Slept at around 12.45am and woke up at 5.40am. Got ready and left house. Walked to mrt and took train. Alighted at potong pasir and met up with Christopher, Ansel, Joshua, their mother Sally and their cousin Ren Jie.
Arrived at harbour front and went to MacDonald to meet up with the rest of the group. Boarded the ferry and arrived at Batam. Waited for an hour (had some food while waiting) before boarding a smaller ship to Batu.
The smaller ship was like super overcrowded la. They oversold the tickets, resulting in some poor people having to stand. There was also like 4 or 5 policeman on board. Finally arrived in Batu and headed for the church before heading to the hotel. The hotel wasn't too bad. Much much better than expected.
Went for lunch then to church before heading off for the orphanage there. Thoses kids are really poor things... They were all barefooted and there was like 6 or 7 people in a small house/hut. Almost all were kids. The place was super muddy. The kids walked around barefooted and were quite happy to see us there. Made me feel so fortunate to have all the things I need and even more than what I need. =) Phebe's slipper was stuck in the mud and she broke it when she forced it out. She had no choice but to walk barefooted for the next few hours... Poor thing!
Sang songs and twisted many many balloon dogs. Also gave out lollipops. After that we left for the beach. The sand is very nice but the water seemed kinda polluted. Didn't go into the sea though. Just walked about, soaking up the atmosphere and taking a few shots (borrowing boon chuan's camera).
Went back to hotel, bathed and went for dinner and fixed a christmas tree and decorated it. After which went back to hotel and that's when the fun starts! =P After bathing (for the rest who haven't), they came over to our room where we played cards and watched television. Was surprised that Indonesia could receive Singapore shows!
Got tau poked cos I lost a game (with lots of pillows! ) so it was still ok besides not really being able to breath... Worked hard at not losing since then. XD. In the end some of them left and only Rk, Zx, Yf, Joshua, Phebe and I were left playing.
Got bored of tau pok and set penalty as pumping instead (which is why my arms are aching!). I think Zx and Rk did the most. I didn't care about standard push ups, but did girls, not standard push ups :X (but it is STILL painful. Esp tat time when I had to do 40...) That was like super fun. Can train and play at the same time. Hehe.
Asked Yf to send Joshua back to sleep and he came back like 5 minutes later saying that Joshua is fast asleep. He continued playing with us till... 4 plus am or something like tat. Zx was asleep by then I think, or maybe just half asleep with all the ruckus we were making. Haha. My brain wasn't functioning too well due to lack of sleep and I was like lagging or something.
Offed the lights but Rk and I didn't want to sleep so we chatted from around 5am to 5.20 plus plus am. (I was slping at corner of the bed, Zx was at the left side of the bed, Phebe in the middle and Yf at the right side of the bed. I was like at their feet there. Rk was sleeping on the floor cos no more space already. He used the cushion from the sofa seat and back though.) Wanted to stay till 6am but could feel myself falling asleep,what with lying down in the dark. Silence soon resumed and we all feel asleep.
Sunday - 30/11/08 (Home Sweet Home)
Woke up at around 6.20am. Was freezing (most of us were, esp since it was raining). Hopped in for a quick shower shivering throughout. Dressed in Jeans and Jacket and Socks and turned off the air-con and soon became warm.
Overall slpt for 1 h? Christopher slept for same amt and Phebe and Ansel about the same too. Zheng Xiang slept a bit longer I think. Went for breakfast. Didn't feel like eating so shared fried kuay teow with Phebe. Both of us ate around half plate and didn't want to eat anymore.
Had service in Church followed by participating in the children service. Went back hotel packed after that and came back to church where we had our lunch and went to take the small boat to Batam. Waited for around 15 - 30 min. There was like people smoking all over the place and we tried avoiding them. Boarded the boat, arrived in Batam and boarded the ferry back to Singapore. Slpt during the 1 h journey this time and actually felt refreshed after that.
Went to have dinner and headed back home. Currently typing out this post with half opened eyelids. Sry if you can't understand. My brain needs rest! Just to sum it up, I had a fantastic time there and I love youth camps! Also want to thank Jesus for blessing me on this trip and keeping me safe throughtout! =D
