ORIENTATION!!

Orientation actually took place like...three days ago, so this is late. Regardless, this is my intended very detailed entry (as opposed to my brief LJ entry). :D Here goes.

We woke up around 5:15 AM and ended up getting there at 7:15, which was way too early. So, we walked all the way from the parking structure to my dorm, just to see what the outside looked in person. It looked really ancient compared to the brand new dorm next to it, which I hope to be in next year BECAUSE IT HAS AIR CONDITIONING! But the rooms are smaller than the ones in my dorm.

Anyway, we walked to Campus Center and eventually checked in for the NSO (New Student Orientation). We had team leaders for each group, about 8-10 tables, and I totally forgot who my people were as I went up the stairs. I grabbed some cantaloupe slices for breakfast, and then proceeded to guess who my team leaders were...amusingly enough I ended up going to the right table anyway, although I looked kind of flaky because she was like "Grace and Keith?" and I was like "Oh, maybe it's them..." ...and they were Grace and Keith. Hahahhahaha.

I sat down at the table, where another girl was. Yet another girl sat down and sometime later they both said they didn't drink (or party, I assumed) and I was like "HOPE FOR OUR GENERATION!" or whatever. That girl seriously reminded me of Alice; smart aleck, a tendency to talk back to elders, read a lot, etc. Hahaha. Other people among our friends who have gone to orientation have told stories of people who reminded them of Zama people, and I definitely experienced that too, lol.

I won't talk about the boring stuff, like Gen Ed requirements or my college (the College of Arts and Sciences), but other than that we had some corny "ice-breakers" that thankfully I didn't really have to participate in. There was another girl named Nadine and someone I recognized from my elementary school here in Hawaii, but I wasn't really friends with her or anything so I didn't say anything, ROFL.

Lunch was good. I missed the food here, haha. I hope I don't eat and eat and eat, though. After that we went on the campus tour, which was not lucky at all because Grace nearly got killed (or knocked out, or whatever) by a renegade palm tree branch thing, and it started raining on us (I think only one girl had an umbrella). And it was pretty hot...but whatever.

I found a few clubs and whatnot that I wouldn't mind being in.... Hopefully I can work on UH's newspaper in the future; I don't know about freshman year yet. I have to see how I can handle extracurricular stuff with my classes and all. There's a ICS Club that I'll probably join (assuming it's not all boys =__=) and probably the Japanese Culture Club so I don't get homesick. XD There's a Korean Culture Club but I'm not sure about that. And yeah, there is an Anime Manga Club; I might just consider contributing to their club but not joining, which is weird, LOL.

We had this...health portion next that was probably the lamest thing. The "gather in a circle and talk about concerns" part was fine, but then we had to listen to some Rainbow of Opportunity thing that was really corny...we had to split into six groups and come up with the most number things for each color of the rainbow. Winner got a (lame) prize, but everyone got candy anyway. Next we played jeopardy that wasn't even jeopardy; we had to pick a team name using a kitchen utensil. I got stuck in the lazy group that didn't want to do shit, so we ended up with Something Ricepots (see, I don't even remember). At the end we still had zero points even if I knew the answer to the question that was worrth 1600 points. XD

We headed back to the ballroom where the Campus Resource Fair set up; I immediately registered to vote, and then went to pick up a Study Abroad pamphlet thing. The only place that offered my major was LONDON, ENGLAND which I don't mind at ALL XDDDDD It's probably upwards of $17,000 not including airfare, books, other miscellaneous travel costs, which is HELLA expensive, but I still want to go anyway. *___* Sooner or later my parents came up from their parent orientation thingy and we signed up for the Housing Tour.

That marked the second time I walked all the way from campus center to my dorm, which...was a very lengthy distance, and I will probably have awesome calves by the time I see you guys again in May, or whatever. According to what I've heard, there is NO AC in any of the older dorms, but no one really uses the AC in Hawaii because it's a money-sucker for the power bill. I think there are only like, two bathroom stalls per floor. Fun. At the top floor the kitchen looks kind of...sad, and there only six washing machines so I figure I'll wash clothes every Thursday or Friday, or something.

We ran back to get my Student ID, which they said was going to be open until 6:00 PM, but they lied and we rushed back for absolutely no reason. :| I'm going to try to get it on the 14th or so, after registration, and whenever I have to go buy my books.

Umm...in other news, I found out my roommate and she's either full Japanese-American or half, but that's still funny considering Alice's roommate.