I've gone for too long living like i'm not alive.

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And now we have the church camp update. Woah long post ahead. So instead of disturbing the absolute BEAUTY of the pictures, i shall let them speak for themselves. Mostly.

So Wednesday dawn was interrupted by the shrill cries of two consecutive alarm clocks so that a could drag my groggy self of the bed and pry sheri's ass of the sheets as well. Not a great start. My bed never had a 'right side' to start of with, so its more than less that i start off the morning in a bad mood. the torrid hour of Five thirty am does nothing but the worsen that fact. Managed to get to tanah merah ferry terminal unscathed, tho tired and in the moochy-moochy kinda mood.

LUCY IS BACK FROM INDO! and then going back to indonesia the very next day. Lol. poor her.

At tanah merah ferry terminal.
Well, at least SOMEONE was happy on that day. Soon enough, we got talking and the mood lifted up just a teeny- bit. I'll sheer, just give me an hour or two to get over the 'BIZZATCH-ness'.

The ferry came! It was alright in the beginning, when everyone was handing around loads of Jack and Jill crisps and seaweed packets, but ten minutes into the boat ride, our stomachs were lurching. It was horrendous. Like, hell on rocking water waves.

The seasick trio.
Tried to sleep to the sounds of Taking Back Sunday, but it got so bad that my heart was about to fall right out of my butt. And it didnt help that mel's head was lolling half-conciously, moaning. She said the word 'seasick' like how you might say 'dog vomit', which was very much apt and potrayed my stomach's emotions to the tee. So the solution = the open deck!

Introducing: Stella, the walking mama shop. And ze solid rock.

The ominous clouds floating at the back should have been a good sign of whats to come, but couldnt bear to leave the deck for hell downstairs.







As said by claudia: A lot of wind and gloomy, overcast skies can make anybody look very good.

Perhaps with the exception of Mel. LOL.

Arrived at the bintan port place. And you thought singapore waters were filthy!

Took a one and a half hour bus ride to our Loola camp RESORT place. Slept alot. rainwater kept splashing through this open slots at the top of the bus which WEREN'T windows. You'd think that even in a deserted, rainy island such as Bintan, they would have thought of putting a glass sheet on holes in the bus. But noo.
First impression of the GREAT loola camp[partially the fault of jie leng, who exaggerated the EXCELLENT living quarters and even BETTER hygiene standards.]: Rainy, gloomy, and cold as hell.
Me Stella and Mel were bunk mates, with Ains staying with us. The hut was fine i suppose, though they only had bare bulbs that could turn on at night. Fought for the bottom bunk :] like little kids, which i lost to Mel of course!

Then we had lunch. Started to rain even more, so kayaking was a huge no no. Played teambuilding activites for the our team. Oh yes, our team was called The Winning Team. Lol.

Kayaking. The rain decided let up a tiny bit for us to get all the boats out and to roam around the huge expanse of sea. Paired up with sheri as it was younger youth+older youth ratio. Im telling you, she is a worse Kayak-er than SARAH ANNE LEO. yes, believe me. We got mauled by a few marauding mangroves because of her poor kayaking skills and the coordination problems, which made her paddle crack against mine umpteen times.

So to sum up the day, we basically had alot of indoor activities in the games area[or rather the large sandpit.] Burying people in sand never gets old.

Ended with a drowsy devotion and playing of cards at our hut. Getting drunk on coke and high on potato sticks while dishing out royal flushes is as good as it gets.

DAY 2.

woke up to find the sea gone.

And miles of dry shore. Literally.

I think it was probably the morning fumes that convinced our very confused brains to walk all the way to the island, nearly a kilometre away. Don't forget, its a kilometre of mud slush, sharp thorns, unsuspecting crabs and a whole lotta excited BOYS.
This really cool rock mound that is completely covered at night due to the tide. Has words carved onto it by previous Loola settlers.

Getting the octopus.
Sea anemones.

The sea anemone in the shape of a mushroom. i think.
I bet you have never seen a sea cucumber this gross. If it is, actually a SEA cucumber, as labelled by the twins. Still, it is disgusting just holding it.

This is the octopus. I still frimly stand in my belief that is is a squid, tho.
The obstacle course is always a fun place to hang out in the midst of all the hectic activities. Especiall since luki's spectacular fall on the first day. and mine, soon to come afterwards

More fishing attempts because of the rain.

Boom netting was awesome btw. Unfortunately, no pics of that. however, it was freezing cold. the trip there left us all in ice cubes. Just in case you guys are wondering, boomnetting is where you jump off the three-storey high ship and plunge into this ten-foot long net connected to the boat. Somewhat, submerged in water of course. it is relatively hard to explain, but it was fun. Freezing!

And candlefight at night. I swear im never gonna play it with the younger youth ever again. Although i should be patient, kind and reasonable, there is nothing i can say to excuse the rashness and cheating nature each and EVERY one of them carried. Candle fight, no matter how you see it, never got worse then this.

Well, everything's going to change from now on, i suppose.

Watching shooting stars outside our porch. our, hut porch, that is. Somehow, hut 4 has become somewhat of a meeting place for all the youth leaders and older youths, while hut 2 is where all the younger kids gather to play Bullshit[to all narcisstic older readers, this is no meant in the literal sense, but is actually a popular, never-ending card game].

All was well till Nicholas came along and split the supporting log that was carrying all of our lives on its rickety splints. We all screamed and rushed five feet away from the huge log and the now-caving-in bridge part. Even Nichols was quite shaken from his foot sinking into the bridge and the sound on splitting plank, because he snapped out of his monotone voice long enough so say 'Woaah. that was scary.' Right outside our hut somemore!

Well, its not often you get a message from god that its time to lose weight.

Disbanded the 'party and went to sleep under those holey moquito nets.

DAY 3

Friday began with a burst of sunshine. It felt sooo good after the two days of pheriphal rain and horrible weather. Sat outside in the sun, motionless, for an hour before walking lazily to the eating hut to scoff down some chum[Yes, the barbarian language comes along with the camp.]. Celebrated the weather by reading Sunshine, an all-time favourite/comfort read throughout the entire dat.

Aunty Carolyn makes sure we all eat breakfast.

By this time, i'm sick to death of fish and wishing for something else. As you have guessed, fish is our staple diet here in this deserted island.

The dinner cart of DOOM. harbringer of FISH. and more fish.

and as we have not have enough of the f-word, Timothy tries to get more from the shallow waters.
The mentos company should change their name to the very person who brought six boxes of this product to the camp and polished it off in three days.
First activity of day three was rock climbing! helluva fun. walking to the place at first on the dry shore.

Alex, the extremely entertaining clown kept our spirits up throughout the whole camp XD

Uncle william climbs the L-shaped wall. Champion rock-climber! **no face.
Mel ices her hurt foot from one-too-many-plunges at boom netting.

This disgusting mushroom thing was stuck on the bridge. Kelvin swore he saw it BEAT. Like a heart. *shudder what a horrific thought.

The guy repairing the log that nicholas split the previous night. It must be a rather common occurance, as he looked pretty experienced hacking away at the four-metre long piece of oak. So i suppose it isnt all your weight Nick

Went flying fox! it was deeeaad funn. Whoo. And right into the water, exactly how flying fox is supposed to be! Alex was so light that his legs were barely gracing the water's edge, and the people could hardly reach him to yank him down. Being on a deserted island also means the equipment is 1) few and far between, like the rockwall doubling for a flying fox post, and 2) and everything, and i mean everything is ancient. Thus, i almost suffered a vertigo attack whilst climbing up the rickety ladder. FOUR STORIES OF IT.

Trudged back to camp looking exhausted. Wet and hungry. Was bathing halfway when the ALREADY SPOILT shower head came to a few drops, and absolutely stopped. was quite mortified due to the fact that i was in the soaping stage. Screamed like a stuck pig till a top-less daniel came over and said the water tank RAN OUT OFF WATER.

First thought: OMG.

Painstakingly allowed the last few drops of water wash away the soap before drying up the best as i could. Walked out to many people complaining. Jie ains walked out with soad sups dripping down her leg and Alex decided he was going to bathe at the outside tap, instead of waiting for the maintenance people to refill the tank. Sheri and mark Tang joined in after brief hesistations.

Gearing up for campfire.

No pics for campfire LOL.

Had the same old thing.

FISH.

Slept.

DAY FOUR.

praise and worship in the morning. Did obstacle course which our team was great at HAHA. but there were a few unparticipative people in the WINNING team, so los out at the oher challenges. it was fun tho...

Nick's jacket fell from the porch's handles and nearly into the waters. Alex's desperate attempt to retrieve it.

Nick convinced me luki and mel to plunge into the water from the bridge itself rather then walking the eternal bridge of rickety doom. Filthy but strangely cooling. Sunburnt from the past two days of constant heat. Bintan needs a contrast of different weathers mon.


Packed up after playing volleyball and trying archery. Leaving Loola resort.

Talk about bad english.
And goodbye to our very hospitable camp guide! Being the only one who could speak a reasonable amount of the english language, which made conversing actually possible between the two parties.
Grand canyon - bintan version.

stopped by this 'mall' to stock up on junk food and medicated oil for ainsley [LOL!!!!] before setting of for the port where it all started.
Tapioca chips. Bbq flavour.
Skyline!
This cute boy which stayed with us for four days at loola. His name is Jules or Julian or something like that. A tad enthusaistic and unresponsive tho.

Waited at the holding room for an HOUR. kelvin's boarding pass flew from his pocket into the sea, so he was stuck outside, waiting for them to give him another pass. Was feeling extremely tired from the lack of sleep. Was almost glad when the ferry finally drifted to indonesian shores to pick us up.

Tim complete the rubix cube!! like finally. Well, on the path ot being a greater man.

Tried to sleep, but due to some noisy morons[shall not mention names, like LUKI NICHOLAS AND ALEX.] were laughing like hyenas behind. Mel stel and me were DYING.

Got home at around eleven.

Bed felt like the most awesome thing EVER.

Sunday morning EARLY can you believe it?! Jen came back from Johannesberg, Africa, and got me a fishbone necklace! thank you XD however, the result of landing at eight am in the morning and coming for church>>>>

Went to kino afterwards to pick up some manga and ordered a robin mckinley book. SIX WEEKS. haha having wacky conversations and spotting guys with weird hair.


The school week passed pretty quickly. haha.

Hmmm.

Lots of shoe dilemmas and irresponsible people.

Really tired now, so will blog about the rest tmr.

long post huh?