There's always gonna be an uphill battle.

Monday, June 15, 2009, 10:33 PM

Yo guys!
I am back from China/Teen IDOL camp!
Both rocked! Like, totally?! Ok cool.

China will take a long time to blog about because I had simply so much fun. So, I guess I'll have to talk about the Teen IDOL camp first!

First day:

Met up with the girls (Amanda, Danielle, Huishi and Shaina) and was pretty comforted to find out amanda and huishi couldn go for the movie too! YAY! Ok I sound so evil but at least I know I'm not the only one who missed out the fun! Ok anyway, we talked for a while, then the bus came. It was the usual check in and stuff at the camp, zhiqi gave me a warm welcome(I would have done that too! Imagine being the only boy there!). OK then we settled down, daryl came soon after, then we started our first lesson by Pastor Lily. I think the greatest thing i learnt in that lesson is having TEA with the Lord! :D Time, Effort and Affection. Guess these will be the main directions for the every great step with the Lord!

Ok thereafter, we had mass games. I chose archery and was pretty lonely, as there was nobody with me! )': I tried the bow. It's pretty user-friendly but I'm a guy with below average strength(I think...?) and bad accuracy. So both my shots landed on the ground, not even managing to bury themselves in it, but falling pathetically onto their side. HAHA. I'm so so so not Robin Hood ok?

Oh and then lesson 2 was about standing firm against the lies of the world and stuff. Anyway, we were brought out onto the soccer court(COURT! NOT FIELD! TAKE NOTE!), and blindfolded. Then we were blindfolded, and two instructions given to us. 1.) Listen only to a familiar voice. 2.) Don't talk to strangers.

Well of course that was all erased momentarily when we were blinded. AHA! That was when the fun part came! Daryl and Zhiqi wanted to be together, so they ditched me to enter the maze alone(So bad right?). Ah, but nevermind, I came out of it first! Anyway, inside the maze, it's like there were people all around telling me to give up and enticing me with all the stuff like biscuits and mocking me for being the last in the arena. Anyway, I just replied that I didnt mind and I just recovered from a bad ulcer so biscuits were definitely a no-no(It's true! :P) Anyway Daryl and Zhiqi were so funny! It's like they were going around in circles and everyone could hear them speaking!

Conversation of the day - Zhiqi: Lead leh!
Daryl: U lead la!

And they were like this the whole time going round and round, with Daryl calling out "Qi!" occasionally. HAHA! Oh yeah, then when I reached the end of the maze I was asked to open my mouth. I obeyed and in went a juicy sweet grape! Mmm, mmm! Daryl was so scared to do so, so he kept saying: "I dont want! I dont want!" haha, first impression was, like a baby. Then when we opened the blindfolds, Nathania saw me and went: " Hi Mattheus!" I was "Oh hi!" hahaha.

Then at 11pm we watched camp rock. Demi Lovato's voice is quite nice! Studio version. I watched her live version. not that nice... :( Nevermind that! Oh i gotta go! Blog another time!

Anyway song of today is the song by Demi, This Is Me. Enjoy!

I've always been the kind of girl
That hid my face
So afraid to tell the world
What I've got to say
But I have this dream right inside of me
I'm gonna let it show
It's time to let you know
To let you know

This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

Do you know what it's like
To feel so in the dark
To dream about a life
Where you're the shining star
Even though it seems
Like it's too far away
I've have to believe in myself
It's the only way

This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine one me
Now I've found, who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
I need to find you I gotta find you
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
I need to find you
I gotta find you

This is real, this is me
I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be now
Gonna let the light shine on me
Now I've found, who I am
There is no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
(This is me This is me Yeah) You're the voice I hear inside my head
The reason that I'm singing
You're the missing piece I need
The song inside of me
Now I've found Who I am
There's no way to hold it in
No more hiding who I wanna be
This is me

Lyrics Courtesy Of: http://www.metrolyrics.com/this-is-me-lyrics-demi-lovato-joe-jonas.html