While waiting.

For the laundry. Approx for 35 minutes.

I haven’t blog about my new place! Gombak IIUM. I know it’s still the same name ‘IIUM’ but this is a whole completely different than in Foundation. It’s true what people said “Foundation is hell! You will enjoy tonnes of fun in University”. Gombak is the flipside of PJ. Things you’ve been told as ‘WRONG’ in PJ still imply here BUT.. Good thing is : Here, People don’t really care about it. Maybe cause in Gombak, People see you as adult ; So you use your own brain to distinguish right or wrong and take responsibility of your actions. It’s pretty cool. It’s less school-ey. Which I found pretty interesting. There’s always something new EVERYDAY.

Though I find it pretty sad that I don’t really mix around with the foreigners cause they have their own cliques and we all came here knowing who our own friends already so, it’s less adventurous(In terms of finding new friends). So you pretty much cling around with friends you already know back in foundation. In a way, you don’t really expand your circles. But it really depends on how socially active you are (Facebook is not counted).

Next Imma blab about is THE ROOM. I’m relieved to get into Mahallah Asiah. Though it’s on the hill rather than in  Ameenah, but it is more private. The room can fit 4 person and each will get their own compartments. The compartment is spacious. Each will get a bed, a wardrobe, a bookshelf, a soft board, study lamp and study table. Cool thing about the study table is that, it’s being extended to the bed. So, it’s a pretty long table. You can study and put other stuff too. Oh! They provide railing at the compartment, so you can hang curtains to give it more privacy. The hallway is pretty big too. You can put iron board, carpet or other stuff to give it more homey feeling. All hostels provide 5 feet long mirror at the hallway ; So you don’t have to worry to bring your own mirror. The downside is, you still have to share the toilets which is outside the room. Unlike in Ameenah, each compartment share 2 beds. It’s more apartment-ish ; Share the toilets with the next room. Room in Asiah is familiar with Asma’ and other Mahallah. Safiyyah is something else. It’s more like dorm. Each room share with 8 people. Though they have compartments, but each compartment share with 2 people, a double decker and less spacey. So far, I’m pretty happy with the mahallah. It’s pretty near to the Kuliyyah. Prolly about 10 minutes of walking (Depending on the speed). I have no complain of the room EXCEPT the Cafe. Cafe Asiah is probably THE worst cafe here but the people are friendly. However, I prefer to eat at Ameenah’s. It’s delicious and give big portions! YUMMAY!

What else? Oh. The lectures! Good thing about university is that; LESS CONTACT HOURS. I’m taking 7 subjects but it’s not as busy on Foundation. Here, they make you self-study. You don’t really rely on your lecturers. They mostly use slides and notes which you can take from them after the class and study later on. But you need to have the books! You don’t bring the books to class but you need them for Assignment matter. My advice : Just borrow from the seniors. Like me! So it’s the time to be very nice to the seniors cause you really need their books at the end of the day. Hehe..

I guess my 35 minutes is up!!

Toodles and have a good life people!

xx