5 days 4 nights at Buddhist Children Camp, Day 1

Where have I been in those 5 days 4 nights? Well I'm here to tell you. I went to the 17th Buddhist Children Camp which was located at Butterworth,Penang. Hold your thoughts, this may be a children camp, but it is 60% fun, 40% learning about Buddhism by fun. So how was it? I'll tell you by writing a diary about you know, up there, and enjoy.





The reason I write one day by one is because if i write all together, its gonna take too long.

Note: Buddhism is not a religion, it is a type of education, many people have mistaken. And also the feelings is the feelings that day OK?

Day 1

I had wished I never came. Now my brother can have all the fun at home, including sleep. I have to wake up at 7:45, cause of this camp, my brother can sleep 12 hours a day. After eating breakfast(Wait, I didn't eat anything), I went to the camp at 8:00(don't ask why). When I went there, I think I was a bit early. After getting my name tag, checking my luggage and putting my luggage, I went to the air-conditioned hall and listen to the worker's speeches, about the rules and legacy there, then began to make some things for our team. First we started with song, and it goes like this.

一二三四五六七，

菩提菩提一定行。

加油加油加加油。

爱的鼓励，啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪啪。

Can't read? Want me to translate? If it is translated it wouldn't rhyme and have the same beat. So I think I'll skip that, sorry.

If you can read, great! A bit childish isn't it? But that's the best you can do if you only got 600 second, a.k.a. 10 minutes.

We went to lunch. All veges. Even the meat was made out of veges, but it still tastes good.

Then we started the flag, and I didn't get to do anything. Neither planning nor painting. It was done in 30 minutes, and we only had 30 minutes. Guess they can do it without me. It's not good. I feel sorry for the flag. But if we compared it to the others it's quite good.

Then the leader. First we chose a tall guy, but he rejected, so we have to choose a boy named Ling Yong Yu.

The team is done. then we played some games. the games to know each other. I have to say it's kind of fun. So maybe coming here isn't such a bad thing after all. Now I know some names of my teammate. And to be honest, I am the youngest there. it's not very fun i tell you. Then I guess nobody would know if I didn't tell them, and I didn't. Its not fun when someone picks on you, so i kept my age a secret, like girls keep their weight a secret.

Now we have to learn how to pray Buddha, which took 1hour. I have now learned how to do it, in 1 day!!7:30 is time for dinner. We ate veges again, now we have to pray, then we ate.

After that we wrote our diary there (we have to) and write letters to our mate. Mate? OK. It is like this. You draw a card blindfolded, and you have to write a letter for her(boy gets girls. girls get boys). And you musn't let her know who you are. And other people will write a letter for you about how's your day and all that stuff.

After playing some games, we went to bed at 12:00.