Self Discovery Camp

The second day of Self Discovery Camp was special and FUN‼ After we attended the Sunday Mass, Fr. Joseph Heng told us that we would have a tour around Johor. At first, all of us thought that we would only go to various churches in Johor so we were just excited to see different churches. However, it was not only churches we went, we were really travelling around Johor. 

a)      a) Church of Immaculate Conception

It is an old church. There was still a mass going on when we arrived so we just walked in quietly. After that, Fr. Paul Wong who is the parish priest of CIC introduced us to all the parishioners and a welcome song was sung by the choir and parishioners to us. That song was very nice and we felt like being home.

Bells in the bell tower. There are 5 bells in total with different sizes. Different ceremony will have different ways of ringing the bell. on't look down on the job of ringing bells as the bells are hard to ring because they are heavy. "Dang"...time to go back to God.

I think majority of us entered the bell tower for the first time.

b) Ancient temple

Mr. James, our temporary tour guide brought us to this one of the oldest temple in Johor. This temple is very famous and it marked the footprint the Chinese ancestors who travelled far from the China to Malaya. As all of us are Chinese speaking, he told us the importance of knowing our root and appreciate what our ancestors have done to the next generations.

Posting after visiting

a)     c)  Malay Cemetery

Huh? It was quite odd for a travel trip to have a tour in cemetery, especially not catholic cemetery. Mr. James explained that we could see many things from a life of a human, from birth till death. Everything is planned. For today, we will see the life backward, starting from death. The cemetery is well organized with all the graves facing to the same direction, Kiblat. 

Mr.James was explaining to us.

a)     d)  Masjid Abu Bakar

It is a beautiful and large mosque. There were people praying when we reached there too. Although we were not understand what he was praying, we felt that God (Allah) is great‼ Mr. James said that the mutual understanding between religion is very important especially in this multiracial and religion country and we must respect each other. Sometimes, there are values in other religion that we could learn as well.

Group photo

a)      e) Jalan Kolam Air

After a half day of visiting, we were so tired and HUNGRY‼ Mr. James brought us to the famous Laksa in Johor. As we were very hungry, everything put in our mouth was just like the food from heaven. The cold ‘cincao’ refreshed us under this hot day.

The shop

Wow...laksa...

Nice otak!!

a)    f)   Nusajaya’s Puteri Harbour City

It is a bulding and harbor build under Iskandar project, which uses an area of land of 4 times of Singapore. It is planned to attract more overseas developers to our country. The buildings around are very luxurious with their design and size. As this project is still developing, we were not managed to see all the things planned. 

Everyone is happy!!

a)     g) Ledang Heights

A small office with show houses around. A lady who is Mr. James’ friend explained to us about Iskandar project in more detail. This will help to enhance our knowledge of the development of our country.

The Iskandar project

a)     h) Cathedral of Sacred Heart

Fr. Joseph Heng taught us the reason of why the church is called cathedral. It was from the latin word, kathera which means the seat of bishop. This seat reminds the power hold by bishop but also the heavy responsibility that he has to bear. 

In a small room before entering the church...Briefing after a short prayer.

Satisfying with our journey...

i)Majodi Centre

Finally , we went back to our base camp. This was a tired day yet contented. We have a short pray when we reached for our safe journey. Thank God.

At night, we had a short sharing. Although this was just our second day, we already have a lots to share. Everyone sees God in different perspectives and through today's journey, we experienced God.