Bukit Tinggi Weekend

Last weekend was Bukit Tinggi with the mission trip gang. Nice place. There was much fun, laughter and relaxation in a refreshing environment. But most of all, the trip was very educational, filled with great opportunities to improve one’s knowledge. What did I learn?

1. Szu Li is good with quizzes.
2. Kat can stay on the phone for a long time.
3. Chris has lots of friends in Bukit Tinggi, though I would think that most of them came (and they came in the hundreds!) because they were attracted to the light rather than to visit him.
4. Joash can maneuver a four-wheel drive with expert ease… and he sweats a lot.
5. Jane’nette is very proud of her boyfriend and will jump at every opportunity to show him off to others, thus making other girls around green with envy and all the other guys around suffer from low self esteem.
6. There IS such a thing as beginner’s luck – Su Chen proved it twice.
7. Houston is NOT a state in America (a painful lesson though it was).
8. Gender equality is selective – it only applies when those who are endowed with estrogen producing glands are the ones reaping the benefits.
9. The statement that men are in nature more competitive compared to women (who are more cooperative) is false. When it comes to the battle of the sexes (or in any game in which women go up against men), women can be treacherously competitive.
10. The word ‘formication’ exists, even though Microsoft Word dictionary does not recognize it. And it has nothing to do with sexual immorality.
11. Bugs are your friends (especially big ones with weird looking horns on their heads).
12. Pelting someone with ping-pong balls can be an exhilarating experience.
13. If you are playing a game in which you have to pick up ping-pong balls that have been thrown at you, make sure you sit near the wall and that there are no stacks of furniture behind you.
14. Having nicknames like gonorrhea and syphilis after learning these terms in Human Development is NOT cool.
15. A ‘hooker’ is something that you use to hang clothes in the bathroom.