Thursday, August 30, 2012

FON Booth


First of all, our many thanks to all who helped in one way or another, in making FON such a successful event!


For those were unable to make it, Melbourne Uni held a carnival-like event known as the Festival of Nations (FON) whereby some clubs opened a booth selling food of international cuisines on 29th and 30th August, which is Wednesday and thursday. The booths were open from 12 to 3 pm on both days, and this year, we sold kaya toast, boiled eggs as well as coffee and tea, kopitiam style (as is popular in Singapore and Malaysia)!

On both days we received many orders of kaya toasts and coffee, our main sellers! We later found out that there were several stalls selling tea as well, one of which was the stall beside us. The first day seemed pretty sunny and some could even be seen wearing sunglasses! On the second day though, winter decided to remind us it had not yet left so it became pretty windy and cold. Nonetheless, that was good weather for selling our hot drinks!

To be honest, at certain points in the two days, it was actually a little hard to see if we would be successful. It was after all, a school day where everyone had classes or assignments due, and not everyone would be free to come over for a bite, thus making it pretty quiet. However, it was as though God was telling us to keep faith when a horde of hungry and curious people filled the place and we had to rush out orders! That was quite an experience too, toasting, spreading, cutting, packing and receiving the cash! … Of course, they were done by different people, but still, it was some fast-paced hard work for a while! :P

It was also interesting to find out (from this event), how many of us had hidden talents of being potentially famous hawker sellers! Aspiring work, considering the statistics of how much profit a food stall can rake in! Hahaha just kidding.

Seriously though, I think the team did a good job on organising the event, especially Reina, and I think the kaya was well made too! ^^ Some people were asking about how long the kaya lasts – for our very supportive cosduans who bought them, they could easily last 2 weeks, I’d say! The life span, comparative to those sold outside, Does sound short, but well, it’s healthier without the preservatives!


More updates coming up soon! :)


Saturday, August 25, 2012

Life in Christ

Hey guys! One more update for the week! (: Last night's P&W was led by Jessica, Bernice, Ben and Jeanne. Go team!  We also had a really fun and engaging talk done by Father Robin! He talked about grace, carried forward from what Father Thinh had previously mentioned and added on to it. Talking about adding on.. Both priests came in very very similar jumpers! Take a look below!

(Looks like God was telling both of them what to wear since both talked about grace yeah? :P) 

Anyways, moving back to the talk by Father Robin. Father Robin made us break into smaller groups to discuss what we could remember from the talk which was conducted by Father Thinh 2 weeks ago. And I have to say, it was a little daunting trying to remember everything of what Father Thinh had said. Well, maybe because we were all growing old :P 

But hey! We all remembered the essential, important bits such as the GRACE acronym, how grace is given and not earned, so on and so forth. Father Robin took these bits, and talked about how grace is all about us having a relationship with God. He mentioned that leading a life with grace boils down to having our life centered on this wonderful and personal relationship we share with God. Father Robin also got us to share in our small groups how we keep our faith constant and the relationship strong between God and ourselves (: 

Well, I suppose it is important that we see and place God in the center of our lives. Not simply because He is our God, but maybe also because God is the only one who can bring us grace and peace to our lives and after all, He is the one who created us in His likeness and image (: What a wonderful message did Father Robin convey to us last night yeah! 

As usual, after the talk ended, we proceeded for dinner! Last night's dinner was special cause we weren't eating asian food! Heehee. We had really really long dishes. Any idea what it was? Well.... Here are some photos to give you a clue... 





We had dinner at Da Salvatore, Pizza By The Meter. I hope I got the name right! Pizza was awesome, and the company that came along with it was really fun as well! Another great wrap up for our 5th week into the semester. We pray that you all had pretty fun and enriching sessions over the past weeks and that y'all enjoyed yourselves as much as we did (: 

*Feel like you want some more fun instilled to the end of your week? Continue coming for COSDU yeah! I promise that you'll have a great time here and everyone is welcome! 

Peace, 
COSDU 





Love's Body - Eucharist in Our Lives Exhibition

Hello everyone! We are back again! Today's post is gonna be on the session that we had which was held in the hall located just beside All Saint's Parish (: COSDU attended an exhibition as part of our little faith journey towards contemplating the face of Christ.

We started off with P&W session as per usual, led by Chris and Joel! After which, we headed off to reflect upon the pictures put up. There was also a little prayer corner with beanbags and huge pillows for us to sit on and reflect or pray(: A beautiful picture of Christ was displayed with a crucifix at its side. It was definitely one of those nights where you cold go and spend some quiet personal time with God and to simply just bask in his presence. The main church of All Saint's parish was also open and available for us to go in, pray and have some space and time to ourselves(:

We ended the session with a reading, gospel and some prayers of the faithful! Not forgetting that we broke up into smaller groups to share what photos touched us and why, and at the same time, what we felt we could take away from that little session on contemplating the face of Christ(:

Here are some photos of how the night went!












Have a blessed week ahead everyone(: 

Love, COSDU 


The start of a new beginning (:



Hello everyone! Want to find out what was going on in COSDU for our first 3 sessions? Well, read on to find out more.... 

Our very first week back into school, marking the start of the new semester called for a Welcome Food & Games day! Welcome Food & Games happened on the 27 July at Melbourne Uni's chaplaincy. It was filled with much games and laughter as our game host was Rachel who did a really good job! 

The night started off with many new people streaming in, all pulled in by friends or who had found out about us during O week (:  Belle was in charge of getting name tags on people just so we could get to know everyone's names a bit easier (: Followed by that, everyone settled down for the P&W session led by Jeanne which got everyone up and moving especially with the song "Trading my sorrows"! (Thanks Jeanne for that!) We played really fun games like the cloth game which went a bit like this... 

A huge piece of canvas was placed in the middle of two groups and each group had to be sent out to sit directly behind each side of the canvas. When the canvas sheet drops, the person who shouts the name of the other person the fastest wins. The loser however, gets sent to the other team. What a fun way to get to know people's name (and remember them) yeah? After a few rounds of games, we moved on to dinner! 

Laura very happily took on the role of coordinating food and drinks for the night. Well...  She obviously did a good job of pleasing all the very hungry stomachs as we had an awesome spread of pizza and sushi! Yay! Here is a sneak peek of a little food that we had (; 

For the next week, we had welcome mass at St Carthages (: As usual, the night kicked off with a P&W session led by Chris and Belle. The most wonderful thing of that session was that it was planned super super late and guess what, it apparently still went pretty fine! Looks like trusting in God and letting Him take control of the situation is a fool proof method yeah? What can we say, the Almighty God is pretty awesome and it did seem that letting Jesus take the wheel in our super super short P&W practice was all we needed for the whole night to have fallen together perfectly (: Just look at how happy everyone was at the end of the day! 





















(Sorry if the photo is a bit blur!) 

Well, that marks the end of the second week for the semester! Definitely ended a good note, especially with the eucharist being such a big part of it. Heehee ^^ 

Now for the third week! Its already the 10th of August! How fast does time fly :O For our third week, COSDU's own chaplain, Father Thinh, gave a talk on Grace - Starting afresh from Christ. This talk was tied in particularly to grace as this years theme was Year of Grace which invites us to contemplate the face of Christ. Father Thinh's talk was really enriching for many as he talked about how Grace is a free gift which is given by God and is one thing which can't just be earned.  He also taught us a really really cute acronym to help us remember a little more of what Grace is all about. So here it is! God's Riches At Christ's Expense = GRACE :D 

After Father Thinh was done, we had a beautiful sharing from Maureen Saclot of how God's grace had worked in her life. I wouldn't reveal any personal details of what she had said, but whatever it is, she shared about how she went through a really difficult phase in her life. And it was only through grace and prayer that she managed to get through (: 

So guys, just remember, however hard your week in school, or at work, or in family can get, know that God is always there guiding you and holding your hand. He will never let you go and of all people, He will not be the one who is going to forget you or cast you away. His grace was given to us at His expense, and so maybe, we too should learn to live life with grace and cherish the blessings He has so willingly given to us (: 

Lost of love 
COSDU (;



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