- battling the indifference -

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Pre-u sem part 1

Hi all! I’m back! =D

Indeed, it was very enriching and experiential! Of course I need to take away worthy stuff for being confined for almost 5 days! Lol. I finally understand the kind of isolation feelings that army guys get. You will feel quite detached from the world's affairs since you cant contact much with others.When you returned back, the most ordinary thing will also appear unusual to you. Hehh.. army army.

Anyway, I have got a lot to talk bout this pre-u sem and a lot of photos to show! But there is too much so i gotta do it in parts. Haha. Up today will be the general overview of it!

This is where i sleep with my roommate! Actually this is so deceptive cos the room seems so nice right. But not really. The room got a very weird smell that will greet us everytime we open the door -.-

I am in SG 26. Singapore 26. LOL. NONO. its Seminar Grp 26. haha. Each SG has a rep from almost all the participating institution, so it is impossible to have 2 ppl from the same sch to be in the same grp. Well, this kindda forces me to speak up and make new frens. Haha. My grp is kindda special! A Student Liaison Officer (SLO) that look like panda/cartoon cat, a gal that look like my cousin, a guy that look like benja, a gal (roommate) that look like (chan) xinyu, ex-jj &n mr leow love fiesta PA and 'L' (deathnote)!!Lol! Highly interesting. Just too bad no shuai ges. LOL. no la, the grp is special enough to make up for that. hee.

Oh, we were fed 5 to 6 meals a day! The camp that offers the best food ever. And it didnt really turn out the way i have expected, which i didnt really mind. I was afraid that it was going to be very knowledge-intensive and mental drilling. Since there is a highly prestigious event whereby each institution can only send 25 reps, it gathers all the brightest young minds of the nation. I am very lucky to be chosen for it, for i don really deserved it since i don have that high level of intelligence. Sheer luck. (Thanks jj)

It also changed my perception about some schools. The best poly students are really comparable (or even better) to jc students. Their presentation skills are much more polished than us. Also lucky that students from top schools in my grp arent those snob ppl nor elitists. They can be rather normal too, ha.

But it is not entirely a rosy picture... Unavoidably, there are divides... There are 2 grps - happening and non-happening. Unfortunately, i belong to the latter, bcos my roommate wasnt that type of high and happening. So i stick to her and end up being in the non-happening grp tgt with the other more quiet gals. Not that i am complaining. Just that, this seminar could be far more interesting, if i have been in the other.. The happening grp, was at times too self-obessesed in their self-indulgence. This made them forgot, that others have to be included as well. I wonder why the SLOs didnt attempt to do that.. This is a trait i see in many of jj OGLs. Once again, not that i am complaining, cos they are sweet and thoughtful in their own ways too.

Many of us yearn to be in the strong and popular grp ba, for more comfort and assurance can be derived from it. It is different from blindly following the mainstream... When you know that you belong there BUT cant be there, it is quite a sick feeling. OK, i don really know whether i suits the happening grp, cos my frequency and range of topics/interests may differ from them. But by being in it, it will make me exhibit less anti-social behaviour which is very typical of me. And at the same time, i will try to make this grp to be A grp, as one. If ya dunno what im blabbing bout, its alright.. Well, i cant change anything now, but im glad im not as anti-social as usually as i am. ^^

I came to this seminar rather prepared, Prepared as it i know what to expect,having re-read apatheticalavenger & joanne blog repeatedly. So it kindda kills the excitement of anticipation of the unknown. haha.

Next up, part 2, will be on the Special Characters that are above-mentioned. Stay tune! xD

Oh ya, Happy 18th Bday to Pingting. I'm sure yr 18 is gna be so much sweeter than mine xD

--Merci tout le monde--

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