on the first day it was a lil ice breakers and dry games. it started off well becoz holun was in my og. and then i found out that there were quite a few nyjcians around. so in a way theres something in common besides the modules we're bidding for? haha. the games were ok, though i fell down twice in the same area in 2 different games, scratching both my knees. right knee had a wound that lasted for the whole of sow. the pain was horrible especially during showers or when im stretching/retracting my knee. at night theres this fear factor games. one of which was um... a game similar to wheel of fortune. my team had to clear a plate of blue cheese, raw egg, dried frogs, crickets. i took the blue cheese. and omg... it freaking stinks...
2nd day we played wet games. they were quite fun too. there was this game where we play captain's ball using a ball of dough. i got hit in the face by the ball of dough. dam pain lol>_<. secret-pal gift making on this day too. u can see the angel clay i made in my previous post.
3rd day was more games again. by the 3rd day we were pretty much bonded already. after eating meals tgt, playing games tgt, sleeping in a lecture theatre tgt.. etc. but i left at 10:30pm instead of staying with them becoz i had driving revision the next day (sat)
day 4, after my driving lesson in the morning, i rushed down to sentosa to join my og in the beach games! generally ok, everyone seems tired after camping in sch for 3 days, but we still had fun. at night, i had 3 choices to take my journey. either go supper with og, or go take pics of NE Show 3, or go Jowie's 21st bdae. naturally the 3rd option was the wisest choice becoz its jowie's 21st! haha. but sad la, missed out on 2 events.
---
monday driving test. PASSED!!! with 4 points only. pro right? hahaha
i dunno which route i was given though. just take instructions and drive. wahaah
after which i rushed down to nus for the freshmen inauguration ceremony.
after the ceremony we went to marina sq where ogl kelvin treated us to pool. =D
tues was flag day! we nus students went to various parts of singapore to flag for donations for the less fortunate. it was a really fun (abit tiring too) day. the morning rush ppl were more generous. some interesting situations:
situation 1: i asked this stranger if she would like to donate some money. she turned away and proceeded on. i said we're from nus. she stopped in her tracks and took out her purse to donate some coins. LOL
situation 2: this middle aged lady asked me where am i from (which organisation am i from). i said nus fac of sci. she then said "but i don't even know if my daughter will get into nus..." though her comments were pretty unrelated to this.. i replied "maybe if u donate some money u may have good karma". she smiled and said "karma, thats a good word. i'll give it to you". and she went on to rant about she will give me all the coins she have, adding that if she doesn't have any then its my bad luck, lol. she gave me quite a lot.
situation 3: this young girl walked up to me and said "are u in year 1?" i said "ya". she put a coin in and told me to study hard and wished me good luck in uni. that was quite an encouraging moment haha.
situation 4: a busker in a underpass called for me and donated 20 cents into my can. my frens and i were quite touched so we sang a song with them. jason mraz's lucky. it was a really fun experience to busk with such a jovial mood. anyway i donated $2 to him before we left.
pls check out my flag day pics. coz its taken by me. haha.
after flag, some of us went to watch Hangover. nc16 show but i find it a bit more towards the m18 category. besides nudity, there were a bit of sexual references. vulgarities come and go easily but im pretty much accustomed to it after ns haha. i like this movie becoz the way the story develops is good. the story is bout this group of guys who are celebrating a bachelor's party for their pal and wake up not remembering anything (sound like a typical hangover? no), and they have to use clues from whatever they have to find out what happened and where did their friend end up. the ending was a great concept too. i find it quite original, to use a camera and show a slideshow of pics to tell the untold story in the movie.
---
thurs met up with the og for buffet dinner at crystal jade, went to play left 4 dead, and finally go back to sch to stay over for the next day; SOW Part II. after helping out a lil rag, took a 4 hours sleep till 7:30am. and here we have it. the last day of SOW.
at lunch, our secret pal was revealed to us. my sp is a cute girl from nj. her gift for me was quite nice too, got a camera. kind of thoughtful of her to remember that i like photography haha.
after lunch we went for amazing race. went to chinatown then to esplanade then to fort canning park then to boat quay then to sci centre then to west coast park then back to nus. woah...
had western dinner and changed into pyjamas for the slumber party!
all look so cute in pyjamas!
during the awards presentation was dam sian. our og didn't win anything at all. i think out of the 16 ogs, only got 2 or 3 og nv win anything at all during the whole orientation, including my og, lol. but nevertheless at the end we still get to cheer because we won the best house! consoling la... then they played music and we danced+taopok+take photos. lucky nv tio taupok, though one of my seniors carried me to take pics and i thought i was gonna get stripped or "pillar"-ed. XD
we then went to help rag a bit and went out to eat prata in our pyjamas. yes, everyone was staring at us becoz we were in our pyjamas. but it was a fun experience. went back to sch to shower and it was already 4am. we had a heartwarming talk in a tutorial room till 6am. some of them took a half hour nap but i just stayed awake since its already 6+. so i didn't sleep at all for a whole day.
went to cheer for sci fac (its rag day on sat!), then took a short nap on the slope in front of the University Hall. then went for lunch where we had a good heartwarming meal before departing. it was a good end to the week we shared together, as a OG made up of different people with common goals. we got to know each other, we really bonded well, and we enjoyed the time spent together, forged into memories that will stay for very very long, if not forever.
