This is my story...
TITLE : YZ CAMP!! SHARE SHARE SHARE !!!i am going to share abt my wonderful and unregrettable experience during yz camp!
honestly, speaking, if i share this in front of you, i will cry
it almost happened when i shared with my dad
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the theme for the yz camp was :
Show and Tell
day 1 : after school and after the two tests, i was waiting for my dad at the school gate
na xie nian song played and ahah OK BACKTOMAINPOINT!
i rushed all the packing and when i reach the presbyterian school, the sch was super awesomely cool, the blocks were named after names in the bible : Moses block, Joshua Block, Ruth block etc haha AWESOME!
finally, dad accompanied me up to the room at 4th floor where everyone was there worshipping.. time was around 730pm
when my dad left, i decided to seat on the only seat left at the back, surprisingly, the person beside me was Wen Cong, at least someone i know and i felt safe, no awkwardness
my mind was still in alot of confusion and still panting like crazy
message shared and likka woah
went to my respective grp after msg for discussion
i really want to thank God that Gaius was in my grp becos he led the discussion and to me, he is like the main leader so, i am just a leader helping to his needs and everything
my grp ppl are new - expected which is a good thing becos this will make me open up topics and stuff, i was social :)
next was supper, i didnt eat dinner so Shona followed me to get cup noodles, and so as Joey
Shona was in my grp, ok my grp ppl were : Gaius, Shona, Chelsea (came on day 2), Paul, Linus, Emma, Felicia, Daphany, Hanan, Jared, Parry, Michelle
my grp name was named after an evangelist - Jim Elliot, who got speared in the end, cut short his history!!
Jared was damn funny and the thing that Gaius told me abt our grp's victory when i wasnt there - first to reach the camp place in the morning
but due to some error, we were second but still, i was so proud
Vera was screaming when she saw me, jumping like a mouse, hahah she was so happy when she saw me "OMG SOPHIAAAAA,. I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU CAME HAHAHAHA"
it means alot to me even if its just a sentence
met Melvin and Melva hahaha (awesome friends)
and the fact that we all had tests and exams coming, we 3 decided to study at night tgt
we were studying at the canteen and with Clarence who couldnt sleep
had a heart talk with Melvin and felt so great, it not only brought us closer but have a thinking that we all along are alr close kind of thing YEAH
ahhaha, Melva couldnt concentrate cos we were talking but i did studied!
thank you Melvin, you are honestly the best brother in Christ! awesome friend in my life
we went back up to our bunks at 2am plus becos Melva studied too much!! haha
nights guys :)
day 2 :
i woke up on time hehe
it was freezing cold and i couldnt sleep becos i dont have a sleeping bag cos my hse only had one so i gave it to my brother for his sleep, floor was freaking hard hahah
brushed teeth and wash up and etc
had worship and activities
task assigned :
go out of the sch to take 3 pics related to the following topics :
1) Singapore
2) Inconsiderate Behaviour
3) God's creation
and using all 3 pics to create and perform a skid (or skit - spelling !?!?!?)
to be honest, okok i say this first, dont get it wrong if some of my sentences are like trying to say that i am leader or outstanding or outshine becos i am not showing off, nor am i being arrogant, just doing my part to enjoy and make others enjoy the camp and stuff, so i am not boasting or acting big
ok, back to the story, Gaius was MIAing and so no choice, i took lead for the grp for the assigned task, not really easy cos we got to think of story line and decide which pics we plan to take
we only had 45 minutes to explore outside but i decided to spend 10 mins for discussion and the rest just taking pics ok
Gaius didnt follow us to take pics cos he fully supported the spear idea and so he stayed in sch to do the spear haha
so this is our story line, pls laugh cos its crappy, i was editing it with Hanan and stuff ok! this is it!
Theres a foreigner named Gym Elliot(Linus), just came to Singapore and dropped off at Changi Airport (1st pics taken was the Changi Airport mrt map, representing "Singapore"). One day, Elliot was going to work as an evangelist to his working area and so he was waiting for a taxi, taxi came and he was eating his breakfast, couldnt find dustbin and so he threw wrapper on the floor before getting into the taxi (2nd pic was litter - representing "Inconsiderate behaviour). Taxi fares were expensive and happened that it was his gf's birthday and he had no money to buy flowers for her. *pardon me to interrupt, supposingly, Jared was suppose to be the gf but Gaius chose me so i got a shock cos i dont know what to do and yeah, oh wells* And so, he merely plucked a flower from the ground and prepare to give his gf. (flower was the 3rd pic - represnting God's creation). someone said the flower was from ground, gf got angry and sued him to court, lawyer (Gaius haha) punished him for the inconsideration acts and ppl spear him
hahaha not realistic but the idea is there and so it led to alot of laughter and stuff, we did a tribal dance even hahaha, choreographed by Gaius
Gaius is a talented pianist! really and also a drummer !
OMG! ok and so we did practice and stuff
ok, and so when it was our grp to perform, i felt that i was an important person!
i meant really, as i said, not boasting here
i was preparing at the backstage and even my grp members giving me eye contact and waiting for my signal before coming onto stage
i didnt even have the time to think that this was my first time contributing a major leadership role in camp but just do it and make sure everything went smooth
ok and so, after linus took the taxi, and plucked the flower, i actually came out at the wrong timing but haha i felt that i did an awesome acting!
God performed it through me, really!
ok, so i slowly stroll onstage, looking elsewhere, playing with my hair and tidying up my clothings and went up to linus "hello, my boyfriend", covered my mouth - acting shy
hahahaha, i heard laughter from the crowd (Y) awesome number 1
linus showed me the flower and when i was abt to touch it, Paul came out and said "NO! he plucked this from the ground"
and from my happy shy face, became anger! i dont know what came into me, i got possessed?
i shouted "WHAT! FROM THE GROUND!? YOU PLUCKED FROM THE GROUND!? YOU STILL DARE TO GIVE ME? I WANT TO BREAK UP WITH YOU! I WANT TO SUE YOU TO COURT!"
with actions and movements, yzers were silent and after my scolding, everybody cheered for me, clapped for me
you know guys, hey! i was so touched that moment you know.. 2 years in this church, its not easy to make close friends who can be there to cheer for you always, and by through this act, PPL CHEERED FOR ME, CLAPPED FOR ME, SHOUTED FOR ME!
my heart was flying, i felt that i really did a 100% achievement
i felt so welcome into this church even more, like a part of them so so much
and my acting! omg!?!?! okok den we ended with a tribal dance which was meant for laughter haha, everyone laughed and yeah (Y)
i got to say when i went back to my seat, i saw alot of ppl looking at me with impressed faces
after this, michael my bro came up to me and said "eh , you can go mediacorp alr"
Ken Wei talked to me (i dont really know him, ok practically, i dont even know him) "hey sophia, ur acting was damn good, woah, like reallt damn good, you acted so well"
Grace : hey sophia, omg, your acting damn nice leh, so pro leh, cos i saw u at backstage laughing den suddenly can so fast change to anger, woah, ur acting damn good and nice
Vera : woah, today i saw an angry Sophia
OH MY GOD! I AM CALLING YOU GOD! ppl, i have been waiting for this compliments for years, not saying that i want to but i do love acting as well
feeling was like ok, dance, ppl praise me for dancing well, sing, ppl praise me for singing well but drama and acting? i dont even have the opportunity to play my role in a skid and wanting to entertain ppl
and so with all these compliments, i really was thankful that God allowed me to shine and show my talent to the ppl in camp
thanks dad, cos i inherited this from you, my dad also said i could act well cos yeah
only thing i scared was i will laugh before i act, haha
but this was my first outshine that i did in yz that made me feel that the grp needs me, that i am an important person inside
after the skid was games and activities
and becos as a leader, i let my grp play haha
sigh not captain's ball
games were fun, but under the scorching sun
Paul is damn good in frisbee!!! pro,hui meng also haha
i also helped my grp ppl to refill water bottles hehe
ok next come the massive water bomb games
we got to get someone to wrap him or her with newspaper
and the least wet person, the grp wins
melvin and my grp alliance
den after which, melva asked me for alliance
shit, cos every grp attacking melva's grp so i cant agree but cant reject
aiyah, you shld all know i suck like this so i replied "erm at the later part, if you still survive"
i instructed my grp what to do and stuff and strategies
Jared is pro! good!
and Linus haha so poor thing, he got smashed by a big water bomb from a cute little boy who was my crush, Edwin!
hahaha i made friends with him ahah he is so cute hahh, and now we are friends
LAME! but haha he talks to me at random times though~
suddenly, melva's grp bombed us, ok to be honest, i was angry and so no choice i told my grp to attack his grp! dont care!
but even before that fake alliance, KEN WEI!!
WOAH KEN WEI
SERIOUSLY KEN WEI
AND STILLL K-E-N W-E-I
ahahhahaha ok, la not so bad but he was the first one to attack my grp and he was from MELVIN'S GRP!
hey, whats with the alliance? i was kinda angry and so i told my grp to attack melvin's one, no choice
when he was making his way to my grp, i was shouting and explaining that we were alliance, he dont belive still throw throw ans throw somemore throw so many HAHA
wencong smashed damn hard
i was the main one, protecting my newspaper statue (Hanan) haha
got wet like crazy!
after this round, melva said i betray him but oh wells, come on, ur grp member threw it at my grp haha when he knew it, he was like "is it?"
hahah and so i pinky fingers with the guy that threw and him that we will alliance and surprsingly, every grp planned to attack melva's grp, and his grp still won HAHA
congrats, my friend :)
final round, melva, huimeng and my grp combined
so its like 2 big grps of 3 sub each competing each other
hahaha so we all got to protect our mascots under cardboards and cardboards
hahaha, i was in between joey and melva haha - main protectors of the front
ok, after clearing the mess, bathed and dinner and message
i sat beside Cyrus cos no more seats, woah, the row of seats were like Liqun, Yien, Cyrus, Yili, like i was sitting with important ppl haah
and i forgot to bring my bible, left it in the bunk and so cyrus shared with me :)
discussion time and we got to share, it was good under Gaius's guidance
afterwhich was supper, and Melva asked if i was going to study
yup! so meeting place was at canteen, and also tgt with Melvin who claims to be tired but i motivated him to study HAHA!
study study study! Melvin kept talking to me, i felt bad for Melva cos he was reallt concentrating until melvin changed seat and michelle came to study as well
after Melvin and Michelle went off, Melva and I had a hearttalk also haha but just abt sch only, not really heart talk, he owes me a story thats why!
yeah, so cool to hear his stories ahha but i love his way of thinking
he thinks freaking positively in life that we all shld learnt and this is how we grow, well sorry for the direct translation, i still felt so bad
hehe, he ordered mac and dipped a bbq fries for me, awww, meal from dad
thanks thanks, appreciate much
studied still 215am, and went up and nights!
day 3 :
alarm rings but i lazy to wake up hehe
ok washed up and stuff
and i led devotion
to be honest, its like leading bible study
so yeah, thank God and was so proud of myself that i did a great job, with a little of Chelsea's contribution
and i realise when i shared after evryone's sharing, there were ppl who enjoyed and even jotting down notes ! for that moment, tears filled in my heart, i know what i said was really from God although i didnt pray for wisdom of words before the leading of devotion but i am definitely sure those words were from God but right now, i forgot what i said haha, seriously but somehow can a little.. Praise be to the Lord, i taught a girl Felica how to pray today like what we learnt, and applicaiton in life
i meant, when i asked "hmm, who wants to pray?"
silence ----
hahaha, and so picking ppl or rathering volunteering urself are choices that you can choose, her prayer was nice try, and i commented "hmm, thats like a cute and innocent prayer~"
HAHA! thank God for words of wisdom.. this was my outshine number 2
next, worship breakfast and stuff
Linus finally completed his Black knight joke, super 101% lame oh seriously haha
our task was named as STREET-E, meaning street evangelism!
yup! went to orchard , my grp was far east plaza and so what we did was to pair in grps of 2.. find someone for eg
"hi, can you spare a few mins with us?" intoruction and ask them "what is life to you?" our camp tee shirt was LIFE IS _________. so the ppl got to give a word to fill in the blank
hahaha so yeah, and sharing this message that "God created this world, and humans arent perfect, and so we sinning and therefore rebellin against him, and so God sent His only son, Jesus, to die on the cross for us to save us and make our lives complete"
after msg, a candy will be given to them :) a christmas candy with lines of green, red and white and a slip of paper attached to it, explaining the meanings of the colours
i hate rejection! it really makes my blood boil like crazy
i paired with Hanan, and we met this sarcastic lady
Hanan asked "do you know who created this world?"
she answered "transformers"
!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? WTS
ok fine hahah but thanks ! we did laugh but yeah! come on la
ok we approached this couple and i asked her "hi, is it alright if you spare a few mins with us? we just want to ask you a quesiton"
lady : alright, ask
me : ok what is ur view of life? whats life to you
she answered : hmm, well, life is just like a bitter-sweet candy
*WOAH, out of all the ppl i asked, her answer was the most special one
and i asked "why do you say so?"
and by hearing from her answer, it made me asked her a direct qn : are you a chrsitian?
well, shes a catholic and i replied "oh thats great!"
messgae shared to her and this was what she said "oh wow, thank you so much, can i give you two a hug?"
O.O WHAT? WHAT?> I STUNNED?
"errr....... ooo o o oo k~"
haha *hug*
this was my first unforgettable moment of street evangelism!
AWESOME!
and even Hanan, i was so proud of her, being a sec 1, she told me that she wanted to pray when i announced that we left with 3 candies
and so, we prayed in ORCHARD! AHHA behind a car for "awkwardness" reason
and she led in prayer, i praised her, so so so proud of her!
cos during morning devotion, i chose her to pray and she said NO
no to prayer to me is - never heard before and its a bold and direct rejection ans
so from hearing her prayer, the motivation was there and within less than 10 mins, 3 candies were distributed! thank God for answering our prayer
Gaius was surprised that we finished so fast
went back to sch and pastoer Edwin request us to share our experiences
he even shared abt hugging thing but didnt mention me and yz was amazed
Gaius asked me to go up stage to share with him
to be honest, i can tell you, going up to stage to share and somemore requested by a leader although i am one,IS A HUGE HONOUR THAT I WAS WILLING TO ACCEPT WHOLEHEARTEDLY
the honour and chance to share, this was my outshine number 3
thank God for everything
when i was sharing, everyone was amazed ahha, and i saw Melvin at the back, having this face of like woah, i am so proud of my sister's sharing with the yz ppl
and so, i felt so proud of myself
its like my role in my grp is so important that we all cant bear to part
i got to leave at 7pm, i told Gaius
and everyone couldnt bear to let me go, i was really moved and touched
really felt like staying but when i was abt to tell my dad if i can stay, he said he was alr at the main gate waiting for me
Grace and Shona helped me packed my bag, thanks girls :)
and ppl asking me why i got to leave like this
and ppl saying huh, why cant stay, play games, den our grp so little leaders alr
and Melvin said "woah pangsei la huh" ahah chillaz la gangster HAHA
before i left, walking...
cyrus shouted "hey yz, say bye to Michael and Sophia"
""" BBBBBBBBBB YYYYYYYYYYYY EEEEEEEEEEEE~~~"
HAHAHA bye yzers, touched to the max
Cyrus and Melvin escorted me to my dad's car
woah! and yup!! intro intro!! melvin and my dad finally got to see each other, becos both of them are interested in each other ahaha, as in like Melvin was to see my dad and know him cos he said my dad was fierce and my dad wants to see what Melvin look like haha
both guys shook my dad's hand and that was when i parted from the yz camp
sad, i miss all of them so much! how i wish i didnt have that tests so i could stay all the way!
dad treated us macs and i shared with him all stories
he was likka proud yeah!
thank God for this camp!
i will regret if that day i made that decision not to go for it
it was indeed a worth going and learning camp
where i finally got to feel and realised that i outshined tgt with the yzers brothers and sisters
where i got to feel so welcomed when i was being cheered or got applaused on.. so much
where ppl asking me why cant i stay longer?
so many memorable sentences that you wish to hear more and keep it in ur heart
and studying buddies like melva and melvin, thank you guys
it really create a close bonding between us and i am looking forward to more conversation with you guys, really awesome friends from the bottom of my heart
thank for making me laugh and making this camp like a stress relieving hangout
thank you all so much, everything
my grp Elliot all ur contributions and cute laughter and enjoyment
it made me feel good that i was doing ym job as a leader to not only lead but care for each and everyone of you
thank you Yi En so so so much for ur help, i catn do much but to thank you
Melvin also, really thank you alot from the bottom of my heart
Cyrus and Joel for organising the camp smoothly
Gaius for trusting me and composing the camp song -- you are awesome!
Shona for helping to lead at times
ppl which i made new friends with
i indeed had so much fun with you guys in camp
a camp that i will never forget and will treasure moments of heartalks and time spent in my heart
i love you all yzers
new friends made and friends levelling up to close friends, secret friends and awesome friends
thank you
brothers and sisters in Christ! thank you all so much
i love you all once again
sorry for blogging super long .. i bet this is the longest post i posted but i hope you all can feel how i felt
awesome feeling in life
how i wished my dad was there when i acted
-Melinda
time to study is tmr
melva, are you going to study tonight? haha too hardcore alr