First Day in JC

Today marked the beginning of my JC life in Raffles. It was a breathtaking experience. The Principal's briefing was really inspiring. I felt so touched at moments when Mrs Lim introduced the school values and how we should behave to be a Rafflesian, the one who "raises the flag when none flew before", the one who "stops competing and start excelling", and the one who is "original", who is "the change that he wants to see". It was my first time to sit in such a grand lecture hall, with my peers all with the same excited expression. I was in awe~

As for matriculation, I decide to take the conventional combo BCME. Though it is supposed to be tough, challenging, and mentally draining, I am prepared for it. Biology is a bold choice, because all the modules we learn will be closely related to molecular biology, which is what takes a lot of efforts. Another bold choice is Economics, a new subject which none knows its true colour. Despite these concerns, I feel so relieved when many others take the same combi as me, especially those in my House. They really make great companion!

It is really astonishing to feel that in Raffles you can freely exchange your minds and thoughts with others. I am allotted to Buckle Buckley House, and there are real interesting people! Three Vietnamese boys from RI, one Korean, one Chinese(which is me), and all others are RP people. They can play wonderful games and you never feel short of conversation with them. Maybe I just like the environment in JC, where everyone is willing to know anyone else. There is one problem here: most of them are RI and RGS students, and we are the few JAE ones scattered around them, which means I have to memorise a lot of names while they only have to memorise one, in the case like my House when I am the only newbie there. Thank God that I did not get any freshman trick!

Tomorrow we will have batch dance and Eat Out session at Orchard/Bugis, it will be a draining day so I must get over-hydrated for now, and have a nice sleep! Sometimes it is really sad to know that some friends won't be taking the same course as you, but, like always, you can always make new friends outside OG.

By the way, we had OG Dinner together at Junction 8 tonight. It was so cool and so near our school! J8 really has the potential to be our frequent hangout place~

Another exciting news: I am not the only one in my OG Group, a RI scholar is staying in the Morrison Dorm, just oppposite my lovely Moor. So I could just walk with him and not get lost!

Now I have to submit my matriculation online, bye~

Hope everyone enjoy their "first day" in JC!