Holy Light Church Family Camp (Awana Genting) 2008 - Day 2

Edits will be imperative. More pics/videos as well as minor corrections (if any) to be included in later versions. For now, make do with whats available.

From,
The Editor.

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So, now that day 1's covered, now is the "climax" of the camp, to put in a way. Started on a slightly low note though, as I didn't really sleep well.
Slept at 1am. Woke up at 4am. Played handphone games till 5am. Recharged phone till 6am. Brilliant.



Anyway, at approximately 6.15 am, decided to go out to the balcony and take pictures of the scenery...

Close to sunrise. The small white "dot" above is the moon.

It looks as if the clouds have formed the word "Go". Like a message from God.

Went to the lobby area, at 7-something. Since its relatively desolated at this time, decided to shoot some roosters. You get what I mean.

Ehhh. Apa tuu? -.-

Went for a walk with the gang including Yok Kwang, Yen(ny) Huay, Jaslyn, Jasmine, Cher Wei and Ivan. Decided to get some fresh air and enjoy the "natural" air condition.
Of course, its nothing like LONDON, like what the ol Gabster is basking in now. But still a vast improvement from the blardy humid weather back in Johor.

Lost




Now now, is that a ball I see? Maybe I was hallucinating, hmm.



After our "lovely" walk around Awana, a group pic was carried out.

Yellow people. Do they work for DiGi? Mhm..

Group discussion time. Each group leader were informed beforehand of the fun night program that was to be held later that night, which is essentially a sketch, of sorts. Preferably a very funny and hilarious one, I was told. So...yeah. A very warm get together and some empty talk, discussion, rambles and random-ness on what we're gonna do for the sketch play later that night.

Whats the commotion, guys?

Well, being unaware of the fact that it had to be funny, I initially suggested something bout a guy trying to overcome the usual doubts and hindrances preventing people from helping people in dire need like those with AIDS, the poor, etc >.<>.<>

There you have it.

Later, I went to the "recreation centre" (for lack of better name) primarily for the archery range, but, ah, bumped into Raymond, Cher Wei, Uncle Donald, Yee Hsien, and some others playing...ping pong >.<

So focussed. Its as though they're in a tournament. Bravo.

Wei, don't bully small kids la >.<..

And of course, the main reason I came here. Archery. I went for the 50 arrows for RM20 package, as I doubt I could fire any more than that. And I assumed correctly, as after the whole firing session, both my arms ended up limp, and incapacitated. Almost. >.<

This is an arrow, its body is made of plastic, and its tip made of tungsten. It has superb penetrating power as it can pierce papers and cardboards with impunity. Fear it.

Just some of the shots.

The Massacre.
My firing 'range' is the bunch of circles, 2nd from left. Yes, 50+ arrows. The guy in charge was kind enough to throw in a few extras.

It was THAT bad in the beginning, but got better towards the end.

Before the night event started...

Guess there are some jealous people cos we're cool. Note the phantom group below. #8.

While waiting for the festivities to start, I decided to snap a few at-the-moment shots.

Yes, my judging is superb, such that nobody wants to listen to them >.<

Well, lets just say "utterly disappointing" is a dire understatement.
Chuah "Iron man" Sze Jin feels like ironing his own hair out of sheer frustration.




In the buildup to the grand finale, final preparations are being made......



The Invincible Invisible Man dressing up in his...."invisible" cloak. With shades too. Go figure.





Dr. Koh with a trendy new look.
Nice thorny horn there.




Dr. Chuah decides to jump into the bandwagon too.




Tan "The Bionic Man" Yee Hsien is working on his...."cybernetic apparatus"...mhmm.





Mr Lim, the Incredible Roti Canai stall seller.




And here we have, Mr Peter "Mad Eye Moody" Yip.
Though, he was playing as the one-eyed man, not Moody.


Indeed.





How...imaginative.




Sinbad and his merry gang?
Note their threatening swords >.<


Re-enacting the Sichuan earthquake? o.O


Uhhuh. Right.



Editor's interjection: Arggh. My dad apparently did not videocam the whole performance of my team, there goes the laughter. There goes the memory >.<


Well, make do with this.




My "transformation" into the man of steel. Guess what?













That S is done using a lipstick.

The Artiste, and her masterpiece. guh. From Pearl with love.




The Ice Man team in the end got 3rd place. Ah well, based on feedback from several people, we could have gotten 1st or 2nd, if not for the fact that:
1) We didn't utilise ALL our members
2) We were too lazy to design costumes.


Post-event

............whats up?




And the 3rd prize.
A towel, a pair of binoculars and some sweet-stuff. Nice.

I'll upload whatevers left of the video tomorrow. Sigh. Kinda depressed that my performance wasn't recorded in full. The essence is lost in it. If someone has the full video, kindly send it to me. Pretty please?

Holy Light Church Family Camp (Awana Genting) 2008 - Day 1

Edits will be imperative. More pics/videos as well as minor corrections (if any) to be included in later versions. For now, make do with whats available.

From,
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...I didn't "practice" cam-whoring shots previously for nothing. Since my brain's a bit (or very) drained after excessive dream-walking and prolonged exposure to high content of carbon monoxide, I'll let the pics do most of the talking. Oh, and by the way, don't actually hope for me to post ALL the pics I took throughout the camp, as the grand total is approximately 220+ pictures, in 3 days, with most of it on the 2nd day.

In the bus, on the way to Awana

Warming up.




At a stop in Yong Peng....




Ivan eyes a salesgirl. hmm..



Oh man, should I or should I not talk her up? arrrgghh.




C'mon...the bus will leave any second now, its either now or never...

....how it ends is up to your imagination. and back on the bus....

Awww. look at Ju Chin. so adorable =P




Hoody homies



Awana Genting

Then we reached Awana, where the church members checked in.

On the Sky Train

Then dad, myself, Mr. Gordon and Mrs Winnie decided to hitch a ride on the sky train to the "main", "original" Genting.

This is one of the vids of the ride up.

Yet another 2 more video. Around midway through the ride up. And nearing the main Genting, respectively.

In "Main" Genting

There, we went to the theme park and saw merry-go-rounds, those high-speed roller coaster rides which my camphone can't really snap with even 1/2 decent accuracy. Hence the omission. Anyway, I saw this....

People trying to be Legolas.

however......















Huh? How does THIS thing work?
lady on the left says: "like THIS"

Anyway, before taking the sky train back to Awana, I, with my big curious mouth, blurted out "Lets get some Baskin Robbins!" and there goes 35-odd RM. Theres this "31% discount every 31st of any month" and it so happened that the 1st day of camp IS the 31st of May. Such blessing xD. At least, the container's rather big, and the ice cream's real solid cream. Not the cheap watery stuff which is common place in a number of places in JB. Heres a pic of the ice cream, for those who haven't seen how. 2 boxes were bought. 1 for me and dad, the other for Mr and Mrs Ho (Gordon, Winnie)

Something like this.

picture not according to scale, unless stated otherwise. -.-

Before hopping on the skytrain back, I came across this.....

The possessed dog.
You gotta love the eyes.

And on the shuttle bus back to Awana, this is the best shot I could get of the burial place of the late Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong, founder of the Genting Group.

The building in the background. Thats the burial place.
In a moving bus, its hard to take a clear shot. sigh.


Back in Awana

Reached Awana, then had dinner straight away as it was already time. Took several candid pics during this period, but I'll just show one. Not much to see anyway.


Miss Rachel Tan and Jaslyn (right) goes fruity with watermelons.
Cher Wei (on the left) was just so "natural"



Meet Jasmine Gan. The 30 13 year old auntie. Leetle sister of Jaslyn Gan.

After dinner, 1st worship session and sermon by Dr. David Gunaratnam were carried out. (The only pics I have of him giving sermons are rather blurred. So, none on that. At the moment, anyway). Well, and it also happened that the 31st was the birthday of one of the lady members (mother of Zhen Yang, to be seen later below) of the church camp.

Happy Birthday, ma'am.

Then the 200+ members who attended the church camp were assigned to various groups which were given names of none other than....superheroes. Iron man, Ice Man, Incredible man, Bionic Man, Invincible man, Super man and...Ultra man. I was assigned into Ice man, the group where all the cool people are. *ahem* Followed by some activities and stuff. After it ended, some of us decided to mingle around for a while and me, being the unofficial annoying quick-draw charlatan photographer, snapped this.

Holy Light Church's very own Women's World (arm)Wrestling Federation showdown



Valerie's "enchanting spell" blurs out my camshot -.-

Zhen Yang (left) just couldn't "bear" to look at Val's waving hands.

Mind games

Looking whacked, elegant drinking, and slightly hysterical laughter.




4 dun-ghus'es (dungus) each in a world of their own.

see what my hand's doing

Thats all for the major highlights of day 1. Tune in later for more pics for day 2. Adieu. And, take my word for it, day 2 will have pics that'll crack you up. Granted.








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