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Refreshing in the sense that it's a whole new learning environment, in the sense that I'm making a whole lot of new friends whom faces I have not seen around in Nanyang before, in the sense that I'm finding CCA extremely enjoyable and in many other ways. 

I remember stepping into Hwa Chong during IP week for the first time officially as a Hwa Chong student and it was just a whole lot of feeling all jumbled up in my stomach. Fear, pride, excitement for the many weeks ahead. Fearful that I wouldn't be able to promote, proud that I'm a Hwa Chong student and excited for the many friends who I'll meet eventually. 

As someone who values social life (honestly) a lot more than academics, I was afraid of not being able to make friends/adapt to the co-ed life more than failing one or two quizzes. And being someone who's extremely socially awkward, the situation didn't look exactly good for me when I got separated into my OG. People I didn't like since years ago, people I knew I wouldn't mix well with because of their popularity, and unfamiliar faces all over the place. I held back for a day or two, sticking with my Sec 2 French classmate for all the games. On the 3rd day, I couldn't stand the fact that I wasn't making friends anymore and I started talking to the JAE people. Why JAE people first? Because I abhorred some people from Nanyang in my group and because the JAE students looked a lot more approachable. And I'm glad I did. I'm now still on talking terms with many of them, and I even talk to one of them on a daily basis. I cannot recall a year that has started as well as this. Well, bad memories.

Then, we got sorted to our class. And boy, I was so upset when I didn't see anyone I knew from my class other than a few NY classmates I hardly talked to back then. But A called me and said her Christian name wasn't registered, and I felt a little more relieved (: Some of my friends had wished me good luck when they saw the names on my class list, and the more I asked around, I become more worried. Was my class... "Scandal Town"? I was genuinely really scared that I wouldn't be able to get along with most of the people, but well, I was never one to mix with all kinds of people anyway, so I guessed that I would live with as many friends as I could make.

It's December and turns out that my class's one of the nicest class I've ever been in. Honest! I mean we aren't exactly bonded as a class and I somehow feel that it's my fault or something, but everyone's really nice! I still don't talk to majority of the class... half of the class I supposed HAHA, but still, everyone's really nice ^^ And the overall atmosphere in class has always been nice and tension...less. I'm really glad to have been sorted into 73, even though I might be still extremely socially awkward next year.

CCA! I think I might have to dedicate an entire post to CCA itself. Quitting performing arts and joining service is a very different thing. Choir was enjoyable for a period of time, then the atmosphere started to get really tense and politics got really bad, I was really fed up. Interact is entirely different though. There are still politics I guess, but not internal politics, it's more of a well.... HAHAHAHAHA let's not talk about this. But I really love my IG. I love the fact that hardly anyone from Nanyang's in there and I love how everyone's really understanding and nice and approachable. And that we all share a same liking for service (and kids :P) It's really different, really. And even though a lot has happened, I have still enjoyed CCA a lot. And I'm still enjoying it >:)

I can't be bothered to talk about my academic life, but let's just say I really need to do some bucking up next year.

However, 2013 has been a wonderful wonderful year and I can't wait for 2014 to start. Hope it'll proceed smoothly with no social obstacles! :)