*Huge Smile*

well,just got home from my little retreat. for those who dont know,it was a 3 day-2 night thingy,from Friday-Sunday(6-8 April).... ok,firstly, i must warn all of u that this is gonna be a SUPER LONG entry,and i mean it....im gonna try to squeeze everything in here ya.....ok,here's the breakdown....but firstly,to intro the people who came along with me for this trip:

Adrian:My cell leader. Currently working in HP.

Gerald:Cell co-leader. Working in CID.

Suzanne:Cell leader for the gals. Teaching in Changkat Primary School.

Esther:Co-leader for the gals. Working as a graphic designer.

Lionel:Gerald's bro. Currently a NS commando. O.O

Lucy:Singaporean PR. Currently working with Ashley.

Ashley:Also Singaporean PR. Currently working with Lucy.

Ling Jie:Waiting to get into a university.

Pei Ling:Studying in Southern Queensland Uni(In SG of course). Working as well.

Ryong:Korean. Studying English in NUS extension. Going back to Korea in January. T_T

Calvin:My closest cousin. Studying in SP,Mechinical Engineering 3rd year.

Steven:Studying in NP,Business IT, 2nd year.

Day 1:

we all met at City Hall MRT at 6am for a hired van to take us from SG,past customs, to Mersing(M'sia). well, we only started to move off around 6.20am,but nvm,it was still ok,considering how far some of them lived...Adrain, Ashley, Lucy were not with us,cause the van didnt have enough space,so they took their own cab to customs to meet us. once there, the SG customs was very fast,but the JB customs were super super duper duper slow....lol....well,my lane was the slowest la....all the other lanes were all moving,but mine was stantionary......so we were already behind schedule,and when the van driver found out that there were 3 xtra ppl(Adrian,Ashley,Lucy) in his van,he became pissed i guess....he just kept grumbling,and he kept on going la....hahahhaha,we all just kept quiet,then he also diam diam finally.....so from JB to Mersing,the journey took about 2 1/2hrs....ya,it was really long,but it was ok la,we all chit-chatted and ate a lot inside the van, so time passed quite quickly...we arrived at Mersing around 11am,and the speedboat which was to take us to Tioman only set off at 12.30pm...so we had a lot of time....we settled down and ate lunch, then this cute little fren just popped out and dozed on our guitars:

cute right??

when the speedboat disembarked, i expected it to be a smooth ride,but it was TOTALLY the opposite la,the waters on Friday was really choppy,so the boat kept bobbing up and down against the currents....there were a few time when the waves were so big that the boat had about a 1sec airtime before it hit the water,u can literally feel ur heart going up and falling down with the boat,i was freakin scared la,so i just took my mp3 and blasted music to block out the screams of the female passengers who just kept screaming on and on,i was really afraid the boat would split in 2 when it hit the water everytime la.....by the end of the 1 1/2 hr ride,every1's back and butt were all hurting...hahahahhaha....we settled down into out bunks,i was rooming with Gerald,Ryong and Calvin,we had a lil rest b4 getting a snorklling training session frm our tour guide... we had to rent the masks and life jackets la...sianz.....anyway the training was done out in the open sea,so we had to take ANOTHER speedboat ride further out to sea... this time i was more relaxed,cause i had a lifejacket, so i wasn't worried :P we got to a spot near a small island and jumped into the water...it was really cool,cause i hadn't been into the sea for donkey years, so it was really fun...we all just swam around,looking below us at the reefs and fish around...around 7pm we all headed back and prepared for dinner....the food was all malay food,but they tasted quite good actually....after a hearty meal, we all headed to my bunk, cause it was the largest,cause Ryong and i were in-charge of the IT equipment.....we had a sharing session and watched the Passion of Christ as well... cause Friday was Good Friday,so it was significant to us,so we ended the day at 11pm....

Day 2:

btw,out rooms were all air-con,so naturally, it was super cold at night.....so woke up at 6.15am to wash up and also to wake every1 else up....7am was Devotion,meaning we just gathered together and spent some time with God...then we had breakfast at 8am...there were only tea or coffee for breakfast, so i took tea,and i tell u, the tea tasted SUPER sweet la....like in a cup,3-4 packets of the McDonald's sugar was inside it la....hahahha,and it had a fruity aroma to it also.......Ashley was dubbed as 'Ya-Kun Mei' cause she was toasting bread frantically for all of us,so it was as if she was working there lor....hahah,and another guy at breakfast really thought she was working there,so he just went over to her plate with all the toast,and took a slice... hahahaha,we all just laughed lor....then anyway ashley then dubbed Ryong as 'Kim Chi Ryong' cause he's korean...hahahaha...

actually all of us noticed that both of them have something going on,but they deny it...lol...oh well....

so anyway,we were all supposed to go out to sea to do real snorkelling frm 10am to 5pm,but then we had our own activities,so we stayed on the island instead....we had about 5 hrs of R & R....we played Uno,slacked around,played volleyball and swam out to sea....

it was really fun la,to be out in the sun for a change..hahah,im just slightly darker only la...will still fade away de la...haish....so we had our next sharing session and it was followed by a BBQ dinner around 8pm....and we didnt even need to lift a finger to cook,we just sat down and waiting for the ppl to cook for us!! so cool!!! muahahhahahah....so we then headed back to have the final sharing session and it was rounded off with all of us taking a look at all the photos taken over the past few days....we all laughed a lot and crazily sometimes....lol...here's a few of wat we saw:

the cool dudes.

the pretty dudettes.

nice sunset right...

me in serious mode.

during BBQ dinner...

hahahha,moving on...

stupid speedboat over a big wave....

got snorkel?

wanna come in,the water's nice..

beautiful sunset while out at sea.

sunrise scenery.

sun peeking frm behind the mountains.

amazing sunset!

me and Ya-Kun Mei.

view of Tioman Island.

after that,every1 went back around 12.30am,but Gerald,Ryong,Calvin,Ashley,Pei Ling,Ling Jie,Steven and myself, played Uno again after we were all washed up,we played until 3am on Sunday morning....lol...we were all blur by the end of the game,so tat was lights out for us.... X.X

Day 3:
we only slept for about 3 1/2 hrs,cause devotion was at 7am as usual,so a few ppl were late,but we still had a meaningful time la.....this was the last day for us on Tioman,so the speedboat(yes,again -_-'') was to leave at 9.30am,so we packed up and waved goodbye to Tioman.....we arrived back at Mersing at 11am,and guess what, our little fren appeared again:

back for another round of sleeping.

hahahahhaha,so we departed frm Mersing on a coach at 12pm....it took us 3 1/2 hrs to get to customs,and along the way, probably out of 33 passengers on board, only about 8-9 were awake,the rest were all sleeping....lol....i had my music to keep me awake....and along the way,i saw A LOT of palm oil plantations....rows after rows after rows....simply so many la....X.X well, i was supposed to bring back chewing gum for all u guys, but the SG customs caught me and they recorded my name,IC,and offense lor....hahahah,luckily it wasn't serious lor....pai seh la guys,cant give u gum le.....haizzzzz,oh well,lesson learnt....
so FINALLY reached home at 5.30pm and had a good long shower...phewwwwww,then had a good sleep frm 7.30pm to 7am on monday.hhahah
.... so ya,this was wat happened during ma holiday,and i must say it was really enjoyable and i got to know every1 a lil better.... we're planning on going to Korea la,to visit Ryong as well lor,but who knows when it will take place...hahahah.....anyway,u guys should go Tioman if u haven't been there....though its a small island, its really close to nature and the sea-side views are really magnificent....so imma stop here for now,i'll tell u guys more when i get the chance to see u la....cya guys!!

~moey out~