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You’d better watch out,
You’d better not cry,
You’d better not pout;
I’m telling you why.
Santa Claus is tapping
Your phone.

He’s bugging your room,
He’s reading your mail,
He’s keeping a file
And running a tail.
Santa Claus is tapping
Your phone.

He hears you in the bedroom,
Surveills you out of doors,
And if that doesn’t get the goods,
Then he’ll use provocateurs.

So–you mustn’t assume
That you are secure.
On Christmas Eve
He’ll kick in your door.
Santa Claus is tapping
Your phone.

- Supposedly written for and sung at a US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel Christmas party during the Carter administration. (Source: click here)

Well, well… The mass today was actually the first Indonesian mass I attended since a couple of years ago. Yeah I’m very lazy to go to church when at home.

And so, at the mass I just realised that I don’t remember most of the procession! I can’t remember some of the prayers at all, and it just occurred to me how short masses in Singapore are. Where the homily in Singapore normally lasts for about 15 minutes, one in Indonesia can stretch for like 30 minutes at least. Not to mention that the other parts of the mass is significantly longer, thus bringing the total time taken for the mass to something like one-and-a-half hours. Masses in Singapore normally end in 50 minutes. Whoa…

Anyway, I met NSH, who just flew back today from Canada. He’s one of those good friends who I haven’t seen for a long, long time. He didn’t change a lot, although now he significantly looks very much like his brother. Or actually, it’s his brother who looks like him.

I also met a few other old, not-so-close friends who happened to be at the mass too. I was surprised that some of them still remembered my name though I couldn’t remember theirs! Five years of being away from the school (and them) helped much in removing parts of my memories…
So… yeah. I have to go to sleep really soon. My brain is running at half the optimal frequency due to lack of sleep last night. Tomorrow I need to pack up before going back to Singapore the next day (26 December).

To end, let me say this to you all: Merry Christmas!

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