Phew, orientation is done and over with.
I joked around that I felt like crying not because orientation has ended, but because I'd have to do all my homework and CCA stuff afterwards. There is a lot to catch up D':
Notwithstanding, orientation had been a great experience. I was talking to my fellow MT03 OGLs about how joining the Orientation Team and becoming an Orientation Group Leader was primarily to challenge myself. It was quite a challenge, indeed. I remember, exactly a year and four days ago I was a lost sheep in Raffles, having little friends and still grieving over MOE's rejection of my SJII scholarship. Now, I am blogging as an OGL who (hopefully) made orientation a fun time for the new J1s!
Whatever I write down here will not do justice to describe the awesomeness of my experience in orientation. Yet, I feel that I MUST write down something, for this is definitely an important milestone in my journey in Raffles. So, here it goes!
There are lots of things I learned from being an OGL. One of them is the fact that joy and enthusiasm is contagious. Being a station master for this year's External Activity, I jumped around and explained the game with zeal, and to my delight, the OGs playing caught the fever and cheered harder and harder :,) Another thing I experienced is not to take things too seriously but to stay mature at the same time --- I encourage my OGlings to stay enthusiastic, to play hard, but to have fun above all else. I learned to not take offense from the J1's rudeness, jest, or impunity, but instead approached them and "calibrated" them in a light-hearted manner :) I learned to talk to strangers, and above all else, to acquiesce to the fact that I know very little people, and start building my repertoire of friends from scratch :)
Apart from the serious stuff, I am thankful for the sexy shirt my OGlings gave me, which comprises of a white shirt with abs and packs drawn over it, plus a kiss mark on the chest ;) And I am freaking broke! I had exactly 80 cents on my wallet on Thursday, and I had around 16 bucks on Friday evening after paying for the Pizza! D: I fell victim for the OGlings nasty pick-up lines (which gave me, more than anything, a whatthefuu look on my face) to get my handphone number for EA. I enjoy the weird look other people gave me when I spiritedly cheered for other houses (HH's Hutalu is my favorite, followed by BW's Anone), and I really love the weather forecast and dancing to the retarded Speedy Gonzales song. The irony when it turned out that rain only came during the EA day, precisely when we are expecting a sunny day D: and the awesome feeling of hoboing around in MPH after every debrief hehehe. Eating fast food four days in a row, and running while eating two slices of sandwiched domino's pizza to catch curfew. These snippets of moments I shall hold dear.
As a closing story, allow me to share the tale of my EA day. I have to say all the preparation and effort put in EA was worth it, despite the rain that came cancelling the second game :( I am lucky to have a certain girl as my partner, while initially I was disappointed of having her instead of another one ;) She's really awesome, being decisive when needed, and paying a great attention to minute details. The rain added another colour to our interaction. As I woke up late on that day, I forgot to bring an umbrella, and when we were walking to Bishan Active from Caldecott (since we changed stations) I told her that I didn't need one. Subsequently, she also told me that she did not need the umbrella and folded it. I grabbed the umbrella and insisted on trying to cover her from the rain, but she scolded me for doing so as she claimed that she was "drying" the umbrella. Hence both of us ended walking in the rain, and rendering the umbrella she brought useless. HAHAHA ladies these days.
The Indonesia's Finest
Post Mortem: Hmm. Valentine's day is coming. Should I buy a chocolate or two? hee hee :D
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