week 1

week 1 in the boarding house was absolutely fun.

1. gotta know a bunch of other leaders which are more of a wide eyed noob than i was.

the gang includes (in no order of preference): ME, liu min, derrick, (derek), norman (my fellow himbo twin), Ting tings (ting yun), Edward. we plan to include Wen song (i reserved a nick name for him: soggy or sheng song or song and song (this really cheap boutique) depends on which one he prefers), Calvin (still working on nick names cause christian names are no fun) adn Jacky (aka jackie chan). we have our eveningly mugging sessions in the dinning hall where we mug and binge on imitation wang wang rice crackers and nei nei (according to norman's thai tourguide its milk in chinese ) and also place our regular bets on the scores of NJ teams competing in nationals (during which each bet is 1 honey star).

2. discovered that there is a singer in everyone.

well everything first started with norman, our jukebox with spoilt volume and on/off controls. he would quack out jap and korean songs during our mugging sessions and we would try to shut him up with great pleasure. then there is derek who decides to be a castratee all of a sudden. he sings all Avril Lavigne songs in DOUBLE SHARP. finally there is me who brought new meaning to the word "torture". btw kok leong sings as well.

3. realised that you should never pick a shower cubicle with the trap.

on that very faithful wednesday evening, i picked the corner shower cubicle cause it was near the door and i had no idea what a huge difference this choice made. initially the floor trap was already cluttered with hair and what not so when the people from nighbouring cubicles bathed all the water flowed to my cubicle causing a huge deluge . all the dirty soapy water flooded my cubicle while hairs of the people who bathed the day before wriggled in between my toes god that was SICK.

and so on thurs morning, i pick the cubicle on the other corner, thinking that there is only one trap in that whole row of 4 cubicles. hell no! that cubicle had another trap too and so i did not care cause its still in the morning and no one is bathing at the same time as me so there will not be a tsunami of armpit/pubic/facial hair. so i took off all my clothes and ran the shower then i noticed some thing jumping. my spectacles were off but i could confirm that there was a cricket jumping up and down on the trap. i decided to drown it with more water but it must be the micheal phelps of the cricket family cause it just hoppped happily in the water. whenever i tried to stomp on it, it jumped so i stomped again and so i was having this little tap dance with the cricket (there was a similar event outside my room except it involved an over energetic grasshopper). anyway in the end the cricket found its way to the adjacent cubicle after some more dancing.

3. there are many people afraid of insects

well this story involved derek and his room mate edward. so they were in their room and they found a huge insect on their door frame. i have no idea how huge it was but all i know is that people in fear tend to exaggerate the size of insects, believe me i know. anyway they were afraid to smack the insect cause it could fly and sting them. so they stood in front of the door planning how to capture the insect (this is njc for god's sake. a little planning goes a very long way). they finally decided to capture it with the plasic bag in the dustbin then throw it away and that was what happened. well this is evident of a failure in singapore's education system. they can teach us how to separate 5 organic chemicals but cant teach us how to kill insects.

4. there are a WHOLE LOT of scholar couples

this is really sickening cause there are couples everywhere. just go down to the dining hall at night and you can see them snuggling together. god its a freaking HOSTEL not a SLEAZY MOTEL damit. i dont care if you go to your rooms and make scholar babies but dont do it in front of us.