Ken Or Kennot?

Relax...

Yesterday, admist the peltering rain, I went to the Freshmen Inauguration Ceremony for my varsity early in the morning. As usual, although I have reached the Cultural centre 20 minutes before the commencement of the ceremony, there was already a huge throng of eager people talking and shoving amongst themselves. At that very moment, I thought to myself: "Should I really be here?"

Shrugging aside that momental gloom, I whisked out my PDA to test whether the campus has already added me to their network. Luckily for me, I was able to access the net (A great joy indeed as I warmed the seats beside the entrance of the Cultural Centre theatre together with Lyon) I sat there until about 60% of the crowd had disappeared into the isles through the doors. An usher then approached us, showing us the way up the stairs and into the 2nd level gallery seats. (A bit of luck at last... Seats without having to queue.)

Once seated, we were greeted by the Jazz Band of NUS. Lyon found the performers rather stiff as they belted out piece after piece. Even the person in charge was not moving around much with the rythm either. That brought me to compare the performance of the chaps down there with that of Paul's friends... Amazing, the composure and confidence that radiated from Paul's friends were obviously missing from those playing away down below. Nevertheless, I sat back and tried to enjoy the music, at least for a while...

The theatre was filled up quickly and before long, the ceremony begun. The key members of the student council and of course, the university were ushered into their seats, which were placed right in front of the freshmen audience. Talks were given by the presidents of the student council and the university. Well, I thought I could live through that until they asked us all to rise for the university pledge. (Great, there was now this uncanny resemblance to the pledge that I took 2 years ago in the army.) At least the goodies were good enough... (A rather good quality file with a wacky pen, NUS collar pin, NUS centennial celebration stickers and a magazine) There was this girl seated beside Lyon who clapped non stop throughout the whole ceremony; we wondered if those petite hands of hers hurt after all that clapping. (heehee)

Before long, the whole ceremony has ended with the NUS Choir (Which I must say, was the best part of the ceremony) and 2 video presentations. I then accompanied Lyon to the Computer Centre to get his PDA wired up for use in the campus. (Obviously, our last trip there was a disappointing one for him) The person serving him seemed rather impatient as Lyon tried to get the MAC address for his wireless card from his PDA. So much for their motto. (Good customer service? Patience? Looks more to me that they were not briefed on the accepted code of conduct which was hung high up against the wall smack in the center of the office) Well, we soon got the problem figured out and we headed down to the Engineering Canteen for our much needed lunch.

Not a bad day although it could have been better. I've gotten all the modules that I have bidded for, now I've got to get myself psyched up for the new term. A whole new life and challenge awaits as yet another chapter of my life begins...

posted by Kenneth @ 8/03/2004 01:23:00 PM