Goodbye Oasis

Happy new year! This is the year 2008 and it's a brand new year. Which means that Oasis will no longer exist as a tribe. Well, we had our last tribal outing of the year yesterday and it was a fun and sad time. Fun because of all the things we did, the food we ate, the time spent together. Sad because I know that we can no longer be together as a tribe. But though we may not exist physically, but I know that spiritually we will always be Oasis!

Smiling for the camera!

I went to church at about 10 plus to prepare my wonderful grape salad. Then Xiu ying came at about 11 plus. She wanted to fry her seaweed chicken and dumplings, and we took some time trying to figure out how to turn on the gas. Finally we turned it on and it was frying time.

That's Xiuying. She looks bored...

That's Benjamin! Looks like he discovered something... Like how to eat a chicken.

That's Alex and he's grinning from ear to ear.

Patricia came after that and she brought her curry chicken. Hmmm, she made it herself and she used some kind of potatoes for the chicken and saying that it was good for curry. Jon and Sihan joined us shortly, bringing crabballs and bee hoon respectively. Alex came, with Benjamin just behind. Nuggets and fried chicken was added to our menu.

That's Jon Muk with his 'what's your problem' dao look.

I'm sorry Sihan, I couldn't resist putting this unglam picture up.

Xiu and Jon. I wonder what they are looking at.

Then, we made our way to Botanics and it was feasting time. The food was really good. Then, we started to play BOOM and police and thief. It was such a crazy time. We ran and chase and I had so much fun. I don't know about the rest though. Haha. Well, all good things have to come to an end, and it was time for Jon to go to work, Xiu and Sihan to go for dinner.

This is a super nice view of Botanics!

But before they left, it was photos time. So we snapped some pictures as a form of memory. Here are the pictures:

Our trademark!

After that, some of us decided to go to Island Creamery, but it was really crowded, so we went to Macs instead. We started to write the messages for each other and to touch up on the gifts for one another. And as usual, it was photos time for us, so we took more pictures at macdonalds.

Alex, me and Ben!

Jiaxin, Yvonne and me!

Pat and me!

Our tribe shirt! Ponytails (Pat, Yvonne, Jiaxin) and bald heads (Alex and me)

After that, we went to church to hang out and just spend the rest of the time together. Alex, Jiaxin, Yvonne, Patricia, Benjamin and myself were there at church. Yvonne brought a nice mango cake and everyone ate it so deliciously. Then, we had a time of short worship session, before Pat had to leave. After that, Alex left too, so it was left with Ben, Jiaxin, Yvonne, and myself. And we did crazy stuff.

Funny posture...

Jump for joy!

Do Re Mi. Look at our heights...

We looked weird... Cool pose?

Reach out for the stars!

We took some weird pictures of us trying to jump and catch a jump shot. We tried to balance chairs. We tried to squeeze through chairs. We played sardines. We walked in the dark. We ran up and down church. We had so much fun.

I build this structure. No kidding...

Benjamin trying to squeeze through. Watch the video.

This is the video of Benjamin's first attempt at squeezing through!

Yvonne's turn to pose with the man-made structure.

This is a step of faith. Oops, I mean seat of faith.

Jiaxin was scared, but she did it. And what you see is real. No camera tricks.

Thank God for this outing.
Thank God for Oasis.
Thank God for each one in Oasis!

It's been a superb year gone by. It will be a even better year in 2008.

'Come to Me, all ye who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' (Matthew 11:28)

May this verse and this promise be your source of strength in the year ahead!

It's a free-for-all informal picture!