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I've been wanting to write & share this post on August 17 since that would be my monthsary here in the States, but being the procrastinator I am, I ended up posting this a week late. lol. when I was in middle school I spent most of my time in front of the TV & particularly watching disney: that's so raven, hannah montana, lizzie mcguire, even stevens, the suite life of zack & cody, wizards of waverly place and the list goes on. it got me curious on how it would be like for me to be experiencing life in there which started my dream to further my study in the States. fast-forward to all the joy, laughter, blood, sweat & tears. here I am in the States!
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I haven't even reached the States yet I'm already complaining that much. yeah, that is so me. I have endless rants. anyways, how did I end up going here? well, back in my ib days I've always wanted to go to Purdue University bcos it was the only university that I got exposed to. actually, both of my parents were Purdue graduates. they met each other there, fell in love, got married, awww i know it's sweet :") but I didn't go there tho haha I applied (twice) & got accepted (twice) but long story short my new chapter begins at Michigan State University. maybe I'm fated to be here for whatever reason :)
I was worried that I'm gonna have to overcome my jet-lag for a long time but it literally took me a day to recover so I'm all good with that. my first week here was great, made a few new international friends through the orientation program, walked around campus (the campus is huuuge tho), felt all welcomed & because it was a packed week with the orientation program I didn't get to miss home yet & especially when I get to eat for free for the whole week at the cafeteria on campus. life is all great when there's free food tho hahaha & I could say I'm adapting well. or so I thought. at times the loneliness hits me but I'm not gonna talk about it on this post. gonna make another post about it if I feel like it :)
moving on, then my first class starts & I got really nervous about it bcos I really don't know what to expect, it was an 8am class & since it'll take 20 mins by bus to get there I had to leave home by 7:30am. thus having me to wake up at 6:15am since I need to pray, shower & eat my breakfast! I've been changing my habit to not skip breakfast these days & so far I still haven't skip any before going to class :) good job gurl! (ahh prolly this is one of the reasons I'm able to shed off my weight) but overall classes are pretty the same as I was back in INTI Subang. my lecturers were all nice & very helpful but its just that the students here are way more proactive at asking questions & answering them in class, while I just sat there all quiet. lol. I would never have questions in class. the workload I would say bearable but not until you have 5 assignments, a quiz & a test all happening & due at the same week. lmao. I almost died but I survived as always! :")
that's the mso family there in the picture or I could say my new family (mso: malaysian students organization) from what I know there's like more than 150 Malaysians here so it's a really huge community tho. a friend of mine had like only 8 Malaysians at the university he's attending. haha. anyways that picture was taken from our Merdeka Raya gathering. that was when I had my first exposure to the Malaysian community here, it was great to meet so many people from home but tbh it felt more intimidating for me meeting them as compared to meeting the locals or international students here. hahaha. prolly bcos I'm aware that most (or all) of them already knew each other & I'm like suddenly coming into the picture as the only transfer student (girl) that is. I felt wary of not being able to fit in since I'm the only new kid (well, there's actually another guy who came with me so it's like the two of us new kids, but you know he's a guy) I was concerned that people wouldn't want to befriend me since they've all got their own circle of friends here. lmao. insecurities are not good people! haha. but you know what they say, nice people still exist! eventually, I made a lot of new friends & they were nice to me & really made me feel belonged 💓
I'm looking forward as to what more new experience awaits.
p/s: sorry if the stories in this post seem rushed bcos there's so much going on when I've only been here for a month hahaha will make separate posts for more stories to share tho. stay tuned!
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