Hall Spirit(s)
Today I shall ramble on about my hall. Longtime readers will know that I attend a certain university in Singapore. Since there are only 3 unis, and only one has a proper Arts faculty, it shouldn’t take long to deduce which one I attend.
I live on campus in a residence hall whose name I will not mention, except to say that it sounds like “You suck”. In fact, to make it rhyme better, make that “You sucks”. Ungrammatical, but peculiarly Singlish.
The inter-hall games are in progress now, and my hall is one of the favourites. We have quite a good track record so far. My friend and coursemate “persuaded” me to attend the volleyball match last week. I decided to go, because I felt bad about not supporting our team. Plus an old friend was playing for the opposing team, so I thought I’d go there to smirk at him.
Yesterday at lunch my coursemate “gently reminded” me to go for the sepak takraw match after dinner. To the uninitiated, sepak takraw is a game played in South-East Asia, involving a small rattan ball which is kicked or headed into the air. It’s quite entertaining to watch because it’s a quick game, and acrobatics are common.
It feels like I’ve been infected with hall spirit. I suppose now I will go for the semifinals to cheer our boys on (sepak takraw is only played by boys). I’ve been brainwashed with the propaganda of “one big happy family”!
Hall spirits are something else altogether. Not the ghostly kind, although we purpotedly have those as well. I’m talking about the spirits of Jim Beam, Jack Daniels and the hall favourite, Absolut. It’s not uncommon to find vodka in our rooms, since it’s a favourite liquor. Absolut is the undisputed champion because it comes in various flavours and the girls love it. We even have pictures of Absolut bottles on our bags, it’s the latest fashion trend. I have yet to get my own bottle of Absolut, because I don’t go through airports where they’re sold.
I hope no authority figures read my blog, I wouldn’t want my friends’ rooms to get raided. That would mean no free vodka for me. *grin*
Seen on campus, on a t-shirt: Spongebob Squarepants in his tighty-whities holding his head in a distressed manner and saying: “Leave my brain alone!”
Hahaha! That applies to us uni students as well. Don’t feed me any propaganda, just make me an employable worker, thanks. I have seen through thy latent functions, oh Noose*, and I know thou art trying to convince me to stay. Begone!
*my personal pet name for my uni
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