Monday, April 04, 2005

[Continuation]

Fri:
well basically that first day..was very slack....only started our session like at 10++ when we shld hv started at 8pm...it was due to some unforeseen circumstances...yeah...the first session was Evelyn's session...yupyup...she talked abt y we were here and also got us into sharing groups to share on y we wanna join RCIY and wad we expect from ourselves and the group...hmm..yupypu..broke up to do self-reflection and came back for deep sharing...yeah..it was powerful..yupyup...tho i'm still not very comfortable with sharing in a big grp abt my feelings yupyup but i did...

hmm.one thing i did not like abt the sharing was the long hrs we had to sit on the flr...i felt cramed and butt hurt...yeah...esp when the rm we were in was so small....yup yup..i did not get to slp until 4.30am...yeah..hahha...shared the slping bag w cass in the living rm...wahhaha......oh ya...wanna know where our chalet was situated??? wahhaha it was infront of Changi Hospital!!! lol..wahhaha..interesting yeah...wld u all hv been able to slp knowing that CH was behind?? well i cld..hee hee...surprisingly was not scared or afraid...yea...

Sat:
yea woke up at 8.15am...had to hv breakfast and then preparre for PnW..jas and i were leading morning worship...yupyup...well i was freaking out..Literally ok..hmm..and was really contemplating backing out...yea...but sth juz kept me gg lah...tho still v nervous...wad if sth screwed up than how?? hmmm when it was PnW time yeah..haha din really know wad to say to quieten the rest down..hmm.btu we did managed..and the first song..Dip Dip..wahha adin really know how to co-ordinate..haha ya lor...scary~~ lol...hmmm...when jas led the 2nd and 3rd song..my mind suddenly went black for a split second only lah...forgot wad song was aft Great in Power and Heart of Worship...lol...but think it was the Holy Spirit that led me on lah...really...cld rmb wad it was than than..ya....there were a few places that we cock-up ..but than ya overall...it was ok i guess...yeah..

muz really thank Kenny and Cass for playign the guitar for the both of us..and even tho it was last min lah..but they really pulled it off...Thanks YOu!!! yeah than teh 2nd session was on our expectations on each individual grps and on some of the problems that we had in the group and how we cld resolve them...yupyup...

we had lunch aft that...had a wonderful lunch tho u all might not think that hving instand noodles with a plate of vegetables and meat w sausages might not be appetising however to me it was Dee-Li-Cious!! yeah...aft that went up for the next part..which Kevin led..sth abt Servanthood also..we had everyone write our strangth and weakness on a piece of paper and than had to read out one of each to the ppl..yupypu..it really liked this one the most as since i came into Rciy...all we had been doing was Affirming each other...and now we had a chance to know our weakness..this reminds me of the SWOT Analysis that i had leant in MM (Mkting Mgt)...yeah...S= Strength W= Weakness (S and W are internal) O= Opportunities T= Threats (O and T are external) hah ayupyp that's sth...anyway aft that we watched a ppt slide show than went to reflect on that...

aft reflection we came back to the room and shared abit on wad we had reflected than had reconciliation..this reconciliation was w the ppl that we knew....hmm..yeah..for this erm..ya..i dunno wad to type here lah...hmm..aaron came up to me lah...so ya went out to heaer wad he had to say lah..hmm..in the process got biten by not one but 2 of those big ants...hmm yupyup..anyway..yeah..aaron talked to me than ya..he talked lor..hmm...even now hmm everything is jumbled up in my head but i dunno how to type it out...hmm...i also talked to him..than erm...i hardly cry infront of ppl..hmm..the only ppl that hv seen me cry are jan, jm, js, ro..mostly track and field ppl..as for bren i dun rmb crying infront of her...maybe she has seen me cry but i'm not sure...ya so...while talking to aaron..ya lah..u know wad happened..well to be frank...i'm an extremely sensitive person ok..but i wont tell u all lah...and i keep everything inside..that's my nature..maybe it's coz of everything that has happened...that's y i hardly talk and due to this i cant seem to express myself..hnmmm..and maybe that's y u all everytime see me stoning..hmm..but wadever the case yupyup..that's wad i hv to say now...

had mass aft that...by this time bernard and freddie had already aarived....yeah aft mass..we had our BBQ!!! wahhaha...hmmm..than had our 3rd and last session for this retreat....steven took care of this last one...he was telling us y he did certain things yupyup...adn then a few of us shared how we felt...yuppyu..sth to that extend..than we had PnW by Jonathan and Victor...yeah..and that's all for this retreat..we slept at ard 4am..hah ayupypu...finally got to slp on a bed..than got the news that our Father Pope John Paul II had passed away already...some of them that were still awake went to say 2 decades of rosary..hm..yupyup..before slping...than teh next dayy....check out at 10.45am...

jorlyn drove freddie, daphne L., cass and i back..victor also came along..coz they are siblings..haha..erm..yup yup..came home went to bathe than chatted w bernard and wrote the previous entry...b4 gg to slp....slept until 8++pm..than went jie ji's place...hee hee...erm...wad else oh ya...went to slp at 2am and woke up at 1pm today..hee hee..ya lah..VEry SLpy ok....