there's a story behind every scar

[edited 18/6/06]

i am back from the famine camp and there's so much, so much i wanna thank God for.

saturday
met qiling early in the morning for breakfast at bb macs. we were all geared up to fast for 30 hours. a few fellow campers were at the macs too. so we met ruthu too and waited for chiew yee. met pi to pass me the cam (all thanks to my 2 megapixels cam!)

registed and collected our tshirts and we saw fish! (jaslyn's friend!)

and then we took some random pics with our tags!

we had 2 hours for a hearty lunch, so we went all the way to plaza sing while most of the famin-ers were having lunch at macs in potong pasir!

so anyway, our famine camp started officially at 2pm and we were seperated into families.

this is my family:

we "worked" as bead pickers, bead sorters, crane folders, scavengers and "prostitutes" as our last resort. (all these are just some simulation game. During a real natural disaster, familes are seperated and even when they're reunited, their houses will be all gone and they will be living in poverty and hunger.)

during the entire simulation, i was very very disappointed and disgusted with myself. for the sake of the "family", we resorted to stealing other people's building materials, begging, scavenging, lying and cheating so as to be able to have sufficient "money" and building materials to build our make-shift "homes"

so anw, the camp "30 hours under no roof" was a literal name. we had no roof as shelters when we sleep. the guys slept on the track in the "homes" that we built and the girls (us!) slept in the parade square.

sleeping with the fellow refugees under the nightsky

sunday

woke up at 6 in the morning and had worship service by some charismatic pastor whom left me in a cultural shock. pastor singing and playing guitar? sermon without a concrete Bible verses extract? sermon with just personal experiences with nothing from the Bible itself?

we then set off to tampiness to collect newspapers! ((: was on the same bus as qiling! :D

i was partnered with suyu and jun chuan :D

we saw a lot of half-naked uncles, domestic dogs and cats :D, an auntie who offered us drinks, parents with little kids, many families cooking lunch which were uber tempting!

and i saw this reallyreally cute malay guy (my eyecandy for 1min!)

the worst part during the camp was having nothing to do. when we have nothing to do, the hunger pangs kept haunting us. it's only when we are packed with activities (though it's hard work!), we are able to forget hunger momentarily.

famine camp concert was funny. the 5-piece band was moderate. the breakdancers were FABULOUS and ronin (another gig band) was super high! but ronan was really blunt with his words )): oh! joi chua and eunice olsen are the world vision ambassadors.

ronin and his band.

anw, we broke fast at 8pm! FINALLY! it's 30 hours!

FOODDDDDDDDDD! ((:

had dinner with my "family" instead of the A01-ians.

and so the 30 hours Under No Roof Famine camp ended with a blast and a stomachache )):

my stomach was repulsive towards the burger, buns and cakes given and though i ate the entire Burger King burger after the camp, i ended up vomitting it out at home.

went home with chewy and i am so glad that another person is willing to give out herself to serve the community, to serve the less fortunate ((:

[edited 19/6/06]

after this camp i really really want to go overseas and teach, just like andy (my pri sch teacher). he went Kazakhstan to teach English and now he's in US training to be a minister. he's like one of the closest teacher i ever had and he really inspired me.

but the problem is going overseas and teach needs a lot a lot of money and i am planning to go there for at least 3 months before my uni starts (that's provided i get into an uni) and my mum said she's unable to sponsor me. )): so i have to work to earn enough money and i am still deciding where to go. cambodia? india? kazakhstan too?

common tests in 6 days time and i've barely completed my revision. i am going to be in really dead meat for this common test. i really detest mugging and really see no point in having all the qualifications and nonsenses.

i just wanna serve. just wanna run away to a place with a fresh start. just wanna go to a place where i can explore my own true nature, where i can really be myself.

on a sidenote,

i am REALLY REALLY PROUD OF MY FELLOW A01 FAMINERS! ((:

so proud of qiling especially. everyone knows qiling's horrendous diet and she was able to survive through the entire camp!