All Packed and ready to go~ *i shld think..
cya all.. in a month+~
cya all.. in a month+~
The Christmas midnight mass (at. St. Jo, Kch)this year was great~! The choir was, musicians and vocalist – Ben and the gang were Awesome~ It felt really grand and the crowds packing the church made the occasion majestic. Truly God’s presence can be felt and Christmas spirit was in the air~ The mass was presided by Archbishop Ha & concelebrated by rev. Fr. Albert and Fr. Richard. What’s different about this year’s mass is that it was broadcast live on the radio~
Christmas carols sung:
-O Come O ye Faithful
-Away in the Manger
-O Holy Night
-Silent Night
-First Noel
-Christmas isn’t Christmas
-Joy to the World
-Feliz Navidad
*They’re not in order, except for the first and last two.
The photos taken for your viewing pleasure. Take note that they're taken by a low resolution, no zoom-in hpcam so rather low of quality...
1)Ceiling deco.
2)Altar
3)Big crowd of people awaiting mass to begin
4)Fr. Albert preparing
5)Archbishop and priests
6)Bubbles~ (Joy to the World)
7)Mass Ended
8)Tabernacle
Have not started packing...
Just found out, will be getting RM300/- from this program.
Visiting hours, every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, 8.30am-5pm & visitors are disallowed from bring trainers out of camp ground...
rawr...
Just found out, will be getting RM300/- from this program.
Visiting hours, every 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month, 8.30am-5pm & visitors are disallowed from bring trainers out of camp ground...
rawr...
preparations: I've just picked out a bag~ lol. & aired it this afternoon. Havent bought all the things i need.
What I've heard about the camp I'll be sent to:
- Well equipped facilities.
- No paip water system. Will be using river water for everything. So, I hope it rains almost daily, else there'll be insufficient H2O, what with low pressure and everyone washing at the same hour. ==
- Since it's river water, some people are not used to it and get diarrhoea.
- Mosquitoes aplenty... more insect repellent..
What I heard, that I didnt know of but concerns me in a way:
- Forbidden to bring one's own medication but paracetamol.
- Laundry service for the clothes they provide for us. Trainees only wash the clothes they brought.
Here's a rough guide on the normal days at ns.*copied out of Star newspaper dated 23th Dec '07*
5-6.30am - Rise & Shine, morning prayers
6.30-7.30am - parade & morning exercise
7.30-8.30am - breakfast
8.30-10.30am - character module (games and activities)
10.30-11am - morning tea
11-12.30am - continuation of character module
12.30-2.30pm - lunch & solat Zuhur
2.30-4.30pm - physical module (outdoor)
4.30-5.30pm - tea break & solat Asar
5.30-6.30pm - recreation (games and interaction)
6.30-8.30pm - R&R, dinner, solat Maghrib/Isyak
10.30pm - supper and briefing
11.00pm - lights out
*clueless as to what happens from 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Class sessions or free time i suppose..*
-What's on my mind-
- Am neither thrilled nor upset.
- I read that all systems, in terms of health, food...etc have improved by a notch, so that somewhat makes me feel a bit better...?
- One of my 'ns preparations' went.. awful.. T.T
Jaws trembling nerves shattering...
lol.. today was d day i took my law test~
YaY~.. i've finally sat for my law test~! *while most ppl r already driving or training for d driving test*
the day went.. soso..
i wasnt nervous, just anxious to get it done with. Left home at around 9am, then went to register at the office of E Highway Code. It was only then did i find out that one has to book her name before sitting for d test.. Nobody tolD me about thAT!! *fyi, i dont have an instructor*
lol.. today was d day i took my law test~
YaY~.. i've finally sat for my law test~! *while most ppl r already driving or training for d driving test*
the day went.. soso..
i wasnt nervous, just anxious to get it done with. Left home at around 9am, then went to register at the office of E Highway Code. It was only then did i find out that one has to book her name before sitting for d test.. Nobody tolD me about thAT!! *fyi, i dont have an instructor*
So i only booked my name then after having a rather confusing conversation with the clerk whom i'm beginning to loath even more than before. *i've been there at d office more than twice before and at the first glance of our meeting, her forehead reads -unlikable-*
Got my name booked and she asked me whether if i've done the training. I went.. wht?! i thought she meant the practical.
Turns out that the 'Training' is a tryout for the law test.. == *limited vocab probs. She was practically very agitated and mean-ish all the time then, hence increasing my 'loathing level'..*
Anyway, i took the 'training' there and then, passed well enough and was asked to wait & take the trial exam again. No way. It was rather boring so i told her No~ & earned myself an exasperating look from her... Moments of sms-ing later(my part), she told me i could go up, to take the law test. So i thought, finally, i could sit for it~ Little did i know, there was a waiting room up thr.. == *i thought where i was initially waiting was the waiting room of some sort..*
At the waiting room, i needed to sign on piece of paper...Problem is, I Dont see my name there! Later did i realised why --> my name hasnt appeared from the booking. So i was asked to wait & saw ET there~ We chatted until her turn came up. After tat, She passed and left~
buhoo.. So i continued on waiting. Luckily, i knew some people there so the hours passed by, somewhat less excruciating. I waited for about 3 & 1/2 hours more & got famished. Went for a bite downstairs and then back up to wait a little bit more before my turn eventually came! What a relieve... @@
Happily, i trotted into d examination room and sat at 'komputer terminal 2'. I was halfway through the questions, up to question 20+ when d system went a bit jammed. *great.. another problem..* The clock was still ticking but the mouse no longer works! Tried and retried the mouse i did all to no avail. Luckily, the answers can be typed in so that's what i did until for the rest of the questions.
Upon finishing, i wanted to check my answers but needed a working mouse. Hence I went to the guy-in-charge for aid. He got rather worked up to find the system down & told me i couldnt check my answers. *for some questions, i just put down an answer, hoping to go bck to it!* So i had no choice but to end the test & get my result... and.. it's a Jolly good Thing I PaSSED and satisfactorily~~~! XD Imagine, waiting for the whole morning and finding out that i failed in the end..== See here, doing those questions in tat book given does help~ *while i was waiting, i noticed tat a number of people failed or just barely passed*
Right after the test, rang dad, and went to ET's hse~ where i peeked around and we play ps2~ ! *i hvnt played for 2 years!!* I had a great' fun' time getting last places for most races..== and we played the simpsons after that, which was rather funny n interesting~ so tat was my afternoon~
Night--> went out shopping for christmas gifts with dad for relatives attending a traditional christmas eve dinner. We finished buying everyone's gifts in about 2 to 3hours~ That's sooner than expected. I did take my time to choose the best and most suitable ones. My dad did for guys and i did for the ladies and boys~
So, after a long day, i went into a sought-for slumber~
Got my name booked and she asked me whether if i've done the training. I went.. wht?! i thought she meant the practical.
Turns out that the 'Training' is a tryout for the law test.. == *limited vocab probs. She was practically very agitated and mean-ish all the time then, hence increasing my 'loathing level'..*
Anyway, i took the 'training' there and then, passed well enough and was asked to wait & take the trial exam again. No way. It was rather boring so i told her No~ & earned myself an exasperating look from her... Moments of sms-ing later(my part), she told me i could go up, to take the law test. So i thought, finally, i could sit for it~ Little did i know, there was a waiting room up thr.. == *i thought where i was initially waiting was the waiting room of some sort..*
At the waiting room, i needed to sign on piece of paper...Problem is, I Dont see my name there! Later did i realised why --> my name hasnt appeared from the booking. So i was asked to wait & saw ET there~ We chatted until her turn came up. After tat, She passed and left~
buhoo.. So i continued on waiting. Luckily, i knew some people there so the hours passed by, somewhat less excruciating. I waited for about 3 & 1/2 hours more & got famished. Went for a bite downstairs and then back up to wait a little bit more before my turn eventually came! What a relieve... @@
Happily, i trotted into d examination room and sat at 'komputer terminal 2'. I was halfway through the questions, up to question 20+ when d system went a bit jammed. *great.. another problem..* The clock was still ticking but the mouse no longer works! Tried and retried the mouse i did all to no avail. Luckily, the answers can be typed in so that's what i did until for the rest of the questions.
Upon finishing, i wanted to check my answers but needed a working mouse. Hence I went to the guy-in-charge for aid. He got rather worked up to find the system down & told me i couldnt check my answers. *for some questions, i just put down an answer, hoping to go bck to it!* So i had no choice but to end the test & get my result... and.. it's a Jolly good Thing I PaSSED and satisfactorily~~~! XD Imagine, waiting for the whole morning and finding out that i failed in the end..== See here, doing those questions in tat book given does help~ *while i was waiting, i noticed tat a number of people failed or just barely passed*
Right after the test, rang dad, and went to ET's hse~ where i peeked around and we play ps2~ ! *i hvnt played for 2 years!!* I had a great' fun' time getting last places for most races..== and we played the simpsons after that, which was rather funny n interesting~ so tat was my afternoon~
Night--> went out shopping for christmas gifts with dad for relatives attending a traditional christmas eve dinner. We finished buying everyone's gifts in about 2 to 3hours~ That's sooner than expected. I did take my time to choose the best and most suitable ones. My dad did for guys and i did for the ladies and boys~
So, after a long day, i went into a sought-for slumber~
I only started having the sinking feeling that 'IAMGOINGFORNS' when i got on the bus.. == Ride had a couple of stops and took more than 4and a half hours.. Due to some mechanical problems, my bus arrived last and reached camp at around 3.15pm. Took a hell long time to register and only got everything dealt with at around 6pm-ish.
Had dinner before going uphill to dorm, hoping to find a comfy bed i saw in the newspaper... But There were No More Beds~!! so slept on a canvas instead...
My 016- hpno. had no line there, unless i climbed higher up the hill, outside the 'laboratories'. So first day was a rather moody, grumpy and unhappy one.. woofWoof..
