BMChurch Camp 2005
i arrived at water city resort in malacca on wednesday just in time for lunch...
*the coach ride was not very pleasant, though the buses were from tourism malaysia, so at least it was comfortable*
first thoughts were that its a pretty snazzy joint, what with the balinese music in the lobby, the fruit juice bar and elevated open-air band space...
but how wrong was i...
met the rest of the musks who were playing table tennis...
went for lunch at the ballroom which didn't look ANYTHING like the brochures...
but i was still to find out lots more about this supposed relax haven...
the food was substandard and completely unappetizing... ate minimally before going to the apartment... was gonna share room with adriel and josh, while sam and jake were opposite...
the apartment and bedrooms were fairly alrite, save for the sandy beds (sand??!)...
skipped the first briefing of the camp (only josh went) in exchange for reading jake's 8 days and listening to music on my mac...
josh returned and we played cards and cluedo for a pretty long time, and that marked the emergence of our new forms of cardgame tactics...
on the way down to the go-kart track, i realized that NOTHING in the resort looked remotely like it did on the pamphlet... the man-made lake was green, dirty and shallow, much of the place was still under construction and thus there were no squash courts for us to play...
but go-karting was fun, if not a bit pricey at 20RM (S$9) per person per five laps around the small track... the cars were really scarred as well...
but it was fun racing and timing laps... jake was fastest at 28, josh at 30 and me at 32... adriel took 35...
not to mention that every time adriel drove, something disconcerting would happen...
in the morning before i came, i watched the video footage (thanks for the vid cam miche) of adriel plowing into the back of jake's car...
this time, his car stalled, and the second car he drove, he collided into a tire wall... (hahahahas!! x))
first session of worship and message after dinner...
uninteresting but thought-provoking, as i would witness in all the other messages...
nites at camp were times for social activities...
and the musks apartment was descended upon by a number of folk...
namely josh goh, dan, deb, abby, becky, audrey and amanda...
we put our newfound card tactics to playing bridge...
it took a while before they figured out our lingo...
*lions team two umaga*

day two was little different, just that we skipped the games, deciding instead to nap, causing us to miss photo-taking...
but the morning message was replaced by this game of life... the five of us decided to go blackmarket style, selling bowls and cups... x)
but no biggie, it was much more fun in our room...
adriel's bed was the centre of much attraction... *hahahas!!*
after the message at nite, jake and adriel stayed behind to watch "life, or something like that", starring angelina jolie in an unflattering hair-don't...
josh, sam and i went back to the apartment to chat... really interesting conversation... (the five ppl you meet in heaven)
the food situation improved for the next few days...
but our toilet decided to start flooding after each flush... strange...
third day was cool... we tried to skip the message after lunch, but auntie linda would hear nothing of that sort...
went to mahkota parade to play squash... fun but extremely tiring and sweaty...
ate dinner at pizza hut... plus our supply of food and drinks were restocked for that nite...
we didn't sleep till 3/4ish...
josh insisted we stay up to win the wager against uncle hing lee... hahas...
played lotsa bridge, ate lots of junk and laughed too much at taboo...
it was a hilarious nite!!
abby, deb, dan and jansen stayed in our apartment way past three...
we actually planned to go for a walk... but in the end just gave up and slept...
today woke up uber late... missed worship in the midst of breakfast with jake and adriel... the lam/tay gang also decided not to go...
we found out that the message for us was optional, so it was back to our apartment for more cards...
had a last round of go-karting before departing...
adriel rammed into another set of tyres (no surprise there), but this time it was worse...
the steering was a bit screwed up, so when the guy manning the centre tried to test-drive it, he almost killed a lady lining up to drive...
*adriel should never ever get a car of his own*

josh, adriel and i were asked by josh tay if we could play for worship tomo, but we couldn't make it for prac... so not sure who'll be leading tomo...
miche wants to go to sentosa again... hahas...

notes from the sideline:
- there are a number of videos you must take a look at if you get the chance...
- at squash, there was this queer guy who adriel insists was oogling at sam and josh...
- deb lam named her bolster baboo... (??!!!!)
- i'm rather good at taboo... x) and abby unknowingly says things with so many innuendos...
- jake wanted to go jogging at some unearthly hour in the morning, but of course couldn't wake up...
- josh wore prc-like socks with sandals on day one... odd to say the least...
- sam has an affinity to adriel's bed, much to our entertainment... =P
- my mac has different forms of chess which is so cool!
- we changed our bridge code to debater names to befuddle them further!
- adriel bathes 5 times a day...
- josh and i can't help but laugh really loudly at adriel at nite...
- sam, "i'm bored... let's go rape adriel"- the room next to the youth function hall hosted this group of ppl in jackets, with uncanny resemblances to stereotypical terror oraganisers... we found a picture some location with markings on it, as well as a paper plane and boat... hahas...
- adriel dropped a slice of pizza onto charmaine's jacket and tried to wash the stain off with a cake of blue dettol soap...

it was fun...
thanks musks...
thanks josh goh, jansen, dan lam, team airhead, the tays...
john-.