Monday, August 4, 2008

INTI Life

It's been about a month at INTI already, and a lot has happened. INTI is actually quite an interesting place, not really boring, except the weekends.. There are plenty of activities here, though they are winding down because it's the end of the semester. We are the odd bunch, coming in in July, smack in the middle of other semesters in a special intake of our own.

The first week, orientation week, or called OLE (don't know what it means, I've forgotten), was already quite a surprise to me. Being a victim of the National Service Program, and subjected to three months of military torture and treatment (as well as their absolutely, ridiculously narrow-minded thinking and reasoning), I think I've become too accustomed to the military administration. The openness of the way orientation was conducted came as a slight surprise to me, especially when one of the first things we were asked to do was to find a partner of the opposite sex. This was a change from a place where it was literally a sin even to look at members of the opposite sex, much less talk to them @.@. At least I'm back in a normal community.

Back to to the present. On the third day of orientation, Thursday night, there was a celebration for American Independence Day. Yes, we celebrate America's independence here, due to the fact we will eventually become part of American society... The celebration was interesting enough, there were performances, oldies from the 60's or 70's, and dancing O.o

One of the singing performances


Scene of the celebration, taken when everyone was eating at the sides


Everyone doing the YMCA dance in front

YMCA again, much later in the night

And on the last day, we had our own performance. We were supposed to sing our Voice of INTI in the most creative way possible, and present an invention that was supposed to change the world for the better.

One of the groups presenting their invention

After orientation week, classes started. Overall, facilities and lecturers here are quite good. The thing I like about INTI is that all clubs and societies are run independently by students, without control by administration staff. The number of clubs here is overwhelming. There are generally special events every Wednesday, and one of the most interesting was The Idol. Anyone who knows American Idol or Malaysian Idol (and any other countries' idol) would roughly know what it's about. There really are a great number of talents in INTI, and it has produced stars too, Desiree (forgot her Chinese name) being one of them.

Opening song performed by all finalists

Recently there has been a decline in the number of events, because as I said most people are having final exams now, while we are still barely halfway through our semester. The first three weeks of classes were interesting, even though our workload has increased. Nothing much to say about those for now.

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