Let me just start from the right beginning when i was required to gather at the media room for lunch.....
-flashbacks-
my class was suppose to end at 12.30 today but out tutor decided to let us off early at 12pm... usually this is good news for me but however realising that i have to wait alone until 1 o'clock for this LAN thingy is not a good idea.... but no choice... i'll still have to wait.... i wander around until bout 12.50 and decided to go and find where actually is this media room located... i heard its somewhere near the reading room but i'm not sure which part of it is near the reading room (doesn't really make sense... but hey, this is UTAR!!)... so it turns out that the media room was not near the reading room, it was actually in the reading room itself(things just couldnt get any weirder).... so i went and peek thru the window to see if there's anyone inside the reading room... there were no familiar faces in the reading room so i thought i'll just wait outside until someone i know come over and join me... well, things really didnt go as what i've planned... i met dr. sham(the broadcasting course advisor) on my way out of the reading room... surprisingly he actually recognise me from the briefing the other day and told me that i could already go in the room and get my lunch... he even knows my name!!!!! i wasnt really keen to be the first person to step into that room so i stayed at my spot for a while hopefully dr. sham will leave so that i could continue wandering around... but dr. sham looked at me with a please-go-in-now look... so that leaves me no choice but to go into the media room.... i was the first one in the room (not surprising) so i took my attendance(yup, you actually need to take your attendance so that they know you are there) and took my lunch, which was a burger from mcD and a cup of orange juice which you are allowed to refilled if you want some more....
i ate my lunch and went out to wander again because there's nobody i know in that room so what's the point of sitting there and stare at the lcd tv???? did i mention that i actually have a society meeting at 2.30??? i guess i didn't... however, it doesn't affect anything about the interview today... (you'll know why... read ahead...) i went back in with one of my other coursemate at 1.30.... took a slice of pizza and started chatting since i've found someone i knew....
until about 2 something, dr. sham said that the faculty representative and all the course representatives will be the first batch going in for the interview later.... then someone on the tv and all of us start watching "sepet".... in the middle of the movie... the first batch was called in for interview... leaving the rest to continue watching the movie... luckily we are asked to wait in the media room where there's a tv and dvd player.... its not that boring if you've got something to watch, of course the show must not be boring or else it will make things worst.... but i somehow didn't manage to watch the first part of the movie... it just started from somewhere in the middle... then when they play the first part it was not playing really smoothly... cetak rompak ma.... so anyone with the vcd??? can borrow?????
then the second batch was called in... the year 3 sem 2 students.... ??????? how come they are the ones interviewed first??? which means the year 1 sem 1 freshies(aka blur case people) are the last ones to be interviewed.... i thought it should be the freshies who cant really provide a lot of information about the uni will be the ones first since they cant get any info from us anyway so why keep us till last???? i've only started me degree for less than 2 weeks... how should i know things about the uni??? i have not even get to know all my lecturers and tutors yet!!!!
so we waited... and waited.... and waited.... and waited...... and waited.... until we finish the whole "sepet"... and continue waiting.... until we were moved from the media room to the waiting room... however when we got there... there was another group still waiting to be interviewed... so, more waiting.... the year 1 sem 2's started entertaining themselves by doing a mock interview by themselves with all kinds of weird english accents.... i couldn't help laughing at one of the answer they gave... here it goes... Q: what do you think of the university's facilities and equipments??? A: oohhhh(you've got to imagine it answered in a weird english accent).... oh my god... the university's facilities are so high-tech that i don't know how to use them!!!! -burst off laughing- then, one of them turn to us and asked: you guys are from year 1 sem 1 right???
us: yeah...
senior: dont worry much... you guys will be much like us when you reach sem 2....
us: (internal monologue aka monolog dalaman) what!!!!!
anyway... we continue waiting and wait and wait and wait..... then the group before us went in the room... continue waiting.... until finally......... -drumrolls- its our turn!!!! look at the time, it's 4 pm already.... so about8 ir 9 of us went in (3 year 1 sem 1-s and the rest are year 1 sem 2-s)... there were 3 peoplr sitting on a long table... an indian lady, a malay guy and a dono-whether-is-a-malay-or-indian guy without a laptop in front of him... after all of us have seated...
1st Q(Q also will be representing the LAN people): all of you are from year 1???
A: (nods)
q: sem??
A: 1(us), 2(the rest)
Q: ok... please introduce yourself...
A: -introducing- (everybody with their own grandmother story about their origin....)
after a round of introduction,
Q: ok, now... why is utar your choice of university...
A: (this was answered by a 2nd sem student as he goes along about how he dont like physics during his stpm and he quited stpm for utar... bla bla bla...)
Q: how do find this course?? (looking at me...)
A: (so this was answered by me) er... actually we have just started for a week and a few days and mostly first lectures are about introduction towards the subject and coursework and stuff... so i think i cant really give any comments about this....
Q: Oh, ok... (looks at the sem 2 students)
A: (and they start answering)
Q:so what are your expectations?? (looking at me, again)
A: erm... basically i'm really interested in drama series... i've been watching them since young especially the chinese ones... i've noticed that most of the tv series are from foreign countries... china, hong kong, taiwan... so i really hope that one day malaysia could also introduce our own tv series to other countries... hopefully i could bring local tv series and introduce them to other countries.... (something like that... i dont really remembered what i answered)
note: i cant really recall all of the questions asked... so i'll just write about the ones i remember..
Q: how do you manage your time among your coursework, studies and exams??
A: (answered by the sem 2-s)
Q: (someone somehow mentioned about the library) so how often do you go to the library??
A: -silence- (everyone looking at each other) occationally... uncountable times..... err.... erm... hmm...
Q: Do you know where is your library???
A: (everyone nod furiously)
Q: ok, so i've seen some very good journals in your library, do you use them for research??
A: (answered by the sem 2-s again but the answer was obviously yes...)
Q: do you find it hard to understand??
A: (one of the sem 2-s answered) the way i do my research is that i'll put a dictionary beside me (really?????) and use it when ever i dont understand something or i'll ask my brother...
Q: (to the certain sem 2) what journal have you come across with??
A: (yikes!!) er... er... er... i dont remember the author's name...
Q: It's ok, just tell us the title...
A: (he's gonna be in big trouble...) er... er.. er... the journal is from my brother... i dont really remember.... er... i think its... communication.... communication.... er... communication for business... something like that....
Q: (doesn't look really convinced) Ok... do you find the degree course different from your previous studies??? (looks at us again...)
A: (i answered again...) er... not really because since we have gone thru a year of foundation here so i find it quite easy to adapt to the way the course goes.... (continued by others)
-many other random questions about the coursework... answered by the sem 2-s-
Q: is your exam based on your syllabus???
A: (nods... but one of the sem 2-s answered)
-a few more questions-
Q:ok... we're done... you can go now....
Yay!!!
not so fast!!!! we are still required to fill a form that requires us to write down the questions asked and our response towards it..... sigh.... most of the questions were answered by the sem 2 students... therefore i basically left most of the responses ares blank... so what's the point of interviewing us anyway???? we answered less that a quater of the questions!!!! you can totally count us out... there wont be any difference!!!!!
by the time, i got everything done, it's almost 5 already!!!! did i say that i have a society meeting at 2.30 - 5 pm??? well, obviously... i didn't get to attend it because it ended already!!!! so that's why i said it does not affect anything today.... luckily they didnt ask anything about society and clubs.. or i'll be answering: actually, i'm suppose to be in a society meeting now... n-o-w... so i guess its not that important since i'm required to come here rather than my society meeting... (trying to sound as innocent as possible)
then when i was going out, some very-smart guy double parked his van right in front of my car... with his engine on and no phone number to call... i went and ask the guard whether he knows who's van is that and can he "kindly" move it cuz i wanna go home???!!!! the guard answered... "ahh... dia orang sekarang dalam ambil orang... sekejap lagi dia keluar..." oohhh... so smart, sekejap go ambil orang and park his van in front of my car???!!!! there are parking spaces available, you know???? it society day!!! most of the students left at 2pm... plenty of empty spaces!!!! why block my car??? especially when i'm so desperate to go home!!! after waiting for dono-how-long, he finally came out and move his car so that i could go home....
i'm so thru of waiting today.....
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I hope, you will come to the correct decision. Do not despair.
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