bleugh!

Monday, June 11, 2007 3:37 AM

i shall continue about my retreat in malaysia!
man i can almost hear your exasperated groans.
TOO BAD.
but im saving the best for today.

the two most memorable events that happened during the whole church retreat happened on the last night and the day after(the last day).
that night i was pretty tired la wanted to head to the room and just slack there maybe come up with some more lame games.
ha i wont tell you wut lame games we played.i am ashamed of my..childish and crazy behaviour.but proud of my own creativity.ha.

alright so that evening we arrived back at the resort from some shopping.
was so tired but decided to head to the beach across the deserted street with my dearest friends.last day,mah.
and i really wanted to check that beach out and take some good shots.
well you know imma clean freak.i didnt want my flip flops to get all sticky and sandy-wut if they never dried in time for tmw??i shudder to think about sticky feet on board a 3 hour bus ride.
but in the end I DONT KNOW HOW my church friends and the very tempting shore persuaded me to take off my ffs and step into the SOMEWHAT clear water-cmon its malaysia leh wut to expect.
the warmth took me by surprise man!
it was pretty cool,wading here and there and just admiring nature from all four angles.
then we took some shots went back showered had dinner and the night was scheduled for prayer meeting and stargazing.
i thought nothing of stargazing,i mean,how many stars can i expect to see in msia lor?
so i thot i should skip it and just head to bed maybe,write in my journal or something.
anyways the sky at the beach was so cloudy and black i was told we might not get to see a prick of star in the nightsky.
but night came and we girls having just finished our group prayers decided to step out of the entrance and maybe hope to see a star or two.
but i was dumbstruck at the view.literally dumbstruck.
for the view before me-it was so amazing it really made me speechless at God's Glory and Works.
i saw so many stars,it was overwhelming.the nightsky was so beautiful.
its the most beautiful creation of God ive ever witnessed.
its like,the entire milky way,right at our doorstep.the whole belt of stars...i wanted to cry in amazement and awe-literally cry.
we laid in the middle of the wide deck in complete darkness and just tried our best to drink the whole view in all at once-a very impossible task.we had fun tracing objects and constellations with our fingers,pointing once or twice at shooting stars.
yes,red meteorites that flash so quickly if you blink you will really miss it.
everytime someone spotted one and yelled for all to see,it was gone,without a trace.
there were a few that night,and very little people saw it.
i am thankful to have seen two,i felt so happy you know.like a childish idiot.but it was so beautiful,i felt so little.
we saw jupiter,the brightest most beautiful 'star' ive ever seen.aint it exciting?
to see a planet shine so bright.as if just for your eyes.
it seemed to shine so calmly,it was hard to imagine that there might be cyclones storming upon the large water planet at that same moment.it seemed too peaceful to have cyclones at all.
sigh.it was such a romantic view,so amazing i cant put it into words.
i got a little bit emotional,but not entirely in the negative aspect.
i guess i just didnt know how to react to such a vastly glorious thing set before my very eyes.my very naked eyes.
so for awhile i sat alone,pretty oblivious to my surroundings-chattering aunties,annoyingly noisy kids getting excited over all the hype and stuffs.but it was hard to ignore the blinding torches the kids kept flashing.the sky was pitch black,like a black piece of cloth pricked with many glittering lights.hundreds and hundreds of shimmering lights.

we retreated back to my friends' room where we chatted for hours,mostly with my friend talking about lasalle.
im getting excited and impatient for school to start.ha.
next day we awoke early to catch the sunrise.
we were so close to missing it leh.!
we ran out after everybody gathered together.headed back to the beach across the street.
wut a beautiful sight.really cant explain to you how beautiful it was.
even the pictures do injustice to the scene.
sigh we spent an hour on the beach.it was so low tide,we actually met a couple of fishermen who walked from the neighbouring islands to our side of the shore.so cool!
i braved the seawater and sand tand waded into the shallow waters and onto land further our to sea-the land was uneven la.
and everything we stepped on was living.i think we killed alot of shell creatures on the way-oops.
every shell,down to the tiniest ones you can ever find,had some snail or crabbish creature dwelling in it.
so amazing!everything was so quiet and peaceful.ah,i miss that place.

in the end,all i managed to make of these two beautiful sights in my memory was- Praise the LORD and all His Glory.

id introduce this beautiful place to you for you to visit but the couple owners of the resort are pretty strict and it is only rented out to whole churches.too bad lor.next time come to my church la,lam bring you (:

ciao i gottago airport(AGAIN) to send my brother to europe for his oh-so-exciting backpacktour.
when im not even GOING.how cruel my brother can be. he best bring back lotsa stuffs for me.
i'll pay him back when i go there myself(:

actually this post is more for my own reference so i wont forget the happy memories,in case i am too lazy or lest i forget to jot it down in my diary.
so its ok if you dont read it.but this is redundant cos if you've come so far you've read almost everything.lol.

JAX ......out