Storm Surfers Rendezvous (1)

Came back from the Young Adults Fellowship retreat on Sunday. The theme was Storm Surfers Rendezvous. It was a really fun and enjoyable retreat. This time I was a “normal” member, just a participant, unlike youth camps where I will have loads of things to do. This time I just chill and relax and have fun! =D

There were in total 46 of who went for the retreat. My group name was Blind Bay and our leader was Cikgu Wong (we call him Cikgu because he is a lecturer in UM). The three days and two nights was filled with loads of fun activities and outings. I enjoyed the night outing when we went to Malacca’s Jonker Street. One crazy act we did was wrestling on stage in front of a large crowd of people in the middle of Jonker Street. Hwai Tah, Andrew, Jeff Williams and I went on the wrestling stage and we did a funny wrestling show for the enjoyment and laughter of those around us. Good thing the people cheered us and not threw vegetables at us haha. I wished it lasted longer =) Heck, one life to live, do what you want and have a good time!!! So no worries about being embarrass, just go and have fun!

The games organized by the committee were amazing and tough! We had to eat a can of cold sardine! The label was changed to give us an impression that it is real cat food. Some if us puked. Others just went ahead and swallowed everything. Then later at night they revealed to us that it was actually normal sardine and not the sardine for cats. Many of us, including me, believed that it was real cat’s sardine! Good one! Illusion eh =) See how psychology works, if we knew it was real sardine we would be able to consume the sardine with ease.

The night session we had Pastor Henry to share his heart with us. It was good to have him come all the way to spend his time with the Young Adults. Wanted to get him come into the pool with us haha =)

The chill time was fun. We actually did have time to chill and relax at the pool. Lots of things we did. I can’t possibly tell every detail =) but one cool thing I learnt at the retreat was a photography effect called Strobis or something that sounds like that. Professional photographer Joshua Chin taught us how to use the camera and external flash to achieve some really cool effects. We love it. Now I am going to save money to get a wireless transmitter or maybe a Canon Flashlite 580EX II haha.

One nice activity was building a raft and racing with it in the lake. The building was tough, many of us had blisters but it was really a nice experience. Now I know how to build a raft. So if I were to get lost in a jungle, I can ride the waves home =) hehe. Sherrene Teh helped a lot in my team’s raft building. She had experiences in Royal Rangers before so it wasn’t too much of a problem for her. During our race, my group was in the lead but in the end Hermann’s group got first and mine got second. My arms were so weak and my legs were so numb. I did not know where to harness my energy from and I was like reciting verses from the Bible during the race haha. It was tough to row our raft against the current and all. Gosh. It requires lots of strength, teamwork and coordination. We had a little of all three and it was good enough since many of us had no experience in doing this kind of thing before haha.

Check out the YAF blog soon and we will come up with more updates and pictures.

There will be a lot of pictures coming from Joshua Chan. He was the main photographer for the retreat. He has some very good shots. I have a lot of pictures from my camera as well, taken by different people. Not many are “professional” pictures but they are good enough to keep as memories =) more pictures coming soon from my side as well as Joshua.