Now to say hello to a host of after-semester activities, namely gaming, slacking, and taking pictures during the Freshmen Orientation 2008.
Whooptie doo.
So the day was spent showing around this Hong Kong exchange student named Angela around the sights and sounds of Tampines. (After the slew of tests, of course. Curse you, MM Prin.) Uncomfortable at first, we showed her how to get to Jupiter Cafe from her hostel, which was bangin' , by the way. She's 21, but she looks 17. Kinda rare on a person in Singapore nowadays.
Anyways, we then got her to Tampines Mall (after MUCH waiting for little miss Dawn to finish her wittle fish and chips.) where the girls showed her around the mall while we got the tickets for Jumper for the evening.
Praba handed us a nice surprise on Friday; said it was a late Valentine's Day present cum end-of-year gift. Turned out it was a customised badge for each of us, with our individual pictures on our respective badges. Real nice, Poobah. Really.
Here's a good pic of it:
As I always say, it's the thought that counts. In this case, a LOT of thought is involved. XDIt's pretty neat...now, if I can only decide on a place to pin it up...
EDIT:
FINALLY, I'm getting down to the blog post. It's been two MASSIVELY tiring days, but I assure you, it was WELL worth it.
So it was Saturday, the proverbial day where the capricious trio of me, Praba and Dhini (don't laugh, now.) were tasked to take out the UWA exchange students for a round around town. The group was made up of Simon, Kate and Jess; all of whom were Australians, Angela, the girl from yesterday, as well as Kenny, a Malaysian. After waiting for the girls to freshen themselves up, we head down to Tampines Bus Interchange to get the two Aussie girls their EZ-Link cards.
One thing about the students: I simply CANNOT believe the so-called 'service' our school provided. I mean, FUCKING COME ON! The very least you could do for them was to receive them and pick them up at the airport. But NOOO. Just let them get off the plane, and figure out for THEMSELVES how to fucking get to Temasek Polytechnic ON THEIR OWN. Yo, lugnuts, isn't it obvious, or haven't you noticed THEY ARE NOT SINGAPOREAN. You're lucky they got connections in Singapore. Way to keep up the Singaporean reputation, TP. Way to FUCKING GO. Might I add, they do NOT have any cooking utensils whatsoever in their hostel apartments. Uggh.
As the girls wanted to go do some shopping (Obviously.) we headed down to Orchard Road to bring 'em to some of the biggest shopping hotspots that can be found on this little red dot. (Right back at ya, Mahathir.) But first, we grabbed a bite at Food Republic in Wisma Atria. Apparently, the Aussie girls are very health-conscious. And they seemed to like Chrysanthemum Tea...a LOT. I'm telling you, the food there is hardly worth it. But, what the heck. They were STARVING.
After lunch, we followed the girls around while they did some window-shopping. We met Yvonne at Topshop, as well as a very distracted Dhini after HER lunch. The girls spent ages there, before we headed down to Takashimaya where they were positively drooling when they heard of the Zara outlet there. As they shopped...and shopped...and shopped...and shopped, the guys went for a piss, walked around the positively high-end first floor. We then waited for Simon who decided to come later in the afternoon.
So more shopping at Far East Plaza, we then took a bus down to Marina Square where Dhini decided to bring the whole bunch of us to watch the Annual Chingay Parade. Apparently she knew of a shortcut, and ended up taking the whole lot of us one whole big fucking round to the place, only to find that we didn't have a good view over there. So we FINALLY found a nice spot by the road barrier outside of Marina Square.
It was a good half-an-hour before we actually got to see something. It was WORTH IT. The F1 Race Car showcase was phenomenally AWESOME. The VREEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOMMMM as they screeched past where we were was.....jolly good. Damn, I wish I could see that again...
Actually, I could! Here's a vid, courtesy of the great Poobah.
And here they are, before the cars rushed past.
From left to right: Kate, Jess, Simon, Kenny and Angela.After dinner, Kate caught some kind of throat infection. Praba, as well as Nicholas Lai who came...wait, I forget. But he came. LOL. Anyway, they brought her and Jess back home in a cab. Hope you get well soon, Kate!
Boy, am I pooped. I'm gonna miss you guys.
