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So, as of today, I am a student in University of Malaya. What can I say about Orientation Week is that the first few days were torturous; waking up at 4:30am and sleeping after 12am, running around UM (I fell and almost sprained my left foot that I previously sprained), screaming my lungs out, suffered from constipation because I was too tired to actually spare some time to excrete waste products from my body, being forced to wear the same two shirts for the whole week and leg muscles screaming in pain. Then, it became less stressful but still as tiring. The best part about Orientation Week however is whenever I'm at the Tunku Canselor Hall. The cheers by each college is something everyone should see at least once in their lives. It's the one of the best things I've ever experienced. The hall becomes fucking alive when every college is chanting their cheers and stomping the shit out of the floor and it's just amazing to be in the middle of that. I lost my voice and bruised my lap and hands because well, I cheered.

Truth be told, I don't know how private colleges or universities do their orientation week but I would never trade this for an orientation week in a private tertiary institution. Sure, I suffered from body aches and bruises and I lost my voice but the experience is something I truly cherish. I would go through it all over again just to be surrounded by thousands of people doing the same cheers and hand gestures when we do our Siswa UM cheer, without a fucking doubt.