What: RBKD Orientation 2014

When: 7 June 2014

Where: Marina Bay Area

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Bi Hui, Team Boundless, Assistant Team Leader:

It’s 8.30 in the morning and my first steps into the city hall gantries were welcomed by 4+1 (1 for the team leaders’ white tees) different colours of shirts, all crowded around the entrance of the station. Yes, I guess the only time we have that is when… IT IS RBKD’S ORIENTATION!! And I would say, this is definitely the most memorable one, since it’s my first time having to be an ATL for Team Boundless!

I must say that I was a little nervous about this ‘role’. Thankfully everything turned out well, and it wasn’t as ‘scary’ as I thought it might be. A little awkward at first, but we clicked soon after and there were laughs all over the place HAHAH! We started off having to take selfies of shops that formed your team name with the first letter. Wow, it was chaotic, but I guess my team really is the most creative one. We could take selfies via the normal way (where the shop is just behind)…

or take selfies of a shop on level 2 when we were on level 1 HAHAHAHA!

But the selfies didn’t end there..

It actually was spread among almost all the ‘missions’ we had throughout the whole orientation. I think it was so much, that a selfie person would have been sick of it. But as for me, I’m proud to say that I’ve mastered the skills of holding the selfie rod at different angles HAHAHA!

Besides the selfie craze, we had to carry out the amazing race games. From solving a mystery picture to guide us towards the next destination, which looked a little like ‘4 pictures 1 word’, to really ZOOM IN our eyes on 4-5 boards full of tiny small pictures to match to the ones we got, under the WAA!! REALLY HOT AND BURNING scorching sun, and not forgetting the most memorable one where we had to squeeeezzeee our brain cells and challenge our typing skills to be x5 faster than our usual speeds, for the omg-where-is-this-and-what-is-this quiz, where we had to identify the different brands worn by Rui En over the various years x.x Wa i must say this is really nerve wrecking, since I’m not those people who actually looks at the outfit, and can straight away tell you, “NEHHH!! This one is whatwhatwhat brand”.

Moving on from there, we had the never-fail-to-have carpet game HAHAHA! (the game where we had to move with all of us on the mahjong paper, referred to as the carpet) It was really hot, squeezy, humid and sticky, but we were rather smooth in our movements as everyone was cooperative with the plans we had, move-stay still-SQUEEZE!! We managed to pull through the game with teamwork, where we had to depend on and help each other for every step forward, and also not forgetting the “free air-con” from the doors of the hotel whenever they opened HAHAHA!

Overall I must say it was a very engaging amazing race, as everyone had to work as a team, credits to all the organizers of the orientation! *claps* I really enjoyed myself, and I hope this has brought happiness and laughter to the rest too!

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Melissa, Team Resilient, Team Leader:

This is the 3rd Orientation I’ve been to, and it was so much fun! It was even better than the previous ones thanks to the awesome organizers who somehow manage to outdo themselves every year. Being able to see my RBKD family after being in Sydney for school might have made it even more special too.

This year’s Orientation was a little bit different. Of course there was still the “traditional” walk-almost-half-the-perimeter-of-Singapore bonding time, but we spent more time indoors in malls this time, so it was a little more comfortable.

I really liked the “designer hunt” we played in MBS, because there is AIR-CON! But at the same time I also felt a little sad, because I was constantly in the midst of all the beautiful things I cannot afford to buy haha!

This year’s paper carpet game was also a little more interesting, because we were not allowed to swap out papers if they tore, so every team thought of ways to make the paper more sturdy. Everyone put their creative sides to good use, but I still think that Team Resilient had the best one (you can look at the pics for proof) :p

YAY for Team R!!!

Thank you RBKD for the opportunity and I can’t wait for next year’s Orientation already! :D

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Squeen, Team Dedicated, Team Leader:

这是我第二次参与orientation,这次，很幸运可以当ATL,说真的，我真的没什么贡献，哈哈哈，只是一直看队友是否有离队，这次跟大家一起，只能说我很喜欢我的队友们，因为他们会去帮其他的队伍哦，让我觉得胜利不是那么首要，享受过程比较重要。

我这次真的累死，我一生人没有走那么多路，虽然有点夸张，但是绝对是事实，幸运的是那天没有下雨，不幸的是那天很热，走着走着我的脚已经不属于我的了，回到家里，我的脚还在痛几天，我很确信这不是老的征兆，这个是脚真的没有走过那么多路，所以，它反抗了。

到了晚上，大家一起吃晚餐，很开心大家一起聊天，快乐的时间总是短暂的，期待下次再次相聚了，不知不觉，快要6年了……心里还是很很多感触滴. …ç»­

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