The Road We Walk On

28 | Games

Juilliard School, New York, USA

So how game day will go, there will be a total of 9 stations, by the end of the day your team is to visit all 9 stations. At each station you will be earning points and eventually when you have finished all, the team leader will submit your total score cards to the respective staff members. The top 3 groups will get a prize, please note your group has to be 5 and up in size. If you are all ready, your team leader would be brief on which station your team will be starting at. Enjoy yourself and have a good day!

With the announcement all given out, the various teams began to move around campus to find their respective stations. Their group decided to elect George since he was the best at English and a natural leader.

Alright folks, everyone here. Try not to get too distracted as we move from station to station, we may end up losing each other. So stick closely, okay our first station is number 7, so let's head there.

Station 7: Train Wreck

Hello Everyone, welcome to station number 7. We have a total of 3 groups here, so we will be putting you into three different rooms and our game facilitators will explain to you the game. We will first do a practice round and then we will begin the game in earnest.

They were led into a practice room, in the middle of the room were a group of chairs arranged in a circle.

Alright, so let me explain the game, can I have everyone sitting down on the chairs please. Now before I explain, I need everyone to remove their shoes. Just slip them underneath the chair. Your shoes will be the indicator - meaning this is your spot. So when the game begins, I will remove or pick someone's spot (meaning their shoes) . That person is to move to the middle of the circle. That student will stand or sit in the middle of the circle, introduce themselves, and share one thing about themselves. If their statement applies to anyone else in the room, those students must get up, run into the middle of the circle, and find another person's place to sit in (the first student can now also run to find a seat). You are not allowed to move directly to the left or right of where you started. The one left without a seat will have their turn to go.Now, I need one person to be sitting in the middle chair. At any point, I will yell "train wreck!" and everyone must get up and move to a new seat.

I know the game sounds confusing so let's have a trial run of the game. The facilitator removed Ryo's shoe and so he moved to stand in the middle while everyone one else was sitting on their chairs.

Okay so now you can share something about yourself - it can be a fact, a life experience, likes or dislikes, hobbies, anything. And if that statement applies to anyone that person must move. You are not allowed to move directly to your left or right. The person who shares must also move. So let's try, please share a statement about yourself.

Urm okay. I am a strong drinker.

Right then George, Seungho and Gabbie all got up. They had to run to another seat that was not directly beside theirs. Seungho and George moved quickly and Ryo also found a sit, that meant that Gabbie was to move to the middle.

Okay, great, so now you are to share a statement about yourself.

Right, I have a pet dog.

Stephanie was the only one who got up and so they switched positions.

Alright, it seems you get the gist of the game so I won't stop anymore. But remember that at any random point in the game I will yell trainwreck which means everyone is to get up and change seats. Alright let's continue.

The game continued with Stephaine sharing a statement, and several people had gotten up. So Hyun was eventually the one standing in the middle. Her statement was I am korean. This meant that Seokhoon, Rona, Yoo Jung and Seungho had to get up and switch seats. Rushing to another seat Seungho bumped into So hyun and afraid that she may fall he reached out to grab her arms only to find that she had found a seat and he was the one left standing.

The game carried on for several rounds, Seokhoon was standing in the middle and his statement was that he had a fear of rats. Most of the girls stood up for this statement, Seokhoon tried to stop Rona from finding a seat and soon she was left standing. Rona blushed; she was embarrassed by everyone staring at her. After a quick second to think, her statement was that she was not a fan of horror movies. Yoo Jung and So Hyun stood up for that, but before either one of them could find a seat, the facilitator yelled 'trainwreck'. This left everyone scrambling to find a seat. After another couple rounds, the game had come to and end because time was up.

There was some really interesting sharings, so here is your score card. You should be moving onto station 8! Have fun.

As they headed to the next station, Seokhoon held Rona's hand. Did you get hurt just now? Rona shook her head. No, it was a bit rough but nothing that would hurt me. I am fine Seokhoon.

Sigh, talk about an attentive boyfriend. Stephaine sighed loudly for everyone to hear. Rona blushed but she kept on holding his hand. They soon reached station 8. The orientation continued to flow nicely, there were some very fun ice breaker games that they played through the day. After clearing 8, 9 and 1, it was time for lunch break.

Juilliard had many cafeterias because for today;s orientation day, they had set up food stalls on the field so that students could try a variety of food.

I got an idea, since each stall is really long, let's split up. We each queue at a different stall and then we just share all the food.

That's a good idea Steph, it beats having to line up multiple times.

The group split up to the various food stalls, and about an hour later all the food had been bought. The group found two picnic tables that they merged into one. Seokhoon was sitting beside Rona, to her left was So Hyun. They began to eat, all the games had made them really hungry. After an hour and a half or so into lunch, they cleaned up and headed to continue their games.

They were now at Station 3: What is this?

Hi  everyone, hope you all ate a good lunch. This station is called What is  this?. The game is fairly easy to understand. The group will stand in a  line, everyone would be wearing headphones with music. You would be  shown a word and you are to mouth the word to the person behind you, the  last person would be guessing the final word. The more correct answers  you have, the more points you earn. Let's go.

The  gang struggled quite a bit, they were not allowed to show hand gestures  so it was all based on mouth and lips. Out of the total of 8 questions  they attempted, they got 5 correct. Fairly good results, some were  really lucky guesses but it was definitely fun for the facilitators to  watch.

The rest of the stations were just as fun, they  had to use their bodies and brains to solve some of the games. It was  soon approaching evening, when they had completed all the games.

Good job everyone! I think we did good overall! We definitely got to know each other better right?

You were a great leader George!

Aww thanks Yoo Jung, I did my best. It helps that all of you were so well behaved and listened to me.

Haha, why is George talking as though he is our father?

Seungho, how dare you talk back to your leader.

Everyone laughed at the banter between the two of them. Well it is late, we should all be heading back. Tomorrow is the final day of orientation, we will see you all. Seokhoon pulled Rona and they headed back home.