Penang Odyssey [Part 1]

According to Church Bulletin Bil 37/08, there will be a trip to Penang in conjuction of 200th establishment of College General. Wow! That's great. Aunty Camelia said you must pay RM160 for the trip. Ok, it is cheap for me going to Penang 4 days 3 nights by paying RM160. Peluang jangan ditolak.

So, the day came. 29 Sept @ Monday. That morning, we woke up late. Gosh... My alarm cheated me. Sure left behind. After this gonna buy new one. In the midst of rush, I forget my tooth brush. Ceh... never mind la. Luckily, the bus still in church compound waiting for YB's (lambat datang) to board the bus. Sorry to everybody in the bus who patiently wait for us. As the bus start moving, we stopped at few destinations to pick up parishioners who join the trip. The 8hours journey started after the bus passed the Gambang Tol. I enjoyed the journey in dreamland. Zzzzz...

Our bus stopped at Temerloh R&R for breakfast. I just bought Dutch Lady Full Cream UHT Milk. Hope no melamine inside. After stopped in 1 hour, the journey continue towards Gombak. Boring la. So, I continue to sleep. I thinked they recited the Rosary prayer along the way.

Suddenly I felt the bus rocking. I woke up...Aiya... the tyre burst just below my seat. Now I know that I am quite heavy. We stranded at KM395.2 PLUS highway. Somewhere around tanjung malim. This was second time I stepped my feet on Perak ground. I saw the tyre partially damage. We wait about 1 hour 20 minutes to recover all the failures. To ease the tension, Mosses and his group entertained the passengers by singing PAKE TOME- TOME song plus the action. Atleast cool down the situation. .

pake tome tome pa pa...

See the operation of changing tyre and a bursting tyre.

We was stranded here....

After all the break down recovered, we praise the Lord cos we can continue our journey.

We passed by beautiful scenery of Ipoh limestone.

I as usual entered to my dreamland. Still 4 hours to go. We stopped at Tapah R&R for late lunch. As we arrive at Plaza Tol Sg. Juru, waaaa.... heavy traffic jam! Luckily the driver was not Billy or Dexter. We managed reach Penang Bridge after few minutes.

This was sweet memory for most of us when we across the bridge for the first time. All of us watched the sceneries through window although it was not clear due to heavy rain. So, our first destination in Penang was Church of Immaculate Conception, Pulau Tikus. We attented the healing mass. There, we met Bro Gregory. First word from his mouth, "iziau no" mean kau bah tu.. (common Kadazan conversation). We were happy to meet Bro. Greg here since he left Kuantan last year.

After the mass, we check-in in Good Hope Hotel, Jalan Kelawei. Nice hotel but... as we entered the room, I shocked because the door for bathroom a little bit transparent. Adoh... not privacy la... Hantam ja la said Gibson. Kita kan semua lelaki. Ok fine. I just nod my head.

Moses have a nice view to take a shoot of transparent door.That night, I slept well.

The endeavour continue in Part 2...

PRAISE AND WORSHIP CAMP

Still remember this banner...Yah? Come and worship Abba Father.

Last weekend, the CVSF had conducted the P&W camp with theme come and worship Abba Father. It was held at St. Thomas Church, Kuantan. The participants were mostly juniors.

We gathered at UMP bus stop at 6.30pm. Aiya where the bus??? Hilang ka? Captain Mosses was informed the bus was late from schedule. mmmmmmmmm.....

While waiting the bus, Mosses counted the heads for his meal later! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,... There were 27 participants from UMP. Hehehehehe... Several students from neighbouring campus also join make it 35 peoples.

satu, dua, tiga, ampat...

Unfortunately, big cloud approaching us. Few minutes later, heavy rain came. All were wet! God's cleaned us before we went to the camp. Then, bus arrived 30mins late from schedule. Ceh... Luckily I have enough fats to sustain heat inside my body. The rest of them? You better ask them.

peace...

As soon we arrived, we were treated by special dinner cooked by sisters from UMP. Nyam2... Pastok boleh masok list.

sedap till peace

can you see what that maroon shirt guy eat?


First session, the participants were introduce the meaning of praise and worship and the methodology of P&W by Miss Ermilya Grace. Then, few songs were sung with joyous feeling. Fantastic and bombastic.
All were divided into six groups. The task was easy. Lead the praise and worship session before every session on the next day. Before went to bed, all of us recite The Divine Mercy Prayer. For some of them, this was the first time. Learning by doing ba...


On the second day, more songs were introduce by Miss Ermilya Grace. She stressed about voice projection during praise and worship session. All groups had trial infront of Miss Ermilya. Acting like Paula Abdul for P&W audition. Then, the paticipants were intoduced to Taize prayer. Several chanting were chanted by Miss Ermilya. Mr. Billy came by explaning the history of Taize and why we pray through chanting.

ikut saya ok...

Solidarity Nite was held at the church tarmac to conclude the camp. The participants were required to do ugaga dance upon entering the arena.

The ritual was led by Pengulu Adat, Tuai Billy. Tuai Billy also led them to do tarian semangat of CVSF which revealed for the first time on that night. There were 2 big groups presented their sketches. Lots of moral values learned from theses sketches.

Best Actor nominee, Mosses Paul Anap

Taize prayer conducted after the Solidarity Nite inside the church. Miss Ermilya led chanting the psalm and chants of Taize.

Finally, Fr Father Eugene evaluated all participants abilities conducting praise & worship after Sunday Mass. Now, the real test just began. The real test of knowledge for the participants. So far father satisfy with the participants progress.

Overall, the camp achieved its objectives. Thanks for Miss Ermilya and her team, seniors from UMP who cooked for us. Souven and his team for the music. Not forget Fr. Eugene who observed this camp. May God bless you all.
The Music Team

Chefs from engineering faculty

I will miss this menu. Sweet & Sour Fried Pork

Bye...

Berkelah at BERKELAH

One afternoon, 6 boys with stomach full with char siew, have a conversation below.

Walter: Sa boring la ni. Ada plan ka ini petang?
Billy : apa oooo...
Denis : Kreta free sampe 5.30pm. kita ada 3jam lg ni/
Moses: ya la. sa pun xda keja ni. Boring
Dexter: (angguk kepala)
Billy: apa kata kita pegi BERKELAH. Sapa setuju angkat tangan dengan sudu.

Semua pun setuju sebab semua org exited mau tau apa itu BERKELAH. Tiba-tiba...
Edwin: Aiya, saya ada keja o. Tepa la. Lain kali saya join.


Semua pun rush balik dari Sedap Enak Restoran pegi kampus. Tepat 2.30pm, Denis dan kengkawan meluncur ke BERKELAH. Billy jadi navigator. Selepas 30mins, mereka pun sampe di BERKELAH. Ha... mau tau apa mereka jumpa. Gambar di bawah menjadi jejak mereka melihat ciptaan Tuhan.

They met small stream at the entrance. After walking 20mins, they found big waterfall.

Then, Denis led his gangs to the upper river. They found 3 more water falls. At the top of the waterfall, they can saw a beautiful scenery of Gambang area. Wow, so amazing. Now, they know that God creation so amazing.




Then they decided to bath at first waterfall. Too tired kot.

BERKELAH is a series of waterfall. The series consists of seven waterfalls. The waterfalls located 15km @ 30 minutes from UMP. Most popular waterfall is at stage 3 which look like swimming pool but you need to climb up 80 degree slope to reach there. Thus, most peoples like to enjoy only at stage 1. If you want to go there, contact any CVSF member. They will lead you the way.

See, Billy ready to jump into the water. See, the water look scary.

An intro of Catholic Varsity Student Fellowship, CVSF Kuantan

The Catholic Varsity Student Fellowship, CVSF was established since 2002. The pioneer students were from KUKTEM (Kolej Universiti Kejuruteraan & Teknologi Malaysia). Later joined by students from nearby campuses in Kuantan (POLISAS, Shahputra, KPM, UiTM). Slowly, the membership of CVSF increased each year. Since it was established, CVSF was led by 5 presidents. Current "captain" is Mosses Paul Anap, electrical student from UMP.

So, get to know the CVSF much deeper? Join us in our gathering every week at St. Thomas Church, Kuantan after Sunday Mass.

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What is your planning for Raya holiday????
Still blurr???? Boring? PSM?

Or nothing to do?
Hey, there are something I wana tell you about.

The CVSF has a good programme for you this coming holiday. Free your mind with...

THE PRAISE & WORSHIP CAMP 2008

The objectives of this camp are:
1. the participants will learn how to lead P&W session.
2. learn P&W songs
3. study the actual concept of P&W.

So, what are you waiting for? Come and join.
Sure you will be happy like them.

See you there...

Vocation Camp @ VoC

Hello there. (",) I'm here.

The notice in church bulletin

When people talk about VOCATION CAMP, what is our first impression? Many thought it is for those who are wanna become religious. I still remember when I was a kid, I wanna become a priest. Life of a priest look simple yet respected by all peoples. Some of my girlfriends also dreamed wanna become a nun. Few years back, I had attended a vocation camp in my hometown parish. It was all abouts how to know whether you are suits to enter religious life. Do it same with this Kuantan vocation camp? Aiya...

Vocation Camp???

So, what do you think? Is it attending the VoC will inspired you to become a priest? Or a nun? That was happen last Saturday when 12 children of God respond to a call. A call to serve His universal church.

The VoC was organised by St. Thomas Church. Rev. Fr. Eugene himself conducted the VoC from the beginning till the end. Seven varsity students attended this camp together with single adults in the parish.

The main objectives of the VoC was to promote discipleship among participants. My first impression already corrected by Fr. Eugene when he explained the objectives of the camp. The VoC began by "breaking fast" at the community centre balcony.

Some words from Fr. Eugene

Breaking fast @ Dinner

During the first session, Fr Eugene talked about relationship with God.

He guided us to reflect our daily life and connect it with spiritual life. Fr. Eugene also showed us the video about the life of Catholic arround the world. Then, we also had 20mins of silent to think deeper about our relationship with God. During this session, I was thinking a famous song back in my hometown; "Biar ku menjadi lilin".

"Biar ku menjadi lilin. Memberikan cahaya..."

We also had the opporturnity to see the relics of martyrs from Vietnam and Korea which was about 100 years old! The relics were came from College General, Penang. All the martyrs was executed for their faith in Christ. They did not want to renounce their faith when the authority ordered to do so.

The Relics of Martyrs

Collections of blood inside the envelopes

Bones of the martyrs

So far the VoC had inspired the participants to involve more actively in church. Most of them happy to meet new friends. Some of them exchange numbers. The camp ended around 3.30pm on Sunday evening. All faces were fresh as green apples at Giant supermarket after the camp end.

See some of their actions; aisehmen.

Smile to me...

Lepak wif me?

Reading news.

Mobile guy.

Love her red bag so much.

Very big boss.

Before we depart from church, again we snap photo with Father. We were very happy and thanked God bacause giving us chance to attend this camp. Thanked also to Father Eugene for the inputs during this camp.

By next Vocation Camp, I hope many will turn up answering God's calling to serve in His church.



Amen.