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 [Saturday, June 25, 2005 ]
-LLTC 2005-

back from lltc. had lots of fun. quite tiring, but met a lot of new ppl. was really a great experience. the things we did were really meaningful for a lasallian.

monday, 7:30am- assembled in school. they collected our wallets, ezlink cards, handphones and our "homework". then we get to noe the people in our group. my grp ppl are: ong chuxian, marcus seetoh, christopher tan, bryan teo, leonardo lukman, leonard brandon lim, timothy chua, donovan ng. we are brennan. then, as we finished our ice breakers, they tell us ."you all are now going to make your way to st patrick's, you will not be given your ezlink card nor will you be allowed to take any bus. only by foot." i was shocked. no transport to take us there. luckily they took our bags for us. but then we had absolutetly no clue how to get there. so we decided to just let whoever knew the way just lead. our group was the last group to set off, so there was a lot of pressure on us to be faster than those released earlier.
9:00am- we are released fron sji. we went by the mount rosie way, behind sji. then, we walk towards in the direction of cjc. we catch up with wg's grp. lothaire i think. haha. was damn lame. kept trying to lead them off course. was very funny. then when we reached cjc we cut into the school to go onto the main road, leaving them behind. then we met another 2 groups, eng wei and gabriel's group. then, we came to the junction which could go to thomson. tim chua said that there was another way, and we suddenly crossd the road, leaving the other 2 groups confused. we then went by the pie towards toa payoh. we kept walking straight until there was no more foot path, then crossed the overhead bridge to the otherside of the road. then continued onto the pie. we followed a foot path which led to a dead end, but there was a grass patch ahead. we decided to take the patch, but it was filled with lots of thorny bushes. i didnt get hurt, but chu xian got quite a few scratches. then we continued on until we reached around whampoa. hmm.. whampoa... so anyway, tim led the way. then came to a junction. tim just walked left, so we just followed. then in the end, we walked and came back to the same junction. lol. then we went the other way, then ended up at some place like quality hotel. then walked on to i think geylang. then juts kept walking, st pats people leading most of the way now. so we managed to reach st pats around 12:15. we came in 11th position. i suppose wat mattered was not the position, but more so the boning with our team. i think that it was this which really helped our group to really bond together. then had lunch.
2:00pm- after lunch had lectures. hmm, something abt leadership i think. haha, cant really rmb. oh ya. 7 habits of highly effective ppl. ya... mine was by sydney tan. he is quite a gd speaker.
5:00pm- had station games as a group. hmm, seemed like the games we were always with lothaire. haha. first was some paper plate game, basically getting some number sequence. then played some blowing game. LOL. we were supposed to blow a ping pong ball into our opponents side of the table tennis table. then was captain ball. but with water balloons! cool... totally... then was this sort of snake game. we were supposed to form a line, blindfolded, then the front person is not blindfolded, and is supposed to grab the sock from the last person of the oppsing team line. really crazy. haha. then had to use a wire and form a sqaure. not allowed to see or speak. hmm, apparently, no group actually thot of forming the shape of the square first. as in the corners. so we were the first group to finish so fast. then had this game whereby we were suposed to throw paper plates to create a bridge. first supposed to get into the center of a sqaure, then across the square. end of station games, shower time. and basically slack time.
7:30pm- dinner. then went for lecture. hmm, something abt lasallian. ya... we were then told we were given mailboxes and could write affirmation letters to others. then had supper and then sleep i think.

Tuesday, 6:00am- woke up for morning pt. expected there to be 4.8km run. Turned out it was raining, so in the end we ran up and down the staircase, then that was it. Quite slack.
8:00am- breakfast was nasi lemak. Quite ok la.. then had another session of the 7 habits of highly effective people (7hhep). now, told that we are supposed to create a PMS!! haha... personal mission statement, not wat u tink. i got a draft up. "be myself". simple, yet full of meaning. only i can understand.
12:30pm - lunch. then gathered in the heritage hall, then was "action time" actually, its dragonboat and ropes course, spread over 2 days at the same time.. i went for dragonboat on the first day...
1:30pm- set off for dragonboat in kallang. reached there, had safety briefing, then got into a boat with Brennan and Alban i think. hmm, was really fun,had water wars in the water. just splash the other boat as much as possible, using the oars or contaiers used for scooping water. whahaaha... was really fun experience, then we also jumped in to the water. we jumped into the kallang river. just days ago there was a body found in there... hmm... anyway, after that had a race back to shore.
5:00pm- came back from dragonboat, reached st pats. then played dog and bone. then later, instead of getting the bone to your own side, u take a cup and splash on the other guy.. haha... was really funny. then had showers and then free time
7:00pm- dinner, then we waited in the canteen for a loooooong time... we were just stoning there.. then alexstine, one of the facilitators was telling all sorts of lame stuff.. cant rmb lah, really really lame.... then i was just talking to darren abt wat was happening in scouts... anyway,
8:30pm- Heritage Play! ya, it was a play abt the life of our founder, de lasalle. very well done i have to say. it was very gd, all of them could sing, or at least werent out of tune. congrats to all the people who were involved in the heritage play! it was really good! oh ya, zippy came.. and chums too.. and now i noe where the "into fire" thing came from..
10:00pm- had reflections, then supper, then sleep.

Wednesday, 6:00am- woke up for morning pt. wah.. really didnt feel like running...
6:30am- went to east coast park for 4.8km run... i was like sometimes running with shih hoong and rod's group, then i ran with chin hao grp, then i watied for my group, brennan. so then just basically ran/walked with them.. chu xian had gone far ahead.. so we were like a group without a mage.. lol... anyway, then i decided to run again.. then they didnt want to run.. so i just went ahead.. caught up with nigel.. then at the last part waited for my grp.. then finished it together.. then went back to st pats..
7:45am- went back to school, then had to do some reflection... then had showers and all that..
8:30am- breakfast. then had some lecture... hmm, i cant seem to be able to rmb wat the lectures were abt.. =S oh yaa... some guy from a home of the aged came and gave us a tlak abt the elderly in sg.. ya.. then he also shared some stories... there was 1 abt a girl who was always bullied by her family just because she couldnt get very gd grades... she became like their "maid".. so she got so depressed she hurt herself.. makes me wonder... why... ppl.. do.. such stuff.
12:00pm- lunch. then went for ropes course... well, the ropes course helped me in more ways than 1.. somehow, in the ropes course, i realised that i wasnt really all that gd.. so i shdnt act smart... ya... anyways, had rock climbing (i reached the top! =P) then flying fox (here i learnt i shd just listen to wat the instructers say) then had abseiling (her i learnt i shd pay attention when they are giving instructions.. and a carrabeana, or however it is spelt, cost $68, the heavy usage type) then had high elements.. ya.. ropes course was overall very fun.. but useful for me in the sense of a wake up call...
6:00pm- reached back in st pats, on the bus ride back, every1 was like talking abt the next thing on the schedule... it was called fast food.. hmm.. so we were like talking abt wat it meant.. some said that we were going to be given our wallets and be released from sch to go buy macs or something.. others said it was catered.. then donovan said that it could actually be fasting.. meaning no food.. every1 laughed at the idea... but we shd have been prepared...
7:30pm- went into the hall, then they led us to an empty space for our dinner.. we were like wondering where was our "fast food".. turned out that donovan was right.. we were actually fasting.. as in fasting food.. just 1 piece of bread with 1 cup of water for dinner... all sorts of reactions... like wtf... omg.. all that kinda stuff.. so then after a while, reflecting on it, it was actually quite a feast.. as compared to ppl from developing countries.. who have very little to eat, prob cant even get 1 bread and 1 cup of water for the whole day.. so it was quite a memorable experience.. maybe its cuz 1 bread and water is different from wat we normally eat.. so ya, it was memorable..
8:30pm- went back to the hall. then had reflection.. then went back to our rooms.. then had group reflection.. ya..
10:30pm- had supper.. it wasnt very much more than previous nights.. but was enough to stop watever hunger there was... keep it away till breakfast.. so ya.. then after that, went to some corner with rod and darren and just wrote affirmation notes.. ya... then went to sleep...

Thursday, 6:20am- woke up, rushed to get ready for pt, then left for pt... again at east coast park.. somehow, wednesday pt didnt seem like 4.8.. was more like 2.4- 3km run.. so they decided to make it really 4.8.. and we went even longer.. but this time we managed to stick together as a group..
7:30am- washed up and all that kinda stuff, then breakfast then phototaking.. hehe..
8:30am- "journey with the dream".. ya.. basically just went to visit homes.. our grp was supposed to go to Metta Home.. some where in like wood lands??!?! ya.. so then went there by mrt.. and we finally got back our wallets and ez lin cards.. laming around on the mrt.. lol.. wont go into details… fun with rubberbands!
11:15am- reached Metta Home. Was quite shocked when we got there. They told us that they were expecting a group of like, 40 ppl??!! We were like wah.. there were only 12+ ppl there.. including mr wong and shaman.. so were quite shocked.. so they said nvm, then came the next thing. The clients had been waiting for us since like 9am in the morning!! We were really stunned… felt quite bad.. so ya, mixed with the ppl there.. sang songs.. went round shaking hands.. some of them are really sad.. very.. cant say pitiful, that’s kinda like looking down on them.. but ya, it was sad. So then we served them lunch, then we talked with them a bit more.. they aren’t all mentally disabled.. there was this woman who was doing long multiplication with like 7 digit numbers!! was really amazing.. and she got them all right!! Totally amazed.
12:45pm- left Metta Home, went for lunch. MACS!! Woot.. got the “fast food” which we all expected the night b4.. hahas.. anyways, after that took mrt back to st pats..
2:45pm- reached st pats. Basically slacked around for a while. Then gathered in the hall. Debrief of the Journey With The Dream. Got into grps, like mages in 1 group and all that stuff.. heard more stories.. I am really a lucky guy.. so after that had more songs.. then went back to rooms..
5:00pm- rushing for affiramtiion notes. As in really rushing. In the end, spammed the same msg to a lot of ppl. = very bad of me.. I hope that I can rmb all of u guys and write u one.. as in here, on my blog.. after im done with all this…
7:00pm- dinner. man was it 1 great dinner. buffet style. Chicken, prawns, fried rice, otah, curry, jelly.. lots of food. =D nice food… very nice. Very full.
8:00pm- we went to the hall.. then wrote down wat stuff was keeping us from solidarity with the poor. Then we tore it up and threw it into a dustbin. Then went to this room in the brothers quarters. Had a Passover of some sort. Very memorable. Went around hugging every1 after that. Was great.
9:30pm- then went for this trail. i think. Which just like showed the different parts of Singapore which we see but never actually realize. then we got back our affirmation notes. Thanks to all who gave me affirmation notes!! Rod, WG, Javier, EngWei, Joshua, Nigel, ChuXian, Leonardo, Marcus Seetho, Shih Hoong, Trent, Chin Hao, Marcus Leong, Darren, Gabriel, KarJun, Brandon, David, Darrick, Sean Lee, Jeremy, Donald. I hope that I got every1s name there. Thanks for ur notes!
11:00pm- crazy time from this time onwards. We just went wild. =P first went arnd together with the scouts singing stupid songs. Stupid me for singing stupid about stupid me. LOL. Heard that there was a strip party going on. (-.^) haha.. then alexstine brought his labtop to some room, blasted music, and plaed mahjong. Wah… craziness.. so after going with the scouts then went to McNally. It was a “refuge”. LOL. We were just playing cards, eating chips, but we were quiet. Really. the ppl above us were like loud.. then could hear them stamping on the ground. Crazy but fun time.. then in the end Wei Kann came to McNally and said that they wanted to journal in, so we left and went to do reflection.. then went to sleep.. it was abt 2 by the time we slept..

Friday, 6:00am- woke up, had like hangover.. lol.. not sure.. but was just blur.. then went for morning run.. damn, dunno why when i was on the way to east coast park, suddenly got stomach ache! ah.. so in the end i didnt run with my group.. i went toilet, which had no toilet paper. (-.-) dont think any1 wants details... so anyway, after taht was just talking to kenny(papabear) and we were just like talking about the unit.. and why he didnt really come and meet our level.. and said if we wanted a retreat tell him... which is nice.. but i dont have his contac number or email!! lol.. anyway, my group came back rather fast.. could see they were sweating.. donald made them run.. hmm.. then went back to st pats, breakfast.

8:30am- gathered in the hall. then had a long line of lectures... cant rmb wat it was about though.. oh ya, it was bascally about us being lasallian leaders. then lots of songs. then had a briefing abt.. argh, can seem to rmb. lol. oh yaaar.. it was our overall camp debrief.. with a picture slide show... and i look damn stunned in all the pictures i was in.. stunned as in shocked.. not gd thing.. haha, really, i was looking damn.. ok la, looked fat. =( lol... anyways, after that tidied up the class, then had slack time.. so just went arnd.. played games.. then went with trent to buy food.. we went shell in the end cuz we couldnt find the 7-11. then had the last session. we gathered in the hall for prob the last time. we had all our bags with us. then, we left the hall and went to the courtyard. there, we sat in a circle. then, we told every1 about our PMS. haha.. personal mission statement, not what u are thinking. =P so i now tell every1 my PMS. simply,

"Be Myself".

short and simple. but lots of meaning for me. we told every1 in our group, while pouring water contained by a water receptacle into a large bowl. then the bowl was brought to another bigger bowl. ours overflowed. haha. then we receieved our badge from the brothers. we went up to them. they said, "are u ready to be a lasallian leader" or something like that. then we say "i humbly serve" or smth like that. then they pinned a badge with the lltc logo onto our collars. we were at that moment, proud leaders of lasalle.haha. so after that we collected our bags, then we were like all hugging each other, getting contact numbers, making arrangements for dinner and so on. zippy came! haha.. then i was just like walking around thanking the facils, even those i didnt noe. lol. i also dno for wat. just said thank u. crazy lah.. felt happy.

~that just abt sunmmarises what we did in the camp. yes, summarises. i could have gone on to talk exactly what the lectures and all the short games played in between. so that was relatively short. =P LOL haha.. pls dont blame me if it is inaccurate tho, i had a hard time rmbring the things which happened. everything writen is all based on what i remember, not exactly what the schdule says. pls dont sue me if there is 1 mistake. LOL, ok, im really lame.. ~

now for the affirmations (this is for those who didnt receive a proper 1 from me during camp. if not i really have to type a lot..)

Brennan
ChuXian- hey, thanks for being the mage for our group. u did quite a good job. hope that we can always stay together as a group. stay together k. and good luck with all things to come.
Marcus Seetoh- hi, u were a very nice person. i think u were quite gd as a scribe, whatever there was to be done u did it. u were also quite a positive person. hope we can keep in touch. i dont have your email.. hehe
Christopher Tan- hey, ur affirmation note was quite funny. as in the square root of 4b squared. 2b or not 2b. haha. very creative. thanks for the note. hope we can get together and play lan someday.. tho i am quite noob at dota. anyway, thanks for being games master
Bryan Teo- hey, u were a very nice person in camp. very helpful, willing to talk to others and try to motivate them. thanks for being with the group and motivating us. thanks for being task master. and good luck with brisk walking. ;)
Leonardo Lukman- hi, u were a funnny person in camp. looked very cute. haha. thanks for being water druid. and hear that ur gonna star in heartlanders. wah, actor in the making. anyway,stay in touch
Donovan Ng- hi, u were a quiet person in camp. u didnt really talk much so i didnt really get to noe u. anyway, chuxian always telling u to do things just because u were the watchman was quite funny. haha, stay in touch k.
Timothy Chua- hi, u were like playing it quite cool in the camp. didnt really talk much but were always with your other friends. anyway, thanks for being the keeper of the chase. u were also quite funny on the walk the talk. and thanks for leading us on the walk the talk.
Leonard Brandon Lim- hey, i knew u since sec 1 cuz of legion of mary, but didnt really talk to u then. now, u seem like quite a nice guy. hope that u can succeed in band! and good luck

`Right now, i cant really think. its like 4 in the morning. wow. anyway, thats abt it for now. as of now, i present this entry as my complete lltc entry. it is finally finished!! weee.. now for sleep.. i cant believe this is finally complete!!

-Believe In Faith- 8:44 am


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