Edu Camp in UTP

Have you heard of UTP, that is Universiti Teknologi Petronas? I'm sure you do, and that's the place I spent three days from 14th of Decenber to 16th of December. For those who doesn't know this place, it is located in Tronoh, Perak. I was there to participate in Edu Camp organised by UTP, with a few other friends, who were TCY, Nicholas, CSC, LJL

I brief through some programmes in the Edu Camp. First of all, we started with the registration part. Once we registered, we would be given room keys. I was in the same room with TCY. Our room was P 01-02, V5-H Propana. Two fans, two lockers, two tables and two beds. That's all inside our room. So, the bathroom was quite nice and clean. When we placed all our things into the room, we walked all the way to Chancellor Hall. It was huge and magnificient. After handing our relevant documents, we were given a name tag with examination code. The introduction part was a bit boring. They talked something about Petronas' business, scholarship offered and life in UTP. As we had to wear formal clothes, the surrounding appeared to be a bit hot although the hall was air-conditioned. After the dull talk, we had to queue up for about 10 minutes to get our lunch. Then, we had a test, called Critical Reasoning Test. I didn't manage to finish the test, so I thought I won't be able to qualify for UTP already. At night, we were informed about the interview session and examination.

When the clock struck seven the other day, we had our breakfast. Then, TCY, Nicholas and I headed for the Main Hall to take a test, known as English Placement Test. I had about 5 hours before the next test. So, we went to the library. It was just beside the Chancellor Hall. It was breathtaking, I would say. The surrounding was comfortable and it was an ideal place to read some books. It was well-equipped with all kinds of facilities too. At three, we walked to the Main Hall again for Value Profiling. Right after dinner, we stepped into the Chancellor Hall again for Motivational Talk. Just to let you all know, we had an apple for supper the first night and a pear the other night.

UTP's library

The third day was the interview session. I was in Session B with four others as a group. Our case study had something to do with Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). It was tough to me. Moreover, the question requested us for ways by government to make this CSR successful. I was blanked. First, we were being interviewed individually. The two interviewers kept putting me into some kind of predicament by asking some unpredictable questions. The 10 minutes passed by so slowly. After that, all five of us entered the room again for group interview. We were asked to talk about the related topic again for 20 minutes and gave them a final conclusion. Due to lack of understanding and knowledge about CSR, we finished it in 10 minutes only. Hopefully it won't affect our impression and marks.

Throughout the three days, I met a few friends from different states. I knew someone from Malacca, that is Ming Hern. Mr. Ng XX from Penang, Syaqil, Kamil, Guo Qiang and Shahzuan. All candidates there were so clever. Most Malays conversed in English fluently. It just dawned on me that I'm not even part of the tip of an iceberg.