:: Leaders' Retreat ::

a bit of Fusion too. fri i took leave from work, to rest at home n pack my bag n wash toilets, inspired by my colleague who took the initiative to wash our office toilet. wanted to meet eileen for lunch, but i dun think i could make it. went to sch at 3pm.

walked a quick round the auditorium, looking out for pple i know. natalie was there to guide me around. then my seniors farah, yihan n sansan came down to see-see. met other seniors like rene also. n then ms pat. went to mac to have my late lunch n also to find junhao. he was studying for english. so cute. he was doing assessment books for Vocab. haha quite fun. then we walked around the sch n thought of the good old days. i used to visit the track n gym quite often, but never used the pool. then we went to blk M. so sad tt our juniors dun get to use Blk L. haha..

went back to Fusion n walked another round, this time eileen was back from her interview with some company n she accompanied me as i collected their namecards. i only know half the batch. then it was time for the screening. i was supposed to go off already, to celebrate jon yap's birthday at ben n jerry's. but i decided to stay for the screening. :P michael's grp did a good job with the animation Solace. gave me a very strong feeling. =)

went back to audi once again... cuz some of the pple from my batch have arrived. took photos with them. i was soooo happy to c OLC! he slimmed down ALOT! but he like quite scared of me. haha. then i decided to go find my cell grp. turns out the celebration was not on yet. anyway i saw nic, on the same train as me. the celebration was fun. we made yap sing a song. haha.. after tt the girls were tired already, so we decided to go back.

sat
my mom helped to wake me up. saw gail on my way to the DCB, meeting point for our Leaders' Retreat. first session was good, learnt a lot.. but towards the end i think most of the pple lost their attention. including me too. so we headed to JB! took alan's car with jac. yay there's servio! he wasn't very guai on the journey. haha.. he even farted in the car =(

we reached and placed our bags in the function room n then went down to the canteen for lunch. food wasn't appealing to me, so i didn't eat much. went back up for games. cool. during free & easy, i took the time to explore the place as it was my first time there. took photos.. then went back to the room. not long later it was time for dinner. sat with a bunch of crazy mission trippers hahahaha... it was fun. after tt played gold with servio n then went up for session. also learnt a lot. after tt we went back to the rooms. my cell grp pple met up for discussion. after tt jac n i went back. showered n slept. had to cover my mouth while i slept, so tt lizard/insects couldn't deposit anything there. =P i'm still not used to the idea of showering outdoors. felt quite scared. =x

next morning.. haha.. my alarm went off n i still didn't wake up. funny thing abt me is, alarm clocks just dun work for me, like i just dun seem to hear anything. but when someone call me to wake up, i hear it! so jac woke me up n we got ready for prayer meeting at 7.30am at the playground. then we went for breakfast. sat at the table tt has an interesting combination. all of us are in pairs, us with our roommates. after breakfast it was time for QT. before going out for the next session, i took a shower. it's getting fun to shower outdoors =P games was fun, planned by rebekah, melissa n garry. had photo taking session n then free & easy time again. i decided to go sleep. the rest played captain's ball, but i dunno y, feel v lethargic.

had dinner, this time at the canteen (there was also a chinese restaurant). after tt i went up for worship prac. doing projection tt night. before the retreat i was quite .....how to say. i dun want to take up any duty for the retreat, because it is a RETREAT, i shld be resting. but during the retreat, when shirley told me to help out since she was leaving, i didn't feel reluctant. probably because i had my share of rest already n it's time to serve. =) was actually quite stress when i realise i'm supposed to use the new version of the Worship Assistant program n it was only minutes away from the start of the session. quite blanked out during the teaching. but i know chris was preaching abt the Sabbath.

after tt i went to find faith n we went to find rj to play card games. a few others joined us n we had fun. i'm very scared to play Heart Attack actually. =P so i watched them play. n i took videos of them, putting toothpaste on each other's faces =P then we changed rules. before we left, i joined them for abt 4 rounds. haha.. slept at 1am tt night.

prayer meeting the same time next day again. last day at the retreat already. awww... had breakfast n then went back to pack up. checked out of the resort n had our last session. been playing with the babies during the sessions.. =x went back to singapore. stopped at Esso along the way. bought chewing *** n stuff =P tt bag wasn't checked at the customs. wow.

alan dropped me n jac at clementi to meet the rest of our cell grp. had lunch at a coffeeshop in the central. after tt i decided to walk around, though i was lugging my big bag around =x wanted to see how much clementi central has changed. grew up here, attended pri sch, hung out with the ah lians n ah bengs... hmmm... saw terry from jeremiah. he looked so skinny now i thought i saw the wrong person, like his brother or something. so i smsed him. it really was him! haha.. took train to pasir ris then took bus.

my dad was at home already. i shld have called him, he might give me a lift home lor. then he jio me to go out cut hair. mine took much longer cuz i asked for wash n cut. n my hair was dry n tangled, hard for the hairstylist man. she's v professional, gave me a good impression. her insurance agent was urging her for a signature, but she told her to wait because she was halfway thru cutting my hair. n though there was a very long queue for her service, she told them to come back 15 min/half n hr/ an hr later. she still styled my hair. =D

my dad didn't want to wait for me, so he went home first. when i reached home, he said i cut = never cut, because it's not obvious. i wasn't happy to hear tt la. he say i waste money. heh.

tue
back to work.. oh another boring day. i'm usually busy at the first half of the day. after lunch, i have nothing to do. haiz. i almost blew up at my colleague abt some work. after checking thru her work, i realise tt there wasn't any mistake. patience... pray for patience...

after work i went to outram park mrt to meet my sis' friend, chris, who was going to phuket. passed him contact lenses tt my sis asked me to buy. then it was pouring heavily man. my mom was pissed with waiting for me. heh. lately i've been wanting to take a walk, but my plan is always foiled by the weather. =(

wed
met melissa n terry for dinner. very interestingly, xiaowen saw us from her bus n we asked her to alight to join us. went to Wiener Kaffeehaus, a viennese coffee house. asked mel whether she wants to order wine or not, then she reminded me tt we r in a COFFEE place. oh yah. so i ordered something tt comes with whipped cream =P actually i think dinner was so-so. it shld have come with sauces, but we had to ask for it. suddenly i realise tt i'm surrounded by akouo pple cuz they started talking abt their cell grp stuff, like retreat. interesting la. =)

after tt we walked to chinatown. took train back. was actually reluctant to go home early, but if i were to join mel with her friends to go esplanade, it wld be too late, i would be too tired to do QT. dunno y but i felt weak n dizzy. caffeine must have some funny effect on me. =S