[13.6.2010] worship conference @ st peters

when i first heard bout it, was pretty excited. never been to one before. since i was free at that time, decided to go, without knowing who would be there. yes, that excited. we stayed at YMCA, ipoh. my only worry was whether it's clean. the last time i went for a church camp thinggy, the place we stayed at was so dirty.. all of us were having cough, blocked nose, sinus, and sneezing the moment we stepped in. the toilet door couldn't even close properly. ah church and budgetted stuff. when it comes to accommodation, i need 2 things. cleanliness and high pressured water. (unless it's a jungle then i'm prepared) YMCA, thankfully, had these. so i was satisfied. the place's old. but clean. that's most important.

we travelled to and around ipoh with the church van. pastor paul monash drove.

the whole conference was at st peter's..

there were a few workshops to choose from. Ministering Through Music, Sound Operator Training, Photography, and Movement in Worship (lyrical dance). all of us from st paul's (my church) chose Ministering Through Music, except celine, who went for Movement in Worship, really suited her.

for the workshop i went to, hmm..i felt like i was in a singing class. he was just teaching us song after song. songs from all over the world, of different languages, as old as 500 years. exposing us to these songs, and how beautiful and meaningful yet simple it is. erm ok, i wasn't expecting that. thought he was gonna teach us how to lead/make singing sessions on sunday services more effective/personal. haha but it's ok..

so anyway. ipoh. food. sadly, i ate nothing nice. everything i ate sucked. everytime it's meal time, it's either we went to a sucky place cuz there's no locals to guide us, or some locals didn't know what's nice and so i ordered something that sucked. i lost hope in ipoh food.

so anyway! the conferences ended pretty fast and it was time to head home. before that, pastor took us for a lil joyride..showing us where they planted the ipoh taugeh, and brought us to his brother's to look at something they had...

the guy was a hunter. hunted the mum of 2 baby wildboars. so he brought home these 2 kids and it's been 3 years now. they were as big as i am! one named easter and one christmas. i'm supposing that's when they will be slaughtered! lol.

that's bout it! i'm looking forward to my next worship conference..this saturday! :) may i learn TONS!