Photos of camp

All in all, camp was ok, maybe not that fun. But to me it kinda kicked me right where it hurt because I learned a lot of stuffs not only from the session but a hell lot more because of the people I was with. I thank each and every one of them. This will lead to a revolution, mark my words, I'll do my best to bring a change into the church.

The gang - Me, Zubin, Ben, Kenny, Ashley and Dinesh

Leaving for Lake Gardens

After it started to rain we headed back to play some games at the centre itself

All of us anxious to know how the game goes

Wah!!! Playing game also can pose

This was our second game... Ummm I have no idea what it's called

Achen giving us a tip or two about how Aaron could look worse

He didn't look so bad after all

POSERS!!!!! Especially the ass on the left

Some kind of Arabian Traveller I guess, even the own team mates find him funny

Explanation being made about when the prizes will be given

Campers Night - Reuben and Ephraim

The older bunch - Song and beatbox

The younger bunch - song and piano

The crowd

The kids

Closing session

I had to put this pic, where else can you see Zubin like this

Personal reflection time, Jeffy sure doesn't seem to like it

Zubin explaining how camp was for him

Camp

Now for all those who have been wondering why my blog has been dead for the past week, I've been out for church camp and then kept busy with the HICT Open Day. Anyhow I'm back now and I'll try giving all of you a glimpse into my past week.

Camp started on Sunday after the Holy Qurbana service. For those who are wondering what camp this is, its the 37th Annual Orthodox Youth Camp (AOYC). The theme of the camp this year was "Come Follow Me". I wasn't particularly exhilarated to attend the camp, but I attended it nonetheless because I knew she was coming and so also many of my other friends from Singapore. Zubin, Sherry and I left for the camp site slightly earlier than everyone else to prepare for the registration and stuffs.

The registration and all went well, I had to take the kids to the dorm after which we had a tea break then we had briefing and then refreshed ourselves. Evening prayers soon followed with dinner right after that. It was then that she came along with the others from Singapore. I had just finished dinner and saw her suddenly and was so shocked I just smiled at her and waved hi. I went in for the ice-breaker session, and once the Singaporeans came in I started my game. The game went well which was followed by night prayers, supper and then off to bed. That night, we made sure the kids slept whereas the slightly older ones we let them stay up n talk as long as they don't disturb the other kids and me and my gang (Ben, Zubin, Ashley) stayed up until 2am catching up with each other's stories.

We woke up the next day at 5.30 am. It was freaking cold, I was shivering what more it was raining. And oh yeah I was sleeping on the couch because the air cond was leaking onto a bed so there was no place so I slept on the couch with Kevin and David.


It was pretty much sessions and all nothing major I guess. We (the older bunch) heard from the younger bunch about a hypnotist who gave them a session and in the end where they managed to lift their friends into the air, somehow it sounded impossible to us, but the next day we were in for a huge shock.

We were freaking excited at the thought of being hypnotized or whatever she was about to do to us. She started off with giving us a brief description of hypnotism, and some of us asked questions that were bugging our heads. Then at last the time came, she told us to get into a group of 5, me, Zubin, Ben, Ashley and Dinesh got in a group. She then told us to keep the biggest guy on the chair so naturally our group put Ben on the chair. We were then told the process :


1) we will use 2 fingers each, 2 people will hold under the armpit and 2 more under the knees to lift the person up

2)she will say somethings that we must totally concentrate on and totally believe in

3)We lift the person up

She first told us to picture ourselves as tiny little mouses, scrawling on the floor, with small hands and a small body, helpless, looking around for cheese. Then she asks us to lift our friend, and true enough we couldn't even get the legs to budge even an inch above the ground. Next, she told us that she is going to make us lift our friend.

We were all pumped with excitement, so she tells us to close our eyes, and she makes us picture ourselves as Superman, that we can carry buildings and fly, that our legs were pumping with muscles, that our chests were pushed out with our hands also feeling so strong. And then she says, "Now on the count of three, you're going to lift your friend up. 1...2...3..." and the next thing you know, we open our eyes and with no effort at all, we lift our friend right up to the air, and not like a few inches above ground but like 5 feet above the ground.

Once we set him down, we were dumbfounded, we couldn't believe what just happened. Anyhow she asks us to be seated again and she explains more about hypnotism and all and then she said she'll let us have one more activity. "Now close your eyes, concentrate on your eyes, you're letting all your troubles drift away, you're in a state of relaxation, you are totally relaxed. Now try to open your eyes, you can't, because you don't want to leave this state. Focus on your right hand, its getting heavy, as if there is a book, a big book on your hand. Its sinking into your leg (And sure enough you feel as if your right hand is sinking into your leg, you try to lift it but it wont budge it just sinks more) Now you're left hand is getting lighter, it feels almost weightless, it feels as if you have 2 helium balloons tied to your hand, at any time if you feel as if you need to change your sitting position to make you feel more relaxed make sure you do so. (As she is saying this, you can actually feel that your left hand is moving up, and I personally tried to lift my right hand as well but it wouldn't budge, I tried to make my left hand heavy but no, it just continued floating in the air) Now you shall start counting until you forget the numbers that you were saying (Straight away my head raced, 1..2..3..4..5..6..7..8..9.. I counted so fast that I realized my left hand was going down again, I relaxed my mind and continued counting but slower this time and sure enough I lost count) Now you shall open your eyes and leave this relaxed state, open your eyes" When we opened our eyes, we saw that some of our hands were in the air, some way up high, some just slightly above. With that, she told us how we can do whatever we want if we put our minds to it, that is how strong we are, that all we need to do is believe in ourselves, and she handed her name cards to us and told us that we can contact her at any time if we needed any sort of help.

Now even though all this happened right in front of our eyes, we needed to be certain that all that had just happened wasn't merely some kind of hoax. I jokingly told my friends that the only way to be certain was to lift my 120kg cousin. I hope he doesn't mind me saying this. So we kinda practised it on... wait not me but the others were practising it with their friends. We approached David and he freaked out, he didn't want us to carry him, but we did. Suddenly, my cousin bro, Sherry came in. That was it, me, Zubin, Ben and Ashley went to him and told him we were about to lift him up. He was a good sport he sat on the chair as we prepared with our self hypnotizing.
Everyone was surrounding us, everyone wanted to see whether at last, does this hypnotizing thing really work. We got ourselves in the mood, and at last when I knew I was ready, I asked them "Ok shall we do it?" and they said yes. 1...2...3...and *$!@ing shit my cousin was in the air, supported by four people who were lifting him up with 2 fingers each. That was the final straw, this shit works, trust me and I still do practice it sometimes at night lifting my bed.
Besides that they day was pretty ok, they had confession that night which I did not go for because I really wanted to talk to her and abolish the tradition of talking only on the last night. Sadly my dreams were dashed, the Singaporeans had planned a dance for Campers Night, however one of their dancers, had a small accident and sprained his leg if I'm not mistaken, so I told my friend I'll dance for that guy, and so I had to train the whole night all the moves, every single step and therefore couldn't talk to her that night. I know I screwed up, I know I pissed her off, but I had to do it.
The next day, went as usual, Campers Night went ok I guess besides the fact that I screwed up the PA system and was in deep shit. That night, I made sure I had some time with her, I didn't want to leave camp thinking that I didn't spend enough time with her. Just to make things short, it never was enough, my mind was on many other things as well. Before I was talking to her, we had a boys time out. Not the typical boys time out but a real different one. I'm sure Ben, Zubin and Ashley know what I mean.
Well all in all, camp wasnt as great as it usually was, the PA system was fixed by the way which really eased the pain out of me. I find that there a lot of things that should be taken into account and be changed if it could. I have to make some kind of change, or things might only get worse.

Miss Mystery a.k.a Catwoman

This post goes out to a special girl in my life, who played a big role in making me the person I am now. Sadly she doesn't want to be named and would like to be known as just Miss Mystery. So Miss Mystery, I hope you do enjoy this post. Oh, now she wants to be known as Catwoman so fine whatever you are, enjoy the post.



Now, back in school as I mentioned in my earlier post, the teachers and all knew about my habit of writing love stories. So they gave me a title which sounded like this "I fell in love the moment I saw it" begin your essay with these words. So I sat there thinking how the hell would I be able to write a love story. The teachers got me this time, they used the word "IT". As I sat there wondering what to do, a crazy idea stuck my head. This is that crazy idea...



I fell in love the moment I saw it. Why I used the word 'it' I asked myself. Just one gaze at her face told me why. She was an angel, a goddess, maybe something even more. The golden hair straight down on her shoulders, those twinklng blue eyes which could drown you the moment you laid your eyes upon it and those lips so red that even the reddest of roses would look pale compared to it. That was 'it', 'it' was the most beautiful girl I have ever laid my eyes upon all my life.



It was in Form 1, primary life was over and secondary life had just begun. As all fresh teengaers, I was attracted to a lot of girls. The first day of secondary school began and I felt as if it was just then that my life had began. The moment I gazed at her I knew she would change my life. Change me in any way and every way. Well, life never gives anything to you easily. Just to know this her, I had to wait and wait and wait. At last, the day came where I could finally speak to the angel, to my angel.



I had just gone through another whole session of lecturing from my parents. Staring at the ground, walking fast, little did I know that my mum's words would help me so quickly. I bumped into her, a group of friends were with her and giggled at the sight of us. I can still remember the first words I told her. She was standing with her head bowed, I don't know what got into me but suddenly I was full of confidence. "I'm sorry, didn't mean to bump into you, I just had a rough day, you know" I told her. That was it, I was blown away when she lifted her face and I swear those eyes just "burned" me. We didn't speak a single word for all that we had to say were said by our hearts.



They say love at first sight never happens, I guess I as just really lucky. It was shameful in fact, because I didn't even know her name, but all we knew was that we were made for each other. Of course I did find out her name after that. She was Giselle, just hearing the name made me feel warm in my heart and it still does to this very day. We loved each other a lot, and the whole school knew about it too. We managed to have a strong relationship until Form 4.



We faced a lot of tribulations, none of them easy for the both of us, but we managed to overcome it. There was once a scandal which involved me and another girl, Samantha. We were quite close but not as we were rumoured to be - couples. She was more like a sister to me and although everyone doubted us, Giselle never left my side, she was always there and never doubted me.

As the old saying goes "all's well ends well", we were very happy but something quite contrary to the old saying happened. It happened in school, I was involved in a fight. These few "idiots" were unhappy because I had Giselle as my girlfriend and they came to have a fight with me. It was two against one, but being a taekwando black belt and having Giselle beside me, I feared nothing. They charged at me, and I made a guy unconscious instantly. The other guy was more experienced and gave a good fight. It was then that I heard her scream, the most excruciating scream I have ever heard in my life. As I turned back, I saw Giselle, tears on her face, lying on theground with a knife pierced through her heart. The guys seeing this ran away and fled from the scene.

I gazed down at her, as tears trickled down my face. I held her tight, tight in my arms and placed her on my lap. "Dont go Giselle, dont leave me here. You know I cant live without you," I cried to her. "You have to live without me... you have to for my sake... I love you and I never want you to forget that,". Those were the words, the words that still ring in my ears today, the words which were her last words. "No, no, no... Dont leave me Giselle, you can't leave me now, no" those words came out almost in a hush as I knew I had lost her. There was nothing I could do, my angel had done back to God.

Those memories still haunt me. Everytime I think of her, tears fill my eyes. "I love you too, Giselle" I tell myself every night. I hope she is happy wherever she is and hopefully she feels proud of whatever I have done and what I have yet to do. I love you Giselle. Always have and always will.


That was the essay I wrote back in Form 4, I guess I stumped the teachers. And if you have noticed the sudden bigger size of my font, its because my dear Sharlene could barely read my earlier posts, or so she said. So Sharlene now can read or not ? hehe

Its Dr. Love signing out, chiow

Christmas tree hunting

This is what happened on Friday.

I woke up around 9-ish, I ad my breakfast and all and then me and my mum went to Tesco first. I had to exchange a christmas ornament my aunt bought because it was damaged, then I looked for my new christmas tree. I found a 7 feet christmas tree worth RM130 and a 6 feet which was priced at RM100. After jotting down the details, we did a quick shopping there, buying biscuits and snacks. We went downstairs after that, and enquired about the price of the treadmill. My dad bought the cycling equipment a few months back and now he realized that its practically of no use, so he's thinking of getting a treadmill because its more useful. At last, I can work out at home, that is if I have the time to, because I'm always busy updating all of you with my life. Anyway we set off for Giant after that, we saw a christmas tree there but there was no price tag on it neither did we manage to find any other trees there, then we decided to look for the treadmill and they didn't have it there as well only some massaging machines. I then drove to Asoka, mum was hungry and she couldn't wait anymore. I had ghee tosai and nescafe tarik which was not too bad la, but I've tasted better ones. We then left for Klang Parade, because I had to return something. Ok la I'll just tell you and make it easier for you. I bought underwears which was sized L. So I went home and all and when my mum was about to wash it suddenly she noticed that among all of it there was one undie sized S. Can you imagine that, I had to drive all the way with my mum to Klang Parade to exchange it. Anyway after exchanging it, I bought a shirt that my dad wanted, not with my money of course. Then we went to the Giant downstairs. We saw a few christmas trees there, but God it was old. It looked like it was there for like 5 years and no one had bought it. We decided not to buy from there then we went into Parkson and we found 2 trees. One was 6 feet which was RM250 and the other was 7 feet which cost RM450. Freaking expensive man, me and my mum decided that we might as well just get the one from Tesco. After that we went to Aeon, to see the prices of the treadmill there, it was pretty much the same with the ones in Tesco the only difference was that the ones in Tesco were going for about a 1000 bucks less because they wanted to clear stock and all. After all this we went back home. I had about an hour's sleep and then I woke up to get ready because I was going to watch "Bolt" in Aeon. I wasnt really feeling up to it and I decided to call Ivan to see whether there was anyone else who wanted the ticket, at that time he told me no, then about 20 minutes before the movie he calls me and tells me that there is someone who wants to come, I gladly told him to let her have the ticket. At least I wouldnt miss my "lee xiao long" hehe that was basically how friday went by.

Today so far I just woke up at 7+ to go for badminton. I had breakfast with my tution teacher then I came back, had my bath and here I am now. Later on, I'll be goin for carolling and from tomorrow onwards I will be in my church camp and therefore I won't be able to update my blog.

I'll be back!!!!!!!!!

These past few days

These past few days, I have been kept busy trying to find a new christmas tree for my house. Its been ages since I've had the old christmas tree and God knows how long has it been with my family. This christmas tree is way shorter than me and that pretty much sucks, so I told my mum that we should get a new christmas tree and I'll use my own money to buy the tree. Before I go much further, let me just quickly jot down wad happened these few days.

WEDNESDAY
My parents woke up early because my mum had a check up in KL General Hospital. I woke up somewhere around 9.30. I had my breakfast and started watching cartoon. My parents gave me a call and asked me to pick them up from the mechanic because there were some problems with the car. I picked them up and then we went to Klang Parade to do some light shopping and I told my parents that I wanted to go to college for a while just to see Mr. Victor. Now, what came out from my dad's mouth I didn't expect at all. He said OK let's go see your lecturer. I was shocked but in no way did I show it. I took them to my college and they saw Mr. Victor and they left the college pretty satisfied I guess. After that, we had lunch then picked up the car then headed back home. I couldn't play football that day because I believe it was raining pretty bad... or wait did I go play that day, I cant exactly remember that was kinda how Wednesday went.

THURSDAY
I woke up around 9+ again but this time it was because I had to go out with my friends. I picked up Pravin at 12 then picked up someone else then picked up Farah. I had to make a slight detour and after all that I reached Pappa Kopitiam in Bkt Tinggi 2 around 1.45? All 5 of us had a light lunch, I think only me and Sastra ate, the rest (Farah, Audrey and Pravin) all just drank, drinks I mean, not liquor. After that, we headed to Aeon, upon reaching there Sastra said that she had to leave because her sister was all alone at home and Farah followed her back. So it was the three of us, Pravin, Audrey and me walking around Jusco trying to find christmas trees for me. We practically got bored and decided to leave for home, so I had to go to my aunty's place to take something, and in doing so managed to show Pravin how Ambang Botanic looked like. I then sent Pravin back home and went back home myself. I had a nap then continued with my daily night routine.

I cant continue with Friday. I'll write tomorrow hopefully. Parents pestering me to sleep cause I have to go for badminton tomorrow. So GOOD NIGHT PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!

Essays

Now as I promised earlier, just to give you a glimpse of how I used to write back in those high school days, I will treat all of you with some essays that I managed to salvage from the many cleaning processes of my room. Back in high school, I was renowned for always writing a love story for all my tests and exams and even all the teachers knew about it. This is one of my favourites, hope you guys enjoy it too. The title was "It was gloomy that day, rain clouds were forming above my head....." Write an essay which starts like this in not less than xxx words (I cant remember the number of words)


It was gloomy that day, rain clouds were forming above my head. Faint grumbling sounds of the thunder could be heard. It was almost as if the clouds and thunder did not want me to get out of my house. There was no one at home and having just finished my mid-year examination, I was looking forward to play football in the court in school.

It wasn't long before tiny drops of rain dropped down to the earth. I decided that it was wise to stay at home, for the rain might get heavier. Sure enough, it was raining cats and dogs and I felt a certain comfort being at home. I decided to take a nap and I fell asleep the moment my head touched the bed.

I woke up suddenly feeling a sudden discomfort, my eagle eyes searched the room and found nothing peculiar. I tip-toed my way down the steps and didn't find anything odd but yet the discomfort in my heart did not cease. Suddenly, the phone rang. I almost jumped out of my skin and quickly answered the phone. The caller introduced himself as Encik Mazlan, he told me that a man was involved in an accident. After the ambulance took him away, the caller found the victim's handphone and searching the phonebook he saw "home" and decided to call. He added that the victim was in a serious state.

I was shell-shocked, a certain wave of darkness swept through me. I asked him which hospital he was admitted into and I found out it was the hospital which was nearby the house. Having no one to send me there, I decided to cycle to the hospital. As I was cycling, a sudden emptiness came upon me as the possibility of the victim being my father became more excruciating.

I reached the hospital with my eyes full of tears, I couldn't bear the fact that my father could actually leave me. My mind raced back to the time my father first taught me how to kick a ball. I was five years old, he scolded me because I didn't kick the ball properly, as he wanted me to kick it using the inside of my feet. I realised that where I was now as the captain of the Selangor Under-18 team was all due to the times spent with my father. I had never thanked him for that.

I thought back to the last time I saw my father. He had advised me to focus on my studies and not play around. I explained that I was studying and it was because he didn't spend any time at home that he didn't see me studying. A series of arguments arose and I left him shouting at me and banged my door right at his face. That happened yesterday and today here I was trying to accept the fact that he might have actually gone.

I didn't realise where my legs were taking me, and as I looked up I found myself on the third floor. The man who called earlier said that the accident victim was in room number 50. I strode quickly and then broke into a run, 40,41, 42... "I wasn't ready to let him out of my life", 46,47,48... "Dad, I still love you, I'm sorry" these thoughts rang in my head. Where was room 50 I asked. Thinking of my father and looking at the room number, I banged into someone. I got up quickly said a quick word of sorry and was about to continue looking when I heard my name being called. I turned around, looked up and there was my father. "What are you doing here?" my father asked. I was speechless, I just looked up at him and tears filled my eyes, I ran and hugged him. "Dad, I got a phone call, the person described your car and the phone has our house number on it," I said. I couldn't hold back my tears no more, "I thought you had gone dad, I thought you were dead, I was just thinking back of all the times I had with which I have never appreciated. I thought of the times I let you down. I'm sorry, dad." I suddenly thought about the call I received, "Dad, if you are here, then who was involved in the accident?" I asked my father. "Oh, that guy. He stole my car when I got down to get some grocery items and I also left my phone in the car. I had no idea that something like this would befall him," explained my dad.

After seeing the victim and giving a police report, both father and son, MY dad and I left the hospital and went back home. I thank God that he could give me a chance to realized my mistakes and repent. I promise I will never hurt you again, dad.


This was the essay I wrote back in Form 5 for my mid-year exams if I'm not mistaken. I'll try getting more essays. Do drop some comments, thanx.

This is Dr. Love signing out, byeeeee

Manchester United closes the gap!!!

Yes, last night Liverpool only managed to salvage a draw and therefore allowing Man U to close the deficit to just a few points with a game in hand. I'm sorry I couldnt blog for the past 2 days as I was pretty occupied with a lot of stuffs. My God, the weather has been getting worse and worse its so hot nowadays I even sweat with my shirt off, can you imagine that? Anyway Sunday was pretty much like every other Sunday. I had to go to church in the morning, had lunch outside, sent my sis back to her home, then it was back to my home. I had a quick nap maybe for about an hour, after which I had to go to my uncle's house for prayer meeting. After having dinner there, I forced my parents to to go back fast and I quickly took the car to watch the Man U game. I had to first pick Pravin (My gay friend) and then picked up Thana and then went to Kepo to watch the game there. To our joy, Manchester United got the lead through who else than Wayne Rooney (whose jersey I was wearing that night).

Besides that goal, it was a rather exciting game to watch, with both sides having their moments. Some moments of madness in the game

For Manchester United: Ronaldo forgot that he was playing football and not volleyball and handled the ball and got his second yellow card and was sent off

For Manchester City: Joe Hart forgot which side of the field he was supposed to be on as he entered United's penalty area for a corner. A quick counter-attack made Joe Hart run all the way to the other side of the field just in time to clear Rooney's long range effort.

We watched the second half in Sivitas in Bukit Tinggi. We were joined by Rishi and Arjun soon after. Af ter the gae Arjun had to leave straight away whereas the rest of us chilled for a while then I sent Thana, Pravin and Rishi back home before going home myself.

Tha was basically how Sunday passed by, Monday came by sooner than I had expected. I had to go to college in the morning to collect one last time the money from the cd sales from those who havent paid up yet. As I expected, no one turned up to pay except for Jason. Had lunch with Kenji and sent him back after that. Seow Ling told me that she wanted to go yamcha and so after waiting and waiting at last she tells me she doesn't wanna go. Haih, what to do, go back la. Then I had a nice nap, then I wen to the field. I didn't really want to play, so I didnt wear my shoes. When I reached there of course I couldnt contain myself and I had to play, so I play la, mana tahu this guy came and stepped my feet with the boots, kena la kau kau. So its pretty hard to walk now, as it kinda was really hard. Oh well, it's all in the game I guess. At least that's what my friend Siva always say. My Monday night was as usual, I didn't miss out on my favourite series and I also watched "Criminal Minds" (love that show).

Anyway, back to today (Tuesday). I woke up by 9.30 I guess, had my breakfast then around 12 I went to take the results of my blood test. After that I visited my doctor to give her the results to let her check and ask her opinion. She said everything was fine and I need not worry bout nething. I then had lunch and here I am sitting now with this freaking hot weather.

This is Dr. Love signing out, take care peepz