Before this I did not wanna sign up for 18 UP due to various reasons.Somehow,I never even thought of looking at the form, I just dump it in my room.Later on,many were saying that this is a camp to die for.Just being scarcism.....Well,it took me days and days to think of going to the camp.I made my mind and I email CQ my info for the camp.This year's theme is WWF (Wrestling With God). I kinda felt that it would be a very spiritual camp,and things will get personal.
Got up early and went and pick up Sarah. Then,we headed to Eric's house because Aunty Cindy will be dropping us at Trinity PJ.However,we reached there quite early so we went to makan while waiting.We were told to leave by 8:30am but we only left at 9 plus.Malaysian timing,that's why.The journey was fine until we were the foot of Camerons.I tell you,the road was awfully narrow and windy.The driver were like swaying the van to the left and right.He drove quite fast too.Crazy driver...I felt like puking but I did not.I felt so sick until I cant even reply to what Taryn was saying.Sarah is car sick tooooooo~~~~ Don't remind me of that.We stop at Tanah Rata for lunch,but I did not eat anything.Just dont feel like eating,but the others were enjoying their lunch. I rather not eat or else......Later then,we tracked back down to Habu and we finally reached Highland Lakeview.At first we thought of it as a resort,but when we reached we like ''huh? This is it? We are staying here?'' It doesnt look like a campsite at all,well I will continue ranting about it later.We registered and went to check out our dorm.Taryn was assigned to a different dorm,Sarah and I were at the same place. But,we wanna sleep togather so we bug Aunty Kim Guat about it. I guess at the point she must have find us annoying.Well,at the end we slept togather.Something more shocking later came about,the toilet looks like a DUNGEON TOILET.I felt like a prisoner staying in there,but the bed is big and comfy.We were all ranthing about it and we wanna go home,but a few days later we were alright with it.We got used to it after all.Session starts when everyone arrived.
All the sessions were well prepared,Rev. Pastor David Loo was in charge of the morning session and Annette for the night session.The sessions were mostly implied deeply in them,they shared about their personal experience and I found it meaningful.We studied the character of MOSES,NAOMI and JACOB.We did a lot on others too.Our sessions were not all in the campsite but also outdoor.The thing that I never forgot is we hike 8KM. No joke I tell you. It was fun,and I learned a lot during the hike up. I was quite far ahead from Sarah,Taryn and Eric. I did a lot reflection and discovery when I was alone up front.The hike semm impossible but we all make it to the top.Yahooooo!!!!!!! Although then,we were all hungry and half dead. But, the cool breeze we just hitting on us,so it was quite comfortable.Then,we were supposed to do some reflection on our hike up regarding our life journey.Another session that we had to do outdoor,was the MIRRORING OUR BROKENESS. That was a boom to me,and I felt the impact the I felt different while doint it.We have to walk talk picture of something that reflected our brokeness.My group have to hike up until the Gospel center and then walk down tht scary looking stairs.Everything about the activity was great and worth a lot to me.Later on,we have to share on our brokeness.After everything has ended,we still had time so went and have pancake.James really knows a lot of place in Cameron,so he took us to this shop to it. The pancake was awesome,although I felt sorry for the owner.The husband and wife cant talk so they prepare paper and pen for us to order and also communicate.Seeing them puts smile on all our faces.They were very humble and joyful all the time.We headed back to the campsite after that.
I felt bless by the amount of food that we had at camp.But,mostly everything has chili padi.Even in the egg they put chili padi it in.This reminds me that Taryn is called 'KENG FAN PO' , Sarah is ''WAI SEK PO'' and they named it ''SIU SEK PO'' and then ''TAI SENG PO'' hahahahaha.......
There are too many things for me to type,and my fingers are kiling me right now.Im half eating and typing at the moment.Oh, not to forget I love the Amazing Race that we played.It was superbly awesome.All togather there are 7 stations and all 7 stations bring different meaning and are made out of different age group.From the youngest to oldest.Its like testing our abilities based on the age group.Im not done typing but I guest this is all I can say.Lastly,I miss everyone so much and 18 UP was a BLAST!!!!!!!!!
~The PILGRIMS~
