on the church-camp extension

After church camp, some of us in our CG went for a short time of extension. On the whole, it was a great time of Rest and Relaxation (R&R). Initially wanted to make it a CG retreat, but a bit weird la, to make it a CG retreat when not all of us went up for the church camp. Moreover, I didn't have a retreat programme in mind when I called for this thing. But the Lord is good, in the end He gives us the rest and good times of fellowship that we wanted.

Give thanks for His provision and grace. A lot of things about the extension weren't settled even as we went up for church camp. I didn't pass down clear instructions to my people in time, so the hotel reservations and the bus tickets were not confirmed as yet when the church camp started. Yet God makes smooth the pathway for us and let us have a great time in KL city.

Made a boo-boo, as I didn't check out the hotel that I wanted for the hotel reservation. Later found out I had actually asked my friend to book for a hotel in the red-light district of KL city. It's something akin to the Geylang area of Singapore. Apart from the fact that's it's near the brothels, that area is actually quite good for tourists, as it has plenty of good local food and close by to the shopping malls along Jalan Bintang. I found and ate my Ramli burger along the food street there at 2.30am in the morning, and testify that the Kuala Lumpur-ians really have a fantastic supper culture. Hey, Jag told me all the food tasted so nice cause it's mostly fried.  So thank God that none of us were harmed or harassed in any way. If not I don't know how to account to my leaders or the parents, boyfriends, girlfriends and pets of my members...

Oh, talking about Jag, I must also say a very big "THANK YOU!" to our friends Jooli and Jag for being such wonderful hosts, taking us to that great "zhi-char" place at Jalan Alor*, and chauffering our luggages around. They took time out from their schedule and show us the sights around town. It's a great joy to catch up with overseas friends,just siting down in the coffee shop, and talk about anything under the sun over a cup of "kat zai seng bway" , "Eng yong"** and bread toasts.

well, looking for the next church camp. in the meanwhile, I should go and pray about that CG retreat...

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*just thinking about the black Hokkien mee, the BBQ wings and the "la-la" makes my mouth salivates already...

** "kat zai seng bway" = lime drink with preserved plums; "Eng yong" = coffee mixed with tea and milk