HELP Car Park & Common Etiquette

If you drive to HELP, I'm pretty sure that you're familiar with how crazy the car park is like. Let's face it. There are too many students from all sorts of departments and the HELP Main Block car park is the only car park that charges its students RM3 per entry.

If you want parking, come early. And by early, I mean 7am. The car park fills up by 8.30am. Students squeeze into every corner they can and accidents may happen. Your car will get scratched if you park near the basket ball court. Sometimes, desperate students that come to college late will double park in front of your car.

If you absolutely HAVE to double park because you have an exam or class. MAKE SURE you leave your telephone number and name on your car and on the cars that you are obstructing. If you're having an exam, inform them the time of your exam so that they won't freak out when they can't reach you. Be considerate and respond quickly.

The following video was made by one student who was inspired by a nasty prank that happened at the HELP car park. Apparently, one girl double parked her kancil in front of someone's car and that person got so mad that he broke her windscreen. No one knows what happened before or after that.



As of 2011, a new car park has been opened near the housing area opposite of Sime Darby (Beside Fitness First and HP tower). To summon the bus, tell the guy in the guard house that you need the bus guy's number. It is advisable to keep one or two numbers just in case no one's home in the guard house.

Public Buses around HELP

So you've seen the Rapid KL and Metro buses around college but you're not sure how much they cost and where they go.

The two main Rapid KL buses that pass by the routes around Main Block and KPD are T634 and U82.

U82: (first & last stop) KL Sentral - 1Utama (first & last stop)

The nearest stop around HELP (KPD): The one opposite Subway goes down to KL Sentral. If you cross over the bridge to the other opposite one, you will head to 1Utama. 

The nearest stop around HELP (Main Block): The stop opposite Guardian (above DSA) goes to 1Utama. The stop next to Shell station opposite the main car park goes down to KL Sentral.

Take this route if you're heading to areas like DU, Desa Kiara, DJ, TTDI and Kepong (transition at 1U).

T634: (first & last stop) Bangsar LRT - Pusat Bandar Damansara (first & last stop)

This bus stops right outside KPD A, Fitness First (next to KPD E/ HP tower) and KFC (Main Block). Taking this bus would take you straight to Bangsar LRT. 

For more bus routes, please visit RAPID KL

CAUTION: Please note that Rapid KL requires ALL its passengers to pay via their prepaid card. To buy a card, please bring with you an RM5 or RM10 note. RM1s are unreliable. Bring spares cause the machine is a bit wonky at times.

Once you buy or reload a card, the full distance bus fare of RM 2.50 is automatically charged to your card irregardless of your stop. This is why when you reach your destination, make sure that you tag your card at the scanner at the exit so that you're not charged the full price of RM 2.50.

Rapid KL pricing system: short distance- RM 1, anywhere in between 2 or more areas- RM 2, full distance- RM 2.50.

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Metrobus 99 (stops at the stop opposite Subway, the same one as U82) (Heads to 1Utama)
Personally, I hate Metrobus 99. The drivers are very ruthless (because they compete with Rapid KL for passengers) and rude and the bus is crammed and poorly maintained. The only upside is that Metrobus 99 accepts payments in cash. Their bus fare pricing is the same as Rapid KL.

Printing & Photocopying

Let's just narrow our outlets to the KPD area. As of June 2011..

Printing:
1) Wisma HELP Level 9, Computer lab, rate: 15 cents a page.
Quality: Pretty good

2) Wisma HELP Level G, Innotech Center: the printing shop right after the entrance, rate: 20 cents a page.
Quality: The best and you can print in colour here.

3) UOA- the shop right next to the food court, rate: 20 cents a page.
Quality: Can sometimes be spotty and blotchy.
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Photocopying:
1) Wisma HELP Level 1, Library, rate: 20 cents a page.
Quality: Decent

2) The really warm shop behind Rotiman, rate: 5 cents a page. (price may have increased to 10 cents)
Quality: Decent but usually overcrowded.

3) UOA- the shop right next to the food court, rate: 15-20 cents a page.
Quality: Depending on your luck, sometimes it's clear and sometimes it's either too dark or too light.

Join clubs!

Seriously. They shine like jewels in your resume later on especially if you have no working experience or have no time for an internship. If you join clubs from other departments especially those in Psychology and Business, you get to socialize with new students. Think potential group mates for the upcoming subjects you need to take. When the time comes, it would definitely beat pulling out names at random from a hat.

To find out how to join clubs, check noticeboards and facebook events for a club promo day. It's a day where the clubs open up booths in one area and advertise their activities to you. Have fun!