Youth Camp

Okay, so after I got back from Bangkok, the next day is Youth Camp. Yeah! My first time lolz. And yeah. I guess that's tiring. I was beginning to regret on signing up but ah well. Since I'm updating so late..my memory would be a bit of a blur. Heh..

Day one~
The bus starts up to Genting at a snail's pace. So yeah, after we have lunch at McD's, and resume our..drive up, it breaks down. So whoo...brain damage from all the fumes. *choke About after 20 minutes it starts moving again...BACKWARDS! *scream xD Nah, that was fun. We arrived there eventually. After checking in, we had..lots of free time...which was just plain boring. I should've brought a board game or something =.='' Ah well~ After dinner was the service, and THAT was good. We got assigned to teams and did the Zaccheus pose thing. Random... The speaker was hilarious. After that...I can't remember what I did. So that ends the first day.

Day two~
Got up at 7.30 to wash up etc. 8 AM was morning devotion. After that was breakfast at 8.30...And man, after eating that I'll never ever complain about what I'm given at home. The morning service was abit long for me. After that was lunch and later at 2 we played futsal and ping-pong. Lolz I think some of the girls were more agressive than the guys. Scary. We finished up at 4. And following that we were given a little treasure hunt game. To follow all the steps and find little pieces of paper. Like whoo. We found it eventually..after a long while. But yeah. Lolz. After bathing I headed to dinner. And onwards to session 3. Some people got slain. And the service ended later than usual. 11 or 11.30 I think. I can't really remember. Haha. We must have hung out a little while, then headed off to bed. Heh. This part I'll remember forever. . . . .

I woke up at 3.30 in the morning to the sounds of a girl snoring in the dorm room. She was at it for the entire duration of the camp, although I can say I couldn't hear her during my last night.
I felt really cold, since I was sleeping next to the door and directly across a wide, open window. I got out of bed and went to the toilet. After that I stood alone in the dark hallway, debating on whether or not I should return to the cold dorm room or take a stroll outside or try to sleep in the . . slightly warmer foyer. I opted for the latter. The lights were still on and on one of the coffee tables, I saw an open Bible, a brown shawl on the sofa, and a plastic bag. Making nothing of it, I lay down on another sofa near the items. Suddenly in walks this woman, and she asks me if I have trouble sleeping. I quickly put on my glasses and mumble a 'yea' She starts out the conversation by asking me my name. I answer her and she tells me hers. Julie. Then she asks me what school I go to. I answer that question for her too. She got interested and asked me a few more about the schooling program, how it works and all. Then later she started talking about God. I listened to her talk, nodding at what she said sometimes, and an occasional 'yeah' At some point I bit my lip to keep from tearing up at what she said. She talked about my future and what I wanted to be when I grew up. I told her I wanted to work for Disney. She complimented me saying that I must draw really well, even when I think I can only draw pretty okay. I told her then that my mother wanted me to get a law degree. Then she asked me if that was what I wanted. Truthfully, I had no idea of what I really wanted. I guess I was afraid that if I couldn't make it to Disney I would have to get into law, which I wasn't even interested in. She talked about how we should respect our parents wishes, but gently make ours known...something like that anyway. It somehow struck a chord in me. I mean...my family isn't ideal. I sometimes wish I had someone else's dad. Cause all my dad ever does to me and my bro is scold us or complain. I mean, sure he pays the fees and has provided all the education now and in the future, and I'm grateful. But. . . we hardly talk.

She mentioned it a few times, that she didn't know why she was even telling me all this, everything about God, about herself. She said that she felt God was prompting her to minister to me. She talked to me about faith, about reading the Bible and her experiences. By the time she finished talking, it was 4.45. She got up and said, "Can I give you a hug?"
I went, "Sure," shrugging my shoulders. She embraces me, and I hug her back. It feels really warm and it makes me wonder when was the last time my dad gave me a hug. Suddenly my eyes start tearing up and the tears start falling. She told me to let my troubles out and asked if I was okay.
"Yeah, just felt like crying I guess." I answered lamely. She put her arm across my back and patted it comfortingly. She hands me a tissue, and I take it gratefully. She then tells me she lives opposite the Thean Hou temple. I blinked in surprise. I asked, "You mean, the apartment opposite Thean Hou?"
She says yes, and then gasps, "Do you go to Sharon's tuition then?"
"Yea I do!"
"Omigosh what a small world!" We both laugh.
I suddenly remember her. She was the same lady I met in the lift after tuition was over. I walked in and she was there. She told me that when she first saw me, she felt God prompting her to tell me something. But then she said, she didn't know who I was and I didn't know her. And that we were short on time since I had to go off already. I dry the last of my tears and after I'm okay again, I say goodnight to her. She smiles at me and I walk back to the dorm room alone, all the while thinking that I had met an angel from God and that our meeting truly couldn't have been a coincidence. I settle back into bed and only sleep for three hours. Yay...panda eyes xD

Day 3~
I woke up at. . . . 7.30 and after washing up, headed for group discussion. After breakfast and all, we headed again to the morning session. I could hardly keep my eyes open and I kept nodding off after every 30 seconds. So yeah =.='' It really isn't my fault. I only slept 3 hours. O_O *total zombie~ After lunch yadda yadda yadda *presses fast forward button* at 2 we played futsal and won! WHOO! It was a real close match, but heck we won T_T yeah! Haha. It started to rain halfway inbetween, but nevertheless at 4, we went ahead with the treasure hunt. Well it was more like a list of tasks to complete and man! Some were just wow. Lolz In the end we completed them all and we were the first again xD After completing the tasks we were given letters to unscramble along with the previous letters we found the day before. And man! The unscrambled word was 'underwear' =.='' of all the words. xD
Lolz anyway, after all that was done, we bathed and headed to dinner. During dinner my family came up. And my bro joined us for the night session. My parents wanted to watch some concert up in Genting so they just dropped him off along the way and picked him up later at 10.30.
During the night session I got slain =D and some of my friends too. It was a real interesting experience. My first again, no doubt. Pastor Les said that I couldn't let go. Hmm...let go of what I wonder? I felt my knees weaken, lolz and I recall putting my foot back to steady myself. And he pushed me gently. I gave in and just let myself fall. And...(yes I did get scolded abit for saying this) the floor felt nice just to lay down on. Haha. It felt really really comfortable lying down there, just listening to everyone praise God with all the lovely slow songs. I let my mind rest and I think I slept abit..>< I mean..rested ya know? That kind of semi-conscious sleep. The service ended really late this night. At...12 midnight I think. After that we were told to go outside at 1 AM. There would be a surprise and true enough, the committee threw water balloons from up above. Lolz I don't think many, if not any, of their shots met their mark. Ah well~ Some of the others got wet, but those were separate incidents altogther. I went to bed at around 2 AM. And for once, I slept peacefully T_T I only woke up once or twice. Which is a HUGE improvement. And I didn't even hear the girl snore. Thank you God T_T you granted my wish. What I wanted was to get through one night sleeping well. And this was considered as good as it could get for me. *bliss~ ^^

Day 4! FINALLY!!!!
YEA! Finally time to go home T_T I must admit I did get a little homesick. And I'd certainly miss the cool weather and the view of the entire of KL. lolz It reminds me of Las Vegas, except not as flashy. Anyways, for breakfast I sat with Pastor Les. Lolz..cos I woke up late >< hahaa group discussion was canceled that morning. After morning session we were free to do whatever we want. *yadda yadda presses fast forward* The bus came, and we drove back home...reaaaal slowly. But heck, at least it didn't break down this time. So I'm real grateful for that. Lolz We got back at about 4 I think.. I can't really remember. But that pretty much puts four days of camp to an end. There goes the holidays! *throws confetti into the air

Bangkok

Okay I'm updating a little late for this one lolz. So much has been happening lately. Every single day of our trip had shopping included. Like whoo~ That's alot of shopping to do. Lolz. The food was just awesome, so were the shopping bargains. Lolz. We left for the airport on Saturday and came back on Tuesday. All in all the trip was a heck of a lot of fun. Lolz! I bought alot..of books. Lolz. Two dictionary sized Lala mags. One was 2 bucks and the other was 6 bucks. Serious *grin. And along with that alot of BJ (Black Jack) manga. lolz Those were 6 bucks too. The only thing is that its in Japanese. So yeah, gotta learn if you wanna read eh. Lolz Its still worth it though >< so cheap! And thick!! Lolz All in all it was great. And..I'm lazy for the details.

Wrapping the Present

I finished wrapping a present for my teacher ...and I'm pleased with the results. =] Lolz Fairly pleased. But, its definitely an improvement from the last one I wrapped. Wanna know? *grin I wrapped a present for Father's day. I took two pieces of wrapping paper cut nicely. Put the present in between, and stapled the ends together. =.='' Are you gaping? Lolz Its the truth! So that's why I've stuck with card making. . . and usually the presents I give go unwrapped. . . Another reason is because I give painted glass away...And that's just troublesome...or I'm just lazy xD

I've always believed that its the present inside that counts and not the wrapper. We're not talking about the thought that counts right now. Just between the present and the wrapper. Anyway, just to show I believe in this...I rip the wrapping to shreds. Lolz Its fun...But it only lasts for like..3-5 seconds? But still..it is fun. And you can do it like..only twice a year I think. But ah well~ The sweet moments are short lived. Cheers!

Sharing on Friday T_T

Ok, before we get to that stressful bit, here's a little on what happened at tennis today. We nearly sang acapella. Okay..I'll let that sink in for a bit.............................................


Lolz. I'm not joking hahaz. We were practicing our service, so Bryan and myself were on the receiving end. Our job was just to hit the balls back at them, and after their turn would be ours. To make it a little more interesting, our coach decided to put targets there. . . so if Jackie or my brother hit the targets, we'd have to sing. And vice versa of course. So for 10 minutes Bryan and I were praying that they'd miss. Lolz Bryan got desperate and tried to block it by standing in front of it. Man =.='' But thankfully ( or not) none of us sang. Although...it would've been fun to see Jackie or my brother sing. Lolz. I've heard Bryan before. And it gets pretty interesting when you hear him. *grin

Okay, that's it for tennis. Oh..and the tournament was fun too I guess. I won the first round 6-0. But I can't say the pairing was fair. You know how YMCA is. Lolz details? NAH~! we're moving on.

Okay, I'm preaching this Friday. Well more like talking for 3-5 minutes tops. But still...going up there is pretty ..unnerving. It's the most you'll hear anyone say at a shot for that uninterrupted period of time. Whoo =.='' I was supposed to do it last week, but I forgot..(and nobody reminded me) and I thought Del was goin first before me. Lolz Turns out it was the other way. So yeah. Now I'm...FREAKING!!

KKK

Whooo! It's finally over!! The first group presentation~ Phew~ Now I can breathe a sigh of utter relief. Hahaa Okay here's what happened.

We came to school all dressed up in white. So that was kinda cool. Lolz Yeah, I'm a real kid. I know. Lolz. Anways, before the presentation, the projector wouldn't work on Sher's com. So yeah, there goes the Johnny Lee Clary vid. Lolz luckily I brought my own laptop. So the presentation went pretty well..lolz although we were nervous like heck and our voices were trembling. It went pretty okay I guess *laughs nervously. I couldn't answer Jaryl's question though T_T yeah you really got me on that one buddy. It didn't even enter my mind lolz. Ah well~ There's a next time =] I'm real glad its finally over with. Lolz we were all pulling our hair out xD haha I kid.

I'm updating a little late. Lolz. Anyways, today we practiced tennis with ge ge YS. Lolz That's my teacher's husband. He's real patient. So my bro and I had a great time. Lolz We played for one and a half hours, although it only felt like half. Lolz So that was fun. =D Playing with him made me realize my grip wasn't really steady and my forehand wasn't that strong. So yeah. I had better control of my backhand...(doesn't everyone)..hahaz

Research yadda yadda

Today at mandarin class Sharon told us that Lewis wouldn't be coming anymore...yeah...and the reason was just so stupid you'd want to kill the guy that made it up. She said that he was entering some pre-uni program..and it required him to have lousy mandarin. I MEAN C'MON! WHO THE HECK CARES IF YOUR CHINESE IS LOUSY OR NOT?! How on earth will that affect the course you're taking?! ITS JUST RIDICULOUS!!! gaahhh T_T
So yeah... Sharon said he'll be stopping for like...9 months..that means he won't be able to join group classes cos we'll be too advanced for him. Sigh~ don't gooo T_T


Moving on...Lkm and Ju arrived at ....uh..I'm not sure what time, but I just know it was later than arranged. Ah wells~ We did some research..I think =] haha~ So we just killed time till it was like...3.30 Then we had to go play basketball and table tennis. (It's an every Saturday affair) We arrived at about 4. I owned them most of the rounds (not being braggy =.= its just true xD hee hee) At 5 we went to play basketball...Lolz there was another guy at the court. His name was Jin...um..Jin..something.. nevermind..I'll just call him Jin =D he's a heck of a lot better than most of us. So yeah they won =] lolz Later we bought ice cream and sent Bryan back home. Whooo~ That house is like a mansion =.= I feel like i'm living in a hut compared to his xD

Back home, we tried to finish up the report...TRIED to haha...but to no avail xD We had a very delicious dinner of salmon, veggies, chicken, soup ...and rice. Lolz Yeah..I was bugging my mom to cook salmon for like the whole week. Cause we have it like once or twice a week. And salmon has just recently become one of my fav foods. Very very weird cravings. I'll be raving and wanting that food for a while and then chuck it away for a VERY long time once i'm tired of it. Just ask my brother or my mom about that, they know alot. xD My mother fervently prays and hopes that I don't treat people the same way. Haha. So, that's pretty amusing.

Anyway, after dinner I announced that we should just relax and leave the report. Lolz. So we ended up playing Marvel VS Capcom. That was fun =] But then I found out that Lkm is a very agressive female and that my controller's directional pad is spoilt somewhat. LOLZ Later we played Metal Slug 3. . . . . .that's all I wanna say.. Good night!!!~

~Arcade!~

Whooo! Went to the arcade today after school. It wasn't big...well its just Pearl Point..so I guess its better than nothing. Lolz I had a good time though. xD I bought the tokens and MAN!! That area was so darn smokey...Moving on~

We picked one and started playing~
At one point I was laughing so much that Jaryl said I sounded evil. Hahaa...laughing at Lerry that is xD...whom else would I laugh at? HAHA...okay wait...I really do sound evil now.. =.='' We were playing Daytona USA. Jaryl's machine didn't work...so only Lerry and myself ended up playing the first round. Lolz, but even hers had some difficulties. She had to wrestle with the steering wheel HAHA. I won xD hee hee yay~ =] Okay after that we played some VS games...the first to which I lost due to...well..lack of skill =.='' HAHA and also the joystick wouldn't go left (no matter how much I cussed at it) (HAHA just joking ) so yeah~ Jaryl won that round but got owned by the CPU HAHA whooo~ I owned him on the next one but then got owned by the CPU....lolz Time really flies when you're havin fun.. By this time there were 3 tokens left. So I used two for one more round of Daytona...alone. Haha xD this time using the machine in which you had to wrestle with the wheel. Lolz. And I ended up last =.='' HAHA xD So, the one last token was kept as a souvenir... haha~

Afterwards we went down to Jusco (I'm not calling it D'hati =.= I hate that friggin new name! SUCKS!! You stupid people should have just left it the way it was!!) and bought ice cream! THANKS JARYL! HAHA~~

After that, we headed to Popular. I bought Studio Ghibli's new movie 'Tales from Earthsea'..I just finished watching it. It's pretty good =] That's all I'm saying..lol. But I must say...=.= I was pretty gender confused with the villian... haha~ Jaryl had to go back first..sry T_T you had to walk back alone...then Lerry and myself went off at the same time xD talk about good timing huh? xD

My mom and my bro just finished watching 'I'm not stupid 2' . . . . man, if only my dad would watch it..=.= he has SO much to learn from that . . . always picking on our faults. Man...I just wish I could...tch...doesn't matter what I wish for =.='' what I want will not come true.

Tennis Trouble~ ..and homework and such xD

AAAAHHHHHH!!! This week is getting stressful!! OMG!! Sher delivered a shocker today, that Group show and tell would be on Friday. OMG! Lolz...well LKM told me, so yeah. I was going O_O we're gonna die. we're gonna die. we're gonna die. HAHA yeah and gasping too I think. Lol. But I managed to negotiate and pushed it to Monday. I mean, we were the first group and we were half-prepared...and that's saying ALOT..since most of us (the class) hasn't even decided on what to do.
.... I have homework to do...lolz yeah..Math homework. English homework...Music homework... I've been getting very very lazy indeed. *tsk tsk. haha. Oooh! But I'm excited =D I'm going to the arcade tomorrow, FINALLY T_T haha! I hope I won't be dissapointed or anything... (I do tend to get my hopes up..sometimes...okay maybe most of the time) So anyway....today at tennis~...I'm so random =.=''

I just found out one of the coaches signed me up for a tournament! Against my will!! I mean! Even my MOM didn't sign me up! But that can be explained...The age limit is up till 14 years old. And I'm already 15, so that means, I'm one year too late. Not that anyone seems to care =.= .... Lolz So yeah, one of the coaches signed me up anyways, just for the spirit of play. Good experience too I guess. So now my mom wants to take us to practice at night...at Bukit Kiara. I think she's taking us this Friday. . . . .

So yeah, that means, Bryan, my brother and yours truly will be participating. The tournament is on August 11th...which is like..next week =.='' It starts in the morning and its pretty much for the whole day. It'll be held in YMCA. Lolz Even losers get a prize I heard..yeap. All in the spirit of participation xD There'll be some real good players there too I heard. Makes me worry =.=.... I hope this ends well. *keeps fingers crossed oh..lunch is provided and what not