9:42 PM
E447 Chalet!!Just returned back home from my CG Chalet a few hours ago.. It was a very enjoyable one to fellowship with my E447 friends. Lets start from Day 1 which was last Friday, 28th December 2007.
Day 1:
Met Kai Lin & her cousin, Roy, at the main entrance of Downtown East resort at about 2pm, and then we proceeded to check-in first and then went up to our room, 1835, in Block Hibiscus (H), to settle our stuffs there. After which we waited for Owen, Jia Yun & Li Min to arrive and then the 6 of us went to Escape Theme Park to have FUN!!!
First we went to Wet & Wild. It's pretty long queue and while queuing up, Jia Yun went to analyze whether the person that sit in front would get wetter or the back one. In the end, I just told her it's by "heng sway" one, because sometimes it's the person at the front who kena the most, sometimes it's at the back. Lolx.. For me, I tagged along with Jia Yun, and thankfully, it wasn't that scary for me, hence I never scream that much as compared to other rides.
Then, we went for the Pirate Ship which was like still pretty alright for me. By this time, Kai Lin went out to fetch the rest into the room since she has the key, while the rest of us continue to play first... The ulmost corner row was taken by Jia Yun, Roy and Li Min, while the row in front was taken by Owen and me... During the 'operation', I keep screaming when it was going downwards, and as the ship went further up, I screamed even louder when it started to swing downwards. After the ride, Jia Yun told me that she NEVER hear me scream at all, which Owen heard it very loudly... Lolx..
Next, we went to Daytona Gold Kart (adult side one). I must really say that my 1st ever Gold Kart ride that I had over there on that day was pretty shiok. I still think that it's still quite slow in terms of the speed... Lolx.. During the 2nd round (I supposed it's that round?), I managed to overtake a kart when going up the turning slope.. Feel like going for the Gold Kart again but we have waited close to 1 hour for that ba..
By then it's about like say... 6pm++, which I am going to explain why I feel so blessed when the clock hits 6pm.. Because.....
Inverter has been closed by that time!!! Me and Li Min do not need to be fearful anymore lo!!! (cos the rest were like wanting us to go for the Inverter but too bad... 6pm and the door is been shut off! Woohoo!!!)
Went for Rainbow after that as a form of 'substitution' for that Inverter... Lolx... Lucky that one is not 360 degrees one... Else.......... Haha... That one I also got scream, but not as bad as the Pirate Ship one... The feeling is very shiok when we were on top and the view of the surrounding is pretty nice... But... It would be better if it's night time, where all the lightings are up... ^_^
Since Haunted is situated very close to Rainbow, we decided to walk through it, and help Jia Yun to OVERCOME her fear... Muhahaha... Owen shall take the lead for most of the journey and the rest lead by me... Haha... Although I was also feel a bit scared, I find this like sort of 'no-kick' and wish to go for another round of it... Lolx..
Last of all, before we ended off our day at Escape Theme Park, we went to Flipper, but then due to rain, we have to stop all outdoor activities, and then we just walked out of the theme park just like that..... BUT.... as we stepped outside the theme park, the rain has stopped..!! But no choice, since we already went out and it's like 7:30pm++ which is close to the closing time (i.e 8pm), we just walked back to our chalet room to meet up with the rest of the CG friends who came. We ordered turkey and pizza for dinner and all of us had a wonderful dinner right inside the chalet, feeling very comfortable on the bed eating away...
After which we watched a very _________ movie which Quanhan bought the DVD/VCD... It's called "Cadaver". And after watching it, all of us felt that the movie ________________. Lolx... CG friends who watched it also, can help to fill in the blank in my tagboard ba... Lolx.. 1 blank can mean more than 1 word... Lolx.. Just to share my experience after watching it, hmmm... Lolx.. I admitted that I had quite a (scared) reaction for once or twice... And the part which has all the very "er xin/disgusting" stuff my eyeball also 'siam' one side... Lolx..
Mahjong session after that which I have brought it, and during this time, I went to take a bath and then joined in the game later on.. And after which we had some chit chat session before we knock off to bed, which is like about 4am++?? Lolx..
Day 2:
Woke up at about 8am++, and then just slacking around inside the room until about 9am++ whereby Kai Lin called my HP and 'summoned' some guys down to help her to carry the necessary stuffs needed for the steamboat which is on the 2nd day evening... Since only 2 guys were needed, Quanhan and me went down to help her to carry some of the stuffs, and then we went to the Popular bookstore to look out for something before we made our way back to the chalet.
After which, the whole lot of us in the chalet went down for breakfast cum lunch at the food court over there and then went back to our room to slack for a while before our CG meeting started at around 2pm.
Melody shared a lot with us for her Cambodia trip (together with Sin Yong), the journey, things that they did, photos and the best video that they took. After which the actual CG meeting started.
After the meeting finished, we slacked for a while more before started preparing for steamboat. Carried some equipment down to the 1st floor (the BBQ outdoor space), and to think that the weather had turned pretty bad, hence we carried those stuffs up to our room and decided to have the steamboat right outside our room. Lolx.. Since the steamboat was operated by 'mobile' gas, we did not need to worry much whether the extension wire that we brought was long enough or not etc etc..
Had a healthy steamboat with lots of vegetables and meats (and eggs too) for about an hour plus, and then some of us went down to Ben & Jerry to buy ice-cream, and all of those went back to our room except Raymond and me, where we were going to finish using the remaining amount of $ that was left in the card.
Went back to our room after that and for me I forced myself to sleep at about 10pm because next day I got to reach Expo early (7:30am) because of the 1st day of trial run for me in the ushering ministry.
Woke up at about 2am++ and then after that I couldn't sleep well. Since Hai Jie also couldn't sleep well, both of us decided to go to the beach nearest (which is Pasir Ris beach i think..??) the chalet, and we chit chat for a few hours until around 5am before we made our way back to our chalet, our room, as I need to bath early, go for breakfast early and reach Expo by 7:30am.
Day 3:
Had breakfast with Hai Jie, Quanhan and Jia Yun before I went off to take Service 12 to Expo.. At first I thought that I am going to be very late because I boarded the bus (SBS7329H, WAB) at about 7:15am and the bus captain told me that the journey is about 20 mins to half an hour. Upon reaching there, I reported to You Si, and from there, he guided me throughout the whole process and really explain quite a lot of things to me regarding how the preparation and everything works.. After which, 8:50am and the prayer meeting started. I was been stationed at Bravo terrace and then this was where the challenge started. People started rushing in and then keep wanting to book seats which I have to explain to them why is the row of seats not opened up etc etc... Overall it's a very challenging one as to how to deal with different types of situation whenever we were being questioned by the people regarding the booking of seats and insisted of wanting to take a particular row of seats... It's also pretty enjoyable for me to be an usher, and when You Si asked me the probability of joining, I give it 8 out of 10. When I was being put at a place for usher duty, I really feel that it's a great honor for me to serve our God and there is really a different for me between me standing with my CG friends, and standing at a place serving the ministry. The experience is very (3x) great for me!!
After service, went for sub zone meeting and there was the prize giving for the most _____ person (___ refers to different category such as courage, evangelist, cell group leader, etc etc..). For each category, there would be a nominee from each cell group, and I was quite surprise that I was being nominated (probably by Quanhan?) for the courage one.. Because courage refers to the person who really faced a lot of difficulties (which I did, and it's really very jia liak), especially with parental objections and breakthrough.. Despite of all these difficulties, I still have quite a strong faith in myself and hence up to now, I am still in my cell group and I do not give up no matter what...
After that we went to Airport staff canteen for lunch and fellowship before we made our way back home to rest and do our stuffs... And for me, I took Service 24 with You Si till Bedok area, then I transfered to Service 2 because it was just simply too packed, and I slept while I was taking Service 2 (WAB somemore, which made it even more comfortable for me to zzz..). Slept all the way till New Bridge Rd Terminal and then I transfer to Service 190 bendy bus, and continue to sleep somemore till I overslept, and have to transfer to Service 700A at Bt Panjang Interchange to get back home... This showed how tired I was at that point of time..
But once I got back home, the tiredness in me started to faded away... Lolx..
I shall post photos only after Raymond has sent me... Lolx..
Victor Lim