Last week we were in Dehradun. Our parents were there, speaking at conferences and Connor and I were in some kid's camp there. It was pretty good. It was nice, because the weather was cooler, because we were in the mountains. The nights were cold the days weren't as hot as they are in Delhi, so quite enjoyable! There were volunteers helping the kids from Hong Kong. They were pretty awesome. Unfortunately their English was not the greatest, but that made it all the more funnier! hahaha. It was pretty great, because whenever they said "play" it sounded a lot like "pray". So, when they said it we were like all bowing our heads and stuff...then it's like ohhhh...This is awkword. you said play....not pray. Why would you say pray anyways? Hahaha. So, yes it was really funny. I enjoyed it a lot actually.
There was a teacher there that led our Bible study. It was okay...not the best. I mean, honestly. Some of the assignments were like trying to experience God's creation and stuff. One time our assignment was to look at clouds and stuff, but the day he chose it there were like no clouds. So it was like oh..okay....now what? hahahaha. It was kind of awkword, but whatever.
There was also a teacher named Philip. He was awesome and super good at the guitar. He led worship while we were there. He taught us how to read music. like notes or whatever...What are they called? The little things that have a line and then a dot at the bottomm. Sometimes they are connected. Do you know what I mean? If you don't...go on skype (if you have it) and look at all the motions there...I mean smiley faces and stuff. I'm pretty sure they show the music notes as a motion there. Anyways, it was pretty awesome, but hard for me. I was like AH I DONT UNDERSTAND THIS!a;lsfkjas;lfj....I survived though. Whatever doesn't kill you...makes you stronger. I finally understood it...a little. Anyways, we had to write songs. Mine was pretty lame so don't go asking me to sing it. Connor's was awesome thouogh...so next time you see him go bug him about it. hahaha.
Also Philip taught us clapping. Sounds lame, I know, but it was pretty awesome. We read the notes and we had to like clap when we saw them. So, at the end of the week we had a preformance where we, like yeah...clapped, slapped our thighs(WEIRD), beat our chests, stomped one foot, and jumped. It sounded okay though...wasn't that bad.
The last class we did was my favorite. Kung Fu. Let me say that again...
Kung Fu...
Wow, what an amazing class. Our teacher for that was Crystal. She was hilarious. She was also very flexible, which is of course why she teaches us Kung Fu. We learned this whole routine. It may look easy, but it was actually very very hard. After the first day of Kung Fu our thighs hurt bad. Before we did Kung Fu she would make us do stretches...She could kick her leg up in the air and like hit her hand. It was freaking awesome. It was a hard class, but I enjoyed it A LOT. One of the funniest things about this class is what we had to wear.
In the picture you can see some really weird pants that actually felt pretty nice...and a tight shirt. I'm not sure if you can see it in the picture...buuuttt....it was see-through and tight. Which made it all the more awkword. We had to wear it everytime we were about to do Kung Fu. It made me laugh so much. Everytime I wore I just laughed my head off. It was HILARIOUS. They also gave us a belt which you can see in the picture. Another awesome thing about Kung Fu was doing it at sun down. It looked really cool, because we were on a mountain when we did it. We were on this high place where you could like see the sun and then us doing Kung Fu...it was amazing. It's hard to describe, but it was really awesome.
Here is a FREAKIN' AMAZING PICTURE OF ME JUMP-KICKING...AHHH SICK! I'm pretty sure I'm going to make this my profile pic on facebook! hahaha. BEAST
The food at the camp, was pretty good. You know the usual...bread, rice, something to put on rice...maybe chicken? Yeah. At the camp there was also a person from Bolivia. It was like wow. This is so random. So, we met him and spoke Spanish and a little Quechua and stuff. It was pretty funny. He was a nice guy. Another great thing about the camp was that there was a ping pong table. Connor and I were liek yay cause we brought our paddles knowing there was one there. We had some nice games...don't tell anyone, but Connor won most of them. Sad day. I know. Hahah. But yes! It was quite fun.
We played a lot of fun games there and things like that, but on the second to last day we did something very special. We had a banquet. It was quite fun. Everyone loaded on a bus and went to this nice hotel higher up the moutain we were on. It was great! They had bowling and everything else you can imagine. Instead of bowling though I played a gentleman's sport. Croquet. It was pretty fun actually. I lost croquet, but I had a lot of fun.
The hotel was very pretty and it had some good views of the mountain. After everyone was finished bowling and doing whatever, we went into one of the rooms they had prepared to eat food. Before we ate we played some games, like two truths and a lie and this one game where the westenerers would listen to a Chinese idiom and then try to guess what it means. The Chinese would have to do the same with the English idioms. The food was delilicious. They had bread, soup, meat, and everything else in between. After the meal the guy from Bolivia played the offical Bolivian instrument. It's sorta like a flute, but a ton different. It was pretty neat.
After everything was over we went back on the bus, by this time it was night. Crystal and I were in the very back of the bus. Also Crystal and I get motion-sick so I have no idea why we were back there, but we were. So, most of the way down I wasn't feeling so good, but I made it. Crystal didn't look so good either. It was like umm...why are we back here? ohwell...hahaha.
Then the last day we did the final performance for the other people at the camp. We did our Kung Fu moves and showed them our clapping performance. Lucky, I did not have to sing my song to them. Hahahahhaa.
Check out the rest of my pictures below! Just click the picture of the flowers. haha. It should work.
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| Dehradun 2010 |
I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed being at the camp!
Lonestar
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