3 Days in Kampung Selampit

first of all, i just wanna send my deepest apologies to everyone cos i have not posted in a long time..hehe, was busy with all of the practices and practices and more practices needed for the kycs camp in kpg selampit..for all those who din go for the camp, it was held on the 17th to 19th november 2008..i don reali have the time to put in all the details from day 1 to day 3 unlike julie *cough* too free *cough* =p so i'll sum up everything in one LOOONGGGG post, so bear with me..

day 1 of the camp began with the registration of all the participants from all over kuching and it was held in the parish centre, in the "living room" area outside the library. I arrived there at about 6.40 am and to my surprise all my band members were already there..being the music leader for the camp, you can say dat i was abit malu wen i carried out my keyboard from the car=3 i was supposed to be there at about 6.30am but you know lar, malaysian time^^ so yea..at about 7.30am, almost all the participants and the core team members were at the gallery already but..there was one problem..kak lucy wasnt there yet=_= i saw julie panicking and kept looking at her phone, hoping kak lucy would call..butttt..she didnt until she sent a message to julie saying that she'll reach the parish at 7.45am. Julie panicked again cos we needed to get the projector screen from the office and kak lucy had the key..luckily, maurice managed to find sum1 to open the room and they got the screen..YAYY!!! few minutes later, kak lucy arrived..i cud see signs of relief on julie's face when kak came out of her kancil XP..

then..another person began to panic in that process as well..it was lester=_= apparently, the st.jo bus and the CLL bus have not arrived yet, they were supposed to be at the parish by 7.30am but it was 7.45 and both buses have not arrived yet..so lester panicked and so did julie..again..soon enuf, the buses came at the right time to save the day=3 so, everyone quickly did the registration and in less than 20 minutes all the participants were ready to board the buses..a morning prayer for safe journey was led by julie before we boarded the bus..again, splitting up the participants into the buses was hard work and lester was already drenched in his sweat..haha=p both buses were fully packed and us committees had to find a place to either sit down or stand..i stood in the middle of the bus under the sunroof of the bus..seeing that i was the music leader for the camp, my band had the privilege of being the first to board the bus, but i had to go in last cos im a committee member, and i had to give chance to the participants=_= nonetheless, the journey to kampung selampit took less than an hour and a half..so we were actually ahead of schedule^^

upon reaching st.gregory's chapel, selampit, lundu, the hospitality team led by brian went to work to clear the chapel..moving benches is not easy work okay?? if im not mistaken, all the benches were moved in 45 minutes and again, we were way ahead of schedule..my band and i went on with setting up our instruments, which took less than 10 minutes^^ once all our equipments were set up and sound checked, we just waited for all the participants to settle down..the participants were divided into 10 groups and because we were ahead of schedule, we gave them time to get to know each odr and brainstorm about their group name, motto, and group cheer..

i cant reali rmbr all the group names, but i can rmbr group 7, i dink..group 'Shining Star'..the only reason i can rmbr that group was because cyril and cam askd me how to do group cheer..lol..in the end, they came up with 'twinkle, twinkle little star' as their cheer XP..i was laughin my head off in at the side..hahaha..anyways, we had nothing to do after the introduction from all the groups so we did a little sing along before lunch..after lunch, was ice-breaking led by angeline..it was a game where everyone took a piece of paper and wrote each odrs nicknames, folded it and took a random one..once the signal was called, everyone had to look for the person with that nickname..cam was the only one hu was lucky enuf to take back his own paper XD

then came Fr.Simon Poh to celebrate mass with us..fortunately, the kampung people came in to join us^^ the mass unusually awesome cos it was celebrated in both bidayuh and english..quite confusing but nonetheless thrilling to hear the order of the mass being said in a foreign language=3 Fr.Simon guided us the whole way and it was funnn=)

after mass, we had a sharing with the seminarians..i was lucky enough to meet up with one of them when i went to the backroom to adjust the P.A. system..haha..they told their life stories of the journey in becoming a seminarian..then, they acted out a sketch for us..us committees had too much imagination and creativity so we came up with a conclusion..to become holy, u need to masuk pusat serenti (rehab) XP..lol..

it was already late in the afternoon and all the participants were briefed on the rules and regulations of the camp and were given a brief history of Joseph Cardijn by Kak Lucy..the teams then were given mahjong papers as part of kak lucy's programme..all teams were required to list down their expectations and contributions for the camp..and they had to present it in front of everyone..alot of laughs were let out during the presentations^^ after that, the participants were given a short break and dinner was served at 6.30pm..then came kak lucy's sharing, which was the first session of the day:Calling and Following..i bet everyone remembers the digi advertisement of ppl sayin "Hello?"

After another short break, everyone prepared for Taize..Taize is basically a community prayer originated from a Taize, France. According to Kak Lucy's explanation, it's not bound to a specific religion but most catholics practice this after the youth groups adopt this prayer method, which involves chanting and singing(copied from Julie) sorie Ju..i cudnt explain dat well so beta jz take from urs..haha..copywright from u yea=3

This was my first Taize experience..seriously..even my friends din believe that that was my first ever Taize..bona and i played our acoustic guitars during the Taize..we were situated in the centre of the chapel and the cross was placed there..the lights were out, it was realli dark, and all i cud c were ppl in their own world, chanting and singing..the chanting and singing were very calming and soothing and everyone was welcome to open themselves up to God..it took quite some time for me to open up cos i had to play the guitar and at the same time pray and worship God..bona let everything out after 'stay with me' so i had to continue without him..after a while, he got back on track and played, and then came my turn to pause from my playing and prayed to God,longing for His burning love and for the Holy Spirit to come into me..i cried and looked around me..i cud hear ppl cryin and i saw julie cryin oso..after a few minutes, i resumed where i stopped and just played and played until my fingers turned red..then kak lucy gave us a moment of silence where we were welcome to leave in silence or just stay there in prayer..i packed up my guitar and put it back to where the other instruments were..i then went to julie and comforted her..it took quite some time before julie stopped crying and i escorted her to her house and wished her goodnite..then i went back to the chapel and got ready for sleep..

Day 1 ended at 11pm after supper and all the girls went back to their foster families houses..Kelvin was paranoid that night, apparently ayie and i made too much noise while we slept at the instruments side..sorie kelvin for making you think that there was a ghost there=p hahaha..

I think one day's post is too long..i don dink i can sum up everyding in this post..haha, shudve changed the title..sorie cos i cudnt kip my promise^^ hahaa..i'll post up the next 2 days post later wen i have the time..i'll find time to do all that, i promise=3

holidays are boring but the camp was the BOMBB!!! ^^ be patient for the next post yea=3