ehi-passiko
come and see you'll know
the teachings of peace
the teachings of love
the teachings of the buddha is for all
who wanna be free forever more

back from camp-ehi-passiko 2006 prequel. this camp is special. cos it marks the one year i have been here. haha. lasy june camp as a camper, dec camp as a group leader and this june camp as an organisor. very different roles, very different feelings and all for a good cause.

as a camper, i was apprehensive. i din know what to expect. probably the oldest camper in sbm history. nonetheless, i had fun, thanks to my group leaders, hong li and yi gong of Uppekha.

as a gl, i was more psyched up. must say my grp Panna had been really supportive and co-operative. it also tested my limits. many ppl helped me. remember forrester always suan me abt my grp. and hang qi was ever ready with his wonderful mop to help me mop up spilled food.

as an organisor, probably had more free time. no exact particular training, though our games team did meet up to rehearse. haha really had loads of fun, both at rehearsals and at the camp. with GAME GOD wencai, GAME MASTER alvin, Mr TEO liwei, as well as with the LOGISTICS AH-team, the Ah-li, Ah-Lok, Ah-Feng, Ah-Pork and alex and melon ryan and Big ryan! always gang up and bully me :( but really had loads of fun. once, i saw the happiness on the camper's face, how much they were enjoying themselves and i actually felt happy. u may think it is cliched, but when everyone is tired, sweaty, smelly, sleepy, u start seeing little things like this that brightens ur day and energizes ur day :)

first day was ice-breakers and station games. the field was muddy. but our campers were enthusiastic to really go in and get wet and dirty! u shd smell them man. sweat, water, mud = smelly haha. think they really broke the ice and made some frens albeit calling their team amtes by names like "nanyang gal!"

i was in charge of the water transport game, together with big ryan. my game was not exactly fun. but it was hard work. fetching pails of water. but all the teams really put in their best efforts. and their gls were very enthusiastically helping them. some of teh boys took off their shirts to soak up the water. remember forrester and jonathan refuse to take off their shirts (cos tehy scared fat) and jon actually used his head instead. super hilarious.

then the second day, the teams were sent on a world tour ard the Lim Chu Kang area. there were stations at the goat farm, frog farm, along the bus stops etc. i was stationed at the goat farm together with mr zz. mr zz was super funny. asked teh teams which came to our station to cheer him up but not with a cheer. so some teams gave him a massage, others gave him a banana strip tease and tehre was a team which acted the process of milking a goat. haha. both of us felt like singapore idol judges.

then at night, we had the night mission water bombs training for our campers. believe they enjoyed themselves a lot. was taking notes by the side. usually we only observe the exciting stuff at the front. i was in charge of the back and saw all teh funny stuff. like bryan playing with his shadows at the back. his team had left him behind and all the snipers had followed his team and left him alone and he still thot tey were after him. super funny. got many other incidents la. can narrate to u guys more.

third day was final showdown. i was prepared not to get hit by water bombs. but who knows? grp Upali had chosen me as their shiny card hero!!! my power was so lame, but i decided i had to help them, cos i think they really fought hard to get their shiny card hero and i could not fail them for my own fun's sake. had loads of fun shouting "sariputta star!" even tho there were times when other teams came and pelted me with the water bombs. super pain sia, especially when our armours were placed on the stomachs. must salute jonathan once again, who sneaked up on me from behnd and tried to hit me. pain pain pain. and lincoln was ever ready to protect me haha. thanks lincoln!

then we had our camp fire on wed night. i had so much fun. we sang more new songs, we danced for a long long time. teh parents also danced with us. nice to see pks ppl with us. like sel, ching wi, and nick shen was there too! haha

my eye was red. still is red. but that was not goign to dampen my spirits. supposed to help pack up on wed night. but must thank the logistics team. realy did a good job. while i sat ard, with my big red eye. i looked tired teh whole camp. sad. hopefully don't publish any photos of me or any video clips of me pls. PLS. PLSSSSS.

wed night slept at 5. sorry mich and dee, cannot tahan le. but nice to see both u gals. and sel and cherie, hope tests are alright. jiayi, hope u r enjoying ur italy trip :)

came home on thurs morning. after unpacking and bathing, watched a bit of nba before falling asleep on my sofa, knowing that detroits were leading by a huge margin. woke up for my shanghai trip meeting. met one new fren. ada :)

this morning went for ros meeting. pls allow my buddhist society to be set up. i have everything ready except the stamp of approval.

tonight we are goign to celebrate kc's birthday. to kc: happy belated birthday! sorry forgot to msg u on tues as i was in camp. not a good enough reason. happy biorthday my fren.
meanwhile, will continue doing up my teaching materials for shanghai trip. and the pictures u see below are the pictures we tok at the goat farm of the 8 groups. these 8 groups were named after buddha's disciples :)