sawadii ka!

chan chi rylle ka!

my name in thai is rylle. (pronouned rye-lee)

cos 'cheryl' is too difficult to say in thai.

nicole thought of ryl for me cos our names have to be shortened...

i considered a while cos i couldnt think of any nicknames until i remembered i always write my name as rylle!! heeheehee...

oh.. and ryl ( in thai pronouned rae-erll ) means fast. which is slightly ironic.
not that i am slow or anything. but i just dun like to run sometimes.

i hope rylle doesnt mean anything bad in thai! haha!

and i hope my name will be approved. i figured since pi ( which means 'older' and like more senior ) nelly goes by pi nelly, then pi rylle or nong ( it is nong? for 'younger' ?) rylle should be no problem.

cheryl tan also has a nickname close to mine! haha. ryllie.. then now when i think about it, ryllie looks better. but if i change mine to rylie, it will be too close.. will it?

which is better? rylie or rylle?

oh. and christabel wrote the script already! i am so happy!!! =))
wheee! cant wait to see it!

hey people. cheryl is back from mob retreat!!!

oh i miss retreat. just love it! had a lot of fun and i learnt a lot as well...

yesterday, had to meet at 9 15. and we did.. at city hall mrt. then we made our way to esplanade for our secret mission.

that. was not nice. cos 1. our handphones and wallets were taken away for this 'mission exercise'
but, 2. we still had our bags.

the first cluw was finding the meeting place which was rather easy. where else can a picture of a durian mean?

then we were given 1.609 km in thai, something like this...

neng. hok soon khaw kilomet

this was also equlilant to a mile.

we were supposed to think of golden mile. well, we did.. hee.

so we walked and walked and walked. the whole way people kept asking if i was ok. or if i needed help carrying my bag which i did not strap over my back but held it with 2 hands in front of me.
anyway, i carried my bag the whole time!! i am so proud of myself. haha.

eventually, we found golden mile, finished befriending the 2 thai friends and invited them down to our retreat. then we had our lunch.

i ate half a plate of chicken rice. irritating elisha asked me if i could finish my food before i even started eating. ( he finished already and wanted more)..

ok next the hostel. i had a non air conditioned place with mattresses in mind but no!!

the hostel was like a hotel. with air cons, nice clean beds and personal shelves, big rooms.... oh my. i was super surprised. the lobby was already hotel standard.

the girls had 6 beds and 3 people since amy jie was sick and didnt sleep over. so i took 2 pillows and 2 comforters. nice!! too bad the guys' room had no comforters.. =( but their room was bigger though. they had 7 people!

had lessons on thai culture, language and so on. i was forced to eat half a worm! didnt want to, tearing already.. but still was forced to. sad...then we had some free time before another session. after the next session we had dinner on the rooftop. it was superb! the view, the wind... we could see the 'batman tower', glowing...the rest of the buildings were so ordinary.

there was chilli on the food so i didnt finish as usual. joshua was hinting that peole would eat it for me. haha. so i gladly let him finish it for me.

we had another meeting in the guys room. this time as we were worshipping i couldnt stand so i fell on the bed and same thing happened as tm camp last year.

after some time i was ok again and even could go watch some telly. i still had time to study...!! amazing! in the afternoon already studied then again have free time to study! i thought there wouldnt be any time at all to study! =)

the girls slept rather early.. then next day i was awoken by timothy. he called my phone to give me details on what time to meet and where. apparantly he canlled yew ya, but her phone was on silent, he called nicole but being nicole she didnt wake up so her called me.
my phone was on vibration mode and being a light sleeper ( i think) i woke.. after quite a number of rings. haha.

nicole woke up in record time, 1o minutes! whee..

we went for a rather long jog. then had some time for qt before team building games. took some time on the games cos it really wasnt easy to do with so many people though we had 7 only.

breakfast was bought by us yesterday during the mission so we ate what we bought.

today was rather eventful as well, with alot of performances and planning. quite fun.

lunch time. alvin told elisha who was sitting next to me.. " hey we shared 2nd helping ok?"

which meant, " hey, we share cheryl's leftovers ok?'

elisha immediately knew what he meant and so did i so i said i would finish all my food. but i still didnt. nevermind.

we went to a thai service after lunch. didnt understand anything but doesnt matter.

the retreat ended after the service. on the bus ride home i was sleeping. haha. tired.

the whole retreat was really nice. i got closer to elisha, joshua and ian. like interacted more with them. elisha is actually this huge monster in a small boy's skin. really. the amount he eats is huge! he finished his meal, my meal, then went to buy more food! madness! plus he is a joker. meaning he makes people laugh at his actions. farnie..

joshua is very gentlemanly. an ivan teo clone. enough said. too bad they are too nice. not for me.

daddy really knows how to teach stuff. really like a daddy. imagine your daddy. ok.

if daddy sees something he can do, like improve or help to change for better so that you will be more comfortable, he will come to you. tell you. give you a detailed explanation and demostration, then help you adjust.

ok. i cant spend too much time cos i have 2 exam papers tmr!!!

will post more in a few days time.

i am going for mob retreat tmr.
so exciting!!! cant wait.
exams are near. and on monday i have one so that means i have to do my notes to bring for retreat so that i can study!!

man. time flies. its the end of the year and exams are here.
after exams i will be even busier with

mob
filming
volleyball competition
australia
tm camp


woots!! i love em all.

i hope and i pray that filming wont clash with my australia trip.

please please please. cannot cannot clash.

our team has been training for volleyball competition almost 4 days a week.
tuesday during pe and recess, wed ditti. thursday and friday during recess.
mrs teo said we should have no problem in the competition. plus we have to help umpire and sorta take charge.

anyway. my main focus now is exams and after exams it will be filming and the mob trip!!!

ahhh....

oh anyway. nicole's birthday just passed. and we spent it studying.....

we were at swensons. the usual people plus bryan.
dustbin(tsura), dictionary(justin), servant(mella), nicole and i.

i ate half my fish baked rice.
the rest gave to poor servant. who brought enough money to buy the soup of the day only. haha.
it was funny when we said our own orders and eveyone ordered a meal but servant, who was last, said to the waiter ,"soup of the day."

haha. then when daddy, daniel loke and ivan came, we ordered ice cream.
i had a frosted chocolate malt, daddy had a sticky chewy chocolate and nicole had her free firehouse surprise.

ivan and daniel wanted to eat some of daddy's ice cream but he didnt allow.
i took some of his ice cream. haha! and he took like more scoops than mine. but nevermind. cos in the end i still didnt finish my ice cream... haha.

the day before we went to the airport to receive daddy from thailand. and we went to swensons. i ordered the same frosted chocolate malt but didnt really eat the ice cream. i think i took the toppings plus one mouth or two of ice cream then we had to go to the arrival hall. so wasted.

ok. nicole says i have to calm down before the retreat. i have to go do my notes anyway. i better go now.

oh one last thing. joanne and beefy came for cell group in class. so happy!!!! haha.. and i prayed for them. just that i didnt really fell God's prescence. i think i was too proud and that is not good.
i learnt my lesson and have to go now. really. oh by the way, the search for the 'man of my dreams' is still on. well. not really. still hasnt been decided who takes the role of the main character. i think christabel wants the role too, just that she didnt say it.

mrs tan is getting some guys from acs. and they are supposed to be very good cos they were in om.. still, i have got some people already but i wont make the decision who yet. so guys still can contact me... for more info read my previous post! =)

CALLING ALL GUYS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 TO 18!

IF YOU

- Can smile with charm ( bad breathers not allowed)
- Play a bit of basketball
- Can act
- Don't mind the part of a nice, charming, handsome date
- Think you look normal on screen ( not too many pimples)
- Have a good working attitude
- Are at least 165cm tall
- Are not too skinny, not too fat
- Are interested in this...

THEN WE WANT YOU!!!

we are gonna film something exciting, something fun, something cool!
and we need guys ( see conditions above)....

so what are you waiting for??

sign up NOW!

email Cheryl at still_a_child@hotmail.com (click here )

or

give her a ring or sms at 96323811.

we will start filming after exams, which means real soon! ( should be about 17 oct onwards)

do you dare???

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hey people. this is real ok. i really need a pleasant looking guy.

haha. so consider it la!!!