17.12.05

IM BAAAACCCKKKKK!!!!! hahahahah... yeh.. its great to be back.. i came back on the 14th actually.. but had track camp immediately after that n all so din get to blog... good god.. thailand was WOW.. the experience was totally new.. it was damn refreshing.. for the first time, its not jus bout goin to thailand bangkok to shop.. ok.. u guys gotta like pardon me but this entry is gonna be mother long..

wed, 7th
arrived bangkok airport bout 11 bangkok time? then had lunch at bk.. muahahah.. this is the funny part.. the bk gal was like sawadee ka... Ka... KAA.. KAAAA!!!! ahha.. subtle man.. ok.. so i ordered for the whole team so it'd be less confusing.. needless to say, the gal had trouble understandin me.. so its no prob.. so i took 2 straws n started foldin them into stars.. after i got the food n all, i gave the star to her for all her trouble.. n GOOD GOD.. her reaction was so unexpected.. she quickly screamed at someone in the back n kept smiling at me.. hahah. i was so not flirting with her man.. really. i wasn. but the guys was jus laughin at me lah.. they was sayin wah lao.. bk tranny gal oso u wanna flirt.. wah lao.. ok.. so nvm.. we took the 3pm bus to khon kaen.. its like 5hrs non stop bus ride there.. sit until our arses open flower.. by the time we reached our drop off point.. it was like 7.. n at 7, its DARK.. sunsets at 6.. n khon kaen is on a hill.. so it was pretty cool.. loved the weather.. ok.. then we got picked up by Boy n sent to Sure Destiny Hostel.. did nothing more, rested for the next day.. yeh.. missed my lil gui n bro like mad.. lucky i had lil princess bobbina to accompany me. hahaha..

thurs, 8th
it was still pretty slack.. still havent met all the youths yet.. we went to the old folks home n drug rehab centre.. there was this guy Tony.. i tell u.. he's a god send.. he's an american evangelist who's based in thailand.. we din noe he was gon be there.. apparently, he had only reached the rehab/home a few days b4.. he acted as our translator.. wow.. god really provides... yeh.. so we did some stuff with the elderly.. sang songs, performed a mime.. had a short sermon n testimony.. did abt pretty much the same with the ex-addicts.. AND then.. we tried out abit of sepak takraw with the ex-addicts... OH MAN.. u noe what we were playing?! we were playing sepak takraw (serves). all we could do was serve, couldn return n all. its diff from kickin a football. it travels slightly differently. oh.. then james (our translator), came back from teaching in a city 4 hrs away.. n we played iron ball.. damn cool game..

at night, we met the youths durin their worship time.. we din really meet? we jus stayed a team of 9 with 40 odd youths there.. oh man.. it was ecstatic man.. the atmosphere. the worship.. was.. better than the s'pore indoor stadium.. sigh.. its really hillsongs.. haha.. sorry guys.. a pun.. they were singing songs on a hill.. so hillsongs.. muahah. ok but no... imagine this.. 40 odd pple.. one hall smaller than 2 classrooms.. one song.. one faith.. one god.. 2 languages.. YES! we were singing in eng n they in thai.. wow.. hmm.. the worship leader that day blew me away.. haha. ok. then the s'pore team intro-ed ourselves.. sawadee kaa.. chan chi FT kaa... hmm.. pretty cool. so yeh.

friday, 9th
din do anything much.. we jus visited 2 schs.. khampit n some other sch.. cant rmb.. khampit is the sch that the youths go to. its pretty near the hostel.. a few km away oly.. so we 'intruded' in on a class.. gave them a card with john 3:16 in thai on it... some sweets.. n yeh.. realized then that the youths studied in khampit.. AND THEN!!!! i realized that the worship leader the night before studied there too!!! she SOOOO din look like a student.. ahah. she looked like one of the matrons there or sumth.. haha.. she's Tay.. prounounced thai. 18 yrs.. muahah. then met fang(fu-ang) and mai n alot more others.. grew damn close to them.. damn cool. at the other sch, we couldn do much cos they had a sports carnival goin on.. we went there.. n the teachers welcomed us with drinks and snacks.. made us think whether we were dere as tourists or with a mission in mind.. haha. it was pretty hilarious.. i tell u.. thais are really hospitable..

went back to the hostel at bout 4-5.. played a coupla games.. takraw.. frisbee.. then we had to register ourselves for the english camp.. l8r that night, we had worship again.. then we were put into our different groups.. green team( sii khiao), blue team(sii faa), red team (sii dang).. oh man.. tay was put into green team with me.. but then l8r she got transferred to blue team cos she was chosen as a staff member.. sobs.. i tell u.. my face jus changed man.. l8r on that night, i told sam lee bout it lah.. wah lao.. he knew it man.. could read it on my face.. that was partly cos HE thought that SHE was quite charming too.. basket.. ahha..we was like competing man.. but yeh.. we were discussing bout what to teach our kids the next day durin eng lessons.. sat, 10th ok.. day one of english camp.. worship in the morn, devotions.. breakfast.. english lessons... somehow, me n sam ended up teachin them chinese.. hahah! how ta say 1-1o.. n things like ni hao! hahaha! landom man.. landom.. then lunch.. then we had games!! the thais organized it.. damn fun lah! by then i had my fan club already.. so pple all cheering for me.. MUAHAHA.. nah.. jus kiddin.. i tell u.. the games... we would have never played in s'pore.. but tug of war is the exception.. we played 3 way cos of the 3 grps.. i wasn allowed to play.. hmmph.. hahaha. then 'horse racing'.. its like relay.. but the relay start point differs from each team. objective is to race arnd the small track n try to whack the other team out. damn fun. then we had water volleyball.. n see who could catch the most catfishes in the muddy swamp.. haha. damn cool lah!!

so had worship again at night.. damn friggin cool.. had to lead worship the next morning.. so me(bass), yizhong(electric), caleb(acoustic), sam tan(drums), sam lee(worship lead) stayed up till like 2 jus discussing n practising the songs?? oh man.. we was sooo tired, we was high? man.. we called it night of laughter.. we was jus like laughin at EVERY single thing.. haha.. oh man. oh yeh.. n the KHAMPETITION for tay started that day too.. gd game eh sam? hahah.

sunday, 11th
hmm.. nothing much again. had devotions in the morn.. then we had sunday service.. pretty cool lah. we led worship.. man.. it rocked.. i din feel like hyped cos the music was super gd.. it was cos for the first time in my life, i was playin sumth i like FOR god n not for myself.. i was really worshipping thru the bass.. cant rmb what we did during the afternoon, but aiya.. everyday was damn fun lah..

at night, the spore team led worship again. this time it was a smaller piece band. me(bass), zhong(acoustic), tan(drums), caleb (worship lead). man.. it was HOT.. it was like WOW.. then after that, we did some mimes for them n stuff..

monday, 12th..
last day of english camp.. me n sam lee taught them how to intro themselves in english. damn cool. that n devotions n breakfast pretty much took up the whole morning.. then in the aft, we taught them how to play ultimate frisbee.. then we had singapore vs thailand all stars team.. true to sam's vision, we got our arses whopped... they jus learnt it... n they whopped our arses.. OUCH.. we lost 4-1. then we organized a telematch for them.. muahahah. run to the broom, spin ten times, run to the pail, scoop up some water n run to the end where there's a bottle.. first one to fill is the winner... MUAHAHAHAH.. i was SUPER diabolical.. along with elspeth n tan.. i slit holes in the bottle like mad lah! the rate of water flowing out was SUPER fast... hhaah. evil laughter.. after the game, they thanked us for the unique games they played.. AND THEN.. they splashed water at us.. FREEZING.. hahah.

at night.. hmm.. i sang 2 songs for them... 'can you pray for me' and 'friday night'.. pretty cool.. and then we had CAMPFIRE!!! n TAY WAS DANCING!!! hahahah.. everybody told me my eyes was like sooo gonna pop out from their sockets.. OH MAN.. and then the whole s'porean team had ta go up to dance round the campfire too.. but it was pretty much ok lah.. i tell u.. all of us did things we would have never done back in s'pore.. things like dance n shake our arses.. hahahah.. nah man.. it was all done there.. TAN DANCED WITH TAY!!! sobs.. u watch out man bro.. ahha.

tuesday, 13th..
the youths had ta go sch.. sat to mon was king's bdae hols.. so we woke up early n sent them off to sch. haha. walked to khampit sch with mai n tay holding hands.. evil laughs.. nah. jsu kiddin. its in their nature to be touchy lah. yeh.. then at the sch gate.. realized tay din bring her jacket.. i was wearin my ac jacket.. so i passed it off to her.. yay! :) ok.. so then had breakfast then we went to khon kaen city. which is like half hr's ride from the hostel? went to the park, bible college, khon kaen university, then we had dinner at a steak house all you can eat diner!!!! for 99BAHT!!!!! MUAHAHHA.. we ate until we burst lah! wah shiok sia. then went to the night market.. had gerry's, bobbina's, bro's name temporarily tattooed on my arms.. damn cool. tho i think the guy ran out of ideas on how to write them letters after awhile. oh yeh.. went ta get music stuff like drumsticks n strings n tuner..

last night in Sure Destiny Hostel... sigh.. all of us stayed up till damn late to finish writing our personal letters to the youths.. some of us din even slp lah.. jus busy writing, folding stuff.. alot of stuff that was needed to be done. haha. night of laughter happend again.. muahah. damn funny..

wednesday, 14th...
heartbreak city man... the youths din have to go ta sch cos they had to get a vaccine done i think.. i rushed over to the gals dorm to hurry restring their electric.. but i was havin sucha hard time at it cos they were strung DAMN differently. took sucha long time, i missed breakkie.. i was the last to hand out my farewell gifts to them.. alot of them gave me pictures of themselves.. haha. tay gave me hers!!! haha. n sam tan n sam lee as well.. basket khampetitors.. hahah.

i gave away my 2 most fave picks.. quite emotionally att to them.. but sigh.. they're jus picks... i could get it again.. they dun use picks u noe? they cut out telephone cards.. ok.. then i folded paper cranes n strung them tgth n gave it away... gave away 3 old 1dollar notes.. not swallow notes lah. then i gave kare my earstud.. n then.. i gave my jacket to tay... hahh... man.. all my sweat n tears all encased in that track jacket.. her 'jacket' couldn have kept her warm man.. it was like jus another shirt.. so im pretty glad that she took my jacket.. sigh... wen we parted at the hospital... oh gosh.. DAMN PAINFUL LAH!!! i was tryin damn hard not to cry... tay n mai n sunny was crying like MAD.. felt damn xing tong man. haha.. then some gals was tryin to kidnap me n make me stay.. but i showed gerry n wu gui's picture to them n told them i had to go back. haha. yeh... sobs.. yeh. then got to the bus terminal, got back to bangkok, flew back to s'pore...

that was pretty much my trip.. there's still a fair bit more i din say.. if u guys can actually read to the end of this entry, thanks alot mate.. u rock man. haha. sigh.. our team really rocks.. stuck thru each other like mad.. n we really learnt alot bout each other.. damn cool.. damn damn cool.. aiight.. i'll be seein ya'll arnd.. damn tired.. gonna go rest..

BOOYA!