Saturday, June 23, 2007

   woooo-wee!
heya guys. tis a quick update from Maryland USA!!!

so, i've been out here about a week, and its been really fun. I first landed in New York and speant the night in Newark, New Jersey, where i met Jacob, a German who is also attending this camp as a councellor. The next day i speant on a greyhound bus trying to get to camp. the journey itself wasnt too hard, but we had to wait two whole hours for someone to pick us up from Baltimore!! there had been a breakdown in communication. >.<

but we got to camp ok, though it was in the midst of the pouring rain and thunder! but it was all good. Jacob and i were the first two councellors there, and there were a few other staff there too, lifeguards and maintenance mostly.

the first week i speant learning Challenge Course, which is lots of ropes work and being REALLY high in the air! ^^; but it was lots of fun, and i made lots of new friends, including Tara, mike, "Captain" Carlos, "Mom" Kelly, Jordan, Karen, Patrick, Jamie, Erica and many more. it was a good week, and we also got to go and see the third Pirates movie, which was EXCELLENT!! ^^

The second week i was doing maintenance, which essentially involved me driving around everywhere in little goal karts cleaning and and weedwhacking and fixing up stuff around camp. its was ok, and i got a good tan! ^^

the third week was staff training, where i met the other councellors...more friends, and more names to remember!!! but that was a good week, we had a lot of fun there too.

and last week was the first week of Camp! i had a bunch of ten year olds...very hyperactive, VERY high-maintenance. so im very tired.
We speant the week doing everything from Archery to Splashdown, which involves giant inflatbles in the Chester River. the Chester River itself isnt too pleasant >.< but Splashdown is a lot of fun, and the kids love it. and, this being a Christian Camp, have spent alot of time with Bible Study and worship, which is kinda cool. We had a guest preacher this week called "The Rev" who was really cool, and Music time is also a lot of fun, especially when Ju Ju leads it. ^^ the kids werent really that interested in the spiritual aspect of camp, but they're 10, so its understandable.
they were a good group of kids though, apart from one, but he left on the monday due to homesickness. he was a bit of a loose cannon though so i was kinda relieved when he left. ^^; i learnt on thursday that his decided he wanted to come back, but the Camp Nurse was concerned that he wasnt really a good fit for Camp (and on the side, concerned for my mental health ^^;; ) so she recommended that he shouldnt return. phew...

but other then that its been a good week. the food isnt TOO bad, and the beds arent THAT uncomfortable. ;p the weather has been pretty good too, with occasional Thunder Storms interspersing days of intense humidity...and it's gonna get hotter!!! lol i am enjoying myself though, there are some truly excellent people on staff here, and we all get on really well with each other. ^^

i've had some truly brilliant weekends too...the first weekend i went to Tara's house with a bunch of people and we went to the mall and then came back and watched movies. the second weekend i went to Tara's house again, and went to her graduation with a bunch of friends, and then attended her graduation party, complete with moonbounce and kareoke! ^^

last weekend i went to Rohobeth (sp?) with Mike, Tara, Dan (who's english) and Thom (whose Australian) and spent the friday night/saturday at Tara's beach house and we meant to go to the beach, but mike slept in till 1 pm, so we went to the Outlet Centre instead. Then Mike and I went back to his place and watched movies and stuff. it was fun. ^^

there are quite a large number of internationals here at camp too. There's myself (of course), Dan, Tom, Johnny and Stuart from England. From Asutrailia, there's Thom. From New Zealand there's Kim and Tim. From Germany there's Jacob. From Russia there's Demitri. From Hungary there's Levi. and from South Africa there's Reinard ("Shorty"), Cindy, Jermain (SP?) and Ju Ju. so there are alot of international staff. ^^

and of course, no Darke blog would be complete with out an anime update. First off, i finally managed to get G Gundam vol 12 on DVD as well as Blue Sub 6! total classic. love that anime. i've also picked up Zeta Gundams vol 1 and 2 and i picked up the Black Lagoon Special Edition vol 1. i've been looking forward to Black Lagoon for a long time. ^^ i've also picked up vol 5 of the Ecole du Ciel manga, so im pretty happy. on a bum note, i havent got round to doing any of the projects i set myself for this summer, but i got 8 weeks left, so i should be ok.


This weekend im going to see a drive in movie with some of my friends, which is gonna be totally cool as i've never seen a drive in movie before. ^^ and next week, im doing the Adventure Camp, and i've only got ONE (1) Camper to look after!!!! my co-councellor is Erica, and she's got four girls who i've also got to look after, but i get a single cabin with me, this kid and Demitri (who is Maintenance staff) in it. its going to be an...interesting...week.



well thats it from me today. i dont know if and when i'll get the chance to update again. might be a week, might be a month. who can say? i hope y'all are having a great Summer (or winter for Raina and Mew Wem and all you other South Hemispherians...) and i'll see ya when i see ya...


till next time!


Quote of the Week: "Im not a Christian! Im a Methodist!"- Sarah, 9-year old Riverside Camper, Camp Pecometh, Maryland
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