Got to prepare and check my luggage today. It's Jingfeng's house's hanging out day. Flight to HK is at 6am tomorrow morning. ?!@#&!%
Just got back from Agape Retreat 2008:
Bearers of His Divine Fruit. Let's do an update...
Day 1- 12th Dec 2008It was basketball in the morning. Only woke up at 930am when Kiaboon called me. I was packing my stuffs for the retreat and HK trip till late last night. Hua Yi's team was coached by an ex-Saint. Not too bad afterall, although they were really rough and incorrect at times. Kiaboon and I only played for the last extra quarter. Haha.. Fun enough though.
Met up with Andrielle, Charis, Tricia, Dallas and Madeline to go marketing at TPY. I prepared... Nothing much actually. Was in charge of fruits and desserts, which came really late. HAHA. Tricia needed to rest, so I became the hands of Jayne, who instructed me on the preparation of Aglio Olio. It was really tasty!!! EH, not because I prepared it. Much of the seasoning was done by Jayne herself. So we had that, black pepper beef by Dallas (YUMMY!!!), pan-fried eggs by An, Canto sweet-corn soup and salad by Charis!!:) Others who helped out in the preparation were Mad and John. THANK YOU!!! A really wholesome dinner, I must say.
Spent the night helping Jayne to clear her kitchen of unwanted food. Ended up in bags and bags of them, some of which I wished I was there to eat them. She was so happy that ' I can see my tabletop now'. So cute!!!
Day 2 - 13th Dec 2008Didn't manage to sleep well. I was fighting mosquitoes and the cold wind. Woke up at around 6am to help out with the breakfast. Buttermilk pancakes by Tricia, scrambled eggs by Athe (BEAUTIFUUUUUUUL!!), mashed potatos by An, Athe and myself. Microwaved some sausages too. SO FULL~~ After session, headed out to Boon Keng for a quick lunch before we started making our way to Johor via 170 from Little India.
Hilarious things happened on the trip. First was the unexpected heavy rain. Then came this weird guy on the bus. He was blabbering weird stuffs about prostitution and some girls selling chicken backside (An sat beside him first). Then, it was somebody with AIDS ( I guess that was Roy, who exchanged seats with An). Then we started calling Roy a priest, a Father. Spoke about Christmas, quoted John 3:16, said that we cannot condemn him, quoted Revelations 3. I was like, HEH?!?! Jayne, Athe and Roy almost wanted to cast out demons. That incident was really a eye opener for me. Patience and self-control for us were definitely tested.
The customs was the second round of testing. PATIENCE for most of them. John and I cleared the Malaysia checkpoint in 10sec? The rest took longer. Having been stuck in the queue, everyone just waited.
Checked in at around 530pm. I&R time was cut. Dinner, followed by a really refreshing session. Thank God for the session.
Watched some Jackie Chan movie on channel 8, Miss World on channel 5.
Soaked myself in the bathtub of hot water for about half an hour, I guess. I was just so reluctant to get out!!! HAHA.
Day 3 - 14th Dec 2008Happy Birthday, Mummy and Darius!!
An jumped out of the bed because of my 十万个为什么 alarm at 715. Thank God for that alarm, if not everyone would have been late. HAHA.
Breakfast buffet downstairs. We started a small debate about century egg, 皮蛋. Haha.. I will update about that soon. Tried it after many many years of rejection. And afterall, it didn't taste as bad as I thought. More century egg coming my way!! WAHAHA.
Rounding up session, and concluded that, each of us only spent SGD30 for the whole retreat!!! Can you believe it?!?! That was inclusive of transport, food and hotel!!! GOD IS SO AWESOME!!!
Jusco was our last stop, and I am determined to return to shop more. Haha. Spent some time looking for Jayne!!! That story will be kept to ourselves. Had Papa Roti and Apple Cheesecake from Secret Recipe.
HOME SWEET HOME.
Alright. More updates about the training tour and others when I'm back. Bear in mind, I haven't updated about November. GOSH. Oh ya, if anyone has any lobang for jobs, please let me know.
Till then, SEE YOU!!!:)
