hwachong thus far

Now now, it's been two days at hwachong. What's my opinion of it? I think it's worlds apart from raffles, to say the least. Both colleges are academically strong in their own rights, each year churning out truckloads and truckloads of students with stellar results, but the fact still remains that hwachong will never be the same as raffles.

Hwachong, on the whole, gives off a different vibe from raffles. You can feel the warmth of the school just upon entering the canteen. It did help that my ex-classmates were there to "welcome" the new kids on the block, especially those from raffles. But I recall feeling really good in hwachong - comfortable and "at home". I must admit that raffles is waayyyy larger than hwachong in terms of land size per se, although hwachong trumps with the fact that it has done a fantastic job in landscaping and making sure that the place retains some "life" and diversity in colour. At raffles, it's just green, white and well...green! (except for the orange walls surrounding the lift which do add some colour to the school...but still!) Hwachong's definitely nicer on the whole.

That being that, I couldn't help comparing the lecture theatres at raffles and at hwachong! =( I was so used to having a colossal lecture theatre at raffles that when I entered LT1 and LT2, I was going, "This is it??". Lol! Abel and I confessed that the LT it smaller - much smaller. But to do some justice to the school, raffles in spanking new but hwachong has been around for donkey years.

For the duration of the past few days, we've been preoccupied with briefings after briefings. Bah. So Abel, Yunmin and I decided to "pon" (skip) the last briefing on student welfare matters *rolls eyes*. Hehehe...We hope there were at least some people left! Hahaha...

I can't yet judge whether I've made a right decision in coming to hwachong, but it has felt good. Really good, in fact, to be able to be a hwachongian. Corny name, but it a lot goes to being one.

That aside, the gastric flu has been wracking me for the past few days. I've hardly any appetite to begin with and I can't eat a lot at one go. The other day before baptism classes, I only managed to finish my soup and nibble at the *seemingly* large croissant. Darn! And it's only once in a blue moon that I get to eat at Delifrance without feeling guilty about having burnt a hole in my pocket! Lois, you rock! =))

Good Friday's tomorrow. It's an important day because it marks the crucifixion of Jesus. For the first time, I'll be joining the English Prebytery of Singapore at Westin Stamford for a combined service! That'll be wonderful! Hahaha...can't wait for it. =)

Have a jolly holiday! God bless. =D