May 1980. ferried by an uncle, accompanied by my mother I arrived at Maktab Perguruan Kinta for my registration at about 3.00 p.m. Only a few teachers trainnee were around at that time. Many had registered in the morning. I was one of the late-comers. Three seniors, the orientation committee came to show me the 'hostel' where I was to spend the whole of my one and the half year as being a student of the MPKI, stands for Maktab Perguruan Kinta, Ipoh. MPKI is situated at Jalan Diary Ipoh, next to the famous Ungku Omar polytechnic. and Raja Chulan School. My hostel was a private hostel run by a lady. She had converted two double storey shop lots into hostels. There were eight rooms, four large rooms which could accommodate 6 students each, and four smaller rooms which could accommodate four each. That night about six male seniors came for another 'orientation ' session which actually a get to know the freshies sessions. I wasn't one of those sought after fair ladies so I was not disturbed except for a brief what's your name stuff. One of the seniors happened to be my former classmates so we got down to having a few moment of chit-chatting. My room mates.. well there's Suwaibah and Nik Asiah from Kelantan, Hasnidar, Raja Mazuin, Hajar and I from Perak. We became best of buddies eventhough we were taking different courses. My best friend was Hasnidar and I thought we would never forget each other but we seemed to part our ways once we were out of college. Hasni.... you are still my Best Friend and I miss you. Who knows our paths may cross again.
The next day I got to meet my coursemates, 32 of us in E1 (PIIA), Norhaizan as the class monitor and Afif, the assistant. I enjoy my college years, the Psychology class especially where I got to learn about what makes people tick. I soon forgot all once exam was over. I still wasn't one to do a lot of studying, I don't fool around in class though that's why I still manage to win two awards during graduation that is Best Students for Bahasa Melayu and Geography. Sadly none of my family except for a cousin was present during the certificate giving ceremony solemnised by Datuk Khalil Yaakub who was in 1982, the Vice Minister for Education. I wasn't very keen on my English class though, handicapped with my elocution skills. I kept quiet most of the times to hide my disabilities. Co-curriculum and field trips were few of those sweet moments. First year saw me as one of the committee members for Badminton club. Our E1 team cameout as Badminton college champion, and I was one of the players, eventhough I was only a passenger as I lost all my games. We went on study trip to Penang as Librarians. Geography field trips took us to Cameron Highland and Pulau Ketam and Bukit Melawati. As members of Red Crescent we went camping to Teluk Batik , Lumut. I also did a seven day voluntary work with the Red Crescent at Taman Murni Thai Refugee Camp in Pengkalan Hulu. We also made trips of our own to Batu gajah, to Penang, Sayong and to Kota Bharu and Pasir Puteh, Kelantan. I also got to meet somebody special and was in a relationship from July to December in 1981. It was only meal dates while on my way home from Ipoh to Kuala Kangsar but I cherished the memories. THANKS MPKI AND FRIENDS FOR THE AWESOME 1980-1981.
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