The STAR Education Fair was held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre and I was very keen on attending it as I've never been to an education fair and it was the right time for me to go. I wanted some company but after asking a few friends, none of them could make it.
That Sunday was a surprisingly lucky day for me. I managed to get on all 4 trains in a couple of minutes (or in some cases seconds) upon reaching the train station. It was my first time going to KLCC by train. So, after checking out which trains to take, I bought my first ticket to KL Sentral and there was already a train waiting in the station, about to leave.
During the one hour ride, I was pretty lonely as I rarely took the train to other places alone. Then, I realized that it was probably better if I got used to travelling alone, in case I want to go travelling to other countries in the future. After slightly more than an hour, I got down, bought another ticket (actually a coin-shaped chip) to board the train on the Kelana Jaya Line to KLCC.
When I got into KLCC, my worries of not finding the Convention Centre evaporated as I found the signboard to my destination after a 5-minute walk form the train station. Another factor that made it easier was that I had been to a place close to the Convention Centre before-The Aquaria in KLCC.
About half an hour after reaching the place, the first talk was given by some person whose name I can't remember. The real reason I decided to go for the Education Fair was to listen to the talks by various professionals on post-SPM topics.
The first talk session consisted of speeches by 3 different people on choices after SPM and career guidance. I found those speeches really useful and inspiring in some ways. One talked about the common mistakes that we make in our life when choosing our education options and another spoke about how to start planning our future.
After that first session, I went for lunch. One shop which caught my eye as I was making my way through Suria KLCC was a shop by the name Fresh Food Store. They had food which were just made and can be bought on a take away basis. I got myself two slices of pizza and headed back to the hall where the speeches were conducted.
The break in between was kinda short and when I finally made it into the hall, the speech on educational funds by the Kuok Foundation had begun. It was followed by a speech on scholarship opportunities form the STAR Newspaper's education fund by a person named Susanna Kuan. The disappointing fact was that the offers were only for private institutions.
The next session was another one that I was anticipating that day. It was a session where 3 different speakers were going to explain about opportunities in America, Australia and Hong Kong. The speeches were very useful (especially the one on USA) as I got an insight of what I should expect should I go overseas next time. And the speech on Hong Kong was really funny as the speaker kept on discouraging the listeners from pursuing studies in Hong Kong with funny remarks about their workaholic ethic and the level of pollution (which is actually true).
After that talk session, I went to the exhibition halls to check out the colleges' and universities' booth. Surprisingly, I found a few of the booths very informative on what I want to pursue in the future. The informative booths even offered me informative books which I have not gone through yet.
At around 4.40, I got kinda tired and decided to board another 2 trains home. As I said, I was lucky with the trains and reached back home in the fastest possible time. It was a lonely journey but I think I enjoyed that adventure away from my usual life at home.....
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