Nope,i'm not going for a holiday.Purlezzz....i'm going for a one-semester exchange programme to Chulalongkorn University.
It's actually an ASEAN Scholarship for communication students given out by CU (Chulalongkorn Uni) to ASEAN countries.
I'm lucky enough to be chosen, together with other 5 students from Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, UK, and France.
I was at first sceptical. I was encouraged to apply by my faculty advisor, i wasn't expecting to make it through.Applicants needed to write a short essay of why they are interested in this programme. Then i received a response from CU for a skype-interview. All that happened during the hiatus of shooting the short film.You can say i was freaking exhausted after driving long hours (from Alor Star to UPM) for the first time and immediately rushing to a nearby McDonalds just to make it for the interview.At a stressful state like that, i was slowly losing my interest of going for this exchange,but i was polite & friendly enough during the interview.I do remember one remark by the interviewer, "You sound like a Singaporean". HAHHAA!
I had a feeling i did bad for the interview,and didn't hope much of getting it (considering the chances where i was competing with other universities around ASEAN too).Besides that,i felt so close to my team already, we bonded so much.Plus all the coming projects next semester, i didn't want to lose out.
The results came out and i was one of the receivers.My heart sank to be honest. I wasn't ready to leave yet, with so much in mind, i became restless.The decision of having to extend my studies for maybe a year if go for this exchange made things even worse. However, my team,friends & family gave the support i needed and told me it was okay.Accepting this would be the best decision to make because i've been given a chance that is hard to come by.
So,i built my confidence & interest back and walahHHh! I'm about 50% ready to depart on 2nd of August.
Yup, you got that right.Puasa dengan raya pun dekat sana lerr...Sayu tuh sayu jugak,tapi takpa la, ambil sebagai pengalaman. Dahla u OLSSss tak habis2 suruh i hantar 'salam perantauan' dekat Utusan or Berita Harian,HAHA!...Just for the sake of representing Malaysia, my mum & i rushed to make me a pair of baju kurung & baju kebaya to bring to Bangkok.Haha.Finally,i have my own kebaya! After so many years of "tahun depan nak pakai".
I will be staying off-campus,which means this will also be my first time renting an apartment & staying outside,haha!.....But,not going to be so happy about that since most of my classes start at 8am...it's going to be DREADFUL for me to wake myself up so early in the morning to catch a train or bus to CU -_-"
Oh well,wish me luck!!
PS: Mak dah pesan awai2,jgn carik chenta kt sana...sedihnyaa..baru excited nak cuci mata..pffff
Just in case you are interested to apply for this scholarship as well in the future,here's the link.
ASEAN Scholarship details
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