Gamma Rantings...

•Tuesday, August 21, 2007•

In a Nutshell...

DIE, C++ ASSIGNMENT, DIE!!!!! Here I'm back, with the wonders of WIFI, friends that love to hang out, and my violin & piano, HOW ON EARTH AM I supposed to complete my assignments??

*looks up creation of the universe in wikipedia*

Oh forget it. Let me just get my blog out of the way before I continue, and try distracting myself from attempting to make AMVs...

So, here begins my holiday, and my extra long post on various aspects of the place I now call "home" 5 days a week...

Muahaha...EXPOSING THE TRUE NATURE OF INTEC UiTM.......*kidding*

In a Nutshell...

A brief intro to the land of Intec-Akasia

National Attire: Long EVERYTHING...Mondays & Fridays-Baju kurung, other days; GET A JACKET!!!

National mode of transportation: Bus

National Animal: Cat

National Dish: Curry. Duh...

National Sport: Wrestling. Faithfully practised every morning while boarding up the bus.

National Attraction: Pasar Malam, once a week

Nation's biggest industry: Photocopy & Dobi

There're more...I'll just add more to the list once I can come up with them...

Bus Rides of Intec

A typical school day would always begin with the rush hour human traffic that all Intec students know very well...

Simple rule: Get up early, and you get the bus. Don't get up early, and well...HAPPY WRESTLING...

Its very common to find people waiting for more than an hour to actually get on the bus successful...

Knowing what a Lan Sui Zhu I am, I would probably be constantly late for class day after day, if it weren't for Jillian and Christina, but more bout that later on, huh?

Example of a crowded bus stand, only this is at night...

And of course, there's the matter of the journey itself, which more often that not usually involves me hanging on for dear life in the seemingly earthquake-ridden aisle, sometimes with armfulls of books and nothing to hold on to. Its always a risk that we'll either kiss the person in front or soar out of the windscreen. But still, its good training...I suppose after 18 months here in Intec, I'll be able to withstand the San Francisco earthquake while sipping Nescafe...

And when we finally get to class...

This is the usual scene in class...a routine I faithfully follow, not that I want to...(PS, this is Christina sleeping...credits to Cassandra for the pic=P)

And Cassandra herself..

Well, I'm definitely not a morning person, and not only does it take ages to wake me up each morning, but it's hell for me to attempt to stay awake in class...I can't help "fishing"...(I need stay-awake pills...someone tell me whether they exist...)

Surviving in my class is no picnic. My classmates are real nice, but its a different plane altogether from Taylor's, Subang Utama, and whatever other schools I've been to. Each time our lecturer leaves the class, many will whip out files, papers, extra homework, etc and continue studying! Its like they've got a built-in motors to study endlessly without getting tired.

Whatever this is, its squeezing my kiasu juices from wherever they are and forcing me to ATTEMPT to work at their level...Credits to them for being really helpful to me, considering I'm gazillion times weaker than them when it comes to Maths...But this is not me, the real me is a play-the-fool-study-last-minute kind, its a horror trying to keep up with everyone's pace...

Food...

As I mentioned earlier, the staple food here is curry. You should see how many different kinds of curry there are during lunch. And the rule of the game is choice: COLD food, or NO food. Either we rush down at 10 to a wide selection of food, take it up to class and eat it COLD at 1pm; or we go down along with everyone else at 1, and risk having NOTHING to eat except for the mystery meat that may turn out to be kidneys, or lungs, or *shudders*...

And of course, if you're skillful enough, *cough hint Christina* there's always a way to "cut cost..."

For dinner, there's a choice of various mamak stalls and nasi goreng shops in the area (its all the same kind of food) unless you can afford the occassional treat of fast food (KFC & McD). And of course, there's the joy of the Pasar Malam which I NEVER fancied before this, but now presents a welcome break from food here..

I miss Taylors, AC, Cabana, and all the other convenient makan places there...=(

Social life.

Ok, contrary to the popular belief that Intec is INFESTED with geeks and nerds of the highest order, I have to say, many of them do NOT qualify as that. IN fact, many of them keep up an amazing social life, don't appear to actually study, but when they return the next day, they've completed their homework (which would later score full marks), as well as studied for next weeks' lessons. I guess I'm worse off than before...classified as a total geek who scores lower than those who take the Minibus to Pyramid every day...

Usually, I hang out with my two Vet Science buddies, Christina & Jillian. Good for me, I suppose, seeing as its only with them that I go out and get fruits, I sleep considerably early, and I get a free alarm clock in the morning...

K, first, Christina, the girl who WHACKS me up without fail each morning with practically everything she can get her hands on...Thank goodness I make up for it for bullying her throughout the day instead...hehe...Unbelievably fickle minded and rather hilarious sometimes...

Jillian. I never did believe this innocent, guai guai looking girl not only watches anime, but is a real gamer as well...Haha...Somehow, a balance among the three of us, in many ways...

Nights with them always involve studying, groans of feeling sleepy, arguing over music, accompanied by Christina's message ringtone in the background...

Ok, frankly, I've really really got loads to write about. The thing is, my assignments are piling up, and unless I get a move on, I'm a GONER. So below are pictures of the dogathon, and the Inpro2007 for Intec students who (very cleverly) missed. It was hell, waiting outside the stadium until 12 something AM for the bus...

Inpro 2007 - Stadium UiTM

SS-ing again...I was bored...