off to pulau jerejak for a ‘seminar’

early this morning i’ll be off to pulau jerejak  (off penang island) for a one night stay. it is not really a holiday but rather to attend what we catholics call ‘formation’ which is basically something like a seminar/workshop/talk. the word ‘formation’ is used because the seminar is suppose to ‘form’ you into a better person. i guess only catholics will understand the word ‘formation’ so i can’t say going for a formation if want to be understood by all.

well, this formation is organised by the penang state society of st vincent de paul. methink about 50 people will be attending, mostly from penang but maybe a few from kedah and perak too.

btw for those who haven’t heard of pulau jerejak, it has an interesting history. read about it in wikepedia or google for it. it used to be a centre for those with leprosy in the 30s then a hospital for TB patients and later on converted to a prison in the 60s.

i haven’t been to pulau jerejak before. i heard contrasting views – some said it’s a nice place some said no! many said that the food at the resort is not nice. ayoh! like that one ah. problem lah. luckily we’ll be staying only one night. check in today morning and check out sunday afternoon. ok for sure, i’ll be back with a report and lots of photos – watch out!

well so this is the reason i can’t attend the PM’s open house today. this formation had been planned for a long time (knew about it as early as march this year) and it is a once a year affair, so i’m not going to miss it.  further, the priest speaker we managed to get hold of is someone who is very interesting and dynamic – the young energetic long-haired fr. jojo fong (youth love him!). he was one of the speaker at our national seminar few years back and he made us laughed so much. so you bet i’m not going to miss this seminar.

ok back to blogging on monday then (none on sunday!).