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This is how the weather outside is like right now. It was bright and sunny when I left my house in the late morning, but it started pouring at around 3+ this afternoon, while I was still out. I only saw how heavy the rain was when I was about to head to the MRT station to go home, and in the end I went to Burger King instead, because the rain was simply too heavy, and the wind was really strong as well. The trees were just swaying so violently due to the wind, which also blew the glass doors in Burger Kind open, letting all the rainwater into the place. I left once the wind had more or less stopped and the rain was much smaller, but upon reaching Clementi the rain started to get really heavy while I was waiting for the bus. I had shelter all the way from the bus stop to my house, but I still got wet in the end. What a way to end off the year.

But at least it rained so heavily today and not yesterday. If not, the campfire yesterday wouldn’t have been possible. It was the first campfire ever held in the new church building, and despite the campfire being a small one, i’m sure almost everyone had a good time there. It was a sweet farewell for the J2s as well, despite only 3 of them being there. The programmes went pretty well in the end, but I think that they should have just skipped that scary story. Personally I don’t think that the story was scary, but some of the younger girls might have been scared by it. Not a very good thing. It was the camp that ended the latest as well. I think I only left the church at around 11pm, and I wasn’t the last one to leave.

I could see bonds being forged throughout the camp, as well as the enthusiasm in those who have participated, but I hope that this enthusiasm is not one that only lasts when there is fun, but carries on in all kinds of situations. I really do hope that those who have participated in the camp don’t leave out those who haven’t, but instead spread the love to them, and make them feel welcome and not left out. I know that there are cliques in the fellowship, and that some people feel left out. Please don’t let the fellowship carry on as one that’s made up of many different cliques, but make it really like one big family, and include the quieter ones as well. That has been said many times, but hopefully this time round things will change.

I went to the toilet before I slept last night, and just when I stepped into the toilet this baby lizard fell on my hair and then onto the floor. I’m not someone that’s terrified of lizards in the sense that I run away when I see one, and I don’t mind having them around the house too. But that doesn’t mean I like it when I have lizards falling on my head or crawling on me. Especially lizards falling on my head, because the last thing i’m expecting when i’m at home is for something to fall on me from the ceiling. At least it was a baby lizard this time.

I just reached home from church a few hours ago. There was a talentime going on tonight with the theme being love, and I think all of the 4 groups really did put up a good show. The first and third groups did leave a stronger impression though, due to the nature of their skit.

The first group put up a skit about these robots who didn’t have love, and didn’t know what love was about either. Then there was a scientist who invented a “love chip”, which was inserted into one of the robots. The robot could then love, and the love was later spead to the other robots after a series of events. Winston was acting as the scientist, and i’m sure a lot of us were impressed by his acting. I never knew he could act that well! At a number of times he was really hilarious too, and he really does scream like a girl! I think he screams better than a lot of girls in fact.

As for the third group, theirs had a superhero theme. The superhero started off as someone who was rejected by the girl of his dreams, and he in turn rejected the person who liked him. But somehow he became a superhero by the same of 爱人, loosely translated to mean “love others”. And then there was this other guy by the name of 为己, and his name is an indication of his selfishness. So apparently this guy likes the same girl as our superhero, and kidnaps her. Our superhero tries to save her, and surprisingly the person whom he had rejected came to his aid when he was in need of help. My memory is kind of fuzzy at this point of time, but in the end 为己 changed to become a good person, as well as the sidekick of the superhero. His name was also changed to 如己. And when the names of our superhero and sidekick are placed together, you get 爱人如己, which means to love others as how you would love yourself.

The second group’s performance wasn’t that much of a skit, but more of a short opening act followed by a song. The meaning does come though though, and it was nice that they actually thought of actions for the song. I think I would have liked it more if the elaborated to the acting aspect, and weave the song into it instead of having the song in the end, even though that’s a logical flow for their case.

Going on to the last group. Theirs was the scenario of the very youth camp they were participating in, and there were 2 groups of people – a group of guys who were nice, and a group of girls + Elton who were disruptive (can’t remember what exactly they were described as). The skit showed the process of how the latter group changed to become nicer to the former group, as they learned about love. Anyway, Elton was supposed to behave like a girl, and his actions were simply hilarious! His acting really brought a lot of laughter to the whole room, which was really a good way to end of the series of skits.

As for the results, the top prize went to the third group, while the best actor went to Winston and best actress (or rather “actress”) to Elton. I think both of them really deserved that.

After that the rest had a sharing session, which should still be going on now. I left after the talentime though, since it was getting rather late already. Will most likely be going down for their campfire tomorrow though. The photos I took tonight didn’t really turn out that well as the room was dimly lit and the lighting was very orange. Oh well.

I guess I should be going to bed soon since i really do need the rest. I think i’ve caught a cold yesterday night because of my late shower and I had wet hair for quite a while before my mum made me blow it dry. I feel more or less fine when it’s not so cold around, but then the surrounding temperature gets lower my nose is so stuffed.

Because I decided I shall make Christine happy today…

1. Post 5 weird/random stuff about yourself.
2. At the end, list the names of 5 people whom you want next to do this, and leave a comment “YOU ARE TAGGED!” in their blog and tell them to read your blog for rules.

Here goes:

1. I love soups! Give me a bowl of soup every meal and i’ll be a happy girl. I’m not talking about those campbell soups (though some of those are nice), but more of those… chinese soups? Like the melons, the potatoes + carrot + corn + onion, the seafood, the egg + tomato…. you get the idea. One big bowl is never enough for me.

2. I really don’t like most vegetables. I only eat selected ones. I know they’re good for health and all that, but I never liked the taste and fruits are so much nicer!

3. I think a lot more than I speak. But I tend to talk more when i’m nervous or in an exceptionally good mood.

4. I wish that I had bothered to continue learning how to play the piano when I was much younger. I wish to be able to play the piano and sing along, but I guess i’ll have to do without the piano.

5. I can’t study when there’s a mirror next to me. I’ll just end up looking into the mirror. =/

Because i’m too lazy to tag people, if you’re reading this and you don’t mind sharing something about yourself, just go ahead and do this.