not-so-lame-anymore.....(so far)

I'll blog a bit about Friday's ice-breakers and today's treasure hunt.

Ice-Breakers
Classes started at 8am and it ended by 10am. 3pm would be our 1st aid test, hence I have 5 hours of break to study for the test. Honestly I do not know why but I did not pre-study for the test(OK maybe I did a little). Yes, this Jene has changed!! She does not care about exam anymore!!!! Anyway, I joined Izyan and her group for the break time at the cafeteria. Her group was full with fun people especially the leader. But my leader is also as lame as him by the way.

We chat and read through the notes and I suddenly asked them if they found out about the spy. Each group has 2 spies which are actually seniors from semester 3 and when I told them about it, they were shocked because they didn't know anything about spies. Thus, we spent about 30 minutes thinking and guessing and at last they found out who it was. All of them were shocked and really took it hard because they were a smaller group and were very close to each other especially with the spy!!The whole time, they were like shocked and keep recalling incidents where the spy was suspicious. Izyan was angry too.

After discussing and all, a guy came by and sat beside me and started to introduce himself. He's from Brunei and he was sharing some first aid knowledge with us. Boy was he really smart because he knows names that were WOW!!! But all of us were at 1st laughing at him before he approached us because he was kind of "soft" when he was having his brunch with this other group of people. You guys know what I mean by soft right??

By 3pm, we went to the exam hall, opened the paper and it was TOUGH!! Before that, our 1st aid lecturer introduced to us a dean from Canada who would be invigilating us. He was really tall and big and he was bold. Anyway, the paper was so touch and I was scared because it consists of 3% from our assessment!! Half way through, quite a lot of people were caught cheating and a few even banged the doors when they left to meet our IMU dean for misconduct. People without tie and name tag was also pulled out. There was this guy whose paper was tore to half because he apparently wrote things like ~this exam is lame and I am sleepy~. But I was also curious because there was like 10 marks question and they gave us 2 lines to explain. Well you know me, paper saver, drew lots of lines and the writing was extremely small (miss those days).

By3.45pm, that Canadian dean stopped us from continuing because there was too much unacceptable (People in IMU loves to use the word unacceptable) misbehaviour. He even added that we will repeat the test. I was like~ Good, I promise to study harder. But in the end, it was a big hoax. Even that Canadian dean was a hoax, he was a semester 5 student of IMU!!! Most of us were angry but I tried looking at the bright side~ at least we really did study for the knowledge sake and not for passing exam and I also sort of know how's the standard of the exam questions from IMU.

We were shown a short video about the theme I Murder You. Most of the seniors were acting in it and it was about how the president of this orientation was murdered. Next was Ice-breaker's activity!!! Let me cut the story short, but I would like to emphasis on how enjoyed I was. I was able to get back the feeling of being in band camp, playing around with juniors and bullying them then. I really really was wet, dirty but happy. I got water, mud water, flour, starch, margarine and another pinkie sticky substance on my shirt and body and hair. It was just so fun and of course team work was vital and Becky, we won every game but lost at 1 station. Hooray to our team!!!

My group have this OO who is kinda like me in the sense that he does not swear. But he is actually a fun guy who looks serious and angry when he does not show any expression. We lost our group flag on the 1st ice-breaker and my group's spy got it back for us. But another senior who is the orientation committee member took it back and told us we need to see him before getting it back. And guess what, this OO was so furious and he just wouldn't let go of the flag. He even got angrier when that senior told him he needs to let go because he is more senior than him. Wow, straight away from there, this cute innocent OO transformed into a killer machine and he even used the oh-so-famous-F word. Few of my group mates who were in the same college with him for 1.5 years told me that they never hear him swear before and never was this angry before. See, our OO is so cool!!! OUR OOs ARE THE SUPER OOs!!!!

Later, we bathed and changed and off we went to McD for dinner. It was already 9.45pm when we left IMU in 4 cars. Yes people, this is the 2nd time I am having McD, 2 more times to go. For those who do not know what's going on with McD, let me tell you. I made a resolution this year--Only having 4 meals of McD this WHOLE YEAR because last year I ate almost everyday. Anyway, I always believe that people bond better with food and yup, we were all enjoying and like usual, cracking lame jokes again. And ya, I have a new "daddy" who wants me to sms him when I reach home everyday since I am the only one catching train home everyday alone. So sweet of him. =P

Treasure Hunt
Reached campus by 8.30am and the whole thing started at 9.30am (Malaysian's time right? We were suppose to start at 9am). Overall it was fun until we reached this station controlled by the Indians (I am not being racist, coz I LOVE U KARAM!! LOL). Let me tell you the happy part 1st. The games were fun and we were all so high, or maybe it was only me. I was really really really very active and happy and I was skipping all the way. The stations we need to visit were really killing most of us especially those who are sick, having asthma and heart problem because it was from 1 end to the other end. Our 1st station was in the Bukit Jalil park, then back to IMU then back to the park again and our group was big!! The biggest so far. But I think I was happy because this is my head start to build up my stamina again especially after getting so sick thanks to my sister. And ya, we cannot jaywalk and we can only travel in 10 minutes and spent 15 minutes in each station.

From what I remember, we need to visit 14 stations and this activity starts from 9.30am till 5pm. We were playing and running even under the rain and hot scorching sun. Our group was big and we had advantages and also disadvantages. We can win certain games easily like when we need to accumulate 600 "push ups" and girls also do the guy's style (knees not touching the ground). But since it was so big, we were slow when travelling from 1 station to another. Now, let me try to list down all the things we went through and 1 bad angry incident.

1. Do 5 helicopter turns then use a sponge and absorb as much water then put it on your head, balance and get to the pail somewhere across the field and fill it up

2. Duck walk up the Bukit Jalil stadium's stairs and use newspaper to decorate our prince.

3. Do push up and accumulate 600 times. I did not do it because before reaching my turn, it was 600 already.

4. (One of my favourite station)-Remember the guy from Brunei that joined me n Izyan's group in the cafeteria? He is from semester 5 and also a spy. Anyway, because he was there, I have no idea why but I was just suddenly very sporting. When he said he wants 1 volunteer, I just ran in front of him without thinking and there I got my first egg cracked on my head. Then we did the caterpillar game, get our face painted, get flour on my head (can make dough already), toes painted(in orange colour...argh) and shirts painted. Caterpillar game was so funny. Everybody sit on the ground, hold the back person's leg and travel to the front. It was funny because those bigger size people at the back were having trouble and (haha!!) the guys were banging each other (butt to ahem). Ya, that semester 5 from brunei senior said he likes me because I'm so sporting and gave me his signature at the back of my t-shirt. He made my day^^

5. (Also my favourite station) Being a very conservative gal, I never let guys hug me but today I was hugged by a few guys and it was a real big tight hug!! 6 people in 2 chairs and we need to move the chairs from 1 point to another without touching the floor with our feet. I tell you, letting guys hug is not a very enjoyable sensation...at all. Our strategic was, 5 get into 1 chair then the other person hop with the chair to the other side, then we get onto that chair and so on.

6. Another crazy moment where I volunteered to get blindfold. All of us need to stand on (I don't know how many pieces of newspapers because I was blindfolded already) newspaper and travel from 1 point to another. Yes, everyone was squeezing on each other and I have no idea what's going on but we did it and was praised smart by the station master!! This is also another body to body session.

7. This is where the OOs came in. They hopped with a blind folded person in a time frame but we surpassed it and got penalty- Paint, eggs, food coloring poured on our body. For your extra info, my panties are now in a different colour.

8. We got to count and find blue colored stones around this "Commonwealth" park.

9. We got to put our hands in this big plastic bag of brown stuff to search for a 5 cent coin. I think it was oat+sand+dog food.

10. This is the worst station!!! Controlled by Indians and they kept us for more than 30 minutes I think (Remember, 15 minutes only in each station)!! First they make all the Indian guys in our group to take off their shirt and soak it in this pail of spices, then cracked egg, then more spices on face. Any Indians from other group that passed by also got the same thing. We have a Punjabi + Chinese mixed teammate who sort of provoked them in the first week by saying that they were immature also was picked!! 5 VS 1!!! They make her cracked egg on her hair and scolded her and all. We also have a team mate from Myanmar who also got ragged badly. I really don't understand, shouldn't you make a "tourist" feel comfortable to be in our country?? Here, I came to the picture again. He was told to crack an egg on someone's head but he just cracked it on his head instead (that's the spirit!! Sacrifice ownself, saving team mates). But they insist he cracked it on someone else's head and I went forward. I'm sure he was happy hitting that egg on my head because he's quiet and I always disturb him to make him more active. Honestly he is also like us (lame) and he always bully me back by giving me lame excuses or say things like I'm invisible or things like that.

Next, we got to duck walk, run, hop on 1 leg, run and do helicopter turns (8 for gals, 25 for guys and 22 for oo). Then the guys formed an imaginary band while we gals become the fans shouting like nobody's business. This is where I practice my high pitch. When the singer finished his song, he was to run while we were to chase n get his signature. (LAME!!!!) Ok, we followed everything even when he asked us to form a horizontal line, put our flag at the back, make us cheer then they stole it!! I was trying to enjoy every single bit of it even though I keep asking myself when will this end because they were draining our spirit away!!! And one more thing, they make our leader bring this condom filled with spices to him by mouth then asked himself to crack an egg in his underwear!!!! How sick was that!! It was just too much and we got angry and that body. When a higher ranking senior came, they got scared a bit and gave us back our flag but you know what they say? "You guys did a lot of things but no sportsmanship so zero marks will be awarded". Wow, this OO just grab the flag, walked away and shouted "I will not submit to you, and this senior junior thing is a bullshit!!". They heard it and wanted to fight back but we travelled fast and that higher ranking senior gathered us and hear us out. The president of the orientation came too.

Later, we really had no mood and we totally lost the motivation to enjoy the rest of the day. But somehow, the sun gave me mood to skip and cheer as much people as possible. Our leader was kind of down too and according to him his "little brother" is like being attacked by needles. OMG, worst was when another Indian mate who got the same egg cracking into underwear told us it felt like blow job. I really don't know what blow job is actually but I don't think it feels good then.

I know there are 14 stations but I'm actually dead tired and just want to finish this post so forgive me ok? Anyway, we went back to the starting point and when all the other groups reached too, we went to the car park to search for a ring. Yes, the theme for this treasure hunt is Lord of the Rings. One of our team mate found a fake ring so we had a cheer fight but lost. Later, we bathed and cleaned ourselves and went for steamboat in that same 4 cars.

Even after washing my hair twice, I still smell that egg smell. I wonder is it me imagining or is the smell really on my body. About my orientation t-shirt, I wonder if I can keep it as it is, frame it up I think? But then again, smelly??? So maybe it'll end up in the washing machine.

If any seniors who some how found my blog accidentally, well this is my view on the orientation so far. It is my view, my opinion and my way of interpreting things. I managed to ask the spy from my group about the reason behind being a spy and she said because they want to mingle around us and get our feedbacks. If they appear as seniors and get feedbacks, they might not be a truthful one. So here it is, my truthful feedback on the activities so far but honestly I do not look forward to dress code where we need to dress up according to themes because it is not my type of having fun. I'm a very outdoor person.

And ya, guess what, I am the queen in a sketch and on the last day, the queen (which is me, zjon marrie) needs to make another small sketch with the Prince of the Wild (mosquito). Our theme is-- The prince feels horny and wants to attract the queen but the queen refuse to follow him or something like that. So far, any weird images starting to form in your head? Yes, it'll be funny for sure but I'm not sure if that hyper sporting gal today will be back on these next few days.

To our OOs::: YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!!!! THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING!!! They carried 10 bottles of 1.5 liter water, gave up slippers for those whose slippers got spoiled, cheered for us, attended almost every meeting, treat us J Co, bought food and water, participated in most of the activities and that "daddy" sponsored us vitamin C. And all Free Of Charge!!! Really, you guys are the best OOs!!!!! Love you all!!!!!

Band members, you will be happy to know that, I am almost as dark as last time especially when we were practicing under the sun for Merdeka or competition. My whole face, hands and legs are red and hot. I'm sure if I visit you on Saturday, you guys will love me and not hate me anymore. ARGH!!!!

Track Trip

Today, our first class was at 9am and finish by 10am. But our track trip was postponed till 3pm since our dental friends have lectures from 1.30 till 3pm. So most of us have a long break hence we decided to finish our PBL assignments. 5 hours break is a very very long break and I was almost bored to death. Anyway, we managed to kill time.

After having lunch together, we surfed more net and when all the people who stays in the hostel around campus went home to rest, it was down to 3 people finding ways to kill time. Before lunch, I blogged and when MJ told me another new senior found my blog I started to panic again. I was so scared till I went to the E-lab and look at my blog's chat box.

Anyway, by 3pm we gathered and off we went to Pavilion. This track trip has a few things to do such as :
1. taking pictures when traveling
2. have meals together
3. choose a poster at the cinema and pose
4. dress up and pose according to Winter Sonata
5. take more pictures with
~the latest album
~uniformed shopkeeper
~an interesting dish

We were all enjoying ourselves and cracking jokes that get lamer and lamer. It was just funny as we were like Jakuns in Pavilion. Laughing loudly, chatting like no body's business, moving in a big group from 1 place to another and more lame jokes. I think we should just change our group name to LAME. But honestly we were all so happy and enjoying every minute of it.

Of course we were tired at the same time. So when we see chairs, all of us will walk towards it and sit and some will take more pictures. I am not a girly type so shopping is not my hobby. Whenever I go shopping with my mother, I'll definitely need glucose and what is better than ICE-CREAM!!!! You can bring me everywhere and make me walk whole day in a shopping mall with a big supply of ice-cream (preferable chocolate flavour).

Yes, a big THANK YOU to our OOs because they treat us J Co Donut!!! It was just so splendid. Apart from that, our group's head OO bought us vitamin C to ensure we are fit for the activities. How sweet is that (1,2,3...aaawwww). I am the only one who sit train back alone so they also make me sms and inform them when I reach home (again..1,2,3...aaawww).

Going to this trip is like going back to secondary school where we like to tease each other and make lame jokes and laugh together and enjoy ourselves. It was like going back to form 1 when we don't know all of our class mates and we find ways to know each other like giving nick names and stuff. Ya, my name is now zjon marrie and you need to say it in a French slang(SWEAT!!!).

My point is, we achieved the objectives of this trip
~knowing each other better
~knowing our seniors better
~knowing how to get to pavilion??
~learn how to get lamer by every minute??

It really is an enjoyable outing and (drum roll....), A Level's result will be out on 7th!!!!!! But the statement of result will only be out by 13th. Anyway, 7th or 13th I don't have the time the time to go back college as orientation activities are on and lectures are starting. You guys out there, better tell me your result ya!!

Like what I always say~~~ sharing is caring ^^

My Voice

I honestly was shocked when I read the "seniors" comments in my chat box. Maybe they are just helping me in a way or I don't know, scaring me?? I honestly was scared but you know what, they made me realised that I have tonnes of friends that care for me and will defend me in a way, so touched!!! Thanks guys ^^

Why was I scared? In the first place, I never imagined that people especially seniors will find my blogs and the name they used in the chat box is kinda intimidating (We're comin for u), it's like hinting me they will come and search for me. But you know what? I don't care now. Come all you want but I'm sticking here and this is my place to express my thoughts and feelings that I do not dare say it in campus. This is the place I update my friends about my life and my views so if you guys are really my IMU seniors, please give me positive and constructive criticism and guide me through this 2.5 years in IMU. According to Jon, IMU peeps are fun and nice and so far, they are still nice and fun.

I am a person who have hard time making decision and once I made up my mind, I will stick to it and do my best in achieving it. So, you seniors out there, don't you worry that I'll slack and drop out because I won't!! I'll make sure I'll pass all my EOS (end of semester) exam and do well in where ever hospitals I am posted to. (ps: Karam, make up your mind already!!)

Since young, I do have problems in cold places. I can stand under the hot sun from 10am til 4pm but I can't stand a cold place even for 1 hour. But I know I'll eventually adapt like when I was in HELP, college mates will know that HELP was so cold when we first started but eventually we all adapted and less people wore jackets and stuff. And I noticed my hair on my hand are longer (LOL). Any how, library in campus allows us to wear jacket or things like that right?

Maybe like what the seniors and OOs (orientation Officers) said, we'll miss orientation and that is for sure because after this it's all study and study and study. But if I have a problem with this orientation programme, will I still be in it and joining all the activities?? I'll be skipping and coming home earlier everyday. So I am enjoying in a way but I am complaining lots because it is kinda tiring for me especially I still need to cope with my ballet lessons(nope, I am not stopping).

Anyway, this is my blog and this is the place where I can just write whatever crap I want to type. But honestly friends, I might not be able to blog next week becoz the real activities start next week and it is everyday till late night. After catching the train, reaching home and rest, I don't think I'll have the time or strength to type anything. So forgive me and peace ^^

TiRED!!!!!!

I'm just dead tired. After resting for a month doing nothing, the brain really rots, literally. I can't remember all the people's name when they can remember mine (so embarrassed), lectures which start at 8am makes me miss my bed even more, KTM sucks (MJ would not agree more) , I miss my jeans and T-Shirts and the campus is sooo cold!!

Having to say all these, I would like to warn you guys out there who is doing nothing to start doing something. Honestly, this is my second week and I am already dead tired. Classes in the morning from 8am till maybe afternoon, then we have a session call private study where you find a place to study(which we can't apply yet since we do not have anything to study), then other stuff. But the most tiring one is the orientation preparation. We have 3 nights of Dress Code nights where we need to MAKE our costume and wear them. 1st day is "Round n round the world" where we need to make some country's costume, 2nd day is a sketch based on sleeping beauty and beach while 3rd day is Harry Potter where we also need to come out with another sketch. Each group have different theme so all of us will be busy thinking, having meeting and practicing. Friday night will be another ice breakers where we will be getting dirty (mud, egg, cream, flour) while Saturday is the Treasure Hunt day where we run all around Bukit Jalil from 9am till 5pm.

Most of my group members are staying at the hostel there so they usually meet at night and do things together like making their costume. So, few of us who travel up and down will just do our self and miss out the bonding part. But it isn't too bad because I'm still able to clique with them.

This morning, class was until 11am then we had group meeting. Half way through,
a few of the girls went to the ping pong room and played ping pong with a few seniors. One of the girl was left out and when we passed by the room (walls are made out of glass) for lunch, she was like~"Yer, I wanna go in and play too, that senior so leng chai and you know, he gave me his number. I wanna go in and play too." Knowing me who is a little anti-guys, not that I don't like guys just I don't find guys as boyfriend material told her to go in and play but she keep saying shy. Anyway, I found out most of the girls here are smart and they like to look at guys too!! So I am a little out of place when we touch this topic.

Anyhow, I have 2 assignments and 1 is due this Thursday while the other one is due next month but it's like so hard because the topic is about Atkins Diet and we need to write a summary about it in 300 words. How cool is that..not!!

Am I a very random person because when I talk to them, sometimes they go~"wow, this is random." Am I?? Anyway, I am called Jene (pronounce in France as zjon) thanks to my group leader who loves to tease me. There's quite a lot of lefties too and mixed parentage students. So, there are V.E.R.Y I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.T. I'm so dead, better stop now and start doing some research for the assignments.

Till then, DIRTY DOZEN GO GO GO!!!! (fyi~~dirty dozen is my groups name)

orientation

OK, I know I am tired and a little not looking forward to Uni's orientation. It's sort of lame and the gap for free time is soooo long!! But thank god many of my friends are staying in the hostel opposite campus. Anyway, test next Friday and it'll consist of 3%!!! Maybe you think 3% is so small but mind you if I fail once then that's it, I'm expelled.

Last night I reached home by 10.30pm and in the morning woke up at 5am to catch the train. So I was dead tired. The Ice-breaker was to let us know each other by sorting us into new groups and our dinner was Twisties. We were supposed to make an advertisement out of it. It was just lame and the seniors couldn't control us. All of us were loud and noisy and just tired. Anyway, many of my friends went home by 7pm giving smart excuses and they forgot me!! I mean forgot to pull me away too instead they sms and tell me they are going off. Hello, our belongings were at one side and my hand phone and purse was not with me but never mind, I managed to make more friends.

Ya, highlights!! Izyan's group lost twice and they got punished. Can you imagine her shaking her butts? Their punishment was using their butt to write our orientation's president's name- Keisuki. No, he's not Japanese but acts as one. It was just so funny especially when they did the "i" because there's a dot and they were like butt down in straight line then jump to make the dot with butt sticking out. It was just so hilarious. The second punishment was just dancing to music like in clubbing (I have no idea how people dance in club). But based on how they dance, I wonder if I'll die laughing in a club.

Just came back from ballet this morning. Class was at 7am!!! Imagine how tired I am now but well, at least it's not at 5am. Anyway, I was actually planning to not take exam since I can't have class regularly and Saturday have activity too. But teacher told me her plans and tried to brainwash me. Her view was take exam this year then I'll have another 1.5 years to prepare for the last exam. Yes, I still need to take 2 more exams to finish my ballet course but time is so constricting. I am not so strong and lack of practices. But she said, if I can pass my exam and finish this off, it'll be such a big achievement. Imagine bragging that you went through medicine course and finished the ballet at the same time. So funny.

Ya, the orientation theme is- I Murdered U. Obvious? IMU? Well, yes, that lame. And guess what, next Friday our activity will start from 5pm till 11.30pm and we'll get very very dirty. I don't mind getting dirty and let people throw butter or mud at me. But what I am unhappy is our orientation T-shirt is in white and it's very simple. Front upper left is the logo, then back only have small rainbow colours at the upper right. So if you were to splash water on me, free show!!

To wrap things up, Sharon brainwashed me into saying this phrase to few people- there are lots of cute guys, I wonder why future doctors look so cute now. (major sweat!!!)