Being a host for the International Welcome Festival was not as scary as I expected. The campus tour turned out to be quite fun although I struggled a bit and looked clumsy at the beginning. Do you know how nervous you can be when everyone's looking at you and waiting for you to say something? It's totally a different feeling when you are looking from the eye of a new student and when from the eye of a host. Luckily after a while I felt more comfortable with my group, so can talk more easily, and I actually felt better when they asked questions rather than keeping quiet.
Next time I have to keep in mind that new students walk VERY slow!! I rushed like mad in front while they were taking their own sweet time chit chatting and enjoying the beautiful scenery at the back. Pengsan.... I think they will keep thinking: 'walk so fast for whaaat?? tired lah!!' Lol. But I didn't have a chance to hear that sentence as my group didn't have any Malaysians. Most of them are Europeans or Americans, and a few from Middle East.
It was my first time going to the orientation party. At first, I just went with a few people, but didn't know why our group became bigger and bigger, and so we kept changing to a bigger and bigger table. Lol. Because of such big group, 2 of us just took the whole box of pizza back to the table. Yes, we were the only group with the pizza box on the table. Haha. This group has got 4 Malaysians including me, 2 Japanese, 1 Thai, 1 Chinese, 1 Indian and 1 Mexican.
The party was alright. Besides chatting with new students and other hosts, all I did was just sitting there and watching people playing games on the stage and win prizes. The people were so sporting and can dance actively on the stage despite they just arrived in Melbourne few days ago. Although the prize for the dancing part was a trip ticket to I forgot where, I also wouldn't dare to go up the stage and dance even if you drag me. @@"
Overall this was quite an awesome experience and I can't wait to become a host again next year! :D
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