The final years of PKV decided to get together and do something for the juniors as a farewell gift. We made heart-shaped cards for each junior, the signing of which saw the mobilisation of manpower at Li Ern proportions. Everyone was in touch with everyone else, and there were special meet-ups. And that's where it all started: final years checking off items on their
To Do Before I Graduate list.
Kayaking At the varsity lake in the middle of campus. It wasn't as difficult as I imagined, nor were my arms sore the next day, perhaps thanks to my prior
tarian training. Jen Hann who took kayaking for his co-corriculum component made each of us stand up in the boat!
It only barely drizzled when we first arrived, and then again when our one hour was up. Later it poured as we made our way to tenth college's
Slow Rock café, another first for some of us.
Photo album here.Rimba IlmuIs the varsity's very own tropical botanic garden (and forest). We got Benjamin, an Ecology and Biodiversity second year junior, to play tour guide.
"How many here for the first time?" All (final year) hands went up. Ben looked like he'd got the shock of his life.
Near the entrance, many of the herbs in the Medicinal Plants section are sponsored by Clarins, and even ExxonMobil (???). "So this is the reason why we were colonised," I observed.
The Shade House looked pretty shady. "This is a place of interest for phycologists (study of algae), and entomologists studying mosquitoes." We grimace. "This place is FULL of mosquitoes," and Ben steps right in. "Stay in here for ten minutes and you will come out all red," and everyone scurries out.
Another Ben quote somewhere along the way: "Malaysia is home to some of the largest palms in the world," *waves palms (hands) around vigorously*
The Bamboos section put us all into kungfu mode.
In the midst of overhanging trees and songs of the cicada, it occurred to me that, "it takes so much time and energy to make the camera lens do what the human eye does naturally."
Photo album here. Bukit Cinta Where most of us had passed or stopped by for novelty's sake, but never really hung out at. We were originally at eleventh college, digging into lamb,
lentils, pasta, baguette, and the luscious mango juice ("The only thing better than this is the mango itself"--Francis) from the
Arab stall (yet another first for me, to Ben's and George's astonishment). Before that, some of them went
Swimming at the varsity's pool (I was too drowsy that afternoon to pull myself there).
Exiting from eleventh college, I simply decided to turn right instead of left (both ways lead home), and that's how we ended up detained by the lovely sunset at Bukit Cinta. I sms-ed someone in the other car already off-campus by then, and before we knew it they were on their way over, after picking up a kite from Rachel's place.
'Twas truly a memorable night of talking, laughing, running crazy in the middle of the road, a monitor lizard scare, and just lying on the sidewalk. In a fit of energy I dropped my phone for the last time before it started dying on me.
(Photo above courtesy of Rachel Choong)And then we go our merry separate ways.
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Aw... this actually makes me a little wistful? that i don't have the kind of experience of uni that you do... with a close-knit gang of people to run around with... that's what i always think uni life should be like, don't you? =P