Activities-Crazy

Last weekend, I made my registration in two UM ‘underground’ societies; don’t be so worry, it is definitely not political bodies. But, both of them are worldwide society.

Firstly, Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth Association (慈濟大專青年聯誼會). I think mostly of you had heard about Tzu Chi Foundation, it is a society that highly focuses on community service and humanistic outreach, especially medical, educational, and disaster relief. This society was founded by a Taiwan Buddhist nun, called Master Cheng Yen 40 years ago.

Oklah…. Straight to the main point, Tzu Chi Collegiate Youth Association is one of it prominent suborganiations. Throughout the world, there are more than 100 universities and colleges of 40 countries have this youth society, including most of Malaysian and Singaporean universities and colleges. Besides humanism service, Tzu Chi Youth also will organize some international interaction programs occasionally.

Last Sunday, I joined their fresher day at KL branch of Malaysian Tzu Chi at Kelana Jaya, its really fun and touching, especially they let us viewed those meaningful videos. As its mother body, Tzu Chi Youth also focus on a lot of social charity works, for example home caring, visit handicap house, recycling campaign etc etc. I think that mahasiswa and mahasiswi not only study for his or her CGPA everyday, but also have to use some time to care about our society, because mahasiswa is eye of society.

Ahh…. Tzu Chi Youth of Malaysia is going to hold a camp 生活营from 22 – 24 September at Malacca branch, I daresay that it is absolutely a wonderful experience in taking part it since there are a lot of things you going to learn in this camp. This is what my seniors have told me. Whoever is interested in it, please call:

UM 03-79581714
UPM 03-89480268
UTM 07-58584066
UMS 088-230602
UKM 03-89221577
MMU 012-4091681
TARC 03-61852786

And that’s all, if any question, please refer to me. Hope to see you there.

Secondly, the Navigators SPICE. You might ask what’s on earth is this? Emm… I think someone would know, especially Christians. Yeap, this is indeed a Christian society. Tell you guys a little story in UM, since UM is a so called ‘top U’ in our nation, so it is normal that you can see a lot of mat salih or foreigners walking around the campus, they may be lecturers, professors or students. The story begins at this Tuesday:

After finished that confusing Probability class (my luar jabatan subject), my friend and I just sitting at the dataran sains of faculty for a rest. Two minutes later, don’t know this is called ‘yuan fen 缘份’ or not, there were two white people or Caucasians came to me, at first, I was quite shocked and nervous since I has a little bit of xenophobia. They just asked whether I willing to have a short conversation with them or not, in order to show the friendliness of Malaysia, I just nodded. Both of them although looks similar, actually they are from different countries. One is came from England, and the other is American. They are not UM students but they wanted to interact with Malaysian students. We have roughly talked for 20 minutes, wow, seriously it is my first time ever had a so long conversation with Caucasian in my life, I think my friend also. Later, we became friends, haha, my first foreign friend.

Same day, in the evening, with their invitation, I brought two friends attend their English class that held outside the campus. Actually, it was not a lecture class, but it was more seems like ‘international interaction’. Besides both of them, there are a Korean American (sadly, he couldn’t speak any Korean language, otherwise I can show mine to him, hehe) who came from Washington DC staying together with them, and three of them are navigators. In the class, they got teach us some useful vocabulary that we are not often use. And then, we just chitchat, talked about UK, US and Malaysia etc etc. Frankly saying, it is quite difficult to get their words because of their native accent or slang. Although English and American are using same language, but their speaking accents are quite far from each other. But, anyway, this is a great opportunity to enhance my English speaking level.

This afternoon, I alone even had a lunch with them. Haha. What will be happened when the east meet west?!?!

Ok…..

Aaarrrggghhh……. I had already become an activities-crazy…..

Besides above, I already joined;

1. PTUM pesta tanglung AJK
2. PBCUM Chinese language society, I joined debate team and singer training class (I took guitar class)-- yao lan shou 摇篮手, do you guys know Lin Yu Zhong 林宇中? He also came from hereleh.
3. PBUM Buddhist society, I joined meditation and English dharma class. And also AJK of vegetarian stall during August Graduation Convocation.
   
4. Last but not least, PBSM persatuan balik setiap minggu, haha...
   

Oh my god!!! Now, seriously I am quite worrying on my CGPA. Anyway, just take it easy.

Hubungan Etnik???

안녕하세요(annyeonghaseyo, in conjunction with korean day in UM, actually is a lousy 'day')

Aik... aik.... aik.... my dear poor UM..... ok, lets start my SHOOTING!!!!!

This is my 3rd week struggling in UM, emm....actually nothing special happened here, just only yesterday night my friend's room doorlock spoilt, couldn't unlock and open the stupid door after going bath, immediately look for the technician, but tak tau mana dia pergi..... so, in this case, we have to DIY... using every kind of taekwondo, kung fu, karate.... etc etc in order to break the door. Thanks to a malay's leg, BANG!!!!! finally we broke it!!!

Suddenly I hate Dutch. I’m wondering that how I’m going to survive in his super-damned boring kuliah, not only because of his Holland’s tune and slang, but also his lecturing method. All the day, it just like talking to himself, besides that, he also talked so detailed in those ancient sciences, such as those Babylonian and Greek mathematic and that stupid geocentric concept (I really fell asleep that time), most scary is he did mention that he wanna have a test of those for us…. Oh my god….

I don’t know whether this is beneficial or risky, I had put myself into too many activities, but those seniors always have a same saying, that is ‘university life is like that one, have to be richness’. Nevertheless, I still have to take consideration on it seriously, because my dream is wanna get the kepujian degree, or even also got think about postgraduate study…..

Oklah… talk about some HOT current issue that have connected every mahasiswa and mahasiswi of Malaysia, I believed that all of you know that is a compulsory subject called ‘hubungan etnik’, ladies and gentlemen, lets us discuss on it!!! I really hoped that whoever studied in UPM, can say something on that book!!!

Do we really need this subject (or book) which its contents are full of those controversial and sensitive incident that happened in our Malaysian journal??

Do we need to read a biased personal point of view that could mislead our thinking???

Do we need a book that entirely whitewashed our history????

Is it any different from Japanese action on their history textbook?????

What is the conspiracy behind it??????

Is it a propaganda tactic of Barisan Nasional and UMNO???????

Why Jawatankuasa rayuan persatuan-persatuan cina (Suqiu) during 1999 general election is labeled as EXTREMISTs????????

Is 513 tradegy necessary to be taught in order to bring national integration to every mahasiswa?????????

Could this subject promote integrasi nasional??????????

Fortunately, our dear Pak Lah has ordered to withdraw all the books….. salute!!!

Another thing is USELESS UN!!!!! Strongly opposed Israeli military action on Lebanon!!!! What is the UN doing right now!!??!?!? Is UN just a tool of that stupid uncle sam??!?!

I will firmly stand against the evil Zionism!!!

-Report from the 8th Refugee Camp of UM-

UM is ONE

Hi, everyone~~~~ how are you guys doing??? It must be much more better than me!!!! Ok, now, I would like to talk about my 2 weeks experience in this so called ‘top U’ of our nation. First of all, the haluansiswa week was quite impressive, it is indeed a sweet memory though quite tough for certain times, especially have to sleep at 2 or 3 morning and wake up at 5. All of us were keep on practicing the cheer throughout the day and night, it was so exhausted, the only purpose of doing those was you can show your kolej’s ‘greatness’ or strength when all kolej students gathered at dewan for listening those taklimats, truthly, that moment really impressed me greatly.

4000++ students doing 11 kinds of different cheers (totally 11 kolejs excluded 11^th kolej is for pre-U) and ‘sub’ (shoot) other kolejs. Every kolej students followed their cheering manner, shouting as loud as possible, hard to imagine that wonderful moment!! Although everyone said that haluansiswa sucks because of blah blah blah reasons, they will not able to forget every moment of haluansiswa, for sure. I still remember ‘Lu shinchan!!!’ one of my kolej sub cheerings. I am from UM 8^th kolej, kolej kediaman kinabalu.

Besides those cheering stuffs, there were lots of sports and art competitions during the progress of haluansiswa. I joined my kolej’s English debate team, although I know that my English speaking is not well, anyway, I just want to enhance my English level. Undoubtedly, with my ‘outstanding’ general knowledge, my kolej finally got 2^nd runner-up. Frankly speaking, I quite missed the haluansiswa week. After this week, everything turns to normal, and officially I became a mahasiswa of University of Malaya.

First week of kuliah feels very free, lecturers only giving introduction or briefing to those subjects. We first semester only can take 16 credit hours, therefore my schedule is quite ‘loose’. But, my kolej is damned far away from science faculty, approximately 1km, far like hell!!! All of my stamina depleted once I reach my dewan kuliah, so tired!!! Moreover, I have something to ‘shoot’ my stupid kolej!!! My 8^th kolej really sucks!!!! I think that ‘refugee camps’ is the best term to describe my kolej. (My friend even describe it as ‘Nazi concentration camp’!!!!) You guys just imagine it how worse the situation is!!! A room for 3 residents, single bed one is for senior, then, a double-decked is for two juniors. Juniors are so pity, since they have to share a table and a wardrobe, so spaceless!!

The most unfortunate thing is, my damned kolej is promoting that what what ‘integrasi nasional’, so juniors have to share room with different races’ roommate. Ya, I didn’t mean anything, I also support government’s national integration policy, but sometimes not everything have to be integrated one. Amazingly, one day I carelessly put my Lotus Sutra (a Buddhism scripture) just next to his al-Quran, luckily it didn’t cause any misunderstanding.

The impressive scenery of my ‘dear’ kolej is our close relatives --- monkey!!!! The monkeys attack!!! Since my kolej located at a hill which surrounded by forest, so there are lots of wild animals ceroboh my kolejs oftentimes. Don’t think they are monkeys only, if their amount is more than 30, this is quite harmful to our human race. Those intruders conquer our basketball, badminton, and volleyball’s field, they also will invade our canteen area, climbing here and there, sometime they will enter our room too. So SCARY!!!!

Another thing, our meal is really sucks!!!! Firstly no spoon or fork provided. Secondly, there have no any alternative food besides spicy and fried!!! Thirdly, blah blah blah……. Etc etc.

This Wednesday, I been to 12^th kolej for my dinner, finally I found my oasis there!!! 12^th kolej is really a UM paradise, their environment is damned comfortable, a beautiful lake surrounded by greenie trees, their kolej buildings look like high cost condominiums. The most important thing is there are a great variety of food selection, e.g. Chinese mix food, chicken rice and etc etc… Besides that, 12^th kolej has Cyber café, Clinic, and Safety department. Our cochranean has 3 people staying there, there are Shi Ying (U6S3, studied Estate Management), Suet Leng (U6S1, studied Mathematics), and another also from U6S1 one, don’t know what her name. They are so so so lucky!! Unfortunately, the distance between 8^th and 12^th is extremely far, rougly 2km, otherwise, I will go there everyday!!!

Talk about my kuliah, maybe it will make you astonished: the leature who teach Sejarah and Falsafah Sains is a Mat Salih, a White people, a Dutchman!!!! Really incredible!!! Hard to believe that an european teaching us Sejarah!!! Hahaha~~~ UM really geng!!! The rest as I expected, all Malays~~~

Lastly, I joined the working committee of UM pesta tanglung, hopefully you guys who stay in KL can come to UM and give me some my moral supports in order to sustain me from ‘be killed’ in that the 8^th concentration camp.

Yeah~~~~ HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) result released, I got Band 10!!!!