2nd Day- Orientation Starts

21/5/2012

   Orientation = Hell. The pattern is almost same for every year, very strict, exhausting, not enough time to eat, shower and sleep. In that one week, the facilitators will try to tame the students and stress on importance of punctuality, co-operation, respect etc. 

   It officially started that night and everyone immediately knew that it was gonna be tough week. All of us were punished and scolded for being noisy. We had to squat while biting our matric cards. So sad. Still I heard that the last batch had seen worse.

   Next day we had to wake up around 3am, maybe latest 4am to shower and wear formally. By 4.20am we must reach hall or surau (Muslims). The doors would be closed at 4.30am and the latecomers would see hell. The rest would get punished as well. *sigh* Thanks to the 'all for one, one for all' concept.

   Even though we always had to compress and get scolded, we had lots of fun, through learning funny moves and playing games and also doing aerobic exercise.

   We were released by 10.30pm or 11pm each day. Every morning and night we would receive punishment, so we kinda got used to it and didn't complain much. There were people fainting here and there though during 'denda', especially when we had to lift our bags high up for a long time. Not to mention the hall was jam-packed and stifling. 

   Nearing end of orientation, the atmosphere became more cheerful, as the punishment got lighter since we were tamer and we started to like the facilitators. You can really notice the changes. At first many didn't bother to greet the lecturers and facilitators. After five days you could see people greeting each other with smiles everywhere.

   After the end-of-orientation ceremony, my roommates and I slept for a long long time. >< We were all having sleep deprivation that week with only 2-3 hours of sleep each day. Many students  napped during orientation talks, so orientation week can also be called as zombie week, since everyone looked like zombies. XD

    Although I would never want to go through that orientation again, it was a valuable experience.