ok i'm nt gonna be crazy n blog abt the whole entire retreat... dun hv tt much tym to do tt.. tho i wld love to... but by den this post wld hv lost its meaning.. shall jus post my take away on each session ok not all but those tt i hv things to say.. but onli focusing on one particular session.. yep..

Session 1: outside in

what: we wrote wht we think we are to others our "exterior" on d outline of our palms (draw on pp duh). moving in, we wrote our personal qualities.. and in d centre [a circle]. we wrote wht we think is our real inner self.. cut out d palm paste on our backs allowed others to write wht they think of us.. picked a bible verse at random n wrote in d circle.
take away: for me wht i wrote and wht others wrote of me were totally different.. onli 1 was same.. den as i continued to compare wht i wrote w wht others wrote i realised wht i wrote had more bad pts abt myself than gd... mb im jus too pessimistic.. i focus too much on my weakness than my strengths... hmm.. wht do u think....? "You are precious and honoured in my sight... I love you..." -Is 43:4

Session2:

what: started w those illusion pictures.. u noe.. those pics w hidden pics.. hiyah whtever u call it i dun care.. den moved on to watch a video abt a father and son team in a triathelon...
take away: frm the first part of the session.. in life, we tend to look onli on the surface of things.. we hardly look deeper.. but actualli if we put in the effort to look deeper into d smaller picture, we can see a bigger picture... its jus d same with life.. we look at life on its surface... we bcum v superficial and materialistic.. hv we stopped to look at d deeper meaning of life? nt rly rite? we are jus so caught up w activities everyday we hardly pause to reflect on wht is it tt we're rly doing.. the meaning of life.. wht is it.. do we know? will we ever noe? wht is our purpose on earth..? y did God create us...? wht is our mission? has anyone ever wondered these days..? ive been so caught up w studying fr prelims.. ok nt only prelims.. but i even left choir in d beginning of this yr to focus on studies.. n nw gonna get caught up studying fr alvls... but these studying.... i rly ask myself.. y am i studying so much.. wht fr.. jus to get a gd job in future.. is tt rly my purpose in life.. y am i nt happy studyin.. whn i die nxt tym i also dun need the info i study to get into Heaven wht.. nt lyk dere's written examination on wht ive studied on earth.. i jus feel tt dere's smth missing in my life.. life has lost its purpose for me.. lyk super meaningless.. i muz go find back my meaning in life.. but will i make tym fr it......?
frm second part of the session.. fr me, the handicapped son is lyk all of us, sinners.. and the father is God.. for a handicapped person, completing a triathelon is very much impossible.. but for the son in d video, his father made it possible..! let's say the triathelon is our life journey.. we are running d race of life.. we hv to complete it no matter what.. but life is not smooth sailing as u all noe it.. but with God, all things are possible.. God is lyk the father in d video coz He's always dere helping us to reach our "goal" to finish the race of our lives no matter wht the cost may be.. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -Phil 4:13

Session3:

what: water balloon game.. aim: to bring water balloon safely across.. pairs toss balloon to each other frm one end to other.. each light stick 20pts..
take away: frm wht i saw of d game, abt 9 out of 10 pairs picked up d light sticks on d way.. whn d main aim was jus to get d balloon safely across.. in life its jus d same.. we hv a purpose in life.. but along d way, we hv many things tt distract us [the light sticks]..and often than nvr, we allow those distractions steer us away frm our goals.. we take a longer tym than usual to achieve our goal.. but paying attn to those distractions.. is it worth? is dere even tt need to?

Session4: Reconciliation

take away: anxiety... instant results.. dere's no such thing as instant is dere? doubts.. God has His way of doing things and He'll do it in due time. we hv to wait patiently instead of demanding...

Session6:

what: each person a piece of pp to write 5 dreams.. aftrwhich we are supposed to piece all 156 pieces of pp tghr to form a pic..
take away: we took approx an hr to piece everything tghr.. at first nt knowing wht d pic is supposed to be.. we were all doing our own things.. trying to form a big pic in small separate grps.. which obviously didnt work.. we had to move as a team.. initially we did nt hv d pic to guide us along.. but once d pic was flashed, we had a direction, all we needed was to piece d pieces tghr.. very true in life... its lyk tt isnt it.. our life is lyk the big picture tt we're supposed to piece tghr.. however we do not hv d big picture to guide us, so we move ahead rather aimlessly.. nt knowing wht to do, which piece fits in whr.......
our masterpiece of last year's retreat...