aurora'13

orientation'13 was amazing, am really inspired by the invested time & effort (evidently reflected in every event) put in by council/ogls & whoever it concerned

the house spirit was overwhelming & i think we have really capable house captains this year 

there wasn't much of a semblance of house spirit in rg, but i think i really love hadley hullet (which andrew attributed it to the cooler cheers with catchy rhythms). the sense of community & empowerment of cheering with HH is incredible. (SO MUCH LOVE FOR HUTALU) -- i may even try for house comm 

i will miss orientation so much: was sick for day three but i still thank the lord that i could make it for day one, two & four! the ogls are lovely people, my og is (deliberate use of present tense) made up of lovely people (although whether our personalities click is another matter) who are kings & queens of puns

 last night--o nite' was the best thing ever despite

my poor throat that feels as if it had been mauled by bears 

i think HH12 managed to fulfill the playful wishes of many who knew the inside joke since 2010 (the belles are ringing, marc your calendars) i must stress: let not your imagination run too far hahaha

doing the SND was a blast despite being cooked in the gallery (where we felt so isolated because the elevation negated our participatory factor), i think it was the learning & screwing up that made it fun (how this was the first few legit times i held hands with a guy hahaha). having guys around are actually quite a lot of fun when you're bored (most are gentlemanly lul, some are actually secret gossipers & many have 'interesting' stories to share hahaha) 

will remember how we wrung up our arms together & croaked (maybe it was/is only me since about three of the guys are from chorale) the batch'14 song, how we jumped like bunnies & how the ground below shook in sync with us, how we exploded with house spirit (for the first time in my life) as we cheered with the hutalu headbands & got ready to fight for war games, how the guys freaked out over the batch dance & practised with each other, how much fun we had screwing up the batch dance as a batch (irony in that haha), how HH12 flooded swensens after o nite for our late dinner & shared stories as if there wasn't school the next day 

i think-

 i miss orientation already