July 23, 2013
July 20, 2013
That Feeling Before You Enter University
I am leaving my family!!! FOREVER!!!
To university.
Right, I'm lucky enough to get into 2 universities - one in Scotland and the other locally. Forget about Scotland, since I don't think anyone would sponsor me to go abroad. Plan B everybody, that is to the local university and then to Japan for my Masters and research!! (Y)
Somehow, I feel scared to start a new life in university. Although I'll be only 4 hours away from home, it hit me real hard that this time, I will be alone and have to be independent. Okay, not exactly alone, but without parents within a meter away from me. I've always been having nightmares of me without my parents and wondered how I will ever survive? This is different from my life in Japan. There, I stayed with host families hence, almost everything was taken care of. Ain't nobody has time to attend to my troubles in university!
I don't know if I will ever get used to the culture that I am about to be exposed to. This has got to do with my ethnicity, religion and background. Here in MCKL, most people don't see me as a Malay (it's true that I am not a Malay, nor Chinese), rather they see me as one hell of a Chinlay (Chinese-Malay) mixture. And I'm comfortable with that although I prefer to be known as a Malaysian. I'm not sure if my future university mates will accept me for who I am. I really hope that they won't categorize me as a pure Malay and expect me to be a typical Malay Muslim, because honestly, I'm not any of these. I hope to meet those who understand my life as a Muslim and how I devote myself to Allah swt.
Nevertheless, I look forward to the beautiful campus and yes, the beaches. Ok, my university is situated on the busiest island in Malaysia. Oh and did I mention that there is a swimming pool in the campus too?! But I'll only spend my time there if there aren't any perverts lurking around.
It seems I'm the only MCKL-ian in this campus. The rest are stuck in the Kelantan campus. Pfftt...medical students. Why did you choose medicine eh?
MCKL 30th Anniversary is over. I've gotten many good reviews and positive feedbacks regarding my videos. At last, those endless hours of video editing job paid off! Thanks to my boss who never fails to squeeze all my brain juice by asking me to keep changing the video. But seriously, thank you.
Speaking about video editing, I'd better install the software before going off. Who knows, I might have my own super mini studio there.
I'm finally 21 years old by the way. Thank you to those who remembered and celebrated.
Countdown to university: 42 days.
To university.
Right, I'm lucky enough to get into 2 universities - one in Scotland and the other locally. Forget about Scotland, since I don't think anyone would sponsor me to go abroad. Plan B everybody, that is to the local university and then to Japan for my Masters and research!! (Y)
Somehow, I feel scared to start a new life in university. Although I'll be only 4 hours away from home, it hit me real hard that this time, I will be alone and have to be independent. Okay, not exactly alone, but without parents within a meter away from me. I've always been having nightmares of me without my parents and wondered how I will ever survive? This is different from my life in Japan. There, I stayed with host families hence, almost everything was taken care of. Ain't nobody has time to attend to my troubles in university!
I don't know if I will ever get used to the culture that I am about to be exposed to. This has got to do with my ethnicity, religion and background. Here in MCKL, most people don't see me as a Malay (it's true that I am not a Malay, nor Chinese), rather they see me as one hell of a Chinlay (Chinese-Malay) mixture. And I'm comfortable with that although I prefer to be known as a Malaysian. I'm not sure if my future university mates will accept me for who I am. I really hope that they won't categorize me as a pure Malay and expect me to be a typical Malay Muslim, because honestly, I'm not any of these. I hope to meet those who understand my life as a Muslim and how I devote myself to Allah swt.
Nevertheless, I look forward to the beautiful campus and yes, the beaches. Ok, my university is situated on the busiest island in Malaysia. Oh and did I mention that there is a swimming pool in the campus too?! But I'll only spend my time there if there aren't any perverts lurking around.
It seems I'm the only MCKL-ian in this campus. The rest are stuck in the Kelantan campus. Pfftt...medical students. Why did you choose medicine eh?
MCKL 30th Anniversary is over. I've gotten many good reviews and positive feedbacks regarding my videos. At last, those endless hours of video editing job paid off! Thanks to my boss who never fails to squeeze all my brain juice by asking me to keep changing the video. But seriously, thank you.
Speaking about video editing, I'd better install the software before going off. Who knows, I might have my own super mini studio there.
I'm finally 21 years old by the way. Thank you to those who remembered and celebrated.
Countdown to university: 42 days.
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