okay, first & foremost, to intro OG, Titans.

OGLs
XiaoYan - XiaoJun - Jane - Charlene - Beng - Adam

Freshies (like me)
Winnie - Rachel - Patricia - Aileen - Ruth - June - Jasmine - EnMin - JunYue - JinFeng - Leonard - YanXi - Zaid

day 1

felt rather lonely cos it seems that most of my OG already knew one another, & i dont talk much most of the time, even with friends, so it's just hard to start talking. technology has made it such that we can just talk online, or via email/smses. i'm so inured to such non-verbal communication nowadays, that i've long lost interaction between people. Esther's in Red House, & found out later that all us JJ-cians were all separated into the different houses. how they managed to achieve such a feat in this coincidental separation of us, the only 4 JJ-cians, i dont think i want to know. i felt miserable at first, & really envied those who were from same JC or sec sch, & end up in the same OG. lucky ducks. being a sotong monkey doesnt help. couldnt recognised some of my OG people initially, & almost followed the wrong OG.

started off with ice-breaker games. lunch was mee goreng! it's really spicy & i really couldnt take it. my OGL, XiaoYan, asked if i wanted something else for lunch cos some of the councilors were getting food from outside. she got it for me anyway, & turned out that it's McChicken i think. dont laugh kay. i know i'm super troublesome & picky when it comes to food cos there's so many things that i jsut dont eat. i just ate the bun & abit of the chicken. still not seeing why people actually like that stuff. it's like cold &...never mind. station games were alright. cant remember much. it just seems rather insignificant/boring. the stations were short, & we kept running out of time. it's so ridiculous. there's 5 days, & we're hurrying around like it's only a 3D2N camp. i suppose the highlight of the day is WestCoastPark. not exactly very very fun, but it was better. except for the speed-dating part. that's like pure nonsense. yes yes, i ought to be more open-minded, but at the end of this whole speed-dating thing, which went on for every single night of the camp, my overall conclusion is this: guys, while as an individual, they were rather delightful, as a group, they were savages. pls pls pls dont let my guy friends from JJ turn out to be like that too. okay i wont be greedy. just spare my class guys, F6 OGL guys, air rifle team, GradNight Comm, Jackson & TeeYien. & ...etc. despise some of the cheers which are really overly sexual crudeness, & games that are more touchy. did i mention there's this cute guy who looked like Weilson from WestCoastPark? he really strongly reminded me of my junior! cant believe he's actually 2yrs older than me. initially, i thought i saw my junior. we talked for awhile, cos this game was like...you have to pass rubberband with a toothpick each, & i started (first), & he's second. kept losing the toothpick somewhere in the sand, & the rubberbands too. the station master was like, "you so sotong...where is it now??" & he's just like laughing. he really reminds me of Weilson. who was laughing while i was eating, saying that i look like rabbit. but i can only remember his name. Shuan. or Shawn/Shaun. so accustomed to spelling it 'Shuan'. it's actually 'Shu-an' & not 'Shaun'. one of my classmates's name was mis-spelled, 'Shuan'. but we still pronouce it as 'Shaun' anyway. HongYue's house is like just opposite WestCoastPark. had this urge to prank-call her, but it was near midnight, so i didnt. if there was time, would have love to go up to her house & all. XD

first day ended late. by the time we reached the hostel, it was about 3am plus. single bedroom for each of us. my room had 3 extra mirrors, die-mond diamond shaped. it's so creepy. the moment i opened the door, it's just there. the hostel room reminded me of the horror show, Exorcism of Emily Rose. spooky. showered really fast & rushed back to the room & tried to get some sleep. woke up early the next morning.

Day 2

well, first day's usually like warming up, so more fun to be expected from subsequent games/activities. the morning started off with some talk by a prof, then some IT-security guy. then we head off for activities out-of-school. this game is call, "Project ShootIt". sounds like hell loads of fun. it's my kind of game. hearts travelling around & taking all sorts of fotos of interest & breath-taking beauty. but this is camp orientated, so slightly differs. we were supposed to complete all 5 stations, & at each stations, i think there's about 7 different tasks to complete. first stop, Holland V. along the way, managed to take a snapshot of the windmill. perfect!there wasnt much time to observe it from different angles & heights, & pause for winds & such, so just make do with this for now. i promise to take nicer fotos in time to come. the rest of my OG went for lunch at BurgerKing. okay, seriously, i'm not that difficult. went to the Swiss Bakery & grab the raspberry donut for my own lunch. it's heaven compared to those burgers. really really dont understand what's so nice about a few sticks of chicken which are over-priced. price-ripper! i refuse to pay for something like that. we didnt complete all of our stations due to time constraint. so sad. there were still so many places to go & things to see. hmm. i'll go by myself next time & capture pretty shots.

next up was what i had been dreading for days, pool games. the smell was horrid. i seriously felt like throwing up after inhaling the smell of the stupid pool. looking at the water makes me feel as if i was going to drown. thought i would have gotten used to siwmming pools by now, after living at The Jade for 2 years plus. but the swimming pool back at The Jade wasnt that bad. at least it doesnt reek. & there were pretty greens around the edges of the pool with riots of colours among the greens. this is like, plain blue pool water smack right in the face, & extra bonus of filthy stench.

day 2 ended pretty bad. after dinner was FrightNight. it's so mis-leading. at first, they were calling it Night-venture. i thought it'll be something like JJ's night-games, where there was that big Snake & Ladder board game & we had to run from station to station, complete the task & run back to throw the dice & continue moving up to win. i swear, it was nothing like that at all. nothing innocent. from the term FrightNight, i assume you can decipher the foreboding adventure. it was really frightening. for me at least. we were split into groups, & once again, due to time constraint, we were re-grouped. while waiting for our turn, they were playing horror-shows to build up the mood & all. i got really paranoid & kept looking back, until i suddenly remember someone telling me never to look back over your shoulders cos you'll extinguish your "fire", which is supposed to be on both shoulders. kept expecting "ghosts" to jump out from behind pillars or doors, but nothing came. we reached this lift & the OGL just left us & told us to go up to the sixth floor. it was pitch black dark. i admit i was really close to tears by then. Charmaine (from another OG), YanXi & Zaid were in the same group as me. unlucky them. wasnt entirely sure what was going on cos i kept staring at my own feet. was pushed into this toilet &...okay i'm not going into the details. it's bad enough to go through it once.

after that stupid FrightNight, was speed-dating again. threw a fit that the SDU/govt stops at my doorstep & is not going to enter my bedroom telling me who to sleep with or date with or whatsoever! ... okay that was over-reacting on my part. anyway, talked to a guy who was my senior in JJ. were abusing the principal. & there was this other OGL guy from Sociology. he started attempting to psycho me to join Socio-camp. but he said that it'll be in Eusoff Hall (same hostel) & i was like no way. but he shared some advices about Uni life, or rather, NUS life. he said that Econs's really competitive so have to be on toes all the time, working hard. the unfair screwed up system of some stupid bell-shape curve really stinks. there's like, perhaps only 20 people who will be awarded A, & 40 Bs & so on. so it's going to be really competitive. what is wrong with the school system?? first they set some trap of bidding system, making it sound so democratic, & you'll be able to make your own timetable, but in smaller prints, "if you are able to successfully bid for the modules you want." & now, there's this bell-shape stuff. i have half a mind to transfer to NTU. at least, their bidding system is just for minor modules. & their culture is more JJ-like. just really regret choosing NUS. even though NTU's really inconvenient, but i suppose i'll be happier there. cant help wondering which Uni he got into. i dont like to ask cos if he wants to tell me, he will. i'm not nosey. just concerned. if he's in NTU, i'm so going to bang my head on the wall. anyway, moving on. Winnie invited me to bunk in with her since i was that scared. that station really scared the living hell out of me. we slept with the lights on. felt much better. really appreciate that.

Day 3

YEA YEA! Sentosa! hearts! we went to Sentosa for almost the entire day. first stop was ViVo, & we ran around, completing stations. there's this joke that we kept using to humour station masters. here it is: in a fish tank, there are 10 fishes. one day, a fish died. did the water level go up or down? (ans: it went up. cos the other fishes cried.) that was quite cute. station games again at the beach, & after that was mass games - tug-of-war. & now i give to you some snapshots i managed to take during lunch. it's not fantastic. i'm disappointed myself. after all the games, we had dinner, & for the first time, there're veggies. the veggies taste like...my cooking. XD boil the veggies in water & dump gravy onto it. so that's the whole big picture & for those who had tried my first-hand cooking, laugh. okay, so i never cooked before, but that's what i'll do if it's me who's cooking. after dinner, the rest of the girls went to 7-11, i stayed behind, trying to finish my food. the guys were telling me & XiaoYan a very...a story. after hearing it, i'll bet you'll feel like slapping me upside down. actually i think i heard it before. cant remember who told it to me. okay, here it is:

once, there was this boy. the father wanted him to do well in exams & all, so promised to give the son anything he wants if he does well. & so, the son did well for his PSLE, & his father said, "son, you've done well. as promised, i'll give you anything you want. so, what is it that you want?" & the son said, "i want green balls." the father got him green balls. at 'O' levels, the father promised the same thing again if his son does well again. & the son did extremely well. when the father asked him what he wanted, his son said, "i want green balls." the father was very curious but didnt ask further & just got him green balls. & this went on for his 'A' levels, Uni, & one day, he was getting married. his father asked him again. "son, you've done well all these years, & now you're getting married. is there anything you want, you can just name it, a car, a house, i'll get it for you!" but the son shook his head & said, "no thank you dad, i just want green balls." the father was taken aback, but didnt ask, & just got him green balls. finally, one day, the son was dying. at the very last moment, the father asked his son again, "my dear son...is there anything i can get for you??" & the son said, "i want green balls..." by now, the father was mad. he asked the son, "why do you keep asking for green balls?? all this time, whenever i asked you, you always asked for green balls!! why???" & the son said, "because i..." & he died. & that's the story of the green ball.

so lame right? but it's quite fun to tell it to others just to see their face shining of anticipation & the crushed expression when you just end off the story in such unsatisfying manner. ha.

we had OG time after dinner & we played the MRT game. it's load of fun if you enjoy smacking others real hard. people like BaoHui & Madeline will love it. XD people like me who kena beaten, will just suffer in their hands. the worst part of this game is not being smacked real hard by Beng, JinFeng & Leonard. it's because my station's easy to remember. that's why! yes! so dumb. but when i tried putting up my legs, they just smacked me from under, or on the arm instead. & being a sotong monkey again, reaction is a little slower than the rest. so, at a disadvantage, & thus always kena beaten. XD it's quite fun actually. it'll make a good ice-breaker i think. here's how the game goes.

1. choose any MRT station.
2. if someone call your station, the person on your left & right will starting smacking you on your legs.
3. if the person on your left or right is being called, just smack them back. simple right?

after OG time was dumb speed-dating thing again. i hate hate hate hate hate it. i hate it hate it hate it. i was like stuck there for about an hour, & i was so bored. this speed-dating slightly differs, cos it's just one guy. & we were supposed to write letters to one another, but for some mysterious reasons, i never received any. not complaining though. we were supposed to hold hands while being blindfolded, & talk at the same time. it's so lame. & i wanted to bite his hands off for holding mine. he tried to get my number but i turned him down. i dont like trouble. i dont like sms-ing. it depends on who is on the other end. for guys, i dont mind those that i really know, those that i'm closer to. but he's so irritating. when we finally removed our blindfolds, he attempted to like hold my hand again & said that he thinks that we were still supposed to hold hands. i just said no, i dont think so.

back at Eusoff Hall, most of them ordered food. Mac delivery. & of cos i didnt order, even though i was hungry. we played '7 stars' while waiting. it's quite fun, in the sense that it really put the sotong monkey to the test. XD now i know a new game we can play during class gathering/family gathering on CNY. '7 stars' is easy enough to understand, & you'll just have to work out your own strategy. whatever works best for you. here's how it's played:

1. 5 cards each, & everyone's 7-stars when the game starts
2. cards have to arrange in consecuetive manner, e.g 5,6,7,8,9, in order to win
3. once you get your 5 cards in right order, put up hand/fist up to nose discreetly, & the last to put up his/her fist will have 1 star deducted, e.g 7-stars to 6-stars.
4. 7 stars can only talk to 7 stars, but other lower stars are allowed to talk to anyone freely, perhaps except to any other stars lower than self, so that they wont fall in ranks further. so simply just talk to people of the same rank or higher (to sabo them)
5. if need-be, under any circumstances that a 7-star has to talk to one of lower rank, do so in an indirect manner.

in my best defence, silence. & heck with whatever cards i'm holding. just pay attention to people around, 101% alert of any movement. just memorise your card orders so that you wont have to keep refering to your cards. that one second does matter. anyway, we stopped the game when the food finally arrived. gah. there were loads of fries. what's so nice about potato strips, which we used for osmosis experiments in biology, that's fried in used oil & coated with sodium chloride?? seesh.

Day 4

War Games! was fun but not as dirty as back in JJ's WORLD WAR III! remember how there were soap water & flour + water & mud? & lots of foam soap bubbles all around? lurve the sliding down of the bench into the soap water SpLaSH! shiok! XD thought the war games were rather tame, as in, not everyone's dirty at the end of it. the councilors tried to inculcate sportsmanship in us, & i thought that was unnecessary. it's either you have it, or you dont. i remember how my own OG30 demonstrated sportsmanship, without us OGLs reminding them. they just started cheering for opposite team without us leading them & that was just plain nice on their part.

there's this game whereby each representative from each team are to take turns in saying/naming something related to the theme/topic given by the station master. mighty proud of myself. ha! for the first part at least. opposite team's representative was a guy, & the topic was 'Football club'. very very fortunately, i know a handful of football clubs, though not the players. & i cant spell the clubs well too. there're Chelsea, Fullerton, Man U, Man City, Westham, Birgminham, Middlesborough, Arsenal & whatever whatever. the second part was rather unsportmanship on my part. we i was supposed to just dump a cup of water on the other person, but emptied the entire pail of water at him instead. naughty/evil right? yesh. so ashame of myself. i really mean it. at first, thought it was a harmless bit of joke cos people usually enjoy water bomb games, & the game always end up people dumping pails of water all over. but after that, thought it was rather unsportsmanship. i felt really sorry. baaaddd!

the entire camp rounded off with mass water-bomb game, but more structured than mindless throwing of water bombs. we had to construct a post (goal post?) made of newspaper & masking tape, & other houses had to aim water bombs at the post. & there were a number of tanks, made up of 7-8 people. we were the hum-ji tank. [LOL] which means we were just by the perimeters. it was rather amusing. so i guess the camp games end off on a happy note. do-re-mi-fa-soo~

dont ask me who won & stuff. i dont remember trivial things like that. there was a mad rush back to hostels after that, mainly the girls were all hectic & frantically running back. no make-up or whatsoever stuff. we went to DXO, & it's okay for me. not many people were smoking, & i guess that's because it's mainly us FASS people there, so it wasnt that bad. had to queue for food, but there wasnt much left, thus didnt eat much. & they had free flows too, though it's not really to my taste, went to get Volka instead, after hearing much about it from BaoHui, Andrea & ZhiYao that it's nice. bought Ribena Volka & it's damn nice. & so is orange-volka & sprite volka! cheers! i dont think it's absolute though.

played a game, a drinking game? hmm. it's just call, 'I Have Never...' just have to come up with something that you've never done before, & if the rest did, they'll drink. but if no one else had done it too, then you'll drink. that was fun. & we went to the dance floor & just started dancing. dont remember much of the dancing part, except dancing with Elaine for awhile. time seemed to pass by really quickly. it seems that i just started & the next moment, was being dragged out of the dance floor & out of DXO. some of them told me that i danced quite well for a first time clubber. thanks! i never knew i could dance. but i suppose i can, cos i just did it, even though i couldnt believe it. does that make sense to anyone? admit i was rather disappointed that it all ended so soon. imagine how Cinderella must have felt when the clock struck 12midnight, & she had to leave the dance reluctantly. 2 of my OGLs, Charlene & Beng, were really drunk. i wasnt drunk. really i wasnt! but for some mysterious reasons, i just couldnt stand straight or walk straight. felt that i was losing my balance everytime i tried to stand straight. my OG thought i was drunk too. or giddy. had to mouth ice & drank cold water while i was sitted in a chair. it was rather amusing, cos i kept saying i wasnt drunk, but they still thought i was. i guess that's just how it is. the more you say you're not drunk, the more drunk people thinks you are. but i really knew what was going on, but a part of me was kinda in a daze, & longing to get back onto the dance floor. something wild was struggling from within, & i did tried to get a firm grip of it. & now, i know what clubbing is like, & i really enjoyed myself. it's a whole new experience which i wont have be able to go through under any normal days. people around me, my closer friends, are usually the guai-guai kind. so i wont get to go to such places. i guess this is like once in a life-time experience then. because if i ever want to go to such places, which usually operates beyond my curfew, it'll means that i have to start making up fibs in order to go to such places. & if i'm lying about something, it just means that i shouldnt be doing it in the first place.


while unpacking stuff, the mystery of not being able to stand straight or walk straight, is all because of that pair of heels. part of the heel worn off, & leaving behind the pointy screw.
initially, i thought i stepped onto some screw, & wondering how on earth a screw was even left lying around for us to step on. turns out that the screw was part of the heel. thus, it's clear enough, it's no simple feat balancing on the tiny head of the screw. & there you have it. i wasnt drunk. yea! slept for erm...from 8pm on Sat to Sunday evening. woke up in between for water & bathroom. it's good to be back in the comfort of my room. life in JJ is too short. i'll miss everyone. & so, i really regret choosing NUS. perhaps that's how Leann felt, & thus choosing SMU law over NUS law. i rather be in an environment where i'll be more at ease. & NTU is more JJ culture while NUS more like elitist kinda env. & i've already been given my place in psychology. man i really hate this. mum still reckons that NUS's the best. yesh yesh, it's the best, but not necessarily the best for me. maybe i'll fit in soon enough. oh wells. i'll live. ciao.

P.S: girls, is this long enough now??hahaa

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