Volume 1; Chapter 17: Time Factor - Sentimental Recollection

Why you know... I've not posted anything for some time now due to lack of ideas and all those exams. Nonetheless, I'm going to get down to business now.

I'm sure the thing on everyone's mind as they start this new semester is "We are already halfway there, aren't we?". Hey, you've got a point there, we are indeed halfway there. But don't you think it's somehow too fast or should I say, gone in a blink of an eye.

Whatever we did, we've done. Remember the first day you came to KBU? Everyone was crowding in the MPH (Multi-Purpose Hall, and what were you thinking?). Everyone looked so serious on that first day as if we were in the Colosseum, awaiting the battle to begin. Things were much different as days went by. Those first few day when we were here, everything seemed so unfamiliar and strange. Remember those strange moments you had with your roommates, those first encounters and lots more. I'm sure all of us have become good friends, inseparable and been through thick and thin.

Aren't we all in this together?

I remember the first day, very well indeed. A new experience, a new chapter, a new story altogether. Very pleasant yet so distant... I'm "stationed" at one of the student houses. On my way there, I passed huge houses which one could only dream of buying. The residential area looked like a maze, awaiting us to explore and conquer. And so we did. We roamed the area, scouting every nook and cranny, till we know the place through and through.

Some of us, fortunate ones, got to mingled and blended in well with some of the seniors, and we learned a great deal from them. What did we learn? Well, for starters, we got info on whatever there is to know about AUSMAT and of course not forgetting the Lecturers. Haha... They certainly had a lot of comments about them, but I ain't revealing nothing here, mate!

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How about the way we felt about college especially for those who first entered college? Initially, I thought studies would be hectic and you know, different from secondary school. Well, all I can say is college life is certainly different, perhaps in terms of personal freedom and stuffs like that. But the same thing is that we are still studying... That would certainly rate better than having to work :)

Then, the real battle of yesteryear that we fought would be IELTS. And yeah, AUSMAT packs more of a punch due to those 5 subjects all of us have to take. But remember last year? We sat for IELTS like only for 2 days, and it's holiday... All of us, eagerly anticipating the trip home, while some of us, had something which held us back. It was a moment of mixed feeling which would be felt soon again- in November when we finish TEE. You get so used to BU that you become "institutionalized". Going back would mean leaving something behind just like when you were leaving your hometown and heading to KBU during that first day, remember?

And there it was, half a year gone just like that.

After 5 months of huff and puff, we are here! Right after the break, and everyone should be refreshed for the new semester, or are we still in the mood? Around this time last year, everyone of us were busy getting the documents done with and a year has passed since then, and now the juniors are coming. Did I hear a smirk? Ya you right there! I believe most of us are anticipating the coming of the new batch of students, it'll be like them in our shoes last year. All of them being so new to this place, I'm beginning to feel the "superiority" in the air. Muahaha....

But, wait a minute. It'll mean we are drawing near to the day we have been working towards. And it will come soon enough even before you know it. As always time is the factor.

It passes too fast and you are already 19+ . No more childhood but only memories for y'all. And with this, all is ended... Except for hope! Haha..

Tick Tock, ...