Article by Crystal Ng Kah Yan
Photos by Paavithira a/p Panialselvam

In a blink of an eye, a new year has dawned. To welcome the January intake students, a special event called the Orientation Hangout was organized. With music, food, and games all in place, the new students had the perfect environment to make new friends. The orientation hangout was held at lunchtime on 10 January 2020, which was also the second day of orientation.

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At 12:30 pm, the students were ushered into SR7.4 at ELM Business School, where the hangout took place. To start the event, the organizing committee chose a game called “Human Tic-Tac-Toe”. In this game, the players represented the “O” and the “X” for the tic-tac-toe. They were also required to spin themselves around according to the number they got after rolling the dice. One of the players got dizzy after spinning more than 15 times and fell onto the floor. That certainly helped break the ice!

After that, the event continued with the second game called “Shout Out Loud”. The students who volunteered to play were blindfolded and asked to pop a balloon placed in an enclosed area. The balloon must be popped within two minutes. The game was made challenging when many pairs of shoes were placed inside the said area. Players had an even harder time trying to make out the instructions given by their teammates who were trying to guide them to the location of the balloon. This game got everyone laughing out loud because it was simply hilarious watching the players going in the wrong direction. After the games ended, the students were led to Wisma IBI for lunch. The event ended at 2pm. Suffice to say that everyone had a great time that day.