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A few nights before valentines day, the guys asked me if I would be free on a Saturday as they were planning something special for fellowship. A Valentines event


On Saturday, at 7pm, Cheryl came by to make sure that the girls were decently dressed, I was still oblivious of the plans the guys were having. So around 7.30pm, four of us girls (Cheryl,Cecilia,Lyn Wei and I), went to Xun Jin’s room for our dinner. Right in front of us, we saw a long table, wine glasses, and other fine cutleries. It looked as if we had just entered a posh restaurant. We were asked to take our seats and in just a couple of minutes, the guys brought in our dinner. We were served Beef steak(with an awesome tasting black pepper sauce), mashed potatoes, and fresh saladsWe toasted and started our exquisite dinner. And much to our surprise, the guys prepared dessert as well. Chocolate-fondue with marshmallows, bananas, strawberries, and ice cream.


While enjoying our desert, Kelvin shared with us on the topic ‘love’.

We discussed about what Love is all about and Kelvin taught us about the 5 different kinds of Love in Greek and The 3 Myths of Love.

Kelvin then asked us what was our ‘dream valentine date’ would be like and it was nice to know that all of us, guys and girls have our own different wants, and perception of how we would like our valentine to be.

The best part was when we were asked to write a love poem containing 3 words: Hug, Love and Longkang water(drain water)..

Well, of our poems were no where near Shakespeare’s but it was pretty amusing. there wasn’t a winner for everyone had their own way of writing a poem, a few was funny, some corny,and for one or two pieces it was actually quite romantic even after the word ‘longkang water’ was included..=)


Fellowship/ dinner ended at 11pm. The guys surprised us once again. The brought us gifts!!!!!!and wats best? They gave us a sermon CD. about how to choose our life partner..(something we ALL need!) and…and…and… ROSES!!!!!!!...I was actually expecting a box of chocolates or something of that sort, but didn’t not roses.

In short, these guys actually brought a new meaning to Valentine’s Day. Its not only a day to celebrate as couples, romance etc, but it’s a day to celebrate with the ones we love, and our, brothers and sisters in Christ. It wasn’t only fun, it was something we all needed: being loved, being cared for, and also to love and to care…God Bless

by annette