19 December 2009
Bible Camp '09 ended a week ago.
Christmas week, tonnes of shopping to do, busy. Go figure.
So I apologize for the late update on Bible Camp.
It'll take forever if I were to update on it day by day.
So I'll just give a short update on the events (hope I don't miss out any)
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So 13th December was the first day.
Tumpang Kenneth's car to Christian Convention Center (CCC)
Was 2 hours late for camp cause we have to pick up Kah Chun. :O
So we missed out the first game of the camp, Dodge ball.
Checked-in and I was assigned to the Soldiers Of Salvation group.
And for my first time here, I was to stay at Dorm 4 *horror music*
So let's move on to the events shall we?
*Looks at the camp schedule*
["Messages"]
What's the point of Bible Camp if you're not there to study God's word?
So 2 awesome speakers were invited to come and minister God's word to us.
They are Brother Adrian Low and Brother Chew Eng Huat.
Attending "class" every morning,
flipping through the Bible here and there, reading verses, writing notes.
I did pick up many new things from the messages. :)
[ Crabooburst ]
CAT (Computer Aided Drawing), Human props, Stop Action Figures, Clay shaping.
A group sends out a member to pick a card with a certain theme and task.
I was the first to go out. *picks a card*
CAT! YAY! What software am I gonna use to draw? Photoshop?
And Bing Hwang says....Use Paint. LOL
So my task was to draw the Solar System/ Galaxy. *Draws draws draws*
One of the Soldiers gave the answer Solar System.
Yay! 10 points!
The game goes on with tonnes and tonnes of laughter.
The clay shaping was the funniest among all.
Among the things that were made.
- Grasshopper
- Nestling Doll
- Prawn Crackers! ROFLOL
- The race between the Tortoise and the Hare. (Good job Melanie!)
- Godzilla smashing through the city. (Good job again Melanie!)
- Body builder
Irene attempting Prawn Crackers
Mel's awesome work
GODZILLA! RAWR!
May Lyn's Grasshopper
Not forgetting Human props too. :D
Assault the castle!!
[ Underground Church The Game ]
The year is not 20(wtv the value),
The world is now ruled by Chancellor Bing
who persecutes Christians *Horror music*
And to help him, he has special agents
known as the secret police to capture Christians
who try to preach the Gospel and Civilians who believed in the Gospel.
The game has 4 roles to play.
- Bearers of the Word
- Parchment Carriers
- Civilians
- Secret Police
have to work together and copy a list of items and a passage from the Bible.
When they complete the list needed, they may make their way to the safe house
or they can choose to help "spread the Gospel" to the others who have not
completed their list.
The Secret Police's job is to capture anyone he/she sees trying to
copy down the list (in groups of 3). People who were captured
will be sent to the infamous jail to be tortured.
So the game starts, everyone was given an envelope
with their identity card in it with 2 pieces of paper and a pen.
Everyone spread out around the compound of CCC and
let the game begins.
As time passes, more and more people completed their list
and of course more and more people got themselves deceived
by the secret police and ended up in jail. (Like me LOL)
My identity card and list
Getting tortured by Jail Master Alan Low
Eating one of the driest food I've ever eaten.
Jon with the cone of shame XD
Suleen (Secret Police) joins the party.
So now you have an idea how we got deceived.
I want to play this again! :D
[ Prison Break ]
FREEDOM PASSES UP FOR GRABS!
Nothing is free so to earn one, you have to work for it.
The game simple. You pass the "obstacle", you get your pass.
Team with most FREEDOM PASS wins.
Among the obstacles are:
- Bible Quiz
- Bernoulli
- Human Chess
- The Maze (Can't really recall the actual name)
FIRST WHO RINGS THE BELL AND ANSWERS CORRECTLY WINS! TATA!
Bernoulli's Principle states that
as the speed of the moving fluid increases,
the pressure decreases. w00ts! Physics!
Hair dryer, Ping pong ball, obstacles...Got the idea yet?
I manage to pass all the obstacles without dropping the ball :D
Why I so pro? Cause I made the obstacles one mah. *Perasan* XDD
After all the cutting, shaping, redoing, getting cut again and again in the process
Glad to see all my hardwork pays off and it is God's grace that everything worked out
as there were no test runs done to see if it is possible to pass the obstacles. LOL
Human Chess.
The objective is to trap you enemies so that they
have no more place to move and that results to their "death"
From the pic as you can see is the chess pieces and the chess board.
One is allowed to only move one step at a time either vertically or horizontally.
Power cards allow the chess piece to move diagonally (good for one time only)
Every place that was stepped on before is marked and cannot be stepped over again.
The Maze
No pics for this one as it is played in the field, pitch black.
"Prisoners" have to crawl their way through a simple maze
to collect their freedom pass in the middle
and then make their way out to the designated exit.
[ Blockbuster Night ]
After lunch, the Big Bros went up to draw
the title of the sketch their team have to do.
Soldiers Of Salvation (my group)-
Jonas and the Big Fish with the theme - Musical.
Officers Of Offering -
Daniel In The Lion Den with the theme - Sci-Fi
Lieutenants Of Liberty -
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace with the theme - Oriental
So from 1.30 pm onwards,
we had discussions, divide ourselves into groups and started working.
Our group have a bunch of talented musicians and they
manage to come out with lyrics portraying the story of Jonas.
We used songs such as I have a dream, Mamma Mia
and 2 theme songs from The Phantom Of The Opera.
I was under the props team
Our props were pretty simple.
The ship, the sea, and the fish.
Joyce's initial idea was to make a paper mache of the fish.
In the process, we burnt a fuse (used 3 hair dyers in one extension)
and we see rain clouds coming. *horror music*
PLAN B!
Err...what's plan B?
So I went walking around the field
trying to scavenge for anything I could use to make a fish out of it.
*Sees a dead part of a coconut/palm tree lying on the ground*
Light bulb lights up, picked up the branch, ties it to some wires...
And tata! A frame of a fish! :D
We beautify it with some mahjong papers XD
Yeah, cheap looking but I love it :D
Joyce, Me and PLAN B. XD
And at 8.30 pm, LET THE SHOW BEGIN!
Every group pulled off a great show. :D
Results - Soldiers Of Salvation came in 1st place.
*Jaws on the floor* W00ts! We did it peeps!
Well, before I end..
I just wanted to thank everyone who made
my first Bible Camp fruitful and enjoyable for me.
God, the committee, the group members, the other campers.
I certainly look forward to next year's Bible Camp.
Well, hopefully I'll be able to make it :)
["Vindicated"]
steph_knightz
