changes changes...

This morning was unlike any other mornings I experienced for the past few weeks... The one obvious change was, of course, the sleeping schedule.. before this, I would wake up at 630 am to pray and go back to sleep by 645 am .. Now its all changed, i woke up at 545 am, took a bath, did my usual prayers and stuff, got ready for school, and no more sleep... haha, it was really tiring, especially since I've not been the morning person since i dunno when. When my dad woke me up, I was soo sleepy I actually felt like not going to college. Of course, that wasnt true as I was REALLY LOOKING FORWARD to my first day in college...

As I walked to school, the change became more obvious, as I saw many students walking past. Girls with hair neatly plaited and cut, guys with short kempt hair, and an attire which was smart and wrinkle free carrying around bags which contained lots of books.. I saw lots of junior sec 1s, looking especially serious yet excited, knowing its their first day in secondary school...

And in the bus, the usually quiet and chilly bus with not much to smell, was gone. In its place was a crowded bus with many people in it. The air smelt of a combination of food and perfume.. I guess people took their breakfast in the bus...

Ahh, such changes, positive I must say cause this is what I like to see, a place full of life and vibrancy, not the quiet sort... So absorbed in observing others, I failed to realize I too was amongst those excited to go back to school. Shampooing my hair twice, brushing my teeth for a long time, applying soap to cleanse my face, ensuring my nails are short, combing my hair to make it looked nice, all these things I specially took note to make sure I looked ready for school...

Yes, it was my first day at college and yup, i was really excited!! Left my house at 640,and met ummairah at 720 before she guided me to Pioneer JC... I was quite nervous too actually, wondering if i would end up in the same orientation group as the BPians or whether I would like my orientation group. As i met wei ann, shirley, choon yik and a few others at PJC, i realized we were all split up. yep we were! Great news eh to start a new day?? haha... But luckily I had two other BPians in my team.. honestly i really dunno who they are, one guy is from 4P1, the other girl i saw before but i dunno from what class... So it was as good as knowing no one... As i met my other orientation groupmates, I got quiet. I didnt make any attempt to talk abt all, except maybe to that 4P1 guy I knew I had to make friends with or I would be lonely for the whole orientation programme...

haha, talk abt failure to socialize, but we werent given any chance to socialize today, so i'll try to do so tomorrow.. Practicing my lines now.. "Hi! I'm Zul! Nice to meet you!" or "Hello there! Hope to be friends with you" haha okay, the latter is abit wierd...

And hmm, I think there was simply LOTS of BPians at PJC haha... the principal said there's a bit of each from each school, and that its more or less an even distribution, but looking at how many BPians there were in PJC( i counted more than 3 clusters of BPians in their own cliques) "a bit of each" is simply an understatement to me haha... I think thats good right???

But anyway, today's orientation was all about talks and we had this super long subject combination talk for about 2 hours plus... Yeap we sat there from 8 all the way to 11! By the time i stood up, it felt I was actually standing up for the first time! haha... One shocking incident for me though, while others got their subject combination forms which were full of choices to choose from, my form was empty.. instead of combinations for me to choose, I saw this "Please see VP" sign... Ohh, bad omen, bad omen! haha, i found out its actually cause I failed my amaths and was not eligible for any courses... Yeaa, those who failed amaths, or has no amaths background was not eligible for ANY courses at all.. So when those with the sign "Please see VP" actually went to the lecture theatre to meet a teacher, i saw lots and lots of BPians... In fact, the whole clique was there! Shirley, Yinlin, ummairah, me, joshua etc. It was scary to note we had no options but the teacher revealed they actually relaxed the criteria so we were still eligible for choices, though most of us were only awarded 2 choices instead of others with the usual 8 or so...

I was given the Physics Maths Econs H2 + 1 H1 combination OR the Maths Chem Econs H2 + 1H1 combination.. Hmm, I guess i'll opt for the first one, though I really really wanna opt for the Physics Maths Chemistry H2 + 1H1c combination.. maybe i'll appeal...

Haha so after that we had lunch with the rest of the BPians, and we actually didnt eat much.. most either ate snacks or drank water only... Our clique suddenly started the topic on how wierd it is to be without Liwen and Michele.. yea indeed it really was!!! I miss u guys!

haha, so we wondered what Liwen was doing at CJC, cause we knew Michele was working... We came up with really wacky ideas for liwen, like the first one is that she was eating lonely in the canteeen and as she puts the spoon in her mouth, she starts laughing uncontrolably and everyone looks at her scared.. Next one is she goes on a date with a certain someone at the canteen... haha sorry liwen, just goes to show how much we miss you! =) Lets go out sometime soon yeaa??

After lunch, we went for the different introductory lessons to get a feel of what lectures are like and what to expect for each lesson... I went for the Physics, maths and econs lessons... its okay, but its quite scary looking at the fact the teachers keep saying JC life is goinna be rigourous, and they kept using that word!!! It scares me and I keep fearing, what if i can't cope, but I hope that doesnt happen...

At the end of it all, the BPians especially those of 4P2 decided to drop by the 'new' BP campus looking at how near it is to PJC... it was quiet old, and the whole experience felt like visiting a kampong school where the students played with marbles and all... yeaa it was nostalgic hahaha... We were like people looking at schools for the FIRST time as we explored every single corner there was to the new campus, climbing staircases to look at the classrooms and all... we even gotta meet some very familiar teachers, like Mrs Poh, Mdm Marlina, Ms Chong, mr tan hak soon, mr tan suan tien,mr ng yong heng, as we stopped by to chat with them for while to see how things have changed...The teachers were soo sweet, giving us words of inspirations to keep up the BP spirit in our separate JCs, wishing us the best for our O's and even telling us they miss our faces... heh, quite ironic isnt it, noting they say they wont miss seeing us last year... One thing though, we didnt getta meet mrs chiu... We really wanted to meet her but she wasnt anywhere to be seen!!

We also visited the 4P2 cabin, which is now in a terrible state... haha, its very messy, dusty, unorgainzed and all, but as we entered and saw all those trademarks we wrote to leave our 'footsteps' all memories of the class, the friends, the teachers and the experiences all came back to life... sad sad memories I must say...

Heh, ok I guess this is the LONGEST i have ever written in the whole of my blog writing experiences, but hmm, there's simply soo many things to say!! Oh, also, to ummairah, its her 17th birthday today so HAPPY BIRTHDAY UMMAIRAH! haha, i know my art is a little unstable and wierd, but I hope the card was nice enough and creative for you.. hope u liked it yeaa??? =) AND I PROMISE, ur birthday pressie is on the way! hahaaa...

Ok thats all, tomorrow will be another fun day i guess... 4 more orientation days before school starts proper, and who knows, the experiences tomorrow bring might just result in a LONGER blog entry than today... hahaa, ok cyaa!