looking their best, talking laughing reminiscing. the corsage sat prettily on mandi's arm, and i can say she was extremely pleased about it :) the drive there was luxurious, courtesy of ning. and finally post prom was an eye opener. haha yupp.
wildwildwet tomorrow! :)
whew. this holiday so far then has been amazingly fulfilling. no such thing as pointless days where i just stayed home and stoned. even if i was home, at least i'd be playing ps3 with bryan. haha good stuff.
just came back from the youth conference, which was somewhat satisfying and pretty well planned and executed so kudos to the organisers and pple involved. but it still left me not much more spiritually enhanced than i was on day 1. it was a bit of feeling like we were too old for. action songs, and some games that went on throughout the conference. and dont get me wrong, not too old as in like- we're too old and mature to be playing such childish games, but more like too old because we( nigel chris mandi elliot and i ) had been through most if not all of the activities, talks, praise and worship sessions, healing and stuff before.
hmm k perhaps i'd better just speak for myself in case my view isn't shared by all. for me, it just felt like hey, there's only so much serious reflection and healing and reconciliation and 'retreating' that i can take within a certain span of time and so this time i took a pass on the healing bit of the conference.
and of course praise and worship has never really been a huge interest of mine. i suppose for some, a small number, praise and worship carries alot of meaning. to me it just feels like a facade of prayer.. kinda. like once the song winds down and the music stops, there's no more " glorifying god" feeling. its like some people are content enough with jumping about, singing at the top of their lungs praising a God whom they feel they love. some do of course, some genuinely do. but others just love to use praise and worship as a means to get their spiritual high. and thats it. for some.
on a lighter note, my first and only prom was very enjoyable :) friends dressed up looking their best, talking laughing reminiscing. the corsage sat prettily on mandi's arm, and i can say she was extremely pleased about it :) the drive there was luxurious, courtesy of ning. and finally post prom was an eye opener. haha yupp.
wildwildwet tomorrow! :)
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