Orientation Week @ UPSI

28 June 2009 (Sunday)

Most of the selected candidates breaking their day by entering to the new environment to start their new lives in respective Universities today.

After I pack the luggage and having my lunch at home, my parents take me to my new home- UPSI, Tanjung Malim, Perak. The trafic is so jammed along the road to the entrance of the UPSI’s hostel- Kolej Kediaman Harun Aminurashid. Despite of the long queue, we finally arrived at Kolej  Kediaman Harun Aminurashid aka KHAR. Then, I go check and I found my name in the name list. Unfortunately, that name list listed the name of the students who need to switch to Kolej Kediaman Za’ba aka KZ, which located at Proton City, about 5 km away from the UPSI main campus. So, I have to queue and wait again. I arrive at Tanjung Malim around 1pm, and I successfully registered at 5pm. I waited for 4 hours there…

During the check-in at the Za’ba Hall, I met no friends there but I made new friends, they are Mun Keong from Kuantan, Chee Hong from KL, Song Ang from Johor Bharu, Teow Kheng from Bukit Mertajam… My room mate is Mun Keong, and we stay in Blok E, 1st floor.

Did you know? there are 5 blocks in KZ, Blok A to D is girls’ hostels, and Blok E is boys’ and girls’ hostel. Each block has 5 storeys. Each unit contains 3 rooms, 2 persons in one room. In this intake, about 80%++ of the total students are females, and 95%++ are Malays. Male is rare species in UPSI. However, males are not treated as Panda in China. The only privileges of male are we no need to queue so long while waiting for food distribution and taking bus, hehe! In fact, UPSI is a “girls’ university”.

After lunch, a briefing is held in the hall, brief about the rules and regulations in the KZ.