today was fr paul's 45th sacerdotal anniversay. ie his 45th year as a priest. and he celebrated that at st stephen's! it was a blast. here's what happened: (thanks to dawn for the pics)met at 8.45 to start warmups. very good, no one was that late. can't wait for the day when the new building is done and we can have our own choir room instead of having to display all the background work to the entire congregation. but it went well. they haven't forgotten their parts, most of it.
finished warmups by 9.45, right on schedule. by then, the church was beginning to fill up and woah! it WAS full. practically full house. never seen it that crowded in a long long time, and especially not during 10am mass. the only times it gets close is during christmas and easter. guess what? BG George Yeo was present and he sat RIGHT NEXT TO THE CHOIR. cue major panic attack. 
mass itself went well. i screwed up the intro for lamb of god, but hopefully the congregation thought it was supposed to be like that. lol. it was so cool to hear the whole congregation singing along with the choir. could really hear them loud and clear. no need for me to have to lip read this time. :D
after mass, went downstairs for reception and makan. cake for fr paul and photos all round. there you go! 
mood: tired
listening to: breathless - corrs
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