Friday, 06 April 2007

• From The Heart

  Ahhh.... it's great to be back! Not to say my NS camp is lousy, i reckon it's one of the best, just that i prefer my own home sweet home. So happy to be back with my family yesterday. I've always thanked God for giving me such a loving family. And those days where i often argued with my siblings should be long gone. I don't see ourselves arguing that much already. Now that i'll be staying till the 9th, i'll try to make the best of my time by packing, shopping, eating and hanging out.

  About the food served in my camp, they were overall okay. The drinks tend to be too sweet though. Not sure why, but maybe their food doesn't suit me. I took laxatives but still were suffering from constipation. Which is why i'm now trying oats and cereal to see which should i bring to camp. Maggi mini will be a good cure whenever my mouth 'itches'. Besides, it said there, "No MSG added".

  Back in camp for the last two weeks, we still hadn't done much yet. They took about 1 week of briefing while we got used to the place, another of class (on Character Building). Some of us only tried Flying Fox on Wednesday. Otherwise, our activities revolved mainly around watching video and tarian poco-poco.

  My daily schedule:
  5:45 AM  - Wake up, wash up, change, daily devotion
  6:30         - PT Pagi (warm up and morning exercise)
  7:30         - Breakfast, change
  9:00         - Class
  10:30       - Break
  11:00       - Class (continue)
  12:30 PM - Lunch, laundry, rest, change
  2:30          - Physical training (so far we only had briefings/ talks)
  5:00          - Tea break
  5:30          - Playtime (tarian poco-poco)
  6:30          - Dinner, bathe, change
  9:00          - Reflection (been watching videos)
  10:30        - Supper
  10:45        - Roll call
  11:00        - Change, brush teeth, journal, diary
  12:00 AM - Lights out 

  One of the highlights was the trip to Kota Bharu. Last Wednesday, each NS camp in Kelantan sent out a team to attend PDRM's 200th Anniversary and 42 of us went. Sad case was that the air-cond in the bus wasn't functioning well, and it was blazing hot that day. But then again it was all worth it. We got to see police troop armed with M-16 march, band, 10 men jump from planes with parachutes, helicopter, explosions, police-catch-thief demo and lots more. It was truly an experience!

  Our weekend consists of Friday and Saturday. It's boring sometimes because the television channels are limited to only tv1, tv2 and tv3. I brought Taming The Tiger by Tony Anthony and finished it on April Fool's Day. That day, plus Monday were still our free day, in conjunction with the Sultan Kelantan's birthday, with an additional of Tuesday, when one of the staff passed away on Monday night. So, the teachers had to be away to attend his funeral. No doubt you can really imagine how bored i was. I slept until i could no more and still whining here and there. I knew i needed more entertainment. Therefore, i'll bring my mp4 this time and maybe more books to fill up my time in the weeks to come.

  It was a miracle how i discovered i could go home. Earlier i heard the girls say there was going to be a holiday at the end of March, then they said it was cancelled. So i asked my dorm teacher about it, but she wasn't sure herself either. Later, another girl told me she had confirmed with a teacher that there WON'T be a holiday for us. I suddenly thought of Easter while journalling one night, and ask if maybe God will allow me to go home if i finished my book by... say, Wednesday? And miraculously, on the next day, the official opening day of NS, they announced the holiday for Good Friday and Easter Day will be on 5th April (Thursday) till 9th April. Dumbstruck, i shared this with my friends and thanked the Lord for answering prayer.

  I also discovered myself the reason i was chosen for NS. Besides living a good testimony for Christ and sharing the Good News with others, i learnt to really depend on Him. Because i was forced to be away from home, and was worried, paranoid and afraid, i only had Him to trust and depend. No more whining to daddy, no more surfing the net, eating as i wish and takig things for granted. I had to be independent while God sent angels (my friends) as my companion. It was like an extended mission trip that hasn't ended since Feb 8. I continue to grow much in the Lord daily. With this, i hope to encourage my brothers and sisters in RBS '07 to keep up the spiritual discipline we'd cultivated, thanks to the help our staff members, uncle Dex, auntie May Lee, Colin Kirton, Rudi and Dorothy. God bless!

  

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