Er... Scared Anot
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Well, orientation camp is just over,4 days, 2 nights. This post is gonna be really long, i can feel it. I'm gonna screw up some chronology, but bear with me.
Day 1
It was a really shitty morning. I had gotten only like 2 hours of sleep the night before. I tried to do my hair up, the real high one, but because my fringe was thinned, it turned out like crap. So like just before i left the house, i drenched my head and tried to do something normal... couldnt get it right cause my cuz had to use the flat iron. And the way to pp to meet yk and sy, i got a headache and felt like puking.
Then wen we got to sch, we found out that we were gonna be like really separated. See, there are like 4 or 5 'empires' and within that, 3 'sub empires'. My empire was Fuego and my sub was Eden. There were really weird other names, dunno how they cmae up with them. Anyways, wen we sat in the audi, i found that 3 of my pri sch frens were in the same empire as moi. Jeremy, benjamin and wei jie... or joshua as he's liked to be called now. Some host on stage was like really retarded, a lot of silly antics. Another one reminded me of pierre png. There was this thing where they got some freshies(as the seniors called us) to answer questions and ones that got it right could smash an egg on one of another 3 senior's heads. Some stupid questions la, one being 'wat is
's name. But it was real cool. There were those who like cracked it on the floor before pouring the contents on one's head while others just smashed it on, yolk and white flying everywhere. The cheers they taught seemed really silly and i was thinkin 'the only way i'd be doing that is if i'm like really drunk' Then there was this guy, moses somethin, says he's friendly and stuff but you can tell he's otherwise. And he keeps sayin "are you with me?" I dunno, somehow i don really like him, like his friendliness is very plastic.
He made this super long annoying pep talk, like he was accusing us or something.
After that we like got into our subs at the sports complex and did our intros, played some rather lame games. I didnt keep the nonchalant act i was supposed to portray, somehow. Darn. One of our 3 group leaders had like one and a half thumbs on her right hand. Then wen we went to collect some 'prox card' and met the guy, clarence, whom i saw before while selling bedsheets. Its so coincidental that he's in the same course as me. Thats how small sg is. Met a Wen How(is that how its spelled?), an Amanda(reminded me of lluvy), a Jen and a Jocelyn. The latter two whine my name everytime they see me over the next few days. Then we had these like station games. The 1st 1 was that all of us were given cards randomly, each labelled a body part, and join with the body part of the card assigned to another person. Too bad there wasnt something like right hand to chest or left had to right butt cheek. I had my arms on someones shoulder and two people's thumbs on that arm. so in this grotesque mass, we had to like move a distance of like 5 metres. It was tiring. Then there was this game where we were supposed to pass down boob implants(i mean water baloons) down the stairs, only using pieces of cloth. I was like jinxed. One balloon bounced down 3 steps but only broke wen it touched my foot. The next game was we had to collect water bags that with plastic bags tied to our backs, while we were bombarded from the level above. I cheated, cause like one fell to the ground but didnt burst, so i picked it up, put it in the bag and got out. Whee.
By the end of that day, i met a few people. Alan, who later i found out is 23, Jun Ming a tak lungish person called Ron, Hafiz who lives like 3 blocks away from me, Bernard, Darryl and Siti, a very enthu scarved girl.
Day 2
The second day started with a talk about some block teaching thing. Like instead of 2 semesters, the school year will be broken up into 12 months. Each month 2 modules. Its good because there'll be less rushing for projects. Its bad because like, i wont get to know anyone very well. It takes me some time to totally warm up to someone and suddenly we'll split classes. At least in six months i can make a best friend. 1 month is ridiculous. Cause i prefer quality to quantity.
We had this mass dance thing and i had to dance with Kim. So not my taste. And then there was this singing session with moses, and he picked out this guy, Joel, who came at 7.15 that day even though the reporting time was 9. Wah, over enthu. Anyways, there was this rather boring song we have to sing with him next tues, the chorus sounds like the verses. Then we had more station games. First one we had to elephant walk with cups of water in our mouths to transfer to a pail and wen they give a signal, we're supposed to keep completely still but somehow i moved and they rubbed toothpaste on on one leg and tiger balm on another. Then the next one split and had to build as many sandcastles as possible in 2 mins then bombard the other team's one with water bombs. But i was too enthu in building that i hit the edge of the pail too hard and my thumb started bleeding. The next game was kinda stupid wher we get the names of characters stuck on our backs and we have to find out wat it is by askin yes and no qns, then find the other character that pairs up with yours. Only, most people cheated. I found out mine when the group behind me told me that i'm the prettiest of them all. And another kinda lame game kinda Twister-ish except with a bucket of water. Then as we had dinner, Alan and were arguing with some others... religion versus science... him being the sceptical one.
Then we had this sign language session with this middle aged lady who had short hair but a long, thin braided pigtail that looked like a toilet chain and i felt like yanking it. We had to sign the school song(which sounded like shyt) and the only sign i remember is 'society' while 'adore' was turned into a bad word and 'dreams' became brain dead. Then later were told some ghost stories about the school and this girl from my sub actually cried listening to them. Then some guy made up some events in the past about people dying durin the night walk... which we had after that. People with a history of heart problems had to wear a red band on their sleeve. So anyway, because i had made her laugh a lot earlier in the day, Gladys had chosen me to partner with(cause like the guys had to ensure the girls didnt freak out, but the number of guys were half the number of girls so most of the other guys just circulated). In my opinion, she's the best looking in my sub. I'm lucky. Wahaha. So like she held my hand most of the time(hey, its a big deal since i was stuck in a boys school for 10 years) and one time when there was this 'ghost' at her side she like huddled real close to me with her head on the front of my shoulder. Ok i know she doesnt mean it that way but it still felt good. It was also nice wen the girl behind me huddled real close as well. There were ghosts, like the guy with the balloon in his face(i was itching to pop it), the retarded psycho girl under the table, the two children in some corner(wonder wher they got them from), some black figure at the staircase, a guy in orange who had a tiring job of nodding and praying to a dustbin and had painted red cheeks like pikachu, and two goths. There were also retarded people, 2 counting stairs, one speaking bad english, one being a bitch by an elevator and one hiding her face behind a magazine... bad self esteem i'm guessing.
Then wen we got back to the room we were supposed to sleep at, all 20+ of us, 2 seniors told us we had to move, cause there was an aricon leak in the middle of the room, but after that, me and my sub guys begged to be let back cause like there were so few of us, we could just avoid it. So yeah, we went back in then some other people came back also, tg not all. Then after a bath, went to sleep. Ron snored really louldly, like you know wen we fake snore? he sounded like that. I recorded it on my phone. I dunno how to put it here, so ask me wen you see me.
Day 3
Ok then in the mornin we started preparin for performance night and started making our t-shirt design thingie. It was gonna be this multi-coloured phoenix which had a tail of vines and flowers ala L'Amour collection. It sounds tacky, but it turned out nice in the end. Well, anyway, i was supposed to do a solo on an air guitar for the performance. Dunno why i didnt resist the time i was assigned. Ouh yeah... i didnt know i was gonna be solo. I thought i'd just be be one of the percussion guys. Ouh, and i was also gonna be the guy to explain the rationale of the t-shirt, so i came up with some good bullshit, the kind that got me my a2 for comb humans. Then we had this briefing in the LT and this girl suddenly just started havin a seizure. It looked so scary. Jerking and jerking, paused after awhile, then started writhing and making noises, very emily rose. Its like i've seen fainting before, but not this. Then we went to collect our matric cards. My pic turned out ok i guess.
Then after many practice sessions and dinner, we went to the audi and i and the t-shirt model had to go backstage. She supposedly had been a part-time model, did some runways and bridal shoots, but to me, well, she wasnt model material. At all. Sorry. I mean she had an ok body i guess, maybe thats y i stuttered on the word metamorphosis when she slid her leg between mine during my speech. We were supposed to be the most professional one. But after that,and the fact that my voice sounded weird on the mike, i don think so. This is bad... the girls are getting too comfortable with me. I dont always wanna be 'just a friend'. Then we saw some other groups perform, one was particularly funny and had a guy pole dancin... another guy bein the pole. Then it was our turn. I went out there, strut like i meant it, even though i was quivering inside. Then after the 1st cheer, i jumped forward, made my first "jang" and looked arrogantly at the crowd. Then one of our GL's rushed out and held the mike out for me, as if an adoring fan, while i did my thang, doing it very enthu-ly starting out normal at first, then going to falsetto ending with a very high pitched "WAA!" Then retreated backwards and joined the rest for the remaining parts. It went well, we weren't one of the worst. Sy's group was bad though. And this gay guy kept making these girly poses on stage. The girls beside him looked way manlier. Sy told me he always hangs with two girls and bitch a lot, speakin in false slangs like total american bimboes. We called them the plasics, the guy being 'Gretchen' and the 'Karen' is really dumb. 'Regina' is a super bitch, rolling her eyes a lot, and muttering curses under her breath. I thought the guy was chinese at first, untill a guy i went with to the mosque the next day told me he's malay.
Anyway, after that, we all proceeded to this certain, rather small place outside the LTs wher they made it up like a club, coverin the lights with purple cellophane, they had lasers, multicolored light beams, huge speakers and even a smoke machine. Dunno wher they got these Singh DJs from. So i started out outside the mass at the back and slowly made my way in while dancing. Joshua and hafiz were with me but the latter left quite early. I couldnt find Gladys. Then sy turned up, and we danced a lot. I saw this guy GL who looked like he was on ecstacy or somethin. The place really reeked of body odours and sweaty people were all around. But i stayed cause it was like my first disco experience and probably my last. Songs like L.O.V.E, my humps and Beep came out and i sang/shouted and danced, emphasising some parts. The flashing lights were really cool, it made the scene looke like it was a movie but they were playing the frames too slowly. There were times wen like everyone was jumping and raising their hands and like singing together. Saw jeremy really enjoyin himself and Mr 7.15 was in fron of me with the girl who looks like she dyed her hair pink and orange and slapped a badly cut, short black wig on top. The whole thing was over by 12.15, even though lights-out time was 2.
Its a pretty blurry pic, but its the best i could do. Got a vid tho.
Went back to the room, saw the boring ppl who left the dance early, got my stuff and went to bathe. Then there i saw Mr 7.15 and he asked me somethin like 'wad do you actually do on the dance floor'. I guess he didnt know i was a 1st timer. Good that i didnt look out of place. But people barely notice how other people move in discos... not that we could dance that much anyway, very cramped. Wen i got back to the room, jeremy came and started acting like a complete moron. I could see Wen How giving that look. The i'm-smiling-politely-even-though-i-think-youre-a-stupid-jerk-cause-i almost-felt-embarrassed-for you look. Or maybe he's just really nice and patient. But i really know that look wen i see it. I've done it a million times. I was of course being bitchy, sayin wat i felt, things like 'while people lose their wallets at clubs, you lost your sanity' cause he was really behaving more annoyin and retarded than usual. Cause like once i said he was annoyin and he asked me why, i gave some reasons, but not many examples. Well, here's a major one for you byotch. Then the fat, thick-skinned ass like brought all his stuff over to our room. I and a few others wer like 'get out' but he stayed. I really dont get people who comes to people who dont want him there. Its just being stupid. I wouldnt have said anything if he hadnt slept there. But well. Anyway, the religion vs science debate started up and now wen how also joined in. It wasnt the fact that he opposed religion that made me dislike him... alan i mean. Believe wat you wanna believe, but dont come out and start trying to impose your stuff on others. The thing that made me dislike him more was the way he argued. As in like h looked and sounded so stubborn and arrogant and was behaving and sounding like we were total idiots, believeing in god. I mean like benji and wen how were arguing too, but nothing like him. After saying some stuff, i couldnt stand him, and left, also since jeremy had joined him too. I only came back later, after it stopped. By the time i could actually fall asleep above all of ron's snoring, it was like 3+
Day 4
Got up at 7.45, went to brush my teeth, change, gel my hair, pack then went for the final cheering session before the clash with the other schools. As we cheered, it seemed that we all changed from the 1st day. We were all out yelling, and doing all the silly actions that came with it. Then after that was lunch, but i and the other malay guys went to the mosque. And wen we came back had our lunch... ouh yeah... havent bitched about the food they gave yet. Ok, the cateen foods are good, but they provided like one free meal per day at camp. And it was lousy. The rice was like that cheap type and it was so tasteless, and they didnt even give enough gravy. The dishes were edible la. Nothin as bad as the sec 3 camp- the fried chicken wings that still had feathers. So we went to the stadium, wearing both t-shirts(we were supposed to wear one on top of the other then strip it off in front of the other schools) but the rest had already done it, so the like 10 of us went out on the track and just stripped, cheered, then went back in. There was this like 4 sided volleyball game, only the ball was like an 8-feet-in diameter beachball. Then there was this race where the people on one side had to dribble a soccer ball to a 'model' on a stool that was supposed to put on wat the dribblers bring... makin a superhero. Ours was 'Gretchen' and his voice was damn bad on the mike. Then i saw joel and told me he participated in some sarong thing, asked wat i was in. Nothin of course and then he asked y not i go for the dragon boat one, cause they still had spots left. Anyone whose anyone who knows me would have laughed at that suggestion. With my stick thin arms? no way. Sy did however, stuck out a little cause the rest were like damn muscly. Then we made our way there, with dustbin lids in our hands, and i found out the only reason Mr 7.15 got to school so early was couse his dad sent him and had to catch a flight. Our holiday jobs were totally different. He like worked for his mom's friend designing web pages or somethin while i was only selling bedsheets and he wen he was talkin to a senior, he said he was familiar with photoshop and illustrator. Its like i've never tried either of them before. Crap. I bet i'm like the only 1% of the people in vsc who doesnt know any of those kind of programmes. I feel very bimbotic. Anyways, we didnt win, business did, and it won best spirited. We only won the cheerleading. There was this GL girl who was cryin a whole lot cause of that.
Then we went back to school, gathered in the place we practiced our cheers earlier, moses gave us a pep talk, then all the people who like organised the thing threw water at us from the upper levels. At first i was avoiding, then i was like, ah heck, its the last day so i was pretty drenched by the time i got back to the room. Got my bags, took a cab home with sy. Pretty shagged.
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