Saturday
Woke up "early" at 11AM to join the rest of the hall at Sentosa. Weather was good to hold activities: not too scorching, but still no cloud in sight. By the time the truck reached the place, the games had already started. So we just walked around, bake in the sun, grumble about the heat, and ate lunch. Could not get into the sea because of my goddamn toe nail. I was dunked in and because of that, sand got under my toenail. Boy it stung. After that, used some gauze and tape to cover up my big fat toe.
This year's Island Princess is the best among the last four. Took some creativity for the freshmen to come up with "Mistress Melinda". Actually all four were good, especially the last one who had a man's voice because "she" was sucking the night before. Felix, "Timo" and "Ruhul" were also hilarious as the emcees. And the RHOC Slam was a 100% English version, as opposed to last year, when half of the slams were in Hokkien. One good reason could be because the people who did it this year were Prem Subra, Prem Vadi, Shaun de Souza, Avneesh and Sandhosh. Must be it...
After the campfire, a whole load of people decided to go back to hall. Was thinking about staying till morning, but with only *ME* the only one from my batch left in Sentosa, besides Shaun, Avneesh and Sandhosh who were the island "guardians", I decided "Heck it". Don't need to give face to RHOC already. So, Jin Sheng, Prem Subra, Wanying and I called a cab to pick us up from Sentosa to get back costing 13 bucks. An extra of 7 dollars, even more than the actual fare.
The ball lifting event took goddamn long: 2 hours. Freshies these days surely can't think much. But can't really blame them, there were VERY few people today. Most probably the rest were out having fun or getting sleep in their comfy rooms. The glowing phoenix was back after one year in hiding. No more fire. Actually, no more a lot of things.
So, now that orientation is over, let's recap the successes(?) and failures of orientation (in my humble opinion, of course)
Everything started well with a whole load of freshmen turning up on Sunday. This is always the case anyway, nothing much to shout about. The real test came the next day, which was glaring when a substantial number of people disappeared. Can think of several reasons:
(1) increase in number of locals
(2) decrease in number of Malaysians (less than 20)
(3) a BIG increase in number of PRC students (around 80)
(4) a BIG increase in number of Indian students (around 20, and at most 3 or 4 turn up at a time)
So, very poor turnout. Most glaring during the Sentosa trip, when the number of seniors actually outnumbered the number of freshmen. What can we do about it? Nothing. Oh well, I felt like bitching anyway.
Next, very lousy cheering. Possible reason? The cheering ICs. What was Jupe thinking when he appointed Chin Yee, Mei Kit and Charlene as cheering ICs. They looked downright bored when they were leading the cheers. And the boredom was contagious. I bet the freshies were actually falling asleep when they were singing the goodnight song. As a result, cheering sucked.
Next, the big Initiation fiasco. Not only did we get in trouble with OSA, with got in trouble with the police and ISA. Wow, who says orientation is boring? Haha. I bet heads are gonna roll.
Next, cancellation of many, MANY activities. Among them, water games, Senior-Ayam games, one video game, and FLOAT. Okay, these probably could not be avoided because of OSA rulings. But if we can burn the phoenix, go to Sentosa, and other OSA violations, who says we can't extend the orientation? X-Men and Mise en Scene were also cancelled, for no reason given. But it doesn't take a genius to figure out why when just the night before, explosions went out and the police were hunting down the culprits.
Next, float. No involvement of freshmen in the float. Having four freshies as dancers is not counted. Also, everytime we have allocated time for freshmen to help with float, the numbers suddenly dwindle. Except for maybe the eve of Rag, when the turnout was... respectable. Reason for this is the short duration of orientation, which hardly gave the freshmen any sense of belonging to the hall.
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Enough of orientation. School starts tomorrow. In six hours actually. Notes all printed, and all ready for school. What a great way to start the semester. Ahhh.... hope I can keep it up. And I have to reserve 20 minutes per week for Gundam Seed. I managed to watch 14 episodes of Gundam Seed within 3 days, and I have to say that this show is EXCELLENT! So many twists and turns. Can't wait to watch more.
Woke up "early" at 11AM to join the rest of the hall at Sentosa. Weather was good to hold activities: not too scorching, but still no cloud in sight. By the time the truck reached the place, the games had already started. So we just walked around, bake in the sun, grumble about the heat, and ate lunch. Could not get into the sea because of my goddamn toe nail. I was dunked in and because of that, sand got under my toenail. Boy it stung. After that, used some gauze and tape to cover up my big fat toe.
This year's Island Princess is the best among the last four. Took some creativity for the freshmen to come up with "Mistress Melinda". Actually all four were good, especially the last one who had a man's voice because "she" was sucking the night before. Felix, "Timo" and "Ruhul" were also hilarious as the emcees. And the RHOC Slam was a 100% English version, as opposed to last year, when half of the slams were in Hokkien. One good reason could be because the people who did it this year were Prem Subra, Prem Vadi, Shaun de Souza, Avneesh and Sandhosh. Must be it...
After the campfire, a whole load of people decided to go back to hall. Was thinking about staying till morning, but with only *ME* the only one from my batch left in Sentosa, besides Shaun, Avneesh and Sandhosh who were the island "guardians", I decided "Heck it". Don't need to give face to RHOC already. So, Jin Sheng, Prem Subra, Wanying and I called a cab to pick us up from Sentosa to get back costing 13 bucks. An extra of 7 dollars, even more than the actual fare.
The ball lifting event took goddamn long: 2 hours. Freshies these days surely can't think much. But can't really blame them, there were VERY few people today. Most probably the rest were out having fun or getting sleep in their comfy rooms. The glowing phoenix was back after one year in hiding. No more fire. Actually, no more a lot of things.
So, now that orientation is over, let's recap the successes(?) and failures of orientation (in my humble opinion, of course)
Everything started well with a whole load of freshmen turning up on Sunday. This is always the case anyway, nothing much to shout about. The real test came the next day, which was glaring when a substantial number of people disappeared. Can think of several reasons:
(1) increase in number of locals
(2) decrease in number of Malaysians (less than 20)
(3) a BIG increase in number of PRC students (around 80)
(4) a BIG increase in number of Indian students (around 20, and at most 3 or 4 turn up at a time)
So, very poor turnout. Most glaring during the Sentosa trip, when the number of seniors actually outnumbered the number of freshmen. What can we do about it? Nothing. Oh well, I felt like bitching anyway.
Next, very lousy cheering. Possible reason? The cheering ICs. What was Jupe thinking when he appointed Chin Yee, Mei Kit and Charlene as cheering ICs. They looked downright bored when they were leading the cheers. And the boredom was contagious. I bet the freshies were actually falling asleep when they were singing the goodnight song. As a result, cheering sucked.
Next, the big Initiation fiasco. Not only did we get in trouble with OSA, with got in trouble with the police and ISA. Wow, who says orientation is boring? Haha. I bet heads are gonna roll.
Next, cancellation of many, MANY activities. Among them, water games, Senior-Ayam games, one video game, and FLOAT. Okay, these probably could not be avoided because of OSA rulings. But if we can burn the phoenix, go to Sentosa, and other OSA violations, who says we can't extend the orientation? X-Men and Mise en Scene were also cancelled, for no reason given. But it doesn't take a genius to figure out why when just the night before, explosions went out and the police were hunting down the culprits.
Next, float. No involvement of freshmen in the float. Having four freshies as dancers is not counted. Also, everytime we have allocated time for freshmen to help with float, the numbers suddenly dwindle. Except for maybe the eve of Rag, when the turnout was... respectable. Reason for this is the short duration of orientation, which hardly gave the freshmen any sense of belonging to the hall.
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Enough of orientation. School starts tomorrow. In six hours actually. Notes all printed, and all ready for school. What a great way to start the semester. Ahhh.... hope I can keep it up. And I have to reserve 20 minutes per week for Gundam Seed. I managed to watch 14 episodes of Gundam Seed within 3 days, and I have to say that this show is EXCELLENT! So many twists and turns. Can't wait to watch more.
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