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Name: Michelle Ruth Tong

Birthday: 3rd March

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To be a testimony of Christ and set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity (1 Tim. 4:12). Do whatever is true, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable, whatever is excellent and praiseworthy to God (Phili 4:8).



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Wednesday 21 December 2005
*.* Back from Ophir... *.*

I'm back from Ophir!
This trip was exciting. First time of my life I actually made my own toilet. It's mobile and first time hearing from people that from then on, toilet is everywhere, anywhere. The girls were giggling at first. Well, we had 2 guys to guard us, watching us at certain distance to make sure we are safe.

We reached Segemat at 2am and we slept at the bus interchange with our groundsheets. At 4am, we heard funny noises. We were all awaken by the stupid noise. We then realized the noise actually came from the cats. 2 cats were fighting in the middle of the night and screaming. They were very fierce and so bold that they ran around us. We then have to put ourselves to sleep again and woke up at 6.30am, getting ready for breakfast.

The climb finally began when we reached the gate. The walk to the foot of the mountain was a terror. It seemed so long and the road was rocky and there were too many steps. Our load were heavy, our shoulders ached, our legs were tired, we were physically tired. We finally reached checkpoint 4 where we camp there at 2pm. We were making great progress and we were on time. By the time we reached checkpoint 5 (empty handed), it started raining heavily. So heavy that we could not continue our climb and had to return back to campsite.

We were all disappointed but no choice because we cannot risk our life to do that. We went back campsite and had our lunch. We had lots of fellowship there. The spring water was super duper cold. That was our showering tub actually with the fishes and turtles. We did hot seat at night and news came that we could continue to climb and reach the summit if we start at 3am.

We all slept early in that 10-men tent, having to squeeze 14 people in there. I was almost kissing someone's feet then. Bad news came when it started raining at 1.30am. We were all disappointed. We woke up at 8, had breakfast, then packed our things and left the campsite at 10am. We took a train back and it was a 4 hour of polar bear journey.

I was disappointed that we didn't reach the summit, leaving me more determined to want to climb Mount Ophir again this time round aiming to reach the summit. I didn't leave the trip feeling frustrated or upset, in fact, I really enjoyed this trip. I like the company and that kind of fellowship we had. The care and helping hands for one another. It brings out the other side of others that I've not known.

Thank you people who went for this trip. You people are great! We all made it, no one gave up. I will remember the good times we had in this trip. =)

posted by Michelle at 00:08:00

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