there was an overnight teens event at church yesterday. it was pretty nice, because the younger ones took well to the older ones' efforts to.. bond. :)

we met up at around 4pm friday, unpacked our stuff, played games, had some Word time, had dinner, had more Word time, and set off for night games. we only started playing at 12:30am? but it was fine, because secondary school students just love playing past bedtime for some reason. geil and i were just a bit zonked out and extremely hungry.

we had to walk a course for the game. it emulated the journey of life as a Christian, what with walking alone, facing an unknown path ahead, depending on the guides and streetlights and trusting that the course was planned out and would end well if we followed instructions. we were brought to the ulu roads connecting sembawang park to bottle tree village, in the dead of the night, and we weren't given much information other than to follow and not be afraid. but i tell you, a certain pair of girls were SO scared they screamed at everything. not really their fault lah, it's perfectly understandable because the scene was quite eerie. dimly lit roads with forest surrounding that go on and on. so we walked, and completed tasks, which were basically memorizing verses we picked from the side of the road, reciting it, and telling a guide what it meant. it was dark and far and some parts really muddy and squishy.

i was really happy to see the kids enjoying it and being somewhat receptive to us, and the game, and everything in general. it was easier to befriend them this time round. thank God for the camp!

we slept at 4+ though. but surprisingly i felt well rested when i woke up. maybe because i was so satisfied with the happenings of the previous day. :) i did, of course, come home and crash for a few hours.

after dinner i went for coffee with gerlynn and germaine. somehow, starbucks just seems like the perfect place to relax and talk and laugh. maybe it's the lighting.

now i have a bunch of videos from yesterday and they' re too fragmented to make into a clip. will edit them and see what i can do soon.