An exciting week full of new faces, fun activities, and EDCOM! I am entitled to say that it was a “high” week because I was one of the member of Light Blue. How high are we? SKY HIGH! I was so eager to join frosh week and even more thrilled afterwards because it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E.
The first days I was in Waterloo, I had to use the map to get around. The campus is big and the buildings are like a maze. I actually got lost between the engineering buildings and spent half an hour finding my way back to Village 1. Before Expedition Earth started, we had residence orientation and the ice-breaker was great. Every residence had their own cheer and Village 1 Green was full with people from end to end.
The actual engineering orientation started on Tuesday and the bathroom on my floor was packed with people since early in the morning. Most of us are engineering students and we were all too excited to begin our life as engineers (which we knew later on that we are called as plummers). On the way to Student Life Centre from Village 1, I was puzzled by some colourful yarns on the street. They were taped down nicely and each colour pointed to different direction. I just realized that those were the directions to our team headquarter when I saw a bluish yarn leading to my headquarter. The first day of frosh week was important because we would receive our very first hard hat with Engineering Society’s symbol on it. But before we could wear it on our head proudly, we had to pass the challenges and IMPRESS EDCOM!
Halfway through the presentation on “Meet the Dean”, Windows’ blue screen of death appeared and suddenly people with axes, hammers, and chains burst into the hall. They were the legendary EDCOM! I could not express my awe when I saw them. They had cool hairstyles and one of them actually carved the letters “UW” in his hair.
The ritual of earning your hardhat was muddy and wet (fun!). I had to run around with mud inside my socks after the mud pit event. The Bigs were really covered in mud after that because they had to lie down on the mud pit and let the frosh stepped on their back. I guess, running with mud inside my socks was not really considered dirty after I saw the Bigs. Overall, getting crammed into a van (yes, I actually stuck on the left window inside the van), guiding a blindfolded team mate, running through a lava river, and using junks to transfer balls were really some fun ways to earn my hardhat. Our aerial picture would remind us of how awesome the frosh week was!
ELPE on the next day was not actually a day that most people would look forward to, but the night event “Boars, Tools, and Ties” was. I got really dirty after the paint party and it ended at midnight. Imagine doing laundry at 1 a.m. The disposable coveralls did not really help and my bag turned blue after the party. Maybe I was dancing and spraying paint too hard. Thank God it was just water-based paint.
Thursday was another awesome day when we got to play with a lot of junks in Junkyard Wars. The feeling when I got to rip a mattress with a knife was really good. I would never have the chance to do it at home. We were introduced to the TOOL after the Student Teams Lunch and WOW, it was really the biggest wrench ever. At Monte Carlo, I was surprised to see that PAC had been turned to a casino and SLC to a dance floor. It was really worth it to line up for half an hour and freeze outside because a lot of the girls (like me) only wore dresses without any outerwear.
It was really sad to see that engineering orientation ended after Scavenger Hunt. The EDCOM had a great deal of fun during the EDCOM Smash. They crushed televisions and monitors with their big weapons. Light Blue managed to make the EDCOM smile after Scavenger Hunt! Everyone on the orientation committee really put a lot of work to make the frosh week happen. I could not thank them enough for making my first week in Waterloo the greatest one. EDCOM ROCKS AND WE LOVE THEM!
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