IMU orientation

since dear started his first day in IMU on monday, we hardly contact each other but kept missing each other all the time. he calls me when he reaches home so i will feel better. he told me a lot of things about his orientation. its two weeks time. plus the "seniors", who may be the same age as them or even younger then the "juniors", sacrifice their precious time for studying just to "have fun" with them.

now, what do you people think of when you think of orientation? ice breaking, get to know friends, get along with seniors, have fun and feel warm with the place right? yeah. i went through orientation too. though its not as many days as them but i had fun.

he said the wet and dry ice breaking is the worst. during wet ice breaking, which is the station game, he said the station masters themselves were not sure of what to do, giving wrong explanation but blame the juniors instead, and everything was a mess. not only him, many people complained about it. if they want to participate in this orientation then do it the way it should be. dont do it just to finish it on time. people expect it to be tiring but fun. sad. even li zhen herself, who is one of the seniors, complained about it in her blog.

well, during orientations, its expected that seniors will use this opportunity to bully the juniors. i cant imagine how it is when he told me. i am really thankful that my seniors are not that bad. even indians. the indians bully indians. they purposely ask indians to lay their chest on the pile of mud and pretend they are swimming. WTH?? of course, guy will be ragged. many indians skipped the orientation after knowing how horrible it is. cant they do it in a better way? they not only humiliate themselves but also the others. i know its a tradition but they can do it in a different way. doesnt mean they have to do it the way they were bullied previously.

people dont mind getting bullied as its what everyone knows. orientation is held to welcome newcomers and let them enjoy themselves while knowing new friends. as a senior, you rather giving a bad impression to them or have fun with them together? its up to them.