Friday, December 03, 2004
growth camp :)
hello! haha finally i'm blogging.. tuesday morn i tried to make a new batch of choc chip cookies then had to rush for dance le, so din hav time to blog.. come back, eat and grab stuff, then zao to church alrdy.. so ya din blog until today..
hmmm so many things happened.. tuesday when i reached church we jus helped wif e last minute packings then slept alrdy.. slept on e floor of the various classrooms la..
wed morn my zone woke up at 5:15 to go esso buy breakfast for e rest.. ya coz we hav to gather at macpherson primary at 6 45, we had to lyk wash up, get ready and go to esso not later than 6, come back hav to prepare e kaya and bread.. so was really rushed la.. and then at 6 45 we gathered at macpherson pri, where me being in logistics went to help set up the stations for e first prog: problem solving.
okay i think i see question marks. haha.. okay basically there's a primary sch jus opposite my church, and we usually hold events for them.. this 'growth camp' thing is something lyk a normal school's p5 adventure camp, but this sch chose to allow us to run it more lyk an enducational camp, so we hav in e schedule 'chinese programme', 'science programme', 'maths programme' and problem solving. usually it's english instead of chinese, but this yr somehow it's only for e chinese la. in these programmes they are able to revise watever they hav been taught this yr in preparation for nxt year. yupp..
okay question marks cleared le ba.. so ya i went to help set up e stations, and because for one station e food colouring too light, i had to run back to church to grab more.. so much for morning exercise :).. haha, ya then aft e kids hav registered, and settled in their dorms, they started wif e prob solving prog. i was marshal for one of e stations la.. pretty okay.. they were willing to listen to me, so wasnt too bad..
aft tt was lunch, where we log had to prepare number of packets of rice and spoons and stuff..
yupp aft tt was discussion of cheers for e houses. okay e whole cohort was broken up into their houses, and then further broken up in groups.. so e cheers usually are in houses de.. ya, the GLs took over.. we slacked :) okay la we din exactly, we prepared e logistics for e next prog: maths, and we also helped to line and tape the floor wif newspapers, coz e kids were gg to paint their 'house banners' on them.. we did a few layers ba.. man tt was tiring okay.. esp when wind was blowing.. we had lyk 3 sections, and each section about 4 to 5 ppl doing? ya, e largest section had even more ppl ba.. ya then af tt we slacked la :) haha we then had tea break, where we were in charge of e food again.. then maths prog started, and coz no need marshals we slacked.. okay at least i don think we did alot of stuff la, packed e prob solving things loh.. then before dinner we went to pao milo :) haha.. v funny, and i'll lyk nv make milo again!!! okay, it's not today's incident, but i'll elab later.. yupp we had lyk one whole tin of milo powder, which we poured into a huge metal container [haha almost wrote mental :P], and by using 'agak'ration, we poured in condensed milk.. haha jessica was stirring, kaixuan poured in, and everyone else jus stood ard fascinated :) some of us tasted to see e concentration.. ya, and we took super long coz it was lyk not enuff condensed milk and all of us were lyk v inexperienced in making milo :).. ya, then it was dinner.. aft dinner e kids had to draw their family tree and things lyk tt la, so we log really slacked aft we got e materials for them, from 7:30 we were free until lyk 9, coz we hav to prepare for supper which is at 9 30.. ya, so wat i did was tt i went up to my dorm to do some bible reading, while waiting for one of my cannot-stand-e-humidity fren bathe.. i held on to e dorm key, so i had to open e dorm for her, and lock it aft she bathed.. yupp.. then at 9 it was milo-heating-up time! haha, ya, we added in condensed milk coz some said too diluted or wat.. then agak again la.. hahaz.. then e kids had supper, cleared up by 10.. and then.. hmmm i forgot wat i did, but i remember there was log evaluation at 10 30.. then we went to bathe.. hehe water was cold!! e first splash la, but subsequent ones were fine.. in fact they were refreshing la.. and we used pails and 'scoops' to bathe.. kinda diff from e usual showers huh..
yupp, and then we had lyk plastic cups wif e names of everyone in e camp, students and church ppl alike, for us to drop encouragements to each other, it's lyk a tradition le, every yr also hav.. so i picked a few closer ones to write to, then slept at lyk 12 plus..
okay second day, wanted to wake up early to run wif jia hui, but jia hui told me she decided not to wake me up coz saw me v tired.. ya, basically we prepared milo again, haha, then went to help wif e log for e chinese programme.. e kids while we prepared everyth were having pt.. haha and we had porridge for breakfast.. yupp.. for chinese prog i was marshal for a station, and wow did i see a range of students.. okay la most of them were super enthu, coz there was time limit, but there was one grp in particular, super don wanna move.. wah i really pitied jia hui.. it was her grp, and cld see she was really stressed out la.. ya then was lunch, no milo tt day.. haha, then e grps had to prepare for cheering competition, while we log slacked ard and helped for e nxt prog, science.. ya, then was e cheering competition, haha blue house cheer was e best ba.. :) then was e science prog, but there were a few mess ups before e cheering comp so time was pushed back, and so it was v rushed for science prog.. oh ya, during e first part of e science prog uncle james asked me to hand out fuji apples to all logistic personals and GLs, saying to eat it coz weather lyk v heaty.. yupp so kinda weird when e GLs had to receive apples frm me and help their kids.. sorry ppl, but tt was uncle james' request.. yupp.. and then i was eating e apple when wei en's grp came to my station: the digestive system.. haha.. and he was lyk, real life example of e digestive system.. :) hmmm ya, most grps were able to give me e facts, one grp was best, they added in e liver!! WOW i was so impressed kae, din expect them to noe tt liver was included.. yupp :) then dinner, then we had some free time before e usual concert.. we always hav concerts on e second nite.. by our own live fellowship band :) yingrou pianist, wei en, moses both drummer and guitarist (rotate), wei hong bass, zhengyi, debby, peixian singers.. yea.. haha but somehow this time's qi fen lyk not there.. last yr's was much better.. students this yr lyk more sian sian.. oh and during tt free time before e concert we went to play wif e kids la.. haha.. ya but we log had to leave early to go prepare supper.. and this is when e incident tt wld prob create in me a phobia for making milo occured: we din hav any more tins of milo, only sachets, and so we hav to individually pour milo powder into paper cups, add water, and stir; and we did lyk over 100 cups.. WAH.. we were lyk wah we really nxt time don wanna make milo any more.. haha..
ya then everyone lyk don wanna sleep aft tt.. okay more specifically, e kids la.. wanna play bball, running along e corridors.. WAH i'm impressed by their infinite energy man.. haha.. while e poor GLs were all lyk dozing off..
well we had log meeting again, then went to dorm to go write some notes, then went to a quieter place to do some Bible reading.. until lyk 2 plus 3, and supposedly to meet my fren to talk but last minute cldnt make it.. so i went up to dorm, and saw jia hui writing notes too.. then we talked la, until abt 4 plus, then went to sleep..
yupp, nxt day, which is today.. woke up, breakfast, milo we made e kids to themselves :) haha lazy alrdy.. then went to do final clear ups in e log room, and went for photo taking.. aft tt, we continued clearing until everyth was done, then we gathered in e hall for prize presentation and for e kids to do evaluation.. uncle james took this time for us to share abt our experiences during e camp, e log ppl la.. yupp..
aft everything ended, kids started to leave.. some of them came to hug me.. haha i was quite surprised, coz this yr i wasnt GL, so they actually only noe me as a marshal; last yr i wont expect it, but i wont lyk b so surprised ba.. ya..
then we went back church to sort out everyth bfore gg home, where i SLEPT until dinner.. haha yupp and i'v been blogging for almost 2 hours -gasp- oops.. haha kae la shall zao alrdy.. growth camp 2004 rawks :)
xiao jo
@ 9:50 PM
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