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Too hot the eye of heaven shines... Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare

duped into waking up at 7.00am to leave on the transport provided for us to National University of Singapore (NUS). I say duped because i expected us to be dropped off at the exhibition centre or the talks they had in the multi-purpose halls and leave us be. But nooo.. we scholars have special treatment since we had a pre-programme all lined up for us... first was a talk by the Dean of Office Admissions.. made faculty sound like a bad word =/ was rather general, didnt shed much light on uni life, neither did the mountaineers... too diplomatic lah they all.. like when one guy asked whats one bad thing bout NUS coz every organisation must have its weaknesses right? and the mountaineer just said lack of time.. like thats specific to NUS alone.. we all want time lah! so scared to reveal some bad points for what? not like got NUS spies planted in the auditorium.. well got scholarship officers tho..
Later when spirits were still semi high, we visited the residential halls, had more refreshments and goodie bags. one girl who lived in sheares hall --one of the newer additions to NUS hence the fresh coat of paint and better facilities-- babbled on bout how we should really experience living in a hall coz its like a close knit family, can go out together for suppers..yadda, yadda, yadda... tempted to tell her, yeah, we know, but that would be rude wouldnt it? =p.. she didnt let me get a word in anyway.
Got on and off the bus, toured around the sprawling campus. Upon reaching Prince George's Park Residential hall, moods start to get grouchy as the quote above begins to apply here. This is not helped by the inefficiency of the tour guide leading us to many a wrong turn and wrong lift.. haih, we were already complaining bout the humidity and when is this all gonna END???
when we finally finished touring, the guide suddenly remembered that she forgot (rather paradoxical phrase) to show us the gym and cheerfully asked whether we wanna see it.. and we vehemently denied... shaking our heads, no, no, NO! Lili added helpfully that gyms are more or less similar so we don't need to see em.
Tour guide: (unfazed) Oh, then do u have any questions?
FC: yeah, like when can we go back?
ouch.
so the whole morning was a waste of time.. seems like they wanna brainwash us to stay so much that they overlooked the important thing, which is the courses they offer and the requirements innit?
After we were transported to the multi-purpose sports hall, went round the exhibition area collecting brochures, i signed up for a dentistry job shadowing, dunno whether they'll contact me later or what. had lunch near the food stalls and decided to head back since there was an hour left til the medicine talk and we had nothing else to do. got rather tired of the place. as mar put it, 'the good thing bout this is that im more convinced not to stay here for Uni'... cue: always look on the bright side of life!
the sun got us all hot and bothered as we waited for the bus, but NUS open house attendees were all packed like sardines in the bus. managed to get on one which was not suffocating and made our way to the mrt station. got back to the room, peeled off my sticky garments, bathed and slept the rest of the afternoon away.