First Week. Well Hello RMIT!
My first day here in RMIT was a little bit confusing since I have to figure out where is the lecture hall just depending on the Campus Maps provided. As I entered Building 80, I was amazed by how beautiful and magnificent it was. Somehow I do feel proud and happy to be here in RMIT.
As I entered the hall alone, I set all my bag and books properly preparing for the lecture. Trying to act cool (which definitely I failed to do so), I try to approach some of the students sitting next to me. I was afraid of not being accepted by them but luckily I found that they are nice actually. We introduced ourselves and do some a little bit of kind of small ice breaking sessions, just to know each other before the lecture starts. Personally I do wonder on how the teaching method would be like in here since I am an international students and definitely it’s definitely going to be different from the college I was from.
As the lectorial goes on, I found it was very unique since almost all the lecturers teaching this Media course are in the same room with all of us. Media 1 lectorial was fun with a little bit of introductions and jokes to makes us feel welcomed. We were then asked to set up a blog for our courses. Well, as a media students and as a media practitioners going to be, we were thought that most of the time your work going to be publicly viewed, and with this blog, I do personally believe that it is one way to convey what you want to say, what do you think, what you can improve or in a simple terms, a reflections on what you have learned and practiced.
Questions that kept popping out of my mind is how do I start. Blogging is not something new for me since I used to have a blog way back when I was in high school, which is around almost 10 years ago. And the other thing is, what should I write about? Should it be formal? Informal? Should I keep it simple or just should it be like an academic writing essay? I am not a big fans of writing and I will take it as challenge and as one ways to improve myself in writing.
Being a international students is challenging since I have to adapt myself with different cultures and environment. The first week is always difficult as I need to adjust myself with the people surrounds. As time goes by, I believe that I can gain as much as I want in this media industry and hopefully be able to practice it back in Malaysia.
Cheers!