It's about time to conclude this month. It is the month when all the poly thing actually started. At the end of march, i officially entered poly life when i went for the CASS orientation camp, which i blogged about. And then after that, for a few weeks, holidays continued. Did the usual stuff with the mehmehs. And then on the 11th of April, we had the mehmehs' chalet, which clashed with the Freshmen Orientation Programme. And i skipped the orientation programme for the chalet.

Initial Discomfort
I am a person who finds it seriously difficult to adapt to changes. It will probably take me about a week to adjust to stuff. And i'm glad i gave myself the chance to. I was seriously feeling very sad about not seeing my secondary school friends every day anymore, and meeting new friends whom i find very different. Everyone is different.

I wasn't comfortable with anything at all. Firstly, the transportation time, which is like 1 hour from home to school. It used to just take me 5 minutes to reach school from home because my mom drives me, and my school was just 15 minutes' walk away. Secondly, i could not think of anyone to be close friends with. Yes, i'm not the kind of "whole class together" person, but i'm also not the kind of person who stick to a group of people like glue and treat them like they are the only people in the world. Thirdly, i just don't know. New things just scare me.

And now i've adjusted to them all.

School
School started. Sat for several modules: General Education, Writing Across Media Platforms, Visual Communication, Deconstructing Television, Heroes, Myths and Legends, and Creative Story Writing.

I love most of them, but some get rather dull at times. I love the module creative story writing the most, but i like ms gamar's lessons on writing across media platforms the most.

School was very interactive and i was able to feel comfortable around any classmates, except maybe for a few whom i chose to be less open with.

So the pattern goes like this: Morning drills, bus to junction 8, MRT, read book in MRT (I'm reading Before I Fall right now, super good), reach dover mrt station, and this is the part when there are certain variations.

a) I arrive 30 minutes early and wait for my classmates to arrive.
b) I arrive just on time but my "just on time" is equals to my classmates' "almost late".
c) I arrive 30 minutes early so i go to the toilet to do business, and end up being "just on time".

School, lectures, lunch at super crowded foodcourts, slacking in the libraries (i like the hilltop library because it is near our school), and sometimes we go to the main library after school for board games.

Game of life, this weird mouse game, cluedo, and a wolf game.

By the way, the CAs have started, projects started coming. A group project by week 4 and an individual project by week 5.

CCA fair and my CCA choice
I really wanted to join a sport CCA in polytechnic and i planned to join swimming since i was in secondary school. But now i'm not joining any sports cca anymore. I'm not a really sporty person, i just exercise a few times per week. I like sports stuff but i am not committed to them. Sports is not my life. This is what i realised.

So, i'm joining BP mentoring, another CCA i had been planning to join since i came to SP to apply for the orientation camp and saw this brochure and got excited. I had not known the meaning of the "BP" in "BP mentoring" until yesterday; it is the shortform of the name of the company in sponsorship or something. This CCA is about teaching children and stuff.

Another CCA i'm joining is theatre compass. About performing stuff on stage one.

Went for CCA fair two days ago and yesterday. It was kind of fun deciding what to join and stuff. Watched some rather amazing dances by our school dancers. Basically, just hanged out around school.

Personal Growth
I've grown again. Now i do socialise. Now i no longer run away and don't talk to certain people. I have also grown in terms of becoming a more optimistic person. And a more energetic one, i think.

Wai Min's Birthday
Even with school, the mehmehs still kept in contact. We do hang out sometimes, and just on tuesday, we celebrated waimin's birthday.

It didn't turn out very successful. We ate at pizzahut and their service was not really good over there at that branch. And i got rather unhappy at certain things that some of us said.

But still, i hope that waimin enjoyed the gifts and the cake! :D

That is basically april.