:: monday :: 04th december 2006 :: the day before camp ::

in the late afternoon roger, cheryl, gernette and i went for camp shopping at bedok central... we bought about $40 worth of mainly food... so the conclusion still remains... do we live to eat or eat to live?... god knows... after that we all went to cheryl's place to watch gernette and cheryl pack their bag... gernette's staying over at cheryl's place... and i've gotta borrow a camping bag from cheryl also... i reached home at about reaching 12am

i intended not to sleep one... cause the bus ride to the camp resort @ guoman hotel, port dickson is 6 hours... so then i can sleep... so i could spend the night taking my own sweet time packing my bag... from 12am to 6am when i would meet the rest to meet cheryl's parents who offered us a ride to clementi, our meeting place... 6 hours into the night... can take my time eat supper... pack my bag... call people and conference with other people who are not sleeping... blah blah blah... but what came next... i pack bag my halfway... and my bed looked so tempting... i thought i could just sit on my bed and rest my eyes for a while... and oops!

:: tuesday :: 05th december 2006 :: EJ2 Camp Day 1 ::

got about an hour of sleep and woke up at about 0530... got a quick shower... rush out of house... and on the car ride i kinda got cheeky... lucky there wasnt any camp nurse yet to force me to get on the wheelchair... upon reaching clementi... we did some admin stuff and boarded our respective buses... we'll see each other in camp again

bus ride was kinda speechless for me... cause after leaving the checkpoint my bladder started filling up... but i just held back and prayed for acceleration... but when i finally finally cannot hold it anymore... and we are still about 2 hours away from the hotel... i asked daniel for the nearest toilet which is another 15-20mins away... oh gosh... my bladder is so damn exploding... when we reached the toilet break location my bladder was almost too full to run... so i just walked carefully hoping it doesn't leak that soon

reached the place... first thing we did when we reached was to leave our bags in the ballroom and get changed into our sporty attires... gosh... i expected some time to enjoy some aircon... slack around in the bunk or whatsoever... after a long sleepy trip then gotta crank up ourselves for "DARE Megathon"... haha... but it's still fun so no worries... though i was still tired... i did something that i didnt expect... the first game my group played was ultimate frisbee... and i was the goal-scorer... first attempt... it flew to dont know where and the rest burst out in laughter... but at least got people encourage me for the good effort... second attempt... almost got in... but it flew in kinda slow so the goal keeper got it... third attempt... the last goal before the game ends... i caught the frisbee... i fixed my eyes upon jesus my goal and threw by faith... GOAL!!!!!... but it turn out the group was happier than me jumping around... of course gotta be humble lah

after which we went collect our bags our bunk keys and went to our bunk... shower and stuff... then go off for dinner then go and EncounterJesus... praise & worship was cool... sound side... it started off muffled and messy... but it got better... i guess it was just typical... pastor dan's sharing sure was anointed and in the flow with his spirit manz... awesome indeed

:: wednesday :: 06th december 2006 :: EJ2 Camp Day 2 ::

got woken up by not just my bunk mates and joasseph calling my name asking me to wakie up quickly... i also have eugene jumping around my bed... gosh... i've woken up already lah... but trust me the bed was too tempting... so i just continue lying on my bed and pretend to act blur... just for fun lah... i ask questions like, to eugene when he was sitting on my bed, "how did you get into the room?"... but like duh... the room got other people to open the door right... haha... joker cow me

then went down... have a quick breakfast... then to EncounterJesus again... there was a point in time pastor dan said that jesus is standing beside each and everyone of us... then somehow i felt something hold my hand... and when i looked down... you know the kind where you would hold your boyfriend's or girlfriend's hands when you are in love... my hand looked like and felt like that... wrapped and held by love... just that this is an invisible hand and i know it's gotta be jesus... i felt warmth and peace within... besides, that was the first time i got a touch of the soundboard during service... eugene came over when jon and marlon entered our bunk... censorship shall be granted in love for my brother here... lmao!

after that we had our lunch break and getting ready for "DARE Mafia"... eugene and i went down for lunch late... so marlon and jon decided to accompany us... on our way down daniel asked jon to follow him as he got something to tell him... and the next time we saw him was being tied up together with other kidnapped from other groups... and when he saw daniel, he was like, "daniel!... why you lie to meeee?!?!"... haha... joker cow... but anywayz our job is to complete the missions to save our kidnapped lah... their day must have been quite boring lah... just having to walk around the hotel helplessly... but what kept our laughter on was aloysius got "takan" when we met the mafia... first he became blinded by coach julian... but he was being ultimately noisy... so second he became muted by coach alice... and we were like, "HALLELUJAH!! THANK YOU JESUS!"... at the end of the game we went to fetch jon... and he was like, "why you all take so looong one??"... though our group came in second last place... but never mind... cause we overcame the obstacles and still stayed as a group... and most of all we had fun together

as usual... we went back and get bathed and stuff... then went for EncounterJesus... it was yet another awesome time jumping praising and worshipping jesus... oops... i cant remember what we did this service... no condemnation... hehe... what i do know is that an adult helper actually came to the soundboard and told clement that the sound was damn nice, amazing and shiok... then clement like point to eugene and i, say, "not me lah... they do one"... but in me i'm convinced it was jesus behind the sound manz... cause while mixing, i could just feel the flow and hear the flow giving me instructions, telling me what's next to do and stuff... and i'm sure eugene was too... thank you jesus

:: thursday :: 07th december 2006 :: EJ2 Camp Day 3 ::

first had EncounterJesus... praise and worship was awesome, was anointed... the leaders went around laying hands with the anointing oil... then at first i felt kinda left out in the presence cause for some time i wasnt being prayed for... until coach alice saw me and asked, "have you been prayed for?"... i shook my head and she said, "i'll pray for you"... i couldnt remember what she said... i didnt get slained... but i felt an ultimate peace just swept through my body, my mind... the music was blasting but i felt so quiet, so peaceful within... something i never expected... the position that she held my hand was gentle... but what surprized and touched me was that after she left... i could still feel like those hands are still there... as though jesus was still lifting my hand

after that we had DareGroup time-out... praise god... at least... cause i was feeling damn worn out and tired already... any more games and i'll pang san... at least DareGroup time-out we mostly just need to hear what Daniel's gotta share with us... at most we probably only need to exercise our diaphragm and lungs in laughing out loud and daniel's jokes... haha... he sure is loving God sure is faithful and merciful and gracious to Daniel manz... he sure was one big ah beng who whacks teachers and was the tempest of all... but God made a mighty mark in Daniel's life and transformed him from gory to glory... now daniel's life was God's fingerprints all over... he's now so jesus-conscious in every step he takes

after that we had DARE Xpress... where the coaches and leaders are to be dressed like super heroes... but some turned out to be super FUNNY heroes... lmao!... and during the DARE Xpress thingy... clement figuratively threw the soundboard to me... i was kinda shocked and glad at the same time... cause it gave me an opportunity to train myself in times of anticipating befores and afters situations... train myself how to handle stressful circumstances with bombarding questions such as "who's holding what mike?", "what channels is used for what?"... like on the spot kind... it's like someone pointing you a gun and asking you to solve a crossword puzzle in 10 seconds or else... that kind of thing... at least it went more or less smooth lah

this was our last night... i intended not to sleep... ... when i reached the bunk... jon and marlon ran off to dont know where lah... left eugene and i were in the bunk alone... i was so bored but everything aint entertaining us... so in the end... our much-determined mind of not sleeping switched off as the bed overwhelmed us

:: friday :: 08th december 2006 :: EJ2 Camp Day 4 ::

got up at about 9... what was funny was that jon was like rushing all of us... and when he finally couldnt wait already then he went off first... after that then i learnt that jon was actually rushing cause he told we report to the ballroom at 10... but actually it's that we gotta checkie out of our room by 10... and breakfast would start at 10 and report at ballroom at 11

the rest of the day is spent on the trip back to singapore... a long ride... the ride started out noisy... but after a while... the bus felt so empty... wow... the rest are mostly sleeping lor... then alene and darryl so mean, but funny at the same time... they actually put darlie toothpaste on aloysius... oh well... blame aloysius for being so cheeky... haha... but we still love him

kkiez... i guess that's it for EncounterJesus 2 Camp 2006... woohoho!!



-jack'al