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5.29.2006

the sfc camp 2006!

back from camp! miss me? haha..

camp was great! but tiring.. of coz..

fri.. was a hectic day.. rushing gpp.. n then settle leave camp early thing.. then rush home to pack camp bag n rush back to sch.. didnt eat lunch la..

so 3pm.. the start of camp. got to noe the rules n regulation.. mission of camp.. basics la.. so the mission was.. SAINTS by calling.
got to noe my cell ppl.. starting was kinda weird.. dunno anyone.. but in the 1st place.. didnt noe many ppl also wad.. haha.. so yupp.. got to noe my grp ppl.. with icebreakers.. we played the usual wacko thing.. but no stick.. its throw paper ball.. haha.. then we had this exchange name thing.. haha.. my name is the name of the person on the left.. then so funny.. i kept telling myself.. i m --. whoever is on my left.. haa.. n then those throwing the paper ball kept being lost.. hahaa.. yeah so.. my cell.. there's our cgl timfang, j2 angie, j1s johntn, jnn, eunc, mchltan, fel
so yup.. dats my cell. i knew dat day.. n then we had amazing race 1!.. n we went to our 1st station.. wah! omg.. we paired up.. 1st pair.. climb 3 stories, 1st n 2nd to the 5th, 1st 2nd n 3rd to the 7th n then all to the 9th! omg.. luckily i was the last pair.. since i juz recovered.. hee.. oh while waiting for the teams in front.. we thot of our grp name.. n came up with.. the fangs! haa.. then when we reached our 2nd station.. me n jnn had to go.. she had to go for tuition.. n me.. for the long awaited return to vj! yay

rushed back to vj.. gosh.. was like so late.. n then i even rushed to pp to get burger for dinner.. n rush off.. n met hst in the bus. haa.. n we ran into vj.. luckily we ran.. haha.. coz they were like closing the door le.. hee.. we managed to juz scrape thru.. majestia XXI rite? i think so.. dunno no. wad le.. it was great!!! nice songs.. was good going back.. seeing uc, hst, jh, chtnchin n my seniors! omg so cool.. alumni band.. haha.. oh n i bought snapple! yay.. so i went home to sleep..

returned to camp early in the morn... even earlier than norm sch la! 630 reach sch.... met mchlchin at bus stop.. n walked quickly in the dark early morn to sch... when we joined them.. they were all eating breakfast n all groggy.. coz they picked beans dat morn.. haixx missed the fun part.. they were woken early in the morn 3am.. blindfolded.. picked beans on the track.. for 2 hours.. n then still got ppl telling them to give up... wahaha.. so funny.. but im sure it was fun la.. yup..
then we had morning devotion.. n discussion with cell.. found out dat our grp actually had more ppl... as in more j2s.. tim1, jem [camp comandant], aloy.. all the big shots! hahaa.. wah.. so stressed la..
telematch1. capt ball.. but not 2 teams.. its 3.. n not 3 fighting for 1 ball.. we played with 2 balls!!!! hahaa.. oh my! so fun! hahaa.. getting all confused.. dunno which ball to chase.. haa.. super fun.. ran lots.. great exercise.. haa.. we shd play this more often.. mayb suggest for pe.. hehee..
session2. missed session1 coz of band concert.. anyway.. we toked bout to know God.. discussion.... yada yada.. was fun la.. with some sidetracking during the discussions.. hee.. all the fun..
trust fall. ahhhh dam scary!! so high la! on the table.. got a chair.. then u juz fall back! ahhhhh.. but got 8 strong j2 guys standing at the bottom to catch.. so yah.. very safe... but i still scared la.. but looking at all those who went b4 me.. it was ok... so i trusted.. had faith. n went up.. *heart beats super fast* *fall back* *shut eyes* *plop* i landed in their arms.. n i was like.. phew.. could hear them 'ahhh.' felt so bad la.. n then i was like.. sorry sorry sorry repeatedly.. they being such nice ppl.. said its ok.. oh ya.. it was so painful for them coz i sorta didnt keep my body straight then bent n ya.. all the pressure on a few only.. so very painful for them... felt so bad for them la..
lunch. we sat according to j1 j2 like dat.. so segregated.. n of coz.. we said grace. it was actually my 1st 'church' camp.. coz i dun go for church camp.. now its different.. got diff opinion of it.. mayb might consider going for one in the future.. oh.. n it struck me.. this time.. food got less restrictions.. haha.. no need for halal. n vegetarian.. cool. haha..
prayer meeting. oh yes.. i didnt mention.. each time b4 each session.. we have praise n worship.. fun.. juz like morn worship.. so peaceful.. being in His presence...
station games. yay fun!! yup.. so our 1st station. balancing bucket.. we had to all use our feet n lift this bucket of water.. n then without using our hands we muz help take out each other's shoes n socks.. but we cant take out our own.. so difficult la.. cannot spill water.. but we did it anyway.. haha. yay. next was dunno wad game. got 6 ppl sit in a line with an empty chair in middle.. then muz get to the other side.. then only can go 1 direction.. n either move 1 seat or jump 1 seat.. n our clever cgl managed to solve it! yay.. next passing the hula hoop thing.. 2 rounds n 2 hoops. dat one nth much la.. norm.. next was using hockey stick to 'transport someone across.. pair up n carry 1 hockey stick n then let her stand on top n get to the other side.. was kinda painful.. hockey stick on the lap.. but ok.. then fruit punch. gosh. dat was the one.. kinda disgusting.. muz squeeze watermelon n orange n tomato using hands.. to a certain level.. n then drink it all up.. was really bleahh.. but we have great cell! haha.. all the j2s came over juz to help us drink! haha.. n ron the mentor too! yay.. n so we gurls drank a lil only.. hehehe.. aloy, jem, tim1, timfang, ron.. u rock! haha.. they drank the whole thing? haa.. then catch water bombs dropping from 2nd level! i was dropping them.. but my group so power.. catch so many bombs.. haa.. last station! like jacob's ladder like dat.. but muz move from one end to the other.. yup.. n dat was the end of station games..
dinner. sat according to cell.. yay.. more interaction...
session 3. making Christ known. great lesson.. learnt alot from the j2s in my cell.. the diff perspectives..
bible smugglers game. oh this one.. haha.. it was like 2300 already.. n we were playing.. ahha.. it was so tiring.. haha.. but it was good! great exercise la.. okay.. lemme explain the game.. we were supposed to smuggle 'bibles' represented by plastic spoons.. hahaa.. but there were the guards [j2s] they'll catch us.. so we'll have to run away.. if we were caught.. then we'll have to answer their questions bout Christ.. if u cant then u'll go to jail! haha.. but its not dat ez okay.. i got caught once.. n then wah.. muz go memorise a chinese passage.. or do pumping.. depends.. so.. yah.. i was running n running non stop.. sweated so much... good diet plan la.. haa... but we ended like 12midnite.. so tired...
bathed only after dat.. then still got to patrol at nite.. so me n mchlchin partnered n took the 3 to 4am slot.. had to keep making myself keep awake.. haa..

woke up early in the morn 730.. had breakfast
devotion time. this time.. we prayed for angie.. coz she kena fits.. haix... so we prayed! hope shes alright now...
prepared to go for cor service.. yeap.. not bad la.. filled lt2.. then dat was session4. contentment. yeah.. we shd be content.. haha..
lunch. n we chatted n brainstormed for our campfire item.. but came out with nth.. haix..
amazing race2. ran ard sch this time.. we were 3rd.. so had to wait for the 1st n 2nd grp to complete.. so in the mean time.. we thought of our item.. n took photos.. hee.. oh n we finally thought of our brilliant idea! yay.. then 1st station had to cross this 'river.. using chairs n tables.. then muz keep touching our tables n chair or it'll b gone.. haha.. fun la.. 2nd station. eeekkss.. catching eggs.. i was like running away from the eggs.. hehee.. paiseh.. 3rd was the unknown! mixing lots of weird stuff together.. kinda yucky.. but actually tasted quite ok.. hmm.. n our brave jem drank most of it for us! hee.. 4th went to sas side n had to find no. was really simple.. 5th was to form the longest yard.. lying down onto the floor.. n then quickly wear everything back.. 6th was to form the pyramid of cards.. paitience.. didnt get to go to the 7th station coz of lack of time..
dinner. haha.. it was great.. as in the time b4 dinner n after dinner.. we had free time.. n we prepared our item.. ahhaa.. so fun! we were laughing like mad.. singing our song n doing the weird exaggerated actions.. haha..
session5. saint by calling. we thought bout our calling.. n thought bout wad it'll cost us.. was really meaningful.. n while waiting for campfire to b ready.. we shared our thots on the camp..

campfire! fun fun fun! with our lame mc cy. okay la.. he made an effort.. it was fun anyway.. so this was wad he said.. u noe.. actually today i was not feeling well de.. so i told our camp comandant.. n he was very nice.. he gave me an mc by letting me be the mc.. [sth like dat la..] haaa.. so anyway we started off with the usual campfire songs.. singing pass it on, as we walk..., my bonnie with weird actions.. haha.. so it was fun! n we when the saints go marching in n college hymn.
campfire items.. nicl's cell did a skit on the interesting things. same to val's cell n cy's cell but his was a really lame version.. then pris's cell did a sfc/sds song cheer. n mine! timfang's cell we did a mix of songs with meaning.. linking it up with our thots n feelings n big lame exaggerated actions! haha.. it was fun!
campfire ended off with danfoong singing the lion king theme song n tim1 playing the guitar! haha.. it was really funny.. with danfoong keep giving those stares at tim1.. hahaa.. then with request from all of us.. he sang us the phatom of the opera song.. one of it.. the one he sang last year n won the talent time.. cant remb the title.. sth music de.. it was amazing.. n then halfway he forgot the lyrics n he put in his own.. ahha.. so cute.. n he even said.. erm dats not the real lyrics.. ahaha.. after dat he even sang another one.. n he acted the gurl n guy portions.. so comical..
telematch2. we played this candle thingy.. where theres this 'chief' candle we shd all light from.. n then we muz go to other ppl's base to burn their string.. n then we can blow out ppl's candle but ours muz be lighted.. was really fun.. haa.. but so terrible la.. the other 2 grps go alliance against us.. ): so yah.. we lost. then clb let us blow off their candles.. ahhaa.. for fun la.. then we run ard.... haa.. n we commentate.. but after dat we softened down.. coz it was like dunno wad time le.. then after dat we could b hired.. hahaa.. so fun.. i was hired.. n then ppl kept saying.. chrl`x is coming! go chrl`x! ahha.. so distracting.. haa.. i was like laughing la.. coz so weird..
of coz.. this game had its lessons to b learnt.. the cheif candle rep. God's word.. if unsure we always go back to it n refer.. we cant light up our candle from others coz its not safe.. we might get the wrong info.. n then we can only blow out others candles when ours is lighted coz we muz 1st have dat burning passion b4 we can spread God's word.. then teamwork is necessary to get things done.. n communication.. when we werent allowed to talk.. one of the grps lost coz there was no communication n teamwork.. n we muz be cleared of distractions or we'll fall to the evil one.. got sth bout the string.. but i really cant remb wads it.. oh well..
oh then we had to clear all the wax.. haha.. n we stayed up all the way till 2am.. bleah.. haa.. n then we had towhuay! after clearing up.. hee.. oh erm.. if u c a portion of the sch waxed.. looking weird. eh. u noe y.. haha..
did night duty again from 3 to 4 .. so only slept at 4am..
oh yes.. we bathed like near 3am! n the water was freezing cold! was colder than the day b4... coz the day b4 we bathed at 12mn.. yup. but its fun la.. mchlchin ctw n me.. screaming in the toilet.. haha.. n then me doing reverse pyscho.. haha.. i kept saying.. ahh.. the water so hot! so hot! *screams..* haha... so fun.. oh yes.. n erm.. avoiding the millipedes in the cubicles while we bathe too.. haha..

woke up early in the morn.. 830.. it was mon... n the sch was more packed.. i mean.. its noisier.. theres so many others in sch.. on sat there was band in sch.. but only in the morn.. but sun is like only us? so we had so much peace.. then mon is so diff.. c everyone else so awake n us erm.. heh. n then still got the sch bell ringing.. so was rather irritating..
session6. this guy who used to teach in sa came to talk to us bout this verse.. telling the other significant meaning of adopt n will. in dat very verse n how we shd interpret it..
thanksgiving! aka finale.. there were the brave ones who went up to the front n thanked the important ppl who contributed to the camp.. i wanted to.. but didnt gather enough courage.. hehee.. the games... we won 3rd for campfire item yay.. the fangs! we rox! yay.. haha.. 3rd for station games! 3rd for amazing race 2! yay!!! the fangs!! hahaha.. so fun... i think our cell is the only cell with such an achievement.. the rest though got 1st but other games not top 3.. so yay.. i think my cell did our best! hee.. n then the 5 cgl got their acknowledgement.. same to the teachers, mentors, camp com., exco.. hope i didnt miss out anyone. yup.. dats bout it.. n then we got to noe our angels! yay.. found out mine was val.. haha..
we ended with buffet lunch! wah... sucha great ending.. food in our tummies.. the awesome j2s served us.. felt so bad.. n then they were so generous in their servings.. mine was almost a moutain.. hehe.. n then there was drinks n desert bo bo cha cha.. yah..

so sfc camp. ended there n then.. it was great awesome. excellent! indescribable.. i wanna go back.. relearn wad we learnt.. relive the moments of fun.. rebond with my cell.. seniors.. j1s..

now i c.. y sfc is sucha bonded lil cca.. though minute in numbers.. but great in our doings.. fun n all.. loved by the Lord our God. as we do His works.. i love sfc! i love Him!

m looking forward to the next sfc camp..

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