Orientation 2008

Vincitore---Azimuth!
Take that, and a year flies by!
Orientation back in 2007 seemed not that far away when I was sitting beside this unknown guy (Derek) in the Hall and we started talking.
Now we're still talking in the hall, but standing up and holding green placards.
Goodness. I told him yesterday, probably everything now is all a dream and we'll wake up, still as Sec Threes. That would be seriously cool, but painful.
Would have to live the 3 years all over. No thanks.

Orientation in 2008 was great, and maybe not as close as it got when I was in Secondary School with the Sec Ones because we really knew each other then and there were fewer OGLs, but it was still magnificent fun and joyously noisy.

The OGL experience was PRICELESS. Like the mastercard thing, but it was for real.
That's the prime reason I signed up for it, its value and also the side-along benefits of delaying my proper entrance into J2.

My Trition OGL tag:



The team of OGLs, minus Dean and Mei Ying, 'cause they were at Stations in other parts of Singapore, during the Meridian Magnificent Marathon (MMM).
This is at China Square:
( from left, bottom: Joslyn, Shahidah, Yu Shu, Karimah;
top: boss Guo Hao, myself)


This was the first day, outside the hall, where the freshmen were running around the place with us. Lovely bunch of people. Boss is holding the placard.

Below is Daryl from my Sec Sch. He was in council with me back then, and we had great times wild-ing together. He got 'chosen' to rep his Orientation Group for the The Meridian Prophecy, which Triton won. Haha.

Dawnie! My supposed 'sweetheart' in our scandal.

(below) Victoria! From my Trition 1, our beloved rep. She's a real sweet girl, and she's actually Elizabeth's sister. She's quite cute actually, always falling for my trademark trick. Close friends would know? Haha. Got a chance to flaunt my masculinity when she left her bottle and wallet at one station during the TMP. Got it for her. I'm good.

I still think she should have won the TMP catwalk thingie! Her dress up was really good.

Triton 1 people are a creative bunch. Arts class what.

Day One ended okay, but with the Triton OGLs abit riled up by the unfairness of the treatment given to us by council and the other houses at certain points. Envy is harmful. Spent the evening preparing water bombs and all. They would become soft and leaky the next next morning.

Got home late and tired.

This was Day 2, MMM! We had a mass dance and then got ready to set off.

Triton 1 was due to travel to Tampines, which we did and then Clarke Quay and then Harbour Front. At Tampines, we completed 3 stations, and then 4 and 5 respectively at the other 2.

This was the locality map I took at the MRT and used to lead the og to the station at China Square. Before that, everybody was like-wtf? What is China Square?

This is me and Shahidah posing outside China Square. The wind was really really SONG! Haha.

I'm really pleased with my chest. Look at it stand out. I'm looking really strong! Heh.

Triton 1 Cheering at China Square.

I knelt down while everyone was running to the next station to take pictures of the new scenes to me.

We then got to the next zone (Harbourfront) and got to Vivo City!

This was on the roof of Vivo City where gamemaster Nawal! made Trition 1 members pose with a person wearing a striped shirt. I pointed this man to them, who gamely obliged. Cool dude!

Ritualistic cheering led by Shahidah above Vivo!

The above 2 group pics were taken by MJC Photography club member. But blur leh.

Triton 1 above 81 at Serangoon! We ditched Phobos 1 at the MRT and chionged for the bus.



This was us hiding from Miranda, where Body-gong Jian Rui's group was below, because we didn't want them to realise they could board the bus.

In the end we got to MJC after a mild scuffle at Kovan MRT where other groups tried to board 81 but couldn't.

Triton won the MMM, because we got to college all just in time and got the 1000 speed points.

But later at night, we lost the lead cause of some jaywalking controversy and also 700 points.

It was a low point with Jem and the rest working to put Campfire together. And it didn't help while Jessica was giving incessant nonsense all the time by the side as usual. or even more than usual. That person is like 5000 beats behind the tempo.

Left after 935 when Eugene wisely suggested so. I love Eugene. He's like me, and we have the similar uniformed group ideas. So whatever he came up was something that was from my heart too. He let us go home earlier than we were going to.

Day 3 was Wet n Wild and the campfire. It was a more friendly day for me, because I was stationed at the track at a station that only needed me to say some words and let a huge mess take place. Not difficult what.


This was a shot of Miranda at my station while they were cheering.

This was a neighbouring station.

My lovely coworkers at W n W group 2: Pei Yi, Bernice and Grace!

This was Trition 2 passing by! If only the OGL was also looking over. The girl nearest the pic is Cheryl? If that's the right spelling. I danced with her when we paired up with freshies. She's quite cute and has really small hands. But cute. Haha.

Handsome Dickson! haha. I told him he looked like shit. But actually, wasn't truthful. Still suave despite the white stuff. Naughty naughty.

Trition 1 at the field at Xin Yun's feet, preparing for wet and wild finale.

An attempt at an artistic shot of Triton while Jeremy was talking.

Me and cute Jay at the field.

Me and my secret lover Derek. We were secret spies at Callisto 'supervising' the human chain transport of water bombs.

RuiBei and me! Haha. Cool girl! Really fun with her around, somebody to disturb. Was paired with her for the Wet and Wild finale. She came over to call me over. Wah, honoured. Met her several times during MMM and 'shook' her hand. RuiBei was genial enough to accompany me to the toilet, but not inside la! Haha. Mistook the dustbin for her. Haha.

Together at Callisto, we were like disturbing them and delaying their water bomb transporting.

Great fun. That bit of Orientation was quite bagus!

I'm cute.

Snuck a picture of Kevan while in the midst of disturbing Callisto. But I love Kevan. We were in TPJC together in oG 12. Still remember him in that Changkat uniform, and also how we sat together with George and the rest in TPJC track doing the 'win the war' chant.

Got the inspiration to do the flag of our fathers thing with Derek, Titus and his friend. Nice!

My beloved Titus, Operations Sergeant and junior.

Hot stuff. Jay with his back to us, Jeremy, Eugene and Me.

Triton 2 after the campfire at the bus stop opp college. Trition was preparing to go to Downtown to celebrate. We won the Campfire and also everything else! Shouted until my head hurt, oh my God. Really happy in the hall. And eager to party. Because of this picture, Mei Ying said that I made Trition 1 miss 89. Too bad. We got to Downtown still what.

The big men of Triton at the next table. Danial, Jeremy and my mistress, Hakim.
We celebrated at Burger King at Downtown like last year and stayed til quite late, chatting and laughing with our people. Ah. Victory, although annual, is still refreshing.

This is the placards in my lift.

Got a swift ride home from sweet Megan's father and reached home with all the placards that were there at I dunno what time. We waited shortly before her dad cruised in. Said goodbye to the pair Winston and Xin Yun too.

Orientation had me burn more than 5626.8 kilocalories in total! I'm thankful. Haha. Not easy leh, shedding calories. And the height and weight indicators say that I'm 73 kgs. Are you sure? I thought I was more.

These three days, have been a bit of my life that I don't want missing. Those bits in the pictures above and also those bits not captured are precious.

There are bits that would also be as valued. Like sitting next to Derek, talking with Hakim in the canteen, dancing with Megan and 'pretending' to listen to Dawn and also watching Dickson, Naqiah dance...

Anyway. The final thing I have is:

Fear Triton!

(cos' got reason one. We win every year.)

Rendition

Rendition: a controversial practice of the CIA in the removal or handing over of terrorism suspects, often to a detention facility where they will be brutally tormented until they 'confess' they are terrorists (Wikipedia, "Rendition (film)",2007).

'Government is authorized to transfer anyone they think might be a terrorist to prisons outside the U.S.'-Trailer.

This is one movie that really makes me pissed at Singapore's Censorship Board. It's been given a M18 rating locally, and obviously, you must be of age to be able to watch it in theatre, which is atrocious. In the United States, dammit, its 14A. Meaning 14-year-olds can stroll into the cinema and plainly watch the movie. Whereas, in Singapore, we must first blow out 18 candles on a cake and then, bring our IC to the cinema and show it to the people there before we can plainly watch the movie. Screw Censorship. It's not sexual, and its probably like that 'cause of the dark theme and violence. (Mature Content).

-.-

Censorship is aimed at protecting the sanctuary of young minds, unprepared for the brutality of humanness that these youngsters would inevitably come to exhibit one day. It makes sense not letting 13-year-olds see naked women in theatre, but it doesn't when it disallows shoot'em up films and let Chinese 'The Banquet' which is incredibly bloody, air.

And there is scant difference between 17 and 18. And I'm only 4 months from that age dammit. And they don't let me watch that film when I've already seen '300' and 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America to Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhastan' on my own. I'm itching to watch this film! 2007 is a year of great movies-'Transformers', 'Secret' and now this.

I am now searching for a loophole in the law. Tell me if anyone of you have uncovered it. And wearing your father's old Army grey t-shirt don't work dude; it don't count as one method.

A bit riled today, but- Yesterday's Gym work was excellent. Chest, Shoulders and Triceps. Hurting in the right places. Went there at 1:38 pm after the 4 hour consultation with Ms Sophia Koh. That was a marathon. Anyway, gym. Like the way the weights are pushed off my chest while doing the Bench Press. The perceived most manly exercise. And the big weight plates on each side. Waaa. Happy. Switched to a heavier weight for the shoulders. Another reason to be happy. Endured through the treadmill. Getting more and more difficult recently. Probably because I upped the speeds.

Statistics from yesterday: Weight: 74.60 KG. (A shocker. Don't know where the pounds have gone. I've been sedate most of the week. Not eating?)

Burned 223 calories on the treadmill in 15:00 mins and ran nearly 3 km. Forgot the rest. Not fantastic, but decent. Just keeping records here. Don't think my audiences give a damn.

Went back to MJC to continue with PW. Reached after 4:30, after a satisfying meal at Eastlink Foodcourt. The class had relocated to C 4-2 and a good many groups were still there. Helped entertain Hui Min, if I couldn't work on the WR personally, and dueled Hakim in PikaBall (Pikachu Volleyball). Didn't lose that badly considering he and Jeremy are the Elite Four status figures in class. 15-10.

Ms Koh was still at it, chionging our WRs. She spent 4 hours with each group and was still with the 2nd group when I went back. Really awed by her. She barely ate, and was still at it since 8 plus in the morning. She stayed until after 10 at night I think. Really respect, yo. And like her too.

But while we guys were bored, we decided to do something stupid. Me, Hakim, Jeremy, Jay. Jeremy first said he wanted to go toilet. So I said I was going too, and so was Hakim. Jay also got on. We walked and then collectively got a stupid idea to use the girls' toilet. So we crept to the lit toilet and I called out in a 'girl' high-pitched voice 3 times: "Is anybody in there? Is anybody in there?"

There was no answer, so I thought the coast was clear. Then I jumped in and said I was gonna run in and touch the wall deep inside the toilet. I ran in and Jeremy was behind me. I was nearly at the wall and I turned to look behind me, and a girl was at the mirror, staring at us. Jeremy saw me looking and we were so shocked that there was still a girl inside. WTF. We chiong out of the toilet and jeremy and I ran to the Boys' Toilet to laugh our asses off. We rolled on the floor of the Boys' Toilet laughing like siao for about 1 min, I think. It was so frigging funny. We waited for a while, before going back.

We later apologised to her. She was a J2, we found out. And she said this, "you all very childish".

And it was true. We are childish.

But it was fun. Everybody should try it. HA!

Have an OGL interview later. Have to charge up my charms and impress. I do want to be an OGL badly. It was fun when I did it in Council in AHS (We won best OG). One of the best experiences in that old place. Hopefully, I'll relive it on a similar form in Meridian.

Meridian's a great place. But a place isn't great by itself. It's mostly 'cause of the people inside. Nobody's paid me to advertise my college. But I'll do it anyway. Come on over aliens, and work our havoc together in Orientation I 2008. It'll be fun. I think we can promise that.

I'm leaving to claim reimbursement for my publicity efforts here.

Adieu.