Time flies, like the speed of light, travel at full speed and high speed without any hesitation of stop by and enjoy the scenery of light, ruthless and cruel. My fortnight semester break almost come to an end, gonna go back to campus by this weekend to clean up my room which is now maybe a nest for insects and an army of roaches. I'm gonna fight them like a warrior with my newly purchase pesticide to ensure my living environment is always clean and clear. An OCD guy will never allow dirty things to live inside his room, and that's me.
Recently I've came across some status update about how am I going to survive my college life as a freshman. As an experienced, I will try to tell them what to do and some tips on surviving for the first few weeks. Two of my mum's friends got their daughter to enrolled in the foundation program in UTAR as well, as a senior I've told one of them what to do but basically what I do is to be a delivery man to deliver their parcel from their parents as now they're already in the campus for the orientation activity for a week. So now I will brief some of the way to survive in the first few weeks of college life.
As a freshmen in college university, I got some tips on how to survive the first few weeks in college, that will be enroll in all kinds of activity that the college offers, try to reach as many people as you can and explore the surrounding of campus with certain basic knowledge of campus itself.
When you're in a new place, especially when you're travelling far from you hometown to study alone in an all new place which is not familiar to you. Some of them may come from different state or even other country alone and the first problem they will face is shyness and awkwardness in talking to people. Well, you might feel it's kinda weird but DON'T HESITATE to talk to people or the staff if you have any problems. People are usually kind and some of them might have the same problem as you, struggling of finding someone to talk. So why not take a step forward and make friends and be nice to other people? Who knows if you guys will get along well later on. I strongly suggest those freshmen to attend the orientation week organised by the campus authority to let you get to know the place and the culture as well as the people around the place, to make it familiar to yourself.
The second problem will be people will be having homesickness since they are away from their family, the people that they are familiar with, their normal peers and friends are not there for them. Sure they will be nervous about that. Some might be facing problems like having symptoms of nausea or health problems due to stress to leave your hometown to travel far. It's okay to cry, try to confess it to your family or friends or counselors, they will give you advise and tell you what to do. Distract your attention of homesickness by making new friends in the new area to broaden your social circle, mix with friends with a certain hobby and join clubs societies in campus to ensure your college life is meaningful. I wouldn't suggest you to sit in your room whole day but if you have roommate with you, might as well making friends with them first at the first step and they will lead you if they are seniors with experiences.
Be outgoing, try to exercise or go to gym to work out to free your body and mind. I'm quite certain that you can meet somebody new also when you hit the gym or exercise near the garden nearby, talk to people and be nice with them. Concentrate on mind building and physical body building, academically and physically. That will help a lot in distract you from being stressful to a new place.
Well, I guess these are some basic thing you can refer to if you're facing the same problem during new intake of college. I will come back with another post later, peace.
