Synod Youth Camp 2007

whew.. just came back for Synod Youth camp. when i reached home just now straight away went to my bed and slept. haha. now got until 1am before the liverpool game.. so anws.. this is my camp...
Day 0: this was 4Dec (tuesday) and only group leaders had to go. (it's a "pre-camp") we had to report at 2pm at kuo chuan prebyterian sec sch. the day just consisted of ice-breakers and "sai gang". like we had to clean and arrange the tables in the classrooms for the campers coming on the next day. only julian and lydia came with me. made a few new friends with the other leaders from the other presbyterian churches. heh. there's sherman, who's a real funny guy from CLPC, and Si'en, who's a really nice girl, from living praise presbyterian. and others who i can't think of right now. anws, joe, ekping, sam and tim came later at night after their youth comm meeting and we helped to make stuff fo the games.

Day 1: the other campers arrived in the morn. PLH had two groups. J and K. J is my team (me, lydia, hannah, daryl, kara, huixian, tim, sam, miguel and mitchell from presbyterian high school) we were called Justice League! and let me tell you we had some fantastic cheers and a great team morale. haha. the other team, K, was Kaypo o.O haha.. the worships for the camps were ok i guess. but we didnt know quite a few of the songs. our speaker, bishop Al Stewart (from australia) was pretty good. really enjoyed his talks. i had to pay attention to all of them anyways cos as group leader i had to lead the group discussions. haha. there were electives, and i went for the guitar crash course which i think wasnt very good. especially for the poor beginners. and a talk on spiritual gifts. then we had the group games!! it was the rat race which consisted of tasks and challenges that we had to do. and by the end of Day 1 guess what.. Justice League was top of the table with a whopping 1860 points! followed closely by Group A with 1804 points. (Group A was Si'en's group) there was also this crazy drink (carbonated water with oldenlandia) like what?? and we had to drink cans of it. the leaders even had to go up on stage afterwards to drink a whole can! >.< most people didnt finish it. but i did.. and got kinda sick afterwards. as in like, feel like abit nauseous and groggy. heh.. there's this "clubhouse" at night too which was our time to relax from the day's activities. so it was good. PLH played werewolf together. which is like mafia, only more complicated. and the leader's had to go for a nightly meeting at 11pm to give feedback on the day and stuff.

Day 2: the camp pretty much has the same routine everyday, which is quite ok, so morning would be breakfast, then worship, the talk, and then group discussion. think my group was really great, like we learnt to open up to each other and stuff. made my job of leading them even easier:) then we will have lunch and our electives. day 2 my electives was sports psychology and some teacher talk. both were pretty good. the sports psychology had to do with the part mentality had to do with sports, and the teacher talk was more like realising God's plan for you. like you don't HAVE to become a teacher.. haha. i don't plan on becoming one anyways.. never have.. then we were supposed to have outdoor games but then it rained real heavily :( felt real sorry for the organising committee. looked like they had put in a lot of effort to set up the battlefield on the school soccer pitch for battle royale and captain's revenge. it was both positive and negative for justice league. it was negative cos we were really pumped up for the games. and i was psycho-ing myself up too. getting hyper and all that. until like lydia and hannah had to tell me to calm down. lol. it was positive because that meant that at the end of day 2, justice league was still leading the pack! haha.. due to the games from the previous day. anws.. the afternoon was kinda wasted but it gave me a chance to bathe. haha. then after dinner the PLHers had our nightly game of werewolf and i had to go for my leader's nightly meeting too.

Day 3: since it was the second last day of camp and the last day of games, Justice League was super pumped up on this day. after breakfast, worship, the messsage and group discussion, we made up some cheers. super solid cheers man. haha. real funny too. and the whole team was shouting it pretty loud together. we had to serve lunch too. i decided to go on rice duty. like, scoop rice for people. amazingly, most of the portions i gave to people were correct. hahaha. anws, the day's game was the Amazing Race! haha.. it was 4 hours of solid racing and completing tasks and stuff. but it ended pretty fast to me. haha. maybe cos we were so hyper about it. unfortunately, we didnt do really well for the amazing race and so lost top spot.. in the end, group A, which was led by Si'en, won. haha. but actually the points, as we found out later, didnt really count for anything. anws, the guys went to shower and there was this super long queue. and it became real funny, cos everytime a guy came out of the cubicle after bathing everyone would be like cheering and stuff. lol. and then the next guy would go in and try to bathe as fast as possible. then after dinner we had worship and the Finale Night. Shaun (lee) and Sarah Smith were the MCs for it. so the PLHers were really hyper. first there was an archapella group which was really good. and then the auctions. this was really funny cos shaun and sarah would give some crappy clues about what was the prize and you had to use the points you had gathered from the games as your money. but we didnt really bid for anything, so our points were pretty much wasted. lol.. anws, after the Finale Night i had to go for the leader's meeting again. lights out was actually supposed to be 1am but the leader's meeting ended at 12.30am. but it didnt really matter cos in the end i slept much later than 1am.

Day 4: the last day.. actually felt kinda sad to be leaving camp.. but oh well..after the usual routine of breakfast, worship, message and group discussion, we had to do clean-up for the whole school. then after the debrief we had lunch, after which i went home with joe.

all in all i think the camp was a good time of fellowship with me own lighthouse people, as well as making new friends from other churches. which serves to build up the church of God. also, as group leader i was able to grow as well. but i had a great team behind me too:) Justice League actually made me realise how important the team is. like teamwork and morale and everything. it ain't ALWAYS down to the leader. no matter how good a leader u are, if ur team can't be bothered then it's really no use. and even if you aren't that good a leader, a good team will help make your job easier. so.. thanks to Justice League once again:) i've really got to know you guys better. as a leader, and also as equals on a personal level.
the talks were benificial to my walk as well. as leader, i had to understand the talk better than most people, so i could lead my group later on. and listening to 4 sermons 4 days in a row ain't easy. haha. but it allowed me to understand some passages better and grow in me faith:) through all the Justice league group discussions, i must say i was really able to reflect and think more about my life and stuff. think maybe it was the same for them too. life is really much more meaningful if you live it only for God:)
peace out mates!