Long day

Just came back home at slightly past midnight. Thankfully, the trams here operates till 1am on Fridays.

Oh gosh, I had an experience of just walking aimlessly before a session with COSDU. I had actually walked down Swanston Street, without realising I missed the crucial turn to the chaplaincy. It's like a nightmare I used to have in the past, walking down a street, where everything building changes so fast although you have just travelled there 1 week ago and now you could not recognise your way. BUt nevertheless, I manage to wake up and find my way there.

I had a enriching session with COSDU just now. Angela introduced us to i-bible. If you do not know what i-bible is, it's just reading scriptures on the internet. It's good to know that technology is so advanced now that we can even download the scripture to our MP3 player, or probably I am just a noob in technology who dont know such things exist.

After being introduced to i-bible, we had our own mini- bible sharing and of course being introduced to keeping a prayer journal.

Personally, I had unsuccessfully kept a prayer journal for a few days (during my NS days in camp), where I just write out my thoughts and prayer to God. Most of my prayers are actually my 'cries' to God, talking about the pain of being rejected, problems in camp etc. Well, eventually I didnt faithfully continue this practice because I will get more depressed, I will overthink and over worry, think too much when writing about it. The problem with me is that I read things too much and over analyse certain issues in life in the PAST. Though I am putting all these behind me, sometimes I do get to the habit of over-thinking. But nevertheless, it's a controlled now. If any people want to know what's the secret, it's just putting your 'perception of big things' into small things and let things go. As what Frankie has always advised me, life is not about holding on, and there are many better things in life waiting for us to experience. Well, this advice has helped me alot.

After the session, we had dinner at Shanghai Dumpling Restaurant in Chinatown. Boy, it's packed but thankfully, Hilary has booked the seats for us. After which, we went to a bar to have a few cup of drinks, (Nah, didnt take any alcohol today). The highlight of this drinking session of course is that, someone in our group found a unopened packet of condom on the floor. I will stop here for now before my blog is being censored for adult content! Oh, please dont read too much into this! Nothing is lost, just had fun! :P

Generally, I had a spiritually-fulfilling day today, attended mass at St Francis, followed by Novena at 12.30pm and made my first confession in Australia.

Till next time...

P/S JAnan: apologies for spelling your name wrongly in my earlier post! :P