IMHYC CAMP.

theme: I Am Called.
venue: IHM Retreat House

It was amazing.i guess it was more reflective, meditative and all..but i really enjoyed it.

im just koping from becca's blog sort of..i cant really remember every single detail.that girl looks like she's got this inexhaustible brain capacity.

so..first day.
basically reahced retreat house pretty early.nat was pestering me if we could reach there by 12.when registraion was only at 12.30.i was sleepy la.so i sat on the top of the chair and tried to sleep.but ppl started seeping in so i gave up the idea.
had some icebreakers.we were divided into two groups and joined hands in an unorderly manner.tried to wiggle ourselves out of it but it was sorta hard so there was a little prohibited movements but whatever.XDso obviously, we won.
then we had to write resumes abt ourselves.we were placed in the post apocalyptic world where no one else except the group of us were left as the rest of the world had simply disappeared overnight.reason:unknown.after our 'interviews' we got placed into this group according to our skills and abilities.basically my group's role was to create this plan to house our group and have to necessary rooms and entertainment etc.basically went around the retreat house with terence mapping out a floor plan.we have couple rooms.YES WE DO!!for overly excited couples.electronic stuuf mostly to be taken from best denki and the church office.washing machine from priests laundry area.basketball from pertapis children's home.tv from church.beds from neighbouring houses.(they were gonna be blown up by the defence team anyway)i cant remember what else.and we did a basic structure of the church.turned out pretty horribly but somehow jac and roy said'its nice.i really like it' and it instantly became a masterpiece.i wonder why.i was the masking tape master.RAWRRR.SEE ME PULL THE MASKING TAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
we had dinner before presenting.the food(cooked by the food group) was ahem..too cooked.and pretty mushy.sorry gabriel.XDthe presentations were to die for.a once in a lifetime.
the defence and their elephants for protection and crocodiles to surround the church and placed in a moat.their underground tanker.and their barbed wired fence.note to defence department:instead of barbed wire, why not rolers?they work just as well and they dont inflict self injury.((=)
medical and sanitation.them wanting to kill the defence for having so many animals to dirty the water.and using white cloth with cotton wool for the girls when the need arose.
spiritual and power generation.the made torches using batteries masking tape chopsticks and a bulb.(DUH.)the prayer was beautiful.(:
but my group's was the best.hee.
later went on to talking about laws to be set in that new apocalyptic world.about water purification problems and foreign relations.
i think we went to sleep after that.i barely slept a wink becasue of the stupid squeaking sound the beds made.and melissa's never-ending energy.

day two.
wanted to go have a shower, but then decided against it.woke up pretty early due to the fact that melissa loudly "whispering" to nat from one end of the room to the other as to whether she was awake.
basically washed up and did some homework.it was pretty dark so we switched on the light.wrong move.the bees started attakcing the light and then me.if i can put it that way.at least i managed to get some work done.for mostly the entire day silence was supposed to be obxerved.we did conversational and meditaive prayers and these times really gave me a chance to realx and catch up with all my thoughts.think about what i had and what i didnt.what i had to do and what i shoudnt.and scolded myself for being so lazy.after maditative prayer poor ivy broke down so baiscally we went down late for lunch.after lunch was more silence.too much silence is hard for one to take.so i did what others were doing.i tried to sleep.only to be awoken by mel's out-of-tune singing of the first two lines of amazing grace.and i sort of went in and out of thought.
went for mass after that.had mass prep then went in for the rosary.becca looked damn chio in her clothes from etiquette course.so then went back for dinner.
dinner was DE best seeing how everyone had such a fantastic time watching melissa doing the russian dance and knocking her head on the bed and pretending to fall/faint.
later had a session on knowing the enemy.discussed about the devil demons and spirits and stuff.somehow i wondered why people got so scared and then started worrying as to why i wasnt feeling the same way as they did.HAHA.see how dumb i can be sometimes.
then it was break.we went out to the lobby to sit and i was telling everyone to chill and stop freaking out.when all of a sudden, frB slammed himself against the window pane.gave me such a huge shock i fell onto the floor and started laughing.i was in the folded-knees position and till now im wondering how i even managed to fall.after that nose started going crazy(it actually alr was for the WHOLE ENTIRE DAY except i became alot worse after that) and started to feel like pukingbecause i was sneezing so much stomach got affected).i got one thing to clear.ALVIN!I WAS SOOO NOT BEING EMO LA.I WAS JUST HAVING A NOSE PROBLEM.AND MY FRIENDS WERE JUST WORRIED.BLEAH.
went back for another session.basically everyone got alot better.((++
did sentry duty till about 4.though you cant really call it that.stayed up with most of the girls and alvin, who got chased out after a while cause me becca and ivy had to talk to roy and jac abt some problems.so admidst all the staring-out-of-the-doors-to-make-sure-no-one-was-looking-or-listening, we formed the lemur gang.cute.
basically left zac sleeping in the conference room.he woke up after awhile and realised what was happening.had a good laugh that night over a message mel sent me at 2am in the morning.and also over zac.

day 3.slept till abt 7.30 or so.bathed.i was suuper smelly and oily.i think.
wrote out our statement of purpose-es.then being bored we started tricking people with roy's all too famous trademark:the hand on the head action.the people who got caught had expressions that were a kodak moment.sadly i didnt have my camera.later we went aroung giving affirmations.i didnt get to anyone cause the minute the music started i got bugged by ivy and i started crying.basically i felt super emo then.yes it was only then.and pretty pissed off by the fact she wasnt gonna stop bugging me abt that issue.and pretty scared.
then it was clean-up.basically grouped up with alvin and xavier to clean up the dining area.got pretty freaked when becca and i were getting the mop out cause the door suddenly started closing real quick.so we tried to push it open and were wondering why it felt so heavy.later realised it was alvin(though i suspected it) and i chased him ard with the mop.XD he still owes me one.the guys mopping(and sweeping and dusting of windows???) was funny.poor them.hopefully by the time they enter ns there'll be maids around.the bad thing abt them is that they make girls feel damn useless when they carry so many chairs at one go.so then i went to the toilet to wash my hands and came back in.plopped onto the floor super gracefully.had a fantastic time laughing my head off.it was fun.wanted to do it again but knee hurt too much.then sat on a table and watched the two buddies fool around with mahjong paper and a scrunched up paper ball.
later moved matresses to the church hall for sec 2 camp.i was without slippers and the ground was scorching.but tahan.
sort of broke camp after closing prayer.

later went to room 3-4 to blrow-braroons(blow balloons la).complicated messy shit happened in that 2 hours but at least i managed to get some things sorted out.its quite a relief actually to get things over and done with.

i slept for close to 12 hrs yest night.power seh.

had a haircut this morning.i look abit strange, sonsidering the fact that i feel asleep while she was cutting my fringe so now there's this part of the fringe where its a tinge shorter.later came back and moped ard the house before i went to church to get nut and mel's food and drinks.had a chat with erica greg daniela nd andre before going for mass.stayed for stations of the cross and went for dinner with kaima auntie jane and uncle steven.forgot all bt joyce's birthday dinner.im soooo sorry.then came home.i havent done homeowrk today.im soo screwed.bleah.

ok nights.

<3 cassie

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