Signs that you're going to have a blue, blue Christmas..

1. Your letter to Santa comes back with a handwritten note: "Wait long-long!"

2. Your present is ticking.

3. You're not on Santa's "Naughty" or "Nice" lists - you're on his "Si Gin Nah" list.

4. You wake up on Christmas Day and see the words "He sees you when you're sleeping" written in blood on your wall.

5. The only party invitation he brings you is for the People's Action Party.

6. When you sit on his lap, he growls, "Eh, Pooi eh! Faster get off!"

7. Next to your presents is a bill for shipping, handling and GST.

8. You see Mommy doing more than just kissing Santa Claus.

9. You actually get two front teeth for Christmas.

10. And they're not yours.

11. There's a bunch of elves outside your door who says their "Tua Tao" wants to "settle" with you.

12. The reindeer all start sniggering when you open the box of chocolate chips he left you.

13. When he sees you, he doesn't go "Ho! Ho! Ho!", he nods meaningfully and says, "Nehmine.."

14. He doesn't turn up personally. He sends that other guy who likes dressing up in red and white.

15. He gives your children toys that make sounds like a car alarm going off.

16. On Christmas Eve, he comes to your house - and takes stuff.

17. No presents - but there's a reindeer head hanging outside your front door and sheets of paper with your photo and IC number pasted all over your void deck.

got this off someone's blog. pretty funny eh. =)

back from mob. i thought like not many people would be there to send us off but surprisingly, there were much more than i expected.

in the last 3 days before take off, $ 1400 came in. and we had $200 more than enough. now thats a prayer answered and a miracle.

before we even stepped past the gates i was like tearing already. but i forced myself to like stop.
i cry too many times. thats bad.

oh the plane. the tiny tiger airways plane. i was so uncomfortable and soon i felt feverish. so then i took a panadol. after landing, we were in a mega long queue to pass immigrations. that didnt really help feel better. met uncle charles and auntie hongyen. dinner at airport plaza, then back to their house. i found out my fever was a burning 38.6 degrees i think and so i took another 2 panadols.

next morning. my fever was gone! arent fevers supposed to last 3 days? made our way to maechan. met auntie nellie at the bus interchange. met uncle ian and auntie rachel. oh i love them. they are so nice. met linn our translater at maechan school. linn studied in uk so her english was so darn good. thank God. we helped decorate the school hall and stuff for the night christmas program.

at night. we went on stage quite a few times to do our stuff like 'wan dai thi thur', the christmas tree skit, more songs and stuff. many other groups performed and i learnt that thai dances are all slow and repetative.

when clearing up, the 5 guys and 1 more guy from there had to stuggle carry this huge potted tree off the stage. when they had finally gotten the plant off stage, 2 thai girls when over to the oter side of the stage and happily carried the other similar potted tree off. the guys were in shock for a while. it was hilarious. alvin and his, " i cant help you cos i'm a sissy boy" didnt really help at all. it only made us laugh. amy jie went historical.

we ate a nice chicken meal and slept over at linn's house. the next day we did 3 programs with 2 schools. travel travel. play play. the kids were treating us like superstars. had our own little favourite children.. blah.

night at linn's house again. night time entertainment for amy jie and i came from elisha's " dont ask me ask OCBC" and alvin's disposable ahems.

next day, went to 2 schools, 3 programs. the kids were very small, adorable and very responsive. we got our taste of superstardom. but mr park was most popular i dunno why. i can remember so clearly what we all did and had but its so much to write down. in all, we had loads of fun. the kids all came up to us with paper and pens, asking us for autographs and contact info. but we said we all didnt have addresses, phone numbers, emails...=)

next morning, was awoken my isaiah's cries. ( he is linn's 8 year old) Woke up the guys to have devotion. all of them are pigs. when we were starting devotion, linn came in and started sharing her life story, which i dun think i can share here. she wanted us to pray for her and so we did. then she decided we should go for prayer drive and sings songs to bless the people in the town. before we could agree or anything, she was out of the house. we all followed and piled into the pickup truck. she drove off before we could settle down. daddy almost fell off. haha.

we drove and sang while daddy played the guitar. linn said we were only gonna be in the truck but then somehow, we ended up walking through the market place, singing and giving out tracks. linn was leading the way, but suddenly, she fainted, and rolled on the floor. all of us were calm, although we had no one to translate anything to us and we were away from the house. we just helped her awake, she insisted on singing more songs so we did for a while, then we walked back to the truck. on the road, she fainted again. we quickly carried her across. luckily there were few cars. then this guy helped us drive the truck to the school we were supposed to go to and do program. linn rested there while we were driven back to get all our stuff for the program. uncle ian drove us to and fro the school.

we had 3 programs in that school. p1 to p3, p4 to p6 and sec 1 to 3. for the first 2 programs, things went rather ok, with auntie nellie translating. linn was still resting. the 1st program was a little screwed up though. the kids were too small, there were too many people. the game was chaos. but we learnt alot from it.
the 2nd program went smoothly. now the 3rd program. the sec 1 to 3. the kids were much bigger now, and they were very unresponsive, daddy and amy jie had quite a hard time leading songs. linn was finally there. we sang an inpromptu 'making melodies'. which was quite fun in the end. after the whole program, while we were doing our closing song, linn fainted again. this time, everyone just auto go help. we sent linn to the bevington's house for the night. then we went to her house and packed up our stuff, and left to auntie nellie's house by chiongpu's mega truck. she was so kind to drive us all the way to pallai. she is a mighty rich girl, studies in singapore in a private school in douby ghaut. she has her own chauffeur, personal secetary...5 dogs, 5 levels in her house, 2 huge shops....and she accepted
christ! wheee!!!

auntie nellie's house has a heater and boy was i so glad. the guys went down to bathe at the church. no heater, lousy door. haha. when they came back and told us about their expierience. oh my goodness. we laugh till mad. oh and at night, the rooms were connected at the top, so everything could be heard. down to the last giggle. funny. we whispered across to each other and small boy ( elisha) and mr park and a certain james gave us entertainment again. now, come to think of it, most of our mealtime entertainment came from james. ahem.

we decorated the church, watched dvds, did a night program.... oh. i saw the sunrise. went to the ramp, climbed to the top, watch the sun appear from behind the mountains. it was amazing.

the next few days passed super quickly. we went to the chiagnmai rented house, enjoyed the luxury of tv, 'troy', half of 'kingdom of heaven', shopping, hot water...

ngao hostel. oh my goodness i almost froze when bathing. but luckily, we bathe when the sun was still out, so not as bad as the guys when they bathe at night. haha. the guys were screaming and shrieking like girls in the cubicles that everyone outside was laughing so hard. haha. i almost fell off my chair... oh and we did one more program, while walking back, had an encounter with drunk drivers, daddy did his spice girls walk and talk..can you imagine, ian walking like some hip hop gangster chicken wannabe, going," ooohhhh.......i TELOO wattai wan wattai wealli wealli wan, so TELMI watu wan, watu wealli wealli wan, i wanna, i wanna i wanna i wanna i wanna ou le vu gu che a vi moi, trong pai kang NA." haha. a mix of spice girls, lady marmalade ( really bad translation) and thai.

then, we had travelling on bus, about 5 to 7 hours. back to uncle charles and auntie hongyen. went to church, night bazaar, sunday walking street. ate prata super good, bought our mob shirt. TUNA. more stuff....zoom zoom zoom. back home.

was really surprised to see so many people there to receive us. i thought only our parents or something would be there. this trip really opened my eyes to the world around me, pulled me out of my comfort zone to help others. i hope there would be another time when i can go for one more. right now, i am so glad to be home. i'm more appreciative of things around me. less concious about myself. i wanna go church and be with my friends again. oh how i miss...

tm camp is over. and i am a brand new person.

i just love meeting God during camps like these.

1st day. went to camp early and found out i was the only girl in my cg. not bad for starters eh.
even cgl was jon.

played ice breakers and went to fetch christina jie from work. came back in time for sermon.
then at night, played the missionary game. it was really really freaky.

we were chinese people. in china. and there were 4 missionaries. we were supposed to help the missionaries transport stuff. like bring bibles to this secret room in the school, where 3 people would receive us. we had to help copy letters and bring to other missionaries too. there were 20 bibles hidden in the whole school. we had to find them and bring them to the secret room.

shukun was the one who explained the game and he was all like," there are spies in this room. " these spies will catch us and bring us to this torture chamber. they will pour water on us, slap us, ask us a lot of questions and stuff. if they find materials on you, thats even worse.

the best is not to let them catch you.

then he gave out 10 more bibles. nicole and i knew about the whole game in the beginning, so we made a pact to be partners. we were praying silently that shukun would not give us the bible. but unfortunately, he gave the last one to nicole. we were shocked and frightened. shukun started to pray for us when all of a sudden the lights went out and people screamed. nicole and i were near the door so we ran out and hid. the whole game was like dang frightening. like when you walked to the back of the school, you could hear people screaming and shouting, people being tortured and people torturing. tables were slammed, doors were banged.. oh my gosh.

nicole and i were like terrified, walking here and there, finding a place to hide. we found the missionaries and got a letter to copy. it was in chinese and i didnt know how to write some words. oh welps.

we knew before the whole game who were the spies and stuff,, so when we saw them, we just walked away. haha.

during the whole game i was so freaked out. my heartbeat was like very very fast. i even planned to like have breathing difficulties if anyone wanted to bring me away. haha.

when the whole game ended, i was so so so happy. then as expected, cos of my retardedness, i cried once we were dismissed from the hall to supper.

then when praying during discussion, i cried again. had a talk with alvin about the whole thing, then keith kor saw us and shooed alvin away. then he started talking to me, telling me loads of stuff too. i just like listened and listened. then shufen jie and amy jie came to talk to me. then like consoled me and prayed for me. thank God for friends. i think kor feels wierd cos i didnt like talk at all. ahaha..

2nd day, sermon in the morning, games in the afternoon. the whole game was tiring. ran from edmund's water station to church in 20 minutes. woohoo. fats lost.

at night. we had another sermon and an alter call. the alter call was for jonahs. ( those people who were running away) i didnt know why but i went to the front. and i just stood there. i heard people crying beside me and all, but i didnt feel anything. i was envious.

then i just closed my eyes. soon, i saw a shadow of someone standing in front of me. that someone prayed a while and my emotions swung 180 degrees immefiately, i started crying and crying. and then i couldnt stand anymore. it was the Holy spirit..

some people helped me to the floor slowly. basically. the same thing happened to me as the previous camp, but this time, it was much worse. i was shivering and shaking and a lot of people prayed for me. uncle william, pastor dave... pastor dave told me to illustration of the small dog with a big bark. i remember last year amy jie decribed me as having spasms or something like that...

i was alright for a few minutes in the middle of this whole thing. amy teo jie tried to get me to talk but i just stared into space, into her eyes. i couldnt say a word. and then i started crying again. all the bad pst came back to me. right from young when i can remember. all the humiliation, the pain, the torture, the sadness. it all came back to me that night. i remembered so many bad incidents. i thought i forgot and forgave. but i had only compress it.

after a while, they forced me stand cos i wasnt getting any better and soon, i was alright. i couldnt walk and my hands were numb. ian daddy, gracie jie, adele jie came to help me walk. i was like a baby, learning how to walk. i couldnt even lift my legs. too painful..

everything felt like wierd. of course, soon, with a lot of help, my limbs regained conciousness.

that night, all my pain, all my sorrows, all the humiliation and torture i went through, i traded for God's happiness. =)

3rd day, muscle aches everywhere. sermon in the morning. captains ball competition in the afternoon. whole afternoon. there were lots and lots of people. daddy, joash, chris brought like a team each, so there were about 40 plus people from innova. madness. there was an acjc team. strong but too bad, they were out before my team finished playing other teams yet. and my team lost to theirs in the beginning. haha..

oh, and my team had nicole, servant mella, marcus, marcus, shi xiong, daniel loke, and one more guy.

night time, the leaders prayed for everyone personally. angel came and so did huiru. everyone was crying i think.

last day. we had a short message in the morning followed by a voice recording of uncle charles. then passing the batons and prizes. after everything ended, we cleaned the whole school and played somemore.

so there. another year, another camp. all over. so quickly. but i dun want to move on...i love this spiritual high-ness..

prom! was great. oh, and my phone got stolen. crap. whoever stole it, please return it to me.....doubt a would get a new one. oh. how i must get used to a phoneless life.

gracie jie did my hair and face for me. she came all the way to swissotel!!! oh i love her! and i loved what she did to me!!! thank God for such beautiful and talented friends! it really help me a lot, considering the fact that i got only $20 for november and the money has all gone to mob. plus, i owe my dad $100. crap. so there was no way i could have gone to a salon like the rest of the sec3s and spent $200 on everything like clarice.

the hair and face- gracie jie. free!
the earings- nicole's. free!
the dress- lizzie lee's. free!
the small purse- got it just the night before from auntie christina. nicole's mum. free!
the shoes- mum's. free!

so in all, i spent... mmm. let me see.. nothing!!!

praise God!!!

serving the first dish was quite messy. i put the dish at the wrong table.
then judging the best dressed table..oh my goodness..after everything, we realised that the best dressed table had 2 of the judges in it. haha.
trivia quiz. the results came out before we finished marking all of it. seems like there was lack of time, so they took the best score first.

cambridge pageant. jeanne won it. woots. guessed as much. either prissy or jeanne.

need to get back from sophil something that belongs to me. oh man. how could i forget.....