Back From Camp
Back from camp with body aching all over, mostly on the legs and arms. Thanks to that, I'll probably skip class tomorrow. I am not going to walk to school on these legs.
Friday 11am, took a taxi to meeting place. Waited there for a while, then the bus came and took us. We got a stupid bus driver for some reason---he drove us into this tiny road that isn't meant for a big vehicle like our bus, and it's only a miracle that he managed to wedge us through without a scratch on the cars that parked at the side of the road. Think 10 minutes was wasted on that. Couldn't reverse too with the cars behind us. There was a slight traffic jam on the way to Port Dickson, so we spent our time chatting away. Bayu Beach Resort is really nice, and we got a three-bedroom penthouse with the beach view. Absolutely beautiful.
We were behind schedule since those from Singapore arrived really late. Started off with some ice-breaking, and I saw Zhi Ling after about 3 years since I left Singapore! She's awesome as usual. During one of the games, it was stupid enough---or maybe someone was just stupid enough, to forget about safety and make me fall over. Singaporeans are violent, people. Anyway, scraped my knees against my own jeans and carpeted floor, so now I have a big ugly bruise on my knee, as do a couple of my friends. Then we had a workshop, which was enjoyable, then they let us go for the night. Went out for a walk on the beach with Priya and Joyce in the dark, which was scary but really cool. Then got back, chatted a bit, they started attempting to matchmake people, including myself. They've been insisting that I should be with Eder. Sigh. Slept at 1am plus.
Saturday morning, had breakfast, then workshop again, and then planning on skits that were to be done that night with our respective groups. I was in a group of 12, but only 10 of us were involved since two other China girls were too shy to do it. Spent quite a while, almost missed lunch. Then another workshop, and then learned a mambo dance to Love in the First Degree by Bananarama, which song is now stuck in my head. Afterward were some indoor games, where we played netball, dodgeball, dog-and-bone---where I fell down again, this time on my butt. Sad to say, we didn't get any points until dodgeball, where we managed to scrape a little. By the time the games ended, we were in the last position in 8 teams. It was fine though.
Then we had beach games at about 5pm. It was still scotching out though, and I was worried that I would get sunburn or the like, which wouldn't be great for the ball. If I'm going. Most of the time stood with the sun on my back. Beach games was just a series of tasks in a race to finish the quickest. My team finished somewhere in the middle, which was all right. We had water bombs made out of seawater in plastic bags at the same time, so there was a fight at the end. Got one smacking right into my face, and for the first time in my life, I tasted seawater. Very salty. After that was done, everyone ran into the waters. First time I went as deep as my chest, just to challenge myself, but I was still scared enough to cling to Priya when I could. Even with very small waves, I'm light enough to get carried off by it, geh. Stayed for an hour, then went to wash up. Sand could not come out of my hair and clothes. Was running fingers through my hair all night. Hopefully it's all out by now.
After dinner was skit performances. We went last because Grant, our team leader, wasn't confident that we could do it. But after seeing that every other team was doing it, we decided to take it on anyway. All we had to do was a 7-minute skit on Moses. Had a few practices, and it wasn't as bad as we thought. Went out there, gave our best. And a good thing we did it too, 'cause we got first place...! Though we didn't know this until this afternoon before lunch, it was still really surprising. From that poor result from the first games to our best, that feeling was definitely great. And I thought I'm a jinx to the team. Grant is great too, appreciate him so much as a leader. Of course, we still got only second place overall, but it was still awesome.
After the skits was the dance night. Practically danced to almost every number in the first hour, though I couldn't recognize some of them, and I could only assume they are new songs. I prefer them older songs. There were a couple of slow songs in between, where couples took the center of the dance floor instead while everyone else ran off, haha. Priya and Joyce were trying to get me and Eder to dance together, so he now knew about their attempt to matchmake again. It was a no from us, of course. Too bad for them. We left early, but unfortunately that was just when they played Westlife's Uptown Girl, geez! Oh well. Slept at 2am that night 'cause of late-night chattering again.
This morning was church service, which was amazing. Couldn't have been better. Bro and Sis-in-law came too, yay! I really like my Sis-in-law, sprang right into her arms the moment I saw her. After that was a slide show of our days, then announcing of winners, then lunch. Friends left first since their bus had long arrived, and I was going home with Bro. Finally managed to have a proper chat with Zhi Ling, told her that I'd probably be heading to Singapore, and how exciting it would be. Then some of my groupmates came to me for a quick photo, one tried to drag me off with them, but it was all awesome. Before this camp, I was used to be the quiet one of the group, but it's like something just burst out of me. I participated more than I used to, made new friends quickly, talked with them, got along with them. And it's all just an amazing experience. I'll never ever regret going.
After sending Sis-in-law to the bus to Singapore with everyone else, Bro drove with me back to KL, with a little traffic jam in between, stopped on the way because he needed something to drink, and reached my place about 4pm. I was planning to die on my bed, but then there was this emptiness for some reason---like it's all over. Again. It's really sad. But I can't wait to do it all over again another time.
So it's back to this life again. Sigh. I miss everyone terribly, including Sis-in-law. Facebook will be our next communication hub, hopefully. Guess I'll just go die on my bed for now.
Friday 11am, took a taxi to meeting place. Waited there for a while, then the bus came and took us. We got a stupid bus driver for some reason---he drove us into this tiny road that isn't meant for a big vehicle like our bus, and it's only a miracle that he managed to wedge us through without a scratch on the cars that parked at the side of the road. Think 10 minutes was wasted on that. Couldn't reverse too with the cars behind us. There was a slight traffic jam on the way to Port Dickson, so we spent our time chatting away. Bayu Beach Resort is really nice, and we got a three-bedroom penthouse with the beach view. Absolutely beautiful.
We were behind schedule since those from Singapore arrived really late. Started off with some ice-breaking, and I saw Zhi Ling after about 3 years since I left Singapore! She's awesome as usual. During one of the games, it was stupid enough---or maybe someone was just stupid enough, to forget about safety and make me fall over. Singaporeans are violent, people. Anyway, scraped my knees against my own jeans and carpeted floor, so now I have a big ugly bruise on my knee, as do a couple of my friends. Then we had a workshop, which was enjoyable, then they let us go for the night. Went out for a walk on the beach with Priya and Joyce in the dark, which was scary but really cool. Then got back, chatted a bit, they started attempting to matchmake people, including myself. They've been insisting that I should be with Eder. Sigh. Slept at 1am plus.
Saturday morning, had breakfast, then workshop again, and then planning on skits that were to be done that night with our respective groups. I was in a group of 12, but only 10 of us were involved since two other China girls were too shy to do it. Spent quite a while, almost missed lunch. Then another workshop, and then learned a mambo dance to Love in the First Degree by Bananarama, which song is now stuck in my head. Afterward were some indoor games, where we played netball, dodgeball, dog-and-bone---where I fell down again, this time on my butt. Sad to say, we didn't get any points until dodgeball, where we managed to scrape a little. By the time the games ended, we were in the last position in 8 teams. It was fine though.
Then we had beach games at about 5pm. It was still scotching out though, and I was worried that I would get sunburn or the like, which wouldn't be great for the ball. If I'm going. Most of the time stood with the sun on my back. Beach games was just a series of tasks in a race to finish the quickest. My team finished somewhere in the middle, which was all right. We had water bombs made out of seawater in plastic bags at the same time, so there was a fight at the end. Got one smacking right into my face, and for the first time in my life, I tasted seawater. Very salty. After that was done, everyone ran into the waters. First time I went as deep as my chest, just to challenge myself, but I was still scared enough to cling to Priya when I could. Even with very small waves, I'm light enough to get carried off by it, geh. Stayed for an hour, then went to wash up. Sand could not come out of my hair and clothes. Was running fingers through my hair all night. Hopefully it's all out by now.
After dinner was skit performances. We went last because Grant, our team leader, wasn't confident that we could do it. But after seeing that every other team was doing it, we decided to take it on anyway. All we had to do was a 7-minute skit on Moses. Had a few practices, and it wasn't as bad as we thought. Went out there, gave our best. And a good thing we did it too, 'cause we got first place...! Though we didn't know this until this afternoon before lunch, it was still really surprising. From that poor result from the first games to our best, that feeling was definitely great. And I thought I'm a jinx to the team. Grant is great too, appreciate him so much as a leader. Of course, we still got only second place overall, but it was still awesome.
After the skits was the dance night. Practically danced to almost every number in the first hour, though I couldn't recognize some of them, and I could only assume they are new songs. I prefer them older songs. There were a couple of slow songs in between, where couples took the center of the dance floor instead while everyone else ran off, haha. Priya and Joyce were trying to get me and Eder to dance together, so he now knew about their attempt to matchmake again. It was a no from us, of course. Too bad for them. We left early, but unfortunately that was just when they played Westlife's Uptown Girl, geez! Oh well. Slept at 2am that night 'cause of late-night chattering again.
This morning was church service, which was amazing. Couldn't have been better. Bro and Sis-in-law came too, yay! I really like my Sis-in-law, sprang right into her arms the moment I saw her. After that was a slide show of our days, then announcing of winners, then lunch. Friends left first since their bus had long arrived, and I was going home with Bro. Finally managed to have a proper chat with Zhi Ling, told her that I'd probably be heading to Singapore, and how exciting it would be. Then some of my groupmates came to me for a quick photo, one tried to drag me off with them, but it was all awesome. Before this camp, I was used to be the quiet one of the group, but it's like something just burst out of me. I participated more than I used to, made new friends quickly, talked with them, got along with them. And it's all just an amazing experience. I'll never ever regret going.
After sending Sis-in-law to the bus to Singapore with everyone else, Bro drove with me back to KL, with a little traffic jam in between, stopped on the way because he needed something to drink, and reached my place about 4pm. I was planning to die on my bed, but then there was this emptiness for some reason---like it's all over. Again. It's really sad. But I can't wait to do it all over again another time.
So it's back to this life again. Sigh. I miss everyone terribly, including Sis-in-law. Facebook will be our next communication hub, hopefully. Guess I'll just go die on my bed for now.