It's 1 week into the new year and I've had a taste of JC life. So the time has come to pop in at my blog to post the many newsworthy stuff garnered over the past few days:)
Oh sheesh oh sheesh, how the heck do I begin? I mean, it's my first time being in a junior college and there's truckloads to ramble on and on about. There's the building itself (nice architecture and GREAT canteen), new friends (quirky handful), Orientation( a BLAST), sseniors (lame ppl)...Enough beating about the bush, I'll first talk about Orientation.
As mentioned above it was a hydrogen-powered, proton-charged BLAST. But also quite tiring. For one thing, we did quite a lot of cheering which, at the end of the day, left us feeling as though our lungs contained vacuum. For another, we often went home late in the evening and were expected to report to school @ 7.20am. All that inevitably left us feeling worn. Still, the Nanyang Experiencia was quite fun and enjoyable on the whole. Most seniors were outgoing and friendly; some even enthusiastic to a rather alarming degree. Crescent Red Cross ppl would be interested to know that Hasyimah Senior is a member of the NYJC student council. Still as chatty and upbeat as ever, 'Syimah' as she know prefers to be known as, gave the surprised Yours Truly a hug when we met. She and other student council members played a big role in ensuring us JC1s have a smashing time at NYJC by organising games at Sentosa, inter-faction games(my faction Pyro won!) etc. There was even a Disco Night which rocked the school to its foundations.
Being in a new school means that I mingle with a new group of schoolmates, which I took quite some time to adjust to due to an initial culture shock. Don't get me wrong, I get along fine with everyone and no one is ostracising me. Yet, I feel slightly out of the place. This is because most of my peers communicate in Chinese,unlike Crescent, where we ususlly speak English. It's an issue for me because I rarely speak Chinese. Sometimes, I don't dare contribute any input to conversations in Chinese for fear of making ppl laugh. Ah well, I'm more or less used to this know. Besides, being in a Chinese-speaking environment should help pull up my Chinese grades.
After Orientation, we started to attend lectures on the subjects we chose to study. I'm doing Geography, History and Economics at H2 level, and Maths at H1 level. My decision to do both Geog and Hist at H2 level has raised a number of eyebrows and incited a 'siao' response this morning. Yep, it was quite insane of me to attempt H2 for 2 heavy subjects in the name of passion. Oh, I'll just see how it goes. Anyway, lectures have been pretty interesting so far, with each teacher beginning by giving us an introduction to the different subject syllabus. Our Geog teacher linked Geography to Starbucks(because different climates and regions produce different types of Coffee) while our Economics teachers shot us questions like 'Why do bankers earn more than nurses'(the former contributes more revenue).
Right, gotta go to bed soon. There's the CCA Bazaar tomorrow in which the various CCAs showcase what their sport,club or society in order to attract JC1 members. Initially, I wanyed to join Wushu but Mum shot down the idea, saying I would be better off building on my strengths. So I've decided to join Debate and Toastmasters Club which I think will be useful. Though she doesn't want me to take up Wushu, Mum is Okay with me joining a Lion Dance Troop. Stop laughing lah:P Then again, Amanda told me there's this club that offers manga drawing(DROOLS)......
Sheesh. I'll just have to grill the seniors tomorrow.
Good night!
And I will always think of you as the sun*
I'M YING YI
a.k.a Yiggy,YY.28 April:).Crescent Red Cross Cadet.The 4th Silicon electron*.Is a DEVIANT* Gothic Bohemian punk rocker.
Also an ANIMANIAC(anime-fan).Bookworm.Rock music!LORD OF THE RINGS, FINAL FANTASY.more ENERGY than all comets of the universe put2gether.Hardcore Romantic.DARK personality.Black & Pink!
