Buddhist Hymn Camp- Johor

*This should be posted long long time ago, but things happened in between, but here it is...  Sorry... ><

After two years of music camp, we finally reach our last stop, that's Johor, where we also call all the campers from different campsites to gather together in this last stop. To make things even clearer, let me explain about this whole music camp thingie.

   

In 2014, a group of people named "The Melody Of Truth And Beauty" feel that there had been a big gap since they release their first album, and teenagers nowadays aren't really interested in Buddhism, and  some who are interested in composing new Buddhist Hymns don't have a platform to do so.

So, they started going to states by states to organize Buddhist Hymns Camp, states that they've went to are Perak, Kedah, Kuantan, Melaka, Sabah, Sarawak, and some other more, and finally here we are, Johor.

Facilitators and committees are to come a day earlier to have the final meeting before it officially starts. As I am a facilitator for this camp, I needed to be there, but what made this stop so unforgettable is, this is the first time, I'm bringing both my guitar and ukulele to camp, but not for me to use, but for the campers. I usually don't let people touch them, unless they are professionals, and I'm a typical music instrument psycho, a slight knock on the instrument already make me freak out... Haha...

Not only that, the main reason why it's so unforgettable, is that a one and a half train journey, turned into 3 hours +...  =.= Why?

It started from the train station near my house, my friend and I were suppose to take it to KL Central, but halfway, the train suddenly stopped, and we were trapped on the train for nearly an hour, then another train from another railway stopped beside us. So despite of holding so many luggage, we had to jump down from the train, and climb onto that packed train. It didn't end like this, later on, we were taken to the next stop, and we were told to cross the footbridge. The whole way was so packed, and it was really a challenge to get your foot onto the stairs of the footbridge. And before we could even put out foot on the stairs, they announced that the trains will not be functioning, due to power failure, and luckily one guy came up to us and ask are we going to KL Central, so we ended up calling for a cab... We had to squeeze through the whole way in the cab, as there were so many luggages...

When we reached KL Central, the trains were functioning there, so, we took the train to Bandar Tasik Selatan (our actual destination), and the train was packed like sardines. When we reached there only did we know there is another way to go... =3=

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