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Life as Foundation in TESL student : Part One

Phew, so, how's life? Great eyh? To those who are reading this (if there's any), I'll give you an update about how's life as a TESL student in UiTM Alor Gajah (Lendu or London, you pick).

When I first got here, I'm nervous and excited because finally, I'm leaving home. That's all I ever wanted to do throughout my whole eighteen years of life. Luck was on my side since I got my childhood friend as a roommate and yes bitches, she's taking TESL too! Aha, take that!



My batch is the last batch of foundation students in any UiTM all over Malaysia because for our second semester, we'll be moving to UiTM Dengkil. So, to the future Teslians, you'll be in Dengkil. 

Okay, let me be honest with you guys, when I first came to London (uitm alor gajah/lendu) I seriously didn't know what the hell is Masscom. Yep, you know what is it? Cause I don't people, I don't. And when I got here and almost all of my housemates are from Masscom, I was like 'Where's my people?! Where?' Because every where I went to during motherhaemoglobin MDS (orientation) and everyone I asked around was Masscom. Like, 'What the fuck man? Where's the fucking other Teslians?' And then I came to learn that Tesl students are minority in London and probably in Dengkil too. 



And it's like we didn't exist in the first place. Sad, I know. And oh, I don't know why, but it seems like there's something going on with TESL (the only foundation program here, in Lendu) and Masscom and it's endless, people, endless. Fuck that shit. I ain't ballin' in this war. 

Of course when you finally got to meet your classmates you'll feel a) excited as hell b) fuck their english is so fucking good now I'm insecure c) emotionless . For me, I'm B. But it's okay, people. Once you got the hang of it, you can say bye bye to your insecurities and just spew shits out in English. Confidence doesn't come like a 'PLOP' it comes like this 'pap, pap, pap, pap and pap.' Wait, does that even make any sense? Well, what I'm trying to say is, your insecurities will just go away, gradually so don't sweat it. 

So, you might wanna know about the subjects thrown onto our plate as a TESL student (first semester only) and I might as well just share it:



Malaysian Studies (kinda like History but its in English people. Fuck it but I love History so mehh)
Grammar (Yezzza)
College Writing
College Reading
Listening and Speaking (Muahha, phonetics people. Phonetics)
CTU (Subjek agama pun dalam bahasa ingerris kau. Mati terjelepuk kat situ)
Computer Literacy
College Study Skills (how to survive in college, basically)



Lemme tell ya something, ya might think that okay, I can totally nail this shit but no, you can't fucking nail that fucking shit because it's kind of fucking hard unless you're somewhat the Einstein 2.0 then go nail it bitch. But oh well, nothing is easy so just deal with it. 

Tesl is not easy man, don't trust the bullshitters. It's hard but not impossible. Just struggle until you almost, 99% dead and then you'll be fine until you see your test papers... which is a total bullshit. 




I'm not sure if you guys are going to do the same thing like I did or not but I did not just learn english. I built a damn sculptor for Malaysian Studies (all for Mr. Naza, hai Mr. Naza) out of play dough and I pulled an all nighter to complete that. Felt like an AD student at that time. *flips hair

But TESL is fun (except for the amount of sleepless nights)! I love it. University life= lots of total freedom. So I suggest you to prepare yourself to meet tones kind of people here and please please don't get yourself involve with a deadly sickness called 'culture shock'. You can have your share of fun but please don't forget your studies. I did hang out with my friends until late midnight. I just need to get out of Lendu once in awhile or I'll go crazy. But then again,when it's time for studies or exams, fuck that exam for real, people. We can do this shit, yeah!


Also, be open minded. You're going to meet a lot of people during your university lives. Accept other people's opinion and don't be judgmental. Oh, and be prepared as well to meet crazy, bimbo and weird people. Get a long with everyone, okay?

First semester, it's very painful. Why ya ask? Books; they are expensive as hell, I'm telling you. I spent about RM 500.00 on books, solely books for this course. Seniors won't gave ya their books because they need them during their degree (I guess?). Seeing all those money inside my purse disappears, God, it hurts, it really did. 




Of course there's a lot of presentations, pair work or group work. So, work on your confidence level, people. You can do this shit! TESL is love, TESL is life. 

disclaimer: photos are not mine. 

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