School's starting in a couple of days' time and before the start of tt, there's always the orientation program to help the newbies to familiarise themselves with the campus and all... To some extend, it's helpful as we've been taking the shuttle bus and zooming all over sch, except to the [Faculty Of Science], [FASS] and [School Of Computing]...
Furthermore, most of the time was spent on games and other bo-liao activities tt supposedly will help us bond as an orientation group (OG)... Which I've absolutely no interest in whatsoever, which brings me to this whole whining session of why I even register for this orientation in the 1st place and paid $50 in total tt consisted only of 3 meals, an orientation tee, a clan singlet (which I'll never wear unless hell freezes over) and a mask for the masquerade party which I've decided not to attend @ the last min for reasons which I'll elaborate later...
On the 1st day of the orientation, the freshies were told to dressed up in their office attire and get to sch by 0730 hrs... So I did just tt, just tt I ended up being late by a couple of mins and decided instead to gather in the [School Of Business], I might as well just meet everyone @ the [University Cultural Centre] (UCC) instead as I don't have to make so many detours... So both [MJ] and I were waiting @ the [UCC] until my OGL called and told me tt the [Freshmen Inauguration Ceremony] (FIC) will start @ 0830 hrs instead, and I should just head to LT18 after all... Zzz... Really, if it's starting so late, why get us gathered so early??? Anyway, the worse for the day has yet to come...
So after I got to the LT, I stoned a little while listening to the guys trying to do some small talk while the gals were practically a collective entity already... As usual, I couldn't think of any interesting topics, so I merely kept my trap shut... When it's the time to move off for the [FIC], there was an announcement informing us tt our clan could attend the event as there're insufficient tickets... Each sch was only given 300 tix, so it's just too bad... However, before I could actually get out of my formal attire, it appears tt there're still a few more vacancies left and I immediately grabbed tt chance to visit the [UCC]... Hey, you can't expect me to wear my forma attire for nth, right???
A few freshies dozed off during the ceremony which consisted of a couple of performances as well as 2 talks, one by the president of [NUS] and the other by the president of the [NUS Student Union]... I couldn't fall asleep as tt's not within my ability...
There's a mini-buffet after tt, but I didn't eat much as most of the stuff there contains veggies... Found [MJ] after some searching despite her height as she's wearing a white top which is very common... Wondered why so many ppl have tt impression tt 'office wear' equates a black and white combination... Then again, I couldn't care more as colour combinations are so outta my league...
I got back to [School Of Business], changed into something comfy and joined my OG for some light-hearted ice-breakers before getting my 1st free lunch as well as entering some daytime nightmare...
I'm not tt disturbed over pairing up with another gal or guy... What totally freaks me out are the games tt requires me to get wet and dirty or a combination of both, like [Dirty Musical Chair]... As if having flour over my body isn't bad enough, they have to add water on the flour tt's on the chair and you're expected to sit on it... How yucky is tt?!?!
Which is why I deliberately chose to get eliminated during the 2nd round... The faster I got out of tt game, the better for me...
I decided to leave after all tt nonsense was done and by then, it's already like close to 1900 hrs... So I met up with [MJ] for dinner @ [Subway] before heading home... In addition, the trip to [Subway] wasn't a safe one as as I was exiting LT19 with [MJ], I didn't see the bench tt's right next to the exit and freaking kicked on it, hard... I didn't get a bruise, but a skin tear tt's freaking painful and the wound refuses to stop bleeding... Even after 3 days, it's still a ugly sight to behold... Yucks...
The meal went fine, just not the trip to the 188 bus stop... Street lighting was like non-existent around the area where the [Kent Ridge Terminal] was located and if not for the presence of [MJ] who helped to guide me, I'll probably fall into some drain and hurt myself yet again... Sheesh!!!
Day 2 of orientation was even worse as our OG ended up doing the [Rag] activity instead of [Flag]... Instead of moving around the little red dot sourcing for donations, I was trapped in sch doing arts and craft... So after the lunch break, I pulled off a [Houdini] and went to the [Central Library] for some bidding research before getting my early dinner @ [Burger King] and leaving straight for home...
It's only on tt day itself tt I realised tt there's a [BK] in the [FASS] canteen... How slow can I get???
Then for yesterday's orientation, it zettai was a waste of time... I went to sch just to listen to some talks before getting an hr break where our OG did play another game to kill the time... Then, we went to the big field just to have a telematch, an activity which I conveniently skipped on the basis of my injury...
As a result of tt, I was guarding the belongings while stoning @ the same time, all the while envying [MJ] who's @ home enjoying her game of [Audition]...
Had my free dinner before everyone went back to the [School Of Business] for their night walk briefing... But before tt, 3 videos of [Kumar] in drag was played to keep us entertained and I stayed for tt 3 vids before deciding to call it a day...
It's only then tt I got [MJ] to check the result of my bidding and I found out the freaking bad news of me being outbidded by a mere 19 pts!!! WTH?! If I didn't listen to my OGLs and had followed my gut instincts to increase my bid pts to 150, I would've gotten the frigging [Introduction To Computing] mod... As a result of tt folly, I've now gotta resort to my next plan and even tt's impossible now as the demand is way above the supply, meaning tt the bid pts for [Heavenly Mathematics: Cultural Astronomy]'s gonna cost a bomb... If I bidded for tt previously, I would've gotten it for like 1 pt... Now, tt's outta the question already...
Of course, seeing tt I've already taken 2 mods during the [Special Sem], I could take 4 mods this smemester and it won't slow me down... But I'd rather have the lesser workload @ the later part of my undergraduate yrs... For now, I'll stick to 5 mods per sem...
I've no choice but to listen to [XP] and try out [Genes And Society]... If she can get an A- by sleeping throughout the lecture, I don't see why I couldn't score as well, or even better... Haha...
I just pray tt I'll be successful this time round...
*Sigh* After all the agony of my not getting the mod, I've lost the mood to attend the masquerade party tonight... Not tt I'm feeling bad or anything abt it... After all, the thought of wearing a mask over my specs to eat and converse is gonna be freaking uncomfortable... Not only tt, I've heard news tt the party's just a cover for some spd dating activity... Online dating, I don't mind as I can access [Facebook]... But real-life spd dating??? Just kill me la... It's a complete waste of time for me lor... -_-"'
Oh well, I shall end my whining session here... Off to [Audition]!!! *Grins* =D
