Well, with the holidays finally here, coupled with the fact that I and a few others are left 4 dead here in Kolej Cendana to face off the unrelenting hordes of zombehs trying to chew our brains out, I finally have the TIME to BLOG!
Oh, joy is me! =D
Finally, a time to schedule meaningful and not-so-random blog posts for my readers to read and enjoy!
Well, I think that this post would detail the particulars of what most of the readers here are anxiously waiting for:
For starters, I think it's best to acquaint my readers to the place which I call home for the following year or so.
So, this is Cendana College. An all-boys only college dormitories. Yeah, only god knows how I'm going to get through the year without turning gay.
Anyhoo, the college is located in Section 6 of Shah Alam and it has quite a decent locality (as in, not being in the middle of a jungle or anything, durh)
There are convenience stores nearby, a laundromat and varied enough a place to get food (so that you don't eat the same damn thing day after day).
Further down the main street of Section 6 will be an 4-way junction. Here you can find a Petronas, a 7-Eleven and the rows of convenience shop on each quadrant of the junction.
Things here are a wee bit expensive. But the Big Gulps are so totally worth it...
Ah, the row of shops which houses the convenience stores, the laundromat and the ever-infamous Dawood
A place to withdraw cash. 'Nuff said
Oh yeah, there's usually a pasar malam held at the local marketplace on Tuesdays and Fridays. But to call it a pasar malam is an overstatement. It opens at 5 and closes by 8. Some pasar MALAM, aye?
However, it's usually a god-sent salvation for us college kids. There's a lot of things to see, eat and buy at the pasar malam.
There's fried mee hoon, murtabak, nasi percik, lok-lok, kuih, kebabs, sandwiches, satays, you name it!
2. A-Levels cafe (which has tons of people queuing up for the fantastic and reasonable nasi campur but the place's HOT HOT HOT)
3. ADFP/ACTP cafe (which is newly opened and serving only a small variety of nasi campur. At least the price is reasonable and it is so much closer to our classrooms)
I usually boycott the AUSMAT cafe.
Further down the main street of Section 6 will be an 4-way junction. Here you can find a Petronas, a 7-Eleven and the rows of convenience shop on each quadrant of the junction.
Things here are a wee bit expensive. But the Big Gulps are so totally worth it...
Ah, the row of shops which houses the convenience stores, the laundromat and the ever-infamous Dawood
A place to withdraw cash. 'Nuff saidAt said junction, if you take a left down to where 7-Eleven is and walk further behind it, you will soon come to a row of mamak stalls* (or Mak Indon/RM 3.50/RM2.70 stores as we call it)
Not too hygienic, but at least they cook hot food...
They normally serve nasi campur or prepare hot cooked foods depending on the time of the day. Usually it's nasi campur during lunch and hot cooked meals during dinner.
Not too hygienic, but at least they cook hot food...The first night I ate here, I was puking my stomach all over the place in 5 mins. Don't get me wrong though, I couldn't stomach the masak merah and kangkong belacan.
XD XD
*But during Ramadhan (fasting month) they only open for dinner, so we poor students of Cendana can only resort to Maggi mee or the nearby (as in, 15 mins walk away) KFC and McDonalds for lunch.
XD XD
*But during Ramadhan (fasting month) they only open for dinner, so we poor students of Cendana can only resort to Maggi mee or the nearby (as in, 15 mins walk away) KFC and McDonalds for lunch.
Oh yeah, there's usually a pasar malam held at the local marketplace on Tuesdays and Fridays. But to call it a pasar malam is an overstatement. It opens at 5 and closes by 8. Some pasar MALAM, aye?
However, it's usually a god-sent salvation for us college kids. There's a lot of things to see, eat and buy at the pasar malam.
There's fried mee hoon, murtabak, nasi percik, lok-lok, kuih, kebabs, sandwiches, satays, you name it!
(And of course the ape cum stall as William so aptly describes it. Don't think dirty la. It's the stall selling those syrup drinks nia)
Okay, so that's enough about the locality of the place. Let's delve into the survival skills I employ to get me through a day in college alive, shall we?
Morning
So, my day usually begins at 6-6.30 in the every morning. (classes start at 8 am everyday, unlike some others...) While my fogged-up brain tries to orient itself to the waking world, I drag my sorry derriere out of bed.
While the rest of my roommates are rushing for the use of the bathrooms, I sit back and slowly enjoy my breakfast.
I usually get business done in the toilet beforehand and when I exit, everyone's already done with the bathroom so I take my time to bathe.
By the time I get down to the road outside to join in the queue for the buses, it's already 7.20 am. So I take my time to get onto the bus and doze off during the 15 minutes journey it takes to get from Cendana, Section 6 to the Intec campus at Section 17.
Since I'm the class representative (read: scape goat) of Boston, I head on down to the Office of Student Services and Placement (OSSP) to collect the attendance book before making my way up to class.
Boston-ians. "You can't touch this"
Once in class, I set my mind to auto-pilot, pay attention to lecturers*, take down notes and basically just cruise through lessons, eagerly awaiting lunch-time.
*Lecturers in the American Program are well, let's say, out-of-the-ordinary. Keep an open mind, and I mean a really open mind, and one will find that the American Program is one heck of a crazy place.
Afternoon
At lunch, I have the choice of heading off to one of three cafeterias dotting the campus:
1.AUSMAT cafe (which serves expensive, average tasting nasi campur but the cafe's air-conditioned)
Okay, so that's enough about the locality of the place. Let's delve into the survival skills I employ to get me through a day in college alive, shall we?
Morning
So, my day usually begins at 6-6.30 in the every morning. (classes start at 8 am everyday, unlike some others...) While my fogged-up brain tries to orient itself to the waking world, I drag my sorry derriere out of bed.
While the rest of my roommates are rushing for the use of the bathrooms, I sit back and slowly enjoy my breakfast.
I usually get business done in the toilet beforehand and when I exit, everyone's already done with the bathroom so I take my time to bathe.
By the time I get down to the road outside to join in the queue for the buses, it's already 7.20 am. So I take my time to get onto the bus and doze off during the 15 minutes journey it takes to get from Cendana, Section 6 to the Intec campus at Section 17.
Since I'm the class representative (read: scape goat) of Boston, I head on down to the Office of Student Services and Placement (OSSP) to collect the attendance book before making my way up to class.
Boston-ians. "You can't touch this"*Lecturers in the American Program are well, let's say, out-of-the-ordinary. Keep an open mind, and I mean a really open mind, and one will find that the American Program is one heck of a crazy place.
Afternoon
At lunch, I have the choice of heading off to one of three cafeterias dotting the campus:
1.AUSMAT cafe (which serves expensive, average tasting nasi campur but the cafe's air-conditioned)
2. A-Levels cafe (which has tons of people queuing up for the fantastic and reasonable nasi campur but the place's HOT HOT HOT)
3. ADFP/ACTP cafe (which is newly opened and serving only a small variety of nasi campur. At least the price is reasonable and it is so much closer to our classrooms)
I usually boycott the AUSMAT cafe.
Don't know why. Don't ask. =P
So, I usually have lunch at the remaining two cafes on alternative days. But then, they still serve practically the same thing at differing prices.
If I don't have classes in the afternoon or am not required to sit for the god-forsaken, 4-hour long SAT exams, I would usually go to the library to look up information for my assignments, make use of the uber awesome Wi-fi there and develop frostbite later on.
I would take the next bus out of Intec to go back to either Cemara/Akasia colleges -for grocery shopping and the occasional ogling at girls- or Cendana for a well-deserved afternoon nap*.
*One can only resort to this recreational activity if one is sure there are no assignments to be completed. Or else, you're screwed.
Evening
After a good game of basketball, it's already dinner time! I would almost always head on down to Mak Indon for the nasi campur or Dawood (nasi pattaya and the teh tarik are a must try!) if I craved for some freshly-cooked food.
So, I usually have lunch at the remaining two cafes on alternative days. But then, they still serve practically the same thing at differing prices.
If I don't have classes in the afternoon or am not required to sit for the god-forsaken, 4-hour long SAT exams, I would usually go to the library to look up information for my assignments, make use of the uber awesome Wi-fi there and develop frostbite later on.
OR
I would take the next bus out of Intec to go back to either Cemara/Akasia colleges -for grocery shopping and the occasional ogling at girls- or Cendana for a well-deserved afternoon nap*.
*One can only resort to this recreational activity if one is sure there are no assignments to be completed. Or else, you're screwed.
Evening
After a good game of basketball, it's already dinner time! I would almost always head on down to Mak Indon for the nasi campur or Dawood (nasi pattaya and the teh tarik are a must try!) if I craved for some freshly-cooked food.
If it's Tuesday or Fridays, I would head on down to the pasar malam for nasi percik, satay and of course, the uber-delicious ape cum!!
Oh yeah, there's also a food van that opens daily from 6 pm to 9 pm serving dinner. Usually for those who are too lazy to walk out to get their dinner. Prices there are reasonable, I guess.
After stuffing my face full with dinner, I head back to my dorms and in the time before I prepare for bed-time, I spend it completing assignments or having late-night gaming sprees with William and the rest.
If I'm not gaming, you would see me busy doing laundry. It's during laundry that I decide to revert back to the olden ways.
Oh yeah, there's also a food van that opens daily from 6 pm to 9 pm serving dinner. Usually for those who are too lazy to walk out to get their dinner. Prices there are reasonable, I guess.
After stuffing my face full with dinner, I head back to my dorms and in the time before I prepare for bed-time, I spend it completing assignments or having late-night gaming sprees with William and the rest.
If I'm not gaming, you would see me busy doing laundry. It's during laundry that I decide to revert back to the olden ways.
Washing machines?
Hell naw........
Laundry services?
Puh-lease.....
Nothing beats the wonders of hand-washed laundry!
After getting down and dirty with the clothes, I finally take an evening bath and retire to bed. Only to face the same routine all over again tomorrow.
Nothing beats the wonders of hand-washed laundry!
After getting down and dirty with the clothes, I finally take an evening bath and retire to bed. Only to face the same routine all over again tomorrow.
Sigh....
Weekends
I believe the chronicling of the sheenanigans I get up to on the weekends deserves another blog post on its own, no?
Till then, expect more updates soon.
Weekends
I believe the chronicling of the sheenanigans I get up to on the weekends deserves another blog post on its own, no?
Till then, expect more updates soon.
2 comments:
"only god knows how I'm going to get through the year without turning gay."
aren't you already... oh never mind
btw
i would trade Mara college for that, anyday. please.
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