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Saturday, February 23, 2008

ORIENTATION WAS FUN!!

Being an ogl was fun too!! PJC had orientation frm wednesday to friday. Was a very fun experience. Tink im going to be ogl for next year's orientation too. At first i didn't think tt i wld be able to be a gd ogl, but i tink managed to pull through in the end. There were a few ppl hu didnt wan to be with the og n kept running off, but the remaining ppl were gd. We all had fun =D

ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA ALL THE WAY!!!

First day was the ice-breaking day.At first we had abt 2-3 hours of talk, so evryone was nt tt enthu, but things gt on quite well when we had our own og time n we started to interact with each other. At least some of the unfamiliarity was gone. After tt was the cheer n songs session where all 6 clans were gathered in the hall. It seemed like the ogls were the onli ppl hu were high, cos evrybody was like staring with us while we cheered n sang n cheered n sang. Btw pjc has very nice songs n cheers =D Although they foloed our instructions when we asked them to squeeze n move to the front, they will jus sit there n stare at us cheering n singing-__- Guess its normal since its the first day n ppl are still unfamiliar with each other. Then there was the college tour, which was quite a boring part, but i tink we still did fine. Evryone was released on 6.30 on the first day except for the student leaders i.e. the O2 comm, the ogls, the sc/scap attachees. We had another debrief after they left which eventually ended at 7+. Although we were released very late, i dun feel any anguish or ill-feelings towards the teachers, cos during the debrief, i felt tt wat the teachers said brought us closer tgt. Reached home at abt 8.30 then bathed, ate, n went to bed.

Second day, the 'highlight' of the orientation. We had station games n the dances. At first there were abt 2 hours of talks, then a break. After the break, clans Alpha, Beta, n Delta learnt to dance the fun dance n the cute dance. They were all quite shy n didn't respond really well to the dance section. All of them were like jus moving their hands n legs n bodies around very subtly, which made them look like they were very tired, even though this was the first event of the day. But i tot the ogls did a gd job as thru our very enthu n very high dancing the new J1s started to respond better, which was supposed to be the case since the dances were really really fun! After tt was station games. Station games was very fun, since the og was quite bonded tgt n evryone had fun tgt. U cld see tt the whole og was having fun since we were all running frm station to station n we wld all think of how to accomplish the tasks given to us. Then, there was the war games. Throughout the whole day, i was hoping tt the war games wld nt be screwed up, n fortunately, it didn't. Gd thing now tt they haf a proper briefing on the rules n safety issues. So overall it was fun, but i pity Gamma n Theta. They were ostracized by the other 4 clans which formed an alliance to attack these 2 clans. So they were thrashed. Because of this alliance, Alpha had a brilliant plan tt won us the war game. The war game was played with water bombs, n the aim of the game was to make the other clans' 25 "newspaper warriors" as wet as possible. The "newspaper warriors" stood within a boundary tt nobody can cross. So when the game started, the whole of Alpha crowded arnd the boundary n blocked any water bombs tt came. Although we onli blocked a few out of abt 20, our newspaper warriors were still quite dry compared to the others. When the other 5 clans finished their water bombs, the whole of Alpha chionged Gamma. From my point of view, in the midst of all the flying bombs, i wld describe the scene as epic. So we won the war games. WOOOOOHOOOOOOO

Then the 3rd day a.k.a yesterday. Had another hour of talk, then it was the principal's dialogue with students. The funny thing is, over half of the qns asked yesterday was exactly the same as wat was asked in O1(orientation 1). A few qns even used the exact same words in the exact same order lol. There was a boy tt asked tis qn tt gt timothy hu was sitting beside very mad. Note: the ogls were rite at the back n talking or reading magazines n whatnot. I was playing rubik's cube lol. Timothy is the head of the O2 comm. The boy said tis," I wld like to point out tt the sch seems to be encouraging BGR because we had to partner someone of the opposite sex in the dances." Tis gt Timothy so agitated tt he was cursing uder his breathe n he made tis comment tt i tot to be amusing," U dun wan to partner with the someone of the opposite sex, u gay ar. I dunnoe dance with how many thousand girls n none of them was my girlfriend." He stood up, but nobody really noticed since we were rite at the back. He was prepared to rush to the mike if Mrs Tan(the principal) did nt gif a satisfactory answer. However, he cld rush to the mike since Mrs Tan alrdy thrashed the boy for him. Mrs Tan said smth like tis," Judging frm wat u jus said i reckon tt u are frm a boy's sch am i rite? There haf been ppl hu tried to set up an all boys or all girls jc but they haf all failed to pass moe. This is because the jc system is preparing u for university, n u all will haf to interact with members of the opposite sex in the university. If we still let u all avoid members of the opposite sex, then how will u all survive in university? Since u are frm a boy's sch, u may start imagining things when u hold a girl's hand during the dances, but u haf to know tt tis is so tt u all can haf a healthy relatioship between members of the opposite sex, because tis college is against BGR. Does tt answer ur concern?" N the boy cld onli sit there n nod his head lol.

So after the dialogue was a break n then the mass dance session, where the new J1s wld haf to learn the mass dance. I can see tt my og was quite willing to dance now since they cld folo the steps properly. Then it was lunch n after tt og time. We originally agreed with og2 to combine a massive 20+ ppl murderer, but due to time n space constraints tis was canceled =( In the end we onli played mafia, which was very boring -_- Gd thing i went away to look for og2 when they started so i didnt need to play. So when i came bac, they were halfway through the game, so i jus sat down with one of the guys in my og hu were supposed to be dead n chatted away. Then another guy beside me oso died, so the 3 of us jus talked n talked n talked, until it was the time for the songs n cheers session, to refresh the memory of the new J1s. Then it was clan time, where we were jumping anrd n cheering n singing to try to get make the clan high. In the end, onli abt half the clan was high -_- Then after tt we had dinner then it was campfire. When the session started, all the clans n the emcees were having a cheer competition n bombing spree while waiting for mrs tan to arrive. Then when she arrived, the acms(assistant clan masters) started their skit which will eventually lead to the lighting of the campfire by mrs tan. When mrs tan lit the string which were eventually lead to the fire, we were expecting a rapid burning of the string tt wld light the fire in a blast. However, the string burned really slowly. So much so tt yang yi had to light up both the whole string n the campfire with another torch. Then when the campfire was lit, the clan performances started. At first was our clan, Alpha, which had the theme rain dance. Beta had the theme cosmic waves, Delta had the theme ocean blue, Gamma had the theme jungle fever, Sigma had the theme fire rap n Theta had the theme oriental mist.
Our clan interpreted the theme in a very lame/creative way. Our rain dance was a dance to a song by Rain the korean singer. This means tt we did a rain dance without including a single drop of rain inside. Somehow, our rain dance was so successful tt indeed it started to rain abt 30min later, while Delta was still doing their dance. So all of us ran to the hall n continued there. At first i tot tt it wld not be fun anymore but i was wrong.

When we all settled down in the hall (nt entirely true, afterall, hu will really settle down during a campfire?) Delta did their performance again. Actually the rain was a gd thing, cos we were all sitting very close tgt n the high spirit spreaded very quikly. Also, the ogls of Alpha gt an excellent view as we were rite in front of the stage n i was even sitting on the steps of the stage to watch the performance. Saw 3-4 riversidians on stage, but i onli recognised liping n nandhini dancing for gamma. Even though it was supposed to be 'jungle fever' nandhini's dance had a bhangra feel to it lol. But they chose the correct song. Forgot wats the title, but it was the tarzan song by toybox (for those hu doesn't rmbr, try to recall tis: O YO E YO YO E YO E YO E YEAH, I am tarzan the jungle man, u can be my fren) When ever the song reached the jungle call, the whole hall wld sing along. After all the performances, it was the prize ceremony. Coincidentally(or not), there were six bags of goodies to be given off n all 6 clans won a bag. After the ceremony, Delta, hu won the best performance award, was called bac on stage to perform again. Since they using the song under the sea, evryone wld start singing UNDER THE SEA whn the chorus came. Then after they finished their performance, there was another string of cheering n dancing n singing. Gamme even gt an encore performance cos the AV ppl played the tarzan song after playing the chipmunk's witchdoctor (the song for the cute dance). So ppl started jumping arnd whenever the chorus came.

After the performance, we all danced the fun dance, cute dance, n mass dance again n again. Me n joey (Alpha scap attachee) were jumpin around n around for the dances lol. Even for steps tt did nt require any jumping, we were jumping n hopping lol. Then after all the dancing, we watched a photo montage made by the AV ppl. Then we sang a college anthem n non-pjc song 'true', which was very nice. Then the campfire was ended(metaphorically, since the actual fire was doused by the rain abt 2-3 hours ago) at arnd 9.30 but ppl still lingered arnd until abt 9.45. Then the student leaders had a debrief for the orientation. The ogls were given a chance to talk abt their feelings of the orientation, n it was a heart warming session since 'thank you's were flying evrywhere n evry comment was positive. I think tis made all of us feel like a big family. Then the teachers also said their feelings n after tt mrs tan came frm the parents conference to address us. She encouraged us n thanked us all for making the orientation a great success n told us abt all the positive comments she has been receiving abt the orientation. Thus, the day ended with a cheer(or a few cheers) n we all went home with a warm n satisfying feeling in their hearts (at least for me).