My last paper has thus ended.......and so 1 year of hall life at TH is coming to an end.........though there's still holiday committees coming up pretty soon and before you know it the orientation for next year's freshies would have begun and following right behind it would be a new semester, but still, I'm officially done with my 1st year of uni life.
I don't really know whether i've benefitted from this one year of new experiences, but I do know i've made plenty of valuable friends, almost 90% of them from hall(s). Great people, great friendships! I also do know that even if i didn't enjoy my engineering modules, at least i did myself a favour by taking up French for 2 semesters because i thoroughly enjoyed it to the core! Classes were fun, the atmosphere relaxing, and the lecturers and tutors passionate and helpful.
It makes sense to wanna look back and see what i've been involved throughout this 1 whole year as a uni freshie......and then decide whether or not i've actually gained more or lost more (not including my weight....) And then maybe plan from there.....so that i don't repeat things that i didn't quite enjoy........
I can still remember signing up for Union Camp........and being as apprehensive as hell on the 1st day cos there were so many people! Plus the fact that there were many "fit" people while i kinda stand out as being "chubby" (ya i noe.........it's a euphemism......i have my pride u noe.........) Many people complained about Union Camp after it ended, councilors included cos they were saying it wasn't as good as before, especially if you compare it with Sports Camp which was supposedly one of the best FOCs available.... But I guess our OG was pretty on and enthusiastic..... And I still remain in contact with a few of them, so all's not lost.
Sorry bout the pictures' sizes though......kinda small............
Well after that it was Hall Camp.........and i must say it was pretty amazing. It's kinda troublesome to go into great details but let's just say the whole experience would probably stick with me for the rest of my life. And as usual i met loads of great people, freshies and seniors alike, through the whole process.
It's sad that there are some who will not be staying for their 2nd year......but then i guess if you make an effort to meet up things can probably remain the same, or can they.........?
Joined many committees in hall, partly to force myself to be a little bit more active outside of my studies, partly to get to know more people, partly to earn points so that i can stay on for the 2nd year. Welfare, Video Productions Unit, Block Comm, Insights, Interim Committees and even a sport or two. Certainly not everything was smooth sailing, and there are times you ask yourself why in the very 1st place did you subject yourself to so much shit, but at the end of it you take away so much more than you can imagine......
At the same time, while being so preoccupied with hall affairs, i didn't really forget about all that great personalities who opened up my eyes during my JC years........ 1105 is sorta like family already........a real big part of my life, especially when my "real" family is across the causeway and i dun travel back that often. Meeting them, whether it's outside or when they actually come to hall, never fails to lighten up my mood, and then everything seems to be alright again.
Not forgetting school life itself.........which wasn't really as enjoyable or as easy as i thought it would be........the emphasis on the exams are still as fucked up as usual (how i wish i was in a uni abroad right now.......), and the subjects i'm taking are still as bland and dull as the hall food i'm eating.......... But there's always some silver lining somewhere, and for me it has to be my wonderful French class(es) for the whole year. From learning to say "Bonjour" to "Comment allez-vous", from present tense to past and future tenses, from trying to avoid speaking up in class to enjoying doing it and making everyone laugh, it was basically the highlight of my entire Year 1 in NUS.........!
It's a pity i wun be going on the immersion trip this time round, but then i swear to myself that i will set foot on Europe this time next year, regardless of whether it's gonna be a backpacking trip, work-and-travel, holiday trip with friends or the actual immersion programme. Money obviously comes into the picture, but heck money is sth i wanna have right now too. So i'm gonna make "making money" as my number 1 priority this holidays! $.$
I dun really see any holiday trips coming up for me this holidays, which is quite sad actually since it's gonna be quite a long one, but with all the friends around, especially those i haven seen for some time in JB, there's gonna be loads of catching up to do, plus my money-making ambitions lol.............
This time round, we're gonna make it.
I don't really know whether i've benefitted from this one year of new experiences, but I do know i've made plenty of valuable friends, almost 90% of them from hall(s). Great people, great friendships! I also do know that even if i didn't enjoy my engineering modules, at least i did myself a favour by taking up French for 2 semesters because i thoroughly enjoyed it to the core! Classes were fun, the atmosphere relaxing, and the lecturers and tutors passionate and helpful.
It makes sense to wanna look back and see what i've been involved throughout this 1 whole year as a uni freshie......and then decide whether or not i've actually gained more or lost more (not including my weight....) And then maybe plan from there.....so that i don't repeat things that i didn't quite enjoy........
I can still remember signing up for Union Camp........and being as apprehensive as hell on the 1st day cos there were so many people! Plus the fact that there were many "fit" people while i kinda stand out as being "chubby" (ya i noe.........it's a euphemism......i have my pride u noe.........) Many people complained about Union Camp after it ended, councilors included cos they were saying it wasn't as good as before, especially if you compare it with Sports Camp which was supposedly one of the best FOCs available.... But I guess our OG was pretty on and enthusiastic..... And I still remain in contact with a few of them, so all's not lost.
Sorry bout the pictures' sizes though......kinda small............Well after that it was Hall Camp.........and i must say it was pretty amazing. It's kinda troublesome to go into great details but let's just say the whole experience would probably stick with me for the rest of my life. And as usual i met loads of great people, freshies and seniors alike, through the whole process.
It's sad that there are some who will not be staying for their 2nd year......but then i guess if you make an effort to meet up things can probably remain the same, or can they.........?
Joined many committees in hall, partly to force myself to be a little bit more active outside of my studies, partly to get to know more people, partly to earn points so that i can stay on for the 2nd year. Welfare, Video Productions Unit, Block Comm, Insights, Interim Committees and even a sport or two. Certainly not everything was smooth sailing, and there are times you ask yourself why in the very 1st place did you subject yourself to so much shit, but at the end of it you take away so much more than you can imagine......
At the same time, while being so preoccupied with hall affairs, i didn't really forget about all that great personalities who opened up my eyes during my JC years........ 1105 is sorta like family already........a real big part of my life, especially when my "real" family is across the causeway and i dun travel back that often. Meeting them, whether it's outside or when they actually come to hall, never fails to lighten up my mood, and then everything seems to be alright again.
Not forgetting school life itself.........which wasn't really as enjoyable or as easy as i thought it would be........the emphasis on the exams are still as fucked up as usual (how i wish i was in a uni abroad right now.......), and the subjects i'm taking are still as bland and dull as the hall food i'm eating.......... But there's always some silver lining somewhere, and for me it has to be my wonderful French class(es) for the whole year. From learning to say "Bonjour" to "Comment allez-vous", from present tense to past and future tenses, from trying to avoid speaking up in class to enjoying doing it and making everyone laugh, it was basically the highlight of my entire Year 1 in NUS.........!
It's a pity i wun be going on the immersion trip this time round, but then i swear to myself that i will set foot on Europe this time next year, regardless of whether it's gonna be a backpacking trip, work-and-travel, holiday trip with friends or the actual immersion programme. Money obviously comes into the picture, but heck money is sth i wanna have right now too. So i'm gonna make "making money" as my number 1 priority this holidays! $.$
I dun really see any holiday trips coming up for me this holidays, which is quite sad actually since it's gonna be quite a long one, but with all the friends around, especially those i haven seen for some time in JB, there's gonna be loads of catching up to do, plus my money-making ambitions lol.............
This time round, we're gonna make it.