Rawr.
Missions trip was not too bad i guess. Many lessons learnt, many different things appreciated. Especially the blessing I've received from God in Singapore. Its really in over abundance, so much so that i take it for granted. Over in all, the trip was refreshing, seeing so many young kids dedicate their lives to the Lord. Mhmm. Now more in detail! yesyes(:
DAY 1 & 2
Well, the first 2 days was nothing much really, checking out the school which we conducted our activities in and familiarizing ourself with the place. Was playing around with Sarah's camera for quite abit. Daniel Tintin Ziteng and I went about calling afterwards to invite kids to the event. And seriously, parents in Malaysia are way more polite than those in Singapore. At least they follow up to the end of the call instead of abruptly hanging up. Oh right, And the size of the room Seth Nick and I shared is smaller than my room, with three people and their luggage in it. Rather cosy perhaps, but no walking space at all. And soon to be one of the party rooms! Hahaha.
DAY 3,4 &5
Our activities day at the school. Possibly the most tiring days of the trip. Woke up at 5:45 and slept at about 12 each day while conducting about 6 hours worth of running about with the kids. Most of the sec 4s were exhausted cause we were group leaders and to hype the group up we had to run really a lot. And a language barrier was a huge problem. Most of you, knowing me having not too fantastic Chinese, yet i had to communicate to some groups in complete chinese, which was really tough. Asking them to interview the suspects was like the end of the world to them. But oh well! Many thanks to Debbie for helping me with this absolutely defiant group which argued with me in chinese at every single station, And there were 13 stations on the whole mind you! Hah, tiring sessions. But i guess its kinda rewarding in a way when you see the kids run around with jolly big smiles on their faces. We watched She's the man on the 5th night, which we bought so as to kill time. Yeah.
DAY 6
Did much telecalling to invite them back for the Christmas party, not alot actually. Hahaha. Really satisfying results! As compared to my job it was at least. Woosh, I got 9 people out of 13 calls. Hahahaha. As compared to 3 out of about 100+ calls. Yeah it was great! Hahaha. Went out to do a little shopping afterwards, bought 2 shirts. `Awesome' shirts at that! Yeah, And headed to MYFC to do some packing for the upcoming party. Pretty dull day, but a good rest after the tiring 3 days. (:
DAY 7
Awesome day i say. Got to know two new friends who were helpers at the church. Xin Wan from Wesley and Samuel from the last service. Was quite hard to get their attention this time, cause the kids in my groups seemed so young. For the first group i had the youngest at 4 years old, and the oldest was only 11. Most of them were 7. So it was quite hard to capture their attention, besides the arrow board that is. Without Samuel i would've died in the last church, which was totally Chinese speaking. Thank goodness his chinese had some standard. Hahaha, so unlike mine. Hahaha, headed down to market street afterwards. Water babies frenzy started. Hahaha. Which were rather cute. grins(:
DAY 8 & 9
Hoho, the last two days. Day 8 was just totally shopping. Which was really enjoyable. With a occasional sweep of the mall now and then to search for some lost people, it was really fun overall. And day 9 debrief, the mission trip in a wrap. Hahaha.
Yay, now to sleep. Soon. Maybe. Later. Toodles. (:
Missions trip was not too bad i guess. Many lessons learnt, many different things appreciated. Especially the blessing I've received from God in Singapore. Its really in over abundance, so much so that i take it for granted. Over in all, the trip was refreshing, seeing so many young kids dedicate their lives to the Lord. Mhmm. Now more in detail! yesyes(:
DAY 1 & 2
Well, the first 2 days was nothing much really, checking out the school which we conducted our activities in and familiarizing ourself with the place. Was playing around with Sarah's camera for quite abit. Daniel Tintin Ziteng and I went about calling afterwards to invite kids to the event. And seriously, parents in Malaysia are way more polite than those in Singapore. At least they follow up to the end of the call instead of abruptly hanging up. Oh right, And the size of the room Seth Nick and I shared is smaller than my room, with three people and their luggage in it. Rather cosy perhaps, but no walking space at all. And soon to be one of the party rooms! Hahaha.
DAY 3,4 &5
Our activities day at the school. Possibly the most tiring days of the trip. Woke up at 5:45 and slept at about 12 each day while conducting about 6 hours worth of running about with the kids. Most of the sec 4s were exhausted cause we were group leaders and to hype the group up we had to run really a lot. And a language barrier was a huge problem. Most of you, knowing me having not too fantastic Chinese, yet i had to communicate to some groups in complete chinese, which was really tough. Asking them to interview the suspects was like the end of the world to them. But oh well! Many thanks to Debbie for helping me with this absolutely defiant group which argued with me in chinese at every single station, And there were 13 stations on the whole mind you! Hah, tiring sessions. But i guess its kinda rewarding in a way when you see the kids run around with jolly big smiles on their faces. We watched She's the man on the 5th night, which we bought so as to kill time. Yeah.
DAY 6
Did much telecalling to invite them back for the Christmas party, not alot actually. Hahaha. Really satisfying results! As compared to my job it was at least. Woosh, I got 9 people out of 13 calls. Hahahaha. As compared to 3 out of about 100+ calls. Yeah it was great! Hahaha. Went out to do a little shopping afterwards, bought 2 shirts. `Awesome' shirts at that! Yeah, And headed to MYFC to do some packing for the upcoming party. Pretty dull day, but a good rest after the tiring 3 days. (:
DAY 7
Awesome day i say. Got to know two new friends who were helpers at the church. Xin Wan from Wesley and Samuel from the last service. Was quite hard to get their attention this time, cause the kids in my groups seemed so young. For the first group i had the youngest at 4 years old, and the oldest was only 11. Most of them were 7. So it was quite hard to capture their attention, besides the arrow board that is. Without Samuel i would've died in the last church, which was totally Chinese speaking. Thank goodness his chinese had some standard. Hahaha, so unlike mine. Hahaha, headed down to market street afterwards. Water babies frenzy started. Hahaha. Which were rather cute. grins(:
DAY 8 & 9
Hoho, the last two days. Day 8 was just totally shopping. Which was really enjoyable. With a occasional sweep of the mall now and then to search for some lost people, it was really fun overall. And day 9 debrief, the mission trip in a wrap. Hahaha.
Yay, now to sleep. Soon. Maybe. Later. Toodles. (:
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