New Friends Found

The first few days or should I say the first week, I really think that I am the only odd one there. Being in a dorm of Malay girls already made me feel miserable. The another thing that made me felt miserable was that all the Chinese there speak in Mandarin. And me, from an English educated school, can't really speak in Mandarin like they. To them, I am a banana (a term for those who speak English and cannot speak in Mandarin).Thus, at that moment, I felt that I am going to spend 3 miserable months there. Am I going to have new friends or will I be left alone?

I guess about a week after being transferred from Dorm A2 to E1, I started to mix with my dorm mates. Initially, I was quite quiet there as I don't really know them. I guess we never even have a self introduction time. But later, after a while, I started to speak with them and joined in their conversation. Frankly speaking, gossips made us closer. We were like talking about this girl, complaining about her bad behaviour, how she embarassed our company and etc. Never did I expect, we became close since then. And my dorm mates are really nice people. Although I am the only Chinese there, they never left me out or abandon me. Now, I am glad to say that I spent my 3 months, sleeping, eating, making jokes and gossiping with them. They are great people. Let me list them out : AINA, DIBA, MIMI, BALKHIS, NORAIN, FIZA, DIANA, AMY, IZZATI, TANIA, MIRA.

a picture of some of my dorm mates. <3>

I don't exactly remember how I befriend with these two Chinese girls. They are the first two Chinese that I was close to. They are X'yhong Huey ( commonly known as Chong in camp) and Chiew Ting (people called her mashi maro). We were in the same company, ALPHA. I met X'yhong Huey when we were sending our clothes for altering (I saw her before this but we didn't get a chance to talk). Both of them were from the same dorm. So, I don't know how but it just like we became close, and we had our meals together. Later, another girl in my company named Shu Ting (more popular with the name Susu)mixed with us and this made a group of 4 people. 3 Ting & a Huey. We spent our time together; eat, bath, wash clothes, etc. With my broken Mandarin and Hokkien (plus with English and Malay in between my words), they managed to understand what I want to say.

Shu Ting & Me


Me & X'yhong Huey

Chiew Ting

The problem that I thought I will face for three months slowly fade. Found more new friends, regardless Malay, Chinese or Indians. I am really glad that I managed to overcome this problem.