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Tasek Tthe perfect spot for a short escape into nature. It was
asek Varsiti is an urban lake park smack right in the
middle of the campus and for all the city dwellers; it is

a man-made lake that has been around for a very long time,
Varsiti branch began. Those who were around in the earlier days would
possible even before University of Malaya’s Kuala Lumpur
remember a different lake than what we can see today: the lake
was bigger and wider, almost twice its current size, extending
until the green feld in front of the library while there was no
as the same system (Sungai Pantai, the river behind Tasek Varsiti is
real barrier between the lake and river as both were a part of the
an urban channelized river seen today). In its heyday, students
can be seen cheering for their fellow comrades in a ‘silly, but
fun’ duck-catching competition; freshies trains for boat race
Heart built at the lake during convocation week; ‘baptism’ ceremony
competitions during orientation week; a foating boat house were
awaits newly elected committee members; gotong-royong activity
to beautify the lake became norm; lovers meet during sunset to
profess their undying love and poems were written to captivate
of UM
the beauty of lake.

By: Siti Norasiah binti Abd. Kadir
Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering (Alumna 2012)

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