I was asked to be an ogl as the committee was in difficulty to get seniors to be ogls. I actually wanted to be a game master (a slacker job) but since I stay at school anyway, I agreed to help out as ogl if really there were not enough people to help out. I seriously was worried and anxious about it as I had never been an ogl before. On top of that, I know that I am not a very enthusiastic person. I can only be enthu if the people around me are enthu also. So I was hoping so hard that I got a great people in my og. I also asked to be paired up with a very enthu ogl to be with me. I was given one of my clique friends whom I have to say is as shy as I am. Hence, I was totally worried on the few days before.
Day 1
The day I feared finally came. My og name was Haldol. I just realised that the og names were drug names after I was told so. I thought they were some superheroes/fantasy game names. The names were like zoloft, coreg, advair, relafen, etc. They did not sound like drug names to me. Anyway, after I checked out the list of people in my og, I became more worried. Nobody I knew and I saw very few English names. Oh well... Time went by and the icebreaking time came. There were moments of akward silence and I could see some of the guys were like looking at me with the 'what the heck this lousy ogl is doing' look and looking away to see some other more happening ogs. Gosh... T_T Many times I looked at my partner and both of us exchanged the look of exasperation. At one point of time, I was like running away with the excuse of taking my water bottle and let my partner handle the cheer planning session. -_-! so bad of me. But I am very thankful for her and some game masters who came to my og and helped :) Great help!!
I got saboed during whacko and it was a difficult choice between singing or dancing in public. Well I chose the former (Indon song so I could just bluff my words just in case I forgot the lyris) and thank God, there were very few seniors there at that time. I was saved from further and long term humiliation. Lol.
But I had to say my og ppl were great. They were very accomodating and cooperative and enthusiastic. The raggers were even friendlier (as compared to my own orientation week experience last year) and they mixed around pretty well with the non-raggers. Nobody was trying to be prominent or acted popular so the atmosphere was quite positive. The cheers came up pretty quick and the zest they had during cheer really made my heart swelled with the prospect of getting $1000 for the cheer competition. Haha...
I was already dead tired for the first day and it ended pretty late. I had to go back to PGP on foot to show the juniors how to go to school on the following day for Flag Day.
Day 2 - Flag Day
I was more like slagging than flagging. Haha... I was still hoping that seniors needed only to facilitate last year. So when I found out that I had to flag too, I was like wth.. I chose Toa Payoh and could only bring 6 people with me. In order not to show any favouritism, I picked the first 6 names on my list. Unfortunately, due to the way they arrange the namelist, the first few were the non-raggers. I was like "uh-oh".
At Toa Payoh, my spot was the area near the library near the bus stop. I learnt from my last year Flag Day that in order to get a lot, must quickly attack those just alighting the bus. Haha.. My 2.5 hours there were quite satisfying. Although I got very little, it was more than what I got last year for the same time duration. Lol. I was lucky to bump into my CSS senior who happened to go to the church for a meeting. So I went with him for his breakfast and waited for his meeting to start to get donations from his friends. Haha... After that, my juniors were already calling me for brunch. Lol. They gave me the olympic toy. I did not know who went to get the Kids' Meal la. Haha...
After brunch, I went back to my old spot. No more crowd. After wasting an hour to get donation from only 4 passersby, I decided to find a new spot to beg (a bit slow rite?). I was outside library for about 30 mins and it was a disappointing spot too. So I decided to go around the whole Toa Payoh Central to find where there was crowd and where there were few orange people. Lol. I thought of something brilliant at the bus stop across the road but I found all the freshies were already there. I repeated the same old mistake: to get the nice place late :( So after going round Toa Payoh Central for 2 times, the KFC area was free from from the orange people. It was during lunch time so the crowd was great!
We had lunch at about 3 at MOS and the other half of my og was calling to meet up for dinner (they already wanted to do so from the morning). I was told that I could be back at school by 6+ instead of 9+ so I let them to meet at 430. That ended the flagging session as well. Haha... This shameless senior was a bad example as I had the lightest can. At least I could encourage them "As long as yours is heavier than mine, you are safe!". Haha...
I was amazed and impressed that they met up for dinner (none of the other ogs did that) and the rag people did actually talk to the non raggers. Lol. Someone commented that during dinner it would be most likely that the 2 groups would sit separately. That did not materialise. You rocked, people!
Day 3
It was boring. As expected, many would pon as there were only talks in the morning. Haiz... Trouble and conflict were brewing in the night and I was thankful that I was not involved in the politics la. I was having fun playing bridge in the night. It was a sad case that the candlelight soccer had to be called off as too many freshees went home without permission.
Anyway, only my og had the full attendance (until the end of the FOW). So great to get these enthu bunch! Really lightened up my work! Haha... The organiser had to arrange some new groupings due to the lack of people for the telematch in the afternoon. I had to play hockey as my group was 1 person less than the opponent. I had great time! Nobody shouted me any order. We all played for fun and not to win. So I enjoyed it. And tadaaa... I scored a goal! Haha... Maybe it was my first goal in any ball games I had every played in my life!
At the evening, we started on making cheering props. Then after the drastic drop in number of people who remained at school, the freshees were allowed to leave but they had to come back on thursday and stay over! I was really touched that the 2 guys remaining in my og stayed at school to accompany me instead of camping at PGP as 1 guy stayed there.
We went to Fong Seng at late night with some of the seniors. 1 of them recommended plaster (now I know what it is) and my adventurous self made me order Bandung Dinosaur. It was not bad! I slept at 330. Oh no...
Day 4 - Sentosa
Weeeeheeee... it was another fun filled game. Only about 20 freshees left with us. New groups called "Satu" and "Dua" were formed. Haha... The weather was great. It was breezy and cloudy. Great weather to sleep. Haha... In the morning, I played frisbee as my Satu was short of a person also. Haha... But at half time, I asked another ogl to replace me. Unhealthy boy could not do sport and run for more than 30 minutes la. Haha...
In the afternoon, I chose to slack and guard bags. Haha.. wanted to go down to the beach to play but the weather was too nice to slack and I had not enough sleep so at that time I was quite moody. I was not in the mood to get dunk also. Lol. Sorry to spoil your fun guys. Haha...
At night, the stupid rain cancelled the candlelight soccer again! Sigh... My fun was gone lor... It was more sad for the freshies I supposed as I had played it last year anyway. So it was another cheering prop making session again. Hehe... Many got damn high and mad lor. The people were so obedient la. I got the queiter people to do work and they obliged. I had fun cutting and making the big "Pharm Rag" and "Rx capsule" with the year 3 seniors. Haha..
I was like so excited to see the loser forfeit game. And the Fuzzy Bunny really made my day. At one point of time, I was literally rolling on the floor laughing.
This is a super damn lame show that we watched after the games. The way they say "Charlie" is just too..... -_-!
It was another Fong Seng at night with all the juniors. We reached back at about 245 and I was like nagging to make them sleep. They still continued on making pom-poms until that late. I could only manage to make them all sleep at 330. Gosh... These crazy people really beated me! I could just have slept but as a senior, I had to show good example mah. Haha.. Must have they all sleep first before I do so =p
Day 5 - The End
I was furious in the early morning as some tuuut were being inconsiderate and making too much noise. I woke up and went to toilet. Lucky that they were gone after I returned. They missed out my scoldings!
I got real irritated in the morning as we were like so unprepared for the cheering session. Out of the 20 or so people, only about 10+ were the high ones. So I was like naggy and had to act enthu at the grand stand.
Rag day was great. My favourite was Eusoff Hall's item. Too bad that they did not win. Pharmacy's winning came as a big surprise to me. Lol. I had to be honest. Lol. At least the stuff we made the night before came into use. One senior made one with the writing "Best Rag!". A premonition huh? I screamed and cheered loudly at 1 time until some year 1s in front of me were like going deaf. Too bad that you did not do the cheer la! Haha..
In the middle of all the celebration and fun, I only regretted one thing that they really missed out the non-raggers freshies. I personally think they need to get some form of recognition and thanks too. They were the very few who enthusiastically joined in all the activities of FOW and faithfully be there throughout the week. They came up with the cheer, they cheered their lungs out, they made the props, etc. They did a lot. Yeah hopefully the $1000 and whatever was prepared for the winning og for FOW will be given to these few year 1s. They really deserved that!
The Aftermath
I am really tired now... Haha... I had been sleeping for most of the time today. Last night I lost my voice (but that loss of voice state made my voice damn sexy lol!). I met 2 PGP seniors on the way to get my dinner and both saw me at my unglam cheering moments la. I was like super paiseh lor... Not sure when they saw me or at what state I was in. Oh well...
It was a great week for me. It was my first (and most likely my last) ogling experience and I am very thankful for the opportunity. Not only my og ppl were great, some of the very enthu juniors were great too! The FOW also gave me the opportunity to know some seniors and some of my batch mates (whom perhaps I may not talk to in a normal school environment) better. I had a great chat, time, and fun with them. Thanks to everyone.
Alright... This concluded my FOW experience. I am tired now. I need to sleep early today. I need to print notes (hopefully the library is open tomorrow) and I need to get ready for school. Haha...
Day 1
The day I feared finally came. My og name was Haldol. I just realised that the og names were drug names after I was told so. I thought they were some superheroes/fantasy game names. The names were like zoloft, coreg, advair, relafen, etc. They did not sound like drug names to me. Anyway, after I checked out the list of people in my og, I became more worried. Nobody I knew and I saw very few English names. Oh well... Time went by and the icebreaking time came. There were moments of akward silence and I could see some of the guys were like looking at me with the 'what the heck this lousy ogl is doing' look and looking away to see some other more happening ogs. Gosh... T_T Many times I looked at my partner and both of us exchanged the look of exasperation. At one point of time, I was like running away with the excuse of taking my water bottle and let my partner handle the cheer planning session. -_-! so bad of me. But I am very thankful for her and some game masters who came to my og and helped :) Great help!!
I got saboed during whacko and it was a difficult choice between singing or dancing in public. Well I chose the former (Indon song so I could just bluff my words just in case I forgot the lyris) and thank God, there were very few seniors there at that time. I was saved from further and long term humiliation. Lol.
But I had to say my og ppl were great. They were very accomodating and cooperative and enthusiastic. The raggers were even friendlier (as compared to my own orientation week experience last year) and they mixed around pretty well with the non-raggers. Nobody was trying to be prominent or acted popular so the atmosphere was quite positive. The cheers came up pretty quick and the zest they had during cheer really made my heart swelled with the prospect of getting $1000 for the cheer competition. Haha...
I was already dead tired for the first day and it ended pretty late. I had to go back to PGP on foot to show the juniors how to go to school on the following day for Flag Day.
Day 2 - Flag Day
I was more like slagging than flagging. Haha... I was still hoping that seniors needed only to facilitate last year. So when I found out that I had to flag too, I was like wth.. I chose Toa Payoh and could only bring 6 people with me. In order not to show any favouritism, I picked the first 6 names on my list. Unfortunately, due to the way they arrange the namelist, the first few were the non-raggers. I was like "uh-oh".
At Toa Payoh, my spot was the area near the library near the bus stop. I learnt from my last year Flag Day that in order to get a lot, must quickly attack those just alighting the bus. Haha.. My 2.5 hours there were quite satisfying. Although I got very little, it was more than what I got last year for the same time duration. Lol. I was lucky to bump into my CSS senior who happened to go to the church for a meeting. So I went with him for his breakfast and waited for his meeting to start to get donations from his friends. Haha... After that, my juniors were already calling me for brunch. Lol. They gave me the olympic toy. I did not know who went to get the Kids' Meal la. Haha...
After brunch, I went back to my old spot. No more crowd. After wasting an hour to get donation from only 4 passersby, I decided to find a new spot to beg (a bit slow rite?). I was outside library for about 30 mins and it was a disappointing spot too. So I decided to go around the whole Toa Payoh Central to find where there was crowd and where there were few orange people. Lol. I thought of something brilliant at the bus stop across the road but I found all the freshies were already there. I repeated the same old mistake: to get the nice place late :( So after going round Toa Payoh Central for 2 times, the KFC area was free from from the orange people. It was during lunch time so the crowd was great!
We had lunch at about 3 at MOS and the other half of my og was calling to meet up for dinner (they already wanted to do so from the morning). I was told that I could be back at school by 6+ instead of 9+ so I let them to meet at 430. That ended the flagging session as well. Haha... This shameless senior was a bad example as I had the lightest can. At least I could encourage them "As long as yours is heavier than mine, you are safe!". Haha...
I was amazed and impressed that they met up for dinner (none of the other ogs did that) and the rag people did actually talk to the non raggers. Lol. Someone commented that during dinner it would be most likely that the 2 groups would sit separately. That did not materialise. You rocked, people!
Day 3
It was boring. As expected, many would pon as there were only talks in the morning. Haiz... Trouble and conflict were brewing in the night and I was thankful that I was not involved in the politics la. I was having fun playing bridge in the night. It was a sad case that the candlelight soccer had to be called off as too many freshees went home without permission.
Anyway, only my og had the full attendance (until the end of the FOW). So great to get these enthu bunch! Really lightened up my work! Haha... The organiser had to arrange some new groupings due to the lack of people for the telematch in the afternoon. I had to play hockey as my group was 1 person less than the opponent. I had great time! Nobody shouted me any order. We all played for fun and not to win. So I enjoyed it. And tadaaa... I scored a goal! Haha... Maybe it was my first goal in any ball games I had every played in my life!
At the evening, we started on making cheering props. Then after the drastic drop in number of people who remained at school, the freshees were allowed to leave but they had to come back on thursday and stay over! I was really touched that the 2 guys remaining in my og stayed at school to accompany me instead of camping at PGP as 1 guy stayed there.
We went to Fong Seng at late night with some of the seniors. 1 of them recommended plaster (now I know what it is) and my adventurous self made me order Bandung Dinosaur. It was not bad! I slept at 330. Oh no...
Day 4 - Sentosa
Weeeeheeee... it was another fun filled game. Only about 20 freshees left with us. New groups called "Satu" and "Dua" were formed. Haha... The weather was great. It was breezy and cloudy. Great weather to sleep. Haha... In the morning, I played frisbee as my Satu was short of a person also. Haha... But at half time, I asked another ogl to replace me. Unhealthy boy could not do sport and run for more than 30 minutes la. Haha...
In the afternoon, I chose to slack and guard bags. Haha.. wanted to go down to the beach to play but the weather was too nice to slack and I had not enough sleep so at that time I was quite moody. I was not in the mood to get dunk also. Lol. Sorry to spoil your fun guys. Haha...
At night, the stupid rain cancelled the candlelight soccer again! Sigh... My fun was gone lor... It was more sad for the freshies I supposed as I had played it last year anyway. So it was another cheering prop making session again. Hehe... Many got damn high and mad lor. The people were so obedient la. I got the queiter people to do work and they obliged. I had fun cutting and making the big "Pharm Rag" and "Rx capsule" with the year 3 seniors. Haha..
I was like so excited to see the loser forfeit game. And the Fuzzy Bunny really made my day. At one point of time, I was literally rolling on the floor laughing.
This is a super damn lame show that we watched after the games. The way they say "Charlie" is just too..... -_-!
It was another Fong Seng at night with all the juniors. We reached back at about 245 and I was like nagging to make them sleep. They still continued on making pom-poms until that late. I could only manage to make them all sleep at 330. Gosh... These crazy people really beated me! I could just have slept but as a senior, I had to show good example mah. Haha.. Must have they all sleep first before I do so =p
Day 5 - The End
I was furious in the early morning as some tuuut were being inconsiderate and making too much noise. I woke up and went to toilet. Lucky that they were gone after I returned. They missed out my scoldings!
I got real irritated in the morning as we were like so unprepared for the cheering session. Out of the 20 or so people, only about 10+ were the high ones. So I was like naggy and had to act enthu at the grand stand.
Rag day was great. My favourite was Eusoff Hall's item. Too bad that they did not win. Pharmacy's winning came as a big surprise to me. Lol. I had to be honest. Lol. At least the stuff we made the night before came into use. One senior made one with the writing "Best Rag!". A premonition huh? I screamed and cheered loudly at 1 time until some year 1s in front of me were like going deaf. Too bad that you did not do the cheer la! Haha..
In the middle of all the celebration and fun, I only regretted one thing that they really missed out the non-raggers freshies. I personally think they need to get some form of recognition and thanks too. They were the very few who enthusiastically joined in all the activities of FOW and faithfully be there throughout the week. They came up with the cheer, they cheered their lungs out, they made the props, etc. They did a lot. Yeah hopefully the $1000 and whatever was prepared for the winning og for FOW will be given to these few year 1s. They really deserved that!
The Aftermath
I am really tired now... Haha... I had been sleeping for most of the time today. Last night I lost my voice (but that loss of voice state made my voice damn sexy lol!). I met 2 PGP seniors on the way to get my dinner and both saw me at my unglam cheering moments la. I was like super paiseh lor... Not sure when they saw me or at what state I was in. Oh well...
It was a great week for me. It was my first (and most likely my last) ogling experience and I am very thankful for the opportunity. Not only my og ppl were great, some of the very enthu juniors were great too! The FOW also gave me the opportunity to know some seniors and some of my batch mates (whom perhaps I may not talk to in a normal school environment) better. I had a great chat, time, and fun with them. Thanks to everyone.
Alright... This concluded my FOW experience. I am tired now. I need to sleep early today. I need to print notes (hopefully the library is open tomorrow) and I need to get ready for school. Haha...
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