cf camp 09 - part 2

Day 3 - Sunday, 30th August: The usuals. Session 3 was probably the peak of it all. There was an altar call after the session and by God's grace, hearts were touched and some responded. God is amazing, and too often we forget how GREAT He is. He spoke to me and now I roughly know what to do. He reminded me of His love and grace and how no matter what, He sees what I'm going through. These were the things He's been teaching me throughout the past few years and it was like another gentle reminder. I can't thank Him enough for that. =). 

After lunch, there was an awareness talk by the person-in-charge of Bethany Home. He talked about the place, its purpose and stuff like that. Oh, and before he gave us the talk, he made us go through........ How it feels to be disabled. He made us find a partner each and then he split us into groups. The first group would be the blind and the second would be the lame. So each pair would blindfold one person and he/she would be given a stick. And the other group would have a person from each pair to sit on a wheelchair/use crutches. For those on the wheelchair, one hand was tied to the handrest so he/she could only use one hand to move both wheels. And for those with crutches, both legs were tied together. Well, you get the picture. Our partners were given instructions NOT to help us. So yeah, for round 15 minutes, we were 'disabled'. Our goal was to move from the hall all the way to the food place. Not that far if you walk, but considering our situation, it seemed really difficult. I was pretty bad at it, kept banging into chairs. When we reached the place, we switched with our partners. I have alot of respect for these people.. It's definitely not easy.. 

Session 4 took place after the talk. Before the session we were asked to go around, encouraging others and thanking them for something. Was free all the way till dinner. Talentime (sketch) was after dinner. My group's theme was Patience and the setting was Year 2222. So we decided to do something on robots. 

But the best sketch was definitely the one by Inreda. Theirs was Kindness and Terminator. Laughter all the way to the end! 

We were free after the sketch, so some of us played Pictionary.. 

We won both rounds. =D. Sadly, we had to get in our rooms by 11.30.. 

Day 4 - Monday, 31st August: MERDEKA! Though no one seemed to remember/care/bother. Lol. We only had to wake up at 8. That too, the guys still slept on. Devotion was after breakfast that day and my group merged with Spoka for it that morning. And oh, our group names were all these weird words. So they told us on the first day that if could find out the meaning of our group name and its origin, we would get extra points. I asked Abel on the third night to find out for me. And thanks to him, we got it. My group's name: Glansa means shine. And it's a Swedish term. But when they announced it during the prize-giving session, they said that all the group names were actually names of lights sold in Ikea... Really potong stim. We got third place anyway. This time, it felt rather different. Maybe its just cause we're already past the stage where winning means everything. And for the first time, it was rather relaxing. 

Glansa. Great group-mates. =)

Till then. -out-

CF Camp 09 - part 1

CF Camp 09 was a blast! Yea, it was. Though I didn't know those who went very well, but I guess it was an opportunity to make new friends and get to know them better. The camp was held in Bethany Home, Teluk Intan, a school for the disabled and under privileged. Here goes...

Day 1 - Friday, 28th August: We gathered in college at 12.30 and registered. By the time everyone came and was done registering, it was already 1.30. We all went to the Student Lounge and were introduced to the speaker, Segar Moses. Pretty cool dude. Haha. He asked us to list down the qualities of a 'Sportsman of the Year' in our groups and break it down into Attitude and Skill. When we finished, he talked abit about our theme: Impact Ourselves, Impacting Others and then we got on the bus. But the lecturer who was supposed to accompany us was sick, so we waited for another hour for her replacement. Left at 3.45. Reached at 6plus. Dinner - it was the best meal of the whole camp for me. Rushed for practice for worship that night. When we started it was already 8.30. We played a game; something like Capture The Flag + Balloon War.. Basically, in our groups, some were soldiers and some were finders. Everyone had a balloon tied to their leg. Once your balloon bursts, you're dead and you have to return to the base and protect your flag. The field is where the three bases were and the soldiers were there to either protect the flag, step on other soldiers' balloons or capture their flag. The finders job was to find balloons and strips of papers that could be exchanged for either members who got caught and were thrown into jail and for balloons that burst. Hah. There were 5 groups and we had to merge. So one of the groups merged with the committee. It was fun though it was pretty dark, especially at our base. It was kinda scary cause your flag could just disappear the moment you look away. Some got injured in this game. And yeah, my group, Glansa, together with Spoka, won this game. That pretty much summed up the first day. 

The room some of us slept in. Ours was the only one with an air-cond and double decker beds. How blessed. Haha

Day 2 - Saturday, 29th August: Woke up at 7, devotion, breakfast, worship, session1. Session 1 posed serious questions for us to think about. Before lunch, we were given a short briefing bout the station games. We were given an egg and for a moment I was hoping we wouldn't have to take care of it throughout the camp. Thank goodness we only had to keep it till the end of the station games. We would be getting something from each station that would help us to create something to protect our egg. Cause it was gonna be jumped on, stepped on, used as a basketball to throw a 3-pointer etc. It seemed nearly impossible. Station games started round 1.30 and there were 5 stations altogether. When it ended, it was nearly 3 o clock. My group went to the 'canteen' with the stuff we collected and this was our creation...

We weren't so confident that it could actually withstand all the pressure that was coming. But, we did it anyway. It was our 'baby'. Haha. And the result: out of 5 groups, only 1 group's egg remained intact. And sadly, it wasn't ours. Haha. After dinner, it was session 2. 

Before the session started

After worship, the speaker split us into two big groups and we played a game. We stood around in a circle and he gave us a ball to throw to someone else in the circle by calling out his/her name. It had to continue with everyone in the circle receiving the ball only once and when it was done, the same order had to be repeated. And the catch was that once we started, more balls came in and yea it got pretty hard then. We could barely keep all 8 balls in the air for 5 seconds.. After the session, we had to form our own groups of 4-5 or even 6. We were given balloons that we had to write certain personal things on and share about it in the group. And we had to burst it after that. 

The guys got the radio out to find the frequency for Business.Fm for live commentary on the MU-Arsenal game that was going to happen. They managed to find it after trying for some time. Then some of them tried to get the tv to work and discovered that there was an Astro decoder and after some time, they actually got it to work. Liverpool game was on then and initially, though they were losing, they came back and won 3-2. That's the Liverpool we know!! Haha. Some of us were watching the MU-Arsenal game all the way till the 60th minute (was nearly 2am then). And then we were chased away by.... And yeah, we had no choice but to go to bed. MU won anyway, one penalty and the other an own goal by Arsenal, tell me how is that what you call a true champion? Don't hate me. =D. 

-to be continued-