What: Bowling
When: 2 June 2012
Where: Marina Square
Participant(s):Â Ella, Jewel, Jiayi, Madeline, Pei Qi, Shirley, Shu Wen, Yanjun, Yan Ling and Zhiqing.
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Zhi Qing, Organizer:
We had quite a few ideas initially but had chosen bowling as it is cheaper and less ulu compared to the one that we’ve planned earlier on (ice skating). It was quite a last minute one and I was really really glad to see quite a handful there despite that.
We had lunch together and during our lunch, we did a bit of self-introduction to get ourselves familiarise with one another. After our lunch, we headed off to the bowling place. :) We also got chattier and noisier while walking towards the bowling place and even helped each other out to find the pair of bowling shoes that suit us.
At first, many of us do not really know how to bowl in the correct manner. The better ones then went forward to help the weaker ones and we gradually improved from gutter to strike. We also encouraged and gave one another a pat once any one of us has reached our turn to bowl. :) Whenever any one of us has played well, we cheered for that person!
After approx 3 rounds, we went to the arcade nearby and everyone gathered around as we watch Shirley catch her mini soft toys and we really had a great time laughing away. After all the fun, we went to get ourselves some food and drinks at MacDonalds’ before heading home together! We had a really fun-filling saturday afternoon spent together! :D
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Ella, Participant:
Being my first IPC that I attended, I naturally felt excited. Firstly I did not know anyone and I felt it would be a good chance to meet the Rangels and my group mates. After meeting everybody at the mrt station we proceeded to lunch at the food court in marina square. It was a bit awkward at first as everybody still did not know each other. After a round of introduction and chatting over lunch, we felt more and more comfortable.
Then we proceeded to bowl. We had loads of fun over bowling. Cheering each other on, clapping when there was a spare or strike and even poke fun at those whose ball went to the gutter! The highest scorer Shu Wen even went on to coach us on how to bowl better…aww so sweet =)
I am very glad that I took the time to go for IPC and got to know so many new friends! Hopefully Iwill still be able to join more IPCs in the future although I am not yet a member!!
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YanJun, Participant:
Meeting new people has always been out of my comfort zone but I’m glad I took the step forward and joined the bowling pre-orientation IPC. Awkwardness is inevitable when strangers meet but it was all gone when we were at the bowling alley. We randomly split into two groups and coincidentally, the good ones were all at one alley and the other group of us (Clean drain group. :P) were at the other alley. Realizing that, we mixed around, exchanged pointers and encouraged each other when we keep cleaning the drain. It was a fun experience mixing and playing around and not to forget some epic moments while playing around. After three games, we went to Macdonalds to chat and slack before we all parted for our own activities.
This IPC experience made me look forward to RBKD orientation even more. Anyway, I would like to thank the organizers for organizing this IPC and it was a pleasure to meet the Rangels. :)
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