Living In Cyberjaya Malaysia – What Is It Like There?
When I tell people I live in Cyberjaya, they will normally have a sympathetic look on their faces and say, “Really? Isn’t it really boring there? Well, little do they know. Yes the entertainment factor might be lacking in some ways, but people in Cyberjaya have learnt to create entertainment out of anything.
Cyberjaya is completely different from day to night. Those who work in Cyberjaya only see their offices, crowded restaurants during lunch time, and then they dash to go home at 5 pm. After the sun sets, young people take over the place. Since there are two major universities here, Multimedia University and Lim Kok Wing University, there are thousands of students here from all over the world.
Cyberia Condominiums, which are right next to MMU, is a melting pot of folks from Iran, Kenya, Seychelles, Turkey, China, England, Denmark, South Africa, Philippines, so on and so forth. A trip to the convenience store at the front of Cyberia usually take 5 to 10 minutes because of all the friends you’ll run into on the way. And walking around is not dangerous, unlike many housing areas in Malaysia.
Cyberia itself it big enough, with its 4 pools, 2 tennis courts, 2 basketball courts, clubhouse, poolside restaurant, about 8 or 9 restaurants, 9 apartment blocks and lots more townhouses. All of this inside one guarded area. So walking around at the wee hours of the morning poses no problem as there no snatch thieves to attack you from behind. Plus, residents here never sleep so you are never alone the minute you walk out your front door.
So, plenty of things go on in Cyberjaya. People who are only there to work will never know the other side of Cyberjaya.
I have been living in Cyberjaya for 9 years now and I love it. Don’t think I will go back to busy area like Bandar Utama where I lived before I moved to Cyberjaya. No traffic jams, green with nice landscape, no illegal signages along the road, peace and quiet, nice neighbourhood and quality lifestyle – after all, how often do you need to go shopping? Once a week?
It’s all in the mind at the end of the day. Many who work in Cyberjaya also love it here and remain working here for many years as they don’t want to deal with the hustle and bustle in the city. Why go through that if you can choose not to go through spending hours in car and spend less on many other things.
Anyhow – it’s a matter of choice..
Cyberjaya is not that popular and can say is a failed project for former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir.
However, now there are a lot of positive schemes released, I think Cyberjaya will get better soon.