My Collage life by Izzat Irfan

My Experience at Kolej Poly Tech MARA (KPTM) Ipoh

When I first time stepped my foot at Kolej Poly Tech MARA (KPTM) Ipoh, I thought that the situation will be the same as when  I was at Maktab Rendah Sains MARA (MRSM) Kubang Pasu,2 years ago.At MRSM,I lived under  the supervision of our warden, in the school compound, with all the food (breakfast, morning  tea, lunch, dinner, supper) provided by the school. I can only go to town 1 time in 2 weeks. At here, I can go out after class but have to come back to hostel before 11 pm. I was kind of shocked to hear it. Too much freedom given to us as a student. I prefers to stay in my hostel than to go out to town because I got no reason whatsoever to go to town. Unlike them, I love to stay in my hostel, relaxing than going to the town.

When I first time I enrolled here,I thought that now I am in collage, I thought that everybody had matured. No one will be pushed around,no one will be left out. After I stayed here for 2 months,I got slapped by reality really hard. I felt that even now i am in collage, the attitudes of certain people here are not matured enough. There are certain type of people  that will throw insults to anybody he thinks is weak. To make things worse, they teamed up with the people that had the same attitude like them and starts to making ruckus over something small, and definitely will stands up when one of his members involved in a silly fight. To be honest with myself, I really hate these kind of people.

Aboutthe food here, I was not surprised that I have to buy my own food. At MRSM, the food is provided by the school. At here, I have to go to “mamak” restaurant to buy some food. I only buy some food when I’m feeling really really hungry. I usually bought 2 “roti canai” for dinner. Sometimes, I packed a “nasi kandar” for dinner. When I’m really low on budget or I did not feeling really hungry, I only eat fast noodles (maggie). I only withdraw RM 50 each week. I withdraw it when I really need to use money. If not, I won’t withdraw any.

About the education here,it’s quite good. I can practically understands all the subject quite well. All the lecturers here are friendly and are easy to be approached.I really thanked them for teaching me until this moment. For  them being  able to understand me really make me happy. Only a few of my classmates really understands me. I wanted to say sorry to all the lecturers that teaches me because sometimes I falls asleep in their classes.

About all the people here, I think that a lot of my friends back in MRSM were better than here.Frankly speaking, a lot of people here are just chasing their popularity and whatsoever. Not to mention, the one who seems more muscular will picked on the one who seems weak. To make things worse, the starts to form a group that consists the type of people with the same attitude as them. They will tries to create problems with other people just to get themselves known to other people. Another type of friends that I hate the most is the type of friends that loves to give advice even on the small things, they feel they so perfect that they have the right to give advice. Their attitude also bad, yet they advice like they are angels that never do any wrongdoings.

To be honest with myself, I still can’t move on with my current life. I guess that when you get over attached with someone, when they start to leave you, you really feel empty inside out.I,m really glad that I met Lokman and a few of other friends that really understands me.Before my friends yell at me for making the same mistake or sleeps in class, I hope they ask themselves first if something might be bothering me. Did I have any problems? Did I have enough money to eat? Was I tired? Ialso hopes that my friends place their trust on me because it’s also crucial for my well being.Last but not least, living is the same thing as fighting. If I understand that, then I just need the courage to step forward.I hope I can put my past behind me and starts a new chapter of my life. It’s really hard to do it but I’ll definitely going  to give my best shot.