Chapter 2

Ok, after filming my crazy background story, I was heading to my first day all the way down Ipswich. I was so nervous and excited at the same time (but more nervous than excited). I was so nervous that I completely lost my appetite on the journey (6 hours!) there. Plus I knew that I better eat up because it was probably gonna be my last decent meal before heading into there.

I was also scared of who I was going to meet. Were they nice? Friendly? Odd? or just crazy? Turns out they were all a mixture of all 4.

When I got there, everyone was just segregated from each other. I was so nervous to talk to anyone at the moment because first, I think I was so scared that I lost my voice and I was unsure if people were there as participants or jus supporting. Hearing everyone's accent just proved that I was very far away from home…

The first few people I talked to before we went in were Phil and Seb. Phil was on about how he was probably gonna be portrayed as the posh one because he goes to a private school and they filmed him playing cricket as part of the background story. I replied saying "If you think that's bad, try mine! I got chased by a tomato!" (Which you will find out about soon…Very Funny Mr. Grace…) we all ended up laughing.

My nerves were getting to me, and as soon as the teachers walked into the hall, I just couldn't help but laugh as well as recognizing some of the teachers from other shows. As soon as Mr. Warr finished his speech, his last line was "You Have 2 Minutes to say your Good-Byes and Thank Yous!" Everyone went back in a panic and my only English line I could say to my sister was "I can't believe you got me into this!" (Unsure if it was a good way or bad way)

I hated the teachers so far and as soon as I got into the dorms, only one thing came into my mind: "Where the hell am I gonna hide these packs of chewing gum?!" We passed by a petrol station before hand and I thought it would be best to bring some supplies incase I starved or something. The place was carpeted, open and all I could think was hiding spots that no one would find out. As soon as the housemaster left, Turns out it wasn't just me who wanted to hide stuff. I noticed that someone bought a monopoly board into the dorms (that was Michael Petkov btw.). I knew he was hiding something in it and I thought it would've been too obvious. I only had 3 packets of chewing gum because I packed that stuff last minute. I looked around and I saw a small opening in the carpet that looked like a great idea. It was also right next to my bed so fate must've made me think about this. As soon as I got it open, everyone else attempted to put their small stuff in (and all I had was 3 packets of chewing gum!). We were busted the day after when Mr. Williams and Dr Wilde ransacked the place. I was gutted that my best hiding spot was found. That really annoyed me specially how them bits of chewing gums were my main bits of survival.

I won't be lying when I said there were moments where I absolutely hated the place. First few days were the worst. First thing was being called by my last name was very unusual for me (Even now it sounds strange. Ho…..Could've been worse though). It was also the furthest I've been from my parents for a long while as well. After 3 days of holding it in, I broke down. Didn't know why but I just couldn't control it. Who knew that I would crack in just 3 days? (note: Only put this paragraph in if it actually happens which probably will). It wasn't that bad either. I was just homesick. After that, I got tons of support from everyone (including the teachers) but really it was my own battle to face. It wasn't anything to do with them. Just my stupid thoughts. Lol

There was also a thing I started to get improving on. That's Table Tennis. I hadn't played in ages until I saw it in the common room. By a few days, I was back to getting really good beating every one for a bit only to realize I was playing so defensively that I was just relying on other people to make mistakes. It was really funny (more on this in my next chapter)

Anyway, I actually had a liking for CCF. I honestly don't know why but I somehow enjoyed it even with the heavy boots and stuff. Much better than PE at least which I despised so much. I must've had a weird day then but it was just simply running around (painfully). I eventually realized about 3 weeks in that I was marching completely wrong so that kind of backfired.

I think I've said enough for a chapter. Coming Up: My Ideas of a great escape, how the beagle boys rocked and some of the few things that kept me sane in there.

Will Ho