KL PART 2: I Wake Up to Your Sunset

gradually, my homesick feeling starts to go away. but I'm stuck here anyway for the rest of the year except for Christmas. when I thought KL was actually driving me mad, it wasn't.. because it was all in my head.

when I was still trying to get used to the environment in KL, I started it by being friends with my crazy housemates.. the guys were; Musson, Vincent, Adib, Erwan, Nursultan, and Julius. all of them... I can say, are crazily cool. and at that time, I'm more used to talking with Musson, whom is also a Sabahan himself and coincidently, HE'S MY COUSIN! and another coincident, his dad and my dad were housemates too back in their college days.. how ironic.. but still, that's cool. quickly, I got along well with all of them.

Ice Breaking at Kuchai Food Court

college in a city

when all ice breaking is over.. time for me to prepare for college. on my first day, it was a shitty start. what happened was, the college bus did not arrive at all. my housemates and I were waiting for the bus since 8.30am 'till 9am and we're 30 minutes away before class stars I was feeling quite nervous as I've not done anything about studies for the past 8 months. all I can do was try to stay calm and act like my stupid usual self. and so, what I did first was enter the main building, went up to 10th floor, see the marketing director. then, he asked someone to send me to my class. my class was on the other side of the building, in tutorial room 5, 1st floor.

well, then for the rest of my days, this has been my daily routine; wake up, bath, breakfast, college, lunch, college, home, study, sleep.

it's not much difference compared to school.. there are some difference though like, there are only 3 subjects per day and 2 hours per subject, easier focus, and of course you have to always be independent.. gotta be careful with my spending and all. luckily my parents would bank in money into my bank account every once in a while if I don't spend too much.

food court at Centre Market

this actually cost me RM10+

but sadly, spending quite a lot in Kuala Lumpur is kinda a MUST. it's pretty hard to find a place where it is at least cheaper than ordinary shops around KL. for example, sometimes in one day, I could finish RM20! and I said sometimes okay.. if it were everyday, I might even be promoted to shopaholic status.. spending at least an infinity per day. that would also mean bankruptcy for me (O_O)". my daily spending are mainly on food and drinks.. so I should be able to survive at least for a month.. and maximum for.. a month... oh well..

so far, it has only been my 2nd week in college, I've already done lots of notes for maths, bio, chem, and physics. chem is currently the hardest as I have to understand a lot of things to understand one concept! but it shouldn't be hard for me to get it because it's not that hard to get good focus here.. you know, no television, video game consoles, etc. the only source of entertainment and connectivity is my phone and laptop. and it is good now that I don't feel so lonely anymore.. I've gotten lots of friends already, mostly in other intakes (April and June). though I'm already friends with my own intake mates, they would prefer to be going "solo" instead of going out together.. but still they're cool and awesome anyways when we're all together in class.

April and June students are big in numbers.. around 45+ students and April is still growing in numbers after the Raya holidays. my class however only have 8 students.. 4 pairs.. and I meant 4 guys, 4 girls. so, who runs the class?? no one.. sorry Beyonce.. :p

do I have any more to say? maybe the pics here can help you better picture on what's KL life revolving around me..

the study table!

fooling around with the internet

this is where I sleep.. seriously

that's a wrap! and did I say there's a part 3? yes, there will be a part 3! in part 3 I will blog about the cool people I've met so far in my new life in Kuala Lumpur. until then, tata!

ADVISORY: DO NOT EVER STUDY HARD... STUDY SMART!

KL PART 1: I Say Good Morning, When It's Midnight

Hello my fellow readers, today I've given up my free time to post this blog instead of reviewing back my science subjects. seriously, for a smart-ass like me, I'm definitely smarter than an ass!

hahaha.. okay time to be partially serious here. right now, I'm composing this blog in my new condominium.. and this time while drinking Tiger.. I'm kidding.. I'm just drinking 100Plus. and I'm taking up 3 days to finish this post. that's actually because I'm putting in 3 days of my life into this one. a simple record-down-my-life.

so basically I arrived here on 2nd September in the evening 6pm. I suspected that it's still bright like 4pm in Sabah. but I wasn't going out soon as it took another half-hour to wait for my baggage. I flew by here alone and obviously I've got no one to talk to. as I waited 'till about 7pm, the taxi my dad booked the other day had finally came. the ride was long as it took an hour to arrive at my condominium. so, it was about 9pm... I entered my condo door.. no one was home. I was the only one there. after arranging my stuffs back to my room, I went out again to have my dinner at an Indian shop and stocked up food and drinks at 7-Eleven. I got back at around 10pm, turned on my laptop and went to Facebook to find someone whom I can chat with. I went to bed later at 12am... but my room was so damn hot! the damn fan wasn't working.. so I came up with a brilliant idea.. as I was used to sleeping in my living room back at home, I decided to move my mattress to the living room! oh how comfortable I was to sleep in the living room. my Nigerian roommate, Julius got back a while later and we were both surprised but happy to see each other.

the next day, I woke up feeling "sick".. I don't know the correct term for that.. it's the weird feeling when I'm away from a known place.. everything was damn quiet... even looking outside feels empty. I hate that feeling. nothing much happened, just had fried Maggie for breakfast, had lunch with Julius at the Indian shop again, revised my science subjects.. and took a long nap. it's boring you see, I really wished there's a television here and then I can bring and play my XBox360. at least that would make me feel much better or so to say the least that I'm not bored! oh my gosh.. I could get really crazy here. or maybe it's just me... coz I've been at my own home my whole 18 years of life. if I compare this to national service, national service feels much closer to home because my parents would come every Sunday to meet me and I have my classmate there together with me. right here.. I feel so alone (O_O)""""" ..

new shoes.. coz I left mine at Sabah

then came evening.. which was a bit interesting as my cousin's former classmates at Nirwana called me up to go out with them. so, we went to Sunway Pyramid and over there, I bought a pair of formal shoes (I totally forgot to bring mine from Sabah) and some more note books. the other two guys who invited me out (Mohan and Kavin) bought their own stuffs.. clothing to be specific. we were there until around 9pm.. I have to admit, Mohan and Kavin are really friendly and super cool. they are both currently studying at Kursk University. then they sent me back to my condo where I dropped off my things that I bought at Sunway.. then went out to the Indian shop again with Julius to have our late dinner at 11pm.. I think Julius and I are getting close to each other as we share a lot about our family and cultural background.. plus about how my people are often mistaken as Chinese people xD.. before going to bed, my family back home gave me a call.. it was really good to hear their voices but it's kinda not enough because I'm not there, I'm stuck here. well.. gotta get used to this crap!

however, this crap feeling starts to fade away slowly the next day. well, that's because all of my roommates were finally back! as they were back, they showed me a few nice places nearby to eat or just chill around. while some were nice, one shop wasn't my favourite. I'm not going to say the shop's name here.. it'll go bad for their business.. but I still want to say it, they suck! okay I said it, now shut up (-_-)...

END OF PART 1

Closing Comments:
Part 1 is kinda boring.. not much to do coz I spent most of my time at my condo... stay tuned to Part 2. (-_-)v