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Friday, October 27, 2006: Hier - un jour aux miracles
The title means "Yesterday - a day of miracles".
But why was it such a wonderful day?
Before that, let me introduce my favourite songs at the moment...
In no particular order...
1. Salut de la veille des O (Choral Excellence / Festival!)
2. When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt (especially the Hebrew part)
3. Bring Me to Life by Evanescence
Only songs 2 and 3, however, will feature in today's entry.
Remember I said that I was down with something the past few days? It's subsiding. But, better yet, my voice was better in the doctor's waiting room yesterday morning. The doc prescribed me some medication, and soon it'll be time for my next dose. It's helping. Soon, my voice will be restored to normal and...
I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously.
Sorry, people, I can't quote the Bible (if that's where this line came from) - I haven't studied it before.
After the visit to the doctor, I returned to school only to find that I'd packed my rag in for nothing - the wiping part was already done. Anyway, I played games with my 2I friends until 12.50 (with a break somewhere in the middle because my class had only arranged tables and not put in chairs, so I helped out here).
12.50 was when the results would finally be in our hands. When our dearest Chinese / form teacher gave out the report books, tension was mounting within me. Would the nightmare come true? It would be my very worst, one that would never go away when I woke up.
Thankfully, it didn't.
I was so filled with joy that I sang the Hebrew line from When You Believe that means "I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously", and then did a running jump.
Wake me up inside,
wake me up inside;
call my name and save me from the dark!
Thank you, o Lord, for calling my name.
Bid my blood to run
before I come undone;
save me from the nothing I've become!
Now, it is my turn to save myself from becoming almost nothing, and rise above.
Then, I headed down to the MOELC with my three former French classmates (the eventual level champ still was my classmate this year). Thanks, Dad, for the lift! And for granting them permission too!
We couldn't play pétanque as I'd wanted because of the rain. It's fun; I know because I played it in Sec 1 as a post-exam activity (at the Language Centre). It's usually played on fields. Every team has their own silvery metal balls (marked with lines to differentiate them). The aim is to throw them as near as possible to this small ball that is placed on the field, called a couchonnet. The team whose representative throw closest to the couchonnet wins the round. It goes on for as many rounds as you want to set.
When Theresa and I joined our French class, we were told that our teacher was tied up (figuratively), so the teacher, whom our rightful teacher had diverted us to, let us watch a film called Joyeux Nöel, or Merry Christmas. The film was long. Also, the weather was cool, calm, soothing...
I succumbed, falling into a half-sleep for most of the first part of the film, and waking up just in time to witness the miracle to which the film was dedicated. All the soldiers were fraternising with each other in revelry and festivities on Christmas Eve, and working together to bury their dead on Christmas Day itself - a wonder of wonders.
It was based on a real story; that was Christmas of 1914. Yes, smack in the midst of World War I.
I didn't pray for what I'm going to touch on next; it was more of a surprise.
He actually said it. I feel the same way too. But when will our eyes meet again so that they can dance to the melody?
Will the plan come to fruition? I hope it does, and for the first time in x months, we will meet again.
Random shoutout: Elizabeth aka Cousin Lizzie! You haven't tagged me yet, you playful puppy! How was the PSLE? Tell us your results when you get them, OK?
Medication time... See you around!
~Seraphine Chorister~ sang in The Butterfly Garden
[8:35 AM]
