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This year, I’ve decided not to design anything for Christmas. Rather, I’ve composed a little song, which articulates what I feel perfectly. Don’t think I’ll have the time to upload the tune (gotta record from the piano and all) for now (if at all), but here’s the lyrics to it:

Sometimes I feel like sighing.
Sometimes I feel alone.
Sometimes I feel that the whole wide world,
Has hearts that ‘re made of stone.

I wish I had 3 wishes,
I’d make them count; I would.
I’d wish for peace and love and joy
- That people would be good.

There is a time to be nice,
There is a time to share!
Let Christmas be that time,
To show the world we care.

So now here’s what we must do,
Listen carefully,
Just close your eyes and clasp your hands,
And whisper prayerfully:

“Oh Lord please help me now,
And give me strength to say,
To those who’ve done me wrong this year:
‘I forgive you!’, Lord I pray.”

No better time to be nice,
This is the time to share!
Just open up my heart!
Lord Jesus, ’tis my prayer!
For Christmas is the time,
To show the world I care!

I had originally planned to release the photos when I get to them in my blog entries, but I came across this one, and I decided that I had to share it with you guys now, especially since it fits into the whole notion of Christmas.

At the peak of Mount Pilatus. The gentle rays of sun. The rolling curls of clouds. The world beneath us. Surely, this has got to be heaven on earth.

I didn’t have the time to design something new this year, so I’m gonna re-use last yr’s greetings… No less, Merry Christmas to everyone!

http://www.bryanchen.com/christmas2007.html

First, forgive me if I mis-spell stuff here. I don’t really like blogging about happenings, so I don’t cross-check my spelling, but spell based on the phonetics of the word (especially German words)

We made it really early to the airport. Since my sister and Ben were flying off that very evening to Australia, we all packed into dad’s car to go to the airport. I was rather disappointed that I could not check-in because my flight was booked through Chan Brothers, but was delighted, nevertheless, that I was going on vacation. After surviving massive jams on the road, we finally reached terminal 2 at 8PM. We did our check-in and went off to the Soup Restaurant to have dinner. We decided to go in early, and soon after, I realised I had not notified MINDEF of my vacation. MINDEF’s phone notification service’s voice recognition system sucks! I kept saying Austria and it kept interpreting it as Australia. So, anyway, that done, we went on to the boarding gates. We saw the long queue waiting to get past the security checks, so we decided that since we already had a place on board the plane, we’d wait until everyone went through before we did. We waited….and waited…..and waited…finally, after slightly more than an hour, the end of the queue was imminent. We joined it and soon were past security. No sooner were our checks complete when the PA system came to life. Our plane was experiencing some technical difficulties which could not be resolved. Singapore Airlines would have to find another plane. So, all that time going through the security checks were wasted. We had to move to another boarding gate. The worst thing was that they couldn’t give us a new, fixed time for departure. So we queued again to be checked again, and again, we got through. Singapore Airlines has to be given credit - they provided hot snacks and drinks to all affected passengers. While there was this irritating family who kept rushing for the food (you should’ve seen them and their kids..it was like they had never eaten for a long time). They piled their plates while others had none. It was a sad and utterly disappointing moment to be a Singaporean. Anyway, about 2 hours after our original departure time, we were on the plane, and off the Frankfurt, Germany! I couldn’t sleep much, though I did manage to get some shuteye. The same family who were rushing for the food ended up sitting in front of me..and suffice to say, I really hope after I graduate I can land myself a job overseas so that I can escape such inconsiderate, idiotic people. The flight was an extremely smooth one, with little turbulence. 12 hours or so later, we landed in Frankfurt and got out at terminal 1.

We’re back from our trip! Met some fun and interesting people… BUT! since it’s supper time now, so I shall get to it in awhile, after I’ve got some food.