The Vacation

In Dec 06, my church organised a musical entitled "The Vacation", some time before Christmas. It comprised of 2 musicals & 1 narrative story. Initially, I volunteered as a bouncer, but my scaring services weren't needed. Hahaha!

Instead, I was in charge of lighting, spotlights to be specific. It was a funny & tiring experience because we had to make do with what little we had. Standing on a plastic chair with the power unit hung around my neck by raffia string and with coloured filters in a plastic bag, I manually navigated the spotlights to focus light onto the actors/actresses.

Enough bout me. The play went very well, in fact the play was entertaining to watch even after I've seen & heard the actors/actresses recite their lines for countless times during rehearsals. The large crowd was quite beyond my expectations too, despite the rain & traffic on both nights, there were still so many around. Let's hope the audience received something meaningful from the stories. I was quite tired after all the standing & inconspicuous navigating of spotlights. But it was worth every bit of it to see the fun & joy in the eyes of everyone involved.

I believe there was a cheeful applause in heaven on those nights. In the end, it was a very successful musical for our little church and I'm looking forward to what's planned for this year.

Discovery Days

Quite a number of events has come and gone during my blogging absence. Here's one from Nov 06:

Matthew volunteered in CBC's Discovery Days children's camp. It was a two day camp, but I only managed to help out on the 2nd day, Saturday, when the kids went to Zoo Negara. I've not been to the zoo since the night safari a few years back. Not too much has changed though. Truthfully, I thought I was gonna be terrible with the kids but it actually turned out fine. They were quite controllable (emphasis on QUITE) and it was a great & fun time at the zoo. It was such a funny time after we got back from the zoo to church. The kids were enjoying all the dancing, mad scientist, clown act, and etc. I myself enjoyed the acts too! Hahaha!

I was pretty tired after the whole day out but truly, it was worth it. In fact, after all that, my only regret was missing the previous day's events! Never thought I'd say this but I think I might consider lending a helping hand in the children's ministry one day.