The Other Earth

Remember this:

Should you ever despair of life so much that you want to die, you have the means at hand and yearn to end your life, you have written a suicide note to those you will leave behind and you are prepared to die...at that moment, stop.

Get a pair of scissors. Cut away at the note until you end up with a piece of paper in the shape of a key. Go to a door, any one will do. Push the paper key forward and turn your hand as if unlocking an imaginary lock.

The lock is real. Open the door. There you will find it. The other Earth. The one that awaits to replace this one when it dies. That death is inevitable, but in the meantime the other Earth will belong to you.

Be warned: the other Earth is very different from this one.

Sunday:

Mary and I arrived quite early in the morning, when the meeting was supposed to start an hour later. After setting my bed and all, we started the meeting, spending the morning laughing, teasing, and worrying over some kids’ mischief and troubles.

After the kids' arrival, they went to the pool for swimming tests to see who can swim and who can't. Typical for a first day, of course, I didn't take any pictures of the Campfire that night (too bored out of my mind).

Now the camp had certain trends and themes that were hilarious. This year, we made fun of Twilight. YES, YOU HEARD ME. TWILIGHT. My superior counselor played Bella and she played it WELL. Jake wore a raggy long wig, ew, and Jacob had... a Super-Saiyan-hair wig. No reason why the consolers played Twilight, I assumed it was for mocking. At one moment, near the end of the week, Van Helsing showed up and 'killed' Edward and Jake. xD Wished I could've took pictures of that!

Secondly, four counselors played video game characters to celebrate whoever that did well and did bad to each other. Mario and Luigi rewarded the good guys while Link and Raiden from Mortal Kombat (I think!) scolded the bad guys. Raiden rocked the best because he stayed in 8-bit character, moving only in two 'frames'; i.e. the waiting posture.

Monday:

Instead of the three clubs to join and play (that stopped doing it on Monday since last year), we have a long active day. We went down to the lake (the upward hike was ALWAYS dreading with its muddy steepness), did some canoes and swimming. I LOVED canoeing, glad I was still strong enough to paddle. ♥

Did some rope/teamworking games and stuff.

Tuesday:

Started with the clubs in the morning. I joined Wacky Waters (yay, splashing!), Board Games, and Archery. ~Tons of fun~ Chris and I ended up using most of the Archery club beating each other as the best shooter. I WON, HA. He later challenged me to a game of Archery.

Wednesday:

A tragedy happened. One of my girls hopped on a little slope of ground that nearly ripped her Achilles tendon and spend the day at a hospital where she got her foot partly braced and casted. Good thing she decided to stay at the camp of the rest of the year. It was her last year and I wouldn't have her miss it.

Knightquest was an event where the kids were supposed to take trails of Courage, Caring, Responsibility, and Respect. Rise for all to see thy glory, sir!

Rope Courses. Oh GOD. Yeah, my girls and other boys took this at a hiiiiigh height and tried to make from one pole to other on a flimsy rope. I wasn't scared of height at all, but ick, the thought of having to HOLD ON a rope, despite the support from below, was unnerving. I didn't make it across because my legs REFUSED to straighten up and move. Pfft...

DANCE NIGHT. It was my favorite time of the week, and we got to dance to Thriller in honor of Michael Jackson. It made me HAPPY and even gleeful when the kids begged the DJ to play it over and over.

Thursday was often a theme day, depending on what to wear or how to act. It was called Yad Ikatik, or the Backwards Day. The consolers (dressed up as Native American mythological animals, such as Buffalo, Coyote, and Owl) encouraged us to wear clothes, talk, walk, eat, anything backwards. I wore my shirt and shorts backward and messed up my hair. I tried walking backwards, but it was too slow. xD

Later, my superior consoler had all the cabin mates' hair sprayed pink.

Played a Slingshot game. One girl got to shoot a ball right straight into trees. NO WAY TO GET IT BACK. BAD GIRL.

Hobo dinner was also one of my favorites. Got to cook a messpot of potatoes, carrots, celeries, hamburgers, and onions in foil over a fire. YUMMY.

We had a new game called Human Foosball. YAY!! My deaf consolers challenged other consolers to play the game. If they lost, they had to turn off their voices at the day's meals. WE WOOOOOOOON. :D But man, that game was exhausting, lots of running and kicking. No pictures, though, but we had pictures of the kids playing that game later.

Friday:

Remember I mentioned about Chris challenging me for Archery? We were supposed to get as many arrows as we can in the yellow area (the bull-eye). 1 to 2, I lost. :( He dumped ICE WATER over me. Brrrrrrrr!!

All the consolers were crazy about the new Harry Potter movie, so a part of the afternoon was devoted to Harry's professors (really, made-up - my favorite was Professor Fabulous!) and made us to do silly 'classes' to earn points. Yeah, Professor Harry made us to swoon him over his handsomeness. :p

Campfire again. x_x *zzzzz* I took pictures of the campfire itself because I kept finding abstract things in the flames. My favorite was the imp-man sitting on his throne. See if you can find it!

My girls wept that the camp was almost done. :p

Saturday:

We spent the early morning putting our thoughts of life on a piece of paper, tied it to a balloon, and let it go. We all got medals for spending the week. It was an awesome week, better than last year!

♥♥♥

You know what I really want now? >:( A NOSE PIERCING. MUST BE CLEAR AND UNNOTICED. ADVICE??

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