At SIS House, we are a diverse community of boarders from all over the world, which provides boarders the opportunity to learn about each other’s customs and culture. SIS House organises regular social activities and excursions for boarders to congregate and celebrate in an atmosphere of respect, tolerance and fellowship.

• Monthly Birthday Celebration
  SIS House monthly celebrations are always eagerly anticipated. The combined end-month party fetés birthday babies with themed dinners that includes barbeques, local cuisine and hot-pot buffet. The parties’ entertainment has included musical performances by budding talents from among their own, and board games or movies. With every celebration, the boarders look forward to merriment and bonding over delicious food and treats.
  
  
   

• Excursions and Trips
  Boarders are also given the opportunity to participate in long weekend and overnight trips to local attractions located within the vicinity. These excursions usually involve an educational or experiential objective, by appreciating the natural wonders they visit or learning to work in teams to navigate trails in the forests when hiking.
  
  The boarders adventures’ have included:

  Hiking the terrain of reserved forest trails at Hutan Lipur Lentang, Bentong

  Playing with and bathing elephants at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary

  Enjoying the cool breeze and beautiful scenery of Cameron Highlands.

  Outdoor adventures and cave exploration at Gua Tempurung, Perak

  Visiting the temperate vegetable, fruit and flower farms of Mardi Agro-Technology Park

• Sports and Games
  SIS House encourages its residents to be active by arranging for the boarders to experience a variety of physical sports and competitive games weekly. These activities occur mid-week or on weekends as a form of relaxation for the boarders and a much-needed break from the grind of their daily assignments. 
  
  Some of the sports and games frequently in demand include basketball, badminton and table tennis. Besides encouraging boarders to be more physically active, these games also benefit them by cultivating their teamwork and coordination skills.
  
  Along with these conventional sports and games, the House Master has been known to organise friendly matches and tournament between teams consisting of boarders, and among units to motivate participation and good-natured competitiveness. 
  
  The boarders have also been privileged to be invited to the Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort for the BMW Malaysia Open Tennis 2012, where boarders witnessed tennis greats like Venus Williams, Marion Bartoli and Shuai Peng play.
  
  

I came from Indonesia to study in SIS, and learn more about language, culture and society. My parents initially had concerns sending me so far away from home to study. They were soon assured when they were introduced to the House Master, the security and they saw the facilities:- air conditioner, wi-fi, water heaters, water dispenser, laundry services and the rest. I was excited about the new and convenient facilities. This is another reason why I feel so at home even though I’m in a foreign place.

Everything changed when I started living in SIS House. At first it was a shock to have the speakers blaring in the morning for wake-up calls, or checking in at night by curfew time, or not having the privacy of my own room. Every area here is structured to make us more disciplined, and at first I didn’t really like it.

I realized I had to change to survive and quickly learn to be independent. As time passed, I learnt how to manage my belongings by keeping them appropriately and safely, do house chores like cleaning and tidying, and respect and tolerate each other’s space and privacy. Submitting my assignments on time and being punctual for classes are rules I have to follow, and this helps me to manage my time better.

I had to think about others I was living with, and communicate with them closely. Unlike in school, with my housemates I need to speak and discuss with them regularly because we live in the same space and more importantly, learn to care about the people I am living with. If anything happened to me, my housemates took care of me, and vice versa. We help each other to overcome homesickness and because we all go through it, we understand each other. We hang out, share with our House Master or distract ourselves by doing something interesting. It’s about living with people who I barely knew at first, to living with people I now consider as family.

Also, we have international students living here which forces me to speak in English as that is our common language. This is definitely a benefit to me and the reason I came here, and the result is I can now speak the language fluently. I learnt more about cultures too, about different nationalities and their customs which taught me to broaden my perspectives and widened my view about the world.

I thought it was going to a problem getting vegetarian food here, but the cafeteria serves tasty vegetarian food. In fact, one of my favourite times in SIS House is dinner time. If we ever get bored, we can go to the nearby Sunway Pyramid shopping centre. There’s the free shuttle bus or we can use the connecting pedestrian bridge, which makes it so easy.

Being far away from home is not hard but it is not easy either. It is a challenge that should be taken, and encouragement from family and friends is needed. It took time for me to adapt and it wasn’t easy. But it was interesting to try something new, and the longer I kept at it, the more I could do it. I realized that I needed this experience to be successful in future. I am proud to be who I am now because I have learnt so many things that changed my life, and made me a better person. This is the most precious period of time in my life to learn about good habits like these, and I’m really satisfied I made the decision to board at SIS House.

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