CHURCH CAMP!

hoo! finally got some pictures from da xiong! so shall post on church camp.

church camp Breakaway 2007 was GOOOOoooood. fun aside, i made some friends and im very proud of winning alot of things hurhur. nothing rocks more than winning, you know?

lets do the rantings first!!!
1. LACK OF SLEEP! i have horrifying eyebags after those nights of sleeping on cold hard floor and having to deal with a pig sleeping next to me the first night. firstly, the pig makes alot of noises while sleeping, like "i want to pee", "do you think i should go and pee", "u sure?", "i better switch off my phone", "later no batt". then the pig likes to remove my pillow while im sleeping!!! what a horrid pig right! then, the pig takes up alot of blanket space. AND then squeezes her butt behind mine as we slept on our sides. you never know what "hot butt" means until you have a triple-layered (panties, shorts, trousers) butt up against yours, man. and, finally!!! u wake up the next morning to the pig gleefully oinking, "how was your sleep? i slept quite well you know!" wah, this is like champion case.

2. COLD WATER!!!! like freezin ice water cold? there wasnt a heater and the weather was so rainy! it was tres miserable. i really take the basic stuff for granted like my bed and heater. :(


OKAYYY!
now, when i turned up for camp, i felt really sucky coz i was the only one from my cell group there. and im like the least rah-rah person when i am sleepy and lonely.

basically there are 3 houses-- Tsunami, Typhoon, Earthquake.
under each house, there are 4 teams.

so, i belonged to Earthquake Tiger.!!! which won Best Team, Best Talentime amongst all the teams in the camp. it was unbelievable coz when the second prize was annouced, i thought we were no hope already coz there were some teams that i thought were really good and would win, like the beatboxing team for example.

francis and terence totally rocked the whole talentime! haha. :) my idols!!

cant wait to devour the $100 heeren voucher together with them...!!

break for pictures!


the cute boy on the left is richard! i always thought richard is a very matured and conservative guy's name but this boy is totally cute and cheeky. n that's jamie!
adeline and russell (thanks to jme n victor for pointin out!) the SAS boy who is vice-president of hockey and rugby where the girls all swarm to him after every rugby match (roll eyeballs) and who is super rich, dont drink plain water and only has beer and coke at home, and knows how to drive illegally. tsk tsk that boy is really something.
from left: zhinian, hongxiu, jeslyn, elicia, joelle, adeline, russell's legs.
heeeeeeee.


see the boy with the balloon hat? he reminds me of sunflower boy! but the ah beng version. he's super handsome but DAO. seriously. earphones in his ears like 90% of the time. and has piercings under his lower lip.
he reminds me of my sister! haha. eeeee.

ta-da! the Tiger team! (bam-bam with the prosperity cat handshake)

i was talking to diana and i told her that i learnt some stuff from the camp.

that is, i learnt from francis the idea of having fun in camps. i think some people know how i always like to win games and be the best, but while i was like suggesting ways of winning the game and putting people down, with thoughts like "let's leave the dao boys out of the game" etc, he always gently chide me, "nevermind, it's only a game. just enjoy." surprisingly, my team Tiger won even though we could have played cheat, even though we lost alot of precious time tending to our injured team-mate (wendy's cousin) when we could have left her stranded with another person and continued the amazing race game. i have a strong feeling i wouldnt be happier if i had played the way i would want to. so, im grateful for a leader in francis who taught me that fun is in everyone enjoying the process and not solely in winning the game.

of course winning is good, but it is not everything. this is something i should etch deep in my heart but im afraid i would forget it next time.

also, i learnt about confidence. it's really simple actually. but i never get it. confidence.it always surprises me how confidence can slip away from me so unconsciously and easily.

lack of confidence and faith = fear

broher gabriel preached about confidence and faith in oneself (i think! lol) and he gave the 2 examples of Peter Potts, the winner of Britain's Got Talent season 1 and how he had low self-esteem, felt insignificant and different while growing up. really, he's not handsome and all and i understand how he could get bullied in school. he sells handphones in real life and one day entered the competition despite his reservations and he WON. now he even has his own album to himself, titled "one chance".



then brother gabriel gave the example of a tight-rope walker and his tips, which is
1. never look behind
2. never look down (on yourself)
3. look forward
which is, very very applicable as we tread and wobble along all sorts of tight ropes in life.

yes, i am very very guilty of looking at the past. most of the time, during altar calls, i always thought to myself, so what if i responded? i would have gone back the way i am, with or without me responding. "past experience has taught me this....", "once bitten twice shy".... all these negativities. i ought to reflect upon them hard.

errr elaborate more soon i hope. gotta get ready to be the guinea pig of some shepherd pie tomorrow and flea market (!) yay. :D