Older students live off campus and prefer to travel by bike, motorbike or car depending on the distance of their homes from campus... and their budget. Most professors travel by car.
Cars on the streets of Terengganu are much smaller than most cars in America. The two most famous car brands manufactured in Malaysia are the Proton and the Perodua. These compact cars are about the size of a golf cart and lack a heating system. Can you guess why? A few people drive larger cars that you may have seen rolling around your own neighborhood, like Nissans and Toyotas.
What might be some of the pros and cons of driving a small or large car? How do you get to school? How does this mode of transport impact the abiotic (non-living environment) and biotic (living: people, animals) around you?
My first day at the Universiti Malaysia Terengganu was a flurry of paperwork. Not wasting any time I set out on my journey to find the appropriate offices and officers to help me with my paperwork. I searched campus, forging my own path under the bright glare of the hot sun.
After a long day of walking, I returned to the hostel (dormitory). Upon seeing me walk through the door, tired and thirsty, my roommate, Anupa, told me she would help me find my way around campus.
The next day Anupa showed me the fastest and shadiest routes through campus and helped me get a bicycle. Now I zoom around campus with Oscar, my bicycle. With Oscar’s help, a walk that used to take 30 minutes has been reduced to a brief ten to 15 minute ride, depending on the foot “traffic.”
