HRC Youth Ministry

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The Youth Ministry of HRC recently organized a Fun For Christ 4.0 camp in Pangkor with the theme, 'Discipleship for Youths'. Don't worry, it wasn't a gimmick for us to hire any priest from the pool of participators.
When was it you ask? Simple. As far as memory serves, it was on the 24-26th August 2006! I mean 2007.



I was the first one to arrived in church at 6.45am and it was all pitch dark with no one to be seen. What to do, I was conned into believing that the bus would leave at 7am sharp. People only STARTED arriving after 7am. 
Next time, I'm going back to my Malaysian timing!



Response was kinda bad for this camp. Apparently the Sunday School kids had decided that we were too uncool to be associated with. Somebody please get Msgr. Daniel to give them a nice lecture! Or a nice spanking. And if that doesn't work, nothing will.

Safety is one of the main issues that we emphasized on.



Contrary to belief, this is NOT a packet of yummy yau char kwai. First aid kit is one of the more essential items when it comes to safety issues.
Don't worry parents, your kids are safe with us! I haven't actually looked inside it but I'm sure there will be lots of gadgets to safe a life should there arise such occasion.



An opening prayer by Edwin Koh set us off on what would be a most tiresome and gruelling 5 hour journey by land, sea and air (the stuff we breathe? not the ride) to reach our final destination! Pangkor Island here we come!!



Journey by boat was suprisingly a short and smooth one without much hassle. No one vomitted, thank God. Only complaint I had was that WHY WERE THERE SO MANY FLIES in one small boat?? Can't even sit still without flies landing on my hair and nose.
And yes, I took a bath before I came ok?



4 pink gay minivans were what we used to get ourselves and the luggages to the hotel which was located by the beach. Each minivan only costs us RM10 which was rather cheap, considering that about 8-9 of us could fit into one van. I thought we were tourists and we were supposed to be charged astronomical prices?



It says here Sea View Hotel and true enough, it had the view of the sea. Situated directly next to the beach, it allowed us to enjoy the cool breeze and the panoramic view of the ocean. So nice.
If got tsunami also we kena first. Got good things also got bad things ma correct?



Everybody unloaded and rushed to the beachside like kampung kids. Sometimes it can be good to just get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and to spend the weekend with the Lord amongst other fellow worshippers.
Wow, did I just say that? So unlike me. Must've been the Holy Spirit.



I was quite tulan when they served us lunch. One dish was mixed vegetables and another dish was the same mixed vegetables, but dumped in soup. And after that got more vegetables. We pay so much but only get vegetables?? But lucky thing, only the first meal didn't turned up like what we expected. The rest was just heavenly. Got sotong, fish, chicken, prawns...so many until I can't possibly name it all here.
The point is, we got what we paid for and probably more.
If I were to make a guess, I would think the total  value that we had eaten would amount to 300+ each!



Brother Andrew Ho from the Monfort Boys Angels Society gave his opening speech on house rules and many more other rules while Edwin provided the movement action for those having hearing difficulties.

Among one of the more important rules was STRICTLY NO SWIMMING in the swimming pool. Unless Andrew himself was in it. 
I guess it was a reason to keep the kids from endangering themselves.
And what do you know? He was the first to dive into the pool.



We only get to play games during the first day of the camp. The following days were gonna be filled with activity-laden sessions by the REAL brothers from Monfort City.



Among the games played were 'Guess who?' where 2 chums are placed together but separated by a cloth.
Then when the cloth is unveiled, they had to say out the other person's name as fast as possible.
It was a breeze since we were all from the same church anyway except for a few new faces. It'll be rather humiliating if I don't know Paul Chuah's name after this many years, right?



Adults like to have fun too. Sometimes.

We also had treasure hunt. Under normal circumstances, treasure hunt would be easy...but this time we decided to include a catch to it, such as blindfolding half the team!



How does a team expect to win when the blind walks in front, followed by a non-blind person and more blind people? See, this is called the blind leading the non-blind. FAIL! Haha :D



Everybody vying for Edwin's attention to decide who is the winner. Of course, my team won la. Well, with Joshua a.k.a Jesus Jr. settling all the problems and guiding us, how to lose?



The winner gets....*drumrolls*....a pack of chips??? Ok lah, better than nothing.
I thought get some medal or cash award. Apparently I was living in dreamland.



Fun by the beach! After games everyone was just dead tired. What better way to release stress then by taking a stroll by the beach?



Yeah I used to love doing that to myself. But now I'm too easily irritated by the sand that won't get out of your underwear/swim trunks later. I wanted to bury the kid completely in sand but then again, his mother is  standing next to me. Better think twice.

And finally, we end with the majestic view of this guy.



No, that's not Jesus. It's just Charles.