University life begins

Who knew that this day could come? First day of stepping into a university as to become its student. A reknown university in Malaysia, University Pendidikan Sultan Idris. A few thousands of kilometres from my hometown just to be here.

The front arch gate of UPSI, new campus side.

The biggest hall in the campus is just behind me, Dewan Tuanku Canselor (DTC).

We were to be registered in the great hall, getting a dorm room and took care the registration business all about.

After that, all of the freshies had to go through orientation to get to know more and better about the university and what we should or could do during our study there. I bid farewell to my parents whom had been with me the whole registration session. I really appreciate them. Furthermore, I had a little help from one of the seniors. If not for her, I would have very limited time to get ready a lot of things for my stay at the dorm. She really does care alot about the wellfare of the students from Sarawak.

UPSI panels with Sept 2018/2019 freshies

Unfortunately, we had very little sleep. But so did the commitees who handled the orientation. Well, I will upload more about the orientation in the near future when I had the time. Hashtag, UPSI BEST!

Travel and university registration

I had never left Borneo island my whole life before. Just thinking about it making me miss my homeland. However, in order to further my study, I also had to move further.

Just three days ago I was in West Malaysia. My eyes had just opened wide. It was like I was in a far devoloped country and everyone seemed to act like elitist. But that was in Kuala Lumpur. My parents and I went to several interesting places there, with the help of my cousin. We went to the National Monument, KL Tower, Sunway Velocity (we stayed at the hotel there), Midvalley, Berjaya Times Square, Genting Highlands (in Pahang). With very limited time of 2 days, it was not really enough to explore many interesting places and discover variety of food. Some things also turned out to be very surprising. Nevertheless, it was National Day's mood for the people there.

After that I went to Tanjung Malim, Perak to stay overnight to wait for my registration for my first semester degree at UPSI.