Living Together
This week had been stressful, but meaningful and, more importantly (imitating mrs tan), fun. On a side note, i think i've gotten over the Friday fetish. It was stressful because of all those unimportant worries i carried in mind as well as the lack of any time to rest. It was meaningful because i've grown this week and i've made new friends. I was also reassured that my current clique loves one another as much as i do. It was fun because it just was. I'll talk about each day in this post and give each day a title.
Monday - Change
The most stressful day of the week. I woke up in the morning due to irritating construction (drilling) noise which did not stop even after i exited my house. Furthermore, i just bought a new phone this sunday and there were lots of things to adjust to. Touchscreen, different routines, more complicated, contacts and so on. I had to do these adaptations with the drilling noise going on in the background. I was rather pessimistic. After some time, took the MRT to school. Finished reading "Room". It was a great book. Felt kind of sad after reading it because of the ending plus the emptiness after something ended. Read my review on it in the previous post! :D Felt like everything had suddenly changed. After that, met my new classmates and didn't really get to know them well. Had SPICE training, which was actually just teaching us how to use the student portal and the library website. Sat beside Wai Meng, though i didn't get to bond with him anyway. Disappointed in the day, went to j8 to get stuff for the mehmeh chalet, then mum drove me home and gave me half of her dinner. Then, she and my dad fetched me to the chalet. Didn't take a picture of the chalet, but it's a terrace on top of a hill (Biggin Hill Terrace), and it looks dark and creepy actually. The floor is kind of dirty and the furnitures and stuff inside are not very impressive. However, i am impressed by its size. Furthermore, it's not the venue that matters; it's quality time you spend with your friends that do.
Got fetched into the chalet by them and went to look around. Slacked, ate fried rice which was cooked by melvin and then watched TV for awhile. Melvin's fried rice was nice :)
Went up to the room and played a game of Uno. Let me emphasize. We played a game of uno, just one, because that one particular game couldn't seem to end. Showered and then squeezed on bed to watch a lame and random comedy about these 3 people who went into a kind of another world thing. Watched Phobia 2 after that, but stopped halfway. Went to play mahjong and then sleep after that.
Tuesday - Don't want to let go
Woke up and saw jasmine beside my bed, talking to someone else if i remember correctly. She said something about not going for the Freshmen Orientation programme on that day. Fell asleep again after that, then woke up, and asked again. So it was not an illusion when she said that. Had coffee and then slacked in the living room while ruwen and some others made beakfast. It was western-style.
To be honest, i've never had such a proper breakfast before. Usually it's wanton mee or something, which is meant for lunch but i eat for breakfast anyway. After breakfast, we went to bugis to do some shopping. Didn't buy anything except for this key from fairy tail. It's a "Cancer" key, as in the zodiac sign, and it's my sign so i got excited because i had been passively looking for it for quite long already and i never really found it until tuesday.
Went to the arcade to watch weijian and zixing play street fighter. I tried playing using Chun lee. Ate super nice tokoyaki. Went around for more shopping, and then after that neoprints :)
Went to NTUC to buy ingredients for dinner, and then back to the chalet. Played mahjong and cards while ruwen and many others cooked nice pasta. I like the white-coloured sauce a lot.
Washed and cleaned up, then went back to the room to finish up the movie we watched the day before. Showered and then played cards, slacked and just spent time doing nothing much. Slept together after that.
Wednesday - New People
Noises in my mind, irritating noises. They sounded like music yet they sounded like noise. It was neither. Suddenly, my mind relaxed when it hear real music. The music went like "I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock, cock, your peacock~" And i woke up from my dream. And i was back in reality. I didn't want to leave the chalet. I didn't want to part and go off so early. I didn't want to be alone in the crowd of people whom i didn't know. I am not a very sociable person. I wanted to resist change. But if i skipped wednesday's orientation programme, i would be robbing myself of my chance of meeting new friends. I must go. And i did. I went for the orientation programme with my class.
It was a trip to sentosa. On the bus trip there, i socialised with wai meng, a new friend whom i met and talked to for abit on day one. Walked together for the whole day afterwards in sentosa. It was an amazing race where we were supposed to walk back and forth, back and forth. Fun overall, but troublesome. Convinced myself to adapt in my mind during lunch, and then went back to vivo with the class to watch the movie "limitless". It was boring and dull at first, so i fell asleep because i had 2 nights of short sleeps and 1 tiring day. Awakened at the interesting part and watched till the end. Not bad. Went home after that and happily gained back energy. Computered and then wrote some stuff, and then slept.
Thursday - Dawn
Thursday was our flag day. It was fun and i managed to really made friends whom i can start feeling comfortable with on this particular day. Collected donations and i collected $31. The class in total summed up to $660 :D My personal tutor is very nice. She made us bet and the winner of the bet gets a prize. I lost horribly because i bet only $300 -_- Stupid and lacked thinking. Went to a dark tunnel to have a walk with elijah, matin and wai meng (the guys), and then pranked the girls by returning late, being silent and acting traumatised. And eventually told them that nothing really happened. Guangyi accompanied me to ang mo kio to buy a durian cake for my mum's birthday. Went home and watched TV with my family. After some time, had a celebration of mum's birthday :D
Didn't capture an image with her face and i didn't noticed. It was kind of rushed so i couldn't take my own sweet time with the photos. Ate the cake. It was not bad. Chatted a little bit, then they went back to their rooms to sleep.
Friday - The Result
Swam with melvin, then went to the library to look at books and slack. Went to eat lunch with melvin and guangyi after that at pastamania. Saw Natalie ong, jonathan, yong ming and their friends there. Went to the library again, then home to prepare for commendation day. Went to school, watched performances, listened to Mrs Tan's long long speech and went up the stage to collect the prize. After that, went to the canteen to eat free dinner.
Conclusion
Tired but fun and meaningful week. Had some very emotional moments alone but i rather not talk about them. So, that's it. Goodbye! ^^
Monday - Change
The most stressful day of the week. I woke up in the morning due to irritating construction (drilling) noise which did not stop even after i exited my house. Furthermore, i just bought a new phone this sunday and there were lots of things to adjust to. Touchscreen, different routines, more complicated, contacts and so on. I had to do these adaptations with the drilling noise going on in the background. I was rather pessimistic. After some time, took the MRT to school. Finished reading "Room". It was a great book. Felt kind of sad after reading it because of the ending plus the emptiness after something ended. Read my review on it in the previous post! :D Felt like everything had suddenly changed. After that, met my new classmates and didn't really get to know them well. Had SPICE training, which was actually just teaching us how to use the student portal and the library website. Sat beside Wai Meng, though i didn't get to bond with him anyway. Disappointed in the day, went to j8 to get stuff for the mehmeh chalet, then mum drove me home and gave me half of her dinner. Then, she and my dad fetched me to the chalet. Didn't take a picture of the chalet, but it's a terrace on top of a hill (Biggin Hill Terrace), and it looks dark and creepy actually. The floor is kind of dirty and the furnitures and stuff inside are not very impressive. However, i am impressed by its size. Furthermore, it's not the venue that matters; it's quality time you spend with your friends that do.
Got fetched into the chalet by them and went to look around. Slacked, ate fried rice which was cooked by melvin and then watched TV for awhile. Melvin's fried rice was nice :)
Went up to the room and played a game of Uno. Let me emphasize. We played a game of uno, just one, because that one particular game couldn't seem to end. Showered and then squeezed on bed to watch a lame and random comedy about these 3 people who went into a kind of another world thing. Watched Phobia 2 after that, but stopped halfway. Went to play mahjong and then sleep after that.
Tuesday - Don't want to let go
Woke up and saw jasmine beside my bed, talking to someone else if i remember correctly. She said something about not going for the Freshmen Orientation programme on that day. Fell asleep again after that, then woke up, and asked again. So it was not an illusion when she said that. Had coffee and then slacked in the living room while ruwen and some others made beakfast. It was western-style.
To be honest, i've never had such a proper breakfast before. Usually it's wanton mee or something, which is meant for lunch but i eat for breakfast anyway. After breakfast, we went to bugis to do some shopping. Didn't buy anything except for this key from fairy tail. It's a "Cancer" key, as in the zodiac sign, and it's my sign so i got excited because i had been passively looking for it for quite long already and i never really found it until tuesday.
Went to the arcade to watch weijian and zixing play street fighter. I tried playing using Chun lee. Ate super nice tokoyaki. Went around for more shopping, and then after that neoprints :)
Went to NTUC to buy ingredients for dinner, and then back to the chalet. Played mahjong and cards while ruwen and many others cooked nice pasta. I like the white-coloured sauce a lot.
Washed and cleaned up, then went back to the room to finish up the movie we watched the day before. Showered and then played cards, slacked and just spent time doing nothing much. Slept together after that.
Wednesday - New People
Noises in my mind, irritating noises. They sounded like music yet they sounded like noise. It was neither. Suddenly, my mind relaxed when it hear real music. The music went like "I wanna see your peacock, cock, cock, cock, your peacock~" And i woke up from my dream. And i was back in reality. I didn't want to leave the chalet. I didn't want to part and go off so early. I didn't want to be alone in the crowd of people whom i didn't know. I am not a very sociable person. I wanted to resist change. But if i skipped wednesday's orientation programme, i would be robbing myself of my chance of meeting new friends. I must go. And i did. I went for the orientation programme with my class.
It was a trip to sentosa. On the bus trip there, i socialised with wai meng, a new friend whom i met and talked to for abit on day one. Walked together for the whole day afterwards in sentosa. It was an amazing race where we were supposed to walk back and forth, back and forth. Fun overall, but troublesome. Convinced myself to adapt in my mind during lunch, and then went back to vivo with the class to watch the movie "limitless". It was boring and dull at first, so i fell asleep because i had 2 nights of short sleeps and 1 tiring day. Awakened at the interesting part and watched till the end. Not bad. Went home after that and happily gained back energy. Computered and then wrote some stuff, and then slept.
Thursday - Dawn
Thursday was our flag day. It was fun and i managed to really made friends whom i can start feeling comfortable with on this particular day. Collected donations and i collected $31. The class in total summed up to $660 :D My personal tutor is very nice. She made us bet and the winner of the bet gets a prize. I lost horribly because i bet only $300 -_- Stupid and lacked thinking. Went to a dark tunnel to have a walk with elijah, matin and wai meng (the guys), and then pranked the girls by returning late, being silent and acting traumatised. And eventually told them that nothing really happened. Guangyi accompanied me to ang mo kio to buy a durian cake for my mum's birthday. Went home and watched TV with my family. After some time, had a celebration of mum's birthday :D
Didn't capture an image with her face and i didn't noticed. It was kind of rushed so i couldn't take my own sweet time with the photos. Ate the cake. It was not bad. Chatted a little bit, then they went back to their rooms to sleep.
Friday - The Result
Swam with melvin, then went to the library to look at books and slack. Went to eat lunch with melvin and guangyi after that at pastamania. Saw Natalie ong, jonathan, yong ming and their friends there. Went to the library again, then home to prepare for commendation day. Went to school, watched performances, listened to Mrs Tan's long long speech and went up the stage to collect the prize. After that, went to the canteen to eat free dinner.
Conclusion
Tired but fun and meaningful week. Had some very emotional moments alone but i rather not talk about them. So, that's it. Goodbye! ^^