Day in the Husker Life | Yi Xuen Tay | Malaysia
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Yi Xuen Tay, senior psychology major from Malaysia, shows you what a typical day in her life looks like at Nebraska as an international student. Follow Tay along as she shows you a glimpse into her classes, work, activities and friends.
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- [00:00:00.000](upbeat music)
- [00:00:05.770]Hi everyone, my name is Yi Xuen Tay.
- [00:00:08.490]I usually go by Tay.
- [00:00:09.870]I am a senior psychology major
- [00:00:12.270]so what I'm about to do today is to show you
- [00:00:14.564]what my life looks like, yah so, stay tuned.
- [00:00:19.662](gentle easygoing music)
- [00:00:34.040]Having Starbucks on campus is so easy for me
- [00:00:37.000]'cause I always need my coffee in the morning
- [00:00:41.003]and now I'm actually heading off to work.
- [00:00:44.340]Besides being a student here at UNL,
- [00:00:47.660]I also work at several locations
- [00:00:50.470]across the university as student workers.
- [00:00:53.051]One of the positions is I work at a writing center.
- [00:00:57.380]Students like myself help other students
- [00:01:01.220]go through the various writing projects that they have.
- [00:01:05.190]It could be at the early stages of brainstorming,
- [00:01:07.840]it could be helping you proofread a final draft.
- [00:01:11.430]I've used the Writing Center services a lot
- [00:01:13.850]and I've been getting 100% on all my assignments
- [00:01:17.758]so that's pretty exciting.
- [00:01:19.550]I would just say that you work with a lot
- [00:01:21.197]of international students.
- [00:01:22.030]That's the bulk of the students I work with.
- [00:01:24.892]Myself included.
- [00:01:26.573](both laughing)
- [00:01:28.377](upbeat music)
- [00:01:33.590]I just got my lunch
- [00:01:35.750]and I'm heading to the library now.
- [00:01:38.220]Quick lecture.
- [00:01:39.320]So one of the biggest concerns I had coming here
- [00:01:41.580]as an international student at first was that
- [00:01:45.060]I don't know what classes should I be expecting,
- [00:01:48.870]but my three classes today were very much different.
- [00:01:52.760]The first class was literally the classroom
- [00:01:56.082]like what I would see in high schools.
- [00:01:59.100]I also have this class where it is indeed
- [00:02:01.330]in a big lecture hall, but the class sizes
- [00:02:03.390]are way much smaller.
- [00:02:05.309]There are probably like 70 or 75 to 100 students
- [00:02:09.840]in my classroom.
- [00:02:10.827]This lecturer specifically loves discussion
- [00:02:13.613]and he would always ask very critical thinking
- [00:02:17.422]sort of question in the classroom so that you
- [00:02:20.100]could all group together, have a discussion.
- [00:02:22.905]The third one is that I do have regular classes,
- [00:02:25.785]but what they did, they break us up into small groups
- [00:02:29.030]and then we work together in our small groups
- [00:02:31.939]and over the course of eight weeks,
- [00:02:34.445]that's when a lot of group work should happen.
- [00:02:37.740]We have a lot of small group discussions.
- [00:02:39.936]We share stories, we talk about different issues.
- [00:02:45.660]It's pretty interesting.
- [00:02:47.060]They do love talking (laughs)
- [00:02:49.030]and expressing opinions
- [00:02:50.730]which I was honestly at first not accustomed to,
- [00:02:54.768]but overall I feel like talking, speaking up in classes
- [00:03:00.330]is actually very informative
- [00:03:02.200]and it also fosters me to want the learn more,
- [00:03:06.141]which is usually a good thing, so yeah.
- [00:03:09.406]So I am now at the library.
- [00:03:11.875]I'm whispering because everyone around me is studying.
- [00:03:15.870]What I have for lunch today is
- [00:03:19.649]some good old sesame chicken with fried eggs.
- [00:03:25.360]So yeah, I'm gonna be using the next couple of hours
- [00:03:27.660]to get my homework done.
- [00:03:29.097](upbeat music)
- [00:03:36.048]A library is one of my favorite places the hang out.
- [00:03:39.440]There is actually a Dunkin' Donuts over there
- [00:03:41.710]and I'll need my second coffee of the day soon.
- [00:03:45.053]So I'm getting my second coffee fix
- [00:03:48.451]where there is a Dunkin' Donuts right in the library.
- [00:03:53.309]I need coffee to function.
- [00:03:55.152]Hi sisters, hi sisters!
- [00:04:00.310]So story time, basically when I first arrived in the States,
- [00:04:04.800]it was really hard to adjust to the American life over here
- [00:04:09.792]and a lot of culture shock.
- [00:04:11.670]It wasn't the best time in my university life,
- [00:04:15.215]but then fortunate for me I found out about
- [00:04:19.980]Sigma Psi Zeta sorority, which is actually a progressive,
- [00:04:24.923]multicultural Asian interest Greek organization.
- [00:04:28.362]It was pretty shocking to me, 'cause I never knew
- [00:04:31.987]there are Asian interest sororities that exist,
- [00:04:35.740]but I decided to give it a try
- [00:04:38.810]and I did go for it and now I'm a proud member
- [00:04:41.380]of Sigma Psi Zeta Incorporated.
- [00:04:44.120]So I'm gonna show tonight, a very interesting ritual
- [00:04:47.860]that we have among multicultural Greek council
- [00:04:50.900]that is not usual in a traditional Greek life.
- [00:04:54.465]I've been through it myself.
- [00:04:56.390]I've made a fool of myself in front of public.
- [00:05:00.216]It's fun, it's exciting.
- [00:05:03.365]We would like to be sisters
- [00:05:05.736]of Sigma Psi Zeta Sorotiy, Inc.
- [00:05:08.499](all yelling)
- [00:05:17.140]So what we do towards the end of the new member process
- [00:05:20.980]is that they will have a presentation
- [00:05:22.621]where we finally reveal to the public
- [00:05:26.210]who all our newest members are.
- [00:05:28.428](upbeat music)
- [00:05:39.790]So this is my big.
- [00:05:41.092]Introduce yourself.
- [00:05:42.900]My name is number seventy-six, Lia Ponasia Win.
- [00:05:46.480]My hands are shaking.
- [00:05:47.640]Yes!
- [00:05:49.040]The other day I was having a fever
- [00:05:51.130]and I didn't know what medicine to buy
- [00:05:52.603]so I went to her and she's such a great help
- [00:05:57.400]but I still ended up being sick for a couple days
- [00:05:59.420]'cause the weather.
- [00:06:01.099]You always also like stretch yourself out,
- [00:06:03.230]so that doesn't help.
- [00:06:06.040]Okay.
- [00:06:06.873](laughs)
- [00:06:08.570]So today I am at Nebraska Union.
- [00:06:13.400]We have an event going on, an event called Malaysian night.
- [00:06:17.170]Its a sit down, formal dinner event.
- [00:06:19.761]With a lot of performances and its the one night
- [00:06:24.253]every academic year we get to celebrate
- [00:06:26.491]the Malaysian identity as well as
- [00:06:28.670]to share with the entire university community.
- [00:06:31.540]What is Malaysian night?
- [00:06:32.900]How would you explain it to international students?
- [00:06:36.801]Malaysian night is basically a highlight
- [00:06:39.710]of how the Malaysian culture is
- [00:06:42.010]and a little bit about performances and the type of food,
- [00:06:44.580]we try to make the food as Malaysian as possible,
- [00:06:47.100]so its kind of giving everyone an experience, sorta
- [00:06:49.252]like how Malaysian streets are
- [00:06:53.130]and how the food is served and things like that.
- [00:06:56.410]It's great!
- [00:06:57.260]It's great?
- [00:06:58.328]Titi?
- [00:06:59.161]What about you? Good?
- [00:07:02.060]So this woman over here,
- [00:07:03.940]she's one of my biggest social support
- [00:07:05.810]here at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
- [00:07:07.740]She's one of the greatest fan of me.
- [00:07:12.310]Wait I don't know if that makes sense, but she
- [00:07:13.791]Go Tay, go Tay!
- [00:07:14.624]So some quick questions, as a Malaysian yourself,
- [00:07:17.830]how do you feel that you fit in the Lincoln community
- [00:07:22.239]specifically of the university?
- [00:07:24.310]I think just being able to speak my mind
- [00:07:27.750]and be a part of something I really like
- [00:07:30.774]that is rocks and sells!
- [00:07:33.810]Which is cool, okay?
- [00:07:36.760]Yeah, okay. (laughs)
- [00:07:38.610]So what do you think is the importance
- [00:07:40.320]of having Malaysian night here on campus?
- [00:07:42.460]Malaysian night really gives you the opportunity
- [00:07:45.010]to say like, hey like we have a formal event
- [00:07:47.710]coming up and we are gonna tell you all about Malaysia.
- [00:07:51.649]All right, thank you Alicia!
- [00:07:53.238]Thank you Tay!
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