The thing with juniors is that almost everybody in this college thinks they're a nuisance.. The seniors feel like they're being overrun by them.. Another teacher feels that they're swarming like ants.. Generally, we're feeling as if our harmonious solitude has been disrupted by the arrival of these 220+ new faces.. I know it sounds a bit harsh, but in reality, almost everybody is afraid that the juniors are changing our comfortable routine and that scares us.. Gone were the days when you could come to the Dining Hall at 8.15am and still expect breakfast to be served.. Nowadays, you might as well go straight to class because there wouldn't be any more food left.. Even when I went to the RC on an unusually quiet occasion, the first remark I got from my friend was "Finally, the juniors aren't around."
It's kind of ironic, actually.. The college was the one who dilligently went here and there for promotion and marketing, yet now when we're dealt with this huge intake, it's as if our own community wouldn't come to accept them..
But one thing that's bridging the gap between seniors and juniors is definitely the petsis/petbro program.. All the seniors are getting excited about what to write to their unsuspecting pet siblings.. For these first few days, the seniors are going all out just to come up with the most mysterious letters just to make the juniors' lives harder.. But I'm sure one week into it, we'll become more lenient.. Hopefully :P
I have 1 pet brother and 3 pet sisters in total.. One in particular is this nerdy, Best Scholar of the Year candidate.. In the beginning, my partner and I wanted to find pet siblings that were as crazy as we were.. Two of them have turned out to be just the way we wanted.. But somehow, I think I'm kind of enticed by the challenge Ms. Scholar is presenting to me.. So now this is my vow.. By the end of this program, I will successfully eradicate her books-are-a-girl's-best-friend mentality.. I will make her see that there's more to life than finishing her homework on her first week of class.. I will convert her into one of us.. Muahahaha..
God bless those 4 poor souls :P
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NHA at 9:06 AM ::
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