Anyways!
Been away from Brunei for 5 days, on account of the LIKAS Truth or Dare Conference, and it was the first time yours truly has ever set foot in Sabah, let alone Kota Kinabalu itself. The bus ride was... Interesting, for the most part. Hehe. There was a bump or two along the road, but thank the Lord nothing bad really happened. The traffic sort of slowed us down, but again, we got to the condotel in one piece. I'm still doubting whether that's an actual word or not, but owh well. HAHA. Neways; was assigned a room with the sister and the female Puspasanan, along with the young couples and their adorable, yet loud kids. O=) This in turn sort of made us not make so much noise, so it was a pretty quiet apartment during our stay there, all in all. Not that we got to see it much except for the mornings and brief afternoon showers and when we were too exhausted to do anything but sleep at night.
The days consisted of waking up early for breakfast, rehearsals and just getting familiar with the layout of the venue for the concert and the talent show, although things sort of didn't go according to plan and crashing late at night after debriefings and such.
Anyways; the stage was pretty cool, I'd admit. Lights of every colour and the thumping of the bass just made it all the more intoxicating. But like I said, things didn't really happen the way we planned.
The weather was horrible on the evening of the concert; it was literally as if the gates of heaven were open and letting down torrents of rain from above. We prayed fervently, but God probably had other plans, and so the concert was moved indoors, and they who didn't know Him had their first opportunity to enter His house for the very first time, which was pretty cool.
Something else that happened was that our set got abruptly cut, and admittedly we were upset; 6 weeks of hard work had seemingly gone to waste. But in retrospect, it actually fit well with the program for the night. The youths came to know the love of Jesus, and some gave their lives over to Christ during the impromptu change in plans, and that was what we came there for in the first place.
Didn't mean we'd let six weeks of practice go to waste though. ;)
The next night was more.. Tense, for some reason. But everything went well this time; we managed to utilize the outdoor stage, and all its flashy lights, which made everyone felt sort of giddy and sakai. Hehe. The talent show featured some great performances by the local youth, and it sort of made me crave for a good old GMB rockout session. HAHA! We also got to perform the rest of our set before the results were revealed, and yes, I messed up the intro chords badly. =S HAHA. My brain sort of zoned out on me from exhaustion and, yeah. Hehe. (A) Apparently no one heard it though, so it's all good. Mehe.
The rest of trip was filled with meals, a few shopping sessions (unsatisfying, but just enough), and swimming (for some) and gym-ing (for others) and naps (for the rest). Hehe. I had Burger King for the first time ever! HAHA. It's good, yes. I thought the burgers were bigger; as in, the normal ones. =P But it was delicious and satisfying enough. =D Now, Subway next! HAHA.
The bus ride home was smoother; lesser stops as well. We only stopped in Limbang for lunch, and I remember why I prefer Sugar Bun compared to KFC there. Heh. Other than that, the journey home was alright. Slept some of the way, tried to during the rest but failed. Ah well.
Finally touched down at St. Andrew's Cathedral (I mean, Church *snickers*) at about 5pm in the afternoon and again, it's good to be back.
No comments:
Post a Comment