I think 1-2 posts a week should be the best I can do given how hectic life will become in the coming months. oh well, hopefully I can keep this place alive a bit longer.
thursday was finally the start of Genesis! things were moving really slowly though. the first day was dominated by admin talks (i clearly recall a similar occurence during e(nj)oy last year) and we barely had time to even talk with our og. yesterday was somewhat better though, and after the final few admin talks it was finally time for orientation to start proper.
thursday was also my first H3 tutorial. the teacher seems to be really great, like one of those friendly yet amazingly smart teachers that seem to exist only in inpirational teen movies. the atmosphere was slightly dampened though by the overwhelming amount of mugger spirit exhibited by some of my new classmates... come on guys, even the teacher wants to keep the lesson lively and interesting, so why cant we go along with it? it will make H3 a lot more enjoyable for everyone.
first impressions of OG10: well, as can be expected they were mostly quite shy initially, but luckily most of them started to open up to us and each other by the second day. there was the first mass dance session. what can you expect from a bunch of people who are too shy even to sit next to the opposite sex? OG10's 5 star couples (because OG10 only has 5 guys -.-) were practically frozen to the spot. the girl-girl pairs were faring slightly better, but in general most of them simply didnt dare to do the dance. the same thing happened to me during my orientation i guess, but they should realise that they will look good as long as they do the dance properly and dont hold back for fear of looking weird (i vaguely remember zhihao telling me the same thing last year...). and the same goes for us ogls for our walk-in! come on guys, let's give our orientees a great show to start off the year.
and of course, there was the teaching of the college songs and cheers. they really seemed to be genuinely high, much more than what my batch could muster last year. we even managed to have five clusters of "yah" cheers going on simultaneously - im pretty sure that's some kind of record. maybe this year's batch will be the key to overturning NJC's "mugger" stereotype?
after friday's orientation activities there was a short walk-in practice session for the ogls, then i cabbed to nyp with nigel and marcus for hockey training. i realised that some of my basic skills which should have been ironed out a long time ago are still underdeveloped, which just goes to show how much more effort i mus squeeze into this in time for A divs. still, we finally started scoring goals against them as a team, and even though it's quite obvious that they were barely trying it's still a slight motivation for me when i think back to last year when we frequently walked away from nyp matches without a single goal.
and jerrell pulled out of appealing for two H3s, which means im the only guy in NJC crazy enough to even harbour the thought of taking two H3s. previously i always thought that i would have someone to die with me, but now it seems that im on my own. can i pull this off?
wow, i just realised this post is full of nostalgia for e(nj)oy. i guess it's nice to relive snatches of last year now that the A levels loom ahead this year.
random thought: 28th January, the first day of Genesis, was also the one-month death anniversary of The Rev. looking forward to A7X's next album to hear some of his last works, and hoping that they manage to find someone good enoug to play his songs for him.
