For once I LOVE doing assignments, since I can express myself through them.
For once I WANT to go to classes early.
For once I feel like I BELONGED in my class.
If you don't know, my college is situated in the heart of Sunway. Right beside the eternal gaze of the Sphinx which protects Sunway Pyramid lies a rather colorful building.
And yes, it looks a little something like that. I go to college in a series of shop lots, and I'm proud of it. I do not need a bonafide campus building beside a shimmering lake with banners tinseled all over the premises. For me, less is more. And let's keep it that way and don't go around comparing, okay folks?
College life is heaven for me. The library is my main hang out, the vast knowledge it holds is immensely alluring. The collection of artworks from a plethora of creative minds fuels my lust for knowledge. The student lounge has a mellow feel to it, I spend my time there. And the food, Elysium in your mouth.
The students? Friendly, amiable and respectable. Then comes the seniors. Oh you seniors. A funny bunch of people who instill fear into you. A bunch of people who will say that you have it easy compared to them. People who demand respect.
Respect is our keyword today, friends.
Respect. A phrase which instills discipline an appreciation at the same time. An abstract loyalty that one should never demand. Apparently the seniors of TOA believe that since their workload is a tad more, since they have 8 months tops of advantageous knowledge, they can ask for the respect they "deserve". You can never earn respect by demanding respect. Anotehr failure in the Malaysian mindset is that one will never acknowledge that there is someone out there who is better than you, who will beat you. Sure you're got at what you do, but ponder for a moment, oh resentful senior who by chance would read this: Are you the best? I concur not. Talking smack about you and your petty talent will not instill respect to anyone, especially to me. I respect an individual if he/she deserves it, just like that. If it was a joke then let me tell you that it is not, at all, laughable. I will resort to whatever it takes to beat you, clear as day.Respect n. 1 ESTEEM, regard, high opinion, admiration, veneration, reverence, deference, honour. ASPECT, facet, feature, each as an individual.
That is how Oxford defines the word.
