A Touching Christmas Story

I hurried into the local department store to grab some last minute Christmas gifts. I looked at all the people and grumbled to myself. I would be in here forever and I just had so much to do. Christmas was beginning to become such a drag. I kinda wished that I could just sleep through Christmas. But I hurried the best I could through all the people to the toy department. Once again I kind of mumbled to myself at the prices of all these toys. And wondered if the grandkids would even play with them.
I found myself in the doll aisle. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a little boy about 5 holding a lovely doll. He kept touching her hair and he held her so gently. I could not seem to help myself. I just kept looking over at the little boy and wondered who the doll was for. I watched him turn to a woman and he called his aunt by name and said, "Are you sure I don't have enough money" She replied a bit impatiently, "You know that you don't have enough money for it. The aunt told the little boy not to go anywhere that she had to go get some other things and would be back in a few minutes. And then she left the aisle. The boy continued to hold the doll.
After a bit I asked the boy who the doll was for. He said, "It is the doll my sister wanted so badly for Christmas. She just knew that Santa would bring it." I told him that maybe Santa was going to bring it. He said "No, Santa can't go where my sister is...I have to give the doll to my Momma to take to her". I asked him where his sister was.
He looked at me with the saddest eyes and said "She has gone to be with Jesus". My Daddy says that Momma is going to have to go be with her. My heart nearly stopped beating. Then the boy looked at me again and said, "I told my Daddy to tell Momma not to go yet. I told him to tell her to wait till I got back from the store". Then he asked me if I wanted to see his picture. I told him I would love to. He pulled out some pictures he'd had taken at the front of the store. He said "I want my Momma to take this with her so she don't ever forget me." "I love my Momma so very much and I wish she did not have to leave me". "But Daddy says she will need to be with my sister."
I saw that the little boy had lowered his head and had grown so very quiet. While he was not looking I reached into my purse and pulled out a handfull of bills. I asked the little boy, "Shall we count that money one more time?" He grew excited and said "Yes, I just know it has to be enough". So I slipped my money in with his and we began to count it.
Of course it was plenty for the doll. He softly said, "Thank you Jesus for giving me enough money." Then the boy said "I just asked Jesus to give me enough money to buy this doll so Momma can take it with her to give to my sister." "And he heard my prayer". "I wanted to ask him for enough to buy my Momma a white rose, but I didn't ask him, but he gave me enough to buy the doll and a rose for my Momma." "She loves white roses so very very much".
In a few minutes the aunt came back and I wheeled my cart away. I could not keep from thinking about the little boy as I finished my shopping in a totally different spirit than when I had started. And I kept remembering a story I had seen in the newspaper several days earlier about a drunk driver hitting a car and killing a little girl and the Mother was in serious condition. The family was deciding on rather to remove the life support. Now surely this little boy did not belong with that story.
Two days later I read in the paper where the family had disconnected the life support and the young woman had died. I could not forget the little boy and just kept wondering if the two were somehow connected. Later that day, I could not help myself and I went out and bought some white roses and took them to the funeral home where the young woman was. And there she was holding a lovely white rose, the beautiful doll, and the picture of the little boy in the store.
I left there in tears, my life changed forever. The love that little boy had for his little sister and his mother was overwhelming. And in a split second a drunk driver had ripped the life of that little boy to pieces. "We make a living by what we get; We make a life by what we give."

(Submitted by: John London)



-- GAN DONG MAH..!!?!??
(come on.. it's only tears.. feel for this story..)












Since it's been a long time since someone posted, let me be a kind soul and post one.
I bet some of you are thinking of the teachers you are going to get next year and maybe, let's not go so far. Let's talk about Christmas, which is- Presents.
Truth to be said, I've never ever gotten one before, not a single one. As my family dosen't have the tradition of celebrating Christmas, I've always got envious of other people having presents every now and then during the Christmas season. Maybe just tonight, Santa's gonna give me a bIg BiG present to compensate for the presents I haven't gotten for the past 14 years. Hope Heaven isn't going to give us a present something like the tsunami or something cas' the climate change is very drastic now. And, maybe, this is just the beginning, the very beginning before the Sun turns into a black-hole and eats the planets in the solar system up. Blah~ Going out of point.
What about... Holiday homework? As I've attended Mr Ng's Maths remedial, I've done my Maths homework, but not the others, haha. Have you done yours? I suddenly got an urge to do it right NAO but I don't think I can do more than 2 pages of it.
How about games you all played during this 2-months long holidays? Maple, O2Jam, Audition, DoTA and also games from Miniclip maybe. Maybe some people are still playing Neopets and stuff. Blah~ Playing games all day long are boring and a waste of time.
Hope ye'all enjoyed the holidays afterall.
I've crapped and you've spent quite some time reading this crap post.





class chalet -FINAL

ok heres it!! i'll use the 5 W's to make it clear and its FINAL!

WHERE - DOWNTOWN EAST COSTA SANDS CHALET

WHAT - BBQ FIRST NIGHT (10 DEC),
- STAYOVER 2 NIGHTS. (10 DEC AND 11 DEC)

TO BRING - ALL YOUR NECESSARY STAYOVER STUFF.
- REMEMBER TO BRING CLASS T-SHIRT CUZ WE'RE WEARING IT DURING BBQ!

WHEN - 10-12 DEC
MEET AT: COSTA SANDS CHECK IN POINT AT 3.00.
CALL VERA WONG WHEN U REACH!

WHY - CUZ ITS 211'S FIRST AND LAST CLASS CHALET!

WHO - EVERYONE IS INVITED!

HOW - FROM PASIR RIS BUS INTERCHANGE, TAKE BUS 17, 12 OR 21.


HELLO PEOPLE, PLEASE PLEASE IM BEGGING YOU TO LET ME KNOW IF:
- U R STAYING OVER NIGHT,
- WHAT TIME WILL U BE ARRIVING
- IF YOU ARE ATTENDING THE BBQ.

THANKS..

SOME PEOPLE WILL STAY IN THE ROOM WHILE I'LL GET SOME TO FOLLOW ME DOWN TO WHITE SANDS TO BUY FOOD FOR THE BBQ AT ARND 430. WHILE THE REST WILL STAY IN THE ROOM TO PLAY CARDS, WATCH DVD, BOND AND WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO COME FOR THE BBQ.

ITS IRRITATING WHEN PEOPLE DONT BOTHER TO READ THE CLASS BLOG AND COME ASKING ME EVERY SINGLE DETAIL. SO HERES THE FINAL DECISION. DONT ASK ME ANY MORE STUPID QUESTIONS, IF NOT YOU'll TREAT ME SUBWAY :P

-VERA





COOL ALL 135 POSTS WITHIN 3 MONTHS!:D

anyway. heres the details.
I'll be getting a few people to go ealier to check in and make sure the room is in good condition and bla bla bla. We'll meet at ELEVEN AM. 11 Am. OK?
Those who are not meeting earlier, please be there at about 1 plus? By then everything would be settled and we can all either crap around downtown or play cards and watch dvd in the room. TO BOND. tsk. then we'll proceed to the buying of food from the nearby ntuc or whatever supermarket there. and we'll start the BBQ at 6. SIX PM!

second day is free and easy since lesser people can make it. please let me know if you're going early or staying overnight. THANK YOU !

vera





WHAT - NANHUA BAND'S FIRST CONCERT! NOTTE BELLA MUSICALE 1!
WHERE - NANHUA HIGH SCHOOL AIR CONDITIONED HALL
WHO - XINTING RUIQI AND VERA WILL BE PLAYING. SO DO SUPPORT(:
HOW MUCH - FOC!
WHEN - 730PM THURSDAY, 6 DEC
WHY - TO SUPPORT 211 BANDITS!

-VERA