After a month's break, it's time to hit the books and head back to university for a whole new semester. Along the way to Sunway University, I'm super excited to head back to campus because I can't wait to see my course mates. Every new semester, only lectures are conducted in the first week. While waiting for the rest of the class to arrive for the first lecture of the second semester, I take out my iPad to watch yesterday's Evening Edition on their official Facebook page.
At 7.53am, our Graphic Communication lecturer, Mr. Lyon Laxman has arrived. I put all the gadgets away except the iPad and iPod because I use it for lecture slides and self-attendance respectively. The lecture ends at 9.45am, the first lecture of the day has concluded. Kaz drops me off at the university foyer and he heads off with his friends for lunch.
I have nothing to do so I just sit there and observe the students' behavior, just pick up the good traits. It's also a good thing to evaluate yourself as a person. So the next time when you are alone, slow down in your steps and take time to observe the things around you because observation is the best communication.
My first day of university also coincides with the Pre-U August intake orientation. I see a couple of students leading a new batch of college freshmen on a campus tour. I have a lunch with my ex-college mate and best friend, Joni at 11am.
Since it's half an hour, I guess singing a song or two will do the trick. With my earphones plugged on, I log on to a karaoke app. While I'm singing, I glance up every minute or two so that no one is giving me weird looks. At 11am, Joni and I walk over to After Black for lunch and catch up what are we doing these days. After lunch we head over to Family Mart.
I thought Family Mart is a big stall, turns out to be a mini market but have a wide variety of snacks such as dim sum, sandwiches and sushi just to name a few. As this is my first time to Family Mart, I don't know which snack to choose. Joni recommends me to try the ice cream as it is the most popular among the students. I have cheesecake ice cream. It's delicious! Matcha flavored ice cream is the most favoured by the customers. One last bite, it's time for me to head back to campus and Joni back to Monash University Malaysia for her class.
Wow, what an adventure on the first day of the new semester! There's still more to come
22 August 2017
21 August 2017
Nalanda Family Fun Fair 2017 (20/8/17)
The last time I helped out at a carnival was at my high school- St. David High School, Melaka, last two years ago. This time around, I had the opportunity to be involved in Nalanda Buddhist Society's yearly Family Fun Fair. The fun fair was aimed to raised fund for a new Buddhist school called- the K. Sri Dhammananda Centre in Seri Serdang. With this new learning facility, the future leaders in the Dharma will have a comfortable place to learn.
As I arrived at Nalanda Buddhist Society, Nalandians were doing some last-minute preparations to make sure everything at the fun fair was in top form and not a single time to loose. Under the guidance of the Nalanda volunteers, Sunway Buddhist Society's stall was located in between Y9 (UPM Buddhist Society) and Y11 (Serdang Buddhist Society). Along the way, other participated Buddhist societies were Bodhi Heartz, Monash University, IMU (International Medical University), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR, Sungai Long campus) and of course the host, Nalanda Youth. Some Buddhist societies hailed from Kedah, Kelantan, Johor as well as Singapore!
Before the fun fair was kicked off, the national anthem- Negaraku was played and a small prayer was conducted. With the hit of the gong three times, the fun fair has officially begun! Some stalls even started to sell their food as early as 8.50am. Herbal jelly, muffins and butter cookies were on our side. We promoted our products by selling to the participating Buddhist youth societies, later on we shifted our targets to the customers. Since it was the weekend, the fun fair was packed with people from all walks of life.
Even though the sun was scorching hot, it didn't burn our spirits down as we were doing our best to attract the customers to buy our food and drinks. We took turns to take care of the stall, while some of us walked around the big field to look at other stalls and possibly get our tummies to be fed along the way? As noon approached, we decided to take our products outside of the stall so more customers will buy, especially the Sprite and Ribena combination drink- the perfect way to cool yourself off from the intense heat.
When Chia Tee, Qiong Fang and Sil Leong came back, it was time for Cynthia and I to get legs stretched out by taking a break as in walking around the stalls and had lunch to boost up our energy. We came back from our break, Bro. Ajit was conducting interviews at the Youth stalls and I was the lucky one to play the "spokesperson" for Sunway University Buddhist Society. Hopefully through this mini interview, the society's reputation will boost up and attract more students to join the big family.
The fun fair ended at 4pm, a small prayer was conducted to conclude today's fun fair. It was also an opportunity for participated Buddhist youth societies to know each other, we even exchanged phone numbers and social media accounts for future collaborations. Thank you Nalanda Buddhist Society for the invitation!
As I arrived at Nalanda Buddhist Society, Nalandians were doing some last-minute preparations to make sure everything at the fun fair was in top form and not a single time to loose. Under the guidance of the Nalanda volunteers, Sunway Buddhist Society's stall was located in between Y9 (UPM Buddhist Society) and Y11 (Serdang Buddhist Society). Along the way, other participated Buddhist societies were Bodhi Heartz, Monash University, IMU (International Medical University), Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR, Sungai Long campus) and of course the host, Nalanda Youth. Some Buddhist societies hailed from Kedah, Kelantan, Johor as well as Singapore!
Before the fun fair was kicked off, the national anthem- Negaraku was played and a small prayer was conducted. With the hit of the gong three times, the fun fair has officially begun! Some stalls even started to sell their food as early as 8.50am. Herbal jelly, muffins and butter cookies were on our side. We promoted our products by selling to the participating Buddhist youth societies, later on we shifted our targets to the customers. Since it was the weekend, the fun fair was packed with people from all walks of life.
Even though the sun was scorching hot, it didn't burn our spirits down as we were doing our best to attract the customers to buy our food and drinks. We took turns to take care of the stall, while some of us walked around the big field to look at other stalls and possibly get our tummies to be fed along the way? As noon approached, we decided to take our products outside of the stall so more customers will buy, especially the Sprite and Ribena combination drink- the perfect way to cool yourself off from the intense heat.
When Chia Tee, Qiong Fang and Sil Leong came back, it was time for Cynthia and I to get legs stretched out by taking a break as in walking around the stalls and had lunch to boost up our energy. We came back from our break, Bro. Ajit was conducting interviews at the Youth stalls and I was the lucky one to play the "spokesperson" for Sunway University Buddhist Society. Hopefully through this mini interview, the society's reputation will boost up and attract more students to join the big family.
The fun fair ended at 4pm, a small prayer was conducted to conclude today's fun fair. It was also an opportunity for participated Buddhist youth societies to know each other, we even exchanged phone numbers and social media accounts for future collaborations. Thank you Nalanda Buddhist Society for the invitation!
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