no... it was games development from lim kok wing....

um you dont need to start back from Sem 1 but you would have to wait like another 2 more years. their degree course just started last May and im one of their guinea pigs lol. ehh the last year is about RM40k if im not mistaken. something lidat la. i cant remember the fee structure anymore

thanx... ill keep that in mind

anythin interesting on during exploration week?

field trip~ i heard that u all guys are goin to melaKA?? we are goin to








national






MOSQUE!!!



i think its soooo cool cuz we wont go there ourselves.....


konspiracy....i can feel ur envy~~~wakaka!!!


love meng!

Okay, I'm going for the August intake. But I'm pretty damn nervous! Especially on the environtment there. Do the students only speak Chinese with each other? I don't understand chinese. T__T (God knows why my grandmother and my mom didnt teach me how to speak Chinese). I'd be tremendously relieved if they'd er, befriend me and speak English. Hehe.

Oh man, I don't know anyone from TOA. XD



This post has been edited by Myra: Jun 24 2009, 07:21 PM

most of them are from outstation, so yeah, if you're english test result is not good enough, then....prepare for yourself.

Ahh. Okay. I shall do my English test properly then. Haha. Thanks for your reply! (:


Anyone else have any tips for me before I start @ TOA? I'd appreciate your help!

Many thanks in advanced.

learn how to ass lick and be humble

1st: i can safely say around 65% of toa student communicate in chinese, around foundation year if u do go into the first or second class you are safe just by communicating in English but as you progress to your 2nd year where you will get mix around with the other classes where they mainly speak chinese you'll be screwed like some of my class mates as they cant communicate well with their team members during group project which will come during the 3rd year. (so pick up chinese which will be damn helpful)

2nd: Get the library card for a deposit of rm100 immediately as the library have tons of book for reference and tutorials (self learn is the key to survive in our world)

3rd: stock up on your coffee and hot soups for late nights work (if you are lucky) normally after their third sem in foundation year students will have already master the skill of not sleeping for a day or so, as u progress higher to 2nd and third year u will learn how to sleep for a maximum of 3 hours daily hahaha (thats in my batch of course)

4th: get your work done by saturday's as college, lecturer, print shops are always close on the weekend. so u'll be screwed if you have a date line on monday morning and cant print or ask for advise on it on sunday.

5th: enjoy your foundation year as best you can (join all the outings, filed trip, installation activities, seminars, design conference), after the second year u'll be pretty much stuck at home doing all this crap.

all the best bro haha

hmm~~ i juz started 1 month ++ and i have alreadfy picked up the skill of no sleeping~~~

cool~ also! train ur drawing skills~ especially figure drawings~

Nawww. I'm pretty much terrified now. Hahaha, I decided to go to TOA because they have the exact course that I want. Lim Kok Wing, whilst I don't have to worry about communications, they don't have the course. (Illustration with Comic). I very much doubt I'd be able to speak or understand Chinese any time soon. @__@ How did some of your classmates cope with that? How about the non-Chinese? I mean, are they really screwed just because they can't understand Chinese? Sigh.

Also, about the lack of sleep per day, I can manage. I've had insomnia like since I was in Form 2. Hahaha, hardly more than 4 hours per day. Sometimes not even an hour. :/

Anyways, thank you so much for your long reply. I really appreciate your help! x

if you're going for degree course you're safe too.
i do agree with you bro, currently on 2nd sem this year. simplified figures are mad. loooooollll and typo fundamentals.
tonight have to stay up again.

@ myra, dont do your work last minute. you will screw up everything

haha i wont say degree course is safe, i have a hse mate doing degree which she say is quite busy, they dont have exploration week which you guys will have nxt week and they have alot of extra subjects.

YEAH dont do last minute work, it really end up crappy and u'll just disappoint ur self as all ur work will go into ur portfolio which i am redoing right now cz of stupid me.



TOA has good lecturers during ur major year which is way better damn lim kok wing. i have lots of frenz from lim kok wing that can testify to that as well. illustration in TOA is great judging by the work that is coming out.

TOA do have language class for those that has problem with english, but we do not have classes for ppl with problem in chinese. For my frenz that has communication problem normally they get frenz like me to translate for them haha. Well i mostly hang out with frenz who speak english but i was chinese educated during my primary school years so i have no problem with both language.

Now a days i believe TOA is evolving as we have more foreign students now, so dont be disappointed so soon.

We have 3 new clubs now.
Photography club
Art jammers club


Bowling Club

yeah! photography club~ nice!!!

Aiya, since foundation you also been doing last minute work la. xD

Gotta get for choosing major ...
still struggle on choose between digital animation and multimedia ....
my drawing still quite bad enough but I like anime much more =.=

There is a huge difference in DG and MM.
I'm in DG atm, and kelsoo is in MM, you got any questions you can ask them. xD

Drawing is something anyone can learn, you'll be under intense training in the foundation period to buff up your drawing skills, art sense and some technical stuff.

what kellie always say: the diffrence between DG and MM is that MM students smell better than DG student hahaha (well thats a joke le)

well you can ask xiven about the DG stuff, i would suggest you to go MM if u like to do outdoor activities, group projects, interactive media, quick thinking, musics, movies, games, photography, filming, exploration. Basically we in MM do everything from branding, project planning, photography, film and movie making, short animation, composing music, new media exploration and interactive game.

We focus more on execution and how to implement our ideas into new media such as website, mobile device, installations, virtual worlds and anything that is new. Do not think that Multimedia is just a focus on computer related subject but its actually a focus on everything that IL, AD, DG student learn. Everyone mistakenly think that MM is a short form for multimedia but its actually a short form for Multiple Media as in you will deal with anything from print, video, web, sculpture, installations and so forth.

Do take note that MM is a very fast pace major as we need to do everything quickly.

Oh and MM faculty is the most active XD and also we have lots of crazy lecturer that will force you to watch movies and play games for research.

hmm suite's me ...

well I'm also love in photography, watching anime and movie and also playing games =3 ...

Maybe I will concern about it XD since tomorrow is major talk