day 3, 4, 5...

yeah, i haven't been able to get internet access for quite a while... so shall try to cram what i can into this blog =)

day 3:

after visiting the keynote office, jen had a load of errands to run, so she dropped me off at carmel town, and i spent about three hours just wandering round the streets...

i had a yummy and quite cheap sandwich (US$4.50) at jim jones. took LOADS of pics of the quaint little streets and shop fronts and flower pots and road signs... and i got a pretty green and purple retro skirt (70% off!!!) from the Loft. hee... i think it's so pretty!!!

anyways.. then i was really really sleepy... so after jen picked me up at 330, i just went back and slept until 6plus. when she came to wake me cos it was dinner time =) so sweet, she and the other gals in the house had whipped up a feast while i was sleeping. gourmet sausage and sauteed green french beans and rice with cajun spices. mmmm... yumm =b

after that yummy meal, the gals went to their rooms cos they had various stuff they needed to do... so i went to see their bulging dvd shelves... hee... and i decided to watch princess diaries 2 (since i watched the first one at the andersons) heh... it's a really sweet show. i know most people dun like this kind of soppy/sappy romances, but i just love them. i mean, movies are supposed to transport you into another world right? and nothing does it better and more satisfyingly than sappy romances =)

that night i couldn't sleep much again. sigh. i got so frustrated at one point i started crying a bit... haiz... so silly of me... but in the end thank God i managed to catch about 2 hours of sleep before dawn...

day 4:

we had to wake up really early cos the bus was scheduled to leave the keynote office at 7am. heh... it was a really overwhelming to suddenly see so many new faces and names and kids. so i think i was like really shy for a while. took me about a day to really warm up and talk more... =b tee hee

they are really nice people though. just that i dun get some of the jokes and sometimes they dun understand me, maybe cos of the singaporean accent. and it's quite an effort to skip out all the singlish. haha... in fact i feel like i began to speak in a cross-breed accent when i talk to them! like half singporean, half american =b

it was cool to see the fields and rows and rows of corn. later, as we entered kansas, the terrain became a lot flatter and more hay fields, with all those rolls of hay. u know, like those that were used in the amazing race??? =) heh heh... it was cool to see those! and cows (and smell their manure) and piggies and horses too!

heh... but after the while, it was tiring to just look out of the window, so i did some WORK. heh... i did publicity stuff for our new band, as well as thought up various concepts for the new acapella band that we are planning for the Christmas season =)

at night, roomed at Day Inn with jen and denise. denise actually knows most of the forerunner staff, cos she came to singapore a few years back to conduct summer project training. heh... she told me a few juicy tidbits about the couples in FR too. heh heh heh... *grinz*

praise God! i slept 5 hours that night!!!

day 5:

we woke up early and continued our journey to colorado. along the way, there were so many toll gates! and hill after hill... in fact, our poor bus stalled quite a few times. cos it's quite an old bugger... but trusty and familiar to the keynoters (kinda like our FR van =b)

had lunch at wendy's. i was feeling quite full from all that sitting so i just had a salad. heh. then on with the journey... but by now it was getting kinda tiring and dizzying cos of the altitude and the jerkiness of the bus as it went up the hills. so i felt pretty icky... but it was a welcome distraction to talk to kirsten, another staff, about my decision to accept Christ, and how i had come to know about FR. =)

haven't had the chance to share my pre-new-staff jitters with anyone here yet though... sigh... it's really scary sometimes. esp those nights when i can't sleep... somehow i will just lie in bed and think of what's ahead and will feel really scared about the future and have to just ask God to please help me to trust Him and to be filled with His peace.

hmmm...

well arrived here safely at about 4pm, and i'm rooming with the singapore crusade campus staff at a sorority house. it's a really pretty house, and the toilets are very well equipped =) hee... only frustration is the rooms are really hot. and there's no air con here... so... shall take come getting used to!

i'll be helping out in the logistics team for keynote over the conference period. it's a new role for me, so i'm excited to be learning more from pam gaither, the staff in charge. i'll also be spending time with the andersons =) heh... they've so kindly offered to chauffeur me and joy ard to sightsee and shop =) cool!

k i'm gg off to zzz soon... love and miss u all...