Christmas 2005
Just came back from baiduri. I had a very memorable Christmas. but anyway staying overnight was fun. Ok la everything was fun. First dae passed quite quickly. Basically it was rehearsing the hymms and songs at baiduri for mass.. then after that spent the next half in the kitchen drawing the kitchen. The silent onlooker taking in all the sights n sounds of atin an uncles n aunties n sean n sherylnn all busy preparing the beef n salad n turkey. Some of the courses in the Christmas dinner. DINNER WAS GOOD. very gd.of course la under the supervision of sean so shd b not bad one.
then went back home next door, bath n went for midnight mass. First time we were going for the midnight mass. Sean’s first also. But anyway we went early. Set up camp at 10. n midnight mass is really midnight mass. Was grand. Choir n organist was excellent. Even the altar boys also got very very special outfit. Got some of the lau ban altar boys even wearing this thing wif red cross on the sleeves design never seen b4 one. stylo milo. N got that incense thingy. An all 3 priests were there. Only fr tou not there coz not feeling well.
Mass was very grand la. I have to say. Real real credit goes to the choir, organist and pianist. Their performance was flawless man. my trained ears detected not a single glitch or slip. N that is very very commendable. From my experience as pianist, I noe its not easy to get the co-ordination right and all. N the choir sang quite a number of difficult songs. Even handel’s hallelujah chorus also got. Well done!
Towards the end, however, got sleepy. Even sean, n uncle n aunty all also very tired. So after mass ended, which was abt 2, went home lor. So change an all zzzzzzz.
Then todae woke up 9am went to baiduri next door there….finished my drawing of the kitchen, chit chat, eat popiah, kueh peiti n all, play piano, brushed up the hymms, took a very hearty lunch, saw uncle Krishnan drop by…haha…caught up wif him. Last Christmas didn’t see him coz didn’t come.so by 5 left for holy family to rehearse until sui sui. i was on the piano, aunty as usual was on the organ. The mass went well….co-ordination was ok, so our rehearsals n practices didn't go to waste. though for the entrance hymm there was a major glitch when organ n piano went at different speeds coz we cdn’t here each other’s playing coz the lau tus choir was blasting full blast behind us… abit of a let down. But the rest went ok. n alot of them were quite impressed wif my rendition of my o holy night solo performance during communion. Solid stuff man. it took a lot of fine-tuning to hit that standard n it was worth the effort. Most of the time, it was me accompanying the organ…ya so that was the only chance I got to b in the limelight. n i realised that if i want to make it out full time like aunty, i've still got long long way to go n so much more experience to gain.
N comparing Chinese mass wif last night’s midnight mass, I still prefer the English mass. The atmosphere is so much different. I find the Chinese one always more somber n austere. Another reason being that I dong noe head or tail of whats going on coz I rarely go for Chinese mass. But can still gup de qu ba. Ah but Chinese new year mandarin mass is gd. Haha coz THE pianist is there to grace the occasion? Haha
it just was a very memorable experience to cap off the year la…n i still remember new year celebration at baiduri at the beginning of the year…. Haha start off wif baiduri n u end wif baiduri. 2005 was, in short GREAT.
N lokking at the drawing of baiduri kitchen in my sketchbook, all these memories of what we did these 2 days just come back. The ambience, the sights and sounds. n first time in so many years I actually got so many Christmas cards n presents….oh ya, the best card…still goes to wee shian’s. simple but grand, n there r so many details. A real treasure.
Christmas 2005. a Christmas to remember.
alvin ong dozed and watched the sawdust trampled night @ 12:02 AM
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