:: Psalmist + Sound Retreat ::

18/8 - 20/8

haha if u ask anyone they will tell u..all i did at the retreat is daidee n bridge!! haha.. i learnt to play bridge last yr at sentosa, with yun, belly n kwek.. but the game rule is so confusing, i forgot totally how to play. haha.. this time my advisor is none other than chris chan wor! :P

went for the retreat on fri.. haven't packed till the last min. after work i went to outram park mrt n decided to call my dad, c if he can pick me up. so we went for dinner at tekka mall. then shopping in mustafa.. haha.. after that, around 9pm reached home. showered, packed my bag n smsed nic. he called to tell me to try to catch the 10.15pm coasta sands shuttle bus at pasir ris. woah. this, i must really thank God.. because i reached the bus stop at pasir ris at 10.10pm.. by the time i walked over to the pick up point the bus was nearly leaving without me. then i saw lin feng n thomas on the bus.

1st night did nothing much, except daidee :P decided to slp early cuz i had work that day.. makes me tired. but couldn't slp lar. noisy paul chow n terry.. :P think they quietened after 2am..? next morning woke up early. had breakfast prepared by chef malcolm n waited for more pple to arrive. played some mass games to mix around.. n esther n melissa (sound) led worship. after that slack.. play games.. lunch.. play games.. slack.. play games.. haha.. it started to pour heavily. so we played station games indoors.

one of the station games was "mouth wide shut". it was killer for me. the rule of the game is simply cannot laugh. how i can not laugh at such situations? i was so relieved after 5 min of tahan-ing. then we played animal game. i find that game v stressful man! after that station my grp (chris me n ruijie) moved to charades by jon yap. first topic for the other team was fast food.. damn funny. how do u act out yoshinoya n mos burger?! jeremy even guessed ramly burger, mcspicy double etc. lol. rj acted out movie titles n i suck at guessing. chris acted out song titles n rj was the one who gets them right. i acted out cartoon characters n chris was impressed that i know how to act all of them.

the last station.. oh man. was endurance test. half-squat position for 20 min. chris went down with dongwen first.. then me.. then the rest stayed to the full 20 min. impressive! after that we had a last mass game outside. peeling fruits without hands. there were orange, grapes, longans, apple, rambutans. it was salivating gross. at the end of peeling the guys had to eat the fruit la! oh ya, there's one girl in each team so we r the ones to hold the fruit for them to peel. hehe.

went back to slack n play games till chi shyan n wee lee arrived. it was so easy to fall into the stone mood.. struggled to keep focus. after pastor's sharing, we had a time of ministry sharing. i shared my vision for the Psalmist ministry n how i felt encouraged by the ministry. it was long session man. my butt aches after the half-squat game. then we had our chef prepare bbq food for us. didn't do much.. didn't eat much too. but i felt F.O.S. went inside to slack n play bridge. haha oh man that's when i started to play the whole night. pausing only to sing birthday song n eat dessert.. lol. i was still blur with the game la. think all the other players v pek cek with me haha.. n thomas is still the one talking nonsense all the time. i suspect he got drunk n high. he was totally siao while we watched the stephen chow show la.

think we stopped playing around 3+am. went out for a walk.. to stretch my aching butts. then went to slp. next morning checked out at 10.20am.. took the shuttle bus back to pasir ris n took train with my cell grp (those who were still around the last day) back to church. reached at 11.50am.. haha.. felt really blessed by the chance to talk to some pple during the retreat n even after. i dun mean abt myself la.

went for lunch at marina sq food court.. starting to love the place, though i always get lost there. decided to walk to esplanade park to find bus to take home. couldn't find, so i walked to clarke quay mrt station. was a hot day, but i really felt peaceful n joyful. =) really feels good to have the time to take a stroll. oh n i celebrated my birthday this yr at esplanade park, which makes it even more memorable. hehe..

took afternoon nap, which explains why i am still awake now. had a weird dream. hmm..

hmm.. wanna thank God for another thing.. which i'm not going to reveal yet.. because His plan is still unfolding. thank God that things happen in His time. i may have down periods, but i was really surprised at the rate God healed me! i mean, in the past i would have dwelled in self-pity, depression for a long time, but now, it's different!