The place where i stayed in here in South Australia is called a college. It is mainly a hostel in where students are provided with a single room.
When I first entered college, it was pretty fun, the people around was fun to hang out with and the activities we do are totally awesome. We eat out sometimes due to sucky food provided by the college (trust me about the suckiness, you don't have to taste it to know). Going to clubs and pubs occasionally. Going to the beach for some sun, nice breeze, catching crabs and bikini girls sighting. Having some crazy trips once in awhile, for example had a one day trip to Melbourne, and that was once of the greatest trips I ever had even though everyone thinks it is crazy.
We do cook in college sometimes if we can get the kitchen key. I don't understand why the kitchen must be lock anyway. Sadly there is only one fully-utilized kitchen to be used by students in the college. We had great fun cooking around, food tasting and eating together with lots of chatting. It is a really a good way to get together after the long week of uni. Now, we can't get the key that often anymore, due to the stupid rule of no cooking unless you have an event. You know can't have an event every week, it is just a normal "get together after the long week time" and we can't even get that.
After my first year in college, people start to leave every year. And in my opinion the "fun to hang around with" people left as well. In come some freshers who are not as good as the oldies who left. There are some "fun to hang around with" freshers, but they are countable with one hand. Let me see, most of the freshers that came in are either nerds (I agree to studying, we are uni students after all, but hey, all work and no play makes John a dull boy and they have to study like all the time) or geeks (the people who plays computer games excessively, like theres nothing else besides games apart from their studies).
About going to the pub and clubs. I won't blame those (good boys and girls) who will never go to one due to their own discipline in seeing those places as a bad place to go to. But I seen a person who goes to the pub, gets a drink for the sake of just trying be involve in pub nights, drinks as fast as possible, and rush back as soon as possible (arrives and leaves the pub in less than 15 minutes) . The main purpose of pub night is to drink and talk with people, yes, you can have one beer or even no drinks at all, but stay for the fun and talk with your fellow college mates.
My main point is, college life is not as fun as it used to be. To compare, the life in Malaysia is way better than college life apart from uni life. They are people who will do stuff with you and not chicken out last minute and being unsporting. Like my Malacca and Seremban trip, it was spontaneous and rewarding. Most of the people in college won't even dare think of doing something like that even like once a semester. They will probably say they need to study (the main excuse to use) while they sleep, watch dramas in their own room, chat on msn, surf the net a lots of anti-social or in-door stuff. The main thing they don't have is to be sporting, like maybe even once awhile will be good enough.
I think I will soon become a dull boy myself, if the "fun to hang around with" people extinct from college the next year or so. Lets hope that will not happen, and "fun to hang around with" freshers will come in next year not all geeks and nerds. Just moderate people who will study, play and hang around equally not people who are boring, nerdy, kiasu and geeky.
Note: What I wrote entirely is just what I think. And I do not discriminate nerds and geeks, it is just that the ones in college are the extremist type in being nerdy and geeky at the same time. I do have nerdy and geeky friends around elsewhere as well and they are still good to hang out with once in awhile as they do come out like sometimes.
-Johnny signing out- *click*
When I first entered college, it was pretty fun, the people around was fun to hang out with and the activities we do are totally awesome. We eat out sometimes due to sucky food provided by the college (trust me about the suckiness, you don't have to taste it to know). Going to clubs and pubs occasionally. Going to the beach for some sun, nice breeze, catching crabs and bikini girls sighting. Having some crazy trips once in awhile, for example had a one day trip to Melbourne, and that was once of the greatest trips I ever had even though everyone thinks it is crazy.
We do cook in college sometimes if we can get the kitchen key. I don't understand why the kitchen must be lock anyway. Sadly there is only one fully-utilized kitchen to be used by students in the college. We had great fun cooking around, food tasting and eating together with lots of chatting. It is a really a good way to get together after the long week of uni. Now, we can't get the key that often anymore, due to the stupid rule of no cooking unless you have an event. You know can't have an event every week, it is just a normal "get together after the long week time" and we can't even get that.
After my first year in college, people start to leave every year. And in my opinion the "fun to hang around with" people left as well. In come some freshers who are not as good as the oldies who left. There are some "fun to hang around with" freshers, but they are countable with one hand. Let me see, most of the freshers that came in are either nerds (I agree to studying, we are uni students after all, but hey, all work and no play makes John a dull boy and they have to study like all the time) or geeks (the people who plays computer games excessively, like theres nothing else besides games apart from their studies).
About going to the pub and clubs. I won't blame those (good boys and girls) who will never go to one due to their own discipline in seeing those places as a bad place to go to. But I seen a person who goes to the pub, gets a drink for the sake of just trying be involve in pub nights, drinks as fast as possible, and rush back as soon as possible (arrives and leaves the pub in less than 15 minutes) . The main purpose of pub night is to drink and talk with people, yes, you can have one beer or even no drinks at all, but stay for the fun and talk with your fellow college mates.
My main point is, college life is not as fun as it used to be. To compare, the life in Malaysia is way better than college life apart from uni life. They are people who will do stuff with you and not chicken out last minute and being unsporting. Like my Malacca and Seremban trip, it was spontaneous and rewarding. Most of the people in college won't even dare think of doing something like that even like once a semester. They will probably say they need to study (the main excuse to use) while they sleep, watch dramas in their own room, chat on msn, surf the net a lots of anti-social or in-door stuff. The main thing they don't have is to be sporting, like maybe even once awhile will be good enough.
I think I will soon become a dull boy myself, if the "fun to hang around with" people extinct from college the next year or so. Lets hope that will not happen, and "fun to hang around with" freshers will come in next year not all geeks and nerds. Just moderate people who will study, play and hang around equally not people who are boring, nerdy, kiasu and geeky.
Note: What I wrote entirely is just what I think. And I do not discriminate nerds and geeks, it is just that the ones in college are the extremist type in being nerdy and geeky at the same time. I do have nerdy and geeky friends around elsewhere as well and they are still good to hang out with once in awhile as they do come out like sometimes.
-Johnny signing out- *click*
