This is the theme song of WYD 08 - “Receive the Power” by Guy Sebastian. There’s also an international version. During the week, whenever the international version is sung, not everyone knows how to sing the full version, so we only “hum” the verses and then sing the chorus. The song sets the atmosphere for [...]
“The next World Youth Day will be held in Sydney, Australia.” That’s what the pope said 3 years ago in Cologne, Germany.
Time really flies! This year’s WYD has already started! XD This week is BrisWeek. Over 20,000 pilgrims from all over the world has arrived in Brisbane (I saw a bunch of pilgrims with the [...]
The Parliament of New South Wales passed the World Youth Day Act 2006 especially for the event. The regulations made under this act however have been the source of some controversy, mainly in the operation of various provisions of the World Youth Day Regulation 2008 within hundreds of so-called declared areas across Sydney. Of the [...]
This means we can literally FINE someone if we feel like it…. XD
But then, I wonder how many overseas pilgrims actually know about this “new law” during WYD week. Maybe we’ll bump into some people annoying us afterall. At church, I heard about an “offending” t-shirt that has the map of Australia and the words [...]
