Throughout the camp, we did a number of activities, such as shelter-building, game stations, mass “hopping”, Pulau Ubin Race, Gala Night, etc. All of which happened on day one, and on day two, it was mostly other activities like cleaning up, presenting of certificates and overall debriefing.
During day one, shelter-building activity was a very good game to bond everyone together. Despite the fact that many might feel that this activity is boring and useless, it was different for Ahloha. Ahloha made use of this activity to warm up to each other, and we started communicating through this activity. Thus, we started bonding there. Although our shelter was considered to be “lousier” than others’ in terms of appearance and rigidity, it was still the best to us, simply because it was what we worked for and what everyone had made together.
Next up was the making of the mural wall’s design. Ahloha made the design such that there were a boy and girl embracing a heart which was placed between them. A rainbow rushed out from the girl’s hand and arced over the boy’s head. There was also a Singapore flag on the bottom left of the heart and a Pakistan flag on the bottom right of the heart. Humans were coloured in yellow, heart in red, flags in their red and white and green colours, the rainbow in yellow, orange and blue colour. For humans, yellow were used to symbolize the happiness within them, and for the rainbow, the colours were used as we felt it combined to make a bright and joyful colour. The heart was red because red meant passion. Overall, all this could link to the theme of “connecting friendship and love”, because the general picture depicted the idea that the girl was giving the heart to the boy. This means the friendship and love between humans. The rainbow represented a bridge which connected people. Lastly, the flags were placed at the bottom to show people that the heart was given to Pakistan from the bottom of Singapore’s heart.
After which was the game stations. Although some people may have felt that these games were too short and might be somewhat insignificant, Ahloha feels that it was good because we bonded more strongly through the games. Overall, the games were simple and enjoyable.
After finishing up the last games, we played the mass “hopping” game. Everyone had tried 3 times and still could not succeed. There were also quite a number of people who felt that this game was a time-waster and insignificant. However, it was actually not so. It was a training of self-discipline when they told us strictly not to communicate. It also trained whether we could listen to instructions, whether we were honest and courageous[for some] enough to admit when they do not know the game. Most importantly, it tested our tolerance. Many people grumbled and were unhappy over how the game was controlled. However, Ahloha felt it was overall okay because it tested our personal skills.
The Pulau Ubin Race was overall fun. Although some of us were already half knocked out during the Race, everyone trudged on through the support of one another. We all made it back to campsite as number 2. It was very enjoyable as we had to find the different landmarks in Ubin, and we also showed strong teamwork and a right attitude.
While working for the Gala night, Ahloha was at first very tired and everyone spoke little. However, after a few minutes of rest, everyone lightened up and it seemed like we were very energetic. Compared to the other groups, Ahloha was really fantastic because we showed the right attitude! Moreover, RIO camp was to test our tolerance as well. Ahloha must have high tolerance, which proved its being strong. We enjoyed the making of our commercial and a personal bonding session after we finished our preparation. Overall, it was very fun for the group.
Throughout the camp until day2, everyone was fasting and only had water to drink. This made it worse for people when they were hungry and had to do things. The tolerance level was lousy. Ahloha was however, positive and everyone just continued the camp by making the best out of it instead of being grouchy. This shows the right attitude and that Ahloha is terrific!
Throughout the camp, Ahloha is a very good team, because we all showed the right attitude for all the activities. Honestly, the other groups were very tired as we all can see. Ahloha was probably the only group to have showed a right attitude, which was to give our best for all activities. We seldom complained and just worked the best out of what we had. We feel that having the right attitude is very important as it helped us to make the best out of everything. This applies in life too, and is generally what everyone in Ahloha learnt from RIO camp. The right attitude can help us see through things in a better way, and have a higher chance of succeeding in life. Generally, it has been a really good and meaningful experience.
8.30.2006
8.29.2006
Planetshaker
The Planetshaker’s concert was the next big thing in 2006 for most Christians apart from the Hillsong concert that was staged a few months ago. When the day arrived, I was extremely excited as it was the first time that I was attending a pop concert. The other reason was because the primers were also attending! It was one of those rare chances that all the students and officers were able to let their hair down and dance the night away.
The concert was scheduled at 1930 hrs, but by 1830 hrs; a long queue was forming at the Max Pavilion. Hordes and hordes of crowds were gathering all around, chattering and laughing as they slowly edged their way to the entrance of the hall. The atmosphere was electrifying. All of us were there early as we did not wish to sit all the way to the back of the hall. In the hall, there were two miniature reverse bungees. The kinds where you need a trampoline to jump instead of free falling from high above. We were all at the left side of the stage and were cheering the guys who were daring enough to do somersaults on the reverse bungees. Apart from that, we were taking photos and drawing on each other arms, faces and hair with white crayons or pens so that we would be illuminated by the ultraviolet lights. When the show started, everyone in the hall went wild. The music was amazing and we were grooving to the music; singing and jumping. Everyone were jumping and shouting at the top of their lungs for all the song. It was a pity that the concert was only an hour and a half long as we did not want it to end.
But as what most people say; “All good things must come to an end” and we left around 2200 hrs. Well, that was not the end of the event for the night; most of us headed towards Bedok hawker centre to have our supper and chatted away about the concert. It was till the time for the last train that we ran to catch the ride home….Zzzz…………
SY
The concert was scheduled at 1930 hrs, but by 1830 hrs; a long queue was forming at the Max Pavilion. Hordes and hordes of crowds were gathering all around, chattering and laughing as they slowly edged their way to the entrance of the hall. The atmosphere was electrifying. All of us were there early as we did not wish to sit all the way to the back of the hall. In the hall, there were two miniature reverse bungees. The kinds where you need a trampoline to jump instead of free falling from high above. We were all at the left side of the stage and were cheering the guys who were daring enough to do somersaults on the reverse bungees. Apart from that, we were taking photos and drawing on each other arms, faces and hair with white crayons or pens so that we would be illuminated by the ultraviolet lights. When the show started, everyone in the hall went wild. The music was amazing and we were grooving to the music; singing and jumping. Everyone were jumping and shouting at the top of their lungs for all the song. It was a pity that the concert was only an hour and a half long as we did not want it to end.
But as what most people say; “All good things must come to an end” and we left around 2200 hrs. Well, that was not the end of the event for the night; most of us headed towards Bedok hawker centre to have our supper and chatted away about the concert. It was till the time for the last train that we ran to catch the ride home….Zzzz…………
SY
8.15.2006
Take The City Walk
A few weeks ago was the Take the City Walk. The SP primers were invited to take part in the event as it was in conjunction with the Singapore National Day Celebration and we wanted to show our supports to our fellow students who were involved in the NDP as motivators.
20 students were gathered at City Link mall around 7am in the morning before making our way to the Padang. At the padang, we were supposed to do a series of warm ups, but everyone were sleepy and all of us ended up doing the exercise if though we were made of Jelly. We were doing the exercise with slinky hands and wobbly body movements. Guo Jun, Vimel and I started to be crappy and came out with all sorts of lame jokes and funny stuff to entertain the students. With that, everyone was up and running and all of us were roaring with laughter.With the sound of the horn, we commenced our 5.5 Km journey along the marina bay area. The view was spectacular and all of the students were happily chatting and playing as we walked. I was with a few students, Virainia, Mei Yun, Hui Ling and Jeffrey. We were joking, crapping and talked about many stuffs as we walked. It was a really good way to know more about each other while admiring the view of the marina bay front.
The whole walk ended back at the Padang as we collected our water bottle and a bunch a vouchers. We were hot, sweaty and downright exhausted but had a lot fun. We needed to do one last thing before calling it a day and it was the national wide 4 Million smile campaign. After a brief rest, we made our way to St. Andrew’s Cathedral was a photo taking session. Some of the students were actually shy of taking their own personal photo…haha… but with a bit of coaxing, all of us had our little portraits’ taken. With that, we made our way to Marina Square to have lunch before heading back home.
SY
20 students were gathered at City Link mall around 7am in the morning before making our way to the Padang. At the padang, we were supposed to do a series of warm ups, but everyone were sleepy and all of us ended up doing the exercise if though we were made of Jelly. We were doing the exercise with slinky hands and wobbly body movements. Guo Jun, Vimel and I started to be crappy and came out with all sorts of lame jokes and funny stuff to entertain the students. With that, everyone was up and running and all of us were roaring with laughter.With the sound of the horn, we commenced our 5.5 Km journey along the marina bay area. The view was spectacular and all of the students were happily chatting and playing as we walked. I was with a few students, Virainia, Mei Yun, Hui Ling and Jeffrey. We were joking, crapping and talked about many stuffs as we walked. It was a really good way to know more about each other while admiring the view of the marina bay front.
The whole walk ended back at the Padang as we collected our water bottle and a bunch a vouchers. We were hot, sweaty and downright exhausted but had a lot fun. We needed to do one last thing before calling it a day and it was the national wide 4 Million smile campaign. After a brief rest, we made our way to St. Andrew’s Cathedral was a photo taking session. Some of the students were actually shy of taking their own personal photo…haha… but with a bit of coaxing, all of us had our little portraits’ taken. With that, we made our way to Marina Square to have lunch before heading back home.
SY
7.29.2006
SP.Primers Night Cycling
The SP Primers had their yearly overnight cycling on Wed 21 June. It was with much excitement that we look forward to it because the Lord has blessed us with more than double the number of signups as compared to last year! A total of 105 people took part in this event. All the officers plus the primers were looking forward to a time of connecting with the year 1s.
There were 8 groups averaging 12 people each.
Pastor Roland flagged them off and they set off at 15mins intervals from ECP. The route would take them along ECP all the way to the SAFRA resort before they take the long long road right next to the airport runway. It would be followed by a visit through Changi Village and a short visit to the Old Changi Hospital. Supper point was at Changi Beach before they head back. The 1st part of the journey had 2 rest-cum-games point. It was designed like that to make it less monotoneous. The way back on the other hand would not have any rest stops. It was so that they would learn how to encourage each other along the way and to foster a sense of esprite de corp. We also played an interesting game on the way back which involves teamwork. As the group cycled in a line, the last rider will overtake to the front and this keeps going on. It was to push each other to the limit and at the same time teach them teamwork by encouraging each other on.
It was also an event of faith. When we were just starting the cycling, it started to drizzle. Kenny and I (not synchronised and only found out later) prayed for God to hold back the rain till we finished. And God really answered! It stopped! The amazing thing was that at the end of the cycling when we were all back at the tentage, we ended the whole event saying the BB Vesper. And right at the end of it, which ends with ‘Amen”. it started to rain! Wow! God was really holding back the rain for us! “if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.” It was really demonstarted by this. It was a fun filled event where we really connected with the year 1s… some even came for the Miracle Service! So let’s pray that the Lord will continue to draw them close!
The Primers family will become bigger.
LC
There were 8 groups averaging 12 people each.
Pastor Roland flagged them off and they set off at 15mins intervals from ECP. The route would take them along ECP all the way to the SAFRA resort before they take the long long road right next to the airport runway. It would be followed by a visit through Changi Village and a short visit to the Old Changi Hospital. Supper point was at Changi Beach before they head back. The 1st part of the journey had 2 rest-cum-games point. It was designed like that to make it less monotoneous. The way back on the other hand would not have any rest stops. It was so that they would learn how to encourage each other along the way and to foster a sense of esprite de corp. We also played an interesting game on the way back which involves teamwork. As the group cycled in a line, the last rider will overtake to the front and this keeps going on. It was to push each other to the limit and at the same time teach them teamwork by encouraging each other on.
It was also an event of faith. When we were just starting the cycling, it started to drizzle. Kenny and I (not synchronised and only found out later) prayed for God to hold back the rain till we finished. And God really answered! It stopped! The amazing thing was that at the end of the cycling when we were all back at the tentage, we ended the whole event saying the BB Vesper. And right at the end of it, which ends with ‘Amen”. it started to rain! Wow! God was really holding back the rain for us! “if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move.” It was really demonstarted by this. It was a fun filled event where we really connected with the year 1s… some even came for the Miracle Service! So let’s pray that the Lord will continue to draw them close!
The Primers family will become bigger.
LC
Dedication Service
I remembered the prayer i made the moment i stepped out of the plane, which was: “Lord, we have done our part and now its up to you.” This was a significant day becos it was the day of BB/GB dedication service. Meaning the primers will come down to the Max Pavilion for our youth service. Well the working part of me started questioning the numbers of Primers coming of which how many from the NDP work and how many from the rest of the Primers or thru the dedicated calling structure that we have done up. Yet deep in my heart was the kind of peace that you know comes from God.
So I asked Him,” Lord are you pleased?”
“Yes” was His reply.
Ok lah, now i am very relaxed for the whole event. But i must pity my young primers, i have a feeling they were somewhat avoiding me becos they were all afraid of telling me the attendance. In total we had 78 students that came, praise the Lord! Though it was not as high as i hoped (100 was my personal target) but these are 78 lives that had a chance to sit in and listen to the word of God preached to them.
Well after service, we had a post program that included a tribe time, Dan&Eve tribe with SP.Primers and Daniel&Pauline tribe with NP Primers. Afterwhich we all gathered as a big Primers family to have more fun and games and even had MacDonalds!
I give thanks to God for the 78 that came, not just for the numbers, but it is a testimony to God’s grace at SP for the past year. We started out with a handful of year 2s, most of whom have other companies that they are serving in, i even have one OC in my company(which is one of the key appointment holders in a BB company) We knew that we had to start somewhere and this bunch of guys stood with us for one full year.
So from almost zero person that we started off with, until the present average attendance (100 odd) for major events (78 for the enrolment service makes up more than 10% attendance of the BB/GB family in FCBC), it has been a journey full of grace for us all.
Thank God for sustaining this work and transforming this land that was once a hard ground for BB to flourish into a major CCA in SP. More will come from this land right? hahaha
Amen!
OC
So I asked Him,” Lord are you pleased?”
“Yes” was His reply.
Ok lah, now i am very relaxed for the whole event. But i must pity my young primers, i have a feeling they were somewhat avoiding me becos they were all afraid of telling me the attendance. In total we had 78 students that came, praise the Lord! Though it was not as high as i hoped (100 was my personal target) but these are 78 lives that had a chance to sit in and listen to the word of God preached to them.
Well after service, we had a post program that included a tribe time, Dan&Eve tribe with SP.Primers and Daniel&Pauline tribe with NP Primers. Afterwhich we all gathered as a big Primers family to have more fun and games and even had MacDonalds!
I give thanks to God for the 78 that came, not just for the numbers, but it is a testimony to God’s grace at SP for the past year. We started out with a handful of year 2s, most of whom have other companies that they are serving in, i even have one OC in my company(which is one of the key appointment holders in a BB company) We knew that we had to start somewhere and this bunch of guys stood with us for one full year.
So from almost zero person that we started off with, until the present average attendance (100 odd) for major events (78 for the enrolment service makes up more than 10% attendance of the BB/GB family in FCBC), it has been a journey full of grace for us all.
Thank God for sustaining this work and transforming this land that was once a hard ground for BB to flourish into a major CCA in SP. More will come from this land right? hahaha
Amen!
OC
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