Teh Weekend

My very FIRST interview of the summer (where the company actually called me; job fairs don't count). So all in all, I overreacted to the whole situation (as always) and was more nervous that I needed to be. I tried out a new dim sum place at Aberdeen called Fishman's something... The place was nice but the path to the washroom was strange. You had to leave the restaurant's back door, go down this long mall corridor, open a door, turn, walk down another corridor and then reach the washroom. But anyways, my anxiety prevented me from eating much too. After lunch, I headed to Daiso and talked to a cashier lady who didn't know English really well.. D: So whatever, I arrived, filled out a written application and then other interview people started comin' in as well. Surprisingly we had a GROUP interview (to my relief, yey!)... They were all full time students and had no work experience whatsoever. So surprisingly AGAIN, I seemed to shine the brightest out of all of them... and I knew Japanese and they LIKE THAT, eheheh *thumbs up* All that wasn't well somehow ended well... for now.



We rushed home and I did last minute packing for the weekend outing (aka. Summer Conference) at Abbosford. We (the family, minus the brother) got there after a 1 1/2 or so drive, got our keys and we headed to our seperate rooms. I ended up sharing a room with Jackie whom I didn't know well (every year I share with someone I dunno anyways.. D:) and had a room on the "older kids" side (opposite from my same-age-group side). Meh. The room was nicely furnished, lots of room with really interesting washrooms, more on those later. First thing on the schedule was dinner! Everyone gradually made their way to the cafeteria which was disappointingly small. We had mashed potatos the first night. It was pretty good 'cept there was no GRAVY. After food, the chinese and engrish congregation had our "joint" opening at the chapel. The benches were... bouncy. After that we had our first 'Main Talk' in the English side's cool room and we found out more about our v. cool speaker, John Waind, who shared his really sad but inspiring life stories. We continued his topic at our Bedside Fellowship and then finally moved onto GAME TIME! We played that game where one person's in the middle and called out a fact about themselves and if it applies to a person sitting on a chair has to get up and move to another chair (what is the name of that game anyways?).. After that we played Knight-Rider-Princess. I think Jacky and Bernard won. We soon realized the time and quickly rushed back to our sleeping quarters before they lock us out but we learned how to go around that though. The eagar beavers went to the gym after midnight while Rose, Tiff and etc hung around the lounge for a while. We talked about randomness and soon I left to shower. I accidentally got the bathroom floors all wet (forgot to put the shower curtains INSIDE the bathtub and.. yeah.. :p). When I returned to the lounge, they were all GONE so meh, I return to my room and sat on the bed to let my hair dry while listening to music. Jackie rolled around in bed and tried to sleep. I gave up on waiting for my hair to dry so I went straight to bed.



I woke up with some crazy bed head. Jackie left in the middle of the night because she noticed her allergies were getting worse. Gloomy morning. We had breakfast, it made me really sick. I got some medicine from my mom and lied in my room for the next 2 hours and missed the second Talk. I woke up just in-time for the workshop though. I felt better... still not as good, but better nonetheless. The workshop speaker, Brenton Dickieson, was also REALLY cool. After the first workshop, it was lunch. Man, the sun came out and we all began dying... After lunch we had a break were we screwed around in the TV and recreation rooms. We had the second workshop and then more free time in the afternoon. I hung in Rose's room for a bit before Rose, Tiff and me went to the English congregation room where we played and used the band equipment. We lost of track of time and ran to have dinner. The cafeteria was so packed, we ate outside in the garden instead while the little kids ran around killing the poor, innocent ants. Main Talk #3 was afterwards, followed by bedside fellowship again. Then once again came Game Time. This time, we were told to make a skit using a theme given and the props provided. We were split into 4 teams and made some pretty damn good, hilarious skits. Everyone disappeared afterwards, the majority at the gym again while the other half... ? So, not knowing where everyone was I decided to sleep instead. And it just so happens the younger kids were playing MAFIA in the lounge! Uguu so I missed it.



The next morning, the potato cubes for breakfast were good. We had our last Workshop and Main Talk then we all went to pack up. Lunch came soon after which surprisingly featured lasagna. Then it was sharing time where we'd go around the circle and share what we liked/disliked, reflections, etc about the conference. When it came to my turn, I couldn't talk and just cried. I felt so pathetic afterwards. But anyways, I wanted to say how much the theme of the conference this year, Crossroads, really reflected off this stage of my life. It was strange.... as if I prayed for the past 3 months and instead He makes me wait those months to get my answer at this conference instead. And no, not all my questions and concerns were answered or solved, but instead it gave me courage to keep going, especially after the survival stories told by the speakers. My problems are so insignificant compared to theirs though...



Anyways, a few other things: I noticed someone used my toothpaste (probably my neighbour -- we share the bathroom), my towel disappeared on the second night and I found it in my neighbour's room but I didn't say anything and just mentioned it disappeared and so they returned it, the toilet within the washroom had its own stall, the public washrooms outside had hygenic necessities (cool XD), I brought my digicam and didn't use it, ahem, パトリックという人が私の事が好きみたいので、いつも私をつけていて変な質問を聞いてて…彼の顔はほうかの人よりチョだせーしっ！　そうさぁ、あたしが元から「ダメっ！来ないでバケモノメェ！」っての信号もよく示したのに…なぁんでぇ？！ げっ　気持ち悪い…　(´Д｀;)　and so ended my weekend trip.



I wonder what's next....