the 2 retreats that i recently attended-yf leaders retreat and the yeo family retreat have been pretty good. contrary to what i expected.

went to pulai springs in johor for family retreat and it was pretty cool. we went through the family tree thing like we did last year and found out alot of very interesting stuff. like how my grandfather was adopted so the family's surname is actually tan and not yeo. and then because my dad is also adopted my surname is actually quek so in one way or another, i have a very complicated history of surnames - wu/yeo/quek/tan. my extended family is super drama we can write a super long drama seriel. lol.

we went down to some fruit orchard in malaysia where we got a tour of tropical fruits- passionfruit, durian, bualonglong etc. apparently chilli's can grow anti-gravitational. like the sharp end pointing upwards. apparently it shows that it's super spicy. and we also learnt like how to tell which fruit is rich in vitamins etc and how green beans actually come in black long pods. there was a mini zoo there and you can interact with the animals there cos they're all not caged up. haha. the animals are all super friendly. even the caged up rabbits. in singapore they either ignore you or run away from you, but there, they come to you automatically. it's super cute. even the goats there are like that :)

we went on a firefly watching river tour at night after a seafood dinner. it's quite cool cos everything is dark and you are on some ulu river. it really felt like some disney ride. except in real life. there were so many fireflies it really looked as if God had decorated the trees for christmas. shiny shiny blink blink. the fireflies only hang around 2 different trees, namely the pong pong tree and some other tree that the guide didn't know the name. we caught a few in a plastic bag and they're really gentle creatures which live for only 2 weeks and they die quite easily. they look like those flying ants with a cockroach looking body shape, minus the ugly feelers. in light they stop emitting light and they usually come out and shine after it rains.

God was really faithful during the trip and at first it was really hot and then it started raining quite heavily. we were quite afraid of missing out on the fruit orchard but when we reached there the rain stopped. it started raining only after we were done with the tour. it continued pouring even more and we thought we might have to forgo the firefly watching thing but it stopped when we were done with dinner. so we got to see many fireflies because they come out to shine even more after the rain **YIPPEE**

quite an interesting experience and next year, the adults have happily handed over all these event organising to the next generation. sigh. oh wellz. we were thinking of doing charity work. like work with habitat for humanity or smth cos it's a really easy way of getting out of the planning process it's really meaningful and fulfilling :)

2007's ending pretty soon. quite sad that i won't be returning to school. i used to dread school reopening...but i really loved SA and i miss everything about it. sigh. miss the whole bunch of friends-char, rach, mel, yinx, beh and ph..all 7 of us. MISS YOU GUYS LOADS. we need to get out together k!

gonna start work and i need to start working my ass off for my portfolio. organising the stuff, doing stuff for portfolio, the video--storyboarding, filming and editing etc. SIGH...LORD HELP ME.

i hate growing up now....it's all so scary.