Dad called me tonight and asked why I have not updated my blog. LOL, that’s the least expected question I’ve ever heard from my parents! Looks like after being away from home again, the only way of knowing how well I’m coping with life is through my writings. Thank you for being concerned :) This post will be only photos plus captions… I’ve taken around 200+ photos over a few days and I have problem deciding which to post!
The campus. Nothing beats it’s beauty!
The university I’m studying in is called the Nanyang Technological University, aka NTU. It’s campus spans 200 hectares, which means that walking from one end to the other will give you beautiful blisters the morning after :) but thank God they have FREE shuttle bus service (although it’s on a 20-minute interval), so we don’t need to spend money on public buses that plough the campus roads (which charge us for boarding!). I’ve been poking around the campus with my orientation group (OG) mates for the past few days – check out the photos!
A lovely scene in the North Academic Complex. Don't you just love the bougainvilleas?
North Academic Complex – it’s one of the main spines in the university, aside from the South Academic Complex. What makes it stand out from other complexes is that it has the BEST canteen food around the whole campus! I shall elaborate on it later, and you should now be gawking at the greenery instead!
In one of the biggest lecture theatres on the campus! Look at the number of screens!
Über-huge lecture theatre! We have around 25+ lecture theatres scattered across the campus. International students attended a short brieifing a few days ago, and in order to contain every single one of us (who reportedly hail from 85 different countries), they have to pack us into the Lee Kong Chian LT. It has 8 screens in the LT, which speaks volume of it’s size!
Symmetry in black and white. The endless corridor.
Symmetry in black and white – I’ve finally found a chance to make good use of black and white. The colours aren’t very good in this photo, and since I’m portraying patterns of an endless corridor, it justifies the desaturation.
Symmetry within the campus - the new Canteen A!
New Canteen A – serves the best food on campus. Yep, this is the canteen I’ve been talking about previously. It has McDonalds, Subway, Old Chang Kee, Canadian Pizza, Sakae Sushi and a freaking HUGE food court. And another plus point is that the food is cheaper than those found outside – even for McDonalds! They’re catering to the needs of the students so they lowered the price considerably – imagine a cup of Pepsi costing you a mere 50 cents!
Really nice people – inside out!
I consider myself very lucky to have landed in Xomura, my orientation group for 2008. At first, everyone was very shy and refused to talk, but then after a few days we started to get really close to each other and now we’re like very good friends :D I must admit I felt a little uneasy mingling around with people who I don’t know, but considering that they’re from the same country as mine, I should feel more at ease. I took the courage to be proactive, to initiate conversations with people who I’ve never met – and our effort paid off! I’m really glad to have been introduced to such good friends! After orientation ended, our friendship didn’t just end – in fact, we kept organising outings and gatherings to hang around with each other. Ah, the warmth! Anyway, we went out to Jurong Point a few days ago, here are some random photos!
Show me your shoes! Note that Brigitt and Huilin wear the same slippers!
Show me your shoes! – I brought my camera out that day so I decided not to give up any single opportunity of photographic moments. When we were waiting for the shuttle bus, we took a photo of our legs together! I’m the one wearing jeans with the off-white and brown Converse canvas shoes. Huilin and Brigitt were wearing the same purple slippers :) how sweet!
Fingers unite! Hoozah!
Fingers unite! – I didn’t know who came up with the idea of using middle fingers as part of the formation, but it was adorable too! It reminds me of my blog logo because there are six sides to it!
Huilin and Brigitt framing their faces with their hands!
Huilin and Brigitt – They’re very close friends, although they have not know each other before the orientation camp. They just miraculously clicked :) they were posing with their fingers framing their faces!
Teik Bing, smile!
Teik Bing – A quiet but very nice guy! His name was pretty hard to remember, so we jokingly called him Teh-ping (which means Iced Tea in a dialect called Hokkien). We’re so bad, aren’t we?
In an animated conversation - Chongyen.
Chongyen in an animated conversation – Waiting for the shuttle bus to IMM was a little disaster because it was around 5.30pm in the evening when the sun literally bakes the ground. The guys got the ball rolling by starting some conversation which I had no idea what it was :razz: anyway, this is Chongyen, the group’s dialect talent since he speaks lots of them. His dyed hair nearly fooled us into thinking that he’s a mix (as in, Chinese + Western heritage)… lol!
That’s so much for today! I still have a hundred plus photos to go through, I’ll see when I’m free to post them here ;) so this is for today!
good to see you enjoy the college life :D
wait till you have papers etc. :P
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Thank you! Actually I just graduated from college – I’m heading for university, woots! Papers aren’t going to be fun… it’s a little unnerving that we received our exam schedule (which will be in November) the day we registered for our timetables. Wow, things are going to be nasty!
oo… back in my country, college = university :P
so.. it’s different here ? we only have elementary school (6 years), junior high (3 years), senior high (3 years) and then college (which is university) ^_^
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Oh, I see. It’s a little bit different over in Singapore :)
1. Primary school (6 years)
2. Secondary school (4 / 5 years)
3. Junior college (2 years) OR Polytechnic (3 years)
4. University (3.5 / 4 / 5 years)
I’m not quite sure about the Malaysian system, but I hope I got it right!
1. Primary school (6 years)
2. Secondary school (5 years)
3. College (1 / 2 years)
4. University (4 / 5 years)
Dude, it’s really good to see you doing great in NTU and you seems really excited! =D
Seems like you had met some great people, which is one of the most important thing in unny, I guess. =p
Keep us updated through your blog! And well, you’re back in Sg for good yea? Maybe we can meet up if I ever go Sg, HAHA. :smile: :smile:
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Thanks :) so far, everything is great! I’m excited because of the new (and friendly) environment and people. According to my friends and relatives, university is the stage of life when you’ll forge friendships that last a lifetime ;) I’ll be updating, but I’ll need to clear all the unread items on my Google Reader first, haha! If you ever come to Singapore, I’ll definitely try to meet up with you, heheh.
The lecturer teathre is really huge! Although I have been to a few university, sneaking into my friends’ lecture, I have not seen such a huge LT.
And, it is totally different from uni in Malaysia. Glad that you have a chance to go through the uni life in NTU. I wish I can study there too.
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Yea it is so huge! I’ve never seen a lecture theatre with more than one screen before. Having eight of them speaks a lot of volume of the seating capacity! Sneaking into lectures are fun, especially when you want to know more about the course but have no interest in taking it up. My seniors do that from time to time!
p/s: Congratulations for graduating from uni, and nice photos you have over at your blog!!! *hint: visit hp84’s blog now!*
that’s wonderful! it’s great that you’ve having such an excellent time in such a beautiful place!
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Thank you Letti! I’ll be busy enjoying myself, no worries!
wow your campus is soooooooooooooooooooooo HUGE!!! THere’s even a shuttle bus?? So cool man! When you mention the name of those restaurants and the food court in your canteen, i can imagine myself eating at the canteen 24-7 everyday if i were to be in your uni hahaha and not to forget, the price is cheaper!
It’s great that you have found yourself some close friends in a few seconds! I took a month i think. :mrgreen: Anyways, hope you enjoy your uni life, it’s going to be great minus the homework and assignments part that is! :razz:
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Yea! In fact it’s so huge that it needs three different routes for shutter buses. Although we have public buses coming into campus too, not everyone is willing to pay for the fares (shuttle bus trips are free-of-charge) unless they’re desperate if they’re running late for lectures. Halls of residence are scattered all around the campus, so does for different schools, so there’s a great deal of walking if weren’t for the blessing of the divine shuttle bus services :razz: haha!
Actually we didn’t even have time to dine in Sakae Sushi or Canadian Pizza because the prices of their food is expensive compared to those found in on-campus canteens. You can get a plate of economic rice (with lots and lots of rice and dishes) at around $2.50 – while for the same plate, you’ll have to pay around $4 outside.
Contrary to popular belief, our canteens are not flooded with people who are not studying in the university during mealtime because our campus is just too far away from the closest human settling (exaggeration here, but you’ll more or less get my point).
I made good friends over a course of five days – the camp really bonded us together since we’ve been through a great deal of challenges and fun! Thank you for your best wishes!!!
very cool univ. hehe :smile:
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Gorgeous photos of your campus, Teddy! You know it’s funny- i never quite knew what NTU’s campus looked like before this post, despite having friends who studied there for a good three years.
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That’s because you’ve never been there before, so it’s perfectly fine! I’ve been dreaming to travel to Edmonton, have friends living there as well but all I know about it is that there’s a river running through the city :razz: haha!
It seems like you are really enjoying your university life! And it’s good that you are.. I quite enjoyed mine as well. I hope that your good times continue until the end of your undergrad years! =D Have lots of fun!
The lecture theatres look like the ones from my former uni, though. I went to a much smaller college — design school, actually — to finish up so a lecture theatre would serve to everyone’s detriment especially with regards to critiques.
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Yeap, I’m enjoying every single moment of it :) thank you! The lecture theatre is the biggest one and campus and is usually reserved for the largest lecture group in the university, which happens to be Mechanical Engineering for this year…