Memories of Uni Orientation Period
Today, I saw a lot of orientation groups playing games around Engin faculty. Young guys and girls cheering and screaming together - what a familiar sight.
I was once their age, once excited about meeting new friends, once curious about the new chapter in my life - Uni life.
I can still remember my OG. My OG leaders, Zhichao and Elaine, are already happily married (Yes, to each other! I'm so sorry I missed their wedding because I was in Maldives that time).
My OG mates:
Yuanshan, who was my secondary classmate, made the first days of Uni life not so foreign.
Kunli, the oldest Uni friend I had because he's one of the first person I know in NUS and also the only rare one whom I still meet up ocassionally.
Guowei, who I saw frequently in school because he's also pursuing his Masters degree.
The rest, like Zhiwei, Rongqiang and Liting... although we no longer keep in touch, our friendship remains. I believe, one day, our paths will cross again.
I can also remember the stupid things we've done during orientation, like how we tried to put up a dance performance but it never surface (the programme was cancelled, kaozzz...). We also tried to 'zao' the East Coast Park activities but did not want to get our OG leaders into trouble, thus we put up an elaborated wayang for the Freshman Orientation Committee (FOC). During one of the night event, we were supposed to go to some ghost house, but the whole programme was so badly run that we had to wait outside that ouse for hours! We just sit on the roadside and played stupid games, and of course, scolding the FOC non-stop. The FOC was always our target of frustrations. Haha...
"Coincidentally", I became the FOC for the next group of freshies during my 2nd year. This is karma.
Recalling these fond memories, inevitably, I feel old. My feelings, my surroundings, my lifestyle and my expectations then were so very different from now. I can't help but feel disturbed to realize that those times have passed, and I can never reverse it. I can never re-experience that chapter again and nothing else will ever come close.
posted by WSW at 10:03 PM
1 Comments:
Oh..you were one of those stinkie orientation camp freshies before...tsk tsk...
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