Hey guys! :) I realised that I've not been blogging very frequently throughout the summer break (although I thought I would since, you know, it's break and all) but my life has been just a mundane block of wood so I didn't see much to write about - plus, I didn't really have the feels for writing if you know what I mean.
But anyways, I had officially been initiated in to Hall 4 after a year!!! *pops champagne and throws confetti* Granted, this year's was really mild and was honestly just a very chill experience compared to last year's. But I digress.
Hall 4 has been such a wonderful home to me and I am so, so thankful that I stayed on despite living solo in a double room, and having such a lonely life in sem 1 :') Since I didn't partake in hall camp, I went into hall only knowing Van (aka my ex roomie) and a friend or two from my FOC. Initially I thought that hall camp wasn't necessary because we were living together in a block as neighbours after all, and we are bound to speak to each other and get to know one another.
Wrong.
My usual routine was just classes > lunch > classes > dinner > homework > sleep without any interaction with anyone on my level other than Van, if she was in. Of course I had my guy friends too who were thankfully living in the same block just on level one, so sometimes after I've done my work and so have they, we'd convene in their room to play cards and talk. Before Uni, I was so nervous and afraid about living in a hall. All the time you hear of stories like roomies quarrelling with each other, someone stealing something and breaking in, people doing god knows what etc. It felt like I was just thrown in a jungle without any resources. Okay on hindsight, that was not a very good analogy. What I meant was, it's like just throwing yourself out there depending on just hearsay and without any experience or whatsoever so it's just so foreign.
I hated hall life when I was in sem 1 because it was just such a lonely period for me. But things took a turn for the better when December was approaching and I was pulled into Ohmelette, our hall dance. Initially I was extremely hesitant about joining because I didn't want my grades to suffer (since I heard from the seniors that pracs will drag till incredibly late at night etc) but Van signed both me and her up anyways. But that was the best decision I've ever made (or rather, someone has ever made for me). Dance pracs were lonely in the beginning (again) because of some things going on and Van left hall, so I was basically left alone to fend for myself. It felt like everyone knew everyone in hall dance already since most of them went for hall camp, and it was just me going solo again. I was so close to quitting dance once and for all, but eventually when someone was kind enough to ask if I wanted to dinner together, friendship blossomed and I started to have friends (yay)!
Pracs together, dinner together, go back to hall together, supper together (although only twice) - the formation of JOJO QIQI came about! HAHA OK I know the name's a bit lame, but ya well I'm so glad that we are now so close and are *gasp* NEIGHBOURS and I'm rooming with the other Jo (Joce)! They make me want to come back to Hall 4 and do my best for the hall :) It has been such an enriching experience being a fake freshie during hall camp too even though I felt so guilty that I wrote cards for everyone after that, explaining why there's the concept of fake freshies and to ask for their forgiveness :(
But all is well, and I really hope that the coming year will be a great year for all of us at Hall 4 :)
Hey guys! :) I realised that I've not been blogging very frequently throughout the summer break (although I thought I would since, you know, it's break and all) but my life has been just a mundane block of wood so I didn't see much to write about - plus, I didn't really have the feels for writing if you know what I mean.
But anyways, I had officially been initiated in to Hall 4 after a year!!! *pops champagne and throws confetti* Granted, this year's was really mild and was honestly just a very chill experience compared to last year's. But I digress.
Hall 4 has been such a wonderful home to me and I am so, so thankful that I stayed on despite living solo in a double room, and having such a lonely life in sem 1 :') Since I didn't partake in hall camp, I went into hall only knowing Van (aka my ex roomie) and a friend or two from my FOC. Initially I thought that hall camp wasn't necessary because we were living together in a block as neighbours after all, and we are bound to speak to each other and get to know one another.
Wrong.
My usual routine was just classes > lunch > classes > dinner > homework > sleep without any interaction with anyone on my level other than Van, if she was in. Of course I had my guy friends too who were thankfully living in the same block just on level one, so sometimes after I've done my work and so have they, we'd convene in their room to play cards and talk. Before Uni, I was so nervous and afraid about living in a hall. All the time you hear of stories like roomies quarrelling with each other, someone stealing something and breaking in, people doing god knows what etc. It felt like I was just thrown in a jungle without any resources. Okay on hindsight, that was not a very good analogy. What I meant was, it's like just throwing yourself out there depending on just hearsay and without any experience or whatsoever so it's just so foreign.
I hated hall life when I was in sem 1 because it was just such a lonely period for me. But things took a turn for the better when December was approaching and I was pulled into Ohmelette, our hall dance. Initially I was extremely hesitant about joining because I didn't want my grades to suffer (since I heard from the seniors that pracs will drag till incredibly late at night etc) but Van signed both me and her up anyways. But that was the best decision I've ever made (or rather, someone has ever made for me). Dance pracs were lonely in the beginning (again) because of some things going on and Van left hall, so I was basically left alone to fend for myself. It felt like everyone knew everyone in hall dance already since most of them went for hall camp, and it was just me going solo again. I was so close to quitting dance once and for all, but eventually when someone was kind enough to ask if I wanted to dinner together, friendship blossomed and I started to have friends (yay)!
Pracs together, dinner together, go back to hall together, supper together (although only twice) - the formation of JOJO QIQI came about! HAHA OK I know the name's a bit lame, but ya well I'm so glad that we are now so close and are *gasp* NEIGHBOURS and I'm rooming with the other Jo (Joce)! They make me want to come back to Hall 4 and do my best for the hall :) It has been such an enriching experience being a fake freshie during hall camp too even though I felt so guilty that I wrote cards for everyone after that, explaining why there's the concept of fake freshies and to ask for their forgiveness :(
But all is well, and I really hope that the coming year will be a great year for all of us at Hall 4 :)
Situated in the sunny island of Singapore, Jolene recently (is 2 years considered recent?) graduated from university and is now working in a job she never expected herself to hold. Besides having frequent quarter-life crises, she also indulges in video games, anime, and aesthetic korean girls documenting their life in vlogs.
Although not as eloquent with words, she still aims to try her best to bring across her thoughts to the Internet.
