Saturday, January 11, 2003

no i'm not dead yet! i have so much things about my life to update about. firstly, i've been real busy about hc orientation and i've been coming home around 9 plus 10pm for the past few days. what can i say? I LOVE HC ORIENTATION! just a few days of orientation had changed my initial impression of hwa chong, totally. it was a whole wave of fun-filled activities with much laughter, mud, starch :/ and sun.

firstly, we had telematches on tuesday. wells, telematches that we could never participate in st nicks because it's too dirty! we crawled under tables at the field where the trails are filled with starch, rolled over each other and it was certainly a sight! nobody got away looking clean and smart, i must say. for the past 4 days, we've been practising our mass dances. unfortunately, i do not possess the essence of a dancer in me. but i actually danced with horse for a while coz he was demonstrating! -melts- i was so elated, overjoyed, every happy words you can think of. :D he was such a nice chap, and everybody could testify to that. we also had several cheer and song sessions where the songs were quite nice, though i didn't pay much attention to them. did i mention i think our school song's weird? when i first heard it, i was giggling away uncontrollably, as usual. anyways, we also had games like scavanger hunt and amazing race. my ct was first in amazing race! we had real detours and pit stops, and of course, corny obstacles we had to encounter. thursday was the Wargames, which was quite a corny game. S2, S3 and Arts formed a Trident [due to their size], while S6 and S7 were on their own. by the way, my ct is S69, what a funky number. hahas. anyways, back to the game, the field was divided into three parts. all 3 faculties had their own island as well as a boundary where other members could not cross. the main aim of the game is to throw as many water bombs as we could to other facs' island. at the warline, councellors were stationed to throw starch at people as they cross the allowed boundary. it was really a sight seeing everybody running across the field, water bombs thrown high into the air and screams that came along with a splash of starch. wells, s6 won! -beams- i love our fac head, small yet dynamic and EXTREMELY funny! i laughed like mad coz he's so corny, always making us laugh yet earning respect and admiration he most deserved.

we had our talentime auditions for campfire yesterday just before dinner. everybody's items were quite funny and lame, esp s61! pronounce s61 in chinese and it sounded like S-H-E. so 3 guys acted as SHE and they were like introducing themselves as Selina, Hebe and Ella in a damnit funny gayish bimbotic voices. each fac has to choose one best ct performance to perform during the campfire. i just didn't understand why almost every class used the tv show den advertisement idea. almost everybody used the ikea, nike, heineken and carlsberg idea, and the unbeatables! after the auditions, i couldn't help but admire all the j1s, yes, ALL. i had said that they were all so smart and some nerdy looking yet ALL were really involved and totally not embarrassed to do some highly amusing actions on stage. it suddenly occurs to me that the Hwa Chongnians are all so full of zest and enthusiasm.

campfire night was most memorable, instantly instilling the Hwa Chong spirit in me. we firstly had some stupid games like choosing representatives from each fac to go up and compete. one contest was having the girls use a bottle of gel and style the guys' hair. nearly everybody used beckham's hair, but of course. :) then the faculty heads dressed up as kungfu, wushu and olden days martial arts fighters, all hidden in the crowd. one was from the sun and moon sect, the other a heroine. i remembered S7 fac head as the leader of the famous Beggar sect, and our dear fac head was the all formidable monk! hahahahas everybody were so hyped up waiting for him to appear. i loved that part. talentime was highly entertaining, esp S7, though they were disqualified due to the inappropriate nature, according to the teacher. their theme was ketchup. okays they had several ketchup advertisements. in the carlsberg one, they took out ketchup bottles instead of the beer. at the finale, the guys er took out their clothes and started dancing, splashing ketchup on their bodies, not to mention LICKING it. that's why i've said everybody's so enthusiastic, and i take back the words i've said about most guys being nerdy and sian! wells, it was a gross scene though, and they called it an orgasmic experience in the advertisement. -hides-

the central plaza was indeed a very suitable spot for gathering of the whole school cohort. the orientation video was played, and i did not see myself inside. -phew- the video was REALLY REALLY good, and the effects were great. there were lots of cheers and laughter coming from us. and oh yes, the campfire part! there was a star hanging against the building and strings/wire/whatever were also stretched across the campfire area. little balls of sparkles flew across, forming a pseudo meteor rain sight. the big star was lit up, causing a giantic outburst of flames. there were loads of black smoke though, and i bet the wall will be black. anyways, the star were slowly dropped and ignited the campfire. whoa, i savoured every bit of that magnificent scene. the song session came and instantly, everybody put their shoulders around their neighbours and we started swaying, dancing and singing the songs on top of our lungs. the songs are really those kind you'll cry on grad night, or probably heart aching nostalgia, with scenes of your school life flashing in your mind when you hear them. whoa. mass dance session soon came and everybody were really hyped up and high at that moment. i was really sad when the campfire was over and everybody started forming trains and ran around the central plaza. what a most crazy night! the campfire could jolly well surpass the sports trip campfire i had at kota tinggi last year, just that this time, i could not enjoy the night with all my st nicks friends.

within my senior class and mine, we had this angel mortal thingy, which is similiar to the buddy system we had in snbt. it's just a pity it isnt like a family system like snbt, where mostly everybody are related to one another. i think i've said before, that i love my senior class! i think we had the most enthu senior class. while everybody had gone home, we stayed over at chinese high bandroom. my senior class REALLY reminds me of the snbt grand seniors last time. by the way, we played pool, mahjong, cards, all the usual stuff we did during chalets. oh yah, ALL the guys in my class play pool. whoa, talk about funky baby. came home this morning at around 9 and i slept almost immediately till 6 pm. whoa. lessons are starting next week, and i'm really dreading them. people are telling me the lessons are boring, besides, i get bored and sleepy easily. my brain had been rusty after a whole long break, and i can't imagine having to listen in class! oh dear...

this is a really long entry, and i shall stop here to go write to my angel and mortals! :D till then, i miss all my st nicks friends.

all i want for christmas is you 09:36 p.m.