Tuesday, December 23, 2003
What an eventful weekend I've had. And now, I just gonna...enjoy summarizing all five days for you guys. Here goes.
Friday Woke up early in the morning at around 6:00 to get ready to go to camp. Ate a quick breakfast before taking a quick shower. Packed a little bit more, then left the house just before 7:30 am. I had brought my violin along for a little entertainment. After meeting up with friends, we loaded our stuff on the bus and waited in there for others to arrive. Finally they came. Just before we left we did a headcheck thingy and some of us paid our camp fees. Then we left. The road was quite jammed. We sat in the bus for like less than an hour before we got on a ferry to cross the river. We got off the bus (and some of us bought nice "kampung snacks" as referred to by friends) and unto the ferry. Must be some kind of safety measure, to get of the bus, I mean. After the rather fascinating ferry ride, we got on the bus again, enjoying our snacks. Then, in like an hour or so, we finally reached Siar Beach. I was kinda expecting a little bit more when I saw the place. Then, we settled down and went through some briefing. After that, some of us went to the beach, while I stayed in the lodging house(?) for a while. And that was when I learnt how to play rock on my violin! Thanks Jason! Then, we
makan food cooked by Linda, Veronica, and Elsie. It was like fried noodles with
anjing panas (literal translation of hotdogs). Elvina and Jess learnt how to roll! Afterwards, we had our first program, and in the evening, I did one program with Jessica. I was acting as a guy who was totally biased towards this girl, played by Jess. I must have acted well because Elsie started saying things like "I hate you, Lyndelle!". I had to remind them that I wasn't as mean as my character. Oh well. Soon after, we showered and went to sleep. *I left out a few of the other activities because I have 4 more days to write.
Saturday Woke up at 6:00 and went to the beach. Quickly showered before we, the leaders, went to hide from the campers. They didn't find us, you know! We hid well! It was like this: they were supposed to find us to get their breakfast. But they still got it nonetheless. Had our devotion by Pr Chai. We had more activities that day, and one of the games I headed was called
Waterball Samurai. Everyone got wet (including me because a few guys and I had a waterball fight after the game) and had fun. It kept raining the whole day!!! And then there was this pony or horse that visited our camp. It kept eating the grass. We had fun calling the horses names of our friends! Funny! At night, we had a social. But before the games began we had like a dedication session, where we prayed for the person next to us. And as usual, I was moved to tears when I prayed for Jason. He sat beside me. Then, we played like hell. I had this punishment from passing the parcel game. Guess what. It was "blow the balloon until it pops". One of my biggest fears. But I went on to do it. Although, it didn't pop at my face because I poked it with a blunt pen. And we showered and went to sleep straight away. Nope, I lied. Hehe. I slept at 12 midnight. Some slept at 2 that night...or morning.
Sunday Last day of camp. Woke up early, and some people went back earlier than most of us. We had our last session (by me again!). I could tell that the people were restless because they wanted so much to go to the beach. So I made it short. Then we all went to the beach. We had much fun there. We played on this plank-bridge made by Chun and Wycliffe. Then we threw our balloons into the sea, but they kept coming back. And guess what. The pony-horse came back to eat! The bus came, and we went home. Got off the bus again during the ferry-ride. And again we bought food. We ate and slept as we went home. When I got home, I slept a little before going back to kampung. Also, I also got a bad cough. It's like when there's alot of thick phlegm kinda cough. Runny nose too.
Monday I have to cut short. I need to go to church soon. I met my baby cousin Warren for the first time! He is so damn cute with his over-chubby cheeks. Played with him so much. Still coughing. Then, came back home from kampung. Yes, that's right. I was there for one day only. Done.
I'd type more but I gotta go to church to practice for a special Friday Night Christmas Special Prog. Byes!
