14 June 2011
Its been past a year since I've joined Saito College for Multimedia Design for my diploma course. Come to think of it, at first I was hell-bent on getting into The One Academy because both my cousins were in it and... truthfully I felt better going for TOA because there are people inside it and I'm quite well-versed with the inside situations. My financial problems were the cause of my headache after I've done researches on the colleges that had my courses.
Compared their curriculums, enviroment, news, rumors and feedbacks from students about those colleges and also advises and etc from relatives as well. One of my uncle and cousin suggested I go for Multimedia University but after considering certain costs and other reasons, I crossed it out.
I had Taylors, TOA, Sunway college, Raffles, INTI, Lincoln, IACT, ALFA and PJCAD. I had a hard time deciding which college to go for, my concerns were more than one... So many things to worry about :-
I wasn't sure if design was really my forte, it was something I really loved but I don't know if I had any talent in it. The next was college fees, college distance, how to speak to my father and then which college should I go for.
Headaches one after the other... Then I spoke to a tuition student's sister, we were of the same age. It was by coincidence, she told me she is taking the same course as what I have decided. To narrow it down, I have found a college to go for. Mom and I went to the education fair twice and the third time I was actually accompanying a friend of mine who has no idea what to do. Surprisingly he went for the college I registered for holiday classes.
Well, past that is. I checked into Saito College's website and blog, went through the curriculum and the prices and when was the closest intake date. I was bored out of my mind, I think mushrooms grew on me while I was busy having multiple headaches about college. Saito gave me a fresh hope for doing the studies of my dream, since it was not a popular college. I didn't have much information about this college which makes me doubtful about entering it. (Mind you, I don't mean its bad cause its famous. Its in my nature to do research clearly before I get into something. So... duh...)
So I went around asking my friends and relatives, I found an art teacher introduced by my friend. So I called the teacher and consulted her, she says she has seen artworks from severals students of different colleges, there are good and bad in each college because it depends rather heavily on the student. What was important was my heart to study. Alright... that was true. So it settles half of my doubt. Then one of my relative, a successful advertising designer. She told me, many of the designers in her company are actually from Saito College and they were all very good and good, well her comments were positive. She says she didn't know whether it was luck or fate that her company received so many students from one single college and so many of them were of satisfaction. (I don't know her company)
Well, she helped me a lot and stuff. So I registered through a person named Kenneth at the education fair, for a RM 500 discount. I had my parts of discount through financial crisis and omitting to have a Macbook for an additional fee added into the free laptop. I declined it so that it lessen my fees.
I had mentioned this previously, but during my first visit to my college. I saw Joyce with a hamster in a boat basket, I had thought she was an oddball. In a good way, she was really cheerful. She laughed a lot.
Then I met Vendelyn(H.Y), she was really nice and she dressed really cool. She was friends with Carmen, the friend who introduced me to Saito College.
I got into the college and yeah... my new education life started.
The first day I stepped into college, my kept accompanying me. It did... annoy me a little... Okay, that's an understatement. It annoyed me a lot, it made me even more nervous because she was. So... god bless me I was able to keep cool until she was ready to leave. I was relieved that mom left, because... she was passing me her ultra tense tensions. I didn't really need any more of that since I was already in a bad shape of being in a totally unfamiliar enviroment among totally unknown people.
Like some people say, some things are just meant to be. People who I found outstanding... later on became my classmates. First thing was I noted a really loud tall girl, she was pretty too. Then four girls that looked like they came from those anime story all girl schools at the front near the door. Two girls sitting next to me, really friendly but they spoke mandarin. Shit... Then one cute boy, he had a girly look. Another boy, he had punk fashion sense, an earring pierced on the left ear. One extremely feminine looking boy and with a contrasting friend, they were shocked out of their minds when I spoke to them... Am I some kind of
Well, there were a few who weren't outstanding but still became my classmates. a..hahaha...
We had fun fleeting through our semesters and finally I have arrived in semester 5. I am now namely, younger sister of Shiiny & Joyce, older sister of Cyndi, Shita and Khai. And recently, a new classmate declared he was a sister of Joyce, which makes him my sister I guess... And I seriously mean it, its not an error. Its a he who calls himself Joyce's sister.
Then our class formed a group called AKEMMY, a very tightly knitted group that sometimes make you feel out of place by sitting on the same table. Sometimes... To be honest, I'm a wanderer as I was in highschool. I didn't have a specific group to take me in until recently. Which I can assure, its not Akemmy. Its between another few of us, but I feel comfortable working with almost everyone in class so I don't mind. Almost everyone, I can't please everyone in the whole world and I don't expect them to do it too.
Despite being a tightly knitted group, if situation calls for. Akemmy has no problems splitting off but still, most of the time if you let them rotate the members, it'll be between them. And if the lecturer puts them off into other groups, they don't complain if their pleas are met. I consider it very flexible for groups that knit together so tightly.
Truthfully, our class is very harmonious. Although some might not join us for lunch. But 86% of us always go for lunch together, we're a big group. Another 14% of them, joins us ocassionaly when needed or asked. Not that we don't ask but we just all go off in a group without questions made. Its fun and its great!
I thank god for steering me into Saito College, because there is no other collegemates I rather have than the ones I do now.
Thank you Buddha :) (I'm a buddhist) I pray that our route will be together until we graduate and hope to meet again with ones close call in the future!
P.S : I will miss them very much when I graduate, I hope they will call me out for group meetings ;D I hope I'm not over-expecting.
I wonder if I can really name all the people I know in Saito College(classmates)
QiQi, Vendelyn, BJ, S.Leng, Joyce.
Moon, Axl, Adrian, Sunny, Kazuya, Ben, Hannah, Monique, Sarah, How Kei, Tsuiyi.
Ron, Lena, Ezy, S.To, M.Yee, May, Voon, G.Ling, Junior and a few more from ID. >.> So sorry, i haven't seen u ppl for ages, my memory is failing me.
Khai, Yainnie, Jasmine, Cyndi, Shita, Shiiny, Xzodiac, Yvonne,Mitchie,Annt,Edwin.T, Edwin.W, Veness, James, Afiq, Colleen.
That's about the number of people my brain is giving me now... hahaha... ^^" nites... I'm knocked out now~!
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