30 hours Famine Camp 2007! I’ve made it!
fun fuN fUN FUN!!! That’s the answer I would give if u ask me hows the camp. The camp which is two day one night was carried out in a way that all campers have to fast for 30 hrs with no FOOD. In addition the organizers had planned many vigorous activities to drain our energy out. Zzz so lemmi briefly share with u my experience!
Sat:
Early in the morning at abt 10.30 I met jwoo and subee at woodlands mrt. But ‘thxs’ to e late comer chua su bee, me n jwoo waited for her for like 20mins lor! Zzz then we went causeway mac to eat n saw clement, wanyi AND joyce, jocerlyn n their frens( ex bpghs classmates). Hahah. After that we head to e nearby cold storage to buy ‘achem’ (didn’t know that e camp is so strict that no food shall be consumed) siann.
Wats more sian is that when we( wanyi clement subee jwoo n me) rch replublic polyn went to collect our camp tees. The ppl dere said they only left with sizes XS and XL. Sibei sian so we got no choice but to choose XS.(except jwoo who chose XL). Lol. Then after e guest had his speech and started the big clock, we settle in our allocated country(group). And its like so coincidence that all 2506 aj campers except jwoo again got into the same country MYNAMAR! Den inside our country they further separate us into 4 grps. Den as usual e 2506 gang went into the same group. Haha. So fun during e ice breaking.
Next a quite lame game is played. b4 the game is played, each group(family) will need to elect a ‘father’ n ‘mother’ n some adults and children with disabilities n 2 healthy kids! And im one of the healthy ones. LOL. Then the game is played in a way that each person muz go find jobs to earn $$ n olso go for education. Food n water ad hospital to get treatment if u r down with diseases. Haha. Then there are olso stations where alternative jobs with high pay is offered to everybody! In other words those r illegal jobs such as organ dealers. Prostitution and drug dealers. Haha. They offered all high pay of up to 50 ice cream sticks. While if u do legal jobs( like ‘construction’, farming and fishing) the pay is like only 5 sticks. With desperation, I went to do prostitution n donate my kidney which allows me to get 40 sticks easily. However there is a chance to get different diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, flu, fever, headache depending on the number a die u throw. Haha.
After this 3 hrs games, we got talks n workshops about poverty and HIV.(tts siann) next is lights out!
Sun:
Early in the morning, a horn is blown at 6am signaling the wake up time. 7am we got a mass fitness exercise led by a female instructor from amore( fitness and boutique spa).
Next we got newspaper collection which would be carried out in Tampinese. The collection was pretty easy and quite relax as compared to other activities. Ahhah. With great teamwork, my family did our collection way b4 the stipulated time. So we guys did more ice breaking games while sharing our experience in different jcs. Tts fun and it kills time! Hahax.
Once we got back to republic poly we carried on our own games as we got 2 hrs of free n easy. HEhehhehh. Following which will be a song n dance concert put up by the poly ppl. Then we count down when the clock strikes 30.00.00 hrs! yeah! Tts olso signal the time when we can go to collect out BURGER KING BURGER to break fast! Woohoo!
(my family eating burger king! we've made it! yea!)
Didn’t realized that food can be so nice. I shall appreciate it more next time after understanding the problem of poverty. So lets us pray n do our best to make a difference in other people lives. Hope that the world would not suffer any poverty one day! Famine camp rocks!
(my family taking pic with the big clock. the time should be 21.50.42 hahah)