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Monday, March 21, 2005 - 7:45 PM
retreat 2004-2005
"over the mountains and the seas,
your river runs with love for me..."
every year, our school organizes a retreat for the graduating students. i am not an exemption, so i packed my things, got some money, and got ready to face three days of gospel songs and cell groups.
i have to tell you that i am not a church goer. in fact, i consider our school's wednesday chapel service my sunday mass. hey, don't freak out or anything! it's just that i am raised in a catholic family, but i don't want to go to their church. and i don't have any relatives that would keep me if i go and join the born-again churches. i'm trapped.
anyways, what i thought was gonna be 3 days of boring stuff turned out to be three very important days of my life. it really didn't occur to me that these three days in kuhala bay would give an impact that's so great. here's why...
i got to know more of my batchmates.
before, i could say that i know everyone in our batch. but after the retreat, i could say that i've grown closer to them. kasi nman our cellgroup really opened up to each other. we got to tell our problems, and we found out that we could relate to each other. i'm so thankful na i got to know christina, pia, ritchie, alex, ronald, anna jane, ms. pinera, ang kuya gil (plus my bestbud emily) better. it's like i've been given a whole new set of family members! all the members of the zebulun tribe! i will never-ever-ever-never forget you!! we're still the best. love you!!
i had fun with the activities.
i was happily surprised with the activities. i would have to say that the youth challenge was the best activity. our tribe got to go around kuhala bay and do crazy stuff just to get pieces of papers. i never thought that members from the different sections could work with each other so well. and, we had ecstatic fun! we finished 3rd. there was never a dull moment in the tribe of zebulun.
good eating.
cyempre, makakalimutan ba natin ang pagkain? the food comes in buckets. and, we were in a buffet. so you could see the plates overflowing with rice. pero i'd have to say that the grilled fish didn't taste good. pero the rest was all so scrumptious, delectable and mouthwatering. (^ ^)/
the dorm was great.
there were twenty students, 5 double-decked beds (2 for each deck). you could say that we were crammed in, but my dorm mates were hillarious. we would talk even after lights-off. then there was the regular hassle over who's gonna use the bathroom first. it was fun, we had cable and aircon. and there was pikachu's alien song. fun.
i finally believe that he is for real.
i've asked if him if he was there. i got no reply. so i got on with my life knowing that he is true but never believing that he cares for me...that he doesn't give a damn bout any of the cracked-up things that i do. i thought that i was carrying all my burdens all alone, that i fought my fight with destiny on my own. but he was there pala. i just didn't notice HIM. that night, march 17 2005, around 9:45pm, i finally got my answer. he finally told me that he was just there. i cried, i knew that there would be people crying, but i never thought that i would be one of them. i cried hard. really hard...
so there, my retreat experience. it was a real blast (pero bitin sa swimming). i'll never forget it. never....
ehjiboi got weird at 7:45 PM
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