hmm. CJ.

so far, it's been cool. but there's something funny about it though. maybe it's just me but when i'm in CJ, i have this weird...i-don't-know what. it's like i'm happy and gay as sunshine there but miserable at the same time. i wasn't feeling this way in SRJC. hmm. but yeah, CJ's been cool.

well, i've been soaking up the CJ experience and i think imma gonna breaka thisa down into segments or something, otherwise there'll just be nothing but a complete mess.

Facilities, Environment...Blah Blah Blah

hmm. haven't exactly been into every nook and cranny in the school but it's pretty much a nice campus. it's got this warm, homely feeling about it. it's also very, WARM, literally. for some reason, heat gets trapped in almost every space of the campus, so wherever you go in the school, on a sunny day, it's hot. in the canteen, it's HOT. at the grandstand, it's HOT. in the middle of nowhere in some corridor, it's HOT. it takes a while to acclimatise to the CJ weather.

the campus looks big on the outside, but it actually is rather small. and there are little stairways and such at corners and places you wouldn't really notice. so there's pretty much access to anywhere in the school. ONE pathetic thing about the school though, is the field and track. the field is being replanted or something. hence, the soccer team has to book outside pitches to train in [more of that later]. the track is the sad one. it is this little two-lane, 330 metre retangular circuit. AND it is stated in some official guide thing, that the 90 degree bends are to simulate actual marathon conditions. sure sure, and the pimples on my nose are there to give me a more dynamic complexion.

the canteen is rather small. not to mention, hot. fans there are scarce. the classrooms are small too and with the influx of dragon babies, making up such a big-ass cohort, they're even smaller with more tables and chairs added in to compensate for the increase in class size. there's this new block though. looks nice but it's only for the J2s. so, next year then [or next, next year].

ugh. enough about the building. BORING.

People

the wonderful thing about the people in CJ is that they're really really, really really really, friendly. it's not difficult to make friends there. they're the kind of folks who let you in on their conversation openly, so that you don't feel left out. maybe it's just the '88 babies that are like that, but they're really nice people. they are also happening people. friendly and happening. McRon and Tuo Zhi are fine examples. on the first day, McRon helped me settle in. Tuo Zhi helps me to meet more people. coolness. and thanks to the both of them. it's a bit cliquish though but tell me a place where there are no cliques.

OH and another thing is, they all communicate in ENGLISH. HALLELUJAH, English-speaking folk. no cheena-ness. some of them love speking in the English language so well, that they can do accents! how cool is that? my classmate, Darryl can do an English accent! i was very excited when i heard him do it. he can also do Italian, French, Honkie and many others. he and i were conversing in different accents in Sentosa on Tuesday. COOL-NESS. then his friend, Christian, ALSO can do the accent and his normal speech is that of an Englishman! like, WHOA! we can like form some Englishmen club or something and go around school talking in the accent and annoying the shit out of everyone. i can be Herbert, and they can be Rupert and Hubert or something.

due to the recent orientation program, i feel that we've all kind of bonded really well. the school is rather united. it's not the kind of unity whereby it exist only in big events, it's the ever-present kind. it's like, almost everyone knows everyone. coolness. the people there are also rather enthu. hence, the school is mostly buzzing the whole time too.

Sub-Component: Neighbours

well, neighbours. hmmm. there really isn't a shortage. but i feel that it can be improved. ha. i don't know. haven't been really looking all over the place but i think there are a few HMJs around. but still, there's enough to please the common phallus-armed animal.

oh boy, i'm quite spent now. er, will continue another day i guess.

"We trace the sun across the sky
And we laugh till we cry"