the past week has been really great! went to COMEX on friday, met hock chye and samuel and bought loads of games and signed up for mobile broadband. at night, charm picked me up and we had dinner with the altos at kallang leisure park. then we made our way down to Monfort Centre.
they screened Evan Almighty as planned, was ecstatic with my room mates! got to share the room with daniel and joel, which was freaking awesome la! wore my nametag with pride throughout. helped set up the rooms and the chapel. i loved the drapes that the spiritual team put up in the chapel. it was so beautiful and cold that i felt like sleeping in it.
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saturday morning came, andrew accompanied me to go fetch the firewood. both of us were disappointed with the quantity and the price they charged us church goers. had tummy ache when i got back. nearly panicked. daniel, raoul and i started soaking up the firewood. then i went back to my room to shower off the smell of kerosene, but that failed cus i sat next to julie and she exclaimed about the stench. had spiritual check-in, sharing sessions, lunch. then we learnt how to fold papers into crosses and i was so darn excited about it. later, daniel screened the video that he painstakingly put together on thursday night/ friday morning. i cried.
had sharing again, chose not to take part but instead i penned down all my thoughts cus i wasn't ready to share them yet. then we had Taize; i am so happy that i had a part to play! okay, so i might've accidentally fallen asleep and snorted a loud one before andrew elbowed me awake. BUT IT WAS FUN! i love the hymns the most.
after that, we had dinner and CAMPFIRE!! at first dan and i panicked cus the wood couldn't burn on its own. but after a quick prayer, it did eventually. most of the time i was poking and prodding the fire while dan single-handedly led the songs while andrew accompanied on the guitar. i'm so happy that the songs we identified really stirred the participants! it was also a hilarious sight to see them do the action songs. my fav song of that night was the friendship dance.
i felt the ol' scout in me stir from his sleep, like a bear. we played three games, i laughed like crap when the girls tried to make ponytails of the guys. then i took part in the last game. i had to peel a lemon and then eat it before i won. considering the amount of chocolate i received as prize, it was worth it!
when campfire ended, we went to have a session with Fr Gerard. he's such a nice guy, just like Br Jean. after that, hung out for a bit before going down to the dining area to accompany fr gerry, gerard and julie while they drank wine and i had grapes. decided to go shower, then went up to hear andrew bang away at the ivory keys. i think he was very happy that night, especially near the end, when he was singing this very old school song.
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sunday arrived and i was already missing the place. fr gerry had a session with us, and it was very insightful cus even a guy like me could understand what he was going at. mass in the chapel was sweet, was exceptionally happy when raoul said he wanted to hug me HAHAHAH.
went back to our rooms, did some packing, then went down with dan to clear the firewood. had a petty squabble with someone, but what the heck. then we started taking photos and it was home for us.
i went back, played the xbox, and had a "heart attack" that night.
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on monday morning, i still had the heart attack. met up with spt to accompany him to Tekong. bumped into jeremy fly in mcdonalds. he was so cocky over his new iPhone, and i got so jealous i threw it away.
being back in tekong brought back memories.
in the evening, i went for mass with the choir people and it was like the post-retreat get-together! someone decided to go home with a guy than to be with us, huh! @pancakes
dinner was awesome, but i was very tired already. reached home about midnight.
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tonight was a great night, though we only chatted for about 20 minutes at the void deck, i really do treasure it. it's been so long since we've talked about serious things seriously. i hope now you have more time ah, for dinner on a weeknight and all!

master and me!

the spiritual team and me!
i love these guys so much!