Life as a student, again

As of 1 March, I am officially a graduate student at Monash University Sunway, studying for a master degree in International Business.

I have finally settled down at Sun-U-Residences, which is a hostel managed by the Sunway University College. I am staying in a twin-sharing room, but I don't have a room-mate yet. There are 2 more double rooms and 1 single rooms within the unit. One of the double rooms is occupied by 2 girls from China, another by 2 girls from Nigeria; whereas the single room is occupied by a girl from Tanzania. Not much interactions with my house-mates so far, except for S from Tanzania. Very interesting stories she had told me about her home country, where Mount Kilimanjaro is located (maybe I will write about them in a different post).

There are part-time and full-time students in my classes. There are 3 girls whom I am closer with, all of them part-timers. NC is working at UOB, EW at Public Bank and WW at IBM. Most people from my classes do not have business background, which is a relief I suppose, because we are starting off at the same level. After 4 days of classes, I can already foresee my future days being buried in endless reading and writing. The last and only economic class I have taken was "Introduction to Macroeconomics" back in 2nd year of college, so there is definitely a lot of catching up to do.

Not having a car here is a handicap. There is a free shuttle bus that goes to Sunway Pyramid from the hostel. The longest that I have waited (exposed to blazing hot sun albeit standing under the shelter of the bus stop) is 30 minutes, and the shortest 15 minutes. Plus it takes me 5-10 minutes to walk to school (one way), and some times I have to make several trips to school to use the wireless network there simply because the internet service at my hostel is crap. The distance is actually nothing to complain about, I have walked farther distance; it's the weather that is the killer, not to forget the risk of being mugged/snatched on the street as well (as so many have warned me by now). Maybe I was too pampered with the efficient public transportation of other more developed countries; I felt so wretched everytime I strain my neck looking beyond the horizon for the bus that has yet to come, sweats are pouring down like rain, and I really feel like dying of dehydration. But I guess I am getting a hang of it now. Umbrella, jacket, UV sun-screen and a book for leisure-reading are items not to be missed everytime I walk out the door.

That's all for now, my new life as a student at Sunway. Until next time then, take care.