i haven't died. i just didn't have access to a computer and the internet in my entire school was down. hahaha.

sooo.....time seems to pass really slowly here. i have no idea why. it's like the whole day is longer or smth. anyhows. orientation was rather boring since it consisted of talks and more talks which is really different from what we have at singapore with all the horrible games and forfeits which is absolutely fine with me since i'm an anti social buffoon who hates ice breakers and im just getting further spoilt by escaping from them. ok...we did play a few ice breakers and it was pretty cool. instead of blow wind blow, we had an alternative form of I AM A DORK AND YOU ARE A DORK IF YOU ..... and instead of the good gloria, beautiful betty game, we had i'm gloria and i'm bringing gorrillas to the moon game. i had a really nice and enthu Orientation Assistant (OA) and she's super cute and fun to be with. only that i'm too boring to be hanging out with her and most of the time i have no idea how to respond to her. blah...it kinda sucks.

anyhows. apart from that we also have welcome week which consists of different performances or rather, comedians performing at night and it's been pretty wicked fun :D we had a hypnotist in on sunday and man. i laughed till i cried. so what happens is people from my school will volunteer to be hypnotised and make a fool out of themselves after which they can't remember a single thing. it was really funny cos they really seemed to have lost control of themselves and their brains and the weirdest part is that they look awake and conscious about it. i'll try to list down the entire show. sad that we can't record, but if u want to see what a hypnotist show is like...see if you can find one on youtube or smth.

1. they fall asleep and some are like lying down on other another, some falling off their chairs
2. they are driving an awesome ferrari and you really see them putting on their seatbelt and when they are about to crash they actually jerk and stuff. it's pretty radical. and it's damn funny when they see a traffic policeman coming and then they pretend nothing has happened and then some of them show the middle finger. it's really interesting cos you see their natural response. and then there's a cow in the middle of the road blocking their way and suddenly they are thirsty. so all of them start milking the cow for milk to quench their thirst and there was this dude milking for his life's worth and another was like down on his back drinking straight from the cow's tits. haha. damn funny. etc
3. another segment is this dude believes tht fruits have feelings and he refuses to let the hypnotist eat them and he protects them and cuddles them and then he was hypnotised to be really hungry and then he starts eating them and he was so horrified he gave an apple a mouth to mouth and CPR it was soooo funnny. and then he believes he's a hero cos he saved the apple -___-'''
4. one girl is hypnotised to think that she's from pluto so she speaks in alien language and another guy is hypnotised to understand alien language and he translates it for us. HOW IT WORKS I'LL NEVER KNOW.
5. this two people were hypnotised to not be able to say their name. so everytime they say try to say their name their tongue fails to work but yet they can say other stuff like where theyre from. that was pretty cool.
6. a whole bunch of people believed they were controlled by a voodoo doll. so they danced according to how the hypnotist moved the doll and it was reallly interesting
7. a guy was hypnotised to believe that the show was a fake when the hypnotist says "blue" and to be absolutely in love with it when the hypnotist snaps his fingers twice. and my gosh. it's really drastic and it's scary how you can be fully controlled. i have no idea how it works, but it does! goodness gracious!
there are absolutely more acts and it's not as funny as how i state it, but it's really funny to watch. my OA's roommate was up on stage and she was hypnotised to be in a clubbing state with a whole bunch of other people and man. she rocked the stage with her dance moves. another two people were like grinding one another and the hypnotist immediately took them out of it. and they just walked back like nothing happened!! so strange

sooo...classes have started and by far all seems to be going well. i'm even excited for art history class. i mean. who wouldn't!?!?!? we'll be covering architectural history of greek, egyptian, gothic, roman buildings and sculptures and christian art! i'm excited. and the best part??? NO ESSAYS! AWESOME :D

people here are superbly outgoing and they talk all kinds of crap. like SERIOUSLY. we have tests for all our first classes to see how much we learn by the time we finish this quarter and this dude goes " CAN WE ILLUSTRATE?" like this will never happen in Singapore kind. and the teacher just goes oh..you're not supposed to know the stuff anyway. just be creative and have fun with the test. hahaha. way to go!! i wrote question marks and "haha" and smiley faces next to some of my answers cos i was writing rubbish for most of it anyway.

alrighty. gotta go for class!

MISS YOU GUYS LOADS!