Merry Christmas to all of you and have a blessed and joyous New Year 2010!!!
Christmas Caroling Joke
9 hours ago
Beautiful song by Corrinne May, that brought me into a deepful thought.
"Through the Good News, of which I was made a servant, according to the gift of that grace of God"
(Ephesians 3:7)
I still don't get it, wonderful things often last so quickly that we have a limited time to cherish it. Anyway, thank God that I am able to go through that unforgetable experiences. BMK-10 (10th Belia Masuk Kampung) in Kpg. Linsuk Tenghilan, Sabah is the event I have been for almost a week, 23rd - 28th November 2009. It is organised by the UMS Catholic Student Group and participated by almost 70 students. Since pictures can speak out more than verbal explanation (what I think of), I will share with you here, some pictures about the event.
This is the 'gate' of our home...
Hey, this story never ends on this blog or on a newsreel. It will continue, and get more interesting each day. BMK-10 maybe ended, but the spirit and friendship established through this event will not cease.
Let say you lived in a place where total poverty overwhelmed you and your family. You lived in a small wooden squatter with a lot of family members, your home is not properly furnished, everything around you is not clean and your life's not getting better. Furthermore, your mother is sick, and your uncle is always scolding you for being a burden in the family. In order to get your stomach filled with food, you have to work in a very dirty and dangerous places. The place you lived is in full risk of getting HIV as prostitution is high in your area, and you might be the victim of prostitution.
Some of your family members have been already been infected by the fatal disease, and you are in fear of having one. Then, you went to a clinic to get the HIV test. The feeling of fear, hoping that you'll never get the nightmare get into your head. Then, you went to the clinic counter....you are HIV-NEGATIVE.
That was a true story of one of fortunate child of India, Jothi. She was free of HIV, more fortunate than other more than millions of HIV-positive. Now, her life shone with hope when people realized that this child need other support, monetary and care.
This is what I have experienced through the One Life : Do Something exhibition at 1 Borneo Hypermall Kota Kinabalu yesterday. A meaningful walkthrough of peoples' lives in risk of HIV.
I started a joke, which started the whole world crying,
But I didn't see that the joke was on me, oh no.
I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that I'd said.
Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if I'd only seen that the joke was on me.
(Bee Gees)
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