Well, honestly, I didn't notice that today is Ascension Day. This morning, I woke up late (9 am, after completing my slides) and I read some messages in my handphone. One of my friend sent me this message :
Yenni said "Sep,U ke gereja ga hr ini? ke BB ato CHC jam berapa"
I replied
Septian said "Ini kan hari kamis Yen"
Yenni wrote "Ini hari Kenaikan Isa Almasih, di Bethany ga dirayain hari ini. Gw mau ikut ke CHC ato BB.
Septian replied "oooo,,,gw lupa kalo Isa Almasih, thanks ngingetin, aku tanyain temen dulu jam berapa kebaktiannya"
After having a accounting presentation today(fortunately, it was okay), I went to GPBB (Presbyterian Church) in Bukit Batok, Singapore. I just knew that in Singapore, this great day wasn't declared as national holiday. Even, many people forget this day, including me. It wasn't like in Indonesia where most of my friends can relax at home till next saturday. Especially it is good for the Indonesian-Christian to concentrate this day to go to church.
Well, I am sure most churches here held a service at night because no one will come if it was held in the morning. For your information, everything here is sometimes held at night, even for national party campaign. Hopefully, Singapore will make this Ascension Day as the national holiday. For the Christians, hopefully, this day can be commemorated anually because this is the day where the relation between God and human is reconciled and God has had the willingness to prepare the place for His believers in this world. For that reason, it isn't fair if Ascension Day is considered as the most neglected day in Singapore, like what my pastor said just now.
Okay, back to sleep, 4 hours sleep only....
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