Thursday, August 04, 2005


1st August 2005 - 3rd August 2005

(Midway through NUS Orientation Week)

(Monday)
Orientation at 9am..Met up with Geok Hui, my ex colleague in veritas and went to her hostel to put down our stuffs before setting off for the orientation..It costs around 1200+ to stay for a semester (4months)..breakfast and dinner included..pretty expensive! Geok shares it with a roomie that was allocated to her randomly..Seriously i find that the room is well kept..spacious cupboards, desk, drawers, single beds.. A conducive environment to stay and study in..after all everything in sch is within ya reach.. Wireless connection as well.. isnt it great? Too bad there is no aircon, quite stuffy even though the fan is turned on..I thought that there would be mosquitoes because there are trees, bushes and grasses around the hall..but no..wasnt bitten at all! Another bad thing is that alot of money goes to phone bills..

Was in the group "MIST" (10 groups were formed based on NARUTO).. as a matter of fact, our OGL n OGAs arent very enthu ppl..they cant create that atmosphere of liveliness and fun within our group..There were many foreigners..from Vietnam, India, China..I have a lil difficulty understanding their english :( But well, played about 3 icebreaker games, one of which was wacko where we really got to know each other's names..was called many times..is "Meizhen" so ez to call? I chose that cos "Angela" is even easier..even the indians were like saying "Meizhen" too..haha..so funny! Yep..had my fair share of fun :)

Proceeded for lunch with the group..after that went to the Freshmen Inauguration Ceremony (FIC).. Been there before when YISS were having this drama performance some years ago.. so was familiar with getting there.. Met another computing student called Michelle..frenly girl that told me that i can take my programming modules without satisfying the pre-requisite (a priviledge for poly students).. It was lucky that I met her otherwise i would have cramped all my core modules together the next semester. Got a nice leather file from NUS :)

We waited for more than an hour before the FIC began..It started with Resonance, an acapella group..WOW..they are IMPRESSIVE! A group of 6 students were making music right in front of my eyes without any instruments..just their voice and the mic..it feels that a band is playing right before me..they are REALLY GOOD! The FIC started with the big shots of NUS and student leaders of all faculties marching in. There were tons of speeches, performance by the NUS choir (they scored 99/100 for a competition!) and multimedia presentations. Its an experience of a lifetime..

(Tuesday)
Its flag day..experienced it before when I was a freshie at Ngee Ann..there is no need to try it all over again..hehe..din go..had the day to myself :)

(Wednesday)
MIST's strength was only 7! From 30 to 7, dunno what happened to the rest..but luckily at night, some of them came for the night walk/treasure hunt, so we got about 20ppl at the end of the night..Most ppl were missing in the morning because of the bidding of modules..i did mine on tuesday night till 2am!

Had a library orientation on how to find books, journals and articles based on the computer system and library codes..It may sound boring to people reading this but hey..its quite fun..maybe because the lecturer was able to grab our attention..i was attentive ok! After that went to the arts faculty to play some games then proceeded for lunch..Geok Hui and I din bring any cash..we just brought our handphones along..so in the end..our OGA (William) treated us..he is undeniably our ATM machine..haha..The food in the canteen is cheap and nice..the portion is big too..really very affordable for students that arent working.. :)

After lunch we played another game before proceeding back to our blocks to continue with the bidding..really learnt alot from the seniors about what modules to take, which are the killers, which are the ones that we can score, the best lecturers and the worst ones..but the stupid CORS's server was overloaded with many ppl logging in at the same time..thus we all took 2hrs just to change the bid points, in the end, all was outbidded..sianz.. Due to the bad weather today, the war games were cancelled..thus we had alot of free time..we ended up playing dai dee and in the end.. 8 ppl played heart attack.. squealing, shrieking and shouting in the canteen.. haha.. v fun.. like kids!

Wenta munchie monkey to eat again..this time geok hui and i shared a BLT pizza..another new girl joined our group..Regina..she was from PJC..din see her for 2 days because she was in Malaysia then..still learning alot from the seniors about the courses and how to tackle them..was late for the briefing for our night walk..we took about 2 hrs dinner!

From Monday to Wednesday, the night walk/treasure hunt was the best! There are creeps at different levels of our 3 SOC buildings..so we have to go to these stations to play their games and earn badges..played many games like "Jenga", "Blackjack", "Mastermind", "Zhong Ji Mi Ma", "Knots", "Lucky card game", "Song guessing game", "IQ question", "Paper Aeroplane" and so much more.. its entertaining!

When we were at the "IQ Question" station, I saw a whole group of people blindfolded sitting at the canteen..A guy and a girl sat at an individual table and started their conversation for about 5-10mins..both are blind folded..seems like blind dates..after that short conver, OGLs will guide them away from the canteen so that they wun noe who they toked to just now..its very cool le..it seems enjoyable but these students are from the the science faculty..haha..i cant join :(

My OGA is a freaky 204cm tall! Im only till his shoulder..i feel so short! He is a really nice guy..our ATM for the day! hehe..can make jokes, can say serious stuffs about our course, can also let his hair down and play games..very frenly also..So thoughtful of him to buy us milo cause we are super cold in the LT..He was the only one that won the "Paper Aeroplane" game..we all call him our "LAO DA!" haha..

Everything ended at 10:30pm..went back to eusoff hall to retrieve back my stuffs and head off home..felt hungry..on the way home went to buy my supper..i reached home at 12am+..Yupz..and now blogging away..its 3am and Im having my UNIX workshop tmr at 9:30..I guess it is gonna be another long day! Till then..

Posted by Angela at 3:04 AM