About a year has passed and LOUD concert is back again!
As XYZ events presents to you....
LOUD 2009!!
Anyway... Before i wanna go any further with LOUD'09. I just wanna share abit of my experience of LOUD2008 :)
I only joined XZY about a year ago. My friend invited me to join her CG, PJDU around the month of July and a few times i heard of them talking about this LOUD concert. During that time i have no idea what it was or how is like as i did not attend LOUD'07. So as the time draw near to LOUD'08 we had lots of ZoneCongres which explains abit more about this concert and i started to get really excited about it :) They had this cool contest about creating LOUD posters before the event which i think it's a really cool idea cause it get me all motivated and heat up for this event. It even gave me a bonding time with my CG when a few of them came together to make the poster :) and guess what?? We won vouchers!
PJDU LOUD poster! It's real glittery! ^^
They gave us this really really cool invitations that looks like concert passes to invite friends and to my suprise i found out that im not the only one who had no idea what LOUD concert is... So ya... Lots of my friends were curious so quite of amount of them turned up for the event!! ^^ Praise the Lord!
The Event was held at DUMC Dream Centre. Huge place.
Me and a few other friends went there quite early about 5:30pm like dat... During that time... there weren't much people yet. So we hang around. There were lots of cool games like the giant Fussball, Wii games!, the dancing arrow game and lots more!!! Me & my friends did not participate in the games tho as there was like loong que of people awaiting for their turn. Instead, we got our face tatooed, bought a burger & a oh-so-good bubble milk tea and enjoy the performance by the indie bands :)
Time passes and more and more people start arriving. Then there were ushers around giving out this long colourful balloon thingies which makes lots of noise by hitting them together. 10 minutes before the beggining of the concert they opened the doors as hundreds of teenagers rushed in the huge auditorium. Me and my friends held hands trying our best not to get separated as we squeeze through the crowd to find a seat.
The huge auditorium at DUMC where people have their weekly celebration(service). Where the concert was held :)
A countdown started as we enter the auditorium. The atmosphere was filled with exciting-ness as the huge coundown clock hits 0:00 then the concert had great start off with XYZ very own Junkyard Invaders! It was really really cool! The beats and the creativity and all that was just awesome! Then dancers came on stage to show off their cool moves!
Then they introduced this local christian band, 1amBand.
I havent heard of them or their songs before so it's definately something new :) They lead a crowd about 1000++ people into praise and worship. Awesome-ness.
After that Melvin Ong aka MOKS, our youth pastor came and share a message with us. Then came the most touching part of the event. The altar call where people are called to come to the front to accept Jesus into their lives. I was vey happy to see my non-christian friends putting up their hands and going out to the front when they were called. Soon there was a crowd at the front. I felt very glad to see people one by one stepping out front to accept God as the Bible quoted in Luke15:10 "In the same way, I tell you, the angels of God rejoice over one sinner who repents" -GNV.
It was an awesome experience. This Loud concert. This is all i can tell you about through a blog post. There were more than this that happened and just to much to describe. If you really wanna know more... Just come for LOUD 2009!
Hope to see you there! ^^
LOUD '09 teaser!
Time: 26th July 2009 (Sunday) 5pm-9pm
Venue: Dream Centre
if u need more info, just call me! :)
Also, did I mention that there is a Post-LOUD! blogging competition? It is open to all people who attended LOUD! '09! ITS AS EASY AS 1,2,3! (There is only three steps anyways).
All you have to do is, 1) Attend LOUD! '09, 2) Take pictures during LOUD! '09, 3) Blog about it after and submit it to xyz.dumc@gmail.com.
The submission will require the following details though.
1) Name, 2) Friend who invited you, 3) The cell group of that friend (If applicable), 4) Blog URL (the link to the post).
The articles will be judged based on Creativity, Content & Style.If you participate, you might stand a chance to win an IPOD TOUCH!
Deadline for submission is 31st of July 2009 @ 11.59pm. So, COME FOR LOUD! '09!
This years camp is just really really different. The theme, the location, the people and the experience :)
This year i got into the camp commitee so got lots of things to do laa... But ot was all so worth it ^^ I got closer to alot of people and meke new friends! Together us, the commitee, im sure all of us had fun and just enjoy doing for God :) Keep the fire burning ya!! Im sure he's pleased.
Im the Group leader for Group Vindaloo!(indian curry, google it!) haha... very weird... i mean... i've never become a leader before in my entire life. So abit nervous la actually... Plus i dun really make alot of noise wan.... sorry ya group members... thank you for just cooping with me...
Oh anyway! To Jitki, LiChung, Isaac, Tjia Ern, YenRay, Kimberly, Wai Wan... Sorry i didnt tell you this like during camp or anything... You guys are all awesome awesome people! Great job in the games(sportsmanship!) and the talentime performances and all. Plus a BIG thank you to my assistant James and advisor David for helping me out :) I hope the very best for you guys and hopefully i'll see you guys again in next years camp :) Do me a favour and spread the Heatwave!
The Location for this years camp is... i have to say.. rather small. (The pictures from the website like so Big; awesome photographer they've hired =.=") But it's very comfortable & cozy la :)
The Games are super creative + fun!! kudos to Kin&James. Games like the ice-breakers!!! i find it exhausting tho. Then the station games!!! im sure ppl remembers the fibre we all consumed that night! it was healthy la kay?? XD The Obstacle course! Wooohooo! Vindaloo fastest man! 10mins 9 secs! *perasans* >) Buttball! i didnt get to play this year T.T
Angels & Mortals i got DavidLim as my mortal this year... but he found me out the 2nd day.. Haih... Jen Wei is my angel :) im the only girl with a girl angel. Feel so special x)
The Sessions were great! The first session, we are all brought out and are left alone one by one to
just spend like a solitude time. Distractions were all taken away... and there's this little connection la.. between me and him. Its was a very special session :) The fruit of the spirit! i learned so much from there! ^^ and BK session with Miss Lee was nice :) The last session is another special one there.
Hot Night. I enjoyed doing the Jaiho performance XD Tho i have no idea what i was doing at all plus i was hiding behind all the people. But was so fun man! making fools outta ourselves! XD
so so so so so much more happened in camp! but i just can't type down everything laa... if you wanna know more... Come for next years! Then only you'll know!
Leviticus 6:13. The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuosly; it must not go out.
You are now a spark. Now created a heatwave and spread his words :)