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Monday, February 12, 2007 Michael & I attended the Catholic Engaged Encounter (EE) over the weekend from Friday night to Sunday evening.It is a marriage preparatory programme meant for couples getting married in the Catholic Church. EE is also like a "retreat" (3 days 2 night) where couples focus on each other & be open & honest in their sharing sessions. There are no distractions like TV, newspaper, mobile phone, etc. And because it is a retreat, the EE was held at one "ulu" corner of Punggol. And it's real ULU. We felt as if we were reporting for BMT. So funny...first thing we reported to the "reception" and was assigned our name-tag, room number and a blanket. And then during breaks, those who smoke will stand near the carpark gate...looking at the gate...as if yearning to get out of the place. The scene was pretty hilarious. Anyhow, the programme was conducted by Father Ambrose Vaz...who is a very entertaining, lively and funny priest. During the 3 days, there were presentations by 2 real-life couples. After each presentation, all couples are given a set of questions to answer. Each of us will have our own notebook to write the answers. At times, the ladies will stay in the session room while the guys will go out to write our answers...and vice versa. And when the time is up, we will then go out and find our partner to share our answers. Surprisely, Michael & I wrote almost similar things on our book. But I guess this shouldn't come as a surprise to us since we have always enjoyed open communication with each other. That said, we also have our fair share arguments and quarrels during our relationship. But this EE had further affirm our commitment, love & values we shared and have for each other. We get to know each other even better & I hope whatever we had written in our books will be a testament & conviction for us to strengthen our relationship. Despite the "seriousness" of this weekend, we had fun during the EE , getting to know some other couples, gossiping, etc. Like when we were given a time limit to share our answers & for our dialogue session, me & Mic usually finishes ours in the shortest time...then we'll walk to the gate where Mic will take his ciggie break and we'll talk to another couple who also finish pretty fast mostly too. Then we looked at other couples discussing intently their answers....they looked so serious, that Mic & I joked...it's either we are not taking this seriously, or the other couples have serious problems/issues...hehee. But of course we are taking it seriously but just that maybe other couples need more time to sort out the issues. On the whole, except for the lack of sleep ....this was one of the most meaningful weekends we had and an experience we will never forget. |
