I am currently a 2nd year Pharmacy student in a university just off Semenyih town. Semenyih itself is about 30 km from KL (according to my uni website).

My university is surrounded by lush greenery (an old oil palm plantation), scenic mountains and a housing estate called Taman Tasik Semenyih. One drawback of being surrounded by oil palm trees, mountains and forests is that this means that the campus is in a very secluded place. The nearest town (and hence nearest kedai runcit, mamak and petrol station) is a 5 minutes drive past a winding road which is poorly lighted. I have not heard of someone who walked to Semenyih from campus before so I can’t say how long it is by foot. But a lot of people (especially parents) think that the ‘ulu-ness’ helps the students to study better since there are less distractions.

a bit about my life in Semenyih..

Being in Pharmacy means that I usually have a very packed timetable. However, I have really cool lecturers who try their best to move the 9-10am lectures to later slots so that we can all have 1 more hour of sleep.

I have assignments in the form of lab reports which can be quite tedious sometimes. Exams are only at the end of each semester so instead of getting small doses of stress throughout the semester, we get one big dose towards the end. But overall, I still find my course quite interesting.

Other than attending lectures and doing lab reports, I try to fill up my free time by playing futsal in Kajang Prima, watching Arsenal matches in Ibrahim Maju, playing Worms 3D with my housemates/neighbours, playing cho tai ti/UNO, going kai kai at The Store (formerly known as Fajar) and watching movies in Jusco Balakong.

I have also recently discovered the joys of reading and am currently reading Silk Harmony Factory by Tash Aw.