Orientation Week at IH: Part 2

Thursday, 25th Feb:
Played Laser Skirmish. It's similar to paintball minus the bruises, we have guns and detectors worn around our head. Something new to me=) That night was Casino Night. the common room in IH is equipped with 3 gambling tables, quite lame though. but i had fun playing blackjack coz i kep on winning chips!!!

 Friday,26th Feb:
I had a free morning and afternoon coz i did not go to the water theme park.
Mini golf at night! another new game to me! we have to take a bus to the golf centre. it was fun at the beginning but started to be a lil' boring when we reach the 12th hole.

Saturday, 27th feb:
beach at Surfer's Paradise in Gold Coast. IH catered two buses. It's about 1.5 hrs from my college. I did not take much photos coz I'm scared my camera would get spoilt( by the sand). the sand is super soft and nice! all my friend went down to play in the waves except for me coz i don't really know how to swim. hehe, so i sat and enjoy the wind (like an aunty right? LOL). we had Janpanese noddle soup for lunch, the taste is exactly the same as the one i had in Osaka a few years ago.it was $10 per bowl though. came back around 5pm. Another theme party: Bath Time! yeah i wore a towel around my waist.later we played with hot water foam. we were pouring cups of foam on each other. It was FUN! I'm sure it would be even more fun if all my penang buddies were here!

Sunday, 28th feb:
Annual InterTower Competition in the afternoon. I'm staying in F Tower so i was in that group. i hate that activity coz i injured myself. first game- Dodgeball, tripped and fell on both my knees. Got a huge bruise on my left knee. later we played the chain of hand game. basically the rule is to break the chain of your rival group. our rival group sedn a big sized girl over and targeted on my side of the hand chain. it's like a bull seeing a red cloth and terus put all her weight onto our arms. gosh, obviously i fell down and almost sprained my whole arm..damn 'sui'. of course AGAIN, i cried la after coming back to my room,LOL.
the highlight for sunday was the "Becoming a Housie" event. we are divided into groups of 10 and had to complete the task given in several station. it was rainig heavily also. i came back to my room covered with mud and flour. had to throw away my clothes(old clothes fortunately) it's some sort like the games we played in Red crescent punya one-day camp. it was FUN though=)

despite all the malang-ness, it was indeed a week packed with activities and new experiences!

Orientaion Week at International House: Part 1

this post is supposed to be written way back then..hehe, i just can't find a suitable time =)

Sunday, 21st February:
My parents last day in Brisbane but i did not get to spend time with them for the O week for IH has already started. First time had lunch in IH alone. I really don't know where to sit after taking my food. Knowing that i have not much choice but to open my mouth and say hi to people, i courageously approached a Chinese guy and say "Hello". there goes all the introduction and stuff. then later i noticed there was a girl beside me so i said hi to her. Her name is Genny from the Phillipines. You people should know she's quite close to me by now through all the FB photos.

Monday, 22nd February:
First day without daddy and mummy in Aussie. Participated in the first IH activity- Speed Dating. We have to play a game to find our date. i don't really know how to describe it but i had fun coz i was being carried by several guys for several times! hehehe..i was quite scared they would injured themselves carrying me. so found a date. so the guys are supposed to pick up the girls for dinner in their respective rooms with a small gift for his date. I got 5 candies as a gift =) later that night, there was a "circus" themed party but i did not go coz i'm still not used to the environment.

Tuesday,23rd Feb
Fire alarm woke us all up at 6.50AM!! the sound of the siren was so squeeky and i practically just jumped of my bed with my heart pumping like 100XX faster. It was fire drill. Right after that, we were forced to go for a morning jog in whatever we are wearing. Some were even in their towels only! The was a very long and tiring jog! gosh, luckily i did not puke.LOL. Came back, showered and washed my hair.
At 11.ooAM, went for IH Amazing Race in the city but it's seriously not a race at all( we were taking our own sweet time completingthe task) Came back, bathed and washed my hair again. At 8.00pm, we had to run around the super hude UQ campus to take pictures of us in certain buildings. my teammates were all running from one place to another. i had a really difficult time catching up, really felt like crying there man! the activities are all sweaty wan. Came back, showered and washed my hair AGAIN for the THIRD time! Mom called and i was in tears complaining about all my running! hahaha! Never in my life have I run so much before! However i was proud of myself that i could complete all the running  instead of giving up half way through.

Wednesday. 24th feb:
It's UQ Market Day. Lots of clubs set up stalls along the corridors and a lot of freebies and food. So my friends and I had free ice creams and Bundaberg(it's an aussie brand) drinks. Genny and I chatted with handsome guy at dinner. He's a mix of Canadian and Malaysian Chinese. So I'll let you do the imagination. Nothing much in the afternoon but i went for Coffee Crawl in the night. It's basically just visits to a few famous cafes in Brisbane, drinking cafe latte, cofee, teas and italian hot chocolate. After that, we proceeded to Mt Cootha for night view of the city from the lookout platform. I had a good night!

                                         beverages we had during Coffee Crawl. i love the latte art!

Italian Hot Chocolate: it's really thick!

At the Mt Cootha Lookout

Greetings from Aussie!

Hey people! G'day! How are all of you back in Penang? it's really hot in pg right?

Shall  I show you how my room looks like? Hahaha
I'm currently enjoying myself coz the study workload is not here yet. STRESSfree for now but still got pimples, god knows why..ahaha! but i have my emo days too when first arrived!..

the first few days when i arrived in International House, i felt rather out of place coz i know NOBODY here. so i was living at my sister's place every night and i only went back to IH for lunch. the sense of belonging to IH wasn't there at all! everytime when i had to go back to IH, it was just miserable. i have to force myself to smile to unknown residents, the room looks old & horrible to me, i don't feel comfortable using the commmon bathroom, etc.. However I had yummy dinners throughout the whole week(thanks to mummy and daddy) and the visits to the city was something. okay the first week was not very fun and the week ended with a teary send off for my parents on Sunday night =(. it was really sad even the night before. i practically cried till i slept! yup, i'm a cry baby.

The next day( Monday 22 Feb), Orientation week activities started..still didn't know much people. Wen Zhen(my friend from Pg) came to visit me for a while and after that i was all alone to handle the whole socialising situation. so i started opening my mouth to say hi and asked people where they are from,etc..the week got better with lotza fun activities although i cried during some nights..i guessed it was just a normal thing that most people will experience when they leave their family and home for the first time.  this post is a lil' down but it is necessary to address this feeling of mine..i have to write the sad part first to share it with all of you coz i think this will be the first feeling that most of you will experience when you move into your uni life later!

However the fun part comes along after the sad part. my next post will all be about my IH orientation week packed with lotza fun,tiring, sweaty, wet activities Everyday!

 the pics are not taken very well..i will taking some nicer pics of my room again!