Graceful Christmas celebration

It was indeed a great nite to celebrate Christmas @ Campus Connect! Abt 50 ppl came to join in the celebration. Among them, 20 of them were invited. But sad to say, none of my friends whom I've invited turned up.

The night began with praise & worship as usual. Pei Lee led the worship with Eugene, Daniel & Robert as musicians; Sally, Sin Yee & Jessie as back-up singers and Mun Yee handling the LCD. Pei Lee started off with a few Christmas carols as Christmas is drawing near. Among the songs were Joy to the World, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night Holy Night, In Christ Alone & He Knows My Name. Then PC welcomed the newcomers and made some announcements before the stage was handed over for the play entitled ~The Greatest Gift~.

A few ppl were involved in the play. Here is the cast: Pei Lee - director, Eugene - narrator, Shu Yi - poor girl (main character), Yushia - beautiful girl, Robert - rich boy, Isaac - intelligent boy, Patty - musical box doll, Alvis - Optimus Prime (robot) & me - Mr ToyMaker.
Plot
Once upon a time, there lives a ToyMaker who makes the finest gift in the land. He opens his ToyLand every December for children to come find their toys here. Out of his generosity, thousands of children have moved in. Mr ToyMaker has always wanted to find an heir for his toy kingdom. So he plans to find this special child by inserting an inheritance note into his only favourite toy. The toy has been his source of joy, comfort & inspiration that he wants to share the toy with someone else.
The story begins with four friends stepping into the scene with their bags. *Merry Christmas music played* On the way, 3 friends drop their bags for another friend to carry. When they're on ToyLand, the rich boy, the beautiful girl and the intelligent boy share what kind of toy they want to find. And they even tease the poor girl, saying that maybe there isn't a single toy that suits her. But the poor girl fights back, insisting that she will find hers and she will not exchange fhe toy for anything.
They begin searching for the toy they want. *Amazing Race music played during their search* At last, all four of them manage to find their toy. The rich boy finds a luxurious car which suits his wealthy status. Then it's the beautiful girl's turn to show off her toy. Hers is a musical box and *a nice melody played* an elegant doll dances her way to the beautiful girl.
"Hold on guys, look at my personal robot." says the intelligent boy. "Optimus Prime mobilize now!" *Star Wars music played (with some sound effects from the narrator)* The robot walks his way to his new owner and responds to his master's commands. Among the things the intelligent boy asks the robot to do is dance *Black or White (Michael Jackson) music heard* and solve maths questions. *Who Wants to be a Millionaire music played when a million dollar question is asked* "What is 1+1*0?" the intelligent boy asks the rich boy. "U have 2 choices: A=0 or B=1." The rich boy answers A. The intelligent boy asks his robot to show him the correct answer. *The sound of R2D2 heard* The robot figures out and displays the answer which is B.
Then the poor shows her friends the rag doll that she finds. But the 3 friends dislike the doll she picks and start criticising her doll, saying how terrible the doll looks. The beautiful girl even tries to grab the doll away from the poor girl. As they're fighting, a small note falls from the doll. The poor girl opens the note and reads it. When she reads the note, her friends are surprised what's written in the note. The note reads, "Whosoever finds and believes that this toy is the only and most precious gift from the ToyMaker shall inherit all and be the heir of the whole ToyCreation and His Kingdom."
Then suddenly the ToyMaker appears and dresses her with a royal robe. He also proclaims her as his beloved daughter and the heir to his ToyLand. ~THE END~

After the play, Pastor Chan shared his message that Christmas is a time for celebration. He also mentions the greatest gift in life is Jesus Christ. This greatest gift brings us freedom, hope and comfort in our lives. Then he prayed for everyone.

Next, gift redemption time. Before the play takes place, all who are present draws a number from a bag. This number determines the gift that we're gonna receive. I draw one number but not sure whether it's 66 or 99. Anyway, Pei Lee & PC call out the number tagged on the present and whomever has that number steps forward to get the gift. As they are doing this, Sin Yee led the worship to sing Feliz Navidad. Back to the gift redemption. Number by number is called. And the number 99 is called before 66. So I take the gift numbered 99 and I get a nice small notepad. After everyone has taken their gifts, there are still a lot of presents left. Actually, CGBC has prepared 50 gifts placed under the Christmas tree, just in case some ppl didn't bring any. But there are abt 50 gifts brought by those attending the celebration. And the mini electric fan that I bought goes unclaimed..

Later refreshment time. During this time, everyone gets to know and talk to one another. Then there's a brief birthday celebration for Isaac (the intelligent boy) as his birthday falls on today. After that, several members go new Ghany yum cha.

Public holiday (Awal Muharram) today, so exam off for one day... all the best to those who have papers... and apart from Isaac, I'd like to wish Chia Huey & Kai Fei happy birthday! Have a wonderful day to the 3 of u!