day 2 at SRJC. more 'funner' than yesterday. i guess it's because you're more familiar with the place now.

first thing we did in the morning was more cheers and a jeer. a jeer needed to put down other families or houses. then we learnt this rather cool dance that they created. it was to "Let's Get It Started" by the Black Eyed Peas. quite fun. we also had a tour of the school and learned the school song. then, i got selected as a PL [peer leader] without me knowing it. we were at the gallery when one of the OGLs pointed at my direction but they seemed to be looking at the person in front of me. so i thought they were like pointing at her and asking us if she should be the PL. so iwas nodding heavily to get it over it. then i realised that they were pointing at me. by then it was already too late to back out. i wanted to protest but when i noticed that other PLs were actually good-looking neighbours, i decided to stay as a PL afterall.

Being a PL was not as bad as i thought as it would be. the other PLs were the more so called happening people. they weren't as quiet and stoned as most of the freshmen and it was quite fun being around them [especially the neighbours]. all we had to do was lead the cheers and be enthu. how cool was that? or so i thought.

later, our OFL [Orientation Family Leader] told us that we PLs had to perform on wednesday night [fiesta night] to represent Mistral. i was shocked. i didn't want to dance or whatever in front of so many people! but there was no escape so what the hell, just do it. we planned to stay back after dismissal to discuss about our performance and it turned out to be a good time.

but first, another milestone in the Chronicles of Benedict's SRJC Girl Hunt.

it turned out that one of the PLs was the girl he wanted to dance with yesterday! *GASPS* well, i must admit she was pretty but she was a bit, um, rotund? plump i should say. but she wasn't like bulging all over the place. so she was it. ben very intricately brought me to a bench in the canteen during reccess, where the girl was. he was like looking at her from the corner of his eye. he kept bugging me to start a conversation with her cause she was a fellow PL but i had not known her that well yet. he was planning to butt into our conversation and then take it from there. fat chance. i told him he was on his own [evil laughter]. he didn't do anything, so he left with nothing achieved. but, at the end of the day, after we were dismissed, he plucked up enough courage to go up to her, ask her her name and number. i was watching him from afar. she wasked for his contact too and i saw him mouth "Benedict" and she put his number in her phone. hats off to ben for that valiant and brave effort. but i fear that his efforts are somewhat futile. the girl had guys following her around like flies to sh*t. i'm going to see what he does tomorrow.

so much for the milestone. we stayed back after dismissal together with other people from Mistral who wanted to help. we decided to do a dance thing along to a classic Beatle's song, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand". i asked ben to stay back to help and for good reason; the girl he liked was a PL. well, it turned out to be some predicament cause the dance involved a main lead guy and a main lead girl. guess who was the lead femme. it was ben's favourite! she was paired up with the guy from the same Mistral as her. he already had something going on with her i think, being in the same Mistral and all so i guess ben better get something started. anyway, the practice was fun, bonded with the PLs better and the performance looked like it's going to be a hit. so i hope we blow away the competition tomorrow and end the orientation on a high.

"i wanna hold your hand... i wanna hold your hand.."