okay.
orientation orientation.. here goes.
i spent 75 bucks each on science and ssmu frosh but i didnt go for either of them!! other than feeling bad about wasting the money.. i dont think i missed out much =)
here's how my frosh week went!
i went for the science frosh initially but left after the beer event started!
here's few photos though =)
the queue to go into the gym was LONG. anyway what they did to split us into groups was interesting, scary and.. wow. hahaha. we couldnt see what was in the gym and batches of us was sent in to RUN! we dont even know where to run to, and when we ran, the frosh leaders just came running at us and grabbed us! it was quite violent cos i saw some people falling! argh i didnt take a video of it!
the way people dress here are so interesting. my t-shirt was very plain and when i saw people having different cuttings like low-shoulder or neck, i realised that they actually took the time to cut their own shirts! look at how the frosh leaders all wear their orange t-shirt differently! really interesting.
the leaders "vandalised" each of our shirts with ahem descriptions. like.. its really explicit. the frosh here is very sexual theme-ed. hahaha im not uncomfortable but im surprised cos mcgill is afterall an elite school, one can never imagaine RJ or HCI doing it.. not even VJ!
but i have to say.. looks can be deceiving. they are party kids, but they are all really smart. i feel.. quite inferior. im gonna buck up! yeah, these kids may be crazy for beer but its mainly for frosh week, other than that.. they are pretty sensible given that most of them are younger than me by a year!
more on mcgill people another time.
me and my best solin mates went around recruiting asian kids! LOL. and then we went to explore old montreal instead of going for frosh. we took this quad-cycle!
let me intro u my new friends (other than zee and james) - vivian, jin (SUPER CUTE KOREAN GIRL), david (white guy who speaks mandarin more fluently than me, stabs myself), stephanie, raine and cindy!
the thing was SO FUN but tiring. we had mini races.. and my quad-cycle always loses.. ooops.
after which we went to new rez (the school's most poshiest residence) to chill and play some games while getting to know more people and waiting for the sun to set. so that we can set out for karaoke! =DD
there's table tennis table, pool table, that mini soccer thing which i forget what is the name.. oops and a GRAND PIANO blahhh. (i still love solin hall, no betrayal there!)
jin (the korean girl) has a SUPER NICE VOICE. totally mesmerizing, i'll record her voice one day and let u peeps hear! and that is james singing, which is not bad!
today..
we went to the amusement park together! La Rhonde.
the queues were LOOONG. but we bought season passes so we will be going there every week! the theme park is waaay better than escape but canada wonderland is still the best =DD
we waited 2 hours for a 45 seconds ride! but we played lots of mini games while waiting and had some mini talks.
these little asian group is really cool (: our interests are pretty similar and they are always up for anything! literally. i have been waking up at around 9am everyday just to meet them!!! im so tired. havent been waking up before 12pm for too long.. and the group is really interesting with the mixture of people..
okay, im going to meet my mom tonight! some stuffs to settle =/
that's frosh week for me! meeting friends whom i got to know quite well (:
and i cant wait for school to start!!
DEJA VU.
big time. like why is it always happening to me?
no more second times. please.
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mcgill mcgill mcgill.
i'm loving the place, the people and the school and my apartment! and my housemates! and my new found asian friends! =D
i thought i could assimilate into the partying culture here.. but no. i doubt so.
argh!!! frosh (orientation) was seriously ALL ABOUT BEER.
BEER BEER AND MORE BEER. and of course pub crawls and partying! im seriously not into this kind of thing. i'd rather be silly sober.
hahahah then some of us broke up and formed our own frosh at solin (the hall where i am staying in) by ordering some asian food and talking at the common area in the basement.
the place here is really cool. i really have to put up pictures soon.
one day after im not dead tired after reaching home.
today morning i went to make my own breakfast! at zee's kitchen.
right now my 2 bestest mates are like 2 guys from my hall. zee and james. they are really funny and nice guys who kinda always picks on me! like WOMAN here and there and "1, 2, 3 (tweee in the singlish accent)" and.. "she can cook very well!! (sarcastically)"
ahahaha i TRIED cooking eggs.. but.. ouch. it didnt turn out well. james and zee thought they could expect breakfast from me!
i suck at the kitchen!
BOOO. i will learn one day and make the perfect sunny side up for them! and all the friends i have promised.
and i met a few asian girls today.. nice and pretty! =D but i have really gotten to know them yet.. so yea soon.
when school starts, i hope the group of friends i will hang out with will settle down as well.
it's getting quite tiring making lots of "hi-bye" friends because i dont remember their names..
and im tired.
i gotta wake up that 2 lazy guys tmr! they say "call us when u are awake" LOL. im like the super late waker.
but i think i will wake up at 9.30am tmr! so that we can catch the breakfast at frosh.
wheeeeeee.
im not a nerd, but i really cant wait for school to start. and then i can make sober friends.
they have parties EVERY night outside and at the basement.. but my hall isnt that bad. there's this new rez (hotel converted very posh hostel) which has parties on most of the floors.
they really party and get drunk. and im not complaining, just sharing my experience. cos i dont get irritated with them and it amuses me to see drunk people. i really dont mind going into a club just to see people get drunk.
mcgill is a total partying school.
more later. when im awake and sober too.
HEYYYY. okay. i typed an entry exclusively at amsterdam in the previous one!
anyway,
YES!! I'M BACK IN CANADA safe and sound.
i reached on the 19th, spent a day in montreal and settling some school admin and MY ID CARD!!! the background is pretty but my face is not.
and then i went to toronto on the 21st. DAAAAMN. couldnt catch alot of friends there because most of them are back only in sept..
nevertheless... brought my mom around toronto and niagara falls.. and ARGH. we exceeded my atm card limit 3 days in a row!! we bought alot of stuffs.
TONSSSSS.
such as, 4 pairs of levi's jeans each so thats 8 pairs total! a pink Guess luggage, some clothes.. etc at the huuuuge factory outlet at niagara!!! my dad is going to get a heart attack to know that i spent half of the 5k he sent over on shopping!!!!!
but no worries. my room is HUMONGOUS. compared to where i previously stayed in hamilton.. hahaha.
i have.. something like a walk-in closet, another separate wadrobe, bed, study table and plenty of space to roll around! and thats just my room, i have a kitchen which is connected to this huuuge living room. i mean there's space for a dining table as well as another section of sofas! a TV is the only missing essential.
i'll post up photos of my room next time!!
i havent really made any friends here yet cos i was mostly at toronto, and one of my housemate (i have 3) just came knocking at my door to introduce herself. she looks pretty and nice! i have a good feeling abt this apartment =)
and i cant wait to meet the singapore friends here! and lynn!
oooolalalalala.
i may sound happy and all that but there are still some things im not used to.. like montreal is so french and i felt so much more comfortable in Toronto because i hate not being able to understand any instructions on the road or when people speaks to me in french!! but the last 2 days in toronto, i started missing montreal already!!! cos i have frens waiting for me here and... I MISS MY ROOM ALREADY. LOL
okay,i shall be more optimistic and start learning french. =)
I’m typing thais while transiting at Amsterdam for 9 hours! From 6am to 3pm.. Geesh. And I cant even get out of this airport because I don’t have a visa. Anyway, there are A LOT of Indonesians here!! My mom then told me the reason why – the Dutch occupied Indo for a very long time, so they have relatives living around here. Not exactly in Amsterdam. There are so many transits here.. to Milan, Paris, Stockholm, London etc. I’ll go on a Europe tour when I have the time and money and company!
BIG THANKS to Ming Ming, Kim Min, Wensi, Kai Long, Dian Yang, Maurice, Zixuan, Wayne, Sara, Tessa and Marcus for sending me off. I’m so sorry that I didn’t have more time to spend with u all, and I ended up having to run to my gate! WHEW. I manage to catch my flight. Gate closing when I was still waiting for my skytrain…
As I was boarding the plane, I realized that I haven’t been cherishing my time in Singapore. There were quite a few people who asked whether I was returning to SG when I put (packing packing PACKING!) on my msn nick and asked to meet up when I reached. It was quite the opposite, I was left with less than a day in SG.
I didn’t really announced that I was back in SG cos.. I didn’t really feel like going out initially. I’m so sorry that I couldn’t meet up with a lot of my friends. ): I was feeling quite down for a week or two. And after that I was just too lazy to meet up.
I realized that I was missing out a lot when I went to Bugis only 2 days before I was going to fly. I haven’t been there for a year! So much changes have been made.. Only then I felt that I haven’t really seen enough of Singapore and of my friends.
I guess.. I didn’t want to make a big hoo-ha out of my arrival or departure.. I don’t like troubling people.
So yeah, I started missing some people when I was on the plane. Dropped a tear as kailong tried so hard to make me emotional at the airport. But it wasn’t really sadness, I’m not migrating and leaving my friends for good! Its more like regrets that I didn’t spend my time properly.
Now that im flying to montreal.. (still left with 8 hours) I bought a one-way ticket because initially I thought I could and wanted to be away for a longer period of time. Now I may consider going back for summer holidays next year.. Maybe its just due to this moment of feeling nostalgic.
That’s a summary of my reflections during the first few minutes on the plane.. afer which I knocked out unfortunately only for 2 hours and then had difficulty sleeping again.
BLAHHHH. I was planning to watch dramas on my computer to spend my time but I realized that… there are no electric sockets here! It’s 7.14am here.. while it is 1.13pm at singappore and 1.13am at Canada!
My mom is quite excited about this trip.. I’ll try to be more patient with her.. hahah she has been doing some annoying things but she’s always like that. I hope that she will enjoy this trip, and when I get my father to go during my graduation year.. I think by then he will have to take the business class or first class.. the economy class’s seat will be too uncomfortable for him. But I really wan him to see me graduate!! Well, he promised.
I will be starting my long and arduous journey towards.. the end of my education years! LOL.. haven’t begin and im already thinking about the end. Here’s what I have in mind.. Now I will be doing my freshmen year (meaning my major is still undeclared) before continuing with majoring in biochemistry for 3 years and hopefully minoring in management as well.. During which I will take my MCAT in my 2nd year hopefully, I’m going to have a tough time, but I look forward to studying! Noo.. im not a nerd, im just excited about the idea of having to work hard and consistently this time! I.AM.GOING.TO.STUDY. =D no more last minute studying and lazing around.. I have to work hard!!!!!!! Omg. If I blog and u guys realize that im playing a lot, then remind me okie! Hahaha.
That’s 4 years.. then I am still deciding whether I want to continue into Medicine.. or Forensic science.. or I may develop some other interests. But currently I have medicine in mind.. and if I really cannot stand medicating humans.. vet is always an option =D
Woah. My mom is back from the toilet. She suggested that we go check out the restaurant and shopping section. I think she is interested in the food part while im interested in the latter (:
TAKE CARE MY FRIENDS IN SINGAPORE! =D
HOWWWWW-day!
omgomgomgomg. i owe myself so much posts. hahaha
nah.. i seldom blog abt my travelling things cos there are too much!
and these few days i have been going out so much that i am too tired to do anything at home, let alone blog.
lemme recall..
i've been running around to get my airtickets back to canada! but to a new destination.. MONTREAL. argh. last minute booking is heeeeell expensive.
but the good news is... I MANAGED TO CONVINCE MY MOM TO GO WITH ME THIS TIME.=DDD
i dont have to go alone like last time.. not that i am not independent enough to go alone but at the very least one of my parents have to see what they are paying for right! (: but 6k for both our tickets! goshhh. and its not even for some good airline.. i wanted british airways ); going a bit earlier than expected but i have been lagging long enough in singapore!
i met up with the mcgill people with singapore for 2 occasions! 3 actually. the first one was more official and we didnt manage to talk much. they are really cool people, very international people i must say. i thought i couldnt fit in at first.. but mcgill is all about diversity. which reminds meeee. oh noooo. it just sank in to me a few days ago that i wasnt going back to the familar hamilton but a french city and in a school where asians are really a minority this time.
i need to pack pack pack!! DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE CAN I GET CARDBOARD BOXES????
and yesterday, i went to sentosa in the morning with some rvtt people. it's these friends that i made in the oppressed school that made me realize that friendships can go a long way. i cant stop laughing at the childishness of the guys - kailong, xuankai, dianyang and weiquan! i am going to miss my friends so much ):
geeesh. gotta go settle the payment for my ticket!
and i know that you'll read this i think? HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY! (p.s not an international thing, its just between me and my friend) you are really really a good friend! for all the times you've heard me complain and cry over the phone.. at random times! wahahah i cant thank you enough! (: all the best for everything! NS and girl ;)