Subjectif…

After a refreshing night’s sleep, freshmen and OGLs alike were ready to open Day 3 with a cheering session! Everyone screamed their lungs out and shouted the school cheers with gusto. Enthusiastic freshmen took turns running up the stage to lead the school cheers, and it was not long before our throats were all sore. However, this deterred neither the freshmen nor the OGLs, as everyone continued to shout themselves hoarse. After a short water break , everyone gathered back in the hall to receive instructions for… (drumroll please)… CLUEDO!

Yes, the day’s highlight was a mass game of Cluedo.  The main aim was, of course, to find out who tried to kill Queen Victoria under Ananke’s orders: the Duchess, the Chancellor, the Jester, the Lady or the Earl. Sub-OG’s ran around school playing games, listening to recordings, studying evidence and questioning suspects. Kudos to the SCs who acted as the suspects and were dressed up in super hot Victorian (the era) costumes. One particularly memorable suspect was the Lady, played by Sarah Leong. I’m sure many were frightened by her cool demeanor, accompanied by the ever present rolling of eyes. Other suspects, like the Duchess (played by Geraldine Quek), were detached and evaded our questions. Getting answers from them was similar to squeezing toothpaste out of an almost empty tube- tiring, yet oddly satisfying when yielded results.  All in all, Cluedo was packed full of questions, some without answers. For example:

• Why does the paper smell like milk tea?
• Is this poison actually mint syrup?
• Why is the Chancellor (played by Collin Tang) holding a mobile phone?

And of course, the most important one being: WHO DID IT?!?!?! My sub-OG, IVANHOE 6 (you guys rock!)  , was debating between the Chancellor and the Earl (played by Nicholas Aw). We even drew a mind-map and finally decided on the Chancellor. Well, as most people will know by now, we were sadly, disappointingly, very, very, very wrong… Who would have thought that the innocent-looking Earl would be able to commit such a terrible deed? To all the sub-OGs who managed to choose the correct suspect: Good job! (:

After a quick and delicious lunch, it was time for the CCA briefing by Mr Yong and then the highly anticipated annual CCA walkabout! Freshmen were let loose and allowed to roam free and easy around school, browsing through various CCA booths. CCAs competed to draw the freshmens’ attention by tapping on their unique points. For example, VJ Dance Ensemble dancers were seen strutting their stuff to hit songs like Womanizer.  Others, like Interact Club, gave out cute little hearts as souvenirs and who could miss the House Comm-ers marching around in Tweety Bird nightgowns? I’m sure the freshmen were indeed wow-ed by the many different CCAs VJ had to offer, ranging from sports like Floorball, to performing arts like the Strings Ensemble, to clubs and societies like Subjectif.

All too soon, announcements were made to gather back in the hall and the day’s tabulation of scores were revealed with ORIN in the lead (and Ivanhoe sadly somewhere behind)!  Would Orin‘s reign last? Why only time, and one more day of orientation would tell…