ex UTP here..

and yeah, living in tronoh might sound boring, but there'll always something you can do. If you're the type who would like to venture new places, Perak has it all. Rivers, air terjun, Pangkor, Lumut, Kuala Kangsar, Bukit Merah, Cameron Highland, I never knew this until I was there. Typical activity during weekend = midnight movies. But it was fun, it wasnt solely on watching the movies, it's the time that you spent with your friends after, in Oldtwon White Coffee (hey it originates from Ipoh y'all), or in Tronoh mamak (or mapley as we call it), the best maggi goreng in the world (I can't find the same one in KL). Also the students and management held many events, and I love the International Cultural Night (in UTP we have many international students, more than 20 countries and it was fun learning other cultures). Pretty hard to sum it all in words, but it's not that bad. I survived UTP (and miss it badly right now).