Centennial Park + BBQ Picnic

Overslept today and the plan of jogging from uni to Centennial Park was totally a blehhh.. I was planning on jogging with Diana, Ribka and Raymond to the park. But due to oversleeping and running late for the charity picnic held by PPIA, we just got to rush.

finding the location of the picnic

a dead baby bird. tragic

The day was well spent on walking around centennial park, enjoying the sun, and top of it all, we all got to eat great food too!

shrek effect

I ended up not studying at all, oh well.

Thereafter, I went to waterloo. Kristel and Laura picked me up because apparently I took the wrong bus.

Then for dinner the three of us, went to eat at St Michiba's. A pizza bistro near Kristel's place.

Both of the pizzas tasted great! 

Afterwards, we continued on studying at Kristel's place and I stayed for the night there. 

Indopendence Day Picnic Celebration + Raymond's B'day

Celebrating Indonesia's annual emancipation day, GFI (Gereja Fokus Indonesia) prepared a fantastic out-in-the-sun picnic hangout! It was a great day outside. It was HOT outside. Probably we are currently in the middle of transitioning from winter to spring.

What's special about today's picnic was that we got to spend a day in the sun! It's been a while from not standing under direct uv-rays, being wet from the sweat as fat globules are being burned. Let's hope it's fats not just water or glucose.

Each bible study group is given a task to bring one Indonesian dish extremely excluding Indomie. The BasoGila group brought martabak and satay! Kristel brought the martabak and Sherly made satay! Both were delicious.

Ci Lily brought cupcakes

Ci Ola cutting her daughter, Anabelle's, bday cake 

First activity of the picnic was dividing the Indonesians to teams!

Group 1

At first, we all should line up. The first person of the team had to open up their mouth and the second person had to throw a nut into the first person's mouth before they could proceed running with their sacks to a checkpoint. 

first game of the day

Spoiler alert! GROUP 1 WON! WOOHOO!

After triumphing (snob much?), it's time for lunch!

soda gembira

martabak

Cim and Ko Danju preparing for the next game

lunch today! <3

santa came along!!! 

raymond lying on the ground (?)

me tying up my hair

kriska, santa, me, sonia and raymond

me and santa

sonia

bday boy

After lunch, there was another game!

The superlative game! A game in which a candidate has to take part as a representative from each team to be competed with the others based on the random shuffle of a superlative. Like for instance, the longest foot. We would compare our feet to look our for a winner.

this one was about the longest time in which they could raise their leg

the famous lomba makan kerupuk

surprise photo group

It was the end of the event and we dispersed ourselves to our respective homes. 

In the evening, Bunga, Della, Earl, Grace, Diana, Cim, Gerald, Nichole, Santa, Kathleen, Ci Karlina and I prepared a surprise for Raymond. We all waited in a building in uni for Earl to bring Raymond out. 

Everything went out smoothly despite some unexpected moments including the breakage of a candle. All went well :)