The Beginning of College Life

Hi, everyone. It has been almost 2 weeks since I started college life. Now I am still trying to adapt to the new environment, new system, new place and many other new things. Hopefully that the adaptation period will not be too long.

Stepping into Taylor's University College has made me realise that now I am entering into another phrase of my life. It is now time to say goodbye to the free education provided by the Malaysian government that many has taken for granted. The only chance for me to complete my Cambridge A-Levels course for free is to get a scholarship. Getting a very good results in SPM examination is now very essential for me. Besides that, the prices for the books needed is also not cheap. Getting an original reference book for Biology my cost you over RM100. Getting a photocopied one will also cost you some money. How good if SPBT project can be extended even to the private colleges. Maybe go and sleep now and start dreaming and that will happen. haha.

Another thing that makes my life in college interesting is that none of my new classmates are from SMK Subang Utama. This means that I will need to start making new friends the moment I enter my class. The first person that I know is Paul Wong from Catholic High School. Then, I have discovered that there are not many from my class that are from Subang Jaya. My classmates came from everywhere. There is 1 Sabahan, 5-6 Sarawakians, 2 Johorians, I Korean, 1 Indian(as in from India) and many more. My class is a combination of 30 students, which is a slightly smaller class compared to the time back in my secondary school. Now I am still trying to remember the name of all my classmates, hopefully by early February I will be able to name all of them.

Besides that, I have found out that this college is really a place which you will feel comfortable to study. Besides having the air-conditioned classrooms, the library is also a very comfortable place to study. It is a place where most of the books are reference books, and most importantly they are very organised. As long as the book is available, finding a book will never be a hard thing in that library as all the books are being barcoded and labelled. Moreover, there are computers in the library which has internet access. This has made research easier. Another very important thing of this college is that the science laboratories are much better than those in secondary school. And we are working in smaller groups now (2 person in a group) or even conducting experiments individually. This will give me a very good cahnce for me to learn the techniques of conducting experiments which I think I am quite bad with it. Hopefully that with this new environment, I will be able to be more prepared for my AS level Practical Papers.

Furthermore, the lecturers that I got are all good lecturers. All of them are able to make the class interesting. And all of them are willing to help if there are parts which the class is not clear in. Hopefully that they will be able to help me to excal in my A-Levels.

This is just the beginning of a new page of my life. There are yet a lot more things which are yet to be explored in the college and this new lifestyle. Hopefully that while I am doing my A-Levels, I will be able to find fun and enjoy the college life.