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17th August 2013

Orientation 2013 was held at Aloha Loyang, with most of the games held at the nearby Pasir Ris town park. This year, the Warwick Singapore Society welcomes a batch of freshers larger than 60 in size! This is easily one of the largest batches we have in years. 

 

 

Orientation 2013

Orientation has always been a time to meet new people, to get to know the faces you would probably see around for the next 3 years. Starting our orientation at Downtown East, the freshers received their first chance to get to know each other, while waiting for registration to end. After which, they then proceeded to Pasir Ris town park in the sweltering weather, where the icebreakers began in earnest. After a quick lunch, it's back to more games, in which the freshers would start their Orientation games against each other. It was an afternoon of mud, water bombs, blindfolds, raw food tossed around, soapy wrestling, and tons of sweat, fun and laughter. This year sees a return of the ever-cringeworthy Sock and Bone (AKA Sock Wars) and the food-wasting Captain's ball, with the addition of new games such as blindfolded catching in Zombies! and a tweaked water bomb version of Battleships. Though the rain threatened to dampen our spirits, we held out till it ended, and finished off the games on a high note with our war game, White House Down, which involved the freshers collecting ammo (water bombs) through a series of activities, after which they had to correctly ferret out the President, amongst 3 other decoys, and hold on to him till the end of the game. Congratulations to OG3 who won the games!



With that, the sweating was over; it was time to proceed to the night activities! After the allocated dinner and shower time, the representatives from each OG were put in front of the rest of them, in which they had to display why they deserved to represent Warwick at the annual UKBound event at Zouk on the 7th September 2013. It was a nice change of pace from the afternoon, where the freshers cheered their peers on as they put their talents on show. With all the beauty and talent strewn around, the batch of 2013 had difficulty deciding on who shall represent them, but in the end, John Choo and Elena Ho were selected. Congratulations to the 2 who were chosen, and we hope they would do well at UKBound!

Extending from last year's Orientation, where some felt it was too short, we had an event on the 2nd Day! After freshening up from a relaxing night with newfound friends, the freshers made their way to their respective pit stops for the Amazing Food Race! It was a chance for freshers to appreciate the gourmet food so cheaply available around Singapore, yet so scarce in the campus university many of them will call their second home in the coming months. The freshers made their way through some of the famous hawker centres in Singapore, such as Maxwell Food Centre and Tiong Bahru Market, where each group has to accomplish a certain task at the specified location, and post it to the HQ via Instagram. A sugarcane Boat Race, while perhaps not as challenging as the original consisting beer, is still exciting when you pit the freshers against the seniors.In the end, the Amazing Race is one where there are no losers, only winners, where everyone gets to eat cheap and tasty food!

Old Airport Road marked the end of the Amazing Race, where the freshers said their goodbyes, shared their contacts, and of course, took pictures. Orientation, to us seniors, is all about making the freshers feel welcome and have a good time, not only at Orientation, but also at Warwick, and we hoped that this batch of incoming freshers would treasure the time they spend together! :D

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