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Went to latino festival last week .. that was the first time I've been to america latin festival. I found many traditional goods, cds, statues, jewellery, food, dances, music in that festival. Overall it was quite interesting. The thing that interest me the most is the music style that they have. They have their own unique music style like dangdut for indonesia. I separate the modern latin and traditional latin, since even though they are both latin music, they are quite different loh ... I like the modern one .. more colourful and not boring .. got the chance to see the drummer up close and personal in there .. hehe .. got a few things in my mind now which I want to try to improve my drum skill ...

Last monday Erico and Dency had a wedding ... congrats to both of them .. akhirnyaaaaaaaa!! hehe .. hans's speech was quite funny .. it ended with "akhirnyaaaaaaaaaaa" while we toss the drink for their happiness ... The thing that got my attention is when Erico's parents sing one song at church .. I really like the lyrics of the song that they sang at church .. It is called "Ku tau siapa yg pimpin" (I know who lead me) .. it's an old song but the way they sing it is really really different .. I guess it summarizes their prayer for both of them in going through this life as husband and wife to put God as the center of their lives .. hmm .. hmmm .. parents' blessing very important in the marriage eh .. ^^

As for yesterday, went with SDG group to centennial park .. BBQ BBQ BBQ .. oi oi oi ... ^^" .. played soccer with oscar, vic lay and ken .. that was a nice game .. hehe .. we won by 1-0 .. anyway ... after that played around with some kids, took some pictures and headed straight to church for pemuda. Challenging sermon yesterday .. It was about "How far will we go for being faithful to God?" The story was taken from Daniel 3 when sadrakh, messakh and abednego was challenged by Nebucadnezzar king to worship the gold statue and not GOD. If they refuse, they will be thrown to the fire. Om joe than gave some real life examples which was really helpful, like what to do in chinese funeral and so on. He gave a good practical advice which says that we should differentiate between religion and culture. If it is a religion which causes us to worship something other than Jesus then we must not do it. If it is a culture and does not involve worship of any kind of form and it is just a means to show respect to older generation, then it's ok .. but sometimes it is hard to distinguish between the two .. that's why we are in fellowship, can remind and discuss about such thing among one another .. Daniel, sadrakh, messakh and abednego learnt Babilon language, changed their names (to the name of babel gods basically) and were committed to Babilonian country (part of God's command to pray for the country where they are an exile) .. but if it has crossed the line, they refuse to do it ... really an encouragement sermon for me ..

Oh well .. today got a bs prep ... christmas practice, sunday night practice, sunday night service .. what a long day .. tomorrow get back to work again ..