Christmas Eve was here. It usually is the time for me to write lots of season's greetings, but there was none this year, lots of small things to do and felt was catching up all the time. In the morning, I talked to Wei and Hailing. They seem to be safe and sound and everything. Sent a number of text messages to my cousins, friends and classmates, and received replies.
Catherine hosted a dinner party, food was amazing and love the time we sat on the 3rd floor and chatted. Coming out at around 1015pm, I decided to follow Whit to her church, the Centenary United Methodist Church at the east grace street. The midnight downtown was divine, cold was in the air, but the streets all seem to be ready for a holy reception. We parked in a lot, then walked the small lanes through the backdoor (would never be able to do that myself), making several turns inside, and we got to the congregation. The service was peaceful with candle lighting in the end. Just after midnight (1216pm) we walked out to embrace the melancholy church bells in the air and on streets. It was a peaceful night from my heart.
