So. I've just completed my first week at a new school. I'm embarking on a whole new road trip to Tertiary education. (I think some of you might call it college or Pre Uni). Over here, we call it Junior College or Polytechnic. I'm in Ngee Ann Polytechnic and can I just say, this school is already bringing out the best in me. This school is my dream school (in Singapore) and I'm really very privileged to have secured a spot here.
There are 9 different academic schools on campus. I belong to the best school ;). SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, or HMS for short. :D. In HMS, we focus more on the humanitarian courses, such as psychology and early childhood. I'm studying ECH, which stands for Early Childhood Education. No regrets, ever, taking this diploma! I know for some of my coursemates, this wasn't their first choice. But it was mine, and I had to fight tooth and nail to get in .
We started school on the 21st of April with a three day orientation! All the freshmen in HMS were split into 4 different tribes, then 13 different sub-tribes per tribe. We didn't get to meet our coursemates until the fourth day. For the first three days, we bonded with other HMS freshies from different courses. One of my best mates from this orientation is in Business and Social Enterprise :)
For three days, our student leaders brought us around the school and we had games and cheer-off competitions vs other tribes! XMEN ROGUE PRIDE HEHEHEHE! >). On our third day, our whole cohort went out of school to do a fund raising for Beyond Social Services. It was great fun even though my subtribe kept getting kicked out of places and we were under the scorching hot sun most of the time. We sculpted balloon flowers to give away to people who donated. (well, my subtribe mates made them. I just helped get donations. I can't sculpt bloody balloon flowers for NUTS.) The HMS freshies raised $16,000 in all. To be honest, it isn't really about how much you raise. True, the amount is relatively important. But I think the most important thing I took home that day was the knowledge and the feeling of satisfaction that we managed to help out someone in need and also bring a :) to someone's face ^.^
On the 24th, which was yesterday, we met our classmates for the very first time. Initially, I knew two people from my Secondary School who were in the same class as I was in (T01) but I hadn't been really close to them then.
Au contraire, I met this amazing chica who share the same name as me. Except her name is spelt with a ''k'' in Nikole. We were introducing ourselves to the others by the different letter in our name. I'm the one with C and she's K. We just instantly clicked. It was so amazing! She took almost the same subjects as I did in Sec Sch, took Pure Literature, hates math, is a nail-and-shoes girl like yours truly, and only wants to visit USA for the Harry Potter theme park!!! ^.^. We were fangirling about Draco Malfoy on the bus to our industrial visit, Soka Kindergarten. While our classmates were sleeping or listening to music, we were the only two idiots laughing like mad! xD
During our portfolio building workshop, we insta-clicked with 3 other people; a girl and two boys. (BTW, there are only 9 boys in my course and a 130 odd girls!). One of the boys is my chica Piper's ex-classmate. Small world! We were smuggling sweets under the table in the lecture theatre and laughing about one of the guy's light brown-orangey hair. Amazing people<3
Ngee Ann offers over 120 different CCAs (Co-Circular Activity) such as life-saving club, table tennis, the Buddhist Society and tons more. Its impossible to list them all, especially since new CCAs set up by students keep popping up every year! I wanted to join hip hop, but they have practice every day till 9.30 :(. My other choice was dancesport, where they'll accept anyone with no dance experience (namely, me. Haha) and teach them the ways of salsa and cha cha. It sounds realllyyy good! I wanted to try something completely different. Something the old me would have never dared try. My third choice was NP voices, Choir and Acapella. I'm quite keen on their acapella group but I don't know :/. I quit choir in primary school just to re-join choir....? Hmm...
I honestly feel that NP is bringing out the best in me. Its an amazing feeling. I want to try things I've never tried before. I want to stand out, be a different person. Ask any of my Sec sch mates and they'd describe me as 'shy, quiet, bookworm', But here, my friends described me as outgoing and daring. That's quite a wide gap and I'm proud of who I'm becoming. No more hiding in the shadows for this girl! New year, new school, new me<3
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Thursday, 10 April 2014
Did I hear Adventure? ;)
Heyyy lollies! So, as this blog is a bridge between my 'YouTubing world' and my 'Normal world', I thought I'd share about a little adventure I had on Monday, 7th April. And yes, I also promised a glimpse into xCastleRuneX's personal life, so voila.
As some of you might know, I'm currently in Singapore at the moment. My new school year starts on the 21st April (real soon) and I'm quite excited for it. It's my dream school too but I'm not here to talk about schools just yet!
So on Monday, my boyfriend, Nathaniel and I decided to up and go to Sentosa's Adventure Cove aquatic water park. Sentosa is a little island off the coast of Singapore, easily accessible and a very famous tourist attraction. Universal Studios Singapore is located on this island too. I've been some time back. With my brother, my boyfriend and his mate. This time, we went to Adventure Cove, just the two of us. I was pretty excited because it was my first time and I was dying to try as many rides as possible!
It wasn't very crowded, thank goodness. It wasn't a holiday so most students were stuck in school. Many of my mates have already started school in Junior College. (I'm going to a Polytechnic but more on that next time!). The school year for JC starts way earlier than Poly. Poly students got to enjoy a 6 month holiday! No lie!
The heat was horrendous. As it always is. If we're lucky, we get a spot of rain. I was dying to jump into the cool water and get away from the blasted heat. First thing we did was to take a relaxing ride on the Adventure River. Long story short, we spent our first half hour lazily floating down a river. I can never seem to make the tube move in the direction I want to move in. Many a time, I ended up stuck or moving backwards and my poor exasperated boyfriend had to come rescue me x'D.
I loved it though, It was relaxing. Its beautiful to let your thoughts just float away. No worries. No stress. No troubles. Hahahaha, now I want a relaxing river in my house! :)
After the river ride, we joined the queue for Adventure Cove's main attraction, the Riptide Rocket. Double R is Southeast Asia's first hydro-magnetic coaster and hell was it worth it! We waited quite a while for this ride. I was shaking from the cold and the anticipation. The bloodcurling screams did absolutely nothing to quell my anxiety. I love coasters and water slides, I really do. But separately. Please. I was a nervous wreck by the time it was our turn. I could tell Nathaniel was trying not to laugh. When we were on the travelator, I wanted out. I wanted to climb off the blasted thing and run.
The ride though? COMPLETELY worth the wait. It was scary. It was terrifying. It was utterly heart-stopping. And I wanted to go again. ;) The plunges were insane, the twist and turns were terrifying and the one second mid air suspensions? Totes awesome!
On to our next mini adventure! Snorkeling! Its not the real thing obv but it WAS pretty cool. And my first time, so obv I was fascinated. It was beautiful seeing all the fishes swimming under you. The breathing-through-mouth bit took a while getting used to but once I saw the fishes, I was so enthralled, the snorkeling bit came naturally. I really want to visit the Great Barrier Reef one day<3
On to munchies. We took a break for lunch and to rest and relax on their little man made 'beach'. The dolphins were right beside the 'beach' but unfor, you have to pay an extra fee to swim with them. Pity. I would have liked to but I expect the price would have been bloody expensive.
I reckon we slacked off for about an hour or so. We went another round on the adventure river before psyching ourselves up for the other rides. We managed to take most of the rides, except the dueling racer one. :( There was a lightning risk and they had to suspend all the rides. Absolute bummer but I think we both knew who was gonna win the race anyway! Me! ;) hahahaha kiddingggg.
Our date ended back at the mainland. We had dinner at my favorite restaurant, Swiss Restaurant, Marche at Vivo city. Walked around for a bit and shared some ice cream (that was a really sweet moment ^.^)
I had a ton of fun at Adventure Cove. Can't wait to go again! :D
A hui hou! (Goodbye, until we meet again in Hawaiian)
Ta lollies!
Lots of Love,
RuniexBeth :)
As some of you might know, I'm currently in Singapore at the moment. My new school year starts on the 21st April (real soon) and I'm quite excited for it. It's my dream school too but I'm not here to talk about schools just yet!
So on Monday, my boyfriend, Nathaniel and I decided to up and go to Sentosa's Adventure Cove aquatic water park. Sentosa is a little island off the coast of Singapore, easily accessible and a very famous tourist attraction. Universal Studios Singapore is located on this island too. I've been some time back. With my brother, my boyfriend and his mate. This time, we went to Adventure Cove, just the two of us. I was pretty excited because it was my first time and I was dying to try as many rides as possible!
It wasn't very crowded, thank goodness. It wasn't a holiday so most students were stuck in school. Many of my mates have already started school in Junior College. (I'm going to a Polytechnic but more on that next time!). The school year for JC starts way earlier than Poly. Poly students got to enjoy a 6 month holiday! No lie!
The heat was horrendous. As it always is. If we're lucky, we get a spot of rain. I was dying to jump into the cool water and get away from the blasted heat. First thing we did was to take a relaxing ride on the Adventure River. Long story short, we spent our first half hour lazily floating down a river. I can never seem to make the tube move in the direction I want to move in. Many a time, I ended up stuck or moving backwards and my poor exasperated boyfriend had to come rescue me x'D.
I loved it though, It was relaxing. Its beautiful to let your thoughts just float away. No worries. No stress. No troubles. Hahahaha, now I want a relaxing river in my house! :)
After the river ride, we joined the queue for Adventure Cove's main attraction, the Riptide Rocket. Double R is Southeast Asia's first hydro-magnetic coaster and hell was it worth it! We waited quite a while for this ride. I was shaking from the cold and the anticipation. The bloodcurling screams did absolutely nothing to quell my anxiety. I love coasters and water slides, I really do. But separately. Please. I was a nervous wreck by the time it was our turn. I could tell Nathaniel was trying not to laugh. When we were on the travelator, I wanted out. I wanted to climb off the blasted thing and run.
The ride though? COMPLETELY worth the wait. It was scary. It was terrifying. It was utterly heart-stopping. And I wanted to go again. ;) The plunges were insane, the twist and turns were terrifying and the one second mid air suspensions? Totes awesome!
On to our next mini adventure! Snorkeling! Its not the real thing obv but it WAS pretty cool. And my first time, so obv I was fascinated. It was beautiful seeing all the fishes swimming under you. The breathing-through-mouth bit took a while getting used to but once I saw the fishes, I was so enthralled, the snorkeling bit came naturally. I really want to visit the Great Barrier Reef one day<3
On to munchies. We took a break for lunch and to rest and relax on their little man made 'beach'. The dolphins were right beside the 'beach' but unfor, you have to pay an extra fee to swim with them. Pity. I would have liked to but I expect the price would have been bloody expensive.
I reckon we slacked off for about an hour or so. We went another round on the adventure river before psyching ourselves up for the other rides. We managed to take most of the rides, except the dueling racer one. :( There was a lightning risk and they had to suspend all the rides. Absolute bummer but I think we both knew who was gonna win the race anyway! Me! ;) hahahaha kiddingggg.
Our date ended back at the mainland. We had dinner at my favorite restaurant, Swiss Restaurant, Marche at Vivo city. Walked around for a bit and shared some ice cream (that was a really sweet moment ^.^)
I had a ton of fun at Adventure Cove. Can't wait to go again! :D
A hui hou! (Goodbye, until we meet again in Hawaiian)
Ta lollies!
Lots of Love,
RuniexBeth :)
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