Comparing?

Just a piece of cautious, various people have different types of living lifestyle. Especially if one has a different culture or living in different state. In Malaysia, buildings are most of the time; (almost all) are made by concrete and bricks. Living in Malaysia, you must not only must have the skills to tolerate the heat and humid but also, the busy traffic. Think about it. Humid + heat + busy traffic= 100% patient. Anyway, as a shopaholic, I love spending time in the mall, even if I do not buy anything, I would just window shop and fulfil my cravings for shopping! In Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, is believed that we have one of the biggest malls in South East Asia. Therefore, you can imagine the size of it and it takes ages just to walk around it and trust me, you don’t want to get lost in that mall! Malls in Malaysia shut at 10.30 pm or sometimes, nearly midnight. Malaysians have this habits of eating out during the weekend. Therefore, restaurants and malls shut late. It is called the “family weekend”. Malls would be over crowded; restaurants would be packed with dozens of families. In Malaysia, because we have three main different races, we have so many types of food you can choose from. Internationalism is huge in Malaysia. Foods are range from local food to even Thai food or western food and restaurants are hardly close.

Where as in New Zealand, shops shut before 10 pm and lifestyle here is more quiet. Honestly, since I came here, I do not really shop. Because all the shops are almost the same everywhere and products here are sold more expensive. I was surprise. One day I wanted to buy a correction pen, and to my surprise, I found one that I use to use in Malaysia, which only cost MYR 1, but it is sold for over NZD 6! In short, in my opinion, the cost of living here is more expensive. Even the basic things like food are quite dear. On top of that, products such as clothes are not value for money. They are sold expensively but 90% of them are made in China. So sometimes, I wish that they would set the price a little lower. However, scenery here is so much more beautiful than in Malaysia. Scenery here is magnificent and breath taking. It is so photogenic! Once, I took a picture of New Zealand and send it back to my friends in Malaysia, they thought it was a postcard I bought from a souvenir shop! They were too, quite impress with the nature in New Zealand. Adding on to that, I think New Zealand is a good place to study.

As for commenting on the New Zealand government, I think sometimes people in parliament are very childish as they swear at each other as shown on the television news once. Besides that, some kiwi’s are very racist and would swear at us, just because we’re different. But try turning off the lights, we’re all the same. Therefore, sometimes, I think they are conservative. But that are just minority, so it doesn’t bothers me much. Nevertheless, so far, I have made lovely kiwi mates from High School. We are still in contact and I absolutely cannot wait to meet up with them again!

I hope this blog/ post will not offend anyone as this is only my personal view and honestly, I am quite reluctant to do this task because it is base on individual experience and thinking. But because I need to pass this course, therefore I am doing it. I will not get offended if people disagree with what I’ve just wrote.

malls: left; Malaysia , right; New Zealand

The fact!

Currently, I'm doing Foundation Studies. What can I say about Foundation Studies here? Well, I've never actually experience Foundation Studies in other Universities before. I think, from a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the best, I would rank Foundation Studies in Canterbury University as 7. Currently, I'm taking up subjects as an interest and knowledge. The subjects that I took up are History of the 1960's, of why it is important and how did it influence the world today. I actually found out that most of the things that are limited and restricted in the 1960's are taken for granted today. Things like colored television, or Women's Right and music, are all nearly taken for granted. I'm also taking up English. well, for me, English is just part of the course and in order to pass Foundation Studies successfully, I must take up English as one of the subjects, however, my English teacher is really really absolutely lovely and her class are interesting. She has a very soft voice, so everyone will be very quiet and still as she speaks in class everyday. It's more like peaceful hours when it comes to English classes.Together with English comes Computing class. This computing class is interesting as we can do some research on the internet to get some useful informations. Computing also teaches me how to do a reference list. Basically, its useful.
Another subject that I take is film studies. Megan is a lovely teacher with a very confident voice, and the movie that she screens every Friday afternoon are all interesting as we look into different types of genre and languages. I am impressed that she can actually read French... fast! This class also teaches me what happen within a film, how is it made up and what elements of mis-en-scene are use in every film. This gives me a very positive mind when I watch horror movie in the future!! At least I know they are not true and its all just about imagination.
Besides that, I also take up Individuals and Society as a subject. Individuals and Society talks about a wide range of things that relates to Psychology. Therefore, I find it rather interesting!
For me, to pass this Foundation Studies exam is a priority and it is a must! This is because to get into a degree course, I must pass Foundation Studies. I plan not to just pass, but hope to pass with a good results. But, in any circumstances that I will just pass, it doesn't bothers me because the main thing is... I pass.