Cornstarch.

Have to type this post out really fast because there's no electricity in our room sockets due to some strange reason and I don't want my laptop to run out of battery.

Was watching the mass dance on Facebook before the lights went off. Thankfully the fan and ceiling lights work by another circuit, or else we'd be sweltering.

Still have 'Dynamite' stuck in our heads, partly because Wai Yin and I went around singing it at random times and places, 'cause people to drop what they were doing and start dancing (it would be great if we could do it in the canteen on Monday or something and watch people's reactions).

So yeah, first day of proper schooling today. Had an hour of Bio, and hour of Math (Mr Chia) and an hour of Physics.

The real work hasn't started yet, but before we know it, we'll be full to our knees with homework and assignments and totally overdue projects and quizzes and tests to study for. It's scary 'cause we know it's coming and we're just going to have to brace ourselves for it.

Anyway, I love how 05 automatically and unanimously (well, almost) votes for Ryan to be every single rep available (he's already mentor rep, which is a great start, and we'll see how we can add on to that).

Yeah, we love Ryan. It definitely wouldn't be the same in class without him.

And I love how Mr Yeo showed a scene from 'The Big Bang Theory' where Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard mix cornstarch with water and place it on a subwoofer (Yos, Glenn and I automatically recognised it). It's such an awesome show.

Talked about M&Ms during CCA afterwards, and had an M&M tournament. We are so lame, but it passes time, and is probably one of the tastiest games ever invented. You know, where you squeeze two M&Ms together and see which one breaks first and the one that doesn't break after you go through the whole pack in the same manner is the winner. Michelle and I found it on Failbook yesterday and decided to try it out. Awesome fun.

Need to see what we can do for our CCA day video soon. Maybe tomorrow when I'm less tired and when there's electricity.

Night.

P.S. Joo Kee upon seeing Penny in The Big Bang Theory: "Oh, hot chick."

P.P.S. Went out for pizza with Wee Thean, Kelvin and Adithya and it took us three hours before we could get back. And the place we were eating at was in Clementi.

Dynamite.

Trying to get Taio Cruz's 'Dynamite' out of my head at the moment, but it just keeps coming back.

I guess after our awesome mass dancing (and encore) during the campfire, it kinda gets imprinted into your mind. But I don't mind, 'cause it sounds good.

So yeah, orientation '11 is officially over, and everybody's going to be extremely pooped tomorrow if we don't get enough rest (and that's why we're thankful school starts late tomorrow).

Been a tiring few days, definitely. It's always the first few that go by really slowly. Afterwards, it kind of flies by till the holidays (which is a good thing).

They always say time flies when you're enjoying yourself, but it also flies when you're really busy too, so it's hard to conclude whether we spend more time having fun than being busy. I'd like to think that we have fun though.

Kinda sad that we had to have the campfire in the hall though, 'cause of wet weather (which made showering without hot water afterwards even colder).

And since we didn't know what on earth was going on where and when, Michelle and I had to totally compromise our pre-planned for-track camera angles and now our footage is going to be a bit off and shaky.

Our Santa-from-hell chariot made its debut, and looked totally badass 'cause it was pulled along by people wearing bull horns (on fire) and our Santa threw around dynamite from a sack while they went down the aisle. And we were probably the only ones who bothered to come up with an entire dance, so kudos to them.

I now have no idea how the judges are going to choose between an evil Santa from hell, a smoke-emitting dragon (which totally didn't look like it was made from recycled materials, 'cause of the smoke machine), an epic-looking viking ship, and a flying shoe, but I'm totally proud of our flaming Santa.

Besides, it's only two weeks after Christmas.

Okay, proud of Fibo, and I need sleep.

Night.

P.S. Oh, and Year 1 performances were adorable.

The aftermath is secondary.

Orientation day 2 today.

Had epic fun 'cause of the station games we had to do in order to save our "legendary mythical creatures" (or something) from the clutches of the evil Popobawa (which turns out to be not something our school just made up, 'cause I Googled it).

Was a bit confusing though, 'cause we got the wrong clues and things got mixed up. But that didn't really matter.

Completely owned the first station. We kinda know each other almost solely by "interesting things", and therefore guessing who wrote what interesting thing about themselves wasn't hard at all.

Second station was awesome (ah, chairs), and the rest aren't as fun to talk about.

I have to say I don't like being blindfolded though. I don't know how blind people do it. It's scary not being able to see.

Started on our evil Santa Claus from hell chariot afterwards. Hopefully we'll be able to finish it by tomorrow night before the campfire starts.

Feeling kinda sad 'cause I'll be on duty and not being part of the crowd (although I will have a stellar view of everything). And I won't be alone 'cause I managed to drag Michelle (willingly) along with me.

Okay, even longer day tomorrow, so I'll turn in like, fifteen minutes earlier or something.

Adieu.

P.S. I'm quitting MouseHunt, but man, it's hard. I've grown a biological impulse (somewhat) to sound a horn every fifteen minutes.

On fire.

First day of orientation today.

New classroom, new teachers (although we haven't met them yet), new modules, new year, but the people are still the same (somewhat), and that's what's important.

Finally managed to elect Ryan as mentor rep for this year (God help us, but it's going to be so funny), along with Leyi. Mr Yeo was nice enough to let us do it, even though Ryan wasn't so happy about the matter.

Learnt the first half of the mass dance, and had a house meeting which was filled with super lame fire jokes.

It may sound weird, but our idea for an evil Santa from hell on a Fibonacci-slave-driven chariot (on fire) wielding a bondage whip (on fire, but the idea got rejected) and a sack full of dynamite (also on fire) got accepted, with a bit of compromising, of course.

It'll be awesome if we can pull it off though. We'll see how it turns out tomorrow.

Talked to the juniors again today, and found out the poor things were super homesick. It's funny how we felt as crappy two years ago but feel completely at home now. We know that it sucks to be living in a different country with no family or close friends, going to a new school where you don't know anyone and everything's different. It's a horrible feeling, being alone. That's why we're totally empathetic.

Time, that's what it needs. And a lot of friends and lame jokes.

Long day tomorrow, and I need some shut-eye.

Night.

P.S. Getting more adept at 'Munchkin', which makes us oh so nerdy.

Nerdy board games.

The first boarding assembly is over, and we're back in our rooms knowing nothing can stop school from resuming tomorrow.

Most things are still the same, but it's nice to know that they're making the effort to improve our stay as the years go by. New caterers (which we've had the opportunity to try out during dinnertime) are a definite improvement from previously, and the guys have a never-ending fascination about the fruit juice that actually tastes like fruit juice).

To be honest with you though, we're pretty bummed that our batch won't be able to experience "hostel food" as horrible as we've told them about, and therefore would never be able to comprehend our um, suffering (okay, I exaggerate).

Finished with my unpacking this morning (I have very few belongings, actually). Then went out with Fatinn, Woan Chyi and Nicholas afterwards for lunch out at Clementi. Bought some food and other miscellaneous household items, 'cause after two (or three) years we know what we need to survive.

Played 'Munchkins' with Wee Thean, Insan and two of our new juniors before dinner, and then played some more afterwards with Colin, Adithya and Kelvin replacing the juniors. Fun, but nerdy. And incredibly lame.

So yeah, finally going back to school again (sigh).

Ah, school. Another three-day orientation programme, and more time off from lessons (which is totally encouraged).

Fingers crossed to it being un-lame.

Okay, better go off now. School awaits.

P.S. Is it sad that I'm re-watching all of CollegeHumor's 'Hardly Working' episodes? I think it's sad.

Continuity.

Yeah, we're back here in school, trying hard to get accustomed to the oh-so-much slower internet connection (which, believe me, is a really difficult thing to do).

Being back as it's ups and downs, and while downs are many (such as the table lamps that don't work, and the gates within gate of my new cluster which try to not let you in with biometric systems that simply refuse to detect your fingerprint, and having to heave luggage and boxes up to the eleventh floor), it's definitely got awesome ups.

Met friends again, talked a lot (too much, actually. I think I should cut down on the talking), made super lame jokes, hung out a bit in the TV room with the new juniors (and I think we kind of scared them a bit 'cause we couldn't stop laughing and talking and making lame inside jokes).

Give it a few weeks, and it'll be back to the way things are supposed to be, with regular school routine and all, and not this hectic mess of strewn clothing and boxes and books.

It's funny, 'cause we hardly talk to each other during the holidays, but we can come back here and it's as if we never actually left in the first place.

I'm like, not bothered to unpack at all. It's a horrible process and I don't like it very much. But hopefully, without much procrastination, I'll be able to finish before school starts and we GG.

Okay, it's late, I'm tired, and I've got the internet connection to complain about elsewhere, so adieu.

P.S. Everyone's kind of split up now. Man, that's a bummer.

When a Man Loves a Woman

Listening to 'When a Man Loves a Woman' off YouTube right now, trying to decide which version to download.

Heard it in a restaurant during dinner and haven't been able to get it out of my head ever since. I have to admit, Michael Bolton's voice sounds way, way, sexier than Percy Sledge's, even though Percy Sledge is the original writer.

Good stuff, good stuff.

First day of 2011 today, and there hasn't been much difference. No magical findings, no weird prophecies, no Hogwarts admission letter, nothin'. Oh well.

But yeah, as every year has been since I started schooling, the coming of a new year also represents the coming of a new school year, which means returning to school and like, doing stuff again.

It's been fun to not do stuff for a while, and just laze around and eat and grow fat and gather dust and cobwebs, but it wouldn't be great to lose my purpose in life or anything like that.

The only way we can truly appreciate the holidays is to work hard during the non-holiday period (because I don't know what else to call them. Days are separated into three nowadays: weekdays, weekends, and holidays, where the day of the week doesn't matter). So I have to say I am quite looking forward to going back and settling into school routine again. It'll bring Chinese New Year around faster.

Resolutions, resolutions. Don't really have any for 2011, except maybe to not deteriorate in awesomeness. It's nice to not pressure yourself, but it sucks to become less awesome than you were previously.

But it's not like I'm not ambitious, I totally am, like, ambitious. Yeah, money, I'm totally going to have tonnes of that.

Hasta la vista.

P.S. The prospect of having a new roommate is making me anxious. But what happens, happens.