PKA Farewell Night 2007/2008

And so the night has ended.
OUR night has ended.

PKA Farewell Night 2007/2008

It's kinda surreal thinking about last night. Everything happened so fast.
I mean, I can still remember so vividly the 1st farewell night I attended during my first year.
Last night, it was our turned to be celebrated for.

Persaudaraan Kristian Agape (PKA)...

This society, or should I say family, holds great importance in my uni life or life for that matter.
Like I've shared last night during my speech, PKA has been the one thing that has kept me rooted in my spiritual walk with the Big Guy. Being in Penang for 3 years, I've gotten out of line in my personal life so many, many, many times before (NOTE: MANY) and PKA has never failed to be my "spiritual conscience" that straightens my path each time it goes crooked. I thank God for not allowing Satan to use guilt and anguish to rob me out of PKA.
For that very reason, I'm truly thankful for PKA.

Not forgetting of course, the friendships that I've formed with the people in PKA has a special place in my heart. They are without any doubts, my brothers and sisters. Definitely there are people that I've shared a closer bond with but that doesn't mean I've minus out the people I'm not close with. Each and everyone of them played a special part in PKA to form this truly amazing family of Christ. To me it's not the memories of my uni life that I'll miss most, but it's the people - The people that has sketched out every detailed experiences and memories that I have here in USM, Penang.

Last night reminded me of two things - The beginning and the end.
The beginning because sitting there and enjoying what the first year's have prepared for us reminded me of how when I was in my first year preparing PKA farewell for my seniors back then.
And it reminded me that it's the end because as much as I don't want to grow old and grow out of uni life, I was reminded that I'm now called to move on. How appropriate the theme was last night - You Are Called.


Oddly enough, not many people cried. The boys and I were placing bets on who would cry first. HAHA!
I mean, come on, it's a farewell after all... ;)
On a serious note though, I was crying inside definitely
(Not that I was afraid to cry publicly lar... it just didn't happened that way... hehe!).
It's truly a great pain having to leave these people.
Sigh.

It's a tradition here in PKA for us to pass down the mime "Find us Faithful"
to our juniors.
This time round though, the mime was dedicated to us and that sparked the jiwangness in me.

Ok, ok, aside from all the jiwangness, we had a blast last night.
Having been to 2 other farewell nights for the past 2 years, I can safely say that last night's venue was by far the best. The food was awesome too!
The performance, well, it was a good laugh. Haha!
Like I said last night, I believe one cannot truly appreciate the importance and the essence of this farewell night until you're the one being celebrated for, only then can you savour every little moment of it like a good age-old wine.

Everyone look good last night and that calls for a cam whore session!
We all went kodak... ;)

My beloved C.G - Elijah!

The two person I regard as my "ah ka", Annie, and "jie jie", Tzyy Ling.
Hehe.

Mervin, me & Troy.

This dude is definitely my closest friend - Mervin Menon.
Also, the person who introduced floorball to me.
;)

Ok, this is a random photo.
Li Yee and I trying our best to impersonate "Hairspray".
Haha!

To all 1st and 2nd years PKA-ians,
thank you so much for the effort you guys put in to prepare the Farewell Night for us. It's definitely something for us to remember and cherish for a very long time.

To my batch mates/kaki lang/ old farts/ final year,
thank you for being there since day one.
You guys are the bomb lar! Don't know how else to put it in words... keke.

The Final Year Students -
BFF? Hehe.

One for the family!

With love,
Christopher Koh a.k.a Chicken Backside