Inside Out Day 2

The doulos "permanent" volunteers are GOOD actors and actresses..

MISSION POSSIBLE
today. i went for inside out day 2..
when we went into the small room again.. they wasted no time and divided us to groups of 4..
then the emcee was explaining how hard life is for a missonary.. she said it is not an easy life..
so she said that we were gonna play a little game today called mission possible.. in this game.. we were given a visa paper... a passport and money.. and we have to fly to Kontasthan.. a very "closed" country as missonaries.. and she said we have to play our role properly.. we had to get our
1)visa approved
2)buy a ticket to Kontasthan
3)pass the custom
4)pass the immigration
and lastly talk to a host in Kontasthan.. ask her questions and etc..
and also to spread god's word...
and we were assigned to a crew on board.. we have to imagine him as a local man and a non-believer (but they were actually suppose to guide us and make sure we dont get lost.. haha)..
so we started out trip

1)visa
we walked out the room and there was two lady crews seating and putting there arms on the table.. they looked.. like a lioness.. i tell u..!!.. is a OMG standing in front of them,between tables jz to get our visa approved..
they asked all kinds of questions RUDELY and ROUGH! it was just a nightmare standing there..
they checked our Visa.. saying that the reasons that we wrote on our Visa were fake and trying to force out the real info.. and they were pretending to be anti-Christian.. they confisicate stuffs.. from our group.. MY BIBLE.. and took bribes and stuffs.. it was jz horriblee....!!!... u cannot imagine it.. erghh!!then we walked to the ticket counter..
2)buying tickets..
it was easy that part.. 1 business class ticket cost $4 and 2nd class cost $3..then we walked to the waiting room.. they were saying ... we r gonna start our adventure..
there are standard procedures
1)we had to be blindfolded
2)cant talk
3) one person had to wear a life jacket..
and i was the only boy in the team.. the asked me to wear and i can barely put my head thru.. jz horrid..
and we were pulled to some places,blindfolded.. i only noe that we passed the mess and engine room.. but we had to detour bcoz they were having drills.. so ya.. and practically we turned aroundm walk up and down the stairs AND we ended up at the place we started..!!.. DUMB... but fun..hahah.. then we went to the custom..

3)custom
in the office.. they explained certain stuffs that can we can bring and certain things that are nt allowed.. AND they had guns on the table.. WTHH!!!! hahah..
i was the only one wit bags and one of the crew checked my bag.. it was in a mess and he took everything out.. and he was acting to be stupidd.. i have a pack of panadols in my bag.. so he asked..
crew : wat is this?
me : panadol?
crew : what is it for?
me : medicine for headache..
and he looked away and tried not to smilee.. and finally he said..
crew : i'll be watching u!
hahaha.. was funnyy..
and we went to the SCARIEST PARTT!!!!! the immigration.. they were fierced.. angry.. annoyed lor wdr.. their expressions were TERRIFYING!!! *peng*...

5)immigration
we went to "not worth looking" part of the ship.. it was dirty and stuffs.. then when we walked down.. a guy was sleepin and a gal walked to us shouting.. "WAT TOOK U SO LONG????".. we were scared.. hahha.. yeah we were... and she asked one of my teammate to her table.. and they sorted out stuffs.. suddenly.... BANGGG!!!!
the guy woke up and was shoutiing.. and my other teammate went to him...and he was like shouting all the time.... and he took my frens, $260+-.. and i went to him next.. he asked for my visa.. and ergh... cruell..
custom : wat is ur reason for visiting?
me : visitng family frens..
custom : how do u noe them?
me : they came to malaysia and went out with my parents and... yeah...
custom : u're lying... our ppl are not allowed to go to malaysia..
and he continued on bout that...
custom : r u a christian?
me : yes, i am..
custom : are u here to spread god's words?
me : (LIED) no.. jz visiting frens..
it was like never gonna end.. ERGHH!!!
then he asked how much i have and took $100 from mee... wat theee.!!!!...!!!...
after that.. he checked my bag.. and asked bout my skul's exercise book that i brought.. and CONCIDENTIALLY.... he turned to a page where i wrote all kinds of bible verse the night before..
custom : who is matthew?
me : is a book from the bible
*silence* then bang...
custom : STAND BY THE WALL THIS INSTAnt...
and he began checking me.. checked my wallets in my pockets and stuffs.. and then DEMANDED LOUDLY for $500 from my frens or go to jail.. HORRIBLEE!!!
so i was like.. walk back to the waiting room and asked my frens whether they have money.. and the gals kept on smilling bout how he shouted and me and stuffs.. suddenly he came out
crew : WAT ARE YPU LAUGHING AT?? DO U THINK THIS IS FUNNY? AND WAT ARE U STANDING THERE FOR? DO U WANT TO GO TO JAIL??
wow.. it was jz horrible.. and my fren sacrificed her $500 and passed it to him ... and out of 5 of us.. 1 was denied entry.. so she had to go through the whole procedure again and do everything..
and we went to the hosttt..

6)host
the host was sharing the dutch culture wit us.. and she was ACTING like she didnt noe english.. OMg.. it was funny and fun..
she served us keropok.. liqourish and coffee..
liquorish..
i thought it was chocolate.. but when i hate.. i was like
WAT THEEE!!! wat is this..
u cant even bite.. eeeewwww..
and she asked some questions and stuffs.. thought us to speak dutch.. and SHE MATCH MAKE me wit a few gals.. and we tried to explain wat frens are...
i only can remember a sentence she taught.. "Eek ben Benjamin".. hahah.. i am benjamin..
and that was the end of it..

we went back to the visa area.. the gals were gone.. and we talked bout it... our guide.. RIc says that.. every crew have to go thru that mission.. iss like that.. in the reli closed country.. so.. WOW.. salute them..
and my teammates were like " i almost cired".. "did u deny that u're a christian?" and stuffs.. hahah
then when everyone finished.. the Crew.. all! from the visa,custom and etc.. came to say they're sorry and stuffs and that they are actually good ppl.. hahahah...
and the guy.. who took $600 from me at the immigration.. says that.. he was actually kind to uss... bcoz when he did that the previous time in australia i guess.. he made a gal cry and he felt bad bout it.. and said.. so he was much more kind.. I JUST CANT iimagine HOW BAD COULD HE GET.. erghh.. wow..

well we were suppose to spread god's words.. in the end we did nothing.. and some ppl even denied being a christian.. the crews were quite sad bout it though.. well .. learned a lot from there..
and the inside out participants were like... I WONT BE A MISSIONArY..
hahaha

then lunch.. well.. this time... we only had bread.ham.luncheon meat and salad.. FOR LUNCHH!!! hahaha..

then after lunch... we did some quiet time .. wrote some letter... and played a game called fruit salad.. and it ends there.. we were sad though... but the happy thing iss... IT IS LEAVING ON THE 12TH INSTEAD OF 3RD..!!!... yeahh... hehe

Inside Out

today was the 1st day of inside out 2-day programme organised by doulos of coz..
well.. i arrived super early... 1st visitor there i guess..
then i waited under the shade of the mural boardd.. sat on the parking lot... STUPID THOUGHH!!!
then ppl were arrving so i gathered with them..
we were asked to go in this small room where they crammed 28 ppl in itt...

as usuall.. they did their introduction.. singing bout their department and stuffs...
then.. they started sharing? i cant reli remember.. hahah..
they showed some video clip... some guy who most ppl cannot read/call his name correctly shared about wat god has done in his life..*he looks and talks like mr bean*
well he shared...
we had ice-breakers and stuffs and more sharing and some group discussions.. then we went for lunch..
after lunch they sort of sort us into different departments
which were:
1)deck
2)accomodation
3)caterring
4)engine
5)bookstore
then i was assigned to Engine department with 3 other boys.
they brought us to the engine office.. a girl was in charged of us.. cathrina or something like that from germany..
she told us some rules and regulations then brought us to the changing room..
we took a lot of time in the changing room.. it was hard FOR ME to find the perfect Jumpsuit (or overall... dunno wat they call).. was hard to find my size.. all too short for me... got a gigantic one.. which were quite long for mee..
we had to stripped off everything.. except underwear.. and put on some dirty looking shirt... the jumpsuit... socks which u cant find the perfect match and shoes.. oh ya.. and annoying ear plugs
then cathrina gave a tour in the engine room.. she showed us most of the machinaries and fire exits..
well.. i was erm... not paying attention to her while talking bcoz we could barely hear.. hahha lol..
and we even went to the most bottom level in the ship.. COOL!! but no pix.. bcoz no handphones allowed.. hahah sort of..
then she handed us again to a guy from the engine department and the guys asked us to scrub and wipe the cylinder/valves... TIRING!!! DARNN!!... BUt... fun.. hahha..

after the cleaning... we had simon and adam i guess those are their names... they shared bout their attitude when they were asked to clean the tank of some ship.. (they showed us the entrance to the tank and wow...)

the entrance

i didnt rotate the pic.. it was suppose to be vertical.. oh well.. they had to climbed in.. it was barely bigger than my head.. and it is dark..
well.. after those sharing.. we had group discussion again and then the programme for the day ended there..

well, there were a few of us who stayed on for dinner... WOW... u cannot believe the queue for dinner... it was SUPER DUPER longg... ahahah..


see... the queue was so much longer than that... this was taken at the stairs near the cafeteria..
dinner was great though..

after dinner.. jennifer,adam and simon brought us for a tour.. my 3rd time.. well... they brought us to more places in the ship... one of the interesting place was the book store room.. wow... super huge..



jennifer told us that.. some crews were assigned to this store.. and all they have to do is... to count the number of books and they had to be in the exact number... siao ah... is super big in there..

then after the tour we went for joshua generation... is a leadership programme organised by doulos crews also.. and after that.. balik rumah..

Doulos

when i was young.. i love visiting Doulos..
i cannot remember what is on that ship.. how was the bookstore like or wadever..
but i only can remember the people at the port..
they were roller blading around... the one wheel bicycle thingy.. and.. yea that's all.. haha..
this time.. it arrived on the 10th of Dec.. i visited it on the 1st day of the visiting day for mural competition.. and surprisingly we, people who represented St. Thomas' Secondary School's ISCF club got 3rd for that competition..
of coz it was fun..
and there were lots of other activities..
some of my friends and i were given priviledge to have a tour in the ship on the 23rd of Dec.. though is not such priviledge bcoz they give tour to other people also.. but they brought us to most of the places.. like the clinic,firemen area,WENT in the engine room, laundry area, kitchen and etc...last but not least...
The Captain's Bridge.. visitors are only allowed to visit if the captain of the ship wants to bring them there.. haha
well.. i dont have the picture for the tour YET.. havent get from Raymond or Clarence but.. hahah..will post the pix when i get it from them..

then... on the 27th.. i visited it again.. TWICE..
my aunty woke me up at 9 in the morning ... just to ask me to go for the open ship... well... i woke up and went wit them and few of my cousins...
then in the afternoon met in church.. i went with the boys' and girls' brigade to doulos again..
when i was in doulos.. i was pratically in one area only.. didnt really visit the bookstore.. hehe..
here are some pix..

the main gate of doulos

the open ship.. koreans writting ppl's name in korean..

gunny sack race
on the open ship day... we have to win a game jz to get a tour in the ship.. so rep from BB..
Nathanael Bolly.. but we lost... haixx...