Rest and Relax Camp!

Rest and Relax Camp 2006
2nd Subang Jaya Company
Date: 24th - 26th August 06
Venue : Orchard Hill Lodge, Bukit Tinggi

-> Day 1 <-

0800 - Me went to Lau - Ren - Zhia's House to tumpang her car, then later we picked Ruth at Church and we headed off to Subang !

0830 - Arrived at Subang and saw a few people gathering there already, heard that WO Seki and Benji was waiting there since 0730 hours. LOLz!

0930 - Bus arrived and we stuffed our belongings into it. Went off to Bkt Tinggi! Everyone was filled with excitement, not knowing what the two nights and three days would bring us.

From now, i donno the time.. Lolz =)

Arrival & Briefing

We were all like WHOA! it looks like such a nice place, only thing bad is that we had to walk like 10 minutes just to get to that place while carrying our "light" lugagges. Firstly, we unloaded our bags at the top floor, then had some technical errors in communication and we all pindah our bags down again ~.~"

- + The Hall + -

Sgt Wei Zheng gathered everyone at the worship hall, and my my it was such a nice hall! Drum sets , a piano and ping pong tables awaited us. Sgt gave his briefing and told us all the rules. Wasn't it obvious that Boys cant go near Girls dorm and vice versa? heh

Lunch Time =D

Food at last! To fill our tummies, I think we were served rice with normal lauk-pauks. After being stuffed we proceeded to Ice Breakers.

Ice Breakers!!

Cprl Josef conducted the ice breakers. We gathered at the upper deck where they had this TV which no one watched during the entire camp for reasons unknown. First game was the Octopus game where we tangle our hands up. Now, this time with a slight twist which was to remember all our group members birthdates! I was in Sgt's group where we stumbled to free ourselves from that tanglement >.< lot =")">

-+ The Upper Deck where we gathered +-

Swimming Time!!!!!!

After the ice breakers, we all RUSHED to the pool, literally that is. Everyone started toying with the diving platform especially Jimmy.. I was startled at the height at first but what the heck? You won't die right? Well, Wo Ther Kua thought otherwise =) [Explanation on 2nd Day] I jumped! Lolz. Then everyone started pushing those sitting near the poolside off. We then made Dana and Ruth to jump too. Dana was very very reluctant. and in the end. i think someone pushed her of the "cliff" or either she jumped. Luckily, she din take that much of a time than WO Ther Qua .. =D


-+ I need not say anything, the pool is just too magnificent +-

Yummie Time

Dinner was up next, after swimming for a few hours, everyone was HUNGRY! shown by the fact that food was ALMOST .. hehe almost only, to finish. We were given this SPICY and i really MEAN SPICY! sotong goreng. Everyone was crying, literally.. i was! Lolz sweated like a man person.. Dinner was better than lunch definitely

Time to Praise the Lord

Worship was lead by WO Seki, Cprl Benji and Pte Jon Ng. It was a nice worship. I stoned next to Jon, helpin him in any way i could cause he din know the chords to Yang Terutama.

Supper

If i am not mistaken, it was supper after this, we were given biscuits and we made either MiLo / Nescafe to quench our thirst.


-+ Dining Area +-

OPEN TALK

This is by far one of the best things that happened during the camp, something new to me that i will implement in my prefect camp. Everyone was supposed to comment on somebody / something / speak in general about the company. Many interesting topics flew past namely :

1. Ruth's topic on Samong
I think everyone would remember this one. Ruth told Samong that he was CUTE! get that! that's all that I'm going to touch on this post =), due to reasons that cannot be told =D

2. Rachel cried when she was accepted into BB
Yes! the truth is out, Rachel almost fell into tears when she knew she was accepted into the Junior section!! You see, how much one's passion in BB may bring. The reason behind this was because she was not accepted the first time. So guys! Think twice whenever you feel like you're slacking in BB ! Remember RACHEL! Lolz

3. My Topics! =)

i. Talent

I first started my cheung-heiness by touching on talent. I told everyone there what is the reason behind BB becoming BORING. Due to the fact that everyone is not serving in areas that they are talented in. Imagine if, everyone starts serving, even if it was just plain playing the piano or just helping another in drill? Wouldn't our company prosper in a short term? our company will progress. but the question is : How Fast?

I also brought up the fact that once youre good at something, why not bring it to a higher level . Picture This : a 5kg block of iron worths only USD10 . Once it is moulded into a horseshoe it is worth now for USD50. Once made into 1000 needles is is worth USD100. Adapted from Uncle KC's sermon. You see, our talent is just like that! For example, if youre good at piano, why not teach someon who dont even know where is C on the piano, to learn piano? that's for first, then u go on to coaching others, from that level, you begin to start to worship lead and lead others to serve God.

Another example, would be drill. if you're good at it. why not change other's perception on Drill, those that hate drill, why not teach them and finally I'm VERY sure that they WILL enjoy drill once and for all. These kinda things do make a BIG difference if everyone starts doing that in our company ya know?

ii. Puppy Love

Lol, this is a funny topic which i thought of.. PUPPY LOVE, as you guys frmo BB2SJ know, our company is FILLED with it especially ni the younger generation. I tried warning everyone that what is the point of getting into a relationship if you dont know where it's heading to? A relationship needs commitment, hell lots of it and your maturity. If not I guarantee! It will end up in a broken relationship where hearts would be broken for weeks and friendships lost. WHAT's THE POINT?

Well, i'm not saying it's all that bad, it is a good feeling to fall in love, but yeah, guys and girls pls do KNOW your LIMITs. when i touched on this topic i could see that some people in the crowd "felt" something or should i say "terasa", no names mentioned. I got thumbs up from Seki for mentioning this =)

iii. Advancement of Christ's Kingdom

Lastly, i spoke on the actual meaning of BB, what's the point of us bragging about our BAND? or DRIL? or even our singing competitions and trophies, after all it's just a piece of plastic, as said by Benji. What is the REAL object of BB? it is stated in the very first line. The advancement of Christ's Kingdom!

We, constantly forget all about it, therefore i urged everyone to start bringing in non-christian members to BB bcuz i am definite taht our current company members had heard about the good news. Invite them and let the Holy Spirit do the work. Remember our soul duty for Christ!

Let us not be a company who brags abour our physical achievements. But let it be because of our spritual achievements. Let us tell others how many came to know Christ through BB, not how many people who know how to play the Trumpet / Drums through BB. I'm definite that this is God's wish for us BB members. After all, trophies are just PLASTIC!

Well, that concludes my thoughts. Just my two cents..

Lights Out T.T

WO Seki summarised all that we said and then we sang the vesper as it was already around 12 am. I didn't wanna sleep so early at first, therefore we had a tutoring session with the PMR students, Those who passed PMR helped around. But in the end, at 2am the lights went out =.='

Oh well, that concludes DAY 1 .. check again for updates on DAY 2 !

=)

My Parents are just..

I dunno, I think i'm becoming more like the kid in I Not Stupid Too, (the rich kid) whose parents don't understand him.. the situation I'm in now, it's just going on from worse to worst.

It's more of as if I don't get the support I want from them, sorry la but this post going to be abit the emo, well, I'm feeling very frustrated and this sad sobz is in me right now. In my current teen life, I'm holding two major posts and I'm involved in a lot of stuff. Namely, Prefects - Asst. Head, Leo - Secretary, Boys Brigade - Member, Church - Worship Team and I love to go for outings that I can gain at least some knowledge.

But what support do I get from my parents? I dunno maybe I just don't feel the support IF they are giving me any at all. When I do something that I'm really committed in, I just go all out to acheive what I want? Ok, maybe I neglect some stuff in the process.. But WHY can't they (my parents) understand about my commitment? Why can't they think of it in my shoes? A typical teenager going through the toughest challenge in life - CHANGE.

They say I'm getting over-committed, for example, today I am having an Impromptu Speech Test for my Communications Badge but at the freaking same time I have to attend my great grandma's bday in Malacca just to give "face", that Impromptu Test will gain me 5% if I perform. And as you guys know already, I go all out to do something that I want. So my dad came today to pick me up early to go to Malaccca, I told him that my Test haven't end, he insisted on going and going, but what's the point? We're already ending up getting there late, why can't wait just for another 5 minutes more? He still insisted, I had to give in in order to not cause an arguement between me and him, oh boy, you do not wanna hear me argue.

Thankfully, my officer agreed to allow me to take the impromptu next week. The sacrifice I had to make to go to a stupid bday party, leaving a bad impression of myself on my officer and not being able to learn from my fellow classmates mistakes. I dunno how that would cost me next week.

A few weeks ago, I challenged my dad saying that " What IF I want to be a pastor? ", the next 5 days, on and on about he went about pastoring being a bad thing, low salary, waste of talent and loads more of crap. At the end of the 5 days, I told him that I just wanted to see his reaction. Wanted to see whether his heart has changed to finally accept the fact that I would go all out to ignite the flame in me to serve the one and only God. When can he finally understand? I dunno, maybe the way I approached him is wrong.. All i need now is advice.. I need some guidance.. Been waiting so long for something to happen, but oh well, his heart is still a heart of stone. Dear God, please help me... oh and btw, dad's a free thinker

Now I'm off to Malacca to show my "face" there, please pray for me that I can bear with my parents, I dunno how long i can stand with them, without their support, I dunno what I can do now, but thankfully I have my true Father's support, up there in heaven. Please pray that my parents too finally change and experience my shoes. Thanks for reading this emo post of mine and please advice me... =(

Why We Love Children..

Here are some jokes that someone email-ed to me today..

1 ) A small boy is sent to bed by his father.
Five minutes later...."Da-ad...."
"What?"
"I'm thirsty. Can you bring a drink of water?"
"No. You had your chance. Lights out."
Five minutes later: "Da-aaaad....."
"WHAT?"
"I'm really THIRSTY. Can I have a drink of water??"
"I told you NO!" If you ask again, I'll have to spank you!!"
Five minutes later......
"Daaaa-aaaad....."
"WHAT!"
"When you come in to spank me, can you bring a drink of water?"


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2 ) When I was six months pregnant with my third child,
my three year old came into the room
when I was just getting ready to get into the shower.
She said,"Mommy, you are getting fat!"
I replied, "Yes, honey, remember Mommy has ababy growing in her tummy."
"I know," she replied,
but what's growing in your butt?"


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3 ) One day the first grade teacher
was reading the story of Chicken Little to her class.
She came to the part of the story where
Chicken Little tried to warn the farmer.
She read,
".... and so Chicken Little went up to the farmer and said,
"The sky is falling,the sky is falling!"
The teacher paused then asked the class,
"And what do you think that farmer said?"
One little girl raised her hand and said,
"I think he said: 'Holy Shit! A talking chicken!'"
The teacher was unable to teach
for the next 10 minutes..


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