Life in INTEC (Cemara & Akasia + Cendana)

~* Walking along the path of life

Let?s discuss something about the life in Cemara + akasia...
it?s something worth sharing..
Do u have anything to ask about the food, transportation, politics etc in INTEC... ?

enjoy!!!

[chenchow]

On questions about INTEC in particular,it wil be answered here.

Non Muslims will take theology and philosophy + ethics at INTEC, whereas Muslims will take Islamic Studies.

For roommate at Akasia, Cemara, typically it is assigned based on the order you check in at hostel. 3 people to a room and 2 rooms per apartment. So, say 1st to 3rd student that report in will stay same room, and 4th to 6th student will stay next room and all 6 in same apartment. Typically, those in same program will be housed together, although all of you guys will reach other rooms within 3 minutes.

Orientation at INTEC, there would be a number of talks/briefings. 6 meals a day. For those with special dietary needs (vegetarian etc), do inform your Orientation Committee (OC), and they can get for you. For some programs, like US Program, I believe that there would be placement exam, to decide which class you would be in... Guess it would be english (called verbal) and math, ala SAT.

For Muslims, there will be prayer areas allocated for you guys and for non-muslims, there will be non-muslim sessions. There might be games too over those orientation time.

Err chenchow.. I think every semester they will make some alteration...
for example.. last time 6 people live in one appartment... they change the policy into 4 people in one room.. that?s why there was once pemusnahan perabot secara besar-besaran.

now they build one big palace... it?s not fully functioning yet but I am not sure whether it?s functioning now or not..

however for those who wish to have internet access I advice you guys to apply for cyber cafe membership... you can get discount for it. The games are nice there... just recently there?s a cyber cafe rerenovate into a big game pool...

for those who wish to hunt for chinese food, I suggest you to explore seksyen 25, 15, 16 and 13 (giant has food)

last time chenchow batch and my batch the ATU students were very active doing a lot of activities... I remember I help up in chinese new year night as a dancer... it?s very memorable. but after that it has become so quiet.. I hope you guys will revive the kind of spirit in cemara akasia...

that?s all for now... enjoy your life there.

[chenchow]

iQing, the 3 to a room, is supposed to be the current setting. Gotten the info from DFish, who is in Korean program, who just reported at INTEC last week.

oh yeah... I think the water in cemara is not clean... it has some iron particles in it. I suggest u guys kongsi wang to buy a water filter..

or you can go to a water station near the dobi shop to get some fresh water...

however I advice you guys try not to part the cars along cemara akasia road..
there has been cases where the weather was so bad that big tree branches have crushed on cars...

OK.. i would like to discuss about german course in this posting.
you guys will have to learn german language and A Level subjects at the same time...
I expect that there will be some changes in your course. Last year there was a drastic change in subjects and this year I heard my juniors will no longer be able to take Diplom... they have to take bachelor master programme....
Physics teacher : Sudad al-Harran is a good teacher and Mr cheung too... I think puan naslinda will teach u maths too...
however miss yap (maths teacher) is not a cooperative teacher as she teaches super fast without caring whether you understand or not so you have to study a lot on your own....
that?s all for now. I hope you enjoy the course...! good luck!

[aquila]

Beginning my year (last year), an auntie from Sek 16 brings packaged Chinese food to the front of Akasia. Sometimes the food is good and sometimes it's bad. However, dinner for RM2.50. It's a steal, if you ask me.

I don't know if the tradition is continued till today. Is the auntie still making her rounds these days?

[chenchow]

And I think the old Section 25, those stalls, like in pasar, there is an economy rice stalls that is very cheap. It looks low class, and a bit oily, but nice food and much cheaper than the newer Section 25. A good meal is around RM2+.

[kelvinlym]

Originally Posted by iQing

however miss yap (maths teacher) is not a cooperative teacher as she teaches super fast without caring whether you understand or not so you have to study a lot on your own....

she teaches just fine for me. You can always ask her questions. No one told you to sit quietly.