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Dissertation (10 dec)
Well,.. okay.. let's start from the beginning.. hmm.. Dissertation.. no pics of that, sorry.. don't think you want a glimpse of it either.. it's all crap. But I'll tell you what it's about la.. it's about Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in China.. lalala.. okay, I think you're falling asleep already.. lol! I compared the FDIs in China with the FDIs in ASEAN-4 countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines) and well, tried to prove that the FDI inflows into China affects the FDI inflows in ASEAN-4 countries positively.. lalala.. that means when the FDI inflows into China increases, the FDI inflows into ASEAN-4 countries increases simultaneously. Tadaa! lalala.. ok, I know you're bored.. and like.. what the crap is FDI anyway? But to tell you the truth,.. ever since the FDI inflows increased suddenly in 1991-1993, the % of FDIs in Malaysia compared to these countries, including China, dropped suddenly.. Malaysia was affected more than any other country.. OK! Lalala.. I'm boring you guys again.. so sorry~! T.T
oh wait.. one happening thing about my dissertation was that.. well.. I spent the whole last night of the dissertation doing nothing but referencing and bibliography.. lol~! The word limit was 10,000 words, plus minus 10%, but well.. I got barely 9000 words la.. and that was because I included the titles of the pages and the in text references.. i.e.(Lim, 2008).. okay, those of you in high school will not know what the crap I am talking about- so sorry, dudes!
And if you noticed, my dissertation/theses dateline was on the 10th of Dec 2007, which is the first day of HUGE camp~! And my friend who was supposed to fetch me to Cheras to take the charted bus to Taiping was leaving his house at 8am, and 8.15am was his latest!! I asked him 8.20 can or not? And he was like.. try 8.15 la.. and college opens at 8am.. T.T
I had to print everything out.. and I can't print it in school because the com lab only opens at 9am.. so I carried my mum's laser printer into my room the night before.. or rather, got my maid to carry it for me.. so darn heavy. Yes, I am cruel.. I had to reserve my energy for my dissertation.. lol. And then was printing that morning itself too.. but guess what? Two of my pie charts went wrong somehow.. printer input output problem and it caused me to print the pie charts don't know how many times.. and it still can't come out properly.. then the worst happened- the pie charts consisted of yellow ink, and yellow ink finished.. and therefore, when the yellow ink finishes, the printer won't let me print other pages, even if it was black, until I replaced the yellow catridge- don't ask. It's senseless..
So I had like another 7 pages to print.. which was very little considering the fact that I printed more than a hundred already.. and these simple 7 pages was stopping me from doing everything~! It was 6 something in the morning and I was stuck with a printer with no ink.. Think, Anna,.. think! Desperate situations call for desperate measures..
Just the night before, my bro was in 1u and he was stuck- just as desperate as I was now.. his car was stuck there and although my dissertation was due the next day, I drove all the way there to hand him 20-40 bucks.. because he didn't have enough money to buy the car part he needed, which costed, well.. 20 bucks. T.T so me, out of my.. erm.. good samaritaness, did him a favour and sacrificed my dissertation time and energy to go there for him..
and so guess what? right now, I had a major issue.. and I know he had a printer in his room across mine.. but.. one thing about vic was that he wasn't good with temper.. especially when he is sleeping.. do not wake the sleeping giant, and I repeat- DO NOT! But like I said- desperate situations call for desperate measures. But goodness, it is 6 in the morning, dude! What are you thinking?? Vic sleeps at 5am or 5pm, it's like.. you never know when he is awake or asleep, but 6am is really a no no, man.. he either just slept or well.. have been sleeping, but definately not awake~!!!!! -wrong again, he was awake..
"Hello? Kor ah?" don't be angry, don't be angry.. if he is angry, so let it be.. God's grace, God's grace..
"Yeah?" He didn't even sound angry..
*closes eyes tightly* "Erm.. are you awake?"
"What do you think??"
Gosh, is he angry?? "Erm.. no?"
"Well, if I could answer the phone, then I am awake, right?"
Angry sentence but not angry voice.. "Erm.. okayy.. so you're.. awake?"
"Yupe~!"
Okay, he is not angry.. *Phew* God's grace, God's grace.. better still- he is awake? at 6 in the morning???? God's grace God's grace God's grace God's grace..*closes eyes* "What?! What are you doing at 6 in the morning?"
"Haha.. busy finishing off one of my tasks.. anyway, wassup?"
"Erm.. Can I borrow your printer? I need to hand up my dissertation tomorrow and mum's printer no ink. I just need to print like another 7 pages or something.."
"Okay, send it to me.."
I went over and send the stuff to him through msn, so I was like walking back and forth from one room to the other.. zip files going through msn and stuff.. in the end, he burned the CD for me also because I don't know why my com cannot burn.. well,.. the quality of the normal printer is definitely not the same, but it's better than nothing, right?.. he was really nice the whole way, too..
So that morning itself I rushed like a mad cow to bind the book at 7am in the morning.. I made an appointment with Aunty May Yee earlier to pick me up at 7am.. because I didn't know her friend who owned a photostat shop and secondly because I needed to rush straight to HUGE camp and leave my car at home.. honestly, I ask you la.. where got photostat shop open so early in the morning? but we tried our luck neways.. the first shop we went to, we saw the lights on but the doors closed so we went up and knocked.. a young guy answered but he was not prepared to open the shop so early, and he just switched off the lights and went back in, leaving me.. desperate.
But Aunty May Yee brought me to her friend's photostat shop, a friend who also owns the restaurant next to her photostat shop.. so yay~! we reached her restaurant at 7am, and looked around for her- she was not there! Then we asked a worker where she was and he pointed to the 4-wheel drive which just parked in front of the shop! She just arrived! God bless us, man.. and we asked her if she could open the shop for us.. and she agreed, but we had to wait.. so we waited while she kept the veggies she just bought from the market.. then walked over to her place and binded both the books for me.. (Dissertation consists of 2 copies of the same book) .. it costs me RM5 - and it had to be staple bind, instead of comb bind.. anyway.. why am I even telling you this?
It was already around 7.30am.. Anyway, thanked God like mad all the way to college, where I rushed to hand in the books.. and guess what? the guy asked me to tape the CD on the cover of the books.. what the.. and I thought I was done! so I asked him if he had tape, since we were in the office anyway, but he was reluctant- he wanted me to go get it myself.. ??? so I turned around to one of the lecturers I knew, but she just smiled and apologized that she didn't have tape.. so after walking around aimlessly for like another minute or so, I finally asked him again.. and sounded a bit like begging already I think.. and he finally said.."you just wait.. I got it in my office." so I waited for him.. this is the second time waiting already.. first had to wait for the lady to load the veggies, now him.. T.T .. he was photocopying some stuff.. 8 mins to 8am.. I guess I can wait a while..
So we went to the office.. I asked him how to stick it exactly, and he showed me a sample, and I handed it in and signed off.. then he said "eh? you only handed in one CD? you need 2, you know?" Then he passed back the books to me.. -_-" and he said "I am not going to accept these until you hand in another CD." 5 mins to 8am.
I was like.. too tension to get angry.. talk about pressure *phew* I was too worried to get irritated then.. I rushed out of the office.. was in crisis mode already.. I had to think fast.. praying and praying.. probably speaking in tongues beneath my breath or something.. I was like.. God.. you can see all this,. I know that You control everything, Lord.. I'm just leaving everything to You.. all I can do is my best.. the rest is up to You.. I thought.. where am I going to get another CD?? Aunty May Yee was waiting for me outside the main gate and here I am.. I need a CD, there is a book shop upstairs but I don't think it is open so early in the morning! Normally open around 9am, right? And there are other bookshops down the road but.. it's nearly 8am.. I only have 15 mins and I still need time to drive to his place!! Just to buy the CD alone will take me at least 15 mins! and not to mention burning it which will also take me goodness knows how long~! God was my only hope,..
Normally, I wouldn't waste time running upstairs to check if that bookshop is open because normally I would just rush with whatever time I had left to the bookshops down the road, where there is more than one bookshop and the probability of one that is open is higher.. but I gave it a shot- I ran upstairs.. and guess what? It was open! I went in and didn't even bother looking for it- I just asked the lady (since I was most probably her only customer at that time) "Empty CD?" and she pointed behind her - "how much?" "1.80" I paid and dashed out to the com lab.. oh, not to mention, the whole time I was carrying 2 really heavy text books, which I had to return to the library because it was due during HUGE camp.
Com lab- should only be open at 9am but it was opened already- Thank God! there are 2 PCs used to burn stuff, and they were both occupied by my fellow classmates.. I had to wait.. again. You know what that feeling is like when you're in a rush and had to wait? Yeah.. I think we all have been there before.. and I was there the 3rd time today already..
anyway, someone moved off and I straight away logged in and chucked my new CD inside and guess what? the guy behind me was actually waiting his turn.. I had accidentally cut his cue.. and he was my classmate. So I just apologized and told him I was in a hurry- had a friend waiting for me, so he just smiled and let me do my thing..
I was thinking like.. goodness! where am I going to find all those info I need to burn? Where did I store them? Online? where? on my google docs or email inbox? for those of you who know me,.. I DON'T have a thumbdrive.. so .. yeah.. all my stuff are online.. and I was thinking like.. I wonder how long it will take me to retrieve everything and all.. or maybe I should just burn the important stuff..
but guess what? it suddenly dawned upon me that I had all that info in the other CD! so i took the new one out and put the old one in, and the guy behind me was still waiting.. he was like.. "Eh? you burn already ah?" and I was like.. "haha.. yeap! just need to burn another one" and so i transferred everything into the com and put the new CD in and started burning.. the poor guy behind me was so distracted with what I was doing, that the other com was free to use, and he was still watching me in all that tensioness of mine.. lol! I was like.. "the other com can use de.." then he was like.. "oh!" LOL!
before I knew it, I was done- now I had to write my name on the CD.. T.T here we go again.. "anybody got marker???" the people around me were my classmates.. and I was like "how are you going to write your name? do you have a marker?" goodness.. I think just finding a marker will take me 15 mins.. anyway.. found a girl.. tried on her marker but nothing was coming out- not appropriate for CDs.. but I couldnt be bothered anymore- I just chucked the CD in without a name and rushed back to the office..
borrowed the guy's tape again, taped the second CD on the back cover, and noticed a black marker in his pencil holder.. "can I borrow this?" "yeah, sure" he sounded happier than just now- I think he was surprised I was back so fast.. I didn't even write my name- just my UNN number / ID.. and that was it- no time. (you know how long my name is, right? lol!)
Michell called.. "where are you now?" I was like.. "in the office.. passing up now" The guy passed me the book to sign, again.. (he deleted my earlier signature).. and I signed it while answering the phone.. "how long more?" I was like.. "coming now.. coming now.." I rushed out of the office without a thanks or a bye to the guy because I was still on the phone with Michell.. it was 8.08am on my watch.. i told her that I don't have to meet up with her anymore.. I'll return the books to the library myself- she can go ahead for class.. but I saw my lecturer still in the office.. actually, we had an 8am class, but since today was the dateline, well.. not a lot of people turned up,.. anyway I had HUGE and was prepared to skip this class for that.. skipped all 4 days for that actually..
Rushed to the Library upstairs (don't believe I still have time to return book!) supposed to pass it to Michell to pass it up for me, but I figured the library should be open by now because the com lab was open- true enough, it was. Dumped my 2 heavy textbooks there and literally ran to the main gate where Aunty May Yee waited for me the whole time.. she had to on the engine and put on her seatbelt (why in the universe did she take 'em off in the first place? you're wasting my precious time!!) I still had like 3.5 mins to rush to my friend's place from college.. normally it would take 10 mins.. I couldn't be bothered about time anymore.. now it is out of my hands.. I just sat there in the car.. my friend called.. I think I only had 3 mins now..
"Where are you?"
"on the way.. on the way.. the lecturer asked me to hand in 2 CDs, I didn't know.. I only had one, so have to go to the bookshop, buy another CD, burn it and hand it in"
"What?~! so how???"
"so I did la.."
"you did all that already??"
"yup~!"
"so where are you now?"
"on the way to your house"
"okay.."
I had to navigate.. the person driving didn't know the way.. "turn left here.. then make a u-turn"
"Okay.."
"Okay, keep to your right.." hurry up, hurry up.. why she drive so slow one? T.T "Go to the fast lane.."
"..."
"We really have no time already.."
"I know, I know.. can't you see? there are cars.. I can't just cut in like that.."
"..." Patience, Anna.. patience..
She goes onto the fast lane.. "Okay, keep to your right.. traffic light there, turn right.."
"Turn in to section 17?"
"yeah.."
We wait at the traffic light.. "Wah.. your life very interesting, huh? Everytime also got something happening one.."
"Yeah.. I know.. that's my life.." *shakes head*
"ahah.."
My friend calls again.. "where are you?"
"Reaching already.."
"Where?"
"Traffic light near your house.. coming from BU.."
"Oh, there.. okay." I think he mumbled to his mum something.. "Okay, see you."
"Bye.."
Aunty May Yee still didn't know the way.. "Where is her house?" I didn't want to tell her it was very near because then she would drive slower..
"go straight.. get ready to turn left"
"which junction is it? tell me which junction.. so I can get ready.."
"number 44"
"okay,.. now 48.. 46 already"
"Okay, next one.."
"44.."
"Okay, turn in.." she turns in "you see that car? yeah.. that one."
"that's your friend, is it?"
"Yeah.." she stops the car opposite theirs.. "thanks,.. bye."
"Bye!"
I cross the road with my red, faithful, torn, rugged WWJD bag.. "Hi, Aunty.."
"eh? That's all you're carrying ah?"
"Yupe!"
"So little? Enough or not?"
"Yea.. Enough, la.. why?"
Aunty laughs and my friend shakes his head, "Oh boy.. this is embarassing.."
"Why?" Then I look into the bunk.. filled with bags.. You know.. other than me, there were only 2 other people in that car going for the camp- my friend and his bro. That was it- and the bunk was literally filled- without my school bag..
We got in.. said hi to his bro and I had to sit in the middle.. because I was the.. erm.. shortest. -_-"
"sorry, I made you all wait.."
we didn't exactly have a long conversation in the car.. just a lil here and there..
his mum asked "Did you sleep last night?"
"Haha.. no.."
"Oh.. so you packed this morning, la"
"Haha.. yea.."
"Oh,.. so while doing your dissertation, you had to pack also, and you were rushing, so you only packed one bag"
"Haha.. well.. not exactly,.. but normal la.. just put whatever I need inside.."
then later his mum asked again.. "taken your breakfast?"
"Erm.. haha.. no.. it's kay, la.."
then they passed me a plastic bag with a bun and an egg tart.. my friend said, "choose one.."
"no need, la,.. its k.."
"we bought for you one, actually, because we figured you didn't have breakfast.."
"oh.. okayy..." so I took the egg tart..
then later I confessed.. "I didn't even have time to brush my teeth.."
he was like.. "ewwwwwh.."
"What to do? my toothpaste finish de.. later hopefully can buy la.."
"oh my.."
"no time, mah... somemore toothpaste finish de.. cannot brush lor.."
then later I said.. "Just now Aunty May Yee told me that my life very interesting.."
"Yeah, I bet.."
"haah.. yeah really.. my life always like that one.."
"Oh, boy.."
"living by faith.. ahah.."
*shrugs* and says sarcastically "Oh, yeah.."
"but at other people's expense, la.."
Well.. nearing Cheras- what do you expect? yea.. traffic jam.. he called some guy in charge for directions.. turns out we were the last one to arrive and everyone was waiting for us.. and we were still asking for directions T.T my bad.. plus the traffic jam..
seems like we missed a turning.. called them again.. traffic jam- car was not moving.. going towards a roundabout or traffic light or something.. it was like a bottleneck.. on the phone, my friend says "turn left? you mean turn left at petronas is it? after petronas?" we all look to the left.. it was petronas.. "oh.. turn left and go up the hill?" we all look again.. it was a hill.. His dad faster turned in.. if we were just one car in front, we would have missed that junction.. praise God, man.. praise God for traffic jams!
so the place we were supposed to meet at was Charis Christian Centre or something like that- a church. And it was right there.. aunty was like.. "your friends, leh?"
"I don't know.. they should be there already.."
true enough.. they were there already.. so I hanged with them while we all waited for the buses to arrive.. Paul, XiYing and Aaron Tam.. they so rock my world, man.. well.. Paul kept teasing me about my bag.. because they all brought at least 2 bags each.. lol! I didn't even bring a jacket- forgot T,T
after like 15 mins the first bus arrives.. and we had to wait for the second bus.. then finally after another 1 hr and 45 mins which is a long total of 2 hours since we reached, the second bus arrives.. turns out the driver forgot that he was supposed to fetch us today.. -_-" humans.
HUGE (10-13dec)
Okay,.. I guess you all have noticed- I am no more in the dissertation category, but in the HUGE category.. ahah.. same day mah.. and it was just after..
Okay, so you wanna know what I put in that bag? LOL! Okay, lar.. it's like this:
Toiletries:
- toothbrush
- comb
- hair cream, and that's it
- (no toothpaste because finish de)
- (forgot to bring shampoo)
- 6-8 t-shirts,
- Pjs- which is a beggy Wisconsin flamingo white t-shirt and a track bottom;
- Swimming suit because I heard that there was a swimming pool, in the end didn't use.. T.T
- UGs - don't figure.. and I don't remember how many.. lol.
- (forgot to bring my jacket)
- Phone Charger
- Bible
- Wallet.. duh
- House keys.. duh
- Phone.. duh.. must I even mention?
- (I heard towels were provided, so no towel)
Anyway.. we were the 1st bus people,.. so I sat in the first bus with XiYing, Aaron Tam beside Paul, Paul behind me..^^ I'm sorry, the pics aren't with me.. but I'll try to load them up for you guys, ya? Esp the one with Paul and Aaron sleeping together.. awhh..
Well, as you know, I didn't sleep the whole night, so I took this opportunity to sleep^^ halfway through, XiYing borrowed me her book to read- Captivating.. lol! I love you, XiYing.. ahah.. I ended up reading a part of the book which I already read before.. ahah.. and yet, it was still sooo captivating T.T
The bus trips costs us like RM48 each.. no kidding- 2 ways, la.. from KL to Taiping.. no joke, man.. so expensive.. Anyway, since I only had one bag- it was easy for me, lor.. just shove it up there.. no need to wait down there to collect my bag or whatevah.
Okay, so we reached a rest place.. there we had dunkin donuts..^^ and some of us bought KFC ^^ but I didn't eat the KFC, la.. just smelt it ^^ good enough.. the unfortunate thing was that some of the others didn't know that there was a KFC there.. awhhh.. and they ate at the hot, crowded, not nice food stalls.. awhhh..
Anyway, XiYing and I lost the guys.. lol! We couldn't find them.. know where we lost them? -in the toilet!! shhh.. yea.. they said they were going toilet, so we hold their stuff for them, and agreed to wait for them until they came out- good samaritans.. but then they never came back! T.T then we waited and waited,.. finally someone called and asked us where we were.. and we were like.. "what the? waiting for you outside la.." and they were like "we are at the bus already.. faster.. where have you guys been? we were waiting.." T.T
Okay, so we lost our bearings looking for 'em.. turns out what we thought was the back of the whole place was the entrance- as in.. the place where the buses parked and where we came from- our entrance, la, that is.. so we lost our bearings a bit ..and the toilet was not helping, because the toilet was so damn huge.. it was as big as the food court itself! But i love the toilet la.. it had like a mini garden in the middle.. so airy and so peaceful.. and I could just sit there.. and.. and.. and wash hand, you know? :P
Yeah.. while washing hand, I can see the wind blowing the leaves on the plants.. and the little girls running around in their tiny white skirts and pretty pink dresses.. and playing, and shouting and laughing.. and then their moms chasing them from one end of the spacious toilet to the other end, while holding their cute lil' white panties up high and waving it, calling their sweet names.. aihhh... the serenity of it all..
Okay, so I exaggerate.. but still? there were little girls running around with their moms behind them.. if I remember correctly.. okay, where was I? Oh, yeah.. huge camp.. sorry, I got distracted a little bit.. ^^
Yea, we went back into the bus and all those that didn't get their KFCs and didn't know it existed was complaining like mad and begging for it.. so we continued the next half of the journey playing Uno and Poker cards.. it was so damn fun- Paul brought 'em- thanks, Paullie^^ ..bitch. (sorry.. inside story)
Okay, so then we reached the Taiping Golf and Country Club or something, and then we lost our bearings again- couldn't find entrance again.. then everyone was carrying their heavy luggage except me^^ I was carrying someone else's heavy luggage T.T ..wonder who.. *ahem *ahem.. *whistles* Okay, so we missed like part of the first day because our beloved driver was late.. but it's kay because the orientation wasn't until just before dinner.. anyway.. XiYing checked out our names.. we stayed with Daniel Sim's church's members- Revival Centre or something like that.. they were Maybelle Lim and Esther Lum.. but Maybelle also wasn't exactly from that church. Esther Lum was cute.. she was 15, and she had attitude.. ahah..
So when we first arrived, checked in and my friend called me to go check out the hall and stuff, so we went with our room mates and checked 'em out.. but we got lost.. again.. circled half of the building because we came out from the back, went right, right, right and ended up in front.. -don't ask.. after half an hour or so, we found out that we had to walk to the next building which was like a 10 minute walk away.. T.T
and so we went.. it started drizzling.. met a couple of other pks on the way and at the entrance of the hall.. the hall looked so cool when they were setting it up, man.. they used the extra camp forms to hang up in a few straight lines from the back of the hall to the front,.. so cool. It looked even cooler when they were half way setting em up, because the floor was like filled with camp forms.. and the carpet's design, right, had like a few huge systematic rectangles on them, so it looked like the hall itself was divided into various sections.. anyway.. seeing them up on the ladder and all.. so busy.. makes me feel like I wanted to go in and help them also.. to make it better.. there was the song playing 'Majesty - Here I am' awh.. man I love that song..
Okay, so we met Phoebe Matthius and her bro and her parents and all.. and headed back to the new block where we came from.. the building where the hall and meals are served is called the 'Old Block'.. anyway.. this block not only had a swimming pool but it had a futsal thingy, which the new block don't have, and it's swimming pool, i heard was way better.. anyway, I don't mind because I didn't swim or play futsal, but what I did mind was that Daniel Sim, Aaron Tam and Paul got to stay in the old block and didn't have to walk 10 mins everyday and we had to.. T.T
Okay, so we went back to our new block, and it started raining this time.. XiYing and I walked ahead, singing Christmas carols like two stupid heads.. then we went to our room and decided not to bath, then I think I got a little sick.. like really a little, and I rested on the floor because I didn't want to dirty the bed.. so I rested with my bag as the pillow ^^ while XiYing went to bath or something like that.. and I was so so so hungry and couldn't wait for my darling dinnerrrr... dinner dinner.. why must you come after orientation??? I just had egg tart for breakfast, one donut for lunch and dinner dinner is after orientation.. aruaghhhh..
Okay.. so we headed back another 10 mins and this time, the helpers were giving out raincoats.. lol! I grabbed one and never used it.. it's still here in my room.. you know,.. the funny thing is, I brought it everywhere with me throughout the whole darling camp? and I knew I wasn't going to use it, and I kept telling myself to leave it in the room, but every darling morning, I would take it along without thinking T.T humans- or maybe just this one.. ^^
Anyway,.. we went for orientation and I don't believe we actually fussed about where to sit because later we realized that it was just a darling orientation.. T.T then there was DINNERRRR yehhhh.. that's what I'm talkin bout, man.. it was some sorta buffet kinda mixed rice thingy.. but we didn't wanna get full, and I kept eavesdropping the other campers say things like "Better not eat so much.. later jump jump.." and I am like.. scratching my head,.. because they all seem to know that every night is a concert kinda thing- and it was my first time attending HUGE, and to tell you the truth, it rocked,.. seriously.
Every night, they would off the lights and have those blinking disco thingies and colour stuff.. and they had TWO projectors, kay? one on each side of the hall- left and right.. i so love that man.. Esp the 2nd night.. when Phoebe led.. gosh.. her voice is so damn gorgeous.. and the band playing was banging.. it was like.. yehh.. *shows hand sign*
And then during the service, Pastor Clement preached, and then something happened somewhere,.. I don't know what, and a whole group shouted "Awesome" at the same time.. and we were like.. who dat?? turns out, it was the group from some tabernacle or something.. and they were the band that played for the 2nd night and the group that ushered us in everyday.. like, everytime we came into the hall after breakfast, lunch or dinner, there would be like this group standing at the entrance, and they will be like high-fiving everyone and every now and then you can hear them shouting in one accord "AWESOME!" and the whole hall will turn heads.. until everyone actually got the hang of it.
And that night, they collected offerings.. and I am like.. "you guys collect offerings??" and XiYing was like.. "yeah.. every night.." I was like.. gosh! This is so like a concert, babe! But I didn't bring my wallet, so I decided to give the next night.. and then I was so so hungry after the whole thing, so I bought some cakey stuff.. one for 30cents, so I bought 3,.. borrowed 1 buck from my friend.. no wallet mah.. anyway, we were so tired, we all just went back to sleep. End of story.
The next morning, Paul was like.. "eh, did you guys hear one group shout together 'AWESOME'.. I wonder how they do it" then we were like.. "yeah.. that's cool.." then someone said during lunch like.. in reply to something someone did, "awesome" and Paul said, "whateva.." and then Paul was like.. "hey! That's so cool! When they all shout 'awesome' then we also '1..2..3.. whateva!'.." ahah.. and then since then, when someone said something weird, paul will go like.. "1..2..3.." and everyone of us will shout together, "Whateverrr.." hahahah.. it was so fun, man..
Oh, boy.. I still remember when we were having dinner, one of the nights, XiYing was so damn blurr. oh.. you know what? We actually have like names for each of us- XiYing was Blurr, Aaron was Random, Paul was Lame, matt was lawless, Andrew was quiet.. and I was Spontaneous.. lol! Okay, so anyway.. she was so blurr, kay.. she doesn't know what is a bazooka or a magnum.. lol! and the guys had her thinking it was dogfood.. lol! I don't even know how we started that topic, man.. that was the funnest dinner we ever had,.. too bad I had to go to the bathroom halfway.. I never saw matt so crappy before in my life,.. but it was cool to watch him so crappy.. I asked brandon, "is he always like that?" and he shook his head.. I can see he was a bit surprised.. then, I asked andrew, "is your brother always like this?"
"no.." He shook his head too.. I think he was surprised also.. because they both looked so serious..
"so this is your first time seeing him this crappy?"
"Yeaaahh.." He nods..
But i love it when he is crappy,.. its just so good.. it's like you know he's normal.. lol.. :)
Okay.. now let's move on- the night sessions- the first night was taken by Pastor Clement- he talked about David and Goliath because our theme for the camp was 'Champion' and it's kinda weird to me, you know, normally, during out church camps, all the guests speakers will speak on all the sessions first and then only my dad will fill in the final session, but in this camp, Pastor Clement, who was the host speaker spoke on the first night and then the other sessions were taken by the guests speakers -Mike Pilavachi and Phil Stevenson..
So when Pastor Clement Wong spoke, he talked about David and Goliath, and you know, la.. this P.Clement.. all his.. erm.. 'animation'.. kakaka.. it was entertaining, hilarious.. ahah.. you name it! My goodness.. you know.. I really admire him because of his caliber to perform such an autonomous presentation of speech.
Parents Anniversary (5jan)
P/S: Check out the post before the post before this. It's called 'Christmas Performance'.. I added pics~!
* tRUST & OBey the LORD *
