1:00 a.m. Here I am, blogging.
24 hours ago, I was rushing to finish off my assignment.
(For those who don’t know, I am currently studying part time to obtain a
teaching diploma.)
96 hours ago, I was at a campsite by the beach, building gadgets
with my teammates using bamboo, wood, and raffia string.
On 1st to 4th of October, 49 of us
went to Teluk Gorek, Mersing, Johor for a Scout camp. I was thankful for the opportunity to get away
from school and go back to nature.
Spending 4 days 3 nights by the seaside was an amazing
experience. It was truly the time where I could slow down, focus on a task at a
time, and let loose of my thoughts. Every night, I would fall asleep to the
sound of the sea waves, and wake up to this therapeutic view.
During the camp we were asked to make gadgets such as chair,
table, storage unit, shoes rack, and fork and spoon using materials available.
We tied the sticks together with raffia string using knots that we have learned.
I would like to take this chance to thank each and everyone in Garuda team for
your dedicated hard work.
My biggest happiness during the camp was waking up to new gadgets
built by other teammates. The first night when we hit our sleeping bags, our
compound was empty; when we woke up in the morning, there was a real size
storage stand standing outside our tents.
The second night when I woke up for
sentry duty, I found a table sitting at our kitchen area, sturdy and ready to
be used.
Those moments were magical. It was like Christmas came early
in October this year. Everyday was a surprise because I did not know what gadgets
we would wake up to.
Of course, those gadgets did not just pop up from thin air.
Some of us had selflessly sacrificed their sleep time to make those gadgets. Which
made them even better gifts for a person like me whom love language is act of
service! [:p] Oh, sweet sweet Christmas! May God bless abundantly each and
everyone who had contributed, in big or small ways, to the production of those
gadgets! [;D]
I enjoyed the camp.
Before I went, I was afraid that I might break down again
like how I did during BTN in 2013, because BTN reminded me a great deal about
my high school camping mates, and that time I wished I had attended the camp
with my high school buddies rather than my college mates (hopefully no offense
taken for any college friends reading this……opps……)
Besides, I was afraid that I might feel out of place like
how I felt when I went to the map and compass camp in 2016. During that camp, I
was yearning to hold on to someone when I was hiking through those difficult
trails. Yet when I looked around, I found no support.
2017. I went to the camp with a bunch of people that I enjoy
hanging out with, both during fun and challenging times. I searched for no one
and I thought of no one. It was liberating.
For the first time in a long while,
I was at the present moment.
