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Yo people!

After 1 and a half weeks studying in Parkville campus, i've got new views already~

I'm not trying to be biased!!!

(although most of u felt that i'm praising Sunway most of the time... which is quite true coz 1st few days not yet adapt, quite culturally shocked...lol)

I'll just mention things/stuff/whatever that i saw & felt... Whether it's a pro or con, depends on individual...

Enjoy reading and think of the comparison by urself... ^v^

#16 Sunway has monkey at the 'jungle' where many of us park our vehicles, beside the uni, and some lab-breed animals in building 3, level 8 (i think) that is restricted to most students...

Parkville campus has snakes in the cafeteria itself (of course behind glass...), and a nice aquarium with many types of fishes... And a piano which i've not seen anyone playing it...

#17 There are so many people in the lecture hall that I'm able to see new faces almost everyday... Meeting new friends is now my ADL (Activities of Daily Living)... cool eh?

just realized that there's a quite good looking guy in my lecture hall... hehe

#18 There's lectopia from Parkville MUSO, where we can download the lectures (slides with the lecturers' voice recorded during lectures) and review it, in case we missed something important...

#19 In Parkville, there's no need to take lifts... library, cafeteria, lecture hall, tute room, laboratory, virtual practice environment... are on the same floor, or only one floor away... quite convenient...

#20 There's no clock in the lecture hall in Parkville, but there's one in pharmacy practice room back in sunway (last sem)... i don't know about the current venue for their lectures, but i think there's at least one clock in every room in Sunway... right?

#21 There is one major difference which i'd observed... The lecturers in Parkville are very punctual... no lectures will start late (unless there's technical problem) or end later than the indicated time... There'll be no delay or extra class... everything is on time...

Even the students here are so quick! For example, when the lecture ends at 10am, by 10.01am, nobody is in the lecture hall anymore... At Sunway, most students will stretch, chitchat a bit, slowly pack their stuff before leaving the room...

#22 Due to the number of students that have different allocated timetable for their pracs and tutes, we are unable to postpone or shift lectures forward... so, we'll need to wait for 3 or 4 hours sometimes for the next prac / tute in Parkville... in Sunway, just inform the class rep about the unsatisfied timetable, then request for a swap/change in timetable from the lecturer... 80% of the request will be granted... (for last few sems... not sure about now... i think not that easy anymore...)

#23 The earliest lecture starts at 8.30am on certain days in Parkville... while the earliest lecture starts at 9am back in sunway...

Most of the lectures here are continuous... there're breaks for half an hour, or breaks for one hour if there are more than 3 lectures in a day... Back in Sunway, there're only breaks for one hour or continuous lectures... Breaks for an hour is a good thing i think, as sometimes, we can't do much during the 1 hour break... besides, we can end our lectures earlier and go home earlier! That is why i feel that the lectures here are more relax as we have lot's of free time after a busy morning...

#24 For female washrooms in Parkville, there's no place for us to put our files/books in the toilet room... There's always place for me to put my things back in Sunway's toilet...

And and... there're only toilet sitting bowls in Parkville.. they don't have the squatting type which i find it more hygienic & easier... lol (hehe, i even compare the toilet...)

#25 The lecture notes here make more sense after the lecturers explain them because the lectures were prepared by them... Unlike in Sunway, we don't quite get the meaning of certain slides with symbols or funny sentences...

However, the lecture slides in sunway have added stuff relevant to the Malaysian context, and are more flexible in the sense of printing... We can print the slides we want in whatever number and orientation we like (3x3 or 4x2 or 2x2) in Sunway, unlike in Parkville, where the lecturers had fixed the number of slides per pdf page... So there's not much choice or consideration before printing...

#26 Students can eat food in the library in Parkville!!! In Sunway, when we nibble some buns or bread in the library, we would be told off...

#27 To connect to the wireless internet in Parkville, we have to bring our laptops to uni, follow some instructions/guidelines provided on a piece of paper given by the librarian. download something (during 1st time only), then only can connect using our authcate Id and password... back in Sunway, just type in your authcate Id and password, then can online immediately... so different... mmm

#28... i'm tired for now... i'm starting to adapt to this new lifestyle... Felt a bit feverish last night and today... with some cough now and then... Hope to recover soon...

Will update if there's new stuff to share!!! ^v^