As The World Turns

Wow, that  ''Think I'll try do this every weekend'' in my last post was apparently a really big lie.

My bad, I was really really really busy last semester. And I spent my winter break back in Malaysia just being completely unproductive. Which was pretty damn glorious.

I probably have better things to do right now. Like the huge amount of homework I have to do because I have been missing classes. I'm apparently really sick. The doctors won't let me attend class or do any sports :/

Spent the whole day at the campus clinic yesterday. Was only discharged after 6 horrible long hours. And I still have to report back to them every morning till I'm better.

So I'm into my second semester in Vassar College now.

Have I adapted to life here? I'd like to think so.

Being the only Malaysian in my year, my first month here was definitely not easy. I'm not sure if I even really enjoyed my first month here. Yeah, there are other international kids here - not many though. But these kids tend to stick to people from their own country, especially during the first few weeks. It felt kinda lonely, not having anyone who is able to relate to my background in any way whatsoever.

Many people have asked me, why Vassar college?

Even my parents questioned my decision of wanting to pick Vassar, as they've never heard of the school. Though again, how would they know any liberal arts college anyway?

So, why Vassar?

Well, the first reason being that it's a liberal arts college. Which means I'd be given the chance to explore other areas of interest academically while still (possibly) pursuing a Science degree.

Secondly, it's a rather prestigious school with an acceptance rate of 23%. So I know being here will make me push myself academically. 

Thirdly, it has a relatively small Asian community. By Asian, I mean people from Asian countries, and not American Asians. And the reason why this is a ''plus point'' for me is that I figured being a minority would really put me out of my comfort zone and that would then push me to expand my comfort zone. I have nothing against a large Asian community of course, but why would I travel halfway across the world just to feel at home?
Fourthly, I f*ckn love the location of the school. It's at some suburban area of New York. It's not IN the city, which is great cause the city's crazy but I have easy access to it (one and a half hour away by train/car). The campus is also really beautiful. 

Okay I can go on and on but I guess in a nutshell, I knew by coming here, I'm signing up for an experience that no one else can tell me about. Isn't that what life is all about anyway, experiences that make develops an individual as a person.

So here are some observations I've made:

• The typical response to anything being said is ''OMG, that's so funny/hilarious''. Even though if we're being completely honest here, it really wasn't actually funny at all. Example sentences that would trigger a ''that is sooo fuh-nehhh'' would be:''I forgot to brush my teeth this morning''''I saw two squirrels chasing each other while walking to class''''Oh wow, I thought that green bottle was actually blue''
• They take ''bless you''s really seriously here after a sneeze. If you sneeze in class, the whole class suddenly turns religious - even the person at the opposite corner of the room would murmur a ''bless you''. 
• People don't use rulers here. I don't know why it annoys me so much, but it does. Why don't they want to draw straight lines? :(
• People here say ''OMG'' waaaaaaaay too much.
• People in my college generally don't give two fcks about fashion, and nobody judges. Which is pretty damn great. Ain't nobody got time for that!

There's a whole other side about my college and the social scene here. But I'mma save that for another post. Hahh. That's gonna be an interesting one.

Now, where did I put my medication?