"Exeat", I always wonder what other people thinks of exeat, particularly all my awesome friends in my college, or what we invariably call as "ktjians".
Some of my friends will be cheering for the coming of exeat as it means shorter lessons on that particular friday, when we'll all probably be day-dreaming in the class though we can still pretend that we are listening attentively without having to be caught by our teachers. Well, teachers aren't that stupid as we might think(i mean in this very context, no offence!) as they are students before. Ergo, I think they are also pretending that we are listening even though we're not! Aren't we all talented actor and actress? Aside from that, some of my friends who are still having homesick will have their "sickness" cured without having to take any medicine. Why? because they are going home, of which I don't. Not that I don't miss my lovely family members, just that it's so irrational to do so as the air fare is not cheap, which contradicts with AirAsia's slogan- "Now everyone can fly!".
Nevertheless, exeat is special for me as well. It's the only time where you can really see the tranquility that exists within the college. I feel so fortunate to be sent to this college by my sponsor by the virtue of the fact that this college has a particular aspect of which is not possessed by many of the other colleges in Malaysia. What's that? The peacefulness that you will get, away from the hustle and bustle of the city despite the fact that there're not much access to the so-called entertainment sites like shopping malls, cinema, lagoons, etc. Well, we can still have a day trip out to the city or just dropped by mamak with friends, so not much of isolation from the outside world. Otherwise, I'll just sneak into the squash court with my friends as we are not supposed to use the facilities without the staff's supervision. ( I personally think that this particular school policy does not work, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who share the same view!)
However, when exams are around the corner, the former case will be different. There'll be more people staying back for self-study and revision. But still, it's not as busy as normal days when there'll be people walking along the main paths of the college. Instead, you'll see people loitering around at the certain corners of the college, like a plate of green beans scattered all over the places, but too insignificant to be noticed.
Here I'm in ktj again for another exeat. Not much exeats left for me if I were to count it as I'll be leaving this college soon to further my study. Perhaps I should cherish the moment that I have during exeat together with my friends before the time tie a knot to it.
p/s: To all ktj-ians, if you were to stay back during exeat, try walk along the path, which divides the academic blocks and the dining hall. You'll have a grasp of the peacefullness that I mean. If you were lucky enough, you might even see a few squirrels jumping here and there on the trees, or just pass by you, but that's not the main point. If not, you can also go to one of the many fields in ktj, overlooking the beautiful scenery of sunset or even sunrise, which I bet you'll probably oversleep and have the sun shining on you to wake you up instead.
