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} geh we went for 'midnight' mass at st josephs church last night. it wasnt really at midnight, though. carols started at 9pm, followed by the mass service, which lasted for almost one & a half hour. i dont like that church cos instead of normal carol singing, they decided to change it into a scripture-based carol session, because they thought a normal session would be too 'mundane' and they wanted a more 'reflective' session. i duno. i kind of like the mundane one better. im really sorry, and i have to say right here that i have truly been trying to fight the feeling of boredom when i go to church, but yesterday was really...too much. seriously. well i did reflect on something, but its kind of far from my christian life, cos my mind was wandering so much. first i have to explain that we were with my mum's friend's family, which is her daughter and (2nd) husband. the daughter is an only child, and i remember her saying that its lonely being an only child. that made me think about the 3 of us, my brother and sister and me. and i guess what i realised was that despite being siblings, we are very..separate. like three only-childs. and right there and then i just thought, 'oh God i really want to fix this'. and then i remember how socially inept i am & how bad i am at talking, haha. am i being lazy if i say i'll just leave it to God to take care of? the rest of the mass left me pretty much braindead though, even though its, you know, christmas!! i fell asleep on more than 1 occasion. =| BUT they didnt make it easy to keep awake at all, because the priests were being SO LONG-WINDED. i have never met a more draggy person. even the communion rite by itself lasted half an hour (usually takes 5-10 mins). i was so frustrated i wanted to go up to the altar and strangle him. needless to say, i committed many sins yesterday (sleeping in church and thinking of committing murder), even though it was christmas eve. well, its christmas now, but i dont feel any of the light feeling associated with it. probably because im feeling short of time again. =/ maybe i'll post something a bit more christmassy later, if im not too lazy.
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