SSS: The stupid things I do

As i sit back wondering what can i write in a long overdue blog entry, i suddenly recalled something stupid i did back in the SSS Camp last year (4-7 Dec 2004)

The SSS Camp was held at the PD Methodist Centre, which had a slippery kind of cement floor which made the place a kind of danger zone for someone as accident prone and clumsy as me. The floor in my dorm and at the corridor just outside the hall had the 2 most slippery floors. It was dangerous for me exspecially in my dorm cos i had a tendency to run in and out of it and my no-grip sandals werent any help either. The girls in my dorm were all witnesses to this. Many times, I've dashed into the dorm, skidded and almost fall or knock into one of the beds/ladders.

One the third day of camp, just before afternoon tea, i somehow got involved in a sliding/skidding competition with Justin right outside the hall. The corridor was empty except for my mom who was WAY ahead, and Carol who was somewhere there (I didnt notice her at first). I was first to slide. That Justin, smart boy, ask me to go first to test the waters and be the guinea pig. The slide was great! that is, up till my feet came across a part of the cement that wasnt smooth. Then i went crashing and rolling on the ground. What a wonderful thing! Just what i wanted to do! [Yeah, right].

My mom was like, 'Aiyo.. see la, play somemore' *shaking her head*
Carol went, 'OMG Audrey! Are you OK?' *Very much amused and half laughing*

and to my horror, Pastorpher (the speaker) and his wife had come out of the hall just in time to see my wonderful fall. Great. They too, of course, expressed their concern, but good thing they didnt make a big deal about it.

And the Oh-so-wonderful-gentlemanly (yeah right) Justin was like Carol, very much amused and half laughing. and he said in his typical Justin slang, 'U OK ah?'

My knees hurt like hell! But of course, i was cool.. on the outside at least. I just laughed it off in front of everyone, hoping no one notice my shaky voice. NO WAY was i going to let my mom know it hurt like hell at that moment, and not in front of Pastorpher and his wife.

After my fall, i should've just ended the 'competition', got up, and join all the other SSSers for tea. But the pain in my knees! I could not move just yet. So to cover it up, i told Justin, it's his turn to slide. That lucky boy, he slid VERY carefully. After that, i just HAD to get up! i had no more good excuses and i couldnt just sit there alone on the floor in the middle of an empty corridor when everyone else was in the canteen happily eating. I couldnt get up by myself. It really hurt that badly. Luckily for me, Justin knew how freakin painful my knees were and was actually nice enough to help me up.

My mom was waiting nearby. I put on a cover up smile and i forced my legs to walk as normally as possible towards her, ignoring the stupid pain in my knees.

When i reached her, she went, ' You, big girl already still play like this'
and i went, 'What's wrong? I'm fine! I'm always fine!'
then she just shook her head.

I went to join Carol's table for tea, but i had a bit of a problem trying to sit down. My knees couldnt bend without hurting like hell! I had to drop on the chair with the help of my hands, and it didnt help either that my knee knocked the stupid table leg. After that, i checked my knees and to my amazement, my knees were already visibly greatly bruised and swollen. That was fast! Getting up later was a problem too. I had forgotten bout the pain in my knees. As i was trying to get up, i was wondering why the hell cant my knees move! Then it came back to me. Yeah, the stupid fall.

Walking around wasnt as fast as usual, and going up the more or less 10 steps towards the dorms wasnt easy either. I had to hold on to the sides for help, and even with that, i was as slow as some 70 year old lady with arthirities! Oh! lucky me had to fall just hours before the last night of camp too! and i was to worship lead that night! It's a good thing i doscovered later that I was OK walking on flat land. Just as long as i didnt need to bend my knees much.

The last horror, i discovered just before i was going to sleep. How the hell was i going to climb up to my bed on the upper bunk? Oh, i sure did manage it in the end. But the pain i had to go through! Crazy!

And so, the days went by like this. All through the rest of the SSS Camp and then YLDP. The pain in my knees steadily lessened of course (just a bit though). But the big bad bruises stayed there for a REAL long time! Everyone in SSS camp who saw it asked me about it, then everyone in YLDP who saw it asked me about it too. Embarassing!

The colours on the bruises were pretty interesing. It turned into colours like blackish blue, blackish purple, blue, purple, green, red, yellow, orange, brown. And at one time, Charlene, who was also at both SSS Camp and YLDP, pointed out that a bruise i had looked like Jesus! Jesus of all people! and she was quite right! God blessed my bruise! haha.. After all, it happened during a church camp!

When i came home, i took pictures of it. And measurements too :P. Mayb i'll post the pics and if i can find the measurements, i'll add it here.

That stupid fall sure made life at camp and later, at home, rather hard, but oh well, there's always a silver lining on every dark cloud. At least i won the sliding competition! Haha!

update: just added a pic of the bruises. i outlined it. the pic was taken bout 3 weeks after the fall, so the bruise has shunk n slightly disappeared. just imagine! 3 weeks n it's still there.