hi ppl!! i jus wanna start by tellin u bout my june holidays...i m frm Kong Hwa School...so i'm a Kong Hwaian..weird?haha...ok..june hols..i went 2 tis camp called e Creative Arts Camp (or CAC for short),a 4 day 3 night camp...i m a camper in e band called Minuet..i signed up as a vocalist...
DAY ONE
reached ther at 8am signed in...gathered at 8.30am...introduced each other...did icebreaking....Minuet consisted of:
2 Pianists: Jocelyn; Yu Xi
2 Guitarists: Matthew; Rachel
2 Drummers: Joyce; Angeline1
Basist: Benidict
2 Vocalists(Singers): Me(of cuz!); Eunice
3 Band Managers: Samson; Jeremy; Michael
e icebreakin was borin...after tat we had band time...its a time we practice e songs we ar gonna do on e final night...we chose e songs Made To Worship (it became my fav song!!)and Jesus, Lover Of My Soul...time passed super fast...n we saw minuet's last band manager...samson!practice a while,den lunch time oredi...(cud u imagine how hungry we were?)al of us had 2nds...after tat we had flag designin at e basement carparks...our flag was e symbol of our hard wrk(at least tat was wad i thought)n our unity..it was done e mirror image way...after tat we had band time again...since me n eunice weren't familiar with how 2 sing e songs,samson brought us aside 2 practice e songs...but it was stil noisy with e instrument sounds,he brought us out 2 practice...we cud get Jesus, Lover Of My Soul,but we cudn get Made To Worship...so samson demostrated how 2 sing e verses n chorus...but tat was jus PURE torture!it was even worse den e choir practices at sch!n since eunice was not in e choir in her sch,she kept addin melody 2 e song n got me implicated!but,nvrmind...we were singin at e key G!so high loh...i had 2 use my "jia yin"...it was a torture...al was torture until we heard some boys frm another grp usin e mic 2 sing n it was out of tune!we were all laughin like siao loh...but samson knew how 2 sing e song cuz he sometimes wil songlead in YPM(Young People Ministry)n e rest of e 1/2hr was jus torture...i dun wanna tlk bout it anymore...after tat we had a scavenger hunt...e whole thing wasn fun until we gathered...we had 2 get e longest leg hair n guess wad?samson had a whole bunch of long leg hair!haha!he jus sat ther n started pluckin his leg hair!!n e al girl grp who ar dancers came with plasters n ask samson 4 his leg hair...samson was so gd n gave him some of his leg hair...after tat we brought it 2 get measured...(i had no idea how dey did it though...)but samson lost!his leg hair was 3.1cm(who cud 4get?)n e longest was 3.3cm!0.2cm only leh...so sad!after tat we had tea break...nothin much...we had bathin time after tat...al e girls envied e boys..e girls had 2 q up 4 like dunno how long den can bath loh...so e girls can understand how each othr felt,so we took short baths...anyway e water was cold...we went down 2 eat after tat...nothin much...we had praise&worship after tat...band time again after praise&worship...samson introduced us 2 another YPM singer,Estella..her voice was so high!but i became gd fwens w her...after tat we had supper...but i didn go 4 supper...i went 2 wash up 1st...lights off was 11pm...end of DAY ONE
DAY TWO
rise n shine was at 7.30am,can u imagine?!we had exercise...boring. we had devotion...den breakfast...after tat, praise&worship...n guess who was songleadin?yeh,samson!!(not in e excited way)n Estella was support singing...yeh...workshop after tat...andrew yeo was condusting it...den,lunch!den band time frm 1.30 to 5.30pm...but vocalists had another workshop...so me n eunice left...but me went back when we had breaks...but bathing was 5.30-6.30 loh...but a lot of ppl went bathin early den tat...so i went bathin at 5.30 n NOT surprisingly,ther was no ppl(sarcarstic)...den dinner again..den praise&worship...den message...den reflections...den supper...den lights off! nite!
DAY THREE
rise n shine, 7.30,morn exercise,devotion n breakfast,praise&worship, workshop, lunch time...nxt my fav time of e day...band time!!we were informed tat since Jesus, Lover Of My Soul was goin 2 b sung by too many grps,so...we changed it to Lord I Lift Your Name On High...it was easy...but we had to change e keys again to E...we had ball games after tat...n e girls dorm was on e same level as our practicing room...i went back 2 my dorm 2 change my sheos while samson locked u e room...while i jus came out,samson was walkin past me...den he turned around n walk 2 me...he started singing right nxt 2 me!i stood up n he sang even louder...so i jus ran while he followed me!so i asked e othr bigger size ppl in my grp 2 help me...since dey were bigger size den samson was,he left...so we had ball games...we played floorball n i was in samson's grp...den we playd captain's ball...we scored only 2 points while e othr grp scored 5 points!it was mayb cuz e court was too small or cuz benidict threw e ball too hard frm 1 side of e court to e othr side of e court...den we played football..e boys were so rough tat e girls said tat dey were playin "bian da zu qiu"...den everything after tat was pretty much borin..until e message when i was touched by God n i cried!n e ppl who came 2 giv e message were frm conerstone church also prayed for me!i nvr felt as peaceful inside before!n ther was tis girl who was my fwen she cried e loudest...we had supper later n it was time for lights out...end of DAY THREE
DAY FOUR(e last day!!performance day)
frm 7.30 am-1pm...al was borin...1pm we had band time n we had a vry gd rm 2 practice in...it was e best place in e whole church 2 learn how 2 use e diaphrm(short form) properly...so den we saw samson sleepin so we told jeremy, "or hor...u pass e sleepin disease 2 samson!"we said tat cuz jeremy wud normally b dozin off durin band time,but,tis time jeremy was wide awake while samson was sleepin...den michael said samson was lookin for a job so he had 2 stay up late n he was tired n e blah blah blah...den wewent 4 efinal run-thru...al was well...but i had a sore throat frm strainin my voice so much...after it was our turn 2 present,we had 2 sit n watch how e othr grps perform n i was sittin nxt 2 samson n he moved a little away den ther was little space 4 anyone 2 sit in between nguess wad,eunice came n sit nxt 2 him!so wad can i conclude frm tis?its tat eunice has a crush on samson...but no wonder,me n eunice hav spent more time den anyone else in e band w samson durin e camp...but y didn't i fall for samson?tat's a puzzle tat i wil spend a lot of time tryin 2 figure out...haiz...after tat we had teabreak n shower time n area cleanin...den we got our camp t-shirts!!i was so nice!!but before dinnner,while coming down frm 4th level 2 e 1st level 4 dinner,e liftwas fulll of girls n we went 2 e 3rd level 2 "pick up" 2 go dinner,n guess wad,samson farted!it was so loud n smelly!when we went down,samson took e othr way...when we reached e table,we told our othr bandmates n dey asked samson,he answer was yes!!haha!den anothr teacher came n asked samson whethr he like e shirt n samson replied,"let me tell u...no guy wil ever choose tis kind of colours"...so we had dinner n praise n worship...durin praise n worship,al e campers were jumpin up n down...it was so fun!we presented wad we had practiced over e past 4 days n i felt so happy!n Minuet was awarded as e cleanest n most hygenic grp!yeh i got a certificate too!den al of us went hm oredi!!n i learnt a very important bout tis camp...tat is even though we praise God through music,music isn everythin...its e thought...bye 4 now!!!c al or u soon!!!
