Ikaw ang Star ng Pasko!

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 Day 2: December 18, 2009, Friday:

After a long day of decorating, at last it is the Christmas party!! Yey!
We arrived at around four in the afternoon and really sorry as we were not able to help Mharon and Marian with the decorations. We, the PUPians were all in purple, supposedly shining purple; while the UST’s are in white with silver and the MCU’s are in violet (no difference from us actually. Haha!). We were able to watch the dress rehearsal of the residents for their presentations and we can’t help ourselves singing along with them. ^_^

After all the rehearsals, the families of the residents were invited inside the hall to watch the program; even Doc Bolet came at the second part to witness the event with her husband and cute puppy. There came also some residents before who probably had finished their programs in LCRC. I did not see whether all of the residents had their family invited, since am still not familiar with most of the residents.

Anyway, the program started with a presentation of the Nativity scene from the residents. Followed by a dance presentation of the UST students, then another from the residents, and then us! With all the crepe paper-skirt and santa hat, a very nakakahiya moment. Hahaha! We (PUPians) are worrying about our dinner then because it was past 7 or 8 then and we don’t have our packed dinner. The party was cut in two by the dinner, a grand dinner. So we really were surprised when Sir Al invited us students to eat. Wow! The food was mouth-watering, if I could, am would eat each of it! Including the balut! But when Rio and I came back for it, the entire balut were gone.  I was so full after that! We surely were energized again and so ready for the party. ^_^ This was followed by another presentation from the residents and then from dance from Marian and Mharon then followed by another from the residents. I am sorry I cannot remember the exact performances. The party was ended by singing the theme song Star ng Pasko, which is a favourite of us!

After the Christmas party for the residents, the entire staffs with the practicumers were gathered in the receiving area to have our own Christmas party. We started with the exchange gift of which I got a 150 bill. The party continued until 12 midnight. The longest Christmas party I ever attended. We were the practicumers left in the party with Mharon. We really enjoyed singing from the bottom of our heart our theme song.

All of us are worrying how we are supposed to get home because it is super late, until Haha had offered their house for a sleep over. Thanks a lot Haha! For a super cold sleepover! ^_^ But before we left the LCRC, Sir Al talked about our schedule for the next week for the official start of our practicum. Yehey! I was touch that he allowed us to be absent the following day upon knowing that we had to stay at Haha’s house for the night.

On the whole, the party was really fun and a success indeed. Congratulations to Mharon and the other organizers! I am sure that the residents enjoyed the party as well, especially with their own families. 
I remember Pastor Paul quoting from Bible that in celebrating Christmas, it is necessary for us to become less important while He, Jesus becomes more important. And in sharing that evening with the residents for an advanced Christmas celebration, for giving them fun and happiness, I felt that am was able to make Jesus more important than myself, because I remembered them before myself.  it is exactly what a=our theme song says actually - Bro, Ikaw ang Star ng Pasko.

^_^