12 days of Christmas
"If you haven't got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me."
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"Logic is in the eye of the logician."
- Gloria Steinem
"No one can earn a million dollars honestly."
- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live."
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did!
-does the jig of joy-
Christmas morn was spent at Wesley Methodist Church with Mum and YKM.
My mummy got her long service award from the church.
10 years in that church liao… how time does fly~
Congrats Mum!
We went to Plaza Singapura after the service.
Bought some stuff for Grandma.
Mum and YKM went to visit Grandma while I made for Seng Kang to meet Alfred and Lucien.
Waiting for YT to turn up and did some shopping with her.
Waited with her till Jason turned up before acting as ‘dao you’ to bring my two boys to Sir’s place.
Sir’s house was very happening~
Food and friends :)
What more could I ask for!
Hehe… congregation of almost all the people I hangout with on a daily basis…
We watched DVDs: RobbiHood and Underworld Evolution.
Funny stunts and gore.
Definitely no link between the two movies… hahaha…
We ate, talked, ate, talk, drank and ate some more. :D
Took pictures all over the place as well.
-hysterical laughter-
Tis’ the season, so here’s a special song and its meaning J
Found it on a website…
Enjoy and be blessed my friends!
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me.
What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?
Today I found out, thanks to the Internet.
From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.
It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church.
Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.
The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.
Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.
The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.
Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit: Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership and Mercy.
The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.
Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit: Love,Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control.
The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments.
The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.
So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol...
It’s official… I am sick… down with a virus…
Going to the doctor was a good decision.
Better to get rid of the virus now then let it ‘hang’ around and land myself in more pain than I am already feeling…
I was a good girl yesterday lor… I avoided all the fried stuff at Sir’s house.
-chuckles-
I din't want to go to school this morning... kept wondering if it was going to be a good idea to get sick self out of the house, into the pouring rain, onto two buses and into the lecture theatre...
Oh well, the respobsible part of me won out.
So went to school I did.
Good thing too... there isn't another MM lecture for another week or so.
Have to make sure I get back onto the bandwagon...
With God's help, I will get onto it!!!!
-throws pompoms and waves more like crazy-
Aight… meds are kicking in… Merry Christmas everyone!
Remember - 12 days!
-bounces around the house-
Chaoz~
^-^
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980)
"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies."
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
- John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)
"Logic is in the eye of the logician."
- Gloria Steinem
"No one can earn a million dollars honestly."
- William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live."
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did!
-does the jig of joy-
Christmas morn was spent at Wesley Methodist Church with Mum and YKM.
My mummy got her long service award from the church.
10 years in that church liao… how time does fly~
Congrats Mum!
We went to Plaza Singapura after the service.
Bought some stuff for Grandma.
Mum and YKM went to visit Grandma while I made for Seng Kang to meet Alfred and Lucien.
Waiting for YT to turn up and did some shopping with her.
Waited with her till Jason turned up before acting as ‘dao you’ to bring my two boys to Sir’s place.
Sir’s house was very happening~
Food and friends :)
What more could I ask for!
Hehe… congregation of almost all the people I hangout with on a daily basis…
We watched DVDs: RobbiHood and Underworld Evolution.
Funny stunts and gore.
Definitely no link between the two movies… hahaha…
We ate, talked, ate, talk, drank and ate some more. :D
Took pictures all over the place as well.
-hysterical laughter-
Tis’ the season, so here’s a special song and its meaning J
Found it on a website…
Enjoy and be blessed my friends!
The Twelve Days Of Christmas
There is one Christmas Carol that has always baffled me.
What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?
Today I found out, thanks to the Internet.
From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.
It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church.
Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.
The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.
Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.
Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.
The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.
The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.
The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.
Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit: Prophesy, Serving, Teaching, Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership and Mercy.
The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.
Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit: Love,Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self Control.
The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments.
The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.
The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.
So there is your history for today. This knowledge was shared with me and I found it interesting and enlightening and now I know how that strange song became a Christmas Carol...
It’s official… I am sick… down with a virus…
Going to the doctor was a good decision.
Better to get rid of the virus now then let it ‘hang’ around and land myself in more pain than I am already feeling…
I was a good girl yesterday lor… I avoided all the fried stuff at Sir’s house.
-chuckles-
I din't want to go to school this morning... kept wondering if it was going to be a good idea to get sick self out of the house, into the pouring rain, onto two buses and into the lecture theatre...
Oh well, the respobsible part of me won out.
So went to school I did.
Good thing too... there isn't another MM lecture for another week or so.
Have to make sure I get back onto the bandwagon...
With God's help, I will get onto it!!!!
-throws pompoms and waves more like crazy-
Aight… meds are kicking in… Merry Christmas everyone!
Remember - 12 days!
-bounces around the house-
Chaoz~
^-^
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