J-Life Camp

okies as you pplz who may read this blog (or just surf the net randomly... hahaha there's gotta be someone who reads this :-P)... may have guessed, yes i went to Youth Camp last week... over the Easter weekend. over 4 days and 3 nights of Christ-Seen Investigation (camp theme)... well it was AWESOME...
it started on Good Friday... as i woke up at 10, completed last minute packing up hahaha... yeah... well actually i had really left it to the last minute, so much that i missed my brekkie.. oh well... got to camp courtesy of the parents (kudos for driving me a good 1+ hours there...) yeah got there... went to the chalet... unpacked (ie chuck bags on bed) and thus camp started.
met up with my group, the "group of love" hahaha featuring Gloria (Glorz), Ancheesa (Cheezy), Desiree (Dez), Ben Phua (BP), James N (Jimi), Victor (Vicki Bravo), and me (hahaha 'poods' apparently :-P)
so we had to devise a team cheer which actually wasnt bad =D featuring some beatboxin' and lol some hastily devised lyrics...
the first session was run by Ps Stephan Sos (did i spell it right), a charming speaker of Eastern European descent, accent, and mannerisms who now works in Canada... well hehehe the first session was on angelology (ie the study of angels)... and apparently he was rushing through a 5 day course in like 2 hours... hahaha he speaks really fast but i took several interesting lessons out of it... yeah to be honest he lost me a little at certain times... (confession: i slipped into lecture mode during parts of the seminar - taking notes bleary eyed...)
then there was dinner mmmmm... awesome food. very GOOD food.
later that night we had some night game titled 'Investigators and the Mafia', well it was basically a capture the flag game. sounds easy right? well added to the fact that you have to avoid the mafia (well unless punishment and surrendering a flag is your thing), and find 4 ridiculously undersized flags in a very large area (the whole resort) in the dark of the night... hahaa yeah so we split up and... oh man hard game... man... unfortunately i was 'caught' by the mafia... while escorting one of my group members to the loo (thanks Dez)... sighh.... so yeah i had to try and scoff down a Weet-bix in a minute... well it would have taken me 1min 10 secs i think... i was almost there... then i choked... :-P... but its ok we got a 'sympathy clue'... (thanx Ben) hahaha we ended up finishing second!!! surprise surprise (well i was...=P)
the next morning ... powered by some strong coffee, 3 eggs, some ham, instant mee and 3 slices of toast (well brekkie is the most important meal of the day) hahaha yes i like my breakfasts... we had a good quiet time with the group.. unfortunately i had to leave early to go to worship practice (which actually involves this:
15 mins be4 service starts, Alex/Sarah/Pat: "okies this are the songs we're gonna do... any questions?".... muso's: "errr errr what? no practice (well just me lol)" hahaha yeah so i found myself playing a song (Free) which i'd just learnt 5 mins before service hahaha but i love it... botched up the intro tho =P oh well hahaha all good as long as we worship God... yeah camp was really great =D
i would consider it a turning point... like most of the messages were spot on... the worship (particularly in the last day) was awesome...
hmmm yeah had to lead a group this year as well...which actually wasnt as bad as i thought it would be (well hahaha i dont think leadership is one of my strengths lol) yeah the group sorta led itself really =P
one of the most hilarious things we did was ... hmmm the skit hahaha
which was awesome starring my brilliant cousin Vic oh yeahh.... you da man!!!
i mean ... hehehe we based our skit loosely on Hitched ("the principles of dating, rule no 1: dont forget anniversaries" :-P) yes and Vic our main man was awesome ... i mean he was the archetypal Johnny Bravo :D
and his supporting cast... his bevy of exes : thanx Glorz, Cheezy and Dez for being such good sports !!! the important thing was that we all had fun :P i mean there were times when i caught myself laughing uncontrollably offstage (well to the side of it anyways)
yeah we finished 2nd overall which was pretty good ... as all of the other skits were pretty funny... lets see: 10 memorable moments?:
1. Andy and Alex... and the song YMCA ... you do the maths... lets just say that Andy dances ... well...
2. Pat's 'diving header' to score with the ball rolling on the ground...
3. Well most of Victor's lines were hilarious (hahaha yes mebbe im abit biased)
4. lets see... this actually happened the night before talentime... when i saw a feathery vision hahaha... well you guys will have to find out for yourselves but we had a pluckin' good time =P
5. sqeezing 5 guys into our dorm shower cubicle (yes an area approximately 3 feet by 3 feet)... all for a novelty shot of course...
and in good fun of course...
and we were all fully clothed of course... (well yeah 'cept for Vic and Kenny but that's another story and another pic)
cheers to Kenny for turning the shower on, drenching most of us, and to Andy for wedging the door shut immediately with his leg... ensuring that we all had wet T-shirts....
6. the water fight.... lol :-D that was very wet and wild and fun... hehehe i think everyone was just releasing abit of steam hahaha... I GOT ALEX TWICE!!! yes but i said 'hi Alex' the first time so at least i was courteous... nothing personal Alex, hahah but hmmm you were sitting on a kid's bike looking pretty open :-D (then he got me with the hose)
hehehe also me and BP successfully gave Ben Tai and Sarah Ong bucket showers... oh yeah!!!
and of course the 'exorcism' of Joseph was pretty hilarious as well... sigh it took 6 of us to restrain him hahaha
7. indian poker + water + 2 diamonds + channy = hilarity :-) all thanx to a well timed card change on my part =P
8. the 'world cup' of big 2... well involving msia, sing and HK... but hahaha its still international enough... those mental games... nice work Roo....
9. not sleeping nearly enough... well its not exactly a moment but still hahaha yeah i may have slept less than 12 hours over the 4 days of camp... and that includes 7 on the first night... mmmm nescafe is good...
10. being absolutely touched by GOD... without YOU this would have been worth nothing...
that was what made camp such an enriching experience... cos when u've got the peace and joy OTL... well nothing can stop you =D
amen =P

nic