Delight in simple things!

Ok...This is my post taken off Weirdz blog (with a bit of editing).

Wed 15 Aug 2007. 23:52

hey girls!

alright..i am typing this with fresh pink nail polish on my fingers and dark purple nail polish on my toes! So it's kinda difficult to type.

OK! I am updating!

I am into my 3rd official day at NUS Business School. But...I have had only 2 days of lectures so far! Tutorials haven't started as we will start balloting on Fri. However, I am already preallocated my core modules so I just have to ballot for my elective module tutorial. Thus, tutorials will only start in wk 3. The tutorial work, projects, term papers etc have all been coming in already though! I will post my timetable up soon when I get my elective module tutorial time. Btw, I am doing some stupid, horrible, and don't-think-i-can-pass elective module!! Ethnicity and Religion in Asian Politics. Past years papers showed that I have to do at least 3 essays during the closed book final year exam in 2 hours. So, congrats to me for bidding such an out of the Rachel world module - Political Science! you all know how much I hate politics!!!!

Anyway, I had a free day today! So, I headed down to Orchard with my friends from 11am to 6pm! Not a place I like to go too. And we ended up walking back to the same places all the time coz we didn't know where to go. What was I doing there??Just like Shaz, I am having this formal dinner tmr night. I know I didn't blog about this yet. And it was a horrible process. But rather fun actually...just that it's tiring.

Ok...This DATING GAME goes like this. A junior is suppose to date a senior of the opposite gender. ie. If you are a girl freshie, you have to date a senior. But the rules are that you cannot date someone from your same block. KR is divided into 5 blocks - A, B, C, D, E. So, if you happen to be from E block, you cannot date an E block senior. You can date a senior from A, B, C or D. You can choose to not date anyone and be matchmade. But guess, it's not something which you want coz you don't know who that senior you are going to have your dinner with. And if you can't click with that senior, it's not going to be a nice dinner.

I actually got rejected by this senior. Details another time. But I have since found another senior. Actually, I wanted to give up and probably not even go for the formal dinner. however, I managed to date this senior whom I am quite close to...Quite a poor chap coz he's a substitute. But I hope he doesn't think that way. I had wanted to date him at first but coz i was fickle minded and went ahead to date someone else. i got rejected coz another prettier girl was going after him also. And i didn't do as much as that girl. i'll tell you what i did another time. So, after a big round, i was back with this senior. And he is a nice guy. He is from my faculty and he sold me his textbook. ok...i am feeling bad for him. but if he doesn't be my date, he would be matchmade and i think its better to be with me coz i know we would have lots to talk about and crap since we are quite close already. don't hope that he is a tall, dark and handsome guy coz he is totally opposite. and i am kinda sorry for him coz i am going to wear heels and he is already shorter than me when i don't wear heels! I told him that, and the seniors also said that there would be full body photo taking. He was nice and said he didn't mind. I know he was being nice. Oh well...I bought him a mug as a gift exchange. But guess I'll see how i could do it up with an additional card or something tmr.

Btw, after the dinner (which is in the dining hall where we have our meals everyday!!!), we are going down to Great World City in a chartered bus to watch Licence to Wed. A romance comedy...So appropriate for a dating game...We have seen many people do funny things for their dates like perform on stage, decorate the lifts, corridors, rooms, doors, give funny but creative things to the date etc...But it's all in the name of fun! :)

I will update another time, gonna get up at 530am to run and train (as a block) for inter block games which starts next wk. So for the next 3 wks, I will be waking up at 530am, running to the sports and recre centre, play a different game (whichever the block comm decides to play. today was handball.) each day till 8am and then head back to KR for breakfast. I am going to be so shagged!! But it's a fun way to bond with the fellow block people and to learn new sports!! I hope to lose weight too!! hehe!

Ok! WE will try to meet up soon ya! I met Aifung, Yvonne, and Wei2 on Tues for lunch! :)

OH Yah! Wish me all the best for tmr's date! :)

So exciting!

Take cares people! :)

~Weird-R~ 23:52

16 August!!

It was a fun-filled day of sports and glamour! Ok...They don't come together, but that's basically the most happening things today!

545am: Sheryl (senior) bangs on the door many, many, many times till I finally woke up to say, "YAH! YAH!! WAKE UP ALREADY!" And my handphone alarm just kept sounding.

6am: All ready to go! Where?! JOG!! Met the rest at the back gate and started the morning jog to SRC. Today's jog was so much better than yesterday's! As in, I was able to jog all the way to SRC with minimal stopping. Couldn't have done it without seniors' encouragement! Thanks to Bao Lai for chatting with me and encouraging me from the Biz carpark to Central Library and to Calvin who was with me from Central Library all the way to SRC. I felt bad coz they were talking to me but my answers were short coz I was SLEEPY and I didn't want to break the momentum and breath intake. :))

7+am: Today we learnt how to play volleyball. All that we learnt in JC during our volleyball elective lessons were crammed all into 1 hour! Gerald and Sheryl took us for the lesson and spent half their time throwing the balls. Others were Valarie, Lishi and Ying Hong!

8am: Within 1 hour, we learnt how to play and progressed from nuts to can play! We played 1 proper game till 25 points. Then another any how play. But, I managed to score 4 points in a row! I managed to hit the ball across the court but the opponents couldn't return it. So, I had to serve 4 times in a row! And my right forearm has a large BLUEBLACK now! I heard that they may select me for the volleyball team. BUT I really cannot play! It was probably all by luck! I would be happy if I could play though! I seriously have no ball sense.

9am: Took bus back to KR but ran in the rain from the bus stop to KR. We were back at dining hall for breakfast.

10am: Dad took me to Lavander to collect my passport.

1030am: I got no. 2425. 136 people in front of me! Fell asleep while waiting.

1145am: Got my NEW BIOMETRIC PASSPORT!!!

12pm: Went with Dad to Beach Rd to eat lunch :)

1pm: Back at hall.

2pm: Marketing lecture. Fell asleep in lecture again! Sian...I keep falling asleep in lect. AZZIMAH! SARAH! DIANNE!! WAKE ME UP!! Well, thankfully there was Chang Xi's sweets to keep me awake!
4pm: Went to the Drink stall to see if there was my MANGO SAGO!!! For the dunno-how-many-times, I didn't get to drink it. Anyway, Chang Xi and I settled for desserts coz we were kinda hungry and couldn't eat dinner yet...

5pm: Back in hall, changed and went to Xuanie's room to make up! Siao Er, Xuanie and I spent 1 hour in just trying to make up and look good. Of course, there was the camera whoring!

615pm: I was STILL in Xuanie's room!! And what time was the guy suppose to be at the girl's room to pick her up?! 615PM!

No worries...Just as I got to my room, Ezekiel msged me to tell me he was going to be a little late. Wheeww!! I wasn't angry that he was going to be late. In fact, I was happy he was! My room was in a mess and I still needed to touch up a little bit, wear my shoes etc...So, I was glad he came later. Well, he probably knew girls would really need a longer time. At least he had the courtesy of msging me he would be late. Siao Er's date didn't tell her he was going to be late! And he was half an hour late. (I almost wanted to date him actually!)

630pm: Ezekiel came! He gave me the exchange gift (Chocs) and I gave him a mug. (But he left his stuff there coz we didn't want to carry it around.) I showed him a note which the Fwocers gave, "Your date for formal dinner would be Tat Hsien C___. He will pick you up at 615pm." And Ezekiel got kinda worked up like, "How can? I told Xiu Ling already! Then the guy how? Cannot double date!"

Yah..But I think they got the guy a replacement coz I told Calvin about it in the morning and since the guy didn't appear, so I guess he got someone else. The Fwocers would put that note on people's door if you don't have a date. Well, apparantly many who had a date was given that note and some of those who didn't have a date didn't get a note. A bit screwed on that. But guess it worked out fine! The Fwocers do have a tough job!

After 630pm: Met Joanna and Shawn (he was the other guy I was thinking of dating. OK...you people must be thinking I am kinda weird here...I'll explain what happened later.) Joanna and I are good friends, and so are Shawn and Ezekiel. So, the four of us headed for the dining hall and realised we were suppose to meet at the lobby instead. The guys showed lots of their gentleman side and helped the girls along the way.

We got to the lobby and met many people and their dates. PHOTOS again!!

And I saw the guy who rejected me. BOY! Was I glad he did! He wore jeans, a tee shirt and a coat with a loose tie. Totally not the kind I wanna date! Cool and fashionable...But not really dressed for the occasion especially when I was quite formally dressed. His date was very pretty and her dress was nice. I can't remember what it was though. But yah..They didn't look matching. At least my date wore black pants and a shirt. Typical businessman :) Which was kinda in coordination with me, right? Formal but without tie. That's alright :) I don't know what he gave his date. But I was glad that at least Ezekiel gave me a box of chocs and WRAPPED! Some guys gave flowers and presents but didn't wrap them. I didn't need the flowers (coz I wouldn't know how to take care of them and I can't stand the throwing away of them) but at least a WRAPPED present to show he did put in some efforts in getting the gift :)

The place was very nicely decorated with many stars and a lighted moon at the entrance to the dining hall. The ambience was great! It hardly looked like our usual dining hall!

The company was great too! I was glad I didn't date the guy who rejected me coz I would be sitting at his block table and I don't know anyone! At least at Ezekiel's block table, I know everyone coz his block was my attached OG block during FWOC. And there was Joanna and Shawn too! Basically, the E block girls dated D block guys and we sat at the same table. Company were Joanna + Shawn, Ivy + Wilson, Hui Ru + Yan He, Jia wei and Cindy were from D block but they didn't have any dates. We crapped a lot and ate a lot!! We had speeches by the JCRC pres, Rag and Flag head, Master Kuldip, and prize givings. The sound system wasn't very good but at least we heard a bit here and there. Sadly, the dinner was a quick one as we had to set off for the movie.

830pm: Dinner lasted about 1 hour and then we set off for more PHOTOS and got ready to go for the movie. Ezekiel didn't go for the movie coz he needed to study and do some readings for the next day's 8am lecture! Anyway, we didn't go with our dates in the end to the movies. Instead, we went with the block.

930pm: We got to Marina and watched License to Wed. Oh well...I can't really comment much because I fell asleep about halfway through the movie. The seats were really comfortable! And I had mum's nice shawl with me that kept me cosy through the movie! Moreover, I was very tired...It was quite funny at the beginning and I like the little boy who is training to become a pastor. And some parts were funny! I don't really remember what happened...Btw, it's totally not a reflection of how a religious head should behave. It's a movie nonetheless...

1130pm: We got back to KR. TOOK MORE PHOTOS!! And this time was the guys who initiated it. They said we have to take lots of pics when we get back. By this time, our makeup had already faded off. We took lots of pics at the lobby and then went down to the dining hall to take as well with all the decorations. The guys decided to go back to their rooms, while the girls continued camera whoring. Then we (the girls) went back to our block. While waiting for the lift, we called, "JIE MEIS!" And the guys all quickly opened their half-opened doors and told us to wait! They went to change back into their formal shirts and asked to take more pics! Well, times have changed, men are taking on women's roles including being a camera whore!!

12am: Well, the seniors did ask us if we wanted to go for supper. But dinner was very filling! Guys being guys felt it wasn't enough. Siao Er, Xuanie and I didn't want to go supper. Instead, we went to play badminton!

1235am: We changed into our sports attire, went to D block Wilson's room to get badminton rackets and shuttlecocks and headed for the MPSH. D block girls were training for IBG Handball and there were 2 other SEP angmoh students. We shared the court with them. Soon, one of the guys requested to play together. And after a while, he asked again if we wanted to carry on playing doubles or break to singles. Well, he wanted to only play with Xuanie. Siao Er and I aren't very good badmnton players but Xuanie is a school player. He probably couldn't stand playing with novices.

2am: We stopped playing badminton and headed back for our rooms. Nope...Hall life doesn't stop at 2am!!

Siao Er and I went to get our bathing stuff and went up to Xuanie's room! We had to cool down so we decided to go to her room for some drinks and food (cookies that her date baked for her! So nice right?!). We had a chat on our dates and how the night went! And some other sec sch stuff!

(btw, I found out on Wed that actually Siao Er and Sara knows AZZIMAH!!! And Sara is supposed to be quite close to Azz?)

3am: We went to bathe...

330am: I am going to sleep! Good night everyone! :)

p.s I will edit this post again when I get the pics. So, check back :)

Reply to tags:
to z!w3i: nah...he is a very nice guy and respects people! Really a gentleman too :)
to Dawn: Guess it's too wordy for you to read. Anyway, it was fun! I had a great time!
btw, it's just some orientation game lah...so people, don't take it too serious!

~PiNkDeLigHtS~ I had a great night =)

Alright..my date is late. but it's ok!! Hehe! I don't want all that limelight on me.

So exciting! I am going dinner and then movies with him! It's a whole hall thing so it's quite fun! I suppose. hehe! I am glad I got Ezekiel to be my date. Well, I may change my mind about that after dinner. but ya...I just hope everything will turn out fine. I am getting a bit jittery!! OOPS!! SO EXCITING!!

Ok...Tell me what to do now?!

ARGH!! Here goes!! MY FIRST PROPER DINNER DATE AND MOVIE WITH A GUY!!! :)

A senior in fact...

~PiNkDeLiGhTs~ Wish me luck! :)