ok we are grouped by families of different countries and i am in the Raju family of Sri Lanka.nah not gonna say "Raju" rox or something== unless its "Raja" then maybe.haha cox Raja = King in malay-.-' cold sia.whatever.anyway Raju.basically had really full lunch with a bunch of frens before the camp (duh! cox we gonna fast for the next 30 hours!) and went to the hall and its really amazing to see 800+ other campers,mostly students from jc/poly/uni,that is in the same hall as me!sat with frens,as usual,since most people around are strangers except for some frens i know from HC that are also campers.its really exciting to know the fact that 800+ other campers also have the same vision as u to fast for the poor/needy, and we are all going through this shit together.
as usual the typical intro speech,only thing special is that 张惠妹appeared!she is the ambassador for wOrLd vIsIoN.yeah actually she is just another star but yeah she is one damn good and damn popular one!haha.so its different.and when we went out after the official sounding of the siren,i went to the crowd where SHE was, and i was like inches close to her.gosh cant' really believe it.thought feel nothing special also.she is just another human being too.stars are also ordinary people=) ok then it was team-building games.its really funny cox we had a scenario game of building shelters with only newspapers and cardboards before the usual team ice-breakers and self-intro.tot the idea sucked cox in that way we were forced to talk to each other through limited time given to build our "shelter of own creation".but that aint gonna work out for youths of our generation cox we seriously cant give a damn of whatever so called "sense of urgency".that's why.the activity turned out sort of a screwed up.....then was the self-intro and stuff.kinda nice when i noe i am the only HC guy in my group cox i don't like the idea of having another HC guy in the same team,will just clique with that guy.so felt nice at first,but in the end...well will mention the other parts in the next part of my post.
then was the role-playing game!was rather excited about it at first.thought the idea was cool.had fun for the 1st hour.definitely.we were assigned roles like head/vice-head/adult/grandparent/child.and as a family we are to go around the school compound to work/get educated/earn money.its so freaking lame and chaotic cox we did not know what to do at first as we werent brieved of how the game goes!that's really IDIOTIC.screwed the game.anyway we all simply hentam in the begininning, blast our way through whatever we can do.i got sien of the game after an hour cox its like really aimless, when i realized there is no incentive in playing well in the game.cox in actual fact there werent any incentive AT ALL.so freaking lame.so me and an ACJC guy in my family went to sell our limbs for money.(we actually caught HIV AIDS through blood transfusion when selling limbs.oops.heh) and then the allocated time for the game was over.
next was the sharing session on HIV AIDS and i <3ed>
you get to know how blessed you are when you see the lives of others...
you get to know you actually lack nothing when you realize others actually have nothing...
you get to see how true, how big the world is and you are just a small bit of it...
just a puny little bit...
"give thanks to HIM for all that you have, praise him with thanksgiving, for in HIM you have the whole world"
that summarizes my learnings in that session=) then was the candle-liting for the wrap up.it gives time for us to reflect upon sacrifices for others.
yeap indeed we live as if we are selfish creatures in this world.
"think about hunger, spare a thought for the poor."
do we do all that?
we are just living in our own worlds caught up with our own stuff.
look at the corner of our eyes, the world is wider than what u see.
people out there are suffering.spare a thought for them.take actions about it,may it be small actions.
those heck-care people may argue,
"what the hell we can't do nuts even if they are poor or hungry rite?there are so many of them.pls."
hey.look.even if its just donating a few cents/dollars,giving ur hand for the needy,its still something.
small but not of null worth.ok.
yeap indeed we live as if we are selfish creatures in this world.
"think about hunger, spare a thought for the poor."
do we do all that?
we are just living in our own worlds caught up with our own stuff.
look at the corner of our eyes, the world is wider than what u see.
people out there are suffering.spare a thought for them.take actions about it,may it be small actions.
those heck-care people may argue,
"what the hell we can't do nuts even if they are poor or hungry rite?there are so many of them.pls."
hey.look.even if its just donating a few cents/dollars,giving ur hand for the needy,its still something.
small but not of null worth.ok.
not saying u must exactly go out to the mission fields,live with them to get 1st-hand experience THEN do something.
that would be great but that would be unnecessary if ur motive is to understand how they feel and experience their lifestyle.
we already know that THEY NEED HELP and THAT'S A FACT!
so move our asses to HELP THEM!
i just felt so much when i was going through the liting-of-candles-activity.all the above are my reflections when i think through what i did in the camp.yeah starving ourselves and understanding the torturous feeling of hunger may not exactly benefit them in any way,in fact IT DOES NO HELP TO THEM,but the special thought for these bunch of people is something that's built inside everyone's mind.at least for those who cared.with this thought,it will be natural for us to relate stuff to them in our daily lives.eg not wasting food/water/resources,donating to the poor,helping the disabled/elderly etc.its this empathy that comes out within our hearts.out of nowhere?no.its in our human blood,just that need us to come to this realisation=)
gosh did i just blurted all my thoughts?seems like a messy vomit.so freaking disorganised am i?
okok back to the describing of the camp.that's all for the 1st nite.one thing i recalled is that i was so hungry that i bought a drink to fill my stomach.so that the gastric juice has something to eat into and not my stomach walls!but actually Green Tea doesn't do much help though=\ oh and another thing.the bunch of us DIDN'T BATHE.c'mon la.its famine camp it's just justice we don't bathe.anyway i think practically 80% of people didn't bathe cox we din't know there are actually shower points at the toilets of the swimming pool.who even know where the ACS Barker pool is==
2nd day was rise and shine rather early.and really famished.cox its like haven't eaten for so long.and we still gotta go out to HDBs at Tampines for old newspaper/clothes collection.nothing special.just the usual stuff.like any other fac CIP.rite.we were efficient,thus finished out task 2 hours earlier than expected.mmm it was in the 2nd day that i got to talk more to members in Raju family.so lag rite.ah except for that one girl from ACJC.if i remember correct where she is from.whole time stick with the bf.apa la.damn idiotic.really spoil my family's spirit.everybody sien diao cox of them la.that girl actually look kinda not bad but then those 2 are idiots.whatever.anyway those 1-day frens,i dun even get to contact them after that.cox our family spirit sux so we didn't actually exchange hp no(s) or emails.crap.
2nd day was rise and shine rather early.and really famished.cox its like haven't eaten for so long.and we still gotta go out to HDBs at Tampines for old newspaper/clothes collection.nothing special.just the usual stuff.like any other fac CIP.rite.we were efficient,thus finished out task 2 hours earlier than expected.mmm it was in the 2nd day that i got to talk more to members in Raju family.so lag rite.ah except for that one girl from ACJC.if i remember correct where she is from.whole time stick with the bf.apa la.damn idiotic.really spoil my family's spirit.everybody sien diao cox of them la.that girl actually look kinda not bad but then those 2 are idiots.whatever.anyway those 1-day frens,i dun even get to contact them after that.cox our family spirit sux so we didn't actually exchange hp no(s) or emails.crap.
the group-cheering session in the noon was lame.nothing to talk about it.
event ended with a mini 1 hour concert by a local band and wOrLd vIsIoN 's ambassador 张惠妹.c'mon how many people actually got the chance to hear Ah-Mei singing live.she is freaking good!after so many years still as good as ever.姜还是老的辣！haha.so true man.the local band sounded nice tooo=o haha
after long awaited of 30 hours...
it was <-BREAK FAST TIME->!yeah that's like finally.
after long awaited of 30 hours...
it was <-BREAK FAST TIME->!yeah that's like finally.
felt really like "omgomg.FINALLY.and I MADE IT!!!"
ate damn lot.like duh.
ok la i think everyone will feel the same.i finally went through the 30 hours.its really a great feeling.can't really describe it in words.experience it for urself=D
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